Greater Good Education: How to Build Trust in Schools

Education   Quick Links How to Build Trust in Schools  How to Forge a Mentoring Relationship More About Us Get Involved!    Upcoming Events GGSC Events:  The Science of Happiness Online Course Self-paced through May 2015 Taking in the Good with Dr. Rick Hanson March 14, 2015 The Journalism of Well-Being: Reporting on Mindful Work and Positive Psychology March 18, 2015 GGSC Summer Institute for Educators 2015 June 26 - July 1, 2015 Mindfulness, Connection, and Compassion October 2, 2015   Co-Sponsored Events:     Foundations of Well-Being with Rick Hanson Online Course Oct. 2014 - Sept. 2015 Non-GGSC Events: Mindfulness in Education Conference  March 13-14, 2015  Wake Up San Francisco March 28, 2015 Mindfulness and Compassion: The Art and Science of Contemplative Practice  June 3-7, 2015 IPPA World Congress on Positive Psychology  June 25-28, 2015  2015 International Society for Humor Studies Conference  June 29 - July 3, 2015  March 2015 Greetings!    Greetings! This month, I wrote about a new program called Leading Together that has been found to be effective in building trust amongst the adults in schools -- the key, according to research, to improving schools.   Research also suggests that both students and adults benefit greatly from mentoring relationships -- but these relationships can be tricky to navigate. Guest author Patrick Cook-Deegan offers suggestions on how to be an effective mentor based on his own experience of mentoring young men.   Wishing you a joyful spring!   Warmly,  Vicki Zakrzewski, Ph.D. Education Director, Greater Good Science Center Free Social-Emotional Learning and Compassion Training for Bay Area Schools Interested in bringing social-emotional learning and compassion training to your school for free? The Mind and Life Institute  is looking for schools in the Bay Area to pilot a new program, Call to Care, that focuses on building caring relationships and a positive school culture. For more information on the program, click here or contactBrooke Lavelle Heineberg. Other Greater Good Articles You Might Have Missed Can Awe Boost Health? A new study suggests we can add nature, art, and religion to life's best anti-inflammatories. Three Risky Ways to Fall Deeply in Love  Love comes from action, not waiting to be adored. How a Challenging Past Can Lead to a Happier Present Recent research backs up Friedrich Nietzsche. Can Higher Purpose Help Your Team Survive and Thrive?  A conversation with Twitter's Niki Lustig about how the social media giant fosters a sense of purpose among their employees. How to Increase Compassion at Work A new program tries to help business leaders to identify and alleviate suffering in the workplace. What Makes a Great Workplace? A new book applies science to figuring out how to build a place where people actually look forward to work. Measuring Compassion in the Body  What happens in Vagus... may make or break compassion. Just One Thing: Grow a Key Inner StrengthTo deal life's challenges, we need resources. Rick Hanson explains how to find the ones that lie inside yourself. What Can Bonobos Tell Us about Ourselves? Famed primatologist Frans de Waal takes on the unproven assumption that apes and humans are natural-born killers.