The JIS Podcast is back for another academic year of insightful discussions about teaching and learning at JIS to be Best for the World! We’re delighted to welcome back our hosts, JIS Middle School Vocal Music Teacher Morgan Banino and PIE Digital Literacy Coach Mindy Slaughter, who have an exciting lineup of guest speakers from the Dragon community waiting for us.

In our very first episode of the season, Morgan and Mindy explore the practice of mindfulness and its potential benefits with Grade 2 Teacher Kailyn Fullerton. But what is mindfulness? What’s the science behind it? And how can it be used in the classroom to support student growth and learning? Listen along as Morgan, Mindy, and Kailyn look at mindfulness from an education standpoint and discuss how we can tap into its time-tested strategies to help students’ social-emotional development.