Empowering Educators: A Pathway to Mental Health & Well-Being PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PATHWAY
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The wellbeing of educators and students is needed now more than ever. This hybrid pathway is designed to empower educators with strategies and resources that promote the mental health and well-being of their students and themselves. The course is comprised of six evidence-based, asynchronous Canvas modules and six synchronous, in-person sessions. The online modules provide foundational information related to mental health literacy, SEL, and how Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) impact learning. The in-person sessions are designed to facilitate activities, group discussions, and collaboratively plan for the application of new learning. Participants will receive resources and/or complete make and take activities for immediate use. The online modules are to be completed independently and prior to the in-person sessions as outlined below-.
Pathway content includes:
• Canvas online module - Creating Safe and Supportive Classrooms • In-Person Session – Mindfulness for Educators and Designing Soothing Sanctuaries • Canvas online module -Teaching Mental Health Literacy and Reducing Stigma • In-Person Session -Suicide Prevention: From Policy to Practice • Canvas online module -Fostering Social Emotional Competencies and Well-Being • In-Person Session – Weaving SEL into Everyday Classroom Practices • Canvas online module – Understanding and Supporting Students Experiencing Adversity and Distress • In-Person Session –Lessons in Resiliency: What We’ve Learned from Foster Youth, Impoverished Families and Youth of Incarcerated Caregivers • Canvas online module – The Impact of Trauma and Adversity on Learning and Behavior • In-Person Session – Working with Behavior Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
• Canvas online module – Classroom Strategies to Support Students Experiencing Distress • In-Person Session – Classroom Strategies to Support Educator and Student Well-Being
Intended Audience
Teachers, paraprofessionals, administrators, counselors, school psychologists
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