If you are interested in joining a growing network of educators (teachers, principals, counselors) and researchers and program developers addressing whole school #mindfulness please reach out! 3/

And we look at important factors that are necessary across all stages, like supportive leadership, assessment, and taking context into consideration. 2/

Thanks to @sebrinadf.bsky.social and Melia Brown for the great collaboration and to @ssripennstate.bsky.social and @albany.edu for supporting this work!

Also, using #MixedMethods #research and an #ImplementationScience #framework is useful for understanding how implementation differs across #contexts. We used PARiHS framework @impresearch.bsky.social 3/

Most important factors impacting successful school #ProgramImplementation are #leadership #buy-in from teachers and #Mission alignment. If a critical mass of educators implemented successfully, skeptical colleagues were more likely to #buy-in too. 2/