Show Notes
We have with us today Effie Karatopouzi, who began working at ACS Athens in 2016 as a Physical Education Teacher in the Elementary School and has undertaken different posts in the Athletic Department in all three schools and in ACS Athens Summer Camp. In 2017, she piloted a mindfulness program called Mind Body Soul (MBS) for students in Junior Kindergarten classes, which will continue to run this year. The MBS Program is also continuing in a very positive way in all classes in Elementary school. She presented her research findings about this pilot program at the International Mindfulness Convention, held in Slovenia.
She has offered her services voluntarily to the Youth to Youth Program at ACS Athens. She has also presented a workshop on mindfulness strategies to use in the physical education classroom at the ECIS Physical Education Conference in Barcelona.
With Efi Karatopouzi today we discuss:
- Spreading the seeds of Wellness in the children
- Physical education as a unifying force among international students
- Approaching students in the spectrum through Physical Education
- Controlling emotions as a goal of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness
- PE during the COVID years
- Using Wellness keys to unlock a better life
- The creativity needed to do meaningful PE online
- Playing the search and rescue game as a way to increase involvement in the school’s vision
