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Calm Classrooms

Fill out the short form to be emailed the educator guide designed to help you cultivate calm and mindfulness in your classroom with research-backed social-emotional learning and wellness strategies.

By Ilana Nankin, Ph.D.

February 25 2024

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CalmMindful SchoolSEL

Fill out the short form to be emailed the educator guide designed to help you cultivate calm and mindfulness in your classroom with research-backed social-emotional learning and wellness strategies.

About the Author

Ilana Nankin, Ph.D.

Founder & Co-CEO

Dr. Ilana Nankin is the Founder and Co-CEO of Breathe for Change and an award-winning entrepreneur, teacher educator, and former public school teacher. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with research demonstrating the link between educator well-being, SEL, and student learning. As a lead professor of the Human Intelligence course, Ilana weaves embodied awareness and systemic well-being into a clear theory of change: transform educators to transform classrooms.

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