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.
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.
The workshop is an experiential and relational approach to stress management with emphasis on educator well-being. Over seven 45-minute, meeting-style sessions, participants embark on a practical exploration of stress management that employs a positive psychology lens and provides tools to query individual awareness, perception, and thoughts by identifying, shifting, and applying strategies that influence behavioral outcomes.
These sessions, each focusing on a specific grade band, will introduce Start With the Heart, a free curriculum to support well-being. Learners will explore the body’s stress response, the role of the brain and nervous system, neuroplasticity, brain anatomy, self-regulation, developing a growth mindset to support resiliency, reflecting on habits, and how their own well-being exists in relationship with the well-being of their communities. Sept. 21: High School, Sept. 28: Middle School, Oct. 5: Elementary (3-5), Oct. 12: Early Childhood (PreK-2)
These sessions, each focusing on a specific grade band, will introduce Start With the Heart, a free curriculum to support well-being. Learners will explore the body’s stress response, the role of the brain and nervous system, neuroplasticity, brain anatomy, self-regulation, developing a growth mindset to support resiliency, reflecting on habits, and how their own well-being exists in relationship with the well-being of their communities. Sept. 21: High School, Sept. 28: Middle School, Oct. 5: Elementary (3-5), Oct. 12: Early Childhood (PreK-2)
In these 30-minute sessions (divided by grade band), we will review our free resources and explain how building intentional student-facing routines through Breathe, Move, and Rest early in the school year can set the tone for the day, encourage co-regulation, support learner well-being, and build a sense of belonging in the classroom. July 27: Higher Education, Aug. 3: Middle and High, Aug. 10: Elementary, Aug. 17: Early Childhood.
This professional learning community will provide an experiential and relational approach to stress management that aims to explore educator well-being over six 30-minute sessions. Join us for a practical exploration of stress management that encompasses a positive psychology lens to tools that query our individual awareness, perception, and thoughts by identifying, shifting, and applying strategies that influence behavioral outcomes.
This professional learning community will provide an experiential and relational approach to stress management that aims to explore educator well-being. Join us for a practical exploration of stress management that encompasses a positive psychology lens to tools that query our individual awareness, perception, and thoughts by identifying, shifting, and applying strategies that influence behavioral outcomes.
This professional learning community will provide an experiential and relational approach to stress management that aims to explore educator well-being. Join us for a practical exploration of stress management that encompasses a positive psychology lens to tools that query our individual awareness, perception, and thoughts by identifying, shifting, and applying strategies that influence behavioral outcomes.
Give your K-3 class some #FridayFun with a virtual field trip! This 30-minute webinar will include a book reading of Nubes en el Cielo and Q&A with Costa Rican author and psychologist Ivo Cussianovich. This session will be conducted in Spanish.
Give your K-3 class some #WednesdayWellness with a virtual field trip! This 30-minute webinar will include a book reading of Clouds in the Sky and Q&A with Costa Rican author and psychologist Ivo Cussianovich.
“Most people are creatures of habit. When things go as planned, we feel in control. But when life throws a curveball, it can leave us feeling anxious and stressed.” -APA website, Oct 2021
Don’t let workplace stress derail your healthy routines. Whether just starting out or building upon our everyday routines for well-being, a mindfulness meditation practice can help us feel regulated and balanced as we continue to manage life’s stressors and changes. Join Anne Contreras for a four-part series of interactive sessions that center around 20-minute guided meditation practices in support of self-care.
In this interactive session, grade 9-12 educators will have access to Start with the Heart Curriculum and learn practical implementation strategies to embed SEL, breath, movement, and rest into the PreK-2 classroom.
In this interactive session, grade 6-8 educators will have access to Start with the Heart Curriculum and learn practical implementation strategies to embed SEL, breath, movement, and rest into the PreK-2 classroom.
In this interactive session, grade 3-5 educators will have access to Start with the Heart Curriculum and learn practical implementation strategies to embed SEL, breath, movement, and rest into the PreK-2 classroom.
In this interactive session, PreK-2 educators will have access to Start with the Heart Curriculum and learn practical implementation strategies to embed SEL, breath, movement, and rest into the PreK-2 classroom.
