Today at 12: Compassionate Classrooms Workshop at Annandale!

“Compassionate Classrooms” is the first offering in a three-part workshop series on compassion practices in the educational workspace. This seminar will be held today, from 12 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.

Compassion can seem like a finite resource that runs scarce by midterm. We are all navigating complex demands–some joyful and others onerous–throughout the term. Whether those demands are ones taken on by choice, accepted by grace or thrust on us by others, the complexity of our lives can take a toll on us and impact how we arrive in our classrooms. How can we show up, for ourselves and for our students, as our best, most authentic and compassionate selves?

This workshop will provide space for educators to gather and discuss the compassion-related challenges they face. This exploration will entail assessing our responsibilities to ourselves, as much as we do for our students. Together we will brainstorm strategies for facilitating a compassionate classroom. Participants will leave with concrete exercises that can be used in any classroom, regardless of discipline.

Please join us! Together we will enjoy the opportunity to safely gather and explore the cultivation of compassion! May our work with compassion begin in our classrooms and then extend into our personal lives, with others, and with ourselves.

Thank you for your interest in this workshop!

• All attendees will be asked to commit to attending the full duration of the event, and to practice to the level of their comfort.
• Experiences in both mindfulness meditation and non-violent communication will be offered.
• Attendees will be provided with refreshments, including tea.
• Masks must be worn by all attendees while together in the indoor space. 

To register, visit the workshop’s Eventbrite Page.

For details, contact Cheri Lemieux Spiegel (cspiegel@nvcc.edu) and Paul Fitzgerald (pfitzgerald@nvcc.edu) 

Submitted by:
Cheri Lemieux Spiegel, AN-English, CSpiegel@nvcc.edu