About me
Maggie Steele, MSW is the creative and administrative Head of Training and Curriculum at Peace in Schools. She is also a licensed school social worker and training instructor. Since joining Peace in Schools in 2016, Maggie has designed curricula for and taught our evidence-based, for-credit, elective Mindful Studies course to hundreds of teens. In 2017, Maggie worked with the Peace in Schools team to develop adult programming and has since designed, managed and facilitated in-depth mindfulness-based professional development trainings that focus on social emotional learning, suicide prevention, anti-oppressive practices and trauma-informed approaches when working with youth. Most recently Maggie has designed the 150-hour Mindful Studies Teacher Certification Training for educators, creating a framework for Peace in School's pedagogical approach and supporting educators in implementing the Mindful Studies course at their schools.