If you are intimidated by the thought of mindfulness, or you aren’t quite sure what mindfulness even entails, this class is for you! Discover how mindfulness can help you reduce stress and find calm in your personal and professional life. Throughout the semester, you will have the opportunity to learn and try over fifteen mindfulness practices and reflect upon those experiences. You will also be encouraged to try some mindfulness practices with your students and reflect upon the experiences. At the end of the course, you will create a personal plan for continuing mindfulness practices in your life and in your classroom.

Today’s kids are more disengaged from their learning than ever before. Anderson and Winthrop suggest four unique learning modes of kids, how to identify a child’s learning mode, how to create more agency and real engagement in each type of learner, and how both parents and educators can foster curiosity and academic empowerment in the youth under their charge. Through course readings, asynchronous online discussions, and personal reflection, participants will learn why our youth struggle and how we can help them get more connected and committed to their learning, both inside and outside the classroom.

Today’s young people are the most distracted, disengaged, and depressed students in history. Studies suggest overprotection in the real world and under protection in the online world are contributing to these traits. Through course readings, asynchronous online discussions, and personal reflection, participants will learn why our youth struggle and how we can help them as parents, as teachers, and as community members.

Many people have heard of the Let Them theory, but the active ingredient for success with LET THEM is the next step: LET ME. Based on The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, this course will help you reclaim your energy, protect your time, and take back your power. Learn how to stop trying to manage what is out of your control and start creating a more balanced personal and professional life.