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Mindfulness equips children with the ability to observe upsetting thoughts and emotions without immediately reacting.
Mindfulness equips children with the ability to observe upsetting thoughts and emotions without immediately reacting.
The ability to recognize and label one’s feelings, motives, and desires.
Showing empathy, considering other perspectives, and understanding social and ethical behavior norms.
Managing stress, regulating emotional responses, and motivating oneself.
The ability to exchange information, feelings, and meaning through verbal and non-verbal communication.
Being able to find a peaceful, ethical solution to a disagreement based on consideration of shared feelings and goals.
Our mindfulness program teaches students how to handle daily challenges without being emotionally reactive. They learn how to self-regulate during extreme emotional states by learning how to recognize physiological responses to stress, anxiety, and other negative prompting events at school, at home, and more importantly, in life.
Additionally, our program focuses on tools that encourage empathy and perspective taking. Self Development Academy helps students develop mindfulness skills that allow them to be more present and less anxious, more aware and less reactive, more focused and less distracted.
Our approach to full brain development empowers students to take ownership of their learning so they can achieve their full potential. We try to inculcate what we call “The Four R’s”
We teach a grade higher than most Arizona schools, but our curriculum is much more than that. We focus on developing strong foundations and opening the door to unlimited futures.
AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY (A.R.S. §15-189.05), as added by Laws 2018, Ch. 285, §3
Self Development Charter School dba Self Development Academy-Mesa
1. Average salary of all teachers employed in budget year 2025 $ 59,925
2. Average salary of all teachers employed in prior year 2024 $ 57,157
3. Increase in average teacher salary from the prior year 2024 $ 2,768
4. Percentage increase 4.8%
Self Development Online Academy
1. Average salary of all teachers employed in budget year 2025 $ 59,925
2. Average salary of all teachers employed in prior year 2024 $ 57,157
3. Increase in average teacher salary from the prior year 2024 $ 2,768
4. Percentage increase 4.8%
Self Development Academy-Phoenix
1. Average salary of all teachers employed in budget year 2025 $ 57,752
2. Average salary of all teachers employed in prior year 2024 $ 57,576
3. Increase in average teacher salary from the prior year 2024 $ 176
4. Percentage increase 0.3%
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