Join COESM for a day of learning, nurturing ourselves, and sharing the impact of mindfulness in education! The virtual Educating Mindfully Conference (EMCON2021) will have six learning segments each with a different theme as shown below to unfold our special day in a mindful way.  The conference will start with a keynote with singer/songwriter Jewel!

The goal is to model mindful remote learning and have you leave the day recharged. You'll take away strategies for embedding mindfulness and SEL into your school community as well as next steps and resources for learning more about each session topic.​

For full details and $49 registration, please see here. 

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Periods 2-5 will each have three breakout session choices. Each 55-minute session will include 25-35 minutes of sharing by the presenter(s), 10-15 minutes of experiential mindful practices, and 10-15 minutes for large group discussion, Q and A, or small breakout room sharing.

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1  |  9-9:55 Opening General Session: Embodiment, Healing, and Well-Being  with  Keynote by Jewel

• Welcome, Inspirations on Educating Mindfully, and Chair Yoga

  • Tracy Heilers, COSEM Founder and Executive Director​

  • Tovi-Scruggs-Hussein, COSEM President​

  • Khayree Bey, COSEM Board Member​

• Keynote with singer/songwriter/poet/actor/author/philanthropist/mindfulness and SEL advocate Jewel

  • ​Jewel will share about her personal journey to discovering her own identity and wholeness as well as a road map she created (and shares for free at  jewelneverbroken.com) to help herself and now others calm anxiety, increase resilience and access their own inner knowing so they can learn to make happiness a habit.

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2  |  10-10:55  Self-Awareness, Focus, and the Neuroscience of Learning

• The MindUP School: From Mindful State to Mindful Trait

  • Dido Balla, Director of Educational Innovation & Partnerships, MindUP

• Transforming Schools From the Inside Out With Innovative Mindfulness-Based Programming

  • JG Larochette, Founder and Executive Director, Mindful Life Project

• Mindful Design: Classrooms and Curriculum Built around Mindfulness 

  • Gabrielle Plastrik, Teacher, Seabury School, WA

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3  |  11-11:55 ​Emotional Intelligence, Self-Regulation, and Resiliency

• The Reciprocity of Self-Care to Build Equity & Inclusion

  • Chi Kim, CEO, Pure Edge 

  • Teri Lawler, Education Associate for Trauma-Informed Practices and SEL, Office of Equity and Innovation, Delaware Department of Education

• Countering White Supremacy and Systemic Racism with Mindful Education

  • Bidyut Bose, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Niroga Institute

• Discovery Mode: The Role of Mindfulness in Adult SEL​

  • Heather Schwartz, Practice Specialist, CASEL​

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Lunch Break | 12-12:55 

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4  |  1-1:55 Relational Mindfulness, Compassion, and Belonging

• Coalition-Building in the Classroom: Utilizing Mindful, Embodied Dialogic Pedagogy for Personal and Collective Empowerment, Liberation, and Action 

  • Jersey Cosantino, Former Teacher, Doctoral Student, Syracuse University, NY

  • Easton Davis, Doctoral Student, Syracuse University, NY

• Best Practices for Transformative Virtual Facilitation

  • Meena Srinivasan, Executive Director, Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL) 

  • Hector Montenegro, TEL Board Chair/Sr. Advisor for Leadership Development 

• The Green Slices of Pie: Mindfulness and Compassion-based Approaches to Build Social Awareness and Relationship Skills 

  • Alexis Harris, Project Director, Compassionate Schools Project

  • Catherine Graber, Implementation Coach and Teacher, Compassionate Schools Project 

  • Cindy Plappert, Former Teacher, Compassionate Schools Project

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5  |  2-2:55 ​Interconnectedness, Equity, and Systemic Transformation

• Slow and Steady: Building Momentum for Infusing Mindfulness throughout a Michigan School District 

  • Paula Lightsey, Education Administrator, Former K-8 Principal, Southfield Public Schools

  • Rita Benn, PhD. Co-founder and Executive Director, Michigan Collaborative for Mindfulness in Education; Adjunct Faculty, University of Michigan

  • Kristin Ervin, Co-Founder and President, Michigan Collaborative for Mindfulness in Education (MC4ME)

• Mindfulness: The Foundation for Transformative Equity Work in Your School 

  • Sally Albright-Green, Racial Healing Allies™ Leader, Instructional Coach, IL

  • Grace Helms Kotre, Racial Healing Allies™ Leader, Adjunct Lecturer, MI

• Towards a Mindfulness Technique for Human Beings Yearning to Dismantle Systems of Oppression

  • Barnaby Spring, actor, artist, writer, educator, yoga/meditation teacher, NY​C

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6  |  3-4:00 Closing General Session with Impact-Focused Ignite Talks

• 5-minute Ignite Talk presenters will be listed here in mid-February​