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On this website you will be kept up to date on our current research projects. Please come back for regular updates.
Why study wellbeing in schools?
Engaged, Purposeful, Adventurous, Resilient & Collaborative Educators students for social and economic landscapes that prioritize interconnection and interdependency student opportunities to develop social and emotional capacities that will...
Researching from a Positive Organizational Perspective
We believe “positive institutions not only elevate and connect human strengths (internally), but serve to refract and magnify our highest human strengths into society. Positive institutions are the vehicles for bringing more humanity, courage, wisdom, love and value...
In Flourishing Schools…
A sense of belonging to a “group with purpose” from which we can derive meaning for our work and lives; There is a strong sense of teamship What we do matters. We feel seen and valued, we contribute to making the group better in some way. We work together...
Flourishing in Schools
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is also about attention and learning (Cherkowski, Hanson & Walker, 2018)How I focus my attention matters
Purpose and Process of the Research
Our research project has been guided by this question: What does it mean for educators to flourish in their school communities? Our research was grounded in several assumptions that would offer an alternative and complementary perspective to the research...
Positive Leadership for Flourishing in School
Forum | September 18-20, 2019
Drs. Sabre Cherkowski, Keith Walker, and Benjamin Kutsyuruba warmly invite you to attend the Forum.
The aim of the forum is to bring together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners across a variety of educational contexts to share knowledge and practices on positive leadership, well-being, and building school cultures where all may flourish.