In our 9th year, TEACH FOR LIFE draws educators from around the world to come together in a living laboratory to create a Compassionate Classroom. Expect five days of a nurturing retreat environment, learning self-care as an educator, care for others in the educational environment, and care for our wider earth community. Learn how to live your values, to listen deeply, to express courageously, and to have fun doing what you love. Your facilitators & teachers: CNVC trainers Sura Hart & Jean Morrison, with Teach for Life! Associate Educators Team. 3 CEU credits or 30 contact hours available. For more information, please contact organizer Sura Hart, 805.698.3332.
Points
Co-create a life-serving classroom
Deepen Nonviolent Communication skills
Model and practice life-serving processes and structures for learning
Learn activities for sharing NVC with young people
Create a fun, safe, nurturing learning environment
Create a network for ongoing support
Care for your own needs as well as the needs of student, teachers, administrators and parents
Create partnership relationships based on mutual respect and cooperation
Significantly reduce conflict
Communicate Effectively
Put democratic values into practice
Who is it for?
Educators with familiarity of NVC from public and private schools, school administrators & home schoolers who want to learn and practice NVC in a community of peers, with a seasoned training staff dedicated to bringing the skills of compassion to school communities. For questions about content, CEU's, or scholarships, please contact the registrar, Sura Hart surahart1@gmail.com
Registration and deposit info:
A deposit of $300 will hold your place and help us make our deposits to the venue. Balance due June 20, 2009.
All payments can be made online via credit card, or by mail by sending a check to "Northwest Compassionate Communication, Attn: Barbara Larson" 11205 SW Corbin Beach Rd, #2, Vashon Is, WA, 98070. Full refund of deposit, minus $50 administrative charge, until May 20. After May 20, we'll return 1/2 of your deposit until June 20. Cancellations after June 20: you will receive a full refund, minus $550. Questions about the registration or payment information? Please call Barbara at 206-567-4182. (West Coast time zone!)
GROUP DISCOUNTS (for Tuition cost) if registered by April 1:
2 people register together for 25% discount each; 3 get once free; 4 get 1 free and one for 1/2 price (tuition)
What to bring:
For Northwest summer weather, please bring comfortable clothes that can be layered, and a bathing suit if you like to go swimming in the Puget Sound.
You might enjoy having:
flashlight, camera, journal, musical instrument, poems or songs to share.
