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UWM Zilber School of Public Health, Room 5901240 N. 10th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53205
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Growing Minds Curriculum Training - Level 1
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Class Description:
The Growing Minds Curriculum Training class is designed for those who have taken our Foundations of Mindful Living (or similar class) and wish to further their work with students in school, home or therapeutic settings. Instruction is provided for the Growing Minds' curriculum, delivery and implementation.
The Growing Minds curricula is rooted in the areas of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making, the 5 elements of CASEL standards. All lessons are age appropriate, practical for classrooms, and easily applied in everyday school situations by both teachers and student mentors. The curricula are broken into 3 developmental groupings: kindergarten through second grades, third through eighth grades, and high school and older. Each lesson is approximately 15-20 minutes long and incorporates guided experiential activities and reflective dialogue amongst the teacher and the students. Trained adults will be able to readily integrate each lesson’s concept into their classroom schedule to guide and manage students before transitions, after interruptions, before testing and other desired times. An in-depth understanding of the related brain science that supports the curriculum will also be presented. Upon completion, the essential characteristics of a "mindful" classroom or home will be developed. Participants will have the opportunity to receive and work with the curriculum and our trained and certified instructors. The Curriculum Training class is separated into two training days. If you just want the basics, Level 1 will prepare you for teaching the basic curriculum to others. For those interested in continuing their training, we offer Level 2. |
Our Instructors:
Susan Lubar Solvang is the President and Founder of Growing Minds. Susan recognized that developing a keen sense of awareness was the most valuable skill she had encountered. With a desire to share these experiences with teachers and school age children, including the opportunity to experience their learning in a safe and trusting environment, Susan founded Growing Minds. She has trained with the most established programs, including Mindfulness in Schools Project .b and .b Foundations, Mindful Schools, Learning to Breathe, UCSD Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training and Mindful Self-Compassion with Kristen Neff to develop the programs that would be useful to Milwaukee area schools.
Anna Silberg has a PhD in Education with a specialization in Urban Education and Curriculum and Instruction. For 9 years she taught as an Assistant Professor at National-Louis University, where her research and expertise extended to teacher action research, authentic assessment and instruction, curriculum development, educational foundations and urban issues, and teacher mentorship. Her path of mindful awareness practices began as a way to bring stress reduction to herself and the teachers with whom she worked. Anna is trained in the Mindful Schools curriculum, Learn to Breathe, and Mindfulness in Schools Project .b. She has also been trained in MBSR-Teen, MBSR-Adult and Mindful Self-Compassion with Kristen Neff through the University of San Diego Medical School's Center for Mindfulness. She has a strong interest in trauma-informed care.