THE CONFERENCE ON SPIRITUALITY IN EDUCATION

The Next Wave in K-12 Education:

The Spiritual Core of the Whole Child

Sunday, November 3 |11:00am-6pm

Monday, November 4 | 8:00am-4pm

Teachers College, Columbia University

525 West 120th Street

New York, NY 10027

Registration will Take Place in

Everett Lounge located on the First Floor of Zankel Hall

THE CONFERENCE ON SPIRITUALITY IN EDUCATION

The Next Wave in K-12 Education:

The Spiritual Core of the Whole Child

Sunday, November 3 | 11:00am-6pm

Monday, November 4 | 8:00am-4pm

Teachers College, Columbia University

525 West 120th Street

New York, NY 10027

Registration will Take Place in

Everett Lounge – First Floor of Zankel Hall

Conference Schedule

Day 1 | Sunday, November 3rd

Conference Schedule

Day 1 | Sunday, November 3rd


11:00am-12:00pm
Conference Participant Registration and Light Lunch			Everette Lounge, Zankel Hall
12:15pm-12:45pm
Opening Session	Spirited Music	Teachers College Youth Choir	Milbank Chapel, Zankel Hall
	Welcome	Dr. Lisa Miller
12:45pm-1:15pm
Keynote Address: Steven Rockefeller	Renewing the Soul of America with Education for the Whole Child	Dr. Steven Rockefeller	Milbank Chapel, Zankel Hall
1:15pm-2:15pm
Panel 1	The ABC's of School Culture: Wisdom Practices from Our Leadership Schools	Moderator - Dr. Lisa Miller, Reverend Dr. Julian Bull, Dr. Ann Marie Krejcarek, Ivan Hageman.	Milbank Chapel, Zankel Hall
2:15pm-2:45pm
Keynote Address: Jack Miller	Education and the Soul	Dr. Jack Miller	Milbank Chapel, Zankel Hall
	An exploration of the nature of the soul and how it can be nourished in educational settings. What are the holistic approaches to teaching and learning that support the development of the whole child-body, mind and spirit?
3:00pm-4:00pm
Workshop 1 - (Click Here for Schedule)
4:15pm-5:15pm
Workshop 2 - (Click Here for Schedule)
5:15pm-6:00pm
Networking Reception and Bookshop			Everett Lounge,Zankel Hall


11:00am-12:00pm
Conference Participant Registration and Light Lunch	Venue: Everett Lounge, Zankel Hall
12:15pm-12:45pm
Opening Session	Spirited Music	Teachers College Youth Choir	Venue: Milbank Chapel, Zankel Hall
	Welcome	Dr. Lisa Miller
12:45pm-1:15pm
Keynote Address: Steven Rockefeller	Renewing the Soul of America with Education for the Whole Child	Dr. Steven Rockefeller	Venue: Milbank Chapel, Zankel Hall
1:15pm-2:15pm
Panel 1	The ABC's of School Culture: Wisdom Practices from Our Leadership Schools	Moderator - Dr. Lisa Miller, Reverend Dr. Julian Bull, Dr. Anne Marie Krejcarek. Ivan Hageman.	Venue: Milbank Chapel, Zankel Hall
2:15pm-2:45pm
Keynote Address: Jack Miller	Education and the Soul	Dr. Jack Miller	An exploration of the nature of the soul and how it can be nourished in educational settings. What are the holistic approaches to teaching and learning that support the development of the whole child-body, mind and spirit?
		Venue: Milbank Chapel, Zankel Hall
3:00pm-4:00pm
Workshop 1 - (Click Here for Schedule)
4:15pm-5:15pm
Workshop 2 - (Click Here for Schedule)
5:15pm-6:00pm
Networking Reception and Conference Bookshop	Venue: Everett Lounge, Zankel Hall

