The McGraw Center for Educational Leadership

At the McGraw Center for Educational Leadership, we’re developing a global community of learning leaders across all educating sectors, advancing how we anticipate, plan, and focus our practices to meet today’s and future challenges.

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In today’s dynamic educational landscape, leaders are confronted with unparalleled challenges. Whether you're navigating complex politics, improving student retention rates, or cultivating a thriving workforce, the demand for expert guidance and evidence-based solutions has never been more pressing.

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Resources for Leaders for Dealing with Current Events

We are in challenging and polarizing times. As educational leaders, we are asked not only to manage our own emotional responses but also to help our students and colleagues as they struggle to understand, learn, and engage with others across differences.

To support these efforts, the following resources may be helpful. If appropriate, these may be shared with students and colleagues to guide them in understanding current events and processing their emotions.

• Dialogue Resources from SNF Paideia for Addressing Current Events
  • When Emotions Run High (key principles and practices for addressing what’s happening beyond the classroom or workplace)
  • Structures for Processing Current Events (two broadly adaptable activities that help participants connect to themselves and others to process current events, without requiring excessive vulnerability or inviting debate)
  • Getting Ready to Dialogue (a primer for engaging in dialogue, including helpful scripts for difficult moments)
  • Practicing Presence (a collection of simple mindfulness practices to help participants release tension)
• Understanding & Teaching about the Israeli & Palestinian Conflict-Resources for Educators
  • Links in this document provide resources for educators around social-emotional considerations, the historical context of the crisis, teaching resources about the war, and a selection of writings about the war. These resources were collected by GSE’s Dr. Abby Reisman and doctoral student Tiferet Ani.
• GSE Community Circle Resources
  • These are resources compiled by GSE’s counseling faculty. They include educational resources, coping and mental health resources, charities and humanitarian resources, and substance abuse and mental health services administration.
• Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
  • This is a link to a book by three faculty from the Harvard Negotiation Project. This is not specific to the current crisis but offers suggestions for structuring challenging conversations.
• Ground Rules for Productive Dialogue
  • The Committee of Seventy offers nine ground rules for productive dialogue that are used in the Can We Talk? moderated conversations led by Harris Sokoloff and Chris Satullo.