31 Jan

During an 18-month developmental period, from December 2018 through June 2020, the co-creators of WISE identified and engaged with nine other institutions to explore new ways for imbuing social change education with well-being practices. Each organization had a significant program in social innovation; was interested in considering how their program could better facilitate student flourishing through inner well-being work; and contributed to the geographic, cultural, and institutional diversity of the group.The developmental phase included a series of in-person and virtual gatherings where participants shared experiences and knowledge, and formed working groups. Organizations also explored models, measures, and practices of flourishing; planned systemic well-being training interventions; and designed and deployed efficacy assessments to measure impact. Research unfolded at the institutional level (what made each program unique based on its cultural, geographical, and social context), as well as across the group (what was generalizable across all organizations). The core question animating our work was: How do we teach future social innovators to integrate well-being frameworks and practices into their work in a way that produces measurable impact? Because of the diversity of participants, we learned how variable, flexible, and adaptable these approaches needed to be.From this, we identified five principles that can help inform the creation or refinement of education programs seeking to successfully integrate well-being into their missions. We suggest that programs apply them during the conception, implementation, and assessment phases.

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