Each month in The Conscious Classroom Webinar, Amy will share reflections on what is working in classrooms in Philadelphia with several thousand teens each year. You’ll learn tools and perspectives that will support you and the teens you teach or mentor or parent. DETAILS (See list of topics below): Monthly, every third Thursday 2:00pm US ET Rebroadcast the following Saturday, … Read More
New Beginnings & Building Accountability | Jan 2019 Conscious Classroom Webinar
Each month in The Conscious Classroom Webinar, Amy will share reflections on what is working in classrooms in Philadelphia with several thousand teens each year. You’ll learn tools and perspectives that will support you and the teens you teach or mentor or parent. DETAILS (See list of topics below): Monthly, every third Thursday 2:00pm US ET Rebroadcast the following … Read More
Teen Mental Wellness | Dec 2018 Conscious Classroom Webinar
12/20 Conscious Classroom Webinar with Amy Edelstein Teen Mental Wellness Recognizing signs of teen distress, promoting the habits that build the foundation for positive mental health During the holiday season, we all want to focus on good cheer, happiness, giving, family and friends. Too often, holiday times can exacerbate loneliness, depression, grief and loss, and sadness among teens already coping … Read More
Cultivating Gratitude: Building a Culture of Thanks | Nov 2018 Conscious Classroom Webinar
11/15 Conscious Classroom Webinar Cultivating Gratitude: Building a Culture of Thanks A Special Thanksgiving broadcast How do we recognize, practice, and generate a culture of gratitude? Thanksgiving in America is a time when it is culturally acceptable to focus on gratitude rather than acquisition. We spend time appreciating what we have, who we can share our lives with, and the … Read More
What Is Racial Literacy? | Oct 2018 Conscious Classroom Webinar
10/18 Conscious Classroom Webinar What Is Racial Literacy? As mindful educators, why is it so important for us to understand the dynamics around race and how they play out in us and in our own classrooms? As educators, we inevitably encounter racial tensions and situations that create stress for us because of the historic and current charged cultural climate around … Read More
Back to School Mindfully | Sept 2018 Conscious Classroom Webinar
Each month in The Conscious Classroom Webinar, Amy will share reflections on what is working in classrooms in Philadelphia with several thousand teens each year. You’ll learn tools and perspectives that will support you and the teens you teach or mentor or parent. Monthly, every third Thursday 2:00pm US ET Rebroadcast the following Saturday, 11:00am ET The webinar will run … Read More
Insight from Inmates
Everyone can present themselves well in the right circumstances. The question is, when the human being is at rest, what is our essential nature? And how much does our conviction about our potential and inherent nature depend on those who touched us early on in life? I teach a mindfulness class in a prison just south of town. It’s not … Read More