CALM (Comprehensive Approach to Learning Mindfulness)/The CALM Teachers Study
What We Do
Can teachers benefit from a “Comprehensive Approach to Learning Mindfulness”? The “CALM Teachers” study aims to find out.
This project is funded by the 1440 Foundation; Children, Youth, and Families Consortium
Project Information
This project is funded by the 1440 Foundation; Children, Youth, and Families Consortium
Project Team: Patricia Jennings, Mark Greenberg (Penn State), Alexis R. Harris
Tish Jennings, alongside colleague Mark Greenberg from Penn State University, are testing whether a short daily intervention involving yoga, somatic breathing, intention-setting and caring practices results in reduced psychological and physiological symptoms related to stress and burnout among school teachers.
The three-year pilot involves the development and delivery of a regular daily stress-reduction program to a sample of school teachers randomly assigned to receive the intervention during the first or second years (with a wait-list control group). Psychological and physiological assessments will be conducted pre-and post-intervention at a follow-up assessment during the fall of the second year.
Stories: Town and Gown 'A CALMing Approach' (see p. 27-29)
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Project Team
External Partners: Mark Greenberg (Penn State)
Alexis R. Harris
- Research Assistant Professor
Patricia A. Jennings
- Professor
- Ed.D. in Curriculum & Instruction Program Director