What is A School of Belonging?
Created by educator, author and musician David Levine, a School of Belonging is an emotionally safe place where students are nurtured, supported, and encouraged toward their unique expression and achievement in the world. In a School of Belonging, communication, caring and trust are the norm. Everyone has a voice and the confidence that others will listen. Students feel enthusiastic about the discoveries each new school day will bring. They are honored for their individual gifts and learn to honor others in turn.
The Field Guide to a School of Belonging
2020 Nautilus Award winner, 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist and 2021 American Bookfest Best Book Awards finalist,The Field Guide to a School of Belonging, is Teaching Empathy Institute’s core resource, that provides the rationale for TEI’s baseline integration practices for designing and creating an emotionally safe learning community where every young person has a voice to tell his or her story and where every story has a place to be told. The Field Guide to a School of Belonging can be used individually as a self-study course, with your colleagues as a book study, as a school-wide resource, or as a companion to TEI’s digital learning resource: A Year of Belonging.
A Year of Belonging
Teaching Empathy Institute’s latest book, 2019 Nautilus Award winner, 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist and 2020 Best Book Awards finalist, A Year of Belonging, written by David Levine, is a collection of fifty-two reflections and accompanying practices designed for all adults who are concerned about the social and emotional well-being of the young people in their schools and communities. This series of practices can be used to foster relationships, build community, teach social skills, and create a common language of compassion and generosity.
To order copies of of the Field Guide to a School of Belonging or A Year of Belonging , and to learn more about the programs that Teaching Empathy Institute offers, please visit Teaching Empathy Institute.
