Kristen Harris Uses Mindfulness with Her Students
Everyone has been ranting and raving about mindfulness. Have you ever wondered what mindfulness is? Do you want to know how it can work in a classroom setting? Well this is the presentation for you! In this presentation I will discuss: what mindfulness is, how it benefits your students and yourself, simple ways to implement mindfulness in your classroom, some moments when mindfulness will come in handy, and I’ll share with you 4 different (but easy) breathing strategies that you and your students can do every day! Are you ready to just breathe?
Building Relationships and Community in Middle School
No matter the grade level or content area, building strong relationships and creating a classroom community is a vital part of any thriving classroom. I want to share some of the strategies that I have found useful to help build strong bonds with my students and establish a classroom community that supports and empowers all students.
Mood Meter App Can Fuel Emotional Reflection and Growth
The Mood Meter is an app for analyzing, tracking, and monitoring mood. Students plot their moods on a color-coded chart filled with different words that describe a wide range of feelings. After browsing the plot and selecting a mood, students use 150 characters to describe what caused that mood. Next, they choose Stay, which records the feedback and ends the exercise, or Shift to generate a strategy that might help shift their mood. Strategies include images, quotes, coping strategies, and a list of the student's past descriptions linked to positive moods.
Improve Student And Teacher Wellbeing At The Same Time
In this video, I share 6 strategies for student wellbeing AND teacher wellbeing. By using these strategies in your classroom every day, you will increase your own wellbeing and improve the wellbeing of your students at the same time. These strategies take no extra teacher time and will help build a positive culture to promote wellbeing in your classroom by developing supportive relationships between teacher and students and student to student.
