DATES AND TIMES

2021-2022 Sessions:

  • June 1, 2021
  • July 6, 2021
  • August 3, 2021
  • September 7, 2021
  • October 5, 2021
  • November 2, 2021
  • December 7, 2021
  • January 4, 2022
  • February 1, 2022
  • March 1, 2022
  • April 5, 2022
  • May 3, 2022


3:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern // 12:00pm - 1:00pm Pacific

This learning experience takes place on the first Tuesday of each month, beginning June 2021 and running through May 2022. Each session is 60 minutes long. 

PRICING

  • Individual: $100 
  • Your one-time investment includes access to all materials and session recordings from June 2021 to May 2022.

COURSE MATERIALS

  • Participants must have their own copy of Onward.
  • The book is NOT included in the course pricing. Participants must acquire the book on their own before the start of the course.
DESCRIPTION

The Onward Book Club offers a year of monthly book club discussions for individuals and groups to grow your resilience in a supportive community.

Based on the 12-month curriculum in the book Onward and The Onward Workbook, the book club will provide strategies and practices to help you deepen your resilience. 

With practical, informative, inspirational and relevant activities and guidance, Onward is grounded in science, social science, and psychology, and peppered with Elena’s personal narratives, this book will undoubtedly change the way we think about emotions, stress, and our purpose as educators. 

The book focuses on the 12 habits that cultivate resilience, and their correlating dispositions, and provides a roadmap for how to feel more effective, more fulfilled, and happier at work.

OUTCOMES

Participants will:

  • Connect in community with people from all over the world
  • Identify powerful passages from the readings and integrate passages into your practice
  • Develop tools to cultivate your resilience from the 12 habits and dispositions

ACTIVITIES INCLUDE

  • Small and whole group discussions
  • Guided practice
  • Exercises from The Onward Workbook (Please note that this is NOT a required text, but we highly recommend owning your own copy!)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

  • Anyone who is reading Onward
  • Anyone who is leading a book study in their own community

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.

About the Instructors

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.

Presenter Nita Creekmore

Nita Creekmore is an Instructional Coach who has been in education for 17 years. She taught in grades 1, 2, and 5 for 13 years before becoming an Elementary School Instructional Coach. Nita obtained her Master’s Degree in Elementary Education in 2002 from the University of South Carolina and her Educational Specialist Degree in Educational Leadership in 2013 from the University of Virginia. Nita began Love. Teach. Bless. on Instagram in 2015 as a fun hobby highlighting the fun things that she did with her first grade class. From there, Love. Teach. Bless. has grown to be a thriving, collaborative space for educators. Nita believes in holding inclusive spaces that are on the journey of equity for all—especially for folx from marginalized and oppressed groups. In her free time, she loves practicing yoga, spending time with her family and friends, attending her kids’ extracurricular activities, and relaxing with a good book. Nita is originally from Woodbridge, Virginia, and currently lives just outside Atlanta, GA with her husband and four children.