SMART Facilitator Certification Ontario
Training Pathway
Mindfulness for Educators: smartEducation™:
A 9-Session Renewal Program
smartEducation™ (SMART - Stress Management and Resiliency Techniques for Educators) is an evidence-based program designed to address the needs of educators (K-12 and post-secondary), professional support staff and mental health professionals involved in the education and care of children, youth, and young adults.
Who Should Attend
Education professionals including teachers, educational assistants, child and youth workers, social workers, psychologists, occupational therapists, audiologists and speech-language pathologists, physiotherapists, student support staff as well as administrators and office staff. The program is also suitable for healthcare professionals who work with children and teens. Previous experience with mindfulness is not required.
smartUBC & Mindfulness Everyday
SMART (Stress Management & Resiliency Techniques) is managed by smartUBC, a not for profit unit of the University of British Columbia and coordinated through the Faculty of Education, UBC Okanagan campus.
As a licensed smartEducation channel partner, Mindfulness Everyday is responsible for taking participants through the smartEducation training pathway and upon successful completion, to issue SMART facilitator certificates.
SMART Training Pathway:
- Offers a coherent, stepped approach.
- Integrates formal teaching with workshops/residential mindfulness trainings, skills training and supervision/mentoring.
- Uses the Mindfulness-based Interventions Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI-TAC) (R. S. Crane et al., 2013) both to support SMART facilitator learning and to assess competency when teachers graduate from the training program, and are selected to be listed on a SMART teacher listing on the Mindfulness Everyday website.
- Expects SMART teachers to work within the ethical codes of their professional bodies. If they do not have such a code, training and attention to codes set out by the most relevant professional body are suggested as a safeguard and to promote good practice (Baer, 2015).
- Is evidence-based relying on and generating the best available evidence to inform the training.
smartEducation Facilitator Certification Process
Level 1 Certification Requirements
Prerequisites:
Completion of the following:
- An established mindfulness practice including meditation and mindful movement,
- Completion of face to face Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course (MBSR) or online (See Palouse Mindfulness http://palousemindfulness.com/) as a participant
- Attending and completing one 20 hour smartEducation course
- A residential teacher led silent retreat that is a minimum of three to five days in duration (seven days preferred)
- Experience teaching adults and facilitating professional development activities for teachers
Academic Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree in education, psychology, health sciences, social work, or equivalent degree, or
- Advanced professional degree and/or equivalent experience
SMART Level 1 Certification Training Program (100 hrs)
The program consists of a 25-hour facilitator training and 75 hours of practicum, assisting,
co-teaching and mentoring instruction in smartEducation program delivery.
It consists of the following components:
- 5-Day Foundational Concepts: practices and strategies for teaching SMART (25 hrs)
- Practicum: Participation and observing smartEducation (20 hrs)
- Assisting: smartEducation as taught by a qualified facilitator and/or with a fellow trainee (20 hrs) plus mentoring (10 hrs)
- Co-teaching: smartEducation (20 hrs) under the guidance of a qualified mentor
(5 hrs)
Note: Completion of the above does not guarantee certification. Additional training may be recommended.
Participation in Ongoing Professional Development with Mindfulness Everyday
- Professional Development Training Courses and Workshops, Retreats, and Mentoring
- Resources, relevant research and articles
Please note that completing the above training components does not guarantee certification. Additional training and or mentoring may be recommended.
SMART (Stress Management & Resiliency Techniques) originally developed in the US is now managed by smartUBC, a not for profit unit of the University of British Columbia and coordinated through the Faculty of Education, UBC Okanagan campus. UBC researches and manages the development of the evidence base for continual updating of the curriculum. More Information