Proven Strategies, Immediate Results
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MEET YOUR PRESENTER
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What Mindfulness is, Isn’t &
Why it’s Vital for all Students
•Understand the truth about
Mindfulness
•Engage in easy implementable
Mindfulness practices to
support student and staff health
and wellness
•Listen to anecdotal and
inspirational experiences
•Through engaging instructional
strategies, connect with
colleagues about the necessity
of Mindfulness in your District,
Building and Learning Space
•Identify your challenges as a
pathway for expansion
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trauma sensitive strategies that
make the power of compassion
a foundational practice to your
building climate and culture
•Experience a Mindfulness
meditation purposed to
enhance kindness and
strengthen relationships
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Closing Circle
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s a highly experienced educator, professional
development specialist, and national presenter
on exploring and implementing Mindfulness in an
educational setting. Erica began her career as a high
school English teacher, and was named Teacher of
the Year at Highland Park High School in Dallas,
Texas.
She is proud to be working with the Webster
Central School District administrators, faculty,
students and athletic teams as an Instructional
Specialist charged with exploring, integrating and leading mindfulness.
She works across NYS with both coaches and athletes. Erica also develops
and leads trainings for educators, administrators and superintendents
across several NYS counties. Erica is a level one Mindfulness Based Stress
Reduction (a program designed to cultivate one’s natural capacity to
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mind through mindfulness & yoga) teacher through Brown University,
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Responding Rather Than
Reacting
•Learn language and skills
to help create Mindfulness
experiences that cultivate a shift
from reaction to response for
students
•Teach students to be aware
of their own emotions and be
responsible for their behavior
•Understand the power of
discomfort
•Learn how just three minutes a
day of Mindfulness practice will
have a dramatic positive impact
with your “on task time” in your
classroom
•Words don’t teach, experiences
do. Gain insight on the power of
creating experiences
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•Learn practices to reduce
anxiety and increase students’
attention and focus
•Understand how stress impacts
the nervous system and how
technology is affecting our
students’ brains
•Why does Mindfulness work?
Explore the neuroscience behind
it.
•Discover practices to prevent
staff burnout