MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION: WELL-BEING AT SCHOOL AND LIFE IN ALICANTE - SPAIN.

Project Management Spain Erasmus Plus
Contact: info@pmserasmusplus.com
Organization ID (OID): E10039300

• COURSE INFORMATION:
MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION: WELL-BEING AT SCHOOL AND LIFE course is aimed for teachers and school staff from pre-school level to primary, secondary, vocational, adult and special needs education, staff of non-government organizations, government and policy makers and company staff. The course is focused on dynamic and practical contents of Mindfulness and Meditation. The Mindfulness course will introduce the technique of Mindfulness and the practice of Meditation. Besides, you’ll receive some indications and different sessions of Yoga, so you can get the peace of mind you’re looking for. Non-native English trainers expect participants to have at least B1 level of English proficiency.

Participants will increase their efficiency and effectiveness in productive performance within the workplace and personally, through learning the technique of Meditation. Applied correctly in the school environment, Meditation technique will allow us to achieve greater SOCIAL EQUALITY, AVOID AND PREVENT CONFLICTS and achieve a better resolution of these. Its use will involve directing learning towards greater CREATIVITY, which will improve educational INNOVATION and achieve better EMPLOYABILITY for students as well. On the other hand, it will create a BETTER ENVIRONMENT in the school, having a positive impact on the whole school community, increasing their MOTIVATION towards studies and improving the abilities of the students.

The technique of meditation has a very positive impact in intellectual activity and, on the other hand, in a development of personality, intelligence, SELF-CONFIDENCE, greater tolerance and control in the face of stress situations, and in an increase in personal satisfaction and self-esteem.

• METHODOLOGY:
The Mindfulness course is based on the basic theoretical part and fundamentally a practical part where to carry out and deepen on what is explained. During the whole week, the course will focus on working in three main fields of action: self-awareness and emotions management, empathy and values in school relations and achievement motivation. The course will focus as well in avoiding, thanks to a mentally clear and emotionally calm state, nowadays problems at school such as school violence and bullying, lack of values, lack of motivation and assertiveness, inability to set goals, frustration and emotional distress that affects mood, social behaviour and learning. Positive coexistence is basic in school, so each day of the course will work in that way, deepening in meditation and emotional education.

Our experienced trainer will support and stimulate the networking and cooperation among participants. We organize networking and cultural activities in order to give participants the opportunity to exchange best-practices and establish professional cooperation and links. These activities will take part not only participants of the course but also other participants from different courses attended by the company. The expected training activity has been structured so that the participants can transfer know-how and develop needed skills to create and manage a proposal with real success.

The course will provide the participants an attendance certificate including the detailed information about the course, e.g. title, programme and schedule. In addition, a Europass Mobility Certificate can be added on request.

• MAIN OBJECTIVES:
The main target is to achieve psychological changes, a positive and integrating behavior on the basis of an integral personal development obtained by learning and mastering a technique of stress elimination based on correct meditation in teachers and pupils. In fact, through meditation techniques and practices, Mindfulness course will get, via teachers:
- Reduce the lack of motivation of students.
- Reduce the number of students with emotional distress.
- Promoting teachers working on emotions management, empathy and values in school relations and achievement motivation.
- To promote in students a self-aware, balanced, stronger person who is able to set goals while respecting others.
- To deal with discrimination, bullying and violence prevention.

Benefits in the Personal Environment:
− To reduce labour and work stress.
− To boost the emotional intelligence in the teachers and their pupils.
− Self-control, respect and love, empathy, equity and care for others.
− To increase self-esteem and creativity.
− Adaptation and promote changes.

Benefits in the Organizational Scope:
− To create a good environment in the school and develop social, civic, intercultural, critical thinking and emotional competence.
− To promote peace, mediation, bullying prevention and integration though
− To stimulate in a positive way diversity and reduce discrimination.
− To promote social inclusión via better relationships between school communities.
− To implement emotional education in the school to improve students emotional competence and behavioural skills.
− To improve communication quality and work as a team.
− Improvement of the ability to resolve conflicts and decision making.
− New educational methodologies and improvement of academic results.

• DAILY PROGRAMME:
The course’s trainers usually welcome participants on Sunday afternoon and give them all the course material. The main training activities, instruction and practices will take place from Monday to Friday. On another note, participants will be involved in cultural activities held by PMS ERASMUS PLUS during afternoon time. Moreover, participants will be able to explain their own school and KA1 project to the rest of teachers and work all together to set up future eTwinnings or even KA2 projects. Finally, there will be a course’ roundup and a final evaluation on Friday afternoon to finish the course on Saturday morning with other networking activities and the delivery of the certificates of attendance.

