Our education model needs a major paradigm shift if we want to be an instrumental part of creating a better world. This workshop redefines that purpose and the inner and outer work required to transform the schooling experience. This will, ultimately, elevate the type of human being the student becomes upon graduation and the way they contribute to the betterment of society.

Emotional Intelligence (EI or EQ) is the ability to perceive, understand, and manage one’s emotions and the emotions of others. Studies show being emotionally connected is the secret ingredient to a student’s resilience and success in school. Learn to be the cause of positive emotional contagion, thereby creating an open, inviting, and safe environment for all students to thrive.

A key part of a successful school is becoming aware of and responding to diverse cultures. The first step in this process is creating a culturally proficient staff. This journey of self-discovery and empathy building will give access to vital skills for collaborating across cultures, backgrounds, and experiences, as well as a common language to communicate effectively around such sensitive topics.

What is the purpose of education if it doesn’t help develop the individual to better understand themselves, the world around them, and ultimately how to take part in making it a better place? Discover how to augment your curriculum to bring social action to the forefront of learning.

This workshop aims to unravel the educator’s innate potential to become a conscious leader in their field and to tap into their innermost human capabilities to be a guiding light for students in their journey to self-discovery. Building on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, we will explore self-actualization with Barrett’s framework for consciousness and discover the path towards conscious leadership and organizations.

It is said that world peace depends on the full equality of women and men because when women enter the arena of leadership, she will not agree to send her sons to war (Abdu’l-Baha). This workshop examines the current structures both outwardly and within ourselves that need to be dismantled to create a future generation where all sexes are honored and given equal opportunities to participate in societal discourse.

Perhaps one of the most important lessons an educator can teach young people is to have a growth mindset -- that challenges are opportunities for growth and that with persistence and determination, any obstacle can be overcome. In this workshop we explore various cultures’ relationship with struggle to better understand our own perception of it and how we can embody and teach this incredibly invaluable life lesson in a way that will serve students throughout their lives.

Research shows that students learn best when they are immersed in an experience that is driven by their own questions and curiosities. In this workshop, we apply a new purpose to the schooling experience and the mechanism to get there is through inquiry based learning. Learn how to transform your current curriculum into projects that naturally engage, inspire, and lead to positive social change.

Of all living things -- plants, animals, and humans -- only human beings have the choice to decide whether or not they want to fulfill their potential. The natural order compels all other living things to grow to their maximum heights. Creating a new world means understanding the purpose of excellence (the why) and the proven strategies to get there (the how and what). Learn from the research-based methods of well-known masters to level up your systems, processes, habits, and attitudes around excellence.