School Wellness Wheel: A Framework Addressing Trauma, Culture, and Mastery to Raise Student Achievement

by Mike Ruyle, Libby Child, Nancy Dome, Jason Cummins (Contribution by), Brian Farragher (Contribution by)

Overview

Your school can evolve to address trauma, promote well-being, and elevate learning. The School Wellness Wheel by Mike Ruyle, Libby Child, and Nancy Dome will show you how. Backed by educational, psychological, and medical research, the resource introduces a growth-focused framework for supporting students' cognitive, social, and emotional needs. Each chapter contains vignettes, examples, and advice from educators who are actively engaged in transforming their schools into centers of healing and resilience.

• Learn how to develop resilience-centered schools that promote healing and higher levels of wellness and learning.
• Discover and grow the three components of the school wellness wheel: (1) mastery-based learning, (2) trauma-responsive schooling, and (3) culturally responsive teaching.
• Acquire research-based practices to foster a culture of mastery and ownership and build positive teacher-student relationships.
• Understand the effects of trauma and adverse childhood experiences on students' cognitive, social, and emotional growth.
• Study how an educator's self-regulation is related to students' self-regulation.

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: The School Wellness Wheel and Culture
Chapter 2: Culture of Adult Ownership, Expertise, and Professionalism
Chapter 3: Culture of Mastery
Chapter 4: Culture of Learning
Chapter 5: Culture of Connection
Chapter 6: Culture of Empowerment
Chapter 7: Culture of Humanity
References and Resources
Index

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781943360611
Publisher:	Marzano Resources
Publication date:	11/29/2021
Pages:	248
Sales rank:	607,120
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

About the Authors ix

Foreword Robert J. Marzano xiii

Introduction 1

The Insidious Impact of Trauma on the Brain and Learning 3

An Evolved Vision of Schooling 7

The Urgent Need to Adopt a Healing- and Resilience-Centered Model of Education 8

A Powerful Solution 11

About This Book 12

Chapter 1 The School Wellness Wheel 17

Explaining the School Wellness Wheel 18

Preparing for College and Career 20

Healing and Showing Resilience 20

Mastery-Based Learning 22

Trauma-Responsive Schooling 24

Culturally Responsive Teaching 26

Conclusion 29

Chapter 2 Culture of Adult Ownership, Expertise, and Professionalism 31

Understanding Why New Initiatives Rarely Transform School Systems 33

Teacher Resistance to Change 33

Difficulty Imagining an Alternative 34

Lack of Funding 34

Small Return on Investment 35

Educational Inertia and Initiative Fatigue 36

Embracing Mastery-Based Learning 37

Definition of Mastery-Based Learning 37

Research and Science 40

The Importance of Mastery-Based Learning 41

Tapping Into Trauma-Responsive Schooling 43

Definition of Trauma-Responsive Schooling 43

Research and Science 46

Human Stress Response 48

The Impact of Adversity on the Brain 51

The Importance of Trauma-Responsive Schooling 52

Practicing Culturally Responsive Teaching 53

Definition of Culturally Responsive Teaching 53

Research and Science 54

The Importance of Culturally Responsive Teaching 56

Making It Happen: Extreme Ownership 58

Conclusion 60

Culture of Ownership Proficiency Scale 61

Chapter 3 Culture of Mastery 63

Cultivating Relationship and Engagement 64

Developing Learning Partnerships 66

Implementing Learning Goals and Proficiency Scales 67

Traditional Academic Content 70

Cognitive Skills 72

Metacognitive Skills 74

Making It Happen: Instructional Leadership 77

Conclusion 80

Culture of Mastery Proficiency Scale 81

Chapter 4 Culture of Learning 83

Bringing Mindfulness to the Classroom 84

Strengthening Motivation 87

Getting a New View of Classroom Assessment 88

Assessing for Mastery 90

Validity 91

Reliability 92

Fairness 94

Making It Happen: Mindful Leadership 95

Conclusion 96

Culture of Learning Proficiency Scale 97

Chapter 5 Culture of Connection 99

Nurturing Empathy 100

Nurturing Co-Regulation 102

Building Community 103

Making It Happen: Transformational Leadership 106

Conclusion 107

Culture of Connection Proficiency Scale 108

Chapter 6 Culture of Empowerment 109

Restoring Power Through Guided Voice and Choice 110

Holding All Learners to High Expectations 112

Convincing Students That They Can Meet High Expectations 114

Communicating Reachable Intermediate Goals to Students 114

Helping Students Mitigate Their Fear of Failure 115

Using Data to Foster Short-Term Wins 115

Deepening Awareness 115

Strengthening Student Agency 117

Making It Happen: Ethical Leadership 119

Conclusion 121

Culture of Empowerment Proficiency Scale 122

Chapter 7 Culture of Humanity 123

Thinking Carefully About Behavior and Consequences 125

Applying Trauma-Responsive Consequences Instead of Punishment 126

Incident One 128

Incident Two 129

Incident Three 130

Bringing the School Wellness Wheel to Life 131

Making It Happen: Resilient Leadership 131

Conclusion 132

Culture of Humanity Proficiency Scale 134

Appendix: Implementation Plan 135

Implementation Options 136

Option One 137

Option Two 137

Implementation Steps 138

Initial Planning 138

Kickoff Training Event 140

Short-Term Follow-Up 142

Long-Term Follow-Up 143

Community Involvement With Service Learning 144

Making It Happen: Resilient Leadership 146

Conclusion 148

School Wellness Wheel: Three-Year Initial Planning 149

References and Resources 153

Index 179

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"In my thirty years in public education, the school wellness wheel is a rare and powerful educational framework to come along and revolutionize our school system."

