ANSONIA - Fund for Teachers has awarded Emmett O’Brien Technical High School teachers a grant to attend the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York July 23 –July 28th 2017 to attend a conference called, Mindfulness in Education Teacher Training.
The $4,800 grant
award called “Mindful Teachers” will allow team leader, grant writer Mary
Parady, EL & Language Arts Teacher and team members, Francesca Ford,
English Teacher and Diane Salmeri, Hairdressing and Cosmetology Teacher the
opportunity to learn, explore and research effective techniques into the way of
mindful education and to introduce and implement mindfulness into the academic
and trade areas.
Schools worldwide are
turning to mindfulness and social and emotional learning as antidotes to rising
stress, and attention deficit. Research shows that
students and teachers in school systems that have adopted mindfulness are
happier, more focused, more compassionate, emotionally regulated and less
impacted by stress.
Daniel Rechtschaffen,
Morris E. Ervin Jr. and Rachel Brown will lead the conference.
The teachers attended
an orientation dinner at The New Haven Lawn Club on Tuesday May 2, 2017, with
125 Connecticut fellows. The O’ Brien fellows spent the evening with an amazing
group of teachers travelling around the world to enrich the lives of their
students.
Fund for Teachers
supports educators' efforts to develop skills, knowledge and confidence that
impact student achievement. By trusting teachers to design unique fellowships,
Fund for Teachers grants validate teachers' professionalism and leadership, as
well. Since 2001, Fund for Teachers has invested $22 million in nearly 6,000
teachers, transforming grants into growth for teachers and their students.
(This is a press release from Emmett O'Brien)
