Tim Wright is a bridge builder between secular and faith communities, and a powerful teacher who will speak at our Summer Institute in June. Today’s newsletter features a guest blog from Tim. To learn more about our Summer Institute and to register, please visit the Event page on www.gurianinstitute.com. You can register as an individual on the website or send groups to the event by emailing gail@gurianinstitute.com. From Michael Gurian: …
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May 7, 2022
We hope you will join us for our Summer Institute. The boy crisis–and thus a national safety crisis–will get discussed at this Zoom Training event as we all work together to protect our children–and to understand why they do what they do. Because I have been interviewed a great deal over the last two weeks about the shootings, I have been working to give a realistic picture of what …
June 2, 2022
For 25 years, the Gurian Institute has been certifying trainers to provide professional development and consulting in schools, organizations, and communities both in the United States and abroad. You can meet some of our trainers on https://gurianinstitute.com/trainers/. In 2018, we announced a major new GI initiative: “A Trainer in Every School!” to equip every school with at least one certified trainer who can train faculty, staff, and parents in brain-based …
May 19, 2022
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 …
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
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