Program: Office of School Improvement - CTLE Approved Sponsor
Audience: Invitation Only: Members who completed the Building Mindfulness workshops with Erica in 2018/2019
Dates: 10/17/2019 to 4/15/2020
***Invitation Only: This is a continuation for those members who completed the Building Mindfulness Capacity in Your School workshops***
"Scholarly research finds that mindfulness practice decreases stress and anxiety, increases attention, improves interpersonal relationships, strengthens compassion, and confers a host of other benefits."-Mindful Schools.
The practice of Mindfulness, in many ways, is foundational to the work of teaching and learning. This series has been designed to help teachers and leaders build Mindfulness capacity in their schools by learning about it deeply, practicing it, and sharing their learning with colleagues and students.
In this 4 day series, with additional Webinar support (dates to be determined with participants for 3 sessions), participants will:
-- expand their personal practice in Mindfulness
-- build upon knowledge of relevant brain research on Mindfulness in connection with trauma and addiction
-- experiment and explore different Mindfulness strategies such as Jon Kabat Zinn's attitudes of Mindfulness: non-judging, patience, beginner's mind, trust, non-striving
prepare and lead Mindfulness lessons and reflect on those lessons with cohort of learners
-- combine Mindfulness with content to develop integrated lessons
-- identify connections between their District's work and Mindfulness
-- continued develop for an implementation plan for Mindfulness in their District or receive support for a newly created implementation