Past Events
Past Events
- July Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Workshop
- May Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Workshop
- April & May Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Workshop
- Oregon Association of Teacher Educators (ORATE) Conference
- HTLC Ed-Venture
- Holistic Teaching & Learning Club Meetings
- 2022 Aspiring Educators Conference
- Intro Social-Emotional (SEL) Workshop
- HTLC Gathering
- Pot and Paint Club Event
- Be the Change: Re-invent Your School by Re-inventing Your Decision-Making Process
- HTLC ’21 Wholeness and Hope in Education
- Holistic Teaching & Learning EdCamp: A Teacher’s Unconference
- Sustaining Wellness and Hope in Education
- HTLC 17′ Exploring Wholeness: Connecting Voices and Visions
Past Events
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Workshop
July 2023
ED 399: Foundations in SEL: Native American Perspective & Practice. Hosted by Michele Pavilionis, this experiential, hands-on workshop, participants had an opportunity to learn appropriate foundational social emotional learning techniques traditionally practiced by Native American peoples since time immemorial. Emphasis was placed on acknowledging these natural holistic lifeways, and practicing a self-inquiry wellness model within medicine wheel teachings and education.
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Workshop
May 2023
ED 399: Empathic Communication: Connecting with Yourself and Others. Hosted by Ayako Nozawa, this two-part workshop provided practical applications on how to build empathy in your communication for a deeper connection with yourself and others.
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Workshop
April & May 2023
ED 399: Practical Social Emotional Learning Strategies in the K-12 Classroom. This two part introductory workshop series explored methods for integrating Social Emotional Learning (SEL) practices into your K-12 classroom within any of your curriculum. Both sessions emphasized SEL as being best supported by a classroom culture that is created and nurtured through best practices rather than a curriculum to be taught to students. Ample time given for class discussion, breakout groups, and practical exercises. Hosted by Nick Oredson, Dr Roni Adams, Kim Harpham, and Dr. William Greene, and, who presented all things SEL––holistically.
Oregon Association of Teacher Educators (ORATE) Conference
March 2023
On March 10th, aspiring educators and Holistic Education committee members presented Using Holistic Practices to Build Community & Relationships in Teacher Education at the 2023 ORATE Conference in Portland, OR. This presentation highlights how the Holistic Teaching and Learning Club at Southern Oregon University uses holistic practices to create a supportive and synergistic community in its teacher education program.
Open House Ed-Venture
October 2022
On October 24th, the Center for Holistic Education hosted its first Open House Ed-Venture. Using the Event passport, students, faculty, and staff had the opportunity to roam the Education Building at Southern Oregon University and visit the many features of our Center.
Holistic Teaching & Learning Club Meetings
September 2022
The Holistic Teaching & Learning Club have kicked off the school year with hosting their first club meeting of fall term! We will regularly be posting Club events, meetings, and leadership opportunities on our Club page.
2022 Aspiring Educators Conference
July 2022
Four Holistic Teaching & Learning Club members embarked on a 3-day in-person conference in Chicago, Illinois hosted by the National Education Association (NEA). Mindy Welsh, Julissa Taitano, Haylee Brodahl, and Catherine Gilbert all left this conference feeling empowered to make a change in public education. Check out their testimonies on our “Students” page!
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Workshop
June 2022
This 3-part interactive web was hosted by Kim Harpham, Michele Pavilionis, and Nick Oredson, who will present all things SEL––holistically. During each 90-minute Zoom session, participants were offered substantial SEL materials, then had opportunities in breakout rooms to engage in group discussions, including their own experiences and challenges. Using a cohort model, drop-in integration sessions were offered between the main events to encourage participants to connect and support each other on an ongoing basis.
HTLC Gathering
May 2022
After a long few years of working, celebrating, and building deep-meaningful relationships virtually, the Holistic Teaching & Learning Club decided to host a gathering. A combination of committee members, mentors, educators, and students came together to celebrate all that they have accomplished throughout the school year.
Pot and Paint Club Event
April 7th
The Holistic Teaching & Learning Club is on a mission to spread the word about holistic practices in education. Our three club leaders Mindy Welsh, Haylee Brodahl, and Julissa Taitano have recruited more than 40 students in the School of Education at Southern Oregon University to join their club. With the same vision as the Center of Holistic Teaching & Learning, this club encourages aspiring educators to take leadership roles in education.
Be the Change: Re-invent Your School by Re-inventing Your Decision-Making Process
February 26th
Are we going to go back to “normal” after the pandemic? Now is an opportunity to change our schools to be a force for equity, excellence, and wellbeing. But how do we change the system? This professional development event is for you if you are a teacher or an administrator who believes that to heal trauma and to overcome structural inequities, the structure itself needs to change. Dynamic Governance, also called Sociocracy, is a self-organizing model of governance that can be implemented at any or all levels of the educational system, from working with students in the classroom to the administrative and policy levels.
HTLC ’21 Wholeness and Hope in Education
October 2021
This virtual conference addressed the critical need for educators and communities to come together to support one another in promoting humane and inclusive forms of teaching and learning. We hope to draw on the work and leadership of inspiring educators and to feature a variety of schools, programs, and teachers from many places. The program structure encourages dialogue, collaboration, and a shared sense of inquiry through the interactive session formats, roundtables, fishbowl plenaries, workshops, and school visits.
Holistic Teaching & Learning EdCamp: A Teacher’s Unconference
October 2020
Explore and connect with other teachers and holistic education professionals about your questions! We look forward to holding virtual space for shared investigation and open discussion of topics that will include:
• Supporting Social Emotional Wellness in Distance Learning
• Mindfulness and Multiculturalism: Embracing Holistic Teaching Methods to Support Black, Indigenous, and
Students of Color
• Inclusion with a Remote Model of Instruction: Supporting Parents and Teachers
• Ideas for Building Holistic Communities in Cyber Times
HTLC Event hosted in partnership with the Edcamp Community
Big Picture Learning: Sustaining Wellness and Hope in Education
August 2020
A team of staff and students from Big Picture Learning facilitated an inspiring, two-hour workshop on wellness in times of COVID and beyond. The session included student action and voice in the design and development of a website and app around healthy lifestyle choices that generate change in schools, families, and communities. Thanks to those who were able to join us for such an enriching series of teacher-to-teacher conversations! Click for more info.
HTLC Exploring Wholeness: Connecting Voices and Visions
September 2017
This conference is an explorative program in hopes that it will bring a dynamic and interactive feel to the conference. Instead of keynotes, we are featuring several wise elders who will bring their own voices and visions to conversations in holistic education. Designed around fishbowl-style plenaries on each of the three days, spontaneous conversations around core questions in holistic education can take place among the elders in the presence of all, and amongst all participants. Fireside chats with elders and structured response moments will provide many opportunities for more intimate exchanges of ideas and questions.
Among the many strands of Holistic Education, topics will include:
Communities of Practice, Contemplative/Mindfulness, Creative/Artistic/Imaginative, Cultural/Culturally Responsive, Earth and Nature-based/Environmental, Human Potential, Indigenous, Intellectual/Cognitive/Neuroscience, Physical/Embodied/Kinesthetic, Project-based/Expeditionary/Innovative, School Play/Field-based, Social/Emotional, Spiritual, Strengths-based/Positive Psychology, and Teacher/Administrator Development.