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SFS Job-alike 2/22
Feb 22, 2025
In this session, educators will be able to explore and discuss how the regular practice of mindfulness in our schools can lead to more positive outcomes in terms of student and community equanimity and wellness. They will be invited to share their experiences and questions throughout.
A number of questions will initially be explored in the first part of the session including:
- what is mindfulness?
- what is mindfulness meditation?
- what are the general benefits of mindfulness?
- how can mindfulness be 'introduced' into already busy school days?
- how can we 'be mindful, teach mindfully, teach mindfulness?'
- how can schools best support each other in terms of mindfulness development awareness?
As the session develops, the focus will shift to the pragmatics of introducing and sustaining mindfulness in our schools:
- Chantal Terblanche will share her experiences of developing lower school mindfulness at Young Hoon Elementary School;
- Bora Rancic will talk about his work as Dwight Leader of Mindfulness, including the ups and downs of rolling out ‘Mindful Moments’, a Lower School mindfulness curriculum that is being established in partnership with the Mindful Sparks organisation;
- Cathal McCarron and Mark McShea will share how their Korea Kent Foreign School Character and Mindfulness Committee work together to guide mindfulness provision, including how they ensure that the whole school practises mindfulness on a daily basis and, to conclude;
- Cathal will lead a 30 mins workshop in which he will outline how the free Audacity recording software can be used to create mindfulness guided breathing audio recordings - an effective foundation towards establishing an authentic and sustainable connection between the teacher, as mindfulness leader, and their students.
By the end of the session, participants will have a better understanding of how mindfulness is being discussed and practised in a number of KORCOS schools and, most importantly, a takeaway list of mindfulness tools and resources they can draw on as they go forward with their students and communities. They will also be invited to join MINDKORCS (Mindful Korean Schools), a group of over eighty teachers who are working together to develop mindfulness in Korea and beyond.
