Christine Mason

Christine Mason is an educational psychologist, author, and researcher specializing in mindfulness, social-emotional learning, and compassionate school cultures. She is the founder and executive director of the Center for Educational Improvement, a collaborative focused on transformational, holistic, and healing-centered education. Mason has more than 40 years of experience in education, including work as a classroom teacher and professor, and has held leadership roles such as Associate Executive Director of Research and Professional Development at the National Association of Elementary School Principals, Director of Professional Development at the Student Support Center in Washington, D.C., and Senior Director for Research and Development with the Council for Exceptional Children. She serves as an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine for the Program for Community Health and Recovery.

Mason is the lead author or coauthor of several books on mindfulness and heart-centered learning in schools, including Cultivating Happiness, Resilience, and Well-Being Through Meditation, Mindfulness, and Movement: A Guide for Educators and Mindful School Communities: The Five Cs of Nurturing Heart Centered Learning. Her other works include Mindfulness Practices: Cultivating Heart Centered Communities Where Children Focus and Flourish, Visioning Onward: A Guide for ALL Schools, and Compassionate School Practices: Fostering Children’s Mental Health and Well-Being. Mason is also the developer of **Heart Centered