1. Moving Individual Practice Toward a Mindful School Community
From ME to WE:
Moving Individual Practice Toward a Mindful School Community

2. Karen Ritter Assistant Principal @kritter12345
Introductions
Karen Ritter Assistant Principal
@kritter12345
Michele Curley
Italian Teacher
@profcurley
Alicia Funes
Professional School Counselor
@AlicFunes

3. and non-judgmentally.” --Jon Kabat Zinn
What is Mindfulness?
“Mindfulness is...
paying attention in a particular way,
on purpose,
in the present moment,
and non-judgmentally.”
--Jon Kabat Zinn

4. Self-Awareness
S-ART
Self-Awareness
Self-Regulation
Self-Transcendence

5. Breathwork and Meditation
Pause.
Breathe.
Repair your universe.
Proceed.

6. Heartfulness

8. Creating a Mindful School Culture

9. Implementation in different areas
Lunch & Learns
Be Kind, Find Your Passion, Commit to Excellence
Science of Happiness
Mindfulness Club
Morning
staff meditation
Learning to breathe
Moment of mindfulness at the beginning of every class
AP Transition program
Mindful Schools
SEL
Mindfulness with peer leaders
RAK
Leyden Symposium
Month of gratitude

11. Yoga and meditation were new to most of the kids on the team, and at first many resisted taking it seriously. In the end, it brought the team together, and it really focused them. We always talk about visualization, and this was an extension of that. I think it really made the team closer, and also made them more aware of themselves. By the end of the summer, the kids looked forward to Wednesday Yoga. It was a great experience for them.
-Coach Cerasani

12. SEL
Mindfulness
VS.
Outside in
Inside out

13. Stimulus and Response

16. Reflect. Restore. Revive.
Student
Intervention
Time

17. Restorative Practices

18. C o m m u n i t y
“To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things. To be enlightened by all things is to remove the barriers between one’s self and others.”
(The Heart of Dogen’s Shobogenzo, 2002)

19. Websites Literature Apps
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
Greater Good Science Center
Mindful Schools
UC- Berkeley edX Science of Happiness MOOC
Learning to BREATHE curriculum
IIRP Restorative Practices curriculum
Mindful Eating Guided Meditation
The Happiness Advantage (S. Achor)
10% Happier (D. Harris)
S-ART (D. R. Vago & D. A. Silbersweig)
Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness (S. Sheth & S. Viola)
Mindful Learning (C. Hassad & R. Chambers)
Insight Timer Meditation app and YouTube
Headspace app
“10% Happier” podcast