The Greater Good Science Center, part of UC Berkeley, studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.
The Summer Institute aims to give 50 educators cutting-edge, science-based strategies, tools, and techniques to promote social and emotional well-being for themselves and in their classrooms.
The Institute will be an in-depth learning laboratory where participants engage actively with the material through role-plays, peer coaching, and other interactive techniques that can also be used with students. Topics include mindfulness, self-compassion, empathy, gratitude, achieving and maintaining positive emotions, emotional literacy, and emotional balance.
Speakers: Rick Hanson (neuropsychologist and author of Buddha’s Brain), Kristin Neff (author of Self-Compassion), Marc Brackett (Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and founder of the RULER Approach to Social and Emotional Learning), Megan Cowan (Mindful Schools) and more
Where: UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
When: June 28-July 3
Application Deadline: March 31
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE