|
Music
Together in Phoenix, a fabulously fun research based
program for early childhood music and movement development, is committed
to helping families rediscover the pleasures and educational value
of informal music experiences. Classes are based on the recognition
that all children are musical. All children call learn to sing in
tune, keep a beat and participate in the music of their culture,
given their early environment supports such learning. By emphasizing
musical experiences rather than concepts about music, Music Together
introduces children to the pleasure of making music instead of passively
consuming it from CD's or TV! Each class is 45 minutes of PURE fun
with your child every week! Free sample classes can be found under
"what's new" or call 602-363-8202 for more information!
Come experience the joy of family music!!
The
Phoenix Teaching Fellows program is calling on individuals
like you, our city's most outstanding professionals and community
members, to become teachers in Phoenix's public schools.
We want people with little or no teaching experience but who are
driven to succeed. We want people who have excelled as students
and in their careers. We want people who want to do something that
matters, including candidates who are bilingual and/or whose children
are students of Phoenix's public schools. Fellows span a wide range
of ages and backgrounds and bring to the program a diverse set of
talents and skills. Fellows will become part of a powerful network
of new teachers and will work with other outstanding and progressive
educators to make systemic improvements from within our city's schools.
Begin teaching full-time in the fall of 2008.
Chick
Moorman
Chick wrote the book Spirit Whisperers: Teachers Who Nourish a Child’s
Spirit which so beautifully expresses how to nurture, uplift, inspire
and help students
tune into the spirit and power within. His site is filled with articles
and resources
for parents and teachers.
Association
for Experiential Education (AEE)
The Association for Experiential Education (AEE) is a nonprofit,
professional membership association dedicated to developing and
promoting experiential education worldwide.
Alternative
Education Resources Organization (AERO)
The Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) is a non-profit
organization founded in 1989 by education expert Jerry Mintz to
advance learner-centered approaches to education.
6
Friends
The 6 Friends mission is to establish enduring relationships across
distance and diversity. This is accomplished by connecting youth
from the 6 populated continents in a Virtual Village where they
create lasting relationships by learning more about one another
and working together.
Brain
Gym®
Brain Gym is a program of physical movements that enhance learning
and performance in ALL areas. Brain Gym includes 26 easy and enjoyable
targeted activities that integrate body and mind to bring about
rapid and often dramatic improvements in:concentration, memory,
reading, writing, organizing, listening, physical coordination,
and more. Brain Gym develops the brain's neural pathways the way
nature does – through movement.
Human
Scale Education
Education because people matter. Human Scale Education is an education
reform movement committed to small scale learning communities based
on the values of democracy, fairness and respect.
Living
Wisdom Schools
Living Wisdom TM strives to provide real direction for constructive
change in schools, the home, and society
Holistic
Education, Inc.
The mission of Holistic Education, Inc. is to help people develop
their individual strengths and capacities to the fullest possible
extent through holistic education.
SERN:
Sudbury Education Resource Network
The Sudbury model is a set of ideas. 'Freedom', 'Democracy', 'Trust'
and 'Responsibility' are at its core. These ideas are implemented
in democratically run schools where children direct their own education.
Each school that implements this model is unique, and we celebrate
their vibrant diversity and commonality.
The
Natural Child Project
Our vision is a world in which all children are treated with dignity,
respect, understanding, and compassion. In such a world, every child
can grow into adulthood with a generous capacity for love and trust.
Our society has no more urgent task.
Educators
for Social Responsibility
Educators
for Social Responsibility (ESR) helps educators create safe, caring,
respectful, and productive learning environments.
The
Small Schools Workshop
The Small Schools Workshop collaborates with teachers, principals,
parents, and district leaders to create new, small, innovative learning
communities in public schools.
The
Satya Method
The Satya Method is a teaching approach, parenting method and spiritual
practice. The Satya Method is for anyone who wishes to strengthen
their relationship with children. The Satya Method offers tools
that allow one to experience inner growth while guiding a child
through his or her creative, social, intellectual and spiritual
development. The Satya Method is made up of seven principles that
anyone working with children can incorporate into his or her established
parenting style or education philosophy.
PassageWays Institute
The PassageWays Institute, founded and directed by Rachael Kessler,
is dedicated to transforming the culture of classrooms, schools
and
districts so that the inner life of students and teachers is safe,
nurtured
and welcomed.
Reimagine
Education
Our mission is to support and enhance efforts to provide a vibrant,
meaningful, and effective education designed for the whole child.
Tribes
Tribes is a new way of learning and being together. Resilience research
demonstrates that schools, and the people within them, have the
power to transform young lives. The Tribes process shows educators
exactly what they can do to provide the caring relationships, positive
expectations, and opportunities for participation and contribution
that promote positive youth development and successful learning."
Touch
the Future
Touch the Future builds bridges of understanding between the visionary
research community and those who are caring for and mentoring children.
Touch the Future’s focus is the caregiver. By helping those
who care for children become more knowledgeable, sensitive, and
empathic, we Touch the Future of every child they meet. This web
site contains hundreds of inspired articles, publications, interviews
and research papers on child and human development.
Spiritual
Parenting
You've come to a place where you can find information and support
in raising kind, honorable children who remain connected to their
spirits and their families. You'll find ideas to create a more soulful
connection with your family and a life that honors your values and
most treasured priorities.
Montessori
Education
Montessori philosophy is a method of seeing children as they really
are and of creating environments which foster the fulfillment of
their highest potential - spiritual, emotional, physical, and intellectual
- as members of a family, the world community and the Cosmos.
Inspired
Parenting
Combining leading-edge information and research with real world
experience, we have created an extensive collection of tips, tools
and articles that help you focus on a mind-body approach to nurturing
and recognizing the whole child.
Able
Child
Parents for Label and Drug Free Education consists of a growing
number of parents outraged over both the subjective labeling (ADHD,
ADD, OCD, ODD) and pervasive drugging of our children. This web
site provides information to parents regarding the many subjective
labels and the risks associated with drug "treatment"
that are critical to their ability in making an informed decision.
Partnership
Education
Partnership
Education offers a new integrative approach that puts the joy back
into education for teachers and students alike. Based on the concepts
outlined by Riane Eisler in Tomorrow’s Children.
Partnership Education helps young people achieve their highest potentials
both academically and personally.
|