Some of the topics to develop during the sessions of the course:
- What Mindfulness is: formal and non-formal mindfulness.
- Practicing Mindfulness.
- The awareness triangle.
- The 8 attitudes of Mindfulness.
- Six tips for successful meditation.
- Settling the mind.
- Benefits of meditation: reducing stress.
- Adolescence and change.
- Managing your goals.
- Mindfulness and emotions.
- Emotional intelligence.
- Emotional regulation.
- Emotional agility.
- Mindfulness practices.
- Self-Awareness.
- Self-Compassion.
- Mindfulness activities.
- Meditation practices.
- Mindfulness exercises for your daily life.
- How to implement Mindfulness at school and life.

COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES :
- Networking activity: Presentation of your own school and your KA1 PROJECT.
- Free cultural activity: discovering the city and its cultural heritage. Visit to Alicante city and Santa Bárbara Castle. Free activity included in the course.
- Optional Spanish cooking activity: buy local ingredients at the Market and cool your own paella. Sangria included.
- Free cultural activity: Discovering the city and its cultural heritage. You will visit MARQ Museum, archaeological and historical site awarded as Best European Museum in 2004. Visit included in course fees.
- Optional cultural activity: trip to Tabarca Island in Alicante with all participants from the course and other structured courses of the company. Guided tour with historical and cultural inputs.

• DATES:
MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION course will attend editions during 2023 and 2024 in the following dates:

2022:
ICELAND – REYKJAVÍK:
From Sunday 16th October to Saturday 22nd.
SPAIN – ALICANTE:.
From Sunday 9th October to Saturday 15th.
From Sunday 30th October to Saturday 5th November.
From Sunday 27th November to Saturday 3rd December.

2023:
SPAIN – ALICANTE:
From Sunday 15th January to Saturday 21st.
From Sunday 12th March to Saturday 18th.
From Sunday 2nd April to Saturday 8th.
From Sunday 21st May to Saturday 27th.
From Sunday 2nd July to Saturday 8th.
From Sunday 30th July to Saturday 5th August.
From Sunday 10th September to Saturday 16th.
From Sunday 8th October to Saturday 14th.
From Sunday 29th October to Saturday 4th November.
From Sunday 26th November to Saturday 2nd December.
ICELAND – REYKJAVÍK:
From Sunday 12th February to Saturday 18th.
From Sunday 23rd April to Saturday 29th.
From Sunday 9th July to Saturday 15th.
From Sunday 16th July to Saturday 22nd.
From Sunday 23rd July to Saturday 29th.
From Sunday 20th August to Saturday 26th.
From Sunday 15th October to Saturday 21st.
IRELAND – DUBLIN:
From Sunday 22nd October to Saturday 28th.
FRANCE – MARTINIQUE:
From Sunday 9th April to Saturday 15th.
FRANCE – TAHITI:
From Sunday 13rd August to Saturday 19th.
CROATIA - SPLIT:
From Sunday 9th July to Saturday 15th.
From Sunday 6th August to Saturday 12th.

2024:
SPAIN – ALICANTE:
From Sunday 14th January to Saturday 20st.
From Sunday 17th March to Saturday 23rd.
From Sunday 26th May to Saturday 1st June.
From Sunday 2nd June to Saturday 8th.
From Sunday 30th June to Saturday 6th July.
From Sunday 28th July to Saturday 3rd August.
From Sunday 6th October to Saturday 12th.
From Sunday 27th October to Saturday 2nd November.
From Sunday 3rd November to Saturday 9th.
SPAIN – TENERIFE:
From Sunday 21st January to Saturday 27th.
From Sunday 20th October to Saturday 26th.
ICELAND – REYKJAVÍK:
From Sunday 18th February to Saturday 24th.
From Sunday 24th March to Saturday 30th.
From Sunday 21st April to Saturday 27th.
From Sunday 14th July to Saturday 20th.
From Sunday 21st July to Saturday 27th.
From Sunday 18th August to Saturday 24th.
From Sunday 25th August to Saturday 31st.
From Sunday 13th October to Saturday 19th.
FRANCE – MARTINIQUE:
From Sunday 31st March to Saturday 6th.
FRANCE – TAHITI:
From Sunday 11th August to Saturday 17th.
CROATIA - SPLIT:
From Sunday 7th July to Saturday 13th.
From Sunday 4th August to Saturday 10th.

• COSTS AND ERASMUS + FUNDING
The cost of the seven day course is 560€, and includes course fees, support free cultural activities in the city during the week and certification of attendance. The company offers an Optional cultural package to deepen the relationship between all participants.

The training course is tailored to be fully funded by Erasmus + to teachers, trainers, headmasters and any other staff of education organizations. Furthermore trainers can help in Key Action 1 application to ensure that participants can get the grant and could be eligible to receive an Erasmus + grant that covers all the costs of the course.