Erasmus Teachers Academy

over 15 years of experience teaching children and young adults in both the classroom and the outdoors
over 10 years of experience training teachers and educators in both the classroom and the outdoors
over 7 years of experience leading the intercultural UniOrchestra project
interactions and completed projects with experts from the various arts, and sciences
thousands of individuals - from around the world and all walks of life - with the experience of creating original orchestras through organizational and corporate trainings, retreats, university and school courses, personal and teacher development programs, in Poland, Germany, and Ukraine

An evidence-based personal-growth program using world-class artistic tools with a heavy dose of creativity, fun, and the unique synergy of eclectic tools, combined with the uniting power of rhythm.

If you’re looking for an alternative, interdisciplinary and innovative methods that will immediately deliver stress reduction and positive results in the classroom and long-term impacts on your students' lives, then we are at your service!

Back to the Roots is a rich metaphor and simultaneously a rhythm-based training for educators, teachers, and art therapists of all levels !

Our course is about :

WISDOM EDUCATION - 21 CENTURY SKILLS - MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES - EMOTIONAL SOBRIETY - INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - TEAM WORK - CREATIVITY - SELF MANAGEMENT - IDENTITY - INNOVATIONS - and SPECIAL NEEDS

We want to be helpful with

ASD/ADHD - LACK OF CONCENTRATION - LOW MOTIVATION - DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY - DIGITAL ADDICTION - EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING- STRESS and BURNOUT - IDENTITY CRISIS

Immerse yourself in a five-day powerful training. Through a series of interactive games, and unique tasks, you will be invited to surrender to the joy and flow of innovative work that draws from the very best art and science traditions. You'll receive the tools, insights and skills to put them into practice to create your own meaningful and engaging learning processes for your own students that can help in stress reduction, concentration, building healthy habits, developing creativity, self knowledge, ability to team work and much more personal and social skills.

We will learn simple, but powerful activities that can be easily modified and integrated into lesson plans for any language, subject, level, age, or culture. We will experience the lessons from student’s perspective, master classroom management and explore best practices in classroom implementation.

Each day is dedicated to specific learning objectives that respond to the needs and crucial educational and social challenges of the 21st century, however each day offers a different way to integrate the same wisdom.

THERE ARE 5 DAYS TRAINING WORKSHOPS BUT THE COURSE CAN LAST 3 DAYS AS WELL

DAY 1 WE ARE THE RHYTHM

the wisdom of rhythm: logos or rhythmos? the role and meaning of rhythm in education and human life
how to use rhythm to integrate the group, to increase the group’s energy level, to calm and focus the mind, and to awaken positive emotions and engagement
how rhythm contributes to language skills, multiple intelligences, and STEAM education
using rhythm as therapy for students with special needs
exploring core rhythm competencies
rhythm for habit building

DAY 2 MOVEMENT MATTERS: BODY MOVES, BRAIN GROOVES

bringing the body into rhythm through mindful and imaginative movement
communication through body language
preparing the body for cognitive tasks
improving brain neuro-plasticity and body posture
body practices for dealing with stress

DAY 3 OPERATION CONTEMPLATION

the music of silence and the art of nature, exercises and tasks developing a deeper relationship with nature
contemplation through sounds and nature, relaxation and tension relief activities
contemplative arts in practice: exploring the self through art, from self-awareness to self-expression
into the roots / source: sense of identity and sense of security
understanding and expressing emotions and thoughts
mindfulness walk, metaphoric walk, and inner journey

DAY 4 FROM ME TO WE