Conference Schedule

Day 2 | Monday, November 4th

Conference Schedule

Day 2 | Monday, November 3rd


7:45am
Continental Breakfast			Lobby of Cowin Auditorium Horace Mann Hall
8:15am-8:25am
Musical Intention
8:25am-9:45am
Panel 2	Teaching Interconnectedness: The Dynamics of Nature, Ecology and Civility	Moderator-Robin Young, Dr. Walter Fluker, Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker, Dr. Sam Crowell, Dr. Judd Kruger-Levingston	The Cowin Auditorium Horace Mann Hall
10:00am-11:00am
Workshop Session 3 - (Click Here for Schedule)
11:15am-12:15am
Workshop Session 4 - (Click Here for Schedule)
12:30pm-1:15pm
Buffet Lunch and Bookshop			Teachers College Dining Hall and Everett Lounge, Zankel Hall
1:30pm-2:30pm
Panel 3	Educational Initiatives: Collaboration and Convergence	Linda Lantieri, Dr. Noelle Witherspoon Arnold, Dr. Maurice Elias	The Cowin Auditorium Horace Mann Hall
2:30pm-3:00pm
Collaborative Town Hall	An open forum to communicate and share ideas about next steps in K-12 education.		The Cowin Auditorium Horace Mann Hall
3:00pm-4:00pm
Conference Closing Session	Closing Keynote Address	Timothy Shriver	The Cowin Auditorium Horace Mann Hall
	Next Steps and Farewell (Followed by a Closing Reception in Horace Mann)	Dr. Lisa Miller


7:45am
Continental Breakfast	Venue: Lobby of Cowin Auditorium Horace Mann Hall
8:15am-8:25am
Musical Intention
8:25am-9:45am
Panel 2	Teaching Interconnectedness: The Dynamics of Nature, Ecology and Civility	Moderator-Robin Young, Dr. Walter Fluker, Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker, Dr. Sam Crowell, Dr. Judd Kruger-Levingston	Venue: The Cowin Auditorium Horace Mann Hall
10:00am-11:00am
Workshop 3 - (Click Here for Schedule)
11:15am-12:15pm
Workshop 4 - (Click Here for Schedule)
12:15pm-1:00pm
Buffet Lunch and Bookshop	Venue: Teachers College Dining Hall and Everett Lounge, Zankel Hall
1:15pm-2:30pm
Panel 3	Educational Initiatives: Collaboration and Convergence	Linda Lantieri Dr. Noelle Witherspoon Arnold Dr. Maurice Elias	Venue: The Cowin Auditorium Horace Mann Hall
2:30pm-3:00pm
Collaborative Town Hall	An open forum to communicate and share ideas about next steps in K-12 education.		Venue: The Cowin Auditorium Horace Mann Hall
3:00pm-4:00pm
Conference Closing Session	Closing Keynote Address	Timothy Shriver
	Next Steps and Farewell	Dr. Lisa Miller

Workshops

SESSION 1 | SUNDAY, NOV. 3 | 3:00pm-4:00pm


Spiritual Education	A Taste Of...How Educators Can Embody Their Own Spiritual Well-Being	Jeff Snipes	School/Org.: The Millenium Forum
	Affirmations, Benedictions, and Other Words to Grow By	Emily Ford Sytsma & Melissa McCallihan	The Mustard Seed School
Culture	Bringing Purpose & Joy Back into Education	Vipin Thekk	Ashoka
Meditation	Cultivating Consciousness and Compassion in our Children: Yoga and Meditation as a Pathway to a Child's True Nature	Michelle Bissanti	HeartSeed Wisdom Practices
Education	Divergent Approaches to Educating Whole People	Stanton Wortham & Jeremy Alexander	Boston College
Creativity	Empowering the Authentic Child	Erin Thomas & Jen Halliday	Hawken School
Education	Engaging Spirituality in the Early Years	Lisa McCorquodale & Donna Davis	Fanshawe College
	Holistic Curriculum: The Basic Principles	Jack Miller	Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Literature	Nurturing the Spirituality of Learners through Holocaust Education	Catherine Posey	Shasta College
Nature	On the Ground with Earth School	Patricia Walsh-Collins	Earth School, Inc.
Spiritual Education	Spirituality and Education: A Framework	Robert London	California State University, San Bernadino
Awakening	Teaching as a Spiritual Path	Renee Owen	Rainbow Community School
Education	The Two Selves: Changeless & Changeful Significance in Spirituo - Cosmic Cognition	Anupurba Banerjee & Moumita Rakshit	Birla High School, Mukundapur & Bharati High School Kolkata

