Past Events
April 2024
On April 18th – 21st, 2024 in Ashland, Oregon members of our holistic community joinned us for a recharging inperson conference program format. The conference will addressed the urgent need for holistic educators and practitioners to move towards personal, community, and systemic flourishing.
We also encourage a variety of presenters and particpants including undergraduate and graduate students, classroom teachers, administrators, and other leaders. In addition, we expanded our Holistic Teaching & Learning community by inviting proposals which affirm and cultivate perspectives of diverse races, ethnicities, and identities, and promote culturally responsive, sustaining, and transformative practices.
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.
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.