#6 | Three simple practices to give your students ZEN and improve your CLASSROOM culture, climate, and belonging

Teachers, tell me if this sounds familiar: When you first start teaching, it’s survival mode. Next thing you know you’re barking orders, becoming the disciplinarian. It’s natural, instinctual, understandable. But in order to avoid the trap we all fall for, especially with this new generation of students, we need to do what’s counterintuitive - what some would call “wasting units and falling behind on the curriculum.”

In this episode, you’ll learn:

1. How taking a mindful minute with your class every day goes a long way

   
   



2. Why building academic stamina is key to a safe and rigorous school environment

   
   



3. What it means to integrate community into the curriculum and why it leads to high achieving students

   
   

   Check out episode 2

   
   

(0:00) Class in session

(2:55) Learning meditation practices in India and bringing Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to high schoolers in Oakland, CA - and how to get successful buy-in

(9:20) Building academic stamina as a math teacher

(14:20) Getting interdisciplinary with social-emotional learning and math, and bringing the community into the curriculum

The Masks, Emotions, and Math Program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXtA5Pg6wUc 

Join our Skool Community: https://www.skool.com/efc-young-mens-advocates-2345 

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