Kindness and Respect is a manual of practical, proven methods for building a healthy, resilient, and engaged community of learners.
Packed full of activities, this book offers educators, administrators, and organizational leaders a reference guide for supporting students and staff in developing personal and collaborative skills. Facilitators can learn how to create space for participants to engage in effective communication patterns, build relationships, practice decision making, collaborate, reflect, process, and adapt.
Kieve Wavus Education has used the experiential model to help young people learn, practice, and reflect on these life skills for decades. In this volume, KWE strives to positively impact the lives of even more young people by offering our approach and curriculum to a wider audience.
Kindness and Respect is an accessible guide and resource that will benefit people of all ages-- and their classrooms, schools, and workplaces.
Jess is passionate about authentic, meaningful learning and incorporating reflection into daily routines. After nearly 20 years working in outdoor education, she now teaches in a local middle school. She enjoys exploring outdoors, drinking coffee in all forms and reading non-fiction books. She lives in a log cabin in Maine with her husband and son.
In actions and in words, Lisa Steele-Maley weaves together her roles as mother, daughter, wife, writer, educator, and interfaith chaplain. Her writing reflects a strong connection to the affirming rhythms of the natural world and keen attention to the details of daily living and relationships. She lives in an aging farmhouse on the coast of Maine with her husband, two teenage sons, and a handful of animals.