Whole Teacher® Workshops
Interactive and informative workshops explore practical strategies to fuel educators' joy, patience, creativity, flexibility, and so much more.
Our organization, the Rhode Island Healthy Schools Coalition, welcomed Lauren to speak at our annual Breakfast for School Wellness Leaders event. Teacher burnout in our state has been a troubling issue and we were very impressed with the idea of a Whole Teacher program, addressing the mental and physical health of teachers. Lauren gave an informative, engaging, entertaining talk that was wildly popular with the school staff in our audience! Not only can we recommend the Whole Teacher program, but also Lauren as a speaker on the critical
importance of teacher wellness.
Karin Wetherill & Kelly Swanson, Co-Directors
Rhode Island Healthy Schools Coalition
Tailored to Your Needs
Choose the workshop series that best fits your school. All of our workshops explore practical strategies for educators to enhance their well-being and ways to leverage these strategies to ignite broader change in their classrooms and schools.
Every workshop can be in-person or virtual.
Professional development series with three workshops:
1. Fuel Your Best Year Yet: The Whole Teacher's Impact on Self, Students, & School
2. Nervous System Reset
3. Whole Teacher Toolbox
Professional development series with six workshops:
1. Fuel Your Best Year Yet: The Whole Teacher's Impact on Self, Students, & School
2. Nervous System Reset
3. Mindset Matters
4. Refuel Your Joy Tank
5. A Busy Educator's Guide to Nutrition
6. Whole Teacher Toolbox
Professional development series with eight workshops:
1. Fuel Your Best Year Yet: The Whole Teacher's Impact on Self, Students, & School
2. Nervous System Reset
3. Mindset Matters
4. Refuel Your Joy Tank
5. Isn't It Ironic?
6. A Busy Educator's Guide to Nutrition
7. Whole Teacher Toolbox
8. Reset and Recharge: The Summer Whole Teacher
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
Fuel Your Best Year Yet: The Whole Teacher's Impact on Self, Students, & School
This workshop explores how the 12 Whole Teacher categories can enrich both the professional and personal lives of educators. Participants will discover the importance of prioritizing their mental and physical health and will leave with three actionable strategies to implement these priorities effectively.
Nervous System Reset
It is impossible to practice patience, compassion, flexibility, and so much more, when educators' bodies are in survival mode. When the sympathetic nervous system is activated, our thoughts, emotions, and actions are completely dysregulated. This workshop examines how an educator's nervous system deeply affects their day-to-day experiences, and consequently, their students' experiences. Educators walk away with practical strategies to reset their own nervous system, as well as their students'.
Mindset Matters
Our mind is our most powerful muscle, and our mindset determines everything about our days—our energy, our attitude, our reactions, our tolerance, etc. This workshop examines simple mindset shifts, explores productivity tips, and establishes core values—all of which have the power to significantly alter educators' day-to-day experiences. We also explore practical ways to expand such shifts to students and co-workers.
Refuel Your Joy Tank
This workshop examines what we like to call our "joy tanks." Participants will gauge how full their joy tank is currently and explore simple strategies to fill it. We will also examine the powerful effect of the negativity bias and how it impacts educators and their students' experiences in their classrooms. This workshop also ignites brainstorming to spark joy school-wide.
Isn't It Ironic?
In this workshop, we examine our if and how our actions align with our values and priorities. We reflect on this individually, but also discover ways to inspire student to do the same reflecting. We also explore how our school-wide policies align or do not align with values.
A Busy Educator's Guide to Nutrition
Our afternoon classes don't deserve drained energy and enthusiasm. Sometimes we feel like we can't help it, but we CAN! Educators have an accessible tool at their hands to overcome the dreaded afternoon slump: nutrition. We will explore realistic, yet delicious breakfasts, snacks, and lunches to sustain busy educators.
Whole Teacher Toolbox
This workshop equips your educators with realistic and simple strategies to add to their "Whole Teacher Toolbox" to enhance their daily experiences. We utilize your school's schedule to help teachers create a sustainable well-being plan.
Reset and Recharge: The Summer Whole Teacher
This workshop is perfect to host during the last couple months of school. Educators will learn realistic strategies they can implement throughout the summer to ensure they completely rest and rejuvenate, so that they can live in the moment and ignite excitement for a brand new school year.
The Whole Teacher workshops are particularly impactful; the passion for educator wellness is evident and resonates with participants.
Ghislaine
Director of Educator Wellness
Community Workshops
When educators from local schools come together to discuss wellness, takeaways and insights can spread even further.
School workshops
There's nothing quite like engaging in-person! We make the most of our time together by prioritizing conversation, engaging in collaboration, and practicing the strategies we share together.
We offer virtual workshops as well.
Conference Workshops
Larger conference workshops allow for more diverse conversations, experiences, and insights.