Professional Development for Educators
Mindfulness | Meditation | SEL
The Mindful Way
A Professional Development series with Jenny Leckey
As a former English teacher at the middle & high school levels, I understand there's a delicate balance that goes into teaching - a balance between giving it your all and reaching burning out. This is where mindfulness comes into play - giving people tangible tools to find balance.
Mindfulness isn't just a trendy concept. It serves as the foundation of my public school classroom culture, and is a deep part of how I personally show up in the world every day. I intentionally integrated mindfulness practices into my lesson plans, unit plans, and classroom culture. Even now as an educator of adults, I still center my lesson planning around mindfulness principles... because it works!
Why Mindfulness
Integrating a mindfulness culture into classroom culture benefits students, teachers, and staff by giving everyone common language and tools to regulate nervous systems & clear minds. Mindfulness is the foundation for how I teach - and the entire structure of all educational experiences I've designed since 2012.
My workshop experiences and guest speaking opportunities provide the foundational tools to help everyone start to respond to life in a mindful way. These are tried and true techniques with researched-backed evidence of improving the emotional and mental wellbeing of practitioners.
Why Work with Me
I am on a mission to share my mindful classroom framework that brought me a decade of classroom successes, 100% pass rates on SC state exams, and the honor of being the Horry County Schools District Teacher of the Year.
Representing 2,600 teachers in the Teacher of the Year leadership position afforded me a unique vantage point to hear about the teaching experiences of a wide range of educators and administrators. I understand the issues first hand.
As a teacher leader, I provided multiple years worth of curriculum development, professional development, and national conference presenting centered around mindfulness in the classroom. As a meditator for 15+ years, I have my own mindfulness practice experience to share with educators in support of their own mental health, as well as their students.
I look forward to the opportunity to learn about your school community's mission. I hope to collaborate to integrate mindfulness practices into what you do!
Bottom Line:
Give educators the best mindfulness tools with an easeful classroom application process, and they will see the desired shift in classroom culture (and their own lives).
A mindful educator + a mindful school culture = student-driven success!
Give educators the best mindfulness tools with an easeful classroom application process, and they will see the desired shift in classroom culture (and their own lives).
A mindful educator + a mindful school culture = student-driven success!
Offerings
Professional Development Workshops:
✔ SEL and Mindfulness Foundations- basic best practices for the classroom
✔ Mindfulness Lifestyle- teachers learn tools to implement in their own lives to manage stress, anxiety, and work-life balance.
✔ Podcasting in the Classroom- a self-driven, problem-based learning approach to research and writing skill mastery
Guest Speaker Opportunities
This long term program helps teachers:
✔ In school student-friendly programming to teach meditation and mindfulness foundations to students (and staff!)
✔ Guest speaking for mindfulness initiatives and new teacher/new hire training
Let's Connect:
Jenny Leckey, Ed.S. in Instructional Technology
Email: [email protected]
Office located in Buffalo, NY
Read more about Jenny'ss mindfulness certifications here
Professional Development Workshops:
✔ SEL and Mindfulness Foundations- basic best practices for the classroom
✔ Mindfulness Lifestyle- teachers learn tools to implement in their own lives to manage stress, anxiety, and work-life balance.
✔ Podcasting in the Classroom- a self-driven, problem-based learning approach to research and writing skill mastery
Guest Speaker Opportunities
This long term program helps teachers:
✔ In school student-friendly programming to teach meditation and mindfulness foundations to students (and staff!)
✔ Guest speaking for mindfulness initiatives and new teacher/new hire training
Let's Connect:
Jenny Leckey, Ed.S. in Instructional Technology
Email: [email protected]
Office located in Buffalo, NY
Read more about Jenny'ss mindfulness certifications here