Breathe For Change’s Master’s of Education Degree Program is for educators inspired to take their teaching and leadership to the next level and facilitate learning environments that promote positive behaviors, elevate student performance, and enrich the well-being of entire communities. In this program, educators enhance their pedagogy, deepen their expertise in mindfulness and yoga, and improve their ability to foster healing and social change in their classrooms and communities.
Dr. Ilana Nankin is a visionary leader in the field of education and wellness, recognized for her transformative work as the Founder and CEO of Breathe For Change. With a mission to enhance the health and well-being of educators, students, and entire communities, Dr. Nankin has established herself as an innovative entrepreneur, award-winning teacher educator, and passionate advocate for social justice.
Dr. Nankin's academic journey began with a B.A. in Psychology and Education from the University of California, Berkeley, where she also facilitated education courses. Her early career included roles as a pre-k teacher, early childhood education instructional coach, and education non-profit leader in San Francisco. Driven by a commitment to amplify the voices of teachers in the educational landscape, she pursued a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and became a teacher educator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During her doctoral studies, she engaged in teaching, mentoring, and conducting research, while also leading social-emotional learning, wellness, and yoga trainings for educators.
Her dissertation research revealed the critical connection between educator well-being and student learning, highlighting the detrimental effects of educator stress and the positive impacts of enhanced educator well-being on student outcomes. This research inspired the founding of Breathe For Change in 2015, and the launch of the world’s only Mindfulness, Social-Emotional Learning and Yoga Teacher Training specifically for educators. The organization has since certified over 15,000 educators as social-emotional learning facilitators and yoga teachers, and impacted 20 million students nationwide. Dr. Nankin is now pioneering the vision and curriculum and instruction design efforts of Breathe For Change’s Master’s of Education Program.
In addition to her work with Breathe For Change, Dr. Nankin has served as a professional development consultant for the NYC Department of Education, a teaching and research fellow at Sesame Workshop, and a keynote speaker at various conferences and engagements. Her dedication to integrating wellness into education continues to drive her efforts to create a more socially just and conscious world.
The Global Leaders Institute is a full member college of Woolf, offering accredited degrees under the European Standards and Guidelines (Brussels 2015). Woolf is a global collegiate Higher Education Institution licensed in Europe (license 2019-015), and the operative Policy of Quality Assurance allows member colleges to share the same standards of accreditation while independently managing their own students and faculty. Courses with ECTS credits are specifically designated as such.
The European Higher Education Area (EHEA) today comprises 49 member countries - more than just Europe. All the Higher Education Institutions in the EHEA use the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), providing a shared framework for accrediting courses and degrees.
The Bologna Process names the agreements which harmonize the accreditation standards of Europe. The process created not only the EHEA, but also the European Credit transfer System. Initially this was a system to transfer credits between institutions, and later it became the standard way to refer to the credits themselves, such as '90 ECTS credits'.
The European Commission is the executive branch of the European Union. It is responsible for proposing legislation, enforcing EU laws and directing the Union's administrative operations, including education initiatives and policy-making. It oversees the ECTS system. All EHEA countries have adopted the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG 2015).
Woolf (MT) is based in Malta, which has been a member of the European Union since 2004, and of the European Higher Education Area since 2010. Its degrees are fully integrated with the ECTS system, and its degrees and qualifications are recognized throughout Europe under the treaty obligations under the Lisbon Recognition Convention.
ECTS standards are validated by an approved regulatory authority. Woolf works with English-language authorities that implement the ESG 2015. The Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA) implements ESG 2015 with the aim of further promoting quality in further and higher education.
Higher education in Switzerland is regulated both at the level of the Canton and at the Federal level (by the Ordinance of the Higher Education Council on Accreditation within the Higher Education Sector). Higher education in Switzerland places great emphasis on academic freedom and quality.
Woolf (CH) is based in Aargau, which is a canton in Switzerland, between Zurich and Basel. It has an innovation agenda, known for universities of applied sciences, innovation parks, incubation centers, and other resources for supporting research and technology transfer.
Woolf (WI) is based in Wisconsin, which licenses higher education institutions through the Educational Approval Program within the Department of Safety and Professional Services. The EAP ensures that approved schools are well run, educationally sound, and financially stable.
Woolf (WI) is based in the United States of America, which has a system of state licensure and regional or national accreditation through private agencies. The Department of Education does not directly approve of degrees. Foundation for International Services, a non-profit, independent credential evaluator and member of NACES.org since 1987, has evaluated Woolf’s Master in Business Administration and deemed it to be equivalent to one “from a regionally accredited institution in the United States.”
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