Our guest blog this week comes from Eva Dwight, Gurian Institute Program Director. A teacher and counselor, Eva spearheads our Head Start Pilots in Phoenix and travels the country providing training for K-12 schools. She is also a Positive Discipline Certified Trainer. Eva will speak on these topics at the Gurian Summer Training Institute in the last week of June. She also leads our Trainer Certification program, which transpires on …
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April 28, 2022
As Christians celebrate Easter, Muslims fast for Ramadan, and much of the world moves into Spring, Jewish people memorialize the Holocaust on “Yom HaShoah Ve-Hagevurah”, the Day of the Remembrance. HaShoah falls on the 27th of the month of Nisan on the Jewish calendar (April 28), a week after the Passover holiday that celebrates the Jewish exodus from slavery. For this confluence of holidays and season, we are publishing Michael …
April 15, 2022
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 …
April 23, 2022
Michael Gurian here. I am writing about a change to our Summer Institute 2022. It will now take place solely on Zoom. All registrants will also have two weeks to watch and re-watch everything, so even if you can’t make it to the SI on Zoom on either June 25 or June 26, you can view everything through July 10. We have an amazing group of speakers with information …
May 16, 2022
At our Summer Training Institute in June, we have asked three renowned educators to speak on helping children of color. Marion Hill, Dr. Glynetta Fletcher, and Dr. Daryl Howard each provide a different focus, as you will see in this week’s blog post. To learn more about our Summer Training Institute and to register, please visit: https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2022/. All our keynoters come from a systemic change context–hopeful that every school will …
April 2, 2022
Our Virtual Summer Training Institute is this weekend! Have you registered yet? Please click https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2022/ to learn more and to register. The event is Virtual so there is still time. To bring groups of five or more, email gail@gurianinstitute.com. If you would like to become a Gurian Certified Trainer, let Gail know. This annual event supports you in whatever place and way you work with boys, girls, and all children. …
June 17, 2022
Our own, our children’s, and our students’ mental health is on our minds. How can it not be? We each see issues all around us. The Surgeon General estimates more than 40% of Americans, including nearly half our children, face mental and emotional health issues right now. We each can use support taking care of ourselves and helping the children in our care to live with heart and soul through …
May 25, 2022
For the second year in a row, we are offering a new track at our Summer Training Institute – Our Early Childhood Track. These dynamic presenters have hands on experience in early childhood classrooms and services and lead our early childhood Pilots in Phoenix. Marion Hill who is keynoting our SI inspired this early childhood track last year and the track has grown this year with the support of Natalie …
April 7, 2022
The Gurian Institute is honored to join with community organizers in April to bring you two Helping Boys Thrive Summits. One is an in-person event in Spokane, Washington, April 23, 2022 sponsored by the Kellen Cares Foundation, featuring keynoters Michael Gurian and Tim Wright with workshops by local professionals. The other is a Tele-Summit on April 29 – 30, sponsored by the Washingon, D.C. based The Boys Initiative, featuring keynoters …
March 25, 2022
A mom in the tech industry wrote me this email: “Everywhere I go in Silicon Valley I see kids and adults less resilient. In my workplace, we are constantly tangled up with issues that are kid stuff in adult clothing—who said what to whom, who likes and doesn’t like whom, who hurt who’s feelings. These folks are 35-year-old children who can’t stand up for themselves, or when they do, they …
February 17, 2022
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