The Pathways is a pilot framework created by Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) to support individuals in their own development of mindfulness practice and educational/youth-related settings on their journey to introduce a well-designed and sustainable mindfulness initiative, as part of an approach to organisational wellbeing.
The framework provides guidance, resources, and awards to celebrate achievements, as settings increasingly bring the benefits of mindfulness to students and to staff, recognising the values and attitudes of mindfulness within their wider culture.
The Pathways are founded upon experience. Since 2009, MiSP has had the privilege of working with a wide variety of schools and other educational settings, helping them to support the wellbeing and mental health of both young people and adults who work within them, as well as the broader community of families, governing bodies, other service providers and volunteers who support those schools. We have collated examples of successful implementation of mindfulness-based initiatives and key learning from where things have not quite gone to plan. The Pathways approach has evolved out of this rich learning.
The five developmental steps
The Pathways framework is built upon five developmental ‘steps’ (for an individual or organisation):
- Exploring the possibilities for introducing mindfulness in your setting
- Introducing mindfulness to staff and/or students
- Developing a model for mindfulness taught in-house to students and building a community to share coordination of mindfulness initiatives within the setting
- Embedding mindfulness learning and approaches throughout the setting where appropriate
- Providing a model of sustainable mindfulness that can be shared with other settings as a MiSP Beacon School/Setting
Choose the starting point that’s right for you or your school…
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Step 1
ExploringStep 1
Exploring MindfulnessExploring the possibilities for introducing mindfulness in your setting
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Step 2
Introducing -
Step 3
DevelopingStep 3
Developing MindfulnessDeveloping a model and building a community for mindfulness within the setting
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Step 4
EmbeddingStep 4
Embedding MindfulnessEmbedding mindfulness learning and approaches throughout the setting
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Step 5
ProvidingStep 5
Providing a Mindfulness in Education modelProviding a model of sustainable mindfulness that can be shared as a MiSP Beacon School/Setting
More information about the Pathways
How can I reach each Step?
How to take the first steps to start your journey
Why choose a Pathways approach?
The Intention of the Pathways
Core guiding principles
For more information, please see the Frequently Asked Questions