Early Bird Registration for our Summer Training Institute has been extended to May 15.  Check out the website for details:  https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2022/.  We are proud to host the Institute with co-sponsorship from the Greater Phoenix Urban League, Head Start of Phoenix, and Booker T. Washington Schools.

All the presentations will be available on a password protected site for registrants of the SI until July 10.   This will allow some schools to use week days for the PD rather than the weekend, if needed.  If you would like to sign your school or a cadre up for the virtual Summer Institute during the next month, or with any other questions, please write us at gail@gurianinstitute.com.

You can register as an individual on the website or bring groups of five or more or 20 or more at discounts.  For group registration, contact gail@gurianinstitute.com.  Early Bird Registration ends May 15.   We hope you will take advantage of early bird discounts soon!  On Monday morning, you can certify to be a Gurian Certified Trainer via a four hour Zoom session with Eva Dwight.  Contact gail@gurianinstitute.com if you would like to become a Trainer.

As you’ll see on the website, we have more than 20 events you can engage with.  While most of them involve K – 12 schooling and age groups, this year’s SI also includes an Early Childhood Track set up specifically for early childhood educators, caseworkers, coaches, caregivers, and those interested in seeing how the Gurian work translates into this essential realm of human development.   This ECE track is inspired and fulfilled through the Early Childhood Pilots in Phoenix, AZ in which the Gurian Institute is working with Head Start, Greater Phoenix Urban League, and the City of Phoenix at school sites in the Cartwright School District (Cartwright, Byron Barry, and Arizona State University Preparatory Academy) and Booker T. Washington schools.

About the GI work in early childhood environments, Marion Hill, Program Director of Head Start, City of Phoenix, and one of our Sunday Keynoters, has said, “We have found Gurian’s work to be the missing piece in early childhood education as so many others have found it to be so in K – 12.  The Pilots in Phoenix have been very successful, and we are pleased to be a part of this Early Childhood Track at the Summer Institute.”  Of the 12 afternoon workshops over the two days, 4 are specifically target early childhood.   All of the keynotes also include work for ECE as well as K – 12.  Even if you do not work in the ECE arena, you might still find the ECE workshops fascinating and helpful, especially since you will have seven days after the live event to watch everything.

To learn more about all the keynotes, workshops, trainings, and tracks, and to register, please click:   https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2022/. We look forward to seeing you online soon!

What Other Participants Have Said

“Amazing. Powerful. To see the brain scans and understand differences between the male and female brain is a game-changer in education.”

“The applications of this work in early childhood are stunning. I was especially moved by what is happening with our boys in preschool.  We face a systemic issue.”

“The keynotes and workshops on helping children of color were powerful in their own right, and they worked together with the understanding of male/female. Very helpful and needed, especially in our present time.”

“Every year I come back. This is the best conference anywhere for understanding the brains of males and females, and how that understanding can positively change classrooms and communities.”

“Covered each element on the gender spectrum very well.  Great tools, great training!”

“I came as a therapist and mother and found myself energized and excited in both areas. This work universally taps into what we are all thinking and feeling every day.”