This Faculty Practicing Circle (FPC) is a new offering designed exclusively for those who have completed The Mindful Educator Faculty Learning Experience (FLC).

This next level experience invites these faculty into an ongoing community of practice, where we continue the journey of mindful teaching, nervous system awareness, and personal well-being. 

The FPC provides a safe, supportive space to go deeper into the work we began in The Mindful Educator FLC through shared reflection, group discussion, and regular mindfulness practice. 

The Faculty Practice Circle will be facilitated by Dr. Misty Rhoads, Department of Public Health and Nutrition and Kim Ervin, FDIC Instructional Designer, and will meet regularly in a more informal, experiential format than the original training series. There is no required attendance or formal curriculum, just a shared commitment to showing up, practicing together, and deepening what we have already begun. If The Mindful Educator FLC helped you reset, reconnect, and grow, the FPC is the space to keep it alive. 

The facilitators will contact you to schedule the first meeting. Subsequent regular meeting dates will be determined by the group members.

The objectives of this FLC are to:

• • Sustain a personal mindfulness practice throughout the academic year.
  • Build a stronger sense of community and connection with fellow educators.
  • Hold space for vulnerability, creativity, and personal growth.
  • Apply nervous system-informed strategies in the classroom and beyond.
  • Support one another in cultivating resilience and presence.