“Most people are creatures of habit. When things go as planned, we feel in control. But when life throws a curveball, it can leave us feeling anxious and stressed.” -APA website, Oct 2021
Don’t let workplace stress derail your healthy routines. Whether just starting out or building upon our everyday routines for well-being, a mindfulness meditation practice can help us feel regulated and balanced as we continue to manage life’s stressors and changes. Join Anne Contreras for a four-part series of interactive sessions that center around 20-minute guided meditation practices in support of self-care.
“Most people are creatures of habit. When things go as planned, we feel in control. But when life throws a curveball, it can leave us feeling anxious and stressed.” -APA website, Oct 2021
Don’t let workplace stress derail your healthy routines. Whether just starting out or building upon our everyday routines for well-being, a mindfulness meditation practice can help us feel regulated and balanced as we continue to manage life’s stressors and changes. Join Anne Contreras for a four-part series of interactive sessions that center around 20-minute guided meditation practices in support of self-care.
In this interactive session, PreK-2 educators will have access to Start with the Heart Curriculum and learn practical implementation strategies to embed SEL, breath, movement, and rest into the PreK-2 classroom.
In this interactive session, participants will understand the neuroscience of stress and the physiology behind simple strategies to reduce stress and activate the parasympathetic nervous system.
In this interactive session, participants will understand the neuroscience of stress and the physiology behind simple strategies to reduce stress and activate the parasympathetic nervous system.
In this interactive session, participants will understand the neuroscience of stress and the physiology behind simple strategies to reduce stress and activate the parasympathetic nervous system.
Teachers, bring your students on a virtual field trip! In these 20-minute sessions, we will learn simple breathing, movement, and rest strategies to de-stress and have some fun along the way.
Join Dr. Isaac C. Carrier and Dr. Aaron J. Griffen, the authors of Fighting the Good Fight: Narratives of the African American Principalship, for a webinar celebrating Practitioner-Scholarship. They will be joined by special guests, including Principal Kennard Branch of DC Public Schools’ Garfield Prep, as we launch a new Practitioner-Scholarship series. These incredible school principals and Practitioner-Scholars will explore the book’s major themes: the journey of the principalship, adverse African American experiences, social justice and equity, and success of the principalship.
Teachers, bring your students on a virtual field trip! In these 20-minute sessions, we will learn simple breathing, movement, and rest strategies to de-stress and have some fun along the way.
Teachers, bring your students on a virtual field trip! In these 20-minute sessions, we will learn simple breathing, movement, and rest strategies to de-stress and have some fun along the way.
Teachers, bring your students on a virtual field trip! In these 20-minute sessions, we will learn simple breathing, movement, and rest strategies to de-stress and have some fun along the way.
Join Dr. Aaron J. Griffen, author of R.A.C.E. Mentoring and P-12 Educators: Practitioners Contributing to Scholarship (Research, Advocacy, Collaboration, and Empowerment), for Part 2 of our Practitioner-Scholarship series.
“I’m just…” It’s a phrase we hear all the time. I’m just a teacher, I’m just an assistant principal, I’m just a tech director, I’m just a custodian. Identifying leadership traits in yourself changes your mindset when thinking about leading those around you. It’s our job to find those traits, focus our efforts on growth opportunities, and foster an environment where everyone has a chance to lead. This fast-paced and engaging guest session with superintendent and author Dr. Joe Sanfelippo will help you identify your own leadership traits and implement practical ways to increase your capacity to find them in others.
“Most people are creatures of habit. When things go as planned, we feel in control. But when life throws a curveball, it can leave us feeling anxious and stressed.” -APA website, Oct 2021
Don’t let workplace stress derail healthy routines. Whether just starting out or building upon our everyday routines for well-being, a mindfulness meditation practice can help us feel regulated and balanced as we continue to settle into a new year. Join Anne Contreras for a four-part series of interactive sessions that center around 20-minute guided meditation practices in support of self-care.
How can administrators, along with faculty and staff, show compassion not only for our students, but for ourselves and each other? Join former school administrators Katie Barr and Tristan Love for a 3-session series that focuses on adult well-being.
Session I – Toast to Myself
Session II – Grounding in Joy
Session III – Circles of Compassion