![]() ![]() Our Ambassadors began tracking their own engagement within their first period class using an Engagement tracking form that was signed by their first period classes. Mindful Moment Ambassadors as well as staff partnered with Patterson for Peace in Violence Prevention Week. In January 20 Ambassadors attended a mindfulness retreat in January with the staff of the Mindful Moment at Patterson High School and theįounders of the Holistic Life Foundation. ![]() After Christmas break we were left with approximately 30 consistent Ambassadors, but due to word of mouth amongst students at Patterson, and the full classes we brought our numbers back up to 48 by the end of the school year. Ambassador Training began with 78 students who consistently attended training until Christmas Break. Mindfulness Ambassadors meet daily during their homeroom period for 30 minutes beginning December 1. The Purpose of this initiative is the following to progressively train students to be able to lead Mindful Moment, build a confident Mindful Ambassador through encouragement and training, teach students to lead the Mindful Moment under guidance of MM Staff, encourage Ambassadors to lead the MM alone consistently, and foster a student led culture of Mindfulness within Patterson High School. In December 2014 we began the Mindfulness Ambassador Training Initiative. To date we have taught 28 full classes reaching 280 students. We have also seen an increase in Ambassadors directly from interest garnered in the full classes. Students who have attended full classes report that they have used the techniques to help with sleep regulation at home, anxiety before testing, self-regulation, and conflict resolution. Through these classes we have seen increased awareness of Mindfulness as a practice within the culture of Patterson. ![]() The curriculum for these classes is based on yoga, meditation, breathing, tai-chi, centering, and other mindfulness techniques. The full classes give students tools and skills for peaceful conflict resolution, improved focus and concentration, greater control and awareness of thoughts and emotions, improved self-regulation, as well as stress reduction and relaxation. The overwhelming response to these classes were positive and we began offering these classes to all teachers. Initially we began offering teachers with particularly difficult and rowdy classes the opportunity to bring their class into the Mindful Moment Room for a full introductory class in mindfulness as a concept and practice. In an effort to foster a culture of mindfulness within Patterson High School our staff began offering full 60-90 minute mindfulness classes. Brown (guidance counselor).įull 60-90 minute mindfulness classes have been offered since November, but we began actively scheduling classes in February Other partnerships this year have been with the school social workers, Pharmacy Tech, Art, and Nail Tech classes, PGC, the school nurse, the testing coordinator, Psychology class, Patterson for Peace, Ms. The Homeland Security pathway has also partnered with our program, and has participated in seven 90 minute classes during their physical training period. In March we began partnership to provide 15 minutes of mindfulness in the beginning of every ROTC class on Fridays. Mindfulness is one of the components of the ROTC Program. We also began partnering with various programs within Patterson High School. This number does not include Seniors who have already graduated. In December 2014, we created the Ambassador Training Program which initially started with a roster of 107 students and ended in June with 34. Instructors go into classes again during the afternoon at 2:09 PM to lead those classes in the Mindful Moment. This significantly increased our ability to engage classes as we were able to visit more than one class within a month’s time. However, in March we began focusing specifically on 9th grade classes which cut down the number of teachers in rotation to 10. Initially, Mindful Moment instructors rotated between 48 teachers. During this time instructors visited classrooms on a rotating basis to model the practice with classes. The Mindful Moment, a 15 minute breath work and meditation recording plays every morning at 10:08 AM. ![]()
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