Teach for Life! NVC Educators Institute

Discover the playful, practical and transformative heart of Nonviolent Communication.

July 23-28, 2008
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
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August 3-8, 2008
Harmony Hill Retreat Center, Hood Canal, WA
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Our Featured Courses:

  • The No-Fault Classroom: Conflict Prevention & Resolution for Schools
  • The Power of Play: NVC Games & Practices In & Out of the Classroom
  • The Inner Life of the Teacher: Forging the Capacity for Empathy

Our Goal: To support educators in creating schools and classrooms where compassion, respect and cooperation naturally thrive and where the joy of learning is palpable. We envision our young people with skills to create life-serving systems within themselves, with others and in their future social and political organizations, thus empowered to create a peaceful and sustainable world.

The Educators Institute is designed to:

  • Co-create a life-enriching classroom
  • Strengthen Nonviolent Communication skills
  • Model and practice processes for learning success
  • Teach activities for sharing NVC with students
  • Create a fun and safe nurturing environment
  • Create a network for ongoing support

By participating you will practice skills that increase your ability to:

  • Care for your own needs as well as the needs of your students
  • Create relationships based on mutual respect
  • Inspire cooperation
  • Reduce and resolve conflicts
  • Communicate effectively
  • Put democratic values into practice
  • Have less stress, more fun

Training Team: John Cunningham, Jean Morrison, and Sura Hart, co-author of The Compassionate Classroom (see Who Are We? for more information)

Prerequisite: Basic familiarity with Nonviolent Communication Tuition, Room & Board:

CEUs: 3 CEU credits or 30 contact hours

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