Mindfulness for Educators
Description: Educators who practice mindfulness are much more likely to be more resilient to stress and more attentive, resulting in students having a more positive learning experience. Mindfulness helps educators to connect with students at a deeper level, creating more compassionate classrooms and enabling them to better meet students’ academic and personal needs.
During the training participants will learn about core practices of mindfulness, gain knowledge and tools on how to improve their interpersonal communication, build resilience and create mindful classrooms for student-centred learning. The participants will also be shown how they can integrate mindfulness-based educational approaches in their work with students (teaching) as well as colleagues (work context).
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Dates and Locations
- 15.–19.01.2024
- 12.–16.08.2024
- 13.–17.01.2025
- 11.–15.08.2025
Don’t see the dates that suit your group? Send us an e-mail with the proposed dates and location and we will get back to you.*
*- Only in case you are 6 or more persons from the same organisation.
Daily Programme
Monday
- Welcome and introductions
- Individual expectations, setting objectives for the week
- Getting to know each other & icebreakers
- Introduction to Mindfulness
- How Mindfulness is implemented in academic content – case studies and sharing best practice
- Reflections of the day, discussion
Tuesday
- Mindful teacher – mindful teaching
- What is mindful communication?
- Techniques for mindful listening
- Techniques for mindful speaking
- Reflections of the day, discussion
Wednesday
- The impact of emotions on teaching and learning ability
- Effects of stress in an educational setting
- Assessing your personal stress triggers
- Mindful Resilience
- Reframing the situation - changing not resourceful strategies
- Mindfulness techniques for anger management and anxiety
- Reflections of the day, discussion
Thursday
- The Future of Education – Mindful Classrooms
- Practising mindfulness in teaching
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for practising and teaching mindfulness
- How can I incorporate mindfulness in my classroom? - preparing an action plan
- Reflections of the day, discussion
Friday
- Summary and course evaluation
- Feedback & certificates
- Cultural excursion in the local area
Competences Acquired by Participants
Specific objectives of the training are:
- Introduce mindfulness concept and its core practices to the participants
- Show the importance of mindfulness in an academic setting
- Teach participants about mindful classrooms and how they contribute to calm, attentive students
- Provide participants with the tools for improving interpersonal communication and building resilience
- Provide participants with tools for learning and teaching mindfulness
- Enhance the participant’s ability to adapt to changes
- Create a cross-cultural environment to discuss and exchange ideas with colleagues
- Provide tools of professional development for the teacher
- Increase capacity to cooperate on an international level
- Improve communication and social skills
- Improve English language skills
Type of Certification of Attendance Awarded
- Certificate of attendance including description of training content and time input
- Certificate of Obtained Competencies
- Europass mobility certificates – to be issued by the applicant’s NA
Course Packages
Please note that ‘All in one – single room’ and ‘All in one – double room’ packages are being offered in all locations except London, Dublin, Barcelona, Athens, Porto, Lyon, Split and Pisa, where we have only the ‘Basic’ course package.
1. ‘ALL IN ONE – Single room’ PACKAGE - 1240€
- Tuition fee and training material
- Certificate of Competence
- Welcome dinner
- Accommodation in a Single room in a 3 or 4-star hotel (6 nights)
- Full Board (5 days)
- Administration costs
- Coffee Breaks
- Cultural visit
2. ‘ALL IN ONE – Double Room Sharing’ PACKAGE- 1040€
- Tuition fee and training material
- Certificate of Competence
- Welcome dinner
- Accommodation - double room sharing in a 3 or 4-star hotel (6 nights)
- Full Board (5 days)
- Administration costs
- Coffee Breaks
- Cultural visit
*Choose double room sharing if you are 2 colleagues from the same organisation willing to share a double room/ or if you have any accompanying person travelling to the venue of the course together with you (we can arrange the accommodation for accompanying persons as well).
3. ‘BASIC’ course PACKAGE - 450€
- Tuition fee and training material
- Certificate of Competence
- Welcome dinner
- Administration costs
- Coffee Breaks
- Cultural visit
Note: separate invoices for the training fee only (400 EUR) can be issued upon request from the organisation.
DOREA as well offers group discounts in the case of 7 or more persons from the same organisation.
