Program Calendar
Explore Mindful Schools’ upcoming events, workshops, and trainings to expand your mindfulness practice and teaching. We offer programming for all levels of experience.
Build a sustainable schoolwide program. Click here to learn about specialized services for schools.
Sep
Workshop: Mindfulness and SEL for Educators
In this workshop, we will share strategies that you can use during the school day to navigate challenging and stressful classroom moments. Join us to explore mindfulness practices that support your well-being and your own social-emotional competencies as an adult.
Oct
101: Mindfulness Foundations
In this 4-week facilitated online course, learn the science of mindfulness and simple yet powerful strategies to bring mindfulness into daily life to manage stress and burnout, and build resilience. Course forums and live calls are facilitated and guided by Mindful Schools faculty.
Oct
Monthly Community Practice
Mindful Schools is committed to supporting educators in their personal mindfulness practice. Join our monthly practice, which begins with a short talk and guided practice, and then moves into a 30-minute Q&A with members of our Mindful Schools faculty. RSVP here!
Oct
Self-Compassion for Educators
Educators, take a deep dive into the research, practice, and experience of self-compassion in this 6-week online course led by researcher and author, Kristin Neff, PhD. Enhance your well-being and revitalize your deep motivation for helping others.
Oct
School Implementation Clinic
Learn how to support your school to build a whole-school mindfulness program. Implement evaluation tools, learn strategies to align stakeholders, and begin facilitating peer learning. Programmatic and cultural change is a process––it takes time. This course gives you access to six live Coaching Calls with a Mindful Schools Coach to get support and feedback along the way. Register before the next Live Coaching Call.
Oct
201: Mindfulness in the Classroom
In this comprehensive 8-week facilitated online course, learn trauma-sensitive strategies to nurture social-emotional well-being in your classroom. Access the new Mindful Schools K-12 Curriculum and Teaching Kit.
Nov
Monthly Community Practice
Mindful Schools is committed to supporting educators in their personal mindfulness practice. Join our monthly practice, which begins with a short talk and guided practice, and then moves into a 30-minute Q&A with members of our Mindful Schools faculty. RSVP here!
Nov
101: Mindfulness Foundations
In this 4-week facilitated online course, learn the science of mindfulness and simple yet powerful strategies to bring mindfulness into daily life to manage stress and burnout, and build resilience. Course forums and live calls are facilitated and guided by Mindful Schools faculty.
Nov
Workshop: Mindful Communication in the Classroom
Join this experiential workshop to explore different ways to connect, practice empathy, and create solutions collaboratively. Discover techniques you can apply in interactions with colleagues and students to build connection and healthier relationships.
Nov
201: Mindfulness in the Classroom
In this comprehensive 8-week facilitated online course, learn trauma-sensitive strategies to nurture social-emotional well-being in your classroom. Access the new Mindful Schools K-12 Curriculum and Teaching Kit.
Dec
Monthly Community Practice
Mindful Schools is committed to supporting educators in their personal mindfulness practice. Join our monthly practice, which begins with a short talk and guided practice, and then moves into a 30-minute Q&A with members of our Mindful Schools faculty. RSVP here!
Train Your Team
Did you know we offer extra support for schools?
Invest in mindfulness as a professional development training for your faculty, staff, and school community. Build a sustainable schoolwide program.
Why Mindful Educators?
Why is Mindful Schools so critically focused on the development of mindful educators?
Because teaching is incredibly challenging work.
Educators need more support. Education is a calling that draws some of the most hard-working and dedicated people on the planet. It’s challenging work and the stakes are high; and overwhelmed and under-resourced educators are prone to burnout. Words like “self-care,” “sustainability,” and “wellbeing” may seem at odds with the goals of a modern, performance-oriented educational system. We think differently.
Mindful educators feel more calm, effective, creative, and confident; they’re less likely to burn out and we’re less likely to miss out on their talents. Mindfulness is a practice that supports educators with skills to improve focus and better manage stress. Mindfulness also offers self-care strategies, so educators feel more nourished and energized to support students in the classroom.
Because apps can’t model the power of presence.
Mindful Schools resources include easy-to-use guided audios and lessons; but we know that children absorb and learn more through observation, mirroring, and modeling. Educators with a mindfulness practice bring a presence into the classroom and model the essential principles of mindfulness through their curious listening, caring words, and un-reactive actions. It’s not just what we teach, but how we teach it.
Because curriculum alone doesn’t change culture.
Mindful Schools resources include research-backed, adaptable K-12 curriculum; but we know that mindfulness has its great benefits beyond the curriculum. The mindful educator can skillfully integrate mindfulness into all aspects of learning activities – gradually and positively shifting culture in the classroom and school to cultivate new ways of thinking, learning, and being together that foster well-being for everyone in the school community.
Because we’re in this for the long game.
We’re committed to long-term, sustainable solutions. Educators are at the heart of our approach because they are the heart of school communities. The enduring health of our schools is dependent on the continuity of educators who create and nurture school relationships, traditions, and culture. These are educators who have the inner resources to support the daily challenges on campus, who are not going to burnout, and who share beneficial impact of their mindfulness practice with every individual they interact with: students, peer educators, parents, and others who are part of the wider community.
Testimonials from Educators and Students
“Training with Mindful Schools changed my life, no doubt about it.”
– Christine de Guzman, Elementary School Educator
Learn more about the Mindful Schools’ Certification Program that changed the lives of two school teachers.
“There have been a lot of days where I wouldn’t have been able to go to school, or wouldn’t have had the motivation to, and because of doing mindfulness, it’s the only reason I ever went.”
– Dylan, High School Student
Dylan’s teacher, Ms. O, is a graduate of the Mindful Schools online trainings and Certification Program. Watch how mindfulness impacted Dylan’s life.