Mindful Schools Newsletter
Welcome to the Mindful Schools March 2014 Newsletter! 

We'd like to take this brief moment while we have your attention and sincerely thank you for your support. We hope you find the information below useful to you and pass this newsletter along to friends, family, or colleague who might also enjoy!


Year-Long Certification
Certified Instructor Directory     


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The benefits of the Mindful Schools Year-Long Certification Program
are to both participants and those seeking well trained and practiced mindfulness instructors. In September of this year, Mindful Schools will be launching on our website our Certified Instructors Directory listing graduates who have successfully completed the Year-Long Certification Program.

By providing this directory, we hope to meet the demand of those seeking mindfulness programs taught by skilled, well-trained mindfulness instructors.
 

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Certified Instructors will have a personal profile page on the Mindful Schools website, which receives 30,000+ visitors per month. They will be able to describe their professional background, populations certified, education, and other relevant training. They will also be able to link to their personal websites, social media accounts and direct contact information.  
 
You can read more details on the Certified Instructors Directory here.


If you are interested in becoming a Mindful Schools Certified Instructor, we are still accepting applications for our 2014/15 Year-Long Certification Program. To learn more, visit our website

Mindful Schools is Hiring! 
Join our team! 
Mindful Schools is looking for amazing, highly-qualified candidates to apply for two positions in our growing organization: Training Coordinator and Online Mindfulness Fundamentals Instructors.

Training Coordinator
As our training offerings expand, we need administrative support managing customer inquiries, registrations, training logistics, data entry, and data analysis. Our ideal candidate has experience in coordinating trainings/events, is supremely organized and can provide impeccable customer care.

This is a full-time position and candidates must be local as the position takes place in our Emeryville, CA office. For more details on key responsibilities, candidate requirements and to complete an application, click here.
Deadline to apply is March 17, 2014.  
 
Online Mindfulness Guiding Teachers 
We are looking to hire an Online Mindfulness Guiding Teachers to guide and support participants in our Online Mindfulness Fundamentals course. Our ideal candidate has an established daily mindfulness practice with 7+ years of experience and retreat time, 3+ years of teaching experience, outstanding written communication, and is tech savvy.  

This is a contract (8-weeks per contract), flexible-hours position. Candidates can be anywhere around the world as long as they have a reliable internet connection. For more on the key responsibilities, candidate requirements and to complete an application, click here.
Deadline to apply is March 18, 2014.

Please do not call or email to inquire as we are only accepting completed applications through the links provided above. 

Other News

 
Online Curriculum Training Improvements
See a sample of the course, join online coaching sessions led by Program Team, get further involved with a Guiding Teacher and a cohort group, and have access to all course content after course concludes.
Read more about it here and find upcoming dates below! 
   
Watch a short sample video of Megan Cowan teaching a 4th grade classroom a lesson in mindful breathing. This is an example of some of the teaching demos providing in the Curriculum Training. 
Click here to watch

 
  
 
 Room to Breathe DVD on sale for $19.95
Room to Breathe is listed as one of the "18 Education Movies That Will Give You Hope" on Edutopia, and is now on sale! Receive 10% off if you are one of the first 500 purchases using code MindfulSchools at:
   
Scholarship Funds for Local School Groups
Get trained with your colleagues! A few SF Bay Area Foundations would like to fund school staff in East Palo Alto, Redwood City, Menlo Park, Alameda County, and West Contra Costa County.
Learn more here 

Upcoming Courses  
CEUs, scholarships and group discounts available. Email us for more info. 
As a valued newsletter subscriber, please use Group Discount Code NEWSMAR for a 10% discount for our Mindfulness Fundamentals and Curriculum Training courses.  

Mindfulness Fundamentals [Course Page] 
A 6-week online course to build your own practice
Apr. 04 - May 16 [Online Course
May 02 - Jun. 13 [Online Course
Jun. 06 - Jul. 18 [Online Course]

Curriculum Training  [Course Page] 
Learn our full curriculum for children and adolescents
Apr. 03 - May 08  [Online Course
May 22 - Jun. 26  [Online Course]
May 30 - Jun. 01 [Oakland, CA] New! 
Sep. 11 - Oct. 23 [Online Course]

Year-Long Certification [Course Page] 
An in-depth, year-long training for teaching youth  
and joining our Certified Instructor Directory.
Early bird ends April 1st!
 

Interesting Articles & Resources 

 

Featuring one of the Mindful Schools Year-Long Certification participants, Peter Montminy, and his work teaching mindfulness in Park Forest Elementary school, in Patton Township, PA. A parent of one of his students say, "She takes time now to actually think about things without reacting." 

 
 
A summary in The New Yorker of neuroscientist Amishi Jha's research on the effects of mindfulness on cognitive performance.  
 
  Some tips for addressing social-emotional development in students within the new Common Core educational standards framework.

 

 
Mindful Schools Chris McKenna Interviewed on TV's Bay Sunday and on Health Currents Radio 
Watch Mindful Schools Program Director Chris McKenna's 5 minute television interview on mindfulness in education with Bay Sunday's host Frank Mallicoat.

For a more in-depth, 30 minute interview, listen to Chris's radio podcast interview with Ellen Goldsmith on Health Currents Radio. 

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