Tour Schedule
Early August -Argentina
August 28 – 31 Saturday, Slovenian Schools (Ljubljana, Novo Mesto)
September 2 – October 4 Friday Italian Schools (Perugia, Orvieto, Faenza, Milano)
October 10-13, European Education for life Conference, Assisi
October 14 – 25, Slovenian Schools
Sample Conference Schedule
Education for Life Conference Schedule for 2019
July 8 & 9, at Ananda Village, Nevada City, California
Monday
6:15-7:45 Meditation at Crystal Hermitage Moksha Mandir
8:00 Breakfast on own (Market open)
8:30-9 Welcome at Living Wisdom Center (LWC)
9:00-11:00 Workshop: Using the Student Snapshot to focus the curriculum on individual student needs, and the Curriculum Generator to align activities with the EFL Curriculum Categories
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 Workshop: How to share EFL perspectives with parents while appreciating the differences between the classroom and home
12:30 Lunch on own (Market & EL open)
2-3:45 Teacher Exchange for each Stage of Maturity in classrooms
4:30 Car Pool to Meditation Retreat (MR)
5:00 Sadhana at MR Temple of Silence
6:30 Dinner at MR $10
7:30-9:00 It’s Never Too Late: a movie about a great Italian teacher, Alberto Manzi, who lived EFL principles; by an Italian filmmaker who is also a student of EFL (Giacomo Campiotti)
Tuesday:
6:15-7:45 Meditation & Yoga at Crystal Hermitage Dome
8:00 Breakfast provided at CH, in silence until 8:30
9:00-10:00 Workshop @ CH: What elements make for a deep, rich, and wholistic approach to on-site teacher training?
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Workshop @ CH: How to integrate multiple levels of Progressive Development in the same class
11:15-11:45 Break and move from Crystal Hermitage to the Community Center
11:45-12:45 Physical Activity Workshop @ Community Center
12:45 Lunch on own (Market & EL open)
2:00-2:30 Ranchi Pilgrimage slide show
2:30-4:00 Reflection @ LWC: What did I learn this year about implementing EFL, including the use of fantasy and fun? and conference closing
Go With Love!
Events at the Living Wisdom Center (LWC) unless noted otherwise: MR = Meditation Retreat, CH =
Crystal Hermitage
Online Conference Option
You can attend the morning classes online. If you are interested, please send us your email and phone contact information. Cost for online viewing is $50. Please register now.
Payments
Cost for the conference is $150 (housing and food not included). EFL staff should check with their director. Checks can be made out to EFL International and mailed to 14618 Tyler Foote Road, Box 198, Nevada City, CA 95959. For more information contact Irene at irene@edforlife.org.
Testimonials
Videos of conference highlights
Visit our EFL YouTube Channel
Education for Life annual conference highlights at this link
2019 Highlights-Day 1
2019 Highlights-Day 1
Joyful Education: Forty Years and Counting
by Nitai Deranja
In this blog I’d like to share various vignettes and insights that have come to me in the course of exploring our Education for Life philosophy.
Educating Preschool Students From the “Inside Out”
by Chandi Holliman
Preschool-Kindergarten teacher shares inspiration and activities that work.
Education for Life in Public School
by Elizabeth Aguilar
Documenting how the EFL principles translate into the public school system.
More Than the Car
by Brian Powers
Welcome friends, to the Living Wisdom School’s Vintage Car Restoration and Preservation honors elective.
From Two-year-olds to Teenagers
by Irene Schulman
Experiences and valuable lessons I have learned from students of all ages.
The Goal of Maturity: As people advance along the Progressive Development scale, they experience a gradual expansion of consciousness that in Education for Life is defined as Maturity, or “the ability to relate appropriately to other realities than one’s own.” The primary means for developing this ability are the Body, Feelings, Will, and Intellect, which are referred to as the Tools of Maturity.
Flow Learning™ is easily adapted from its origins in nature education to a broad-based approach that lets teachers in any discipline help students gain an intuitive as well as an intellectual understanding of the subject matter. There are four phases to the process: Awaken Enthusiasm, Focus Attention, Direct Experience, and Share Inspiration. Read an interview with Joseph Bharat Cornell, founder of Flow Learning and the Sharing Nature Worldwide organization.
Progressive Development is the central principle of Education for Life, providing the underlying map for all-around student development. Generally speaking, growth along this dimension is motivated by a person’s desire to avoid pain and to achieve happiness.
Specific Gravity identifies the general level of consciousness along the Progressive Development spectrum that a particular child tends to manifest, so we can help guide them toward maturity.
Education for Life is child-centered, in the sense that every aspect of school should be focused on supporting the all-around, balanced development of each student.
