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Mindfulness: A Tool for Social Emotional Growth- Christine Wallach

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Mindfulness: A Tool for Social Emotional Growth- Christine Wallach

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As stated in her presentation, "Research shows that mindfulness practice has a positive effect on student learning while building community and reducing stress."  Our children/students/faculty/parents/staff and administrators can only benefit from this practice at our school.
-Kimia Ebeling

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I want to continue to learn about the power of gratitude and mindfulness/attention. Studies have shown significant improvement in self-compassion after just 6 weeks (3 times/week) of connecting with gratitude.
-Ashley Congdon

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After listening to How Do You See It? and Make, Think, Do: K-3 Design Thinking there was an emphasis on getting our students to understand how others are feeling or see the problem from another point of view. I am going to explore ways to provide students multiple perspectives through books as well as adding a "feel" element to how we teach the research process.

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I have ordered Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Dr. Kristin Neff.  So many of our under-performing students beat themselves up.  We need to teach them to be their own champions as they raise the bar academically.

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I have been focusing on the product too much within my classes, and not focusing enough on the process. I want to continue to improve the way I teach my students, making sure I am not rushing through lessons in order to just get the task done.

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I am hoping to build more collaborative learning between other subjects my peers teach through projects. Mr. Shu has some great books he recommended for teaching across the curriculum!  -Leigh Davidson

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I was really inspired by Ron Clark- I bought 2 of his books, + the Finland book and the makerspace book, so I hope to look to these for more ideas to use in the classroom.
-Diana Matthews

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I would like to continue to explore transitioning to a Reggio inspired classroom.

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How to work with the 5% of the children whose behavior is in crisis?

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"A group photo is only going to work if everyone is in the picture." 

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"A group photo is only going to work if everyone is in the picture." 

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-Beverly Daniel Tatum

Let's be mindful and intentional of our "picture!"

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I would love to continue to find ways to excited and motivate the learning, as per Ron Clark. I would love to read The Wild Card by Hope and Wade King, two of Ron's teachers. It think it will have some more ideas to engage students in fun and creative ways!

--Kimberly McDermid

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Bring excitement into the classroom. When students see that the teachers are loving what they are doing and energetic, then they will respond positively in the classroom.

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Build a community that sees every child represented.