MiSP Preliminary Teacher Training, Sept 2011
This course provided an in-depth training in how to teach mindfulness to young people in secondary schools. Learning about some of the theoretical underpinnings for the curriculum and mindfulness practice that enable more effective classroom teaching.
Sharpham House and Estate, set in the Dart Valley, South of Totnes, Devon, provided an idyllic setting for a long weekend together.
Participants gained full access to curriculum materials for students and teachers, including the student booklet, comprehensive teachers’ notes and lesson transcripts.
Preliminary Teacher Training Course
In April 2011 we ran a Preliminary Teacher Training course at Tonbridge School. This course provided in-depth training in how to teach mindfulness to young people in secondary schools. Full curriculum and support materials were provided, and those who attend were awarded MiSP’s Preliminary Teacher Training Certificates.
Doing so enabled them to be closely involved in the Mindfulness in Schools Project as it develops, and to participate in the research programme that we're running with the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. There is some on-going supervision available for those who attended.
National Mindfulness in Schools Conference 2010
In March 2010 we held the first National Mindfulness in Schools Conference at Tonbridge School.
Key note speakers were:
- Professor Mark Williams, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Oxford University
- Professor Felicia Huppert, Director of Cambridge University’s Well-being Institute.
- Michael Chaskalson, Founder and Director of Mindfulness Works Ltd
Slides from National Conference, March 2010
Mindfulness in the Adult World (Prof. Mark Williams)
An Introduction to Mindfulness in Schools Project (Chris Cullen)
The Classroom Challenge (Richard Burnett)
The Architecture of the Curriculum (Chris O'Neil)
Training the Teachers (Jini Lavelle and Sarah Hennelly)
Mindfulness in the Context of UK Schools (Prof. Katherine Weare)
The Mindfulness in Schools Project research (Prof. Felicia Huppert)
