The Impact of Mindfulness Meditation on Educator Growth and Professional Development: A Personal Account

This study examined the use of mindfulness meditation in educator growth and professional development. The purpose was to create recommendations for an effective mindfulness meditation practice for educators. To this end, as the researcher is an educator as well as an experienced mindfulness meditation practitioner, the research methodology was self-study through narrative inquiry. The exploration of mindfulness meditation on the researcher’s personal and professional development was viewed through the lenses of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Mezirow’s transformational learning theory. These theories provided an analytical framework that guided this research. Themes were drawn from the exploration and connected with academic literature. The results were a mindfulness meditation framework for educators that is based on the Socratic Method, and utilizes the conceptual frameworks of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Mezirow’s transformational learning theory.

Farm Account Book

The book contains account information and also lists some birth and death dates.

Farm Account Book (2)

Another account book with some pages missing and some damaged.

James Elliot Account Fragment

A fragment of account information for James Elliot dated 1853 and 1854.

Robert Elliot Account Fragment

A fragment of account information for Robert Elliot from the year 1855.

Estate of S.D. Woodruff in Account with H.H. Collier

The estate of S.D. Woodruff in account with H.H. Collier. This contains 1 1/2 printed pages listing expenses to be paid to Johnson Clench for copy of depositions, 1906-1907.

Statement of Cash Account at the Royal Trust Company

Statement of cash account at the Royal Trust Company, Toronto regarding the estate of Hamilton K. Woodruff consolidated trust and capital account estates, Oct. 1, 1959.

Payment for the Cogswell account

Payment for the Cogswell account, Aug. 29, 1882.

Payment for the Hall account

Payment for the Hall account, May 28, 1883.

Payment for the Cogswell account

Payment for the Cogswell account, Aug. 27, 1885.

Payment for Cogswell account

Payment for Cogswell account, Aug. 28, 1886.

Payment for Conklin account

Payment for Conklin account, Feb. 1, 1890.

Payment for Rothrock account

Payment for Rothrock account, July 7, 1890.

Payment for Conklin account

Payment for Conklin account, Aug. 1, 1890.

Letter to Jarvis, Conklin and Co. regarding the Shelby account

Letter to Jarvis, Conklin and Co. regarding the Shelby account. The letter is unsigned, but it is in Samuel Woodruff’s handwriting, Oct. 29, 1883.