Mindful Teaching®
A revolutionary teaching tool for more effective teaching!

Mindful Teaching® is an, innovative professional development program for teachers. The goal of this program is to provide teachers with resources to become more effective teachers. The initial Development Briefs are numbered like college courses, they include:

Brief 101 Preparing to Teach Brief 201 Focusing on Learner Readiness Brief 301 Engaging Learner Thinking Brief 401 Supporting Learner Performance Brief 501 Deepening Learner Understanding Brief 601 Verifying Learner Achievement

Brief 101 Preparing To Teach
This brief introduces tasks performed by the teacher before the lecture or teaching begins. Important concepts introduced in this brief include:

Clarifying Your Beliefs Organizing the Physical Space Allocating Time for Learning Prioritizing Content Inviting the Learner

Brief 201 Focusing on Learning Readiness
This brief identifies the strategies used before the lecture to get the learner ready to learn. This is about the readiness phase of learning. The big idea here is that new learning is best introduced through a context that is personal (or at least familiar) or through an actual experience.

Activating Learner Interest Connecting to Prior Knowledge Communicating Expectations Framing the Content

Brief 301 Engaging Learner Thinking
The focus is on ideas and strategies teachers can use to help each other design and lead thought-provoking, interactive content lectures to engage the learner. The big idea here is that in learning environments where formal knowledge is systematically defined, clarified, organized, challenged, affirmed and consolidated, learner understanding is enhanced.

Exchanging Ideas Probing with Questions Affirming Understanding

Brief 401 Supporting Learner Performance
This brief centers on ideas and strategies that teachers can use to help each other incorporate thoughtful practice (application) and informative feedback (assessment) into their classroom routines. The big idea here is that all new learning requires the opportunity to practice and test new ideas.

Learning High-Involvement Guided Practice Lessons Integrating Testing and Performance Assessment into Guided Practice Lessons Making Feedback, Self-Testing and Reflection Integral Parts of Guided Practice Lessons

Brief 501 Promoting Learner Responsibility
This brief centers on the ideas and strategies that teachers can use to help build a learning community to deepen relevance and meaning. The big idea here is that all new learning, if it is to be used, requires integration.

Guaranteeing Equity (Opportunity to Learn) Fostering Resiliency Celebrating Success Together

Brief 601 Verifying Learner Achievement

Becoming Assessment Literate Constructing Instructionally Sound Achievement Tests Designing Standards-Based Performance Assesments Grading and Preparing for Licensure

The Mindful Teaching poster set

This set provides a quick reference for busy educators. Designed to support key points within the Mindful Teaching program, these colorful posters highlight and summarize dynamic teaching practices. Sized to be close desk-side companions the 4-poster set includes the following valuable information:

Poster 1: Mindful Teaching Briefs

1. Identifies each of the Mindful Teaching briefs by title and number
2. Organizes the Four Phases of Mindful Teaching in a colorful pie-chart
3. Displays the 10 Elements of Interactive Teaching within their related Mindful Teaching phase

Poster 2: 7 Mindframes as Related to Mindful Teaching

1. Explains the relationship between the 7 Mindframes used in the Salon Fundamentals program and the 4 Phases of Mindful Teaching
2. Recommends teaching strategies that can be used being used during the presentation of each Mindframe
3. Cross-references the coursebook strategies used to reinforce each of the Mindframes
4. Serves as a reference for identifying what the teacher and students are doing during each of the applications of the Mindframes

Poster 3: Bloom’s Taxonomy

1. Defines the six levels of cognitive thinking
2. Offers examples of verbs to use when developing questions to vary the student thinking level
3. Provides sample questions as a prompt for test and/or question writing

Poster 4:  Fast Facts about Writing Achievement Test Ideas

1. Provides an overview of the five most often used types of questions including true-false, multiple choice, matching, completion and essay-written response
2. Lists strengths and limitations for each of the question types
3. Offers suggestions and recommendations for using the various question types
4. Links the information presented with a sample question for each question type

MT-POST $39.95 (set of four)