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Educators take a breath

Two-hundred educators and their families gathered in Queens for a day of wellness and fun. They heard from MindUp CEO and founder Goldie Hawn and took part in activities and workshops to nurture their mental and physical health.


A Day of Wellness for Educators

Two-hundred educators and their families gathered for a day of wellness and fun at Commonpoint Queens Sam Field Center on Sept. 14. They heard from MindUP founder Goldie Hawn and other experts on a wellness panel and took part in workshops and activities to nurture their mental and physical health.

MindUP

MindUP is an evidence-based preventative mental health program grounded in neuroscience, mindful awareness, positive psychology, and social and emotional learning.

MindUP professional learning with Goldie Hawn

The 160 teachers and paraprofessionals who gathered for a day of professional learning on MindUP heard from the organization's founder, Goldie Hawn.

MindUP for Music 2023

A roomful of teachers breathes in rhythm, eyes closed, to the sound of Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 - one of many music-based mindfulness techniques learned in a MindUP for Music workshop at UFT headquarters on May 16.

Building ‘calm and focus’

About 60 schools this year joined the UFT’s pilot partnership with MindUp, an evidence-based social-emotional learning program conceived by the Goldie Hawn Foundation to support educators' and students' mental health.

We’re your home for professional learning

UFT Vice President for Education Mary Vaccaro writes that the UFT Teacher Center has been a leader in providing New York City public school educators with high-quality professional learning for more than 40 years. The program recently has begun...