KORCOS IEC 19

In this session, we will be looking at the practice of mindfulness and how it can benefit you and your students on a daily basis. We will define the term "mindfulness", participate in a few basic mindfulness practices, and give tips and useful information about implementing mindfulness practices into your classroom.

Session Objectives:

Gain an understanding of the benefits of formal and informal mindfulness practices.
Learn how these practices can be implemented in a school environment.

Are you longing for an opportunity to connect with nature before a full day of learning KORCOS style? Join us for a pleasant hike through the KIS forest. This session is intended to remind us about the importance of being one with nature. In an increasingly tech driven society, it is common for children to find themselves stuck to a screen while neglecting the outdoors and the many benefits that come while spending time in nature. In the words of award winner author and militant naturalist Richard Louv, “Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an essential investment in our chidlren's health (and also, by the way, in our own)." Please bring appropriate shoes. All hiking abilities welcome.

Session Objectives:

Promote a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
Discuss the importance of advocating for opportunities for outdoor play.

If you're signing up for Lina's session, come dressed in comfortable clothes easy to move in! Join her to experience what her #SheFighter training is like.  This session is open for men and women especially for KORCOS.  Learn the following: General awareness tips in self-defense; weak points in the human body and confidence; and basic self-defense techniques, e.g. wrist release; escaping choke holds, hair grabs, and ground attacks; bear hug.

Session Objectives:

Build confidence
Movement for physical and emotional strength

Writers were mindful before it was cool. Keeping a notebook and writing by hand helps you be present. Write to slow down your breath and thoughts, to be more aware of your here, now. Write to journal, reckon, solve, create. Write for the pleasure and risk of saying what you want to say. Write to hold a thought in place. During this session we will talk about how we benefit from a writing practice (WP). We will consider our current schedules and how a WP can complement our routines, or where a WP might fit best. We will also write! You will leave the session ready to give WP a two week try.

Session Objectives:

Learn how a writing practice is both personally and professionally reflective and generative.
Establish a writing practice routine that works for you.

If you're signing up for Lina's session, come dressed in comfortable clothes easy to move in! Join her to experience what her #SheFighter training is like.  This session is open for men and women especially for KORCOS.  Learn the following: General awareness tips in self-defense; weak points in the human body and confidence; and basic self-defense techniques, e.g. wrist release; escaping choke holds, hair grabs, and ground attacks; bear hug.

Session Objectives:

Build confidence
Movement for physical and emotional strength

Do you need to stretch out after a full day of learning? Come connet with other educators for an hour of fitness, fun, and friendships (old and new)! Give your cerebellum a boost of oxygen-rich blood and experience an improvement of attention, concerntration, and stress relief. We will start with a simple warm up and move into a potpourri of international rhythms and beats. Zumba is for everyone. Join the party!

Session Objectives:

Promote a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
Connect with each other through fitness and dance.