Mindfulness in Education Network

Mindfulness Conference Resources & Materials

This one-day conference was held on Saturday, February 9, 2008 in Washington, DC at Sidwell Friends School. It was co-sponsored by the Mindfulness in Education Network (MiEN), the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society (CM), the Friends Council on Education (FCE), and the Association of Independent Maryland Schools (AIMS). It was inspired by and drew heavily on a similar conference given by the Association for Mindfulness in Education (AME) in San Francisco in February of 2007.

You can download the Conference Report here (Conference Report.pdf)

Materials and Resources from the Conference

Connell Stress Management Workbook.pdf

Pichot Handout.pdf

Rouse Story.pdf

Afternoon Session Presenters

Baccala Handout 1.pdf

Baccala Handout 2.mht

Solloway Dissertation.pdf

Solloway Handout.pdf

Solloway Paper 1.pdf

Solloway Paper 2.pdf

Solloway Paper 3.pdf

Solloway Paper 4.pdf

Weierbach Handout.pdf

Presenter Links

Steven Emmanuel: Here is the link to his Web pages on Service-Learning and Community Service. Here is the link to his work in Vietnam ("Making Peace With Vietnam")

Irene McHenry: Forthcoming is the link to her version of pebble meditation on the Friends Council on Education Web site.

David Levy: Here is the link to the syllabus for his course Information and Contemplation on the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society’s Web site. Here is the link to his faculty Web site where you can find his paper “No Tine to Think.”

Kimberly Post Rowe: Here is a link to the page of downloads from her Five Seeds Web Site:

Richard Brady: His article, "Schooled in the Moment," about his class on stress reduction can be found on the resources page on his Minding Your Life Web Site. Here is a link to a preliminary version of his article, "Learning to Stop, Stopping to Learn," about his path as a contemplative educator and his use of contemplative learning in his high school geometry course on the Mindfulness in Education Network’s Web site.

Forthcoming: A link to Irene McHenry’s version of the conference closing lovingkindness (metta) meditation from the Friends Council on Education’s Web site.

Mindful Awareness Practices for Educators

The Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at UCLA presents:

Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) for Educators -- A credit course for pre-K through PhD educators

Combining current research and practical application, this course is designed to provide teachers, administrators, parents, and mental health professionals the tools to develop their own personal mindfulness practice, the science behind it, and an introduction of tools to bring mindful awareness into educational settings. Exercises, activities, and approaches for all age groups are included. When taken for credit, this course combines two classroom-based workshop sessions geared toward educators (one introductory and one at midpoint), with six online sessions to provide a maximum opportunity for both guidance and personal practice. A noncredit option also is available for those interested only in participating in the online sessions for the development of a personal practice (without tools for children provided).

Presenters

Susan L. Smalley, Ph.D., Director, Founder, MARC and Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Semel Institute
Diana Winston, Director of Mindfulness Education, MARC, UCLA Semel Institute
Susan Kaiser-Greenland, JD, Director, Co-Founder, The InnerKids Foundation

For more details click here.

Two workshops at UCLA:

Sunday, July 13 - 8:30am-4:30pm,
Saturday, August 2 – 8:30am-4:30pm

Six Online sessions:

July 15-August 19

Registration opens April 30th. Call 310-206-7503 or email marcinfo@ucla.edu for more information.

Contemplative Curriculum Development

4th Annual Summer Session on Contemplative Curriculum Development
(http://www.contemplativemind.org/summersession.html)

August 3 - 8, 2008
Smith College, Northampton, MA

This residential summer session will provide an opportunity for teachers in universities and colleges to research, prepare, and evaluate curricula that integrate contemplative practices into courses in any discipline. Participants will devote the week to rigorous investigation, reflection, writing, and discussion, guided by distinguished scholars who have already developed such courses. The summer session aims to prepare participants to return to their classrooms with a deeper understanding of the practice of contemplative teaching and a fully developed course. The summer session builds on the work of the Center's Contemplative Practice Fellowship Program

I. The Summer Session Offers

• Sessions on pedagogical issues, including the relation between course content and contemplative practice and the benefits of stabilized attention and other qualities of mind fostered by meditation;
• Discussions on evalution, grading options, instructional techniques, course design, development, and how contemplative practices in the curriculum are affecting teaching and learning nationwide;
• Contemplative practices from a variety of traditions adapted for the classroom by experienced faculty.

II. Faculty

Arthur Zajonc: Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Physics, Amherst College and Director of the Academic Program at the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

Mirabai Bush: Director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

Sr. Linda-Susan Beard: Associate Professor of English, Bryn Mawr College

Gurleen Grewal: Associate Professor of Women's Studies, University of South Florida

David Haskell: Associate Professor of Biology, University of the South

David Kahane: Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Alberta

David Keiser: Associate Professor of Teacher Education, Montclair State University

Joanna Ziegler: Professor of Art History, College of the Holy Cross

III. Requirements

Cost is $650.00 (includes tuition, room, all meals, plus a closing banquet).
Open to professors at two and four year colleges.
Previous experience with contemplative practices is helpful, but not required. 

Apply Online (Application deadline: May 15th, 2008)

IV. For Further Information Contact: Beth Wadham, Academic Program Associate

The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
199 Main Street, Suite 3
Northampton, Massachusetts 01060
413-582-0071