Wednesday 31 October: Post-conference workshop 1: Nurturing teacher mindfulness to create a caring classroom

Teaching is a very stressful profession and recently there has been great attention to the stresses faced by teachers. New approaches that focus on supporting teachers to better manage their stress and provide a more caring presence in the classroom have recently been developed. This workshop has two goals. First, we will discuss the concept of mindfulness and how it can be applied to supporting resilience in teachers.  Second, the audience will participate in a series of mindfulness activities that will demonstrate some components of a mindfulness approach to improve the social and emotional competence of teachers and the climate of the classroom.  Much of this will be drawn from the CARE Program (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education).

• › Dr Mark Greenberg, award-winning child development researcher and educator, Penn State University, USA, United States
• › Christa Turksma, psychologist, teacher and mindfulness trainer; co-author, CARE (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education) Model, USA, United States