Presence-Based Teaching, Leading, & Learning

Education is one of the most rewarding professions, but it can also be one of the most stressful. Presence-Based Teaching, Leading, and Learning is a professional development model designed to support teachers, administrators, and students reduce stress by promoting self-care and an inner awareness. The model promotes the strategies and dispositions educators need to create and maintain healthy learning environments. Educators can generate these environments by focusing on remaining in the present moment. This provides an internal state of equanimity, which nurtures and maintains a positive learning climate for students. It is a model intended to hone attention and awareness, nurturing a culture in which teachers and leaders thrive professionally, and students flourish emotionally.