—Christine Ibarra, Associate Superintendent, Educational Services, Antioch Unified School District

"The School Wellness Wheel will serve educators as a comprehensive guide for integrating multiple approaches to support the design and implementation of a trauma-informed and resilience-focused learning environment. Well worth the read!"

—Richard Macy, President, International Trauma Center; Executive Director, Boston Children's Foundation

"It's a breath of fresh air to see learning centered in the conversation about wellness. Too often, initiatives to advance wellness in schools can become an insidious manifestation of low expectations when we lose sight of the true purpose: to ensure high levels of achievement for all learners. The authors make a compelling case that a key group of learners are the adults in schools. Consider this book a call to action to shift our individual and collective paradigms around the purpose of education."

—Natalia Vardabasso, Assessment Specialist, Calgary Academy, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

"We have known for years that our education system continues to fail many of our students. The research is clear that even after spending billions we are still just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. We need to step back and re-examine the purpose of schools and reimagine what is possible to help every child succeed in life. The school wellness wheel is holistic, innovative, and a hope for addressing this problem, but most importantly it puts the child at the front of the discussion. Now we must find the courageous leaders who will embrace this mindset and inspire!"

—Richard A. DeLorenzo, Coauthor, Delivering on the Promise: The Education Revolution

"The school wellness wheel is an excellent blueprint for schools to set in motion the paradigm shift required to administer mastery-based learning, trauma-responsive schooling, and culturally responsive teaching. In addition, The School Wellness Wheel provides educators with the groundwork to assist their students in developing the capacity to cultivate resilience from trauma and toxic stress related to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)."

—Kelly Erickson, Staff Developer Director, Educational Service Unit 15, Hayes Center, Nebraska

"I have personally witnessed the transformative impact on an inner-city school when the wellness of students, educators, and support professionals becomes embedded in the culture. The school wellness wheel offers strategies that will work in any school, and it could not have come at a more critical time for our students."

—Johnny Key, Arkansas Secretary of Education

"The School Wellness Wheel is very timely. The additional stress and trauma created by COVID-19 forces schools to find ways to help students succeed. Mastery-based learning makes sense. Now add the heightened need to address student trauma. The concept of the school wellness wheel has become essential for all students' academic success."

—Bryan Kott, Associate Principal, Garden City, Kansas

"Ruyle and colleagues provide the much-needed road map to transform schools from organizations that teach content to organizations that teach learning. With an approach that is both evidence based and practical for classrooms, the school wellness wheel provides a framework that is, and should be, accessible to all."

—Nancy Weinstein, CEO, Mindprint Learning

"[The School Wellness Wheel is] a compelling resource for stakeholders in the educational field who are determined to embrace the wealth of knowledge and hard data currently available on the experiences that affect brain development, overall health, student behavior, and learning to translate them into classroom practice and responsive school environments in order to enhance individual development and contribute to a more just educational system for all. The humane yet intellectually rigorous school wellness wheel model provides a framework that will enable stakeholders to make the necessary cultural shift to accomplish the desired transformation."

—Carmen A. Castillo, International Educational Consultant, Co-author of the Winner of the Academics' Choice Award Book, Picturing the Project

"What I appreciate about The School Wellness Wheel is that it gets right to the heart of the matter—it's not about just changing one thing, but changing everything we do in schools for the success of all of our students. It is big work, but it is essential work!"

—Cale VanVelkinburgh, Principal, Bozeman Charter School, Bozeman, Montana

"The school wellness wheel helps us meet the needs of our most challenging students. Healing trauma and building resilience in our students will be the goal for all educators moving forward. This research-based program provides educators with a well-developed road map on how to accomplish these goals."

—Jason M. Oden, Principal, Canton City Public Schools, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

"The School Wellness Wheel provides teachers, counselors, principals, and superintendents a framework to both understand the impact of trauma on an entire school community and take concrete steps to meet the needs of all our students. Deeply rooted in research, the authors present a compelling paradigm of what our schools could be. A great reminder that SEL is not "another thing" to add to the plate, but the foundation everything else is built upon."

—Michael Evans, Director of Student Services, Neosho School District, Neosho, Missouri 

"This book seamlessly combines the concepts of mastery-based education, trauma-responsive schooling, and culturally responsive teaching in a manner that is easy to understand and implement. These concepts have long been shown to have positive correlations with student outcomes but have traditionally been discussed and implemented in isolation. The School Wellness Wheel provides the framework for a new educational paradigm through combining these concepts in a way that is easy to understand and adopt. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown educators that new and enhanced methods are needed in comprehensive support of all students and this book provides a great place to start!"

—Travis Anderson, Director, Montana GEAR UP, Montana University System

"This book and the concept of making schools wellness centers where we address the trauma students are experiencing, build our structures and systems to be culturally responsive, and to shift our practices away from punitive systems including grading to a more criterion based competency model has helped my staff to be inspired about our profession. The mindset change is important to the success of public education moving into the future. This is a transformational book and the right work."

—John Simons, Director of Secondary Education, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, South Lake Tahoe, California