Teaching with Heart: Cultivating Mindful Self-Compassion in Education

Teaching with Heart: Cultivating Mindful Self-Compassion in Education

When

10 Mar 2025 - 11 Mar 2025
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Asia/Singapore

Event Tag

To effectively teach mindfulness in the classroom, requires educators to develop a formal meditation practice, as well as to informally practice throughout the day. This six-hour workshop offers an opportunity for educators to cultivate mindful self-compassion, a practice that enhances adult social and emotional learning skills of self-awareness, relational awareness, and relationship skills. Participants will learn the principles of mindfulness and self-compassion, as well as explore how these practices can transform their approach to education. At the close of the course, participants will have practical tools and strategies to integrate mindful self-compassion into their daily lives and educational practice, promoting their own well-being and creating a supportive climate for their students. Join this transformative experience and discover how nurturing your own mind and heart can enhance your effectiveness as an educator.

Objectives
Participants will be able to:

  • Engage in accurate self-evaluation
  • Understand the science behind mindfulness and self-compassion
  • Practice techniques for increasing positivity toward oneself and others
  • Implement lessons for fostering a compassionate classroom environment that develop student self-awareness, relational awareness, and relationship skills

Outline 
Session 1: The Roots of Self-Talk, the Challenges of Self-assessment, and the Science behind Mindfulness and Self-Compassion

  • Environmental Awareness Arrival Practice
  • Introductions
  • What are mindfulness and Self-compassion Lecture
  • The Origins of Self-talk and Its Impact Lecture
  • Personal Reflection on Skills Valued by Family and Work Culture
  • Mindful Awareness Practice

Session 2: Practicing Mindful Self-compassion in and out of the Classroom

  • Nervous System Settling Arrival Practice
  • Loving-kindness guided meditation
  • Review of sample lessons
  • Peer-teach loving-kindness lessons appropriate to your grade level
  • Questions and Answers
  • Survey

Trainer’s Profile
Jill S. is a social and emotional learning trainer and coach based out of Blaine, WA, USA. For most of her 25-year career, she has worked in American and Chinese public and independent schools with young people (ages 2-18) and their families as a teacher, school administrator, and most recently the Teacher Coach and Academic Director of Pullman Community Montessori in Washington state. Holding a master’s degree in educational leadership from DePaul University in Chicago, IL, USA, as well as a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Facilitator qualification from Brown University, she brings a mindful lens to educational practice. She has practiced meditation for thirty years and has led meditation practice groups for fifteen years. She is fascinated by the ways that schools acculturate students and enjoys sharing tools to help make classrooms and subsequently cultures places that work for us all!

Methodology
Didactic presentations, reflective exercises, guided awareness practices, lesson modeling, peer teaching.

Platform

Zoom
A Zoom account is not required if you are strictly joining Zoom Meetings as a participant. An email invite will be emailed to you prior to the live workshop. Before joining a Zoom meeting on a computer or mobile device, you can download the Zoom app from the Download Center. Otherwise, you will be prompted to download and install Zoom when you click a join link.

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Target Audience
Teachers, administrators, and school counselors working with students of any age.

Fees
1 person: SGD400.00 (USD320.00)/person
2 to 4 person: SGD380.00 (USD310.00)/person
5 person & more: SGD360.00 (USD300.00)/person
E-certificate will be issued

Other Details
Duration: 2 days, 6 hours
Closing Date:  2 Mar 2025

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