Workshops

SESSION 1 | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 | 3:00pm-4:00pm


WORKSHOP TITLE	PRESENTER(S)	SCHOOL/ORGANIZATION	SUBJECT AREA
A Taste Of...How Educators Can Embody Their Own Spiritual Well-Being	Jeff Snipes	Millenium Forum	Spiritual Education
Affirmations, Benedictions, and Other Words to Grow By	Emily Ford Sytsma & Melissa McCallihan	The Mustard Seed School	Spiritual Education
Bringing Purpose & Joy Back into Education	Vipin Thekk	Ashoka	Culture
Cultivating Consciousness and Compassion in our Children: Yoga and Meditation as a Pathway to a Child's True Nature	Michelle Bissanti	HeartSeed Wisdom Practices	Meditation
Divergent Approaches to Educating Whole People	Stanton Wortham & Jeremy Alexander	Boston College	Education
Empowering the Authentic Child	Erin Thomas & Jen Halliday	Hawken School	Creativity
Engaging Spirituality in the Early Years	Lisa McCorquodale & Donna Davis	Fanshawe College	Education
Holistic Curriculum: The Basic Principles	Jack Miller	Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Nurturing the Spirituality of Learners through Holocaust Education	Catherine Posey	Shasta College	Literature
On the Ground with Earth School	Patricia Walsh-Collins	Earth School, Inc.	Nature
Spirituality and Education: A Framework	Robert London	California State University, San Bernadino	Spiritual Education
Teaching as a Spiritual Path	Renee Owen	Rainbow Community School	Awakening
The Two Selves: Changeless & Changeful Significance in Spirituo - Cosmic Cognition	Anupurba Banerjee	Birla High School, Mukundapur	Education
	Moumita Rakshit	Bharati High School, Kolkata

SESSION 2 | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 | 4:15pm-5:15pm

WORKSHOP 2 | SUNDAY, NOV. 3 | 4:15pm-5:15pm


Awakening	Teaching with My Eyes Closed: A journeyman professor and his mentor explore the relationship between teacher education preparation and the world our student teachers and their students are/will be immersed in.	Sam Crowell and Rupert Collister	PISE/University of Toronto & University of New Brunswick (Collister) and California State University, San Bernadino
Creativity	Creative Expression: A Pathway for Nurturing the Inner Lives of Students	Peggy Taylor & Andrew Nalani	Partners for Youth Empowerment
Culture	Choose Love in Education: Be Part of the Solution	Scarlett Lewis	Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement
Culture	Dignity: Transformative Tool for School Culture	Megan Saxelby	The Hawken School
Literature	The Interactive Read Aloud as a Nourishing Spiritual Exercise	Rebecca Bellingham	San Diego Unified School District and Teachers' College
Meditation	Worldview and World Presence: Rejoining, Knowing, and Being	Tobin Hart	University of West Georgia
Nature	What's the Point? Introduction to Spiritual Life for High School Seniors	James Woodruff	St. Stephen's Episcopal School
Education	Cultivating Calm, Curiosity, and Care in the Classroom	Rachel Razza & Amy Edelstein	Syracuse University and The Inner Strength Foundation
Education	Promoting a Sustainable Development Goal: Quality Education that is Values Based and Integral in Approach	Bhuvana Santhanam	Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence
Education	Redirecting the School-to-Prison Pipeline	St. Clair Adrian	Academy of the City Charter School
Spiritual Education	Sharing the Results of a Spiritual Curriculum Developed for Muslim Children K-12	Virginia Gray Henry-Blackmore	Fons Vitae, publisher of world spirituality
Spiritual Education	Using Acts of Kindness Towards Self and Others to Prime the Spiritual Pump	Linda Golding	NY Presbyterian Hospital
Spiritual Education	What is Spiritual Development? Twelve Perspectives and Educational Approaches	Aostre Johnson	St. Michael's College


