For Educators

We provide professional development and self-care strategies via adult Brain Breaks, trainings and webinars. We also offer ongoing support for our partner districts and organizations. Continuing ed unit opportunities available.

For Students

We provide a range of free classroom resources that include learner Brain Breaks, health & wellness curricula,  and Virtual PE. Our mission is to promote social, emotional, and academic development for all learners.

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Culture of Care Summer Institute I

Originally Aired: MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY, JUNE 1-JUNE 26 AT 12 PM PDT / 3 PM EDT

Pure Edge, Inc.

DESCRIPTION:

We know that balancing the needs of online instruction and planning for a return in the fall is challenging. This series will help you build knowledge to integrate self-care and social-emotional learning skills into your online & in-person classes. Every session is free and live.

University of San Diego will provide EDU credits for Culture of Care course completion. University of San Diego will validate/issue transcripts in graduate level extension credits. As a reminder, it is always up to the student/participant to ensure that their institution will accept this type of continuing education credit. If you are seeking one EDU unit/credit, you must register for this 12-session source at the University of San Diego. This is ONLY if you are seeking one unit of credit for $75 from the University.

**MARYLAND RESIDENTS: The course, Culture of Care Self-Care for Educators and Learners, has been approved for one (1) CPD credit until Dec 31, 2025 with the assigned CPD number of 20-68-13. Participants must complete all sessions to earn this credit.

Session 1: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) & Self-Care  [Video] [PDF]
Session 2: Respond vs. React: Super Powers  [Video] [PDF]
Session 3: Stress & Allostatic Load  [Video] [PDF]
Session 4: The Neuroscience of Stress, Part 1  [Video] [PDF]
Session 5: The Neuroscience of Stress, Part 2  [Video] [PDF]
Session 6: Neuroplasticity  [Video] [PDF]
Session 7: Creating Healthy Habits  [Video] [PDF]
Session 8: Taking in the Good  [Video] [PDF]
Session 9: Six Critical Healing Factors  [Video] [PDF]
Session 10: Building Belonging – Emotion & Cognition  [Video] [PDF]
Session 11: Brain Breaks Implementation  [Video] [PDF]
Session 12: Culture of Care Implementation  [Video] [PDF]

Pure Edge, Inc.

National Trainers

We are a dedicated team from diverse backgrounds, all supporting one mission. Pure Edge, Inc. endeavors to provide strategies to help educators and learners achieve success through focus against environmental influences of social media, peer pressure, personal and community stressors. We offer a set of strategies that include well-rounded curriculum and training modules to develop social, emotional, and academic learning skills through mindful movement, breath and rest. Our program is designed to support the health and wellness of educators and learners by sharing simple strategies to reduce stress and improve focus.