Montessori Conversations

027 What is mindfulness and how to create a practice

In this episode we explore the idea of mindfulness, what it is, how to create your own practice, and how to bring in into your classroom and your home.

Guest Brandt Smith

Brandt Smith holds state teaching credentials for elementary, and middle level, and high school.  He also holds Secondary I & II certification from AMS.  Brandt moved from Indianapolis to Cincinnati in 1994 to help launch Clark Montessori, the first public Montessori middle school in the country.  At Clark, he had taught all subjects in the middle school and was there for 20 years before becoming a mindfulness teacher as an Outside Consultant to a number of schools around Cincinnati and beyond.  He has been a teacher trainer with the Cincinnati Montessori Secondary Teacher Education Program (CMSTEP) for over 12 years and has presented numerous times at local, regional, and national Montessori conferences.   

Contact Information

Email address: brandtcpsmith@gmail.com 

Phone number: 513-375-3782 

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/brandtcpsmith 

Instagram Account: brandtcpsmith