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Tips for Living NVC
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More balanced than Baryshnikov?
Compassionate Educator Tip from Sura Hart
The Compassionate Classroom
When students are asked to be active contributors to classroom life, they are much more likely to be eager participants in it. Creating a mutually-agreed upon vision is at the core of Nonviolent Communication.

With your students, establish a vision for the kind of school year you want to have together. Write about it. Draw pictures of it. Talk about it.

Next, make a group agreement about the kinds of behavior that will support this vision. Have students sign the agreement and post it in a place where everyone can see it. (This group agreement exercise is described in more detail in Chapter 6, A Guide to Lesson Planning, of The Compassionate Classroom) Previously Published on the Inside Awareness Blog
Sura HartCreate Thriving, Compassionate Classrooms
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Create classrooms and schools we dream of-- where students' love of learning is nourished, and where they also develop the essential relational and leadership skills necessary for success in a dynamic, interdependent 21st century. Learn to inspire and nurture genuinely caring, cooperative classrooms, co-create effective group agreements that work for everyone and get support for specific challenges involving classroom management. Register!
Teach for Life! A Week Long Retreat with Sura Hart
Child with LollipopIn our 11th year, TEACH FOR LIFE! draws educators from around the world to come together in a living laboratory to create a vibrant, compassionate classroom. Expect five days in a nurturing retreat environment, renewing your spirit, reviving your passion to teach, and learning new ways to create compassionate learning communities. Expand your ability to live your values, listen deeply to yourself and to others, express yourself courageously, and have fun doing what you love. Read More! 
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Connect from the Heart: A Workshop for Parents and their Adult Children 
FamilyA One-Day Workshop with Roxy Manning
Create the Connection You Want! Enhance your relationship with Nonviolent Communication while exploring the challenges in the adult parent-child relationship. Learn how to work through those challenges by sharing authentically with each other a in supportive community. Read More! 
No One Left Behind: The Art and Craft of Confluent Facilitation 
A Four-Day Workshop with Miki Kashtan 
intertwined circlesHave you ever dreaded going to a meeting or watched in dismay as a group collapses into conflict, gets lost in too many directions to follow, or drags on without a sense of purpose? If you regularly find yourself working with groups, this intensive 4-day workshop can provide you with vital tools to support the functioning of any group. Read More! 
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