Summer Training:

Join teachers & community leaders from around the world who are Passionate and committed to the mission of education and lifelong learning. Sign up for our summer online courses starting July 1 and Aug. 5

Co-sponsored by the Professional Development for Educators program in the College of Education at Oregon State University (OSU).

• Complete work at your own pace; approx. 3 hrs/week, with optional weekly Zoom check-ins scheduled Thursdays at 5PM Pacific, no prerequisites.

• Enrollment fee of $300 includes digital workbook, certificate of completion, and professional development/continuing education credits.

• Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the 7 Shared Features of Strong Communities

  • Build Empathy for Self and Others

  • Identify the Fires Beneath Aggression

  • Analyze the Anatomy of Aggression

  • Cultivate Calm in Yourself and Others During Conflict 

  • Understand the Difference Between Accountability and Vengeance

  • Identify the 3 Elements of Universal Respect

  • Understand the Role of Respect in Building Shared Trust

• Registration link here; See a free preview here.

• Email joannpdeck@peaceliteracy.org for info about scholarships or how to donate to sponsor a teacher/scholar.

• Complete work at your own pace; approx. 3 hrs/week, with optional weekly Zoom check-ins scheduled Thursdays at 5PM Pacific, no prerequisites.

• Enrollment fee of $300 includes digital workbook, certificate of completion, and professional development/continuing education credits.

• Learning Outcomes

  • Recognize how our behavior is driven by our non-physical needs.

  • Learn how smart phones, social media, and even video games tap into these needs.

  • Learn some basics about new technologies like AI, AR, and VR, where this tech came from, and where it’s likely to go.

  • Explore the promise and peril of these new technologies in a landscape of unmet needs and trauma.

  • Learn Peace Literacy tools for meeting these needs in healthy ways to better prepare for the tech tsunami.

• Registration link here; See a free preview here.

• Email joannpdeck@peaceliteracy.org for info about scholarships or how to donate to sponsor a teacher/scholar.

Summer Viewing:

Gwyn, a special education teacher from Arizona, talks about her experience as a participant in our online courses.