Practicing Presence Through Mindfulness (60 Clock Hours)

If you have taken this course for graduate credit through ArmchairEd, you cannot take the same course for clock hours through ArmchairEdClockHours.

Practicing Presence through Mindfulness provides scientifically proven evidence and strategies for teachers and students to address behavior issues and improve executive functioning.  Using breath, yoga, meditation exercises, and step-by-step sensation-, emotion-, and presence-based mindfulness activities to create compassionate learning environments.  Educators will learn to become present in the classroom and promote compassionate self-regulation in the classroom.

• Explore the theory behind mindful education, including the interrelated nature of physiology, cognition, emotions, and mindfulness for students.
• Learn how mindfulness in schools contributes to a positive mindset, alleviates the impact of toxic stress, and takes advantage of neuroplasticity.
• Understand the effects of trauma and ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) on student behavior and the ability to learn and discover trauma-informed practices that support healing.
• Acquire research-based mindfulness practices, including breathing exercises, yoga for the classroom, meditation for students, and cognitive reflection and awareness.
• Reignite the passion that first drew you to education and prioritize self-care for yourself and your students.
• Discover how to build a heart-centered learning community in classrooms and create mindful schools.

Click Here to Buy Practicing Presence: Simple Self-Care Strategies for Teachers Direct from the Publisher

Click Here to Buy Mindfulness Practices: Cultivating Heart Centered Communites Where Students Focus and Flourish Direct from the Publisher

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What Educators are Saying About Practicing Presence:

I am incredibly grateful that I was able to take this course and it opened my eyes to mindfulness and what a positive impact it can make on students and classrooms. It is something that I will encourage others to be using, not only in my classroom, but also at our school. I would like to share my learning with my colleagues and hopefully spread an awareness of mindfulness ~~JC

Overall, this course has been probably one of the most beneficial courses I have taken. I will continue to reference these books when I am feeling overwhelmed, disregulated or burnt out. I will also use these as I help plan out school wide lessons, or even integrating these classroom applications into the flow and routine of my daily class. Most of the “self‑care” trainings for teachers I’ve been to or have completed through my school have seemed very performative and just a bunch of useless fluff. I appreciate that these books are from educators, for educators. I also appreciate the fact that they have realistic ideas and applications for the busy lives of teachers and the jam‑packed school day.  These texts have been eye‑opening, inspiring and have allowed me to do some deep reflection around my self‑care practices and our practices in the modern‑day school system.~~SF