Course Description: Happy Teacher Revolution is a Baltimore-born, international movement on a mission to organize and conduct support groups in the field of mental health and wellness for educators to increase teacher happiness, retention, and professional sustainability. Administrators edition!

Facilitator: Danna Thomas

Bio: Danna Thomas is a former Baltimore City Public School teacher turned founder of a global initiative to support the mental health and wellness of educators. Danna served as the national spokeswoman for the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Maryland and the “Music for Mental Health” campaign. She is the recipient of the 2019 Johns Hopkins Community Hero Award and the 2019 winner of the Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab. Danna’s favorite forms of self-care include playing backgammon, community hot yoga, and rocking out on the saxophone.

Key Teaching and Learning Strategies explored in this course: 

• Perception - REFLECTION: Develop habits to view and address personal aptitudes, gaps, and views.

• Facilitator Role - TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION: Align technology tools to learning goals.

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