Dr. Adonica Jones-Parks is a specialist in reaching at risk students, including the most disengaged.  In her district in Cincinnati, she has developed leading edge approaches to bringing these students back to education, strategies that are useful for all educators in all settings.   Today’s blog post features her and her keynote. Please join us for our event on June 24-25.  Because the Summer Training is virtual, the recordings will …

Our Summer Institute is around the corner!  GI Program Director Eva Dwight is offering a new workshop at this year’s SI, “Thinking ‘Outside the Box’:  A Child-Focused Definition of Success.”  Today’s blog post is authored by Eva about this leading edge subject. We hope you’ll join us at the Summer Institute.  It will be virtual on June 24-25, so anyone can join from anywhere.  To learn more and to register, …

Psychologist and Founder of the renowned Center, a Place of Hope, Dr. Gregory Jantz is one of our keynote speakers at this year’s Summer Training Institute.  Author of more than forty books in the fields of psychology, parenting, and education, Dr. Jantz leads a mental health facility that has been rated in the top ten in America for treating depression.  Today’s blog features him and his keynote. Please join us …

In these pages you’ve learned about our newest Gurian Center for Excellence at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, CA.  We are proud to feature three Gurian Certified Trainers from that Center at our Summer Training Institute this year.  This blog post features Dr. Alan Swaney, Rob Kodama, and Daniel Parlato and their workshops. To hear them and many others, click this website for registration:  https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2023/.  You can bring groups …

Is it time for the American Psychological Association to look at the neuroscience of teaching and learning? Gurian Institute Data Shows Boys and Girls Learn Differently Model Works Image by Taylor Flowe on Substack For over twenty-five years, the Gurian Institute has been working in schools across the country to help boys and girls learn differently so they can actually learn better. And for the most part, Gurian relies on …

Early Bird Registration for our Summer Training Institute ends May 15!  Check out the website for details: https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2023/.  All the presentations will be available on a password protected site for registrants until July 10.   This will allow some schools to use week days for the PD rather than the weekend, if needed. Some prerecorded keynotes and workshops will be available on June 18, which extends the time the Training is …

Along with our K – 12 track at this summer’s Gurian Training Institute, we are again offering our Early Childhood Track.   These dynamic presenters and Gurian Certified Trainers have hands on experience in early childhood classrooms and services.  Marion Hill, Program Coordinator at Head Start of Phoenix, and a GI Master Trainer, was the first to suggest we provide this ECE track and we have been honored to do so …