Transforming the Heart of Teaching: CARE for Teachers | Tish Jennings | TEDxWashingtonSquare скачать в хорошем качестве

Transforming the Heart of Teaching: CARE for Teachers | Tish Jennings | TEDxWashingtonSquare

Dr. Tish Jennings speaks about the importance of teachers investing in mindfulness practices to ensure their own well-being and the impact of such practices on both the classroom environment and student performance. Read more about Mindfulness for Teachers in Tish Jennings new book: https://goo.gl/7OIdSY. PATRICIA (TISH) JENNINGS, M.Ed., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Education at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. She is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of social and emotional learning and mindfulness in education with a specific emphasis on teacher stress and how it impacts the social and emotional context of the classroom and student well-being and learning. Dr. Jennings led the team that developed CARE for Teachers, a mindfulness-based professional development program shown to significantly improve teacher well-being, classroom climate and student productivity. Dr. Jennings is leading the development of the Compassionate Schools Project integrated health curriculum, which is being evaluated in Louisville, Kentucky. Earlier in her career, Dr. Jennings spent over 22 years as a classroom teacher. She is the author of Mindfulness for Teachers: Simple Skills for Peace and Productivity in the Classroom. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx