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6 - 8 July - Chautauqua

(Mt. Madonna School)

The Mount Madonna Chautauqua is a unique offering. We hold to the principle that the best learning takes place when we fully engage everyone in the room. We have individuals from all levels of the educational system, including teachers, students, administrators, and facilitators. The guidance provided by Angeles Arrien, Peter Block and Vivian Wright is always inspirational and encourages us to deep inquiry around questions that matter. As Peter Block’s comment below from last year’s gathering says, the central idea is for the Mount Madonna Chautauqua to be its own example of engaged learning.

Location: Mt. Madonna School

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Thursdays, 8 July - 12 August or Tuesdays, 20 July - 24 August - Mindfulness Fundamentals

(Mindful Schools)

This class is for teachers, parents, psychologists and anyone who would like to learn mindfulness for themselves. This six-week course will teach you the basic techniques of mindfulness as well as help you build your own practice.

Location: Oakland, CA
Cost: $125

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16 - 20 July - Brain Development and Learning: Making Sense of the Science

An interdisciplinary conference devoted to improving children's lives by making cutting-edge research in neuroscience, child psychology, & medicine understandable & applicable to those who work with children on a daily basis

Location: Vancouver

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Friday, 30 July – Sunday, 1 August - Worldview Literacy - Training for Trainers

(Institute of Noetic Sciences)

Presenters: Marilyn Schlitz, PhD, Liz Miller, Matt Davis, MA, Cassandra Vieten, PhD How do we know what we know? How do worldviews shape our experience? What skills do we need to open us to other people’s worldviews? Why is this important to our global community? These are the questions that confront students in the complex, multi-cultural world of the 21st century. And these questions inform a newly emerging curriculum on Worldview Literacy, developed out of the pioneering research of the Institute of Noetic Sciences.

Location: 101 San Antonio Road Petaluma, CA 94952
Cost: $345 before June 30

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8 - 13 August - Contemplative Curriculum Development

(Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education)

Summer Session Participants will devote the week to rigorous investigation, reflection, writing, and discussion, guided by distinguished scholars and contemplative teachers who have already developed such courses.

Location: Smith College, Northampton, MA

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24 - 26 September - Annual Conference

(Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education)

Location: Amherst College, Amherst, MA

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8 - 10 October - Engaging the Other

(Common Bond Institute, National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation, International Humanistic Psychology Association)

Keynote speaker: Huston Smith

An extraordinary international conference to address the roots of fear based belief systems and negative stereotypes, prejudice, polarization, enemy images, and artificial barriers of misunderstanding and distrust that divide us. Join an international list of presenters and visionaries, and engage in 3 days of focused, facilitated dialogue, bridging the divide and cultivating our capacity for reconciliation, appreciation of diversity, and peace.

Location: Sonoma State University, San Francisco, CA

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15 - 17 October - Bioneers

Join us at the 20th Bioneers Conference to: Explore the forefront of positive change in deeply inspiring keynote talks, panels, workshops and intensives. Connect with leading-edge people and ideas. Network with dynamic changemakers. Experience Moving Image Festival screenings, and networking receptions. Discover powerful opportunities and strategies for creating positive change in your work, life and community.

Location: San Rafael, California

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28 - 30 October - National Forum on Character Education

(Character Education Partnership)

Join us in San Francisco for the largest, most comprehensive conference for character education. This extraordinary event will rejuvenate your passion and inspire your efforts for quality programming. We invite you to experience the most invigorating blend of outstanding speakers, teambuilding opportunities, exceptional workshops, school site visits and more. Come learn with us the latest trends and research in character development. Connect with more than 40 exhibitors sharing the newest resources, products and services to enhance your programs. Have an opportunity to experience guest speakers, special events, and entertainment that will inspire you to create change.

Location: San Francisco

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10 - 13 November 2010 - CES Fall Forum: Demanding an Education that Matters

(Coalition of Essential Schools)

Fall Forum is CES's annual conference featuring powerful exchanges of innovative practices and democratic policies that increase equitable student achievement. Join progressive education's best, brightest, and hardest-working teachers, students, school leaders, administrators, family members, and others committed to demanding education that matters for all young people in all communities.

Location: San Francisco

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