Just under a decade ago, I met Fr. William Watson, the founder of the Sacred Story Institute in Seattle, WA. When we met to discuss our mutual work, we realized that we had actually known one another, at least in passing, decades before when we were both at Gonzaga University in Spokane, he as a professor and administrator, and me as an instructor. We also realized our mutual commitment to …
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July 26, 2019
We are proud to announce that we will be holding a Winter Training Institute in the Southeast again. YOU made this happen! For the last two years we’ve received phone calls, emails, and personal requests from many of you that we provide a Winter Training Institute like the one we provided in Tampa, Florida for four years, and like our Summer Institute in June in California. Thank you for …
July 17, 2019
We want to welcome San Antonio Academy, which is re-certifying this year as a Gurian Model School. Please check the school out: https://www.sa-academy.org/. Michael Gurian has had the honor of providing training and keynotes to parents at SAA, and our GI team members have done the same, always finding the school’s path to child development an inspiring and powerful one. From the school’s focus on social emotional development to its …
July 11, 2019
We are excited to announce that Cherokee Creek Boys School is re-certifying as a Gurian Model School! Michael Gurian and our Trainers have traveled to the school (which is nestled beautifully in the woods in South Carolina) to train the teams there and speak with parents and staff in Family Seminar days either at the school or at Clemson University. CCBS has inculcated Gurian Theory and Strategies into their …
July 3, 2019
Abigail Wald, Gurian Certified Trainer and founder of motherflippingawesome.com, provided a powerful workshop at our Summer Training Institute, June 22 -23, at Army and Navy Academy, in Carlsbad, CA last weekend. For this workshop, she also wrote a powerful blog post we are publishing here. She began her blog post with lyrics from the musical, Dear Evan Hansen, about a young man with social anxiety having to navigate the socially …
July 1, 2019
It was a joy to be with more than 160 people at Army and Navy Academy, in Carlsbad, California, for our Summer Training Institute. A heartfelt thanks to everyone at the Academy for their organizational prowess, including Ethan Segovia, Amy Coe, General Art Barthell, and so many more. Huge thanks also to our staff, speakers, and trainers for sharing so much brain-based research, practical strategies, and deeply inspirational energy. …
June 24, 2019
As we anticipate our Summer Training Institute in Carlsbad, CA in a couple weeks, we want to welcome Chattanooga Preparatory to our Model School family! We actually met key people in the Chattanooga Prep Model School program at our Summer Institute four years ago. To learn more about our Summer Institute this year (June 22-23, at Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, CA), please check out this website: https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2019/. We …
June 14, 2019
At our Summer Training Institute, Dr. Glynetta Deshon Fletcher, Hicxell Rodriguez Wester, Joseph Moody, and Amy Coe, all Gurian Institute Trainers and dynamic teachers and speakers, will focus on key issues connected to diverse challenges in children’s and student’s lives. Our event at Army and Navy Academy, a Gurian Institute Model School, in Carlsbad, CA (June 22-24), includes an extra Monday session for trainer candidates who wish to become certified. …
June 7, 2019
We are proud to welcome Master Trainer Rob Kodama to this year’s Summer Institute, which will be held at Army and Navy Academy, a Gurian Model School, in Carlsbad, CA, June 21-23. To learn more about this professional development opportunity and to register, click: https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2019/. Rob will provide two workshop sessions on Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls based on his work over the last fifteen years training educators, …
May 28, 2019
Tim Wright and Michael Gurian have worked together for 12 years on Rites of Passage programs, Helping Kids Thrive and Helping Boys Thrive initiatives, and the Wonder of Parenting Podcast. Tim will present a workshop this year’s Summer Institute on social trends affecting boys and young men today. Tim is one of America’s most dynamic presenters. A pastor by trade, he works in both secular and faith communities. In …
May 24, 2019
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