The Mindful Teacher

Can one truly teach minfully if they are not mindful themself? How does a personal mindfulness routine change your school day? Tell us how you practice mindfulness for yourself and how it influences teaching mindfulness to your students!

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Teaching

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Current Discussion: How do you encourage colleagues and students to remain mindful when testing can have such a strong influence on the school environment?

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Current Discussion: How has mindfulness played a role for you in establishing the routines of this new academic year?

How has mindfulness played a role for you in establishing the routines of this new academic year?

September, 2015

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What can we learn from quiet?

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Current Discussion: What mindful approaches do you use to prepare your students for the end of the school year?

What mindful approaches do you use to prepare your students for the end of the school year?

May 2015

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Current Discussion: In recent years, teachers have been heavily encouraged to increase their use of technology in the classroom. How do you promote or discourage the frequent use of technology in your teaching environment?

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Current Discussion: How do you motivate your students and yourself to be mindful once you've grown accustomed to your daily classroom routines?

Mindful practice can be helped and hindered by daily routine. How do you find the balance?

“We shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started”- T.S. Eliot (Little Gidding V, Four Quartets, 1943)

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Current Discussion: What do I do with myself when my students aren't the way I would like them to be?

Sometimes teachers' expectations for students go unmet. What do you do in these circumstances?

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Current Discussion: Some believe mindful practices are self-focused and placate pressing and controversial issues. Do these sentiments resonate with your experiences with mindful practice?

Some believe mindful practices are self-focused and placate pressing and controversial issues. Do these sentiments resonate with your experiences in mindful practice? We invite you to reflect on your practice and share your thoughts, strategies, and techniques.

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Current Discussion: Thriving learning communities often experience moments of discomfort. How do you encourage yourself and your students to remain present when challenged?

We know that thriving learning communities often experience moments of discomfort. How do you encourage yourself and your students to remain present when challenged? We invite you to reflect on your practice and share your thoughts, strategies, and techniques.

“If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit.” - Thomas Merton

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Current Discussion: How do you practice mindful teaching while managing your expectations for the new school year?

This month we pose the question: How do you practice mindful teaching while managing your expectations for a new school year? We invite you to reflect on your practice and share your thoughts, strategies, and techniques.

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