For Schools

Are You an Educator...

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Are You a Building Principal...

If you answered “YES” to any of these questions, contact Teaching Well to learn more about:

In-person OR Virtual personal-professional development topics include:

  • Introduction to Mindfulness

  • Stress Reduction & Self Care

  • Neuroscience & Executive Learning

  • Mindful Leadership

  • Social Emotional Learning

  • Mindful Habit Building

  • Positivity, Kindness, & Compassion

  • Mindfulness for Paraprofessionals and Other Support Services

Example Professional Development Programs

Programs can be customized to meet your specific needs and interests

Single Session

1-2 Hours

Mindfulness Makes a Difference

Program Overview:

  • Discover what mindfulness is… and isn’t.
  • How mindfulness practice benefits teachers by:
    • Reducing stress.
    • Helping to respond skillfully and calmly to stressful situations.
    • Changing the way our brains works (neuroplasticity).
  • Experience bringing mindfulness practices to everyday activities.
  • Detailed support to start their own personal practice.
  • Practical strategies for how to bring practices to the classroom.

 

**This session is also relevant for paraprofessionals, administrators, secretarial staff, and other school personnel.

Multiple Sessions/Full Day Intensive

Times Vary

Mindfulness for Teachers & Their Students

Program Overview:

  • Analyze the theory and practice of mindfulness and how it can inform classroom experiences.
  • Analyze the concepts and of mindfulness of thoughts/emotions, mindful communication, gratitude and self-compassion and employ reflective practices.
  • Demonstrate how mindfulness can work in a classroom setting and help inform teaching practice through analyzing classroom scripts.
  • Design a plan to implement mindfulness resources into personal practice OR classroom instruction OR school/district level.
  • Design and implement a plan to improve personal health and well-being through intention writing and creating SMART goals.

Schools and Conferences I've Spoken at

It was so rewarding working with educators at these schools and conferences, and I would welcome the opportunity to work with yours!

Antietam School District
Berks County Intermediate Unit
Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit
Cocalico School District
Colonial Intermediate Unit
M.O.T. Charter School
Reading School District
Westmoreland County Intermediate Unit
St. Rita School for the Deaf, Cleveland Ohio
Easter Regional High School, New Jersey
Teacher Self-Care Conference
PASAP Conference
Berks Area School Counselors Association
Renaissance Academy
Thom Stecher and Associates