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A Better World, A Meaningful Life course - Sept. 6-Oct. 1, 2010 (Family Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the FAMILY RATE for the A Better World, A Meaningful Life course from September 6-October 1, 2010. You MUST have already registered one family member at the INDIVIDUAL RATE to receive the special family rate of $50 for each additional family member (one book/packet shipped per family).

Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Join us for a month of inquiry, introspection and transformation. Through our A Better World, A Meaningful Life course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and make a difference in the lives of others while improving your own life at the same time. This course will educate and inspire you to do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment. 

Please email us if you have any questions.

A Better World, A Meaningful Life course - Sept. 6-Oct. 1, 2010 (Individual Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the INDIVIDUAL RATE for the A Better World, A Meaningful Life course from September 6-October 1, 2010. 

Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Join us for a month of inquiry, introspection and transformation. Through our A Better World, A Meaningful Life course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and make a difference in the lives of others while improving your own life at the same time. This course will educate and inspire you to do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment. 

If you want to take advantage of the family rate ($125 for the first person, $50 for each additional family member -- one book/packet shipped per family), please email us for details.

A Better World, A Meaningful Life course - Sept. 6-Oct. 1, 2010 (Special Discounted Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL DISCOUNTED RATE ($25 off the regular rate! -- good through August 15) for the A Better World, A Meaningful Life course from September 6-October 1, 2010.

Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Join us for a month of inquiry, introspection and transformation. Through our A Better World, A Meaningful Life course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and make a difference in the lives of others while improving your own life at the same time. This course will educate and inspire you to do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment. 

If you want to take advantage of the family rate ($125 for the first person, $50 for each additional family member -- one book/packet shipped per family), please email us for details.

A Better World, A Meaningful Life course - Sept. 6-Oct. 1, 2010 (Special Rate for Repeat Participants)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL RATE FOR REPEAT PARTICIPANTS for the A Better World, A Meaningful Life course from September 6-October 1, 2010. 

Learn to tap into your deepest values and help create a peaceful, just, compassionate, sustainable world while cultivating your own inner peace and joy. Join us for a month of inquiry, introspection and transformation. Through our A Better World, A Meaningful Life course, you’ll have the opportunity to assess your life, examine your values, explore new information and make a difference in the lives of others while improving your own life at the same time. This course will educate and inspire you to do more good for yourself, other people, animals, and the environment. 

Please email us if you have any questions.

Animal Protection -- HECP Students

This course covers a variety of animal issues, such as animal agriculture, experimentation, hunting and trapping, and companion animal concerns. It explores different philosophies regarding the inherent rights of other sentient animals to be free from exploitation and abuse, and encourages students to grapple with and determine for themselves their own ethics regarding nonhuman animals. As with all courses, Animal Protection examines the ways in which humans, animals, and ecosystems can be protected and respected for the good of all and helps students develop techniques for teaching about complex issues in a positive manner that invites dialogue and positive solutions.

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.

Culture and Change -- HECP Students

This course explores the many ways in which cultural norms influence ideas, beliefs, and actions. Covering consumerism, media, advertising, globalization, public relations, economics, and politics, this course provides a foundation for understanding the ways in which people, and the choices they make, are shaped by their culture. Culture and Change enables students to become aware of the cultural influences in their own lives and to become effective at giving others the tools to think critically and creatively. By recognizing the ways in which our thoughts and behaviors are often molded by culture, we gain the ability to determine more consciously our behaviors and actions.

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.

Environmental Ethics -- HECP Students

This course covers a range of environmental issues, such as global climate change, population, endangered species, pollution, and resource and energy use. It offers a solution-oriented approach to environmental challenges, balancing the study of environmental problems with the cultivation of positive ideas for creating sustainable and restorative systems that benefit people, animals, and the earth itself.  Environmental Ethics examines how we might teach about environmental challenges in a comprehensive manner that grounds them within issues of culture, human rights, and animal protection.

