This retreat is a revitalizing, immersive, deep-dive into mindfulness. Ground yourself in mindfulness practices that foster self-awareness, compassion and connection, learn mindful teaching skills, and connect with a passionate community of youth-serving professionals.
This retreat will explore how having your own mindfulness practice can assist you in working with youth who have experienced trauma, as well as unpacking the neuroscience that explains why mindfulness can be transformational for individuals who have experienced trauma. We’ll also explore the conditioning that influences our biases so that we can create and contribute to more inclusive, equitable classroom environments.
This retreat is designed for youth-serving professionals. Mindfulness practitioners of all levels are warmly invited to attend.
Outcomes:
- In a supportive retreat setting, learn the practice of mindfulness to foster personal well-being and increase your effectiveness as an educator.
- Learn the beneficial effects that meditation and other mindfulness tools have on the brain and body.
- Ground yourself in skills that reduce stress, build emotional resilience, and increase connection to your students and young clients.
- Explore concepts and practices of relational mindfulness to improve communication, engagement and trust in the classroom.
- With a thoughtful community of educators, explore shared challenges and the personal/professional conditioning that can block inspiration and fulfillment.
- Understand and explore a mindfulness-based pedagogical paradigm based on self-awareness, conscious communication and compassion.
- Learn trauma-informed, evidence-based tools that improve teaching outcomes, particularly in work with vulnerable, marginalized and underserved youth.
- Identify strategies and practices for self-care that cultivate presence, calmness, equanimity and joy.
CEUs:
- Registered participants can earn 24 CEUs and 24 clock hours toward professional development units upon completion of the training.
- Certificate of completion provided.
Please consult your licensing board if you have questions about whether specific trainings will meet your particular licensure and continuing education needs.
Who:
Caverly Morgan – Caverly Morgan, founder and Executive Director of Peace in Schools, is a contemplative leader with almost two decades of experience in designing, developing, and teaching mindfulness-based curricula for adults and youth. She leads the Peace in Schools teaching team, created our mindfulness curricula, and works directly with teens. She formerly worked for nonprofits serving people with special needs. She brings insight, passion and humor to her transformative work with students of all ages. Caverly has been practicing mindfulness since 1995, including eight years in a monastic setting. Caverly is recognized as a pioneer in the field of mindfulness education, has twice been featured on the cover of Mindful magazine, and presents at mindfulness conferences nationally.
Maggie Steele – Maggie Steele, MSW, is the lead instructor for this course. Maggie is the Training Coordinator for Peace in Schools and develops and facilitates our mindfulness-based professional development trainings for educators. She teaches Mindful Studies at Franklin High School and is a certified provider of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens (MBSR-T). Maggie is a licensed school social worker and holds a BA in Psychology and a Master’s in Social Work for children, youth, and families. She is also a training facilitator and practicum supervisor at the Youth Coaching Institute. She has been a mindfulness practitioner since 2003.
Madeline Harmon – As a mindfulness teacher for Peace in Schools, Madeline’s mission is to assist youth in realizing their personal power and cultivating attitudes of loving kindness towards themselves and others. She began her journey with mindfulness through the practice of yoga in 2008. She has worked with K-12 students in schools across the San Francisco Bay Area to help them develop personal mindfulness practices since 2011. Madeline completed her 200 and 300 hour yoga teacher trainings and is currently pursuing her Masters in Social Work. She brings playfulness, loving kindness and openness to her classroom.
Cost:
Early Bird Tuition (good through June 11th)
$645 – Course only, with lunch provided
$945 – Course with a Shared Room and Board
$1045 – Course with a Single Room and Board
Regular Tuition (June 12th – July 3rd)
$695 – Course only, with lunch provided
$995 – Course with a Shared Room and Board
$1095 – Course with a Single Room and Board
New! Bring a Friend Discount
Bring a friend who is new to Peace in Schools and you’ll each receive $50 off your tuition. Please register, then email gentiana@peaceinschools.org to receive your discount.
New! Returning Participant Discount
Have you attended a previous Mindful Educator Retreat with us before? If so, we want to offer you a $50 discount to say thanks for being part of our community! Before you register, email gentiana@peaceinschools.org for a discount code.
Need a payment plan? Contact gentiana@peaceinschools.org for details.
Scholarships
We are committed to offering scholarships to individuals with marginalized identities so that those who have been historically oppressed can have access to practices that support wellness and wellbeing. Email gentiana@peaceinschools.org for more information.
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