Are you an educator who:
- Is passionate about your work, but trying to sustain yourself in the midst of heavy demands?
- Wants to continue a life-long interest in personal and professional growth?
- Is committed to aligning your personal values with your professional practice?
- Would like to rekindle a spark for your vocation?
In a time when stress and pressure on educators continues to rise because of internal and external demands, Courage to Teach® provides educators an opportunity for rest, renewal, and re-engagement with their identity and integrity.
Come join others like yourself who understand the challenges of sustaining the passion for teaching, and discover a unique kind of professional development-one that will provide opportunities to deepen your understanding of true self and also refill your energy and vigor as an educator.
This one day introductory Circle of Trust® retreat is based on the Courage & Renewal approach developed by Parker J. Palmer and the Center for Courage & Renewal. This experiential gathering is open to all educators (pre-K-12 and higher education) who wish to pause and reflect upon their work and remain true to themselves in the midst of challenging times and situations. At this retreat, you will be offered time and space to reflect on life and work, and to:
- Pause, be still, and disconnect from technology and the pace of an educator’s life.
- Witness and be witnessed, listen and be listened to-without performance evaluation, statusizing, or ego.
- Renew your commitment to teaching/leading & increase satisfaction with your work.
- Heighten your sense of personal and professional renewal, readiness to return to work, refreshed and energized.
- Increase your capacity to be fully present in your work by providing a reprieve from the hectic bustle of teaching & leading
- Develop your capacity to tune in to the individual needs and gifts of yourself, your students and your colleagues.
- Expand your capacity to be resilient and purposeful in your work as an educator
This program is being independently organized and led by a Courage & Renewal Facilitator(s) prepared by the Center for Courage & Renewal. While we support our facilitators in various ways, CCR has no direct responsibility for the planning or facilitation of this event. Please direct any questions to the facilitators using the contact form below.
The Center for Courage & Renewal and its facilitators do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, height, weight, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, and marital status.
