Master the ability to design and facilitate meaningful, rave-worthy professional learning

Times are uncertain, and from day to day, it’s not entirely clear what changes are on the horizon. Most of us are just trying to power through the moment, which won’t be able to sustain us long-term.

Regardless of what’s uncertain, we have control over who we are, how we show up, and how we lead the adults in our organizations—to be proactive rather than reactive, to thrive rather than power through.

In this six-week learning summit, you will:

  • Receive the tools, skills, and dispositions (drawing from transformational coaching principles) to create meeting, gathering, and learning spaces that allow you and the adults you serve to thrive beyond our current conditions.
  • Apply adult learning theory to intentional meeting design and facilitation, including what must be true for virtual spaces.
  • Learn about the role of trust and vulnerability in creating brave learning spaces—and practice what that looks like.
  • Ground yourself in ways of being that nurture community-building through reflective activities.
  • Hone your communication skills through expansive listening, thinking, and responding techniques.
  • Leave with skills, strategies, inspiration, and connection with others in this transformational learning community.

PRICING

One attendee: $595 - click here to register

To register more attendees or to pay by invoice, click here. If your district or organization requires you to complete a purchase order, please use the form linked above.

Have a large group? Consider our Organization Membership option.

DATES AND TIMES

The first live Summit session is November 10 and the final live session is December 15.  

Virtual live sessions take place on Tuesday from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (which is 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time).

On the Friday previous to a live session, content will be available. A 90-minute live session takes place each week (as noted below).

November 10
November 17
November 24
December 1
December 8 
December 15

OUTCOMES

  • Design learning structures and agendas aligned with principles of adult learning.
  • Develop tools to build intentional community   
  • Cultivate optimal conditions for learning.   
  • Hone your leadership and facilitation identity, grounded in your core values.
  • Refine your communication skills.
  • Develop skills to encourage productive conversation and meaningful work
  • Identify ways to gather data and reflect on individual and team practices

ACTIVITIES INCLUDE

  • Crafting effective outcomes, practicing your communication
  • Designing an agenda that aligns with adult learning principles
  • Storytelling
  • Backwards planning from evaluation and outcomes
WHO SHOULD ATTEND

  • You’re interested in supporting yourself and others in doing more than “powering through” these tough times
  • You are a leader who is seeking ways of building and sustaining community
  • You design and facilitate adult learning and are interested in learning more
  • You understand the power of transformational coaching, and are curious to learn how those principles can be applied to team and group gathering spaces
  • You are seeking a professional community of adults engaging around adult learning
PREREQUISITES

None

CANCELLATION POLICY
  • Refunds requested within 48 hours of registering will be honored minus a $50 cancellation fee.
  • Up to 1 week beforehand, a one-time registration transfer can be made to an alternate participant or another learning experience. There is a $50 processing fee for all transfers.
  • Within one week of the learning experience registrations are non-refundable and non-transferable.
  • A missed learning experience is non-refundable and non-transferrable.
  • In the rare event that Bright Morning does not receive enough interest in this offering to host it as scheduled, we will provide an alternate learning pathway for all registrants or honor refunds for those who cannot join the alternate experience.

"This [experience] was very robust, offering many lenses, protocols and frameworks for promoting change through [adult learning]. I particularly valued how the facilitator guided me, with many probing questions, to consider my own values, ways of showing up and fears in helping my faculty members grow. She also offered many pragmatic tools to use to facilitate professional development. " - Grace, coach, Oakland 

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About the instructor

Developer of People and Programs Lori Cohen

Lori Cohen has worked in both public and independent schools since 1999, serving as classroom teacher, instructional coach, administrator and workshop facilitator. She holds a BA in English, a California Teaching Credential in English, and an MA in Education—all from the University of California at Davis. Lori actively works towards equity and social justice in education, aspiring to offer access and pathways for all school stakeholders to thrive. She believes relationships are essential in moving us towards a more just and equitable world. In her role as the Developer of People and Programs with Bright Morning Consulting, Lori loves designing practical and portable learning experiences, and she facilitates her sessions with a healthy infusion of humor and heart. Lori also is co-author of The PD Book: 7 Habits That Transform Professional Development (2022), where she and Elena Aguilar share the most essential strategies for designing and leading equitable professional development. When she is not presenting or writing, Lori spends her time running through the gorgeous evergreen landscapes of the Pacific Northwest and enjoying a vast array of coffee options throughout Portland, OR, where she currently lives.