Well being and Mental Health. Mindfulness. Happy Students in positive school spaces

Description

Experience a transformative week dedicated to the well-being of educators. This course was created to learn about the vital connection between well-being, effective teaching, and student success.

Throughout the week, expert trainers guide a journey through various dimensions of well-being. From mindfulness techniques for stress management to understanding the profound impact of emotions on thought patterns, each day offers practical tools to nurture personal and professional well-being.

The course will focus on exploring the healing power of nature and health benefits of movement. The participants will learn to embrace self-compassion practices and overcome self-criticism. The course will explore the way to use creative arts for stress relief, demonstrating their impact on emotional and mental health.

This course will equip educators with some of the best strategies for improving the learning environment and creating positive school spaces for happy students. It will also help them develop their students’ emotional literacy.

This is a week of empowering self-discovery, community-building, and skill-building, as we prioritize the well-being and mental health of educators. Elevate your teaching by nurturing your well-being.

Learning outcomes

The course will help the participants to:

• Recognize the significance of well-being in the context of personal and professional development
• Understand the connections between health, happiness, and academic achievement in the context of well-being
• Learn mindfulness techniques for stress relief and mental clarity
• Manage stress and improve focus
• Cultivate good habits, identify detrimental patterns and establish motivation for positive behavioural change
• Gain proficiency in emotional literacy
• Validate a sense of self-worth
• Integrate self-compassion into daily routines, enhancing overall well-being
• Dive into creative arts interventions as effective tools for stress reduction and well-being enhancement

Tentative schedule

Day 1 – Introduction to the course and the importance of well-being

• Welcome event; presenting participants, their schools, cities, countries
• Presenting host organization and the city
• Getting to know each other: Icebreakers
• Introduction to the course and the schedule

Day 2 – Techniques for managing stress

• Understanding well-being: the connection between health, happiness and achievement
• Mindfulness for stress relief
• Techniques for managing stress and sharpening focus
• Guided walking tour (available for all courses)

Day 3 – Emotional literacy

• Introducing good habits, detecting harmful patterns, and establishing motivation for positive change
• Emotional literacy, negativity bias and understanding the connection between emotions and thought
• Building a mindfulness practice with thoughts and emotions

Day 4 – Connecting with nature

• Nurturing your well-being in the nature
• Unconscious vs conscious

Day 5 – Health benefits of movement

• Health benefits of movement and connecting with nature
• Validating a sense of worth by overcoming self-criticism and perfectionism
• Introducing self-compassion through mindfulness practice

Day 6 – Creative arts for reducing stress

• Understanding the impacts of stress on emotional and mental health
• Engaging social factors for sustained health and happiness
• Creative arts interventions for reducing stress and increasing well-being

Day 7 – Course closure and evaluation

• Reflecting on the course and what we have learned from the past week
• Course evaluation
• Erasmus+ Certificate award ceremony