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Free Headspace for Educators (Working K-12 Teachers, School Administrators, and Support Staff) AU, UK, Canada

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Headspace for Educators
Our newest Social Impact initiative focuses our efforts on one group in particular; educators. Educators are pivotal to society – we entrust our children to them for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 10 months a year.

So, we’re giving an annual Headspace subscription to working K-12 teachers, school administrators, and support staff. US educators, click the button below to redeem access.

Educators in the UK, Canada, and Australia please scroll to the bottom of the page to redeem.

The Benefits
✓ Helping educators live healthier, happier lives
✓ Inspiring educators to build and deepen their personal mindfulness practices
✓ Providing guidance and support to educators to foster mindfulness in their classrooms

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  • +13

    What a great initiative. We need to look after our teachers.

  • +2

    this is amazing, good find OP thanks!

  • Huh, my partner is a teacher with Education QLD and their email doesn't work.

    EDIT: I need to read the OP properly. My bad. Thanks OP!

  • +2

    doesn't include uni academics I think for Australia, UK and Canada

    • This makes me sad. Us uni academics need it bigtime, maybe they trust that we've done the research on how beneficial meditation is and so we are willing to pay for it.

    • Correct, Tertiary is currently not included. Hoping it changes!

      If you are a primary or secondary educator in the UK, Canada, or Australia…

  • +2

    Thanks
    Edit
    Teacher in Queensland, email gets this response

    Member with this email doesn't match organization's enrollment rules

  • +1

    Thanks op

  • +1

    Thanks BA!!

  • +2

    I'm literally a school administrator with a legitimate email and it doesn't accept it :(

    Edit:I suck at reading

  • +1

    Thanks for this, am currently using the 3 month trial of Headspace and have found it helpful. Will pass on to the rest of our school staff.

  • +7

    This is great! Thanks for posting.

    I've passed this on to my colleagues and HR at my school (the irony being most of my mental stresses come from my colleagues and HR…)

  • +3

    Shame not factoring in the most undervalued teachers we have in preschool as part of these programs. K-12 is great but early learning teachers are just as vital.

    • Why is this comment getting downvoted?

      • +7

        Thanks for demonstrating why Australia is falling behind. If you engage children early enough you can teach them all kinds of things in simplified form.

        Languages are actually better learnt the younger you are.

        And have you ever had to look after a dozen infants who weren't toilet trained?

        • -2

          Just stating my opinion. My child starts reception next year and i have seen the difference between child care, early learning, kindergarten and honestly it's not all that different.

          Not trying to disrespect any of these workers because i know its a handful dealing with a lot of young kids, but purely in teaching i didn't see much difference between the first 2. kindergarten wasn't too bad.

          • @Unrvl: There's an issue with semantics here. Not sure where you're from but
            Kindergarten in SA = Preschool in NSW
            Reception in SA = Kindergarten in NSW

            So when you say Kindergarten isn't too bad, that's probably the year level that xdivino is talking about.

      • +7

        Regardless of whether this is true or not.. you go try babysitting 30 kids and let me know if Headspace might be beneficial.

      • dominant discourses in society might be impacting your perceptions that university teachers are best while teachers of the young are the worstestest. maybe its a class thing…maybe its a specialised knowledge thing, maybe its Australian's prefer to generalise than think thing or maybe its a Australia is doomed thing. I'm not an educator…obviously. to educate means to draw out…not control or impart. surely the teachers of young people by any standard are the finest exponents of teaching the most important things you need to know. I used to think I must have taught myself to read ..and think ..and stuff…but some giver helped me do that while some taker got paid a fortune for dressing in monkey suit and regurgitating dominant discourses.'.

      • What absolutely ignorant comment

  • +1

    This is perfect! Thank you OP. Passing this on to all the teachers I know.

  • +5

    Would have thought doctors/nurses/emergency services who have a far higher rate of suicide and see far more traumatic events should be included.

    • They would have even better free psychological care offered to them.

      • +4

        Youd think so wouldn't you…

      • That's news to me.

  • -1

    A brief description of what this is would be helpful. Seems to be a meditation and lifestyle app. Is it targeted at teachers, or is it just the offer that is? How much is a subscription normally?

    Edit: If they ask for your credit card or Paypal, RUN.
    https://au.trustpilot.com/review/headspace.com

    • Ozbargain: The truth shall be downvoted.

      It is entirely appropriate to warn that others have had issues with unexpected charges, yet others question the usefulness of this, and ask what the actual saving is.

  • +1

    There is also the Smiling Mind app as an alternative, which is free for everyone and created by Australian psychologists and educators

  • Got my code earlier, its for a 1 year subscription only which I guess is what they mean by annual. Might be worth updating the title.

  • Works if you have a Working with Children Check Card.
    I’m not a registered educator, I used a personal email address (not a edu.vic.giv etc.). Listed my kids school and it worked.

    • Is that the only document you supplied? Also i have WWC check number but can't find any actual document that i could upload.

      • Yes, it was the only document.

      • I worked it out - so for others:

        I signed up using my regular email and said i worked at to a school in my area. I provided the WWC form that i found had been emailed to me. My approval came through in about 45 minutes. Cheers.

  • +1

    I'm not a teacher but I'm spreading this as far and wide as I can! Thanks OP!

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