RETREATS
Our Retreats provide an opportunity for families, teachers, principals and students to come together and learn the skills to foster positive relationships, self-awareness, and social-emotional growth. Through our interactive and engaging sessions, participants will be equipped with the tools needed to create and sustain a safe and supportive learning environment.
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This is the training to take your BPW Student Leadership program to the next level! We recommend you train 1-3 of your student leaders as Advanced Student Leadership Program ambassadors to oversee your school's student-led mindfulness, equity and holistic wellness school-wide initiatives. This 4-day workshop offers training on a range of topics (mindfulness; culturally responsive peer teaching; environmental consciousness; school-wide "passion projects," etc) and includes nature hikes, ropes course challenges and much more!
STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CELEBRATION
STAFF RETREATS
(For Individual Schools)
This 2-day, 1-night retreat is an amazing way to help your staff destress and to connect. We create time and space to connect with nature, with themselves, their colleagues and with their purpose as educators. The BPW team facilitates a wellness class, waterfall hike, karaoke session and team building activities.
*(Note: You will make a separate contract with Honor’s Haven for accommodations, the ropes course and karaoke)
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This training provides more than 100 mindfulness, SEL and wellness exercises to turnkey to staff. Leaders also receive the Brain Power Wellness Advisory Curriculum and the Content Links Curriculum and are trained in how to lead after school Brain Power clubs. They are also trained in how to offer weekly reinforcement training to BPW Student Leaders. BPW Leaders also learn how to lead longer self-care wellness sessions for colleagues and parents. This workshop takes place at Honor's Haven Resort. We also offer free live online and in-person reinforcement training for our BPW Leaders every six weeks (for as long as they work at your school) to continue upgrading their training so they can lead a vibrant school-wide program.
CERTIFIED LEADER RETREATS
ADVANCED CERTIFIED LEADER RETREATS
This training provides additional school-wide support for your BPW Teacher Leader(s) to turnkey new mindfulness activities and facilitate a vibrant school-wide wellness program. We take a deep dive into school-wide monthly, weekly and daily wellness challenges that help bring the BPW program to life while integrating into other SEL school initiatives. Your Teacher Leader(s) become part of an elite network of Advanced BPW Teacher Leaders who regularly share curriculum and school-wide ideas with their colleagues. Includes reinforcement every six weeks (for as long as they work at your school).
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ADVANCED STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
This is the training to take your BPW Student Leadership program to the next level! We recommend you train 1-3 of your student leaders as ASLP ambassadors to oversee your school's student-led mindfulness, equity and holistic wellness school-wide initiatives. This 4-day workshop offers training on a range of topics (mindfulness; culturally responsive peer teaching; environmental consciousness; school-wide "passion projects," etc) and includes nature hikes, ropes course challenges and much more!
PRINCIPALS RETREAT
Held at Honor's Haven Resort in the beautiful Catskills Mountains, this 2-day retreat is designed to help Principals and Assistant Principals rejuvenate their physical, emotional, and mental health while learning how to effectively oversee school-wide Brain Power program implementation.
The Gray Fellowship for Principal Excellence brings together 20 principals annually from across New York City public schools for a full year of transformative professional learning. The Fellowship is a cohort-based experience that develops self-knowledge, systems awareness, and provides continued support beyond the Fellowship. Brain Power Wellness hosts an annual week-long retreat with the Gray Fellows at Honor’s Haven Conference Center in upstate New York as well as regular reinforcement sessions throughout the year over the past 6 years.
GREY FELLOWS RETREAT
FAMILY RETREATS
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This heartwarming 3-day long weekend retreat helps our families have fun, exercise and connect with each other. Set at beautiful Honor's Haven, we spend time in nature, do yoga and tai chi, and engage in team building and collaboration training. Students also engage in student leadership classes while parents participate in mindful parenting seminars. Our culminating activity helps families focus on their love and gratitude for each other and to recommit to healthy habits to strengthen their family
