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manuscript has been peer-reviewed, accepted, and endorsed by the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA) as a significant contribution to the scholarship and practice of school administration and K-12 education.  \nCaryn M. Wells  \nOakland University  \nThis paper advances the conceptual notion of mindfulness for educational leaders. The findings presented acknowledge the current levels of stress that school leaders face and posits that the practice of mindfulness may reduce these stressors while improving the effectiveness of leadership. The author also presents a synthesis of the literature from resonant leadership, emotional intelligence, social intelligence, and neuroscience findings, using the constructs of mindfulness as the foundation to develop a conceptual framework for mindful leadership in the schools. The attitudinal foundation of mindfulness (Kabat-Zinn, 2009) awareness, being fully present, compassion, equanimity, non-judgment, non-reactivity, letting go, listening, selfcompassion, patience, and trust are presented at constructs of mindfulness for educational leaders. These constructs are reviewed for their ability to inform leadership practice for educational leaders.  \nOur world is a new world, and it requires a new kind of leadership.  \nBoyatzis and McKee (2005, p. 1)  \nLeadership theory has largely been described by the behavioral or trait characteristics of leaders (Bolman & Deal, 2008; Northouse, 2013) . These descriptions focus on the activities or the doing of the leaders where what often defines leaders is what they have or do (Fry & Kriger, 2009) . Mindfulness departs from those approaches by suggesting a way of being as opposed to a way of doing.  \nThe dimensions of mindfulness such as being fully present, aware, accepting, and nonjudgmental embody this way of being. As opposed to emphasis on an act of doing, mindfulness  \nNCPEA Education Leadership Review of Doctoral Research, Vol. 2, No. 1 – March 2015  \nISSN: 1532-0723 © 2015 National Council of Professors of Educational Administration  \nThis manuscript may not be used commercially or edited. When quoting portions of this text, attribution to  \nthe author/s is required.  \nallows for a sense of spaciousness that enacts patience, listening, and compassion, all qualities important for leaders. Although classic leadership theory defines leaders by traits,(Northouse, 2013) mindful leadership offers a description of presence, a subtlety of describing how leaders enact these traits by ways of being.  \nBoyatzis and McKee (2005) called for a different type of leadership, one that they refer to as resonant leadership, where leaders are mindful and emotionally intelligent, inspiring hope and offering compassion for all they serve and lead. By being in touch with the concerns and issues of the workers, the leaders demonstrate empathy and compassion (Goleman, 1998; Goleman, Boyatzis, & McKee, 2002) .  \nA conceptual framework is helpful for understanding how educational leaders can respond to their current work demands, take care of themselves, and contribute to work environments where empathy, compassion and non-reactivity are present. The construct I am proposing is one of mindful leadership, one that integrates components of mindfulness with those of emotional intelligence, social intelligence, and resonant leadership, one that is informed by findings from neuroscience to suggest a different way of practicing leadership. I discuss these components or dimensions of mindfulness and their relationship to mindfulness below.  \nFour distinct yet related areas informs the conceptualization of mindfulness for educational leaders:  \n1. The stress levels of educational leaders apparent in the literature;  \n2. The literature of mindfulness that presents information about stress relief;  \n3. 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