Teaching for a Positive Future
A month-long distance learning summer institute for educators who want to inspire their students to become leaders and changemakers for a healthy, peaceful, and sustainable world.
“I love what you create and how accessible you have made it for all of the participants. The work you do is soul work and it is impacting my life on a very deep level....My work is becoming much stronger and value based because of what I am learning from your work and your writings. Thank you for sharing/teaching as you do.”
~ Chava Gal-Or
Course Dates:
July 5-30, 2010
For more detailed information about Teaching for a Positive Future, download our Information Kit. (pdf)
Registration:
Individual Rate:
REGISTER FOR THE JULY COURSE BY June 13 for the SPECIAL LIMITED DISCOUNT RATE of $100 (that's $25 off the regular rate!).
Special Group Educator Rate:
REGISTER 2 OR MORE EDUCATORS FROM THE SAME SCHOOL to get the special rate of $80 per educator.
Special Rate for Previous Participants:
Some participants benefit from taking a course more than once. We offer a special rate of $50 to take this same course again, if you’ve previously completed it (Additional course book not included). REGISTER FOR the special alumni rate.
Registration Deadline: July 1, 2010
We encourage you to register as soon as you can, so that you have plenty of time to read the course book ahead of time.
Cancellation Policy:
We will refund your registration, minus a $25 administration fee, if you cancel by June 10. IHE is unable to grant refunds for cancellations after that date, but you may make arrangements for someone else to take the course in your place.
Teaching for a Positive Future Summer Institute Course Description:
Teaching for a Positive Future is designed to train classroom teachers, community educators and homeschooling parents to effectively teach critical thinking about social justice, environmental ethics, and animal protection, and enhance your students' understanding that their choices make an impact on themselves, their local community, the fate of other people, other species, and the Earth. The course’s emphasis throughout on building critical thinking skills provides participants with a constructive approach for teaching about complex, controversial issues. You'll develop new techniques and ideas to revolutionize and revitalize your students’ education and to make your teaching even more rewarding, interesting, and meaningful.
As part of this course you'll have a chance to interact virtually with other participants through discussion boards, receive input from the course advisors and connect with people who are passionate about nurturing compassionate, happier children. Participants will receive a copy of The Power and Promise of Humane Education by IHE President, Zoe Weil.
Download a couple sample exercises. (pdf)
For more information, email us at info@HumaneEducation.org.
Course Structure:
As soon as you register, we’ll send you a copy of the course book. Shortly before the course begins, you'll receive a booklet of exercises that you'll complete on your own throughout the month.
In completing the exercises, you'll examine important questions like:
- What is education for?
- Is my teaching as relevant as I want it to be to the world my students are inheriting?
- How can I help my students connect the dots between their learning in class and the larger world?
- How can I integrate the 4 elements of Humane Education into my teaching?
You’ll also engage in the Online Commons -- a discussion forum that you can visit any time during the course to interact with fellow participants and advisors. Participants use the Online Commons to share experiences with the activities, share insights, quotes or resources, connect with classmates and advisors, ask questions, and give and receive support.
Time Commitment:
This course will be as meaningful as you make it. We estimate that the exercises themselves will take an average of 30-90 minutes per exercise. The more time you have to devote to the exercises and the online discussions, the more transformative the course will be for you.
Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) - Earn Them for Participating:
You may earn a certificate of completion and 3.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through the University of Maine upon completion of the course. Teachers in other states may be able to utilize these for continuing education requirements in their state. Applications for other state CEUs are in progress - please inquire. To receive a certificate of completion or CEUs, email all your responses to the exercises within a week following the course, and contribute to the online discussion forum on at least 15 different days.
Course Advisor:
Mary Pat Champeau is director of M.Ed and Certificate programs at IHE and has been a teacher for thirty years, beginning as a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger, 1979-1981. Her experience includes teaching in community-based refugee and immigrant programs in NYC, as well as teaching creative writing at NYU, working as a teacher trainer in southeast Asian refugee camps, and coordinating language and culture programs for the World Trade Institute. She has an M.A. from NYU. Mary Pat is also the mother of two teenage children and an adopted pre-school age daughter from China.
For more information about Teaching for a Positive Future, download our Information Kit. (pdf)
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March 16, 2010 - 2:00 pm | Location: University of Maine - Orono (100 Neville Hall)
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