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.

Human Rights -- HECP Students

This course examines a range of human rights issues, including escalating worldwide slavery, child and sweatshop labor, genocide, and civil, gay/lesbian, disability and women's rights. It also examines acts of human courage, compassion, and kindness and invites students to find in themselves and others sources of deep and abiding humaneness, both as a model of human goodness, and as examples for exploring the ways in which humans can solve our conflicts and stop oppressing and exploiting others. As in the other courses, Human Rights examines the links between various forms of cruelty and uncovers solutions that will benefit all people, while also benefiting the environment and other animals.

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.

Humane Education Certificate Program (HECP) Application Fee

You can pay your application fee online for applying to our Humane Education Certificate Program (HECP).

Be sure that, along with your application fee, you send all application materials to:    

IHE
Attn: HECP Admissions
P.O. Box 260
Surry, ME 04684

More information about our HECP.

Individualized Program Plan & Residency Fee -- HECP

Every HECP student starts their program with a planning session with the HECP Director or faculty to create an individualized program plan which will lay out that student’s schedule, milestones, and goals for her or his training. This fee also covers residency training (but not travel, accommodation or food expenses incurred for residency).  

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.

Introduction to Humane Education -- HECP Students

This course introduces students to humane education and explores innovative educational philosophies and methods, exciting and effective ways to approach teaching and learning, and positive communication skills and conflict resolution. Forming the foundation for the issues courses that follow, Introduction to Humane Education invites students to examine the ways in which they can more fully model their message as an educator and bring the underlying concepts of good communication and teaching to their students as they incorporate the important issues of human rights, environmental ethics, animal protection, and culture.

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau. 

Practicum - HECP Students

In order to become an effective humane educator, students need practice implementing what they have learned. This teaching practicum enables students to apply what they’ve studied by designing and presenting a humane education program. The practicum may be a series of classes, a course, a week-long camp, a teaching website -- even a business plan for a humane education company. The practicum must be approved by IHE faculty and can be done at any point during the program.

Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau. 

Raising a Humane Child course - October 4-29, 2010 (Family Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the FAMILY RATE for the Raising a Humane Child course from October 4-29, 2010.  You MUST have already registered one family member at the INDIVIDUAL RATE to receive the special family rate of $50 for each additional family member (one book/packet shipped per family).

Developed for parents with children of any age, this course will expand your parenting strategies to help you bring humane education concepts and values to your kids and manifest your vision for a better world, starting with your family.

Please email us if you have any questions.

Raising a Humane Child course - October 4-29, 2010 (Individual Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the INDIVIDUAL RATE for the Raising a Humane Child course from October 4-29, 2010. 

Developed for parents with children of any age, this course will expand your parenting strategies to help you bring humane education concepts and values to your kids and manifest your vision for a better world, starting with your family.

If you want to take advantage of the family rate ($125 for the first person, $50 for each additional family member -- one book/packet shipped per family), please email us for details.

Raising a Humane Child course - October 4-29, 2010 (Special Discounted Rate)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL DISCOUNTED RATE ($25 off the regular rate! -- good through September 12) for the Raising a Humane Child course from October 4-29, 2010. 

Developed for parents with children of any age, this course will expand your parenting strategies to help you bring humane education concepts and values to your kids and manifest your vision for a better world, starting with your family.

As part of the course you'll receive a copy of Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times.

Raising a Humane Child course - October 4-29, 2010 (Special Rate for Repeat Participants)

NOTE: This registration is for the SPECIAL RATE FOR REPEAT PARTICIPANTS for Raising a Humane Child course from October 4-29, 2010. 

Developed for parents with children of any age, this course will expand your parenting strategies to help you bring humane education concepts and values to your kids and manifest your vision for a better world, starting with your family.

If you want to take advantage of the special limited offer family rate ($125 for the first person, $50 for each additional family member -- one book/packet shipped per family), please email us for details.