Positive Mindset and Resilience

4 -Week Programme

Dates:

4 consecutive weeks May 6th/13th/20th/27th  – 5p.m.-6p.m.

Broad Training Objective

The objective of this 4-week online programme is to support participants in the development of specific skills and practices to help them during the current Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. The current environment brings with it many challenges such as dealing with uncertainty, working from home, establishing new routines, balancing work/life, feeling the distance from family and friends and caring for loved ones. This workshop will introduce participants to a range of practical skills and tools to help them address these challenges and maintain their wellbeing during this time. It will also help in preparing them for life beyond the current situation as they apply their learning and embed new best practices and good habits. Learning will be facilitated through reflection, discussion and group exercises using the Zoom platform. Each participant will work on developing a robust action plan for immediate implementation both in the workplace and in their personal life.

Key Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will have:

·     Understood what it means to have a positive mindset.

·     Explored the key benefits of a positive mindset and how this can help with their resilience during particularly challenging and uncertain times.

·     Reflected on the obstacles which are currently inhibiting their own positivity.

·     Explored the worry cycle and how to break a pattern of getting stuck in worrisome thoughts.

·     Learned how to move to a positive mindset through practical tools, models and techniques.

·     Explored the four key pillars of resilience and how to practically apply them in their work and personal lives.

·     Understood how to maintain overall wellbeing and motivation.

·     Developed a clear action plan for immediate implementation in the workplace.

Primary Engineering STEM Webinar

Tuesday, May 18^th at 3.30pm

This afternoon is suitable for Whole School Training in Stem & also individual CPD.

Presented by James Murtagh of Junior Einsteins STEM service providers in partnership with Athlone Education Centre and Navan Education & Support Centre.

Bio

Junior Einstein’s Meath & Westmeath is an award-winning STEM educational services provider for primary school children. We are approved by Science Foundation Ireland as STEM facilitators for the Discovery Maths & Science Program. We are currently working with the United Nations delivering STEM webinars to children worldwide. Our mission is to inspire a lifelong love of learning through hands on science. Our unique hands on approach to STEM learning focuses on teaching children how to think, not what to think- like true scientists!

Our Engineering STEM CPD program will

·      Provide teachers with STEM classroom-based activities that broaden their students’ mathematical, design & engineering knowledge, in subjects such as construction, mechanical & chemical engineering.

·      Help to develop positive associations with engineering amongst children through fun, hands on engineering activities like marble run, bubbling exothermic reactions, egg engineering & the principles of flight.

·      Help children understand that it is ok to make mistakes & to learn from them through classroom based engineering projects & activities.

·      Compliment the existing curriculum & emphasise essential skills, such as questioning, investigating, defining problems, analysing, interpreting, reasoning, devising alternative solutions, developing conclusions, and problem solving.

·      Ensure all materials used are easily accessible for teachers & schools.

Building Mental Fitness

Drawing on nearly 20 years’ experience of exploring the dynamics of human performance, Paul Gleeson’s talk will cover the following areas:

- Dynamics of mental fitness

- The human mind

- Levers of influence on our state of mind

- The role of personal energy management in harnessing stress

With the following learning objectives:

- Increased awareness of what mental fitness looks like and how to build it.

- Evolved sense of ownership for maintaining mental fitness.

- Practical tools and tips on how to build or evolve your own mental fitness practice.   

Paul Gleeson is a performance coach, facilitator and keynote speaker.