MLE Friends webinar: "Awareness-based Wellbeing in Schools" with Kevin Hawkins

In this exclusive MLE Friends webinar, Kevin Hawkins gives a presentation entitled: "Awareness-based Wellbeing in Schools"
ABOUT THE WEBINAR: How often have you heard a teacher say something like, "I love working with children but I resent the time and energy it takes to meet all the other demands of teaching". Many teachers actually leave their profession because of these 'other demands' that often don't seem to align with their original intention for becoming a teacher. In this session, Kevin will challenge us to consider how we can best empower educators to shift the focus in their classrooms and their schools towards what really matters in teaching and learning. A focus that has less to do with report writing and teacher appraisal and much more to do with the core of education - creating connection and nurturing conditions for deep learning, through relationship.
The recent pandemic has reminded us all of the importance of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. At this crucial point in time, when individuals, societies and our planet are facing unprecedented challenges, we need to re-focus our efforts in unprecedented ways. How can we help ourselves, each other and our school communities become more conscious, more awake, more aware? How can we support and empower educators to discover, embody and model ways of really listening to ourselves, each other and the planet?
And, what role can the MLE Friends community continue to play in taking practical steps to help support this growth of consciousness in our schools?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Kevin Hawkins has worked with adolescents and young people in various contexts for over 40 years - as a teacher, school head, and social worker in the UK, Africa, and Europe. For 10 years, he was Middle School Principal at the International School of Prague in the Czech Republic. He is a Senior Lead Trainer for the Mindfulness in Schools Project (UK) and has taught mindfulness to children, teenagers, teachers and parents since 2008. In 2012 he co-founded MindWell, which supports educational communities in developing wellbeing through mindfulness and social-emotional learning (SEL). He has been a lead consultant to the International Baccalaureate Organisation on SEL and mindfulness and he is a facilitator for the evidence-based CARE program (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Educators). He is a regular speaker, writer and presenter on the topics of mindfulness, wellbeing and social-emotional learning in education. His first book on mindfulness in education, Mindful Teacher, Mindful School, Improving Wellbeing in teaching and learning, was published by SAGE in July 2017. His second book, The Mindful Teacher's Toolkit - Awareness-based Wellbeing in Schools is co-written with Amy Burke and was published in October 2021, also by SAGE/Corwin. Kevin trained in mindfulness in Europe and the USA with Mark Williams (Oxford Mindfulness Centre), Jon Kabat-Zinn, Saki Santorelli and Florence Meleo-Meyer (UMass Medical School, Centre for Mindfulness), and with Dr. Amy Saltzman (Still Quiet Place).
THIS WEBCAST WAS DEVELOPED FOR AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MLE FRIENDS - find out more: www.mindandlif...