Mindful Teacher's Toolkit: Awareness-based Wellbeing in Schools

The Mindful Teachers Toolkit provides teachers with guidance and activities to develop social and emotional skills and build a whole-school approach to mindfulness and wellbeing. It is adaptable by language, tone, and content and includes expert advice, teaching tips, reflections, activities, and real-life examples.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 05 October 2021
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Do you want to help your students develop their social and emotional skills? Do you want to help build a whole school approach to mindfulness and wellbeing? The Mindful Teachers Toolkit gives you clear directions to develop mindful practices and ideas for how to integrate these into your teaching. The book contains detailed guidance on how to work with different age groups, from 4 to 18 years, and looks at whole-school approaches through specific subject areas and implementation strategies. Designed so that you can dip into each chapter, all of the activities are adaptable by language, tone, and content so that you can apply and personalize them to your teaching. The combination of expert advice, teaching tips, reflections, activities, and real-life examples provides you with everything you need to be able to develop your own mindful classroom and contribute to improving wellbeing in your school community.

The toolkit is divided into four main sections:

Section 1: Introduction to Mindfulness
This section provides an overview of mindfulness and its benefits for students and teachers. It explains how mindfulness can help to reduce stress, improve concentration, and enhance social and emotional skills.

Section 2: Developing Mindful Practices
In this section, you will learn how to develop mindfulness practices that you can use in your classroom. You will explore different mindfulness techniques, such as breathing exercises, meditation, and body scans, and learn how to incorporate them into your daily routine.

Section 3: Integrating Mindfulness into the Curriculum
This section provides guidance on how to integrate mindfulness into your teaching across different subject areas. It offers practical ideas and activities that you can use to promote mindfulness in your classroom, such as mindfulness walks, yoga, and creative activities.

Section 4: Whole-School Approaches to Mindfulness
This section explores how to create a whole-school approach to mindfulness and wellbeing. It provides guidance on how to involve parents, staff, and the wider school community in mindfulness practices and initiatives.

The toolkit also includes a range of resources, such as lesson plans, posters, and handouts, that you can use to support your mindfulness teaching.

In conclusion, the Mindful Teachers Toolkit is a valuable resource for teachers who want to help their students develop their social and emotional skills and build a whole-school approach to mindfulness and wellbeing. By incorporating mindfulness practices into your teaching, you can create a more supportive and inclusive learning environment for your students and contribute to improving their overall well-being.

Weight: 498g
Dimension: 177 x 248 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529731774