WORKSHOP TITLE	PRESENTER(s)	SCHOOL/ORGANIZATION	SUBJECT AREA
Teaching with My Eyes Closed: A journeyman professor and his mentor explore the relationship between teacher education preparation and the world our student teachers and their students are/will be immersed in.	Sam Crowell and Rupert Collister	PISE/University of Toronto & University of New Brunswick (Collister) and California State University, San Bernadino	Awakening
Creative Expression: A Pathway for Nurturing the Inner Lives of Students	Peggy Taylor & Andrew Nalani	Partners for Youth Empowerment	Creativity
Choose Love in Education: Be Part of the Solution	Scarlett Lewis	Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement	Culture
Dignity: Transformative Tool for School Culture	Megan Saxelby	The Hawken School	Culture
The Interactive Read Aloud as a Nourishing Spiritual Exercise	Rebecca Bellingham	San Diego Unified School District and Teachers' College	Literature
Worldview and World Presence: Rejoining, Knowing, and Being	Tobin Hart	University of West Georgia	Meditation
What's the Point? Introduction to Spiritual Life for High School Seniors	James Woodruff	St. Stephen's Episcopal School	Nature
Cultivating Calm, Curiosity, and Care in the Classroom	Rachel Razza & Amy Edelstein	Syracuse University and The Inner Strength Foundation	Education
Promoting a Sustainable Development Goal: Quality Education that is Values Based and Integral in Approach	Bhuvana Santhanam	Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence	Education
Redirecting the School-to-Prison Pipeline	St. Clair Adrian	Academy of the City Charter School	Education
Sharing the Results of a Spiritual Curriculum Developed for Muslim Children K-12	Virginia Gray Henry-Blackmore	Fons Vitae, publisher of world spirituality	Spiritual Education
Using Acts of Kindness Towards Self and Others to Prime the Spiritual Pump	Linda Golding	NY Presbyterian Hospital	Spiritual Education
What is Spiritual Development? Twelve Perspectives and Educational Approaches	Aostre Johnson	St. Michael's College	Spiritual Education

SESSION 3 | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 | 10:15am-11:15am

SESSION 3 | SUNDAY, NOV. 4 | 10:15am-11:15am


WORKSHOP TITLE	PRESENTER(s)	SCHOOL/ORGANIZATION	SUBJECT AREA
Sacred Spaces: Building Spiritual Capacity in K-12 Students Through Intentional Experiences	Rik Dugan & Matt Nink	Princeton Academy & The Global Youth Leadership Initiative	Awakening
Spiritual Moments in Relationship to Naturalistic Play Experiences	Deborah Schein	Champlain College and Growing Wonder	Creativity
Helping the Adolescent Find Sanctuary in a Wacky World	Rebecca Roark	The Hawken School	Culture
Does The Bible Have Heroes	Elliott Rabin	Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools	Literature
Mindfulness & Brain Science: The Essential Components for Effective Conflict Resolution and Positive Climate Change in Our Public Schools	Cheryl Dodwell & Linda Ryden	Peace of Mind, Inc.	Meditation
Awakening a Deep Nature Connection: Exploring the Magic and Mystery of the Natural World	West Willmore	Rainbow Community School and The Rainbow Initiative	Nature
The Intersection of SEL and Spirituality in a School Setting	Dan Glass	The Brandeis School	Education
Teaching for Spiritual Wholeness	Michal Fox Smart	Ayeka	Spiritual Education
Finding the Light Within Through Creative Exploration	Jacqueline Serebrani-Kesner	Hebrew College
Implementing Restorative Practices in Independent School Communities: Two Journeys Across the Continuum	Frederick Pratt & Beth Lantz	Friends Central School
Parent Retreats: Scurrying to Stillness	Molly Buccola	Woodside Priory School	Awakening
Teaching Dignity: Helping Children and Young People Understand the Values and Principles of Dignity, and Ways to Put Dignity-into-Action	Cynthia Guyer & Mike Wilper	Global Dignity	Spiritual Education


Awakening	Sacred Spaces: Building Spiritual Capacity in K-12 Students Through Intentional Experiences	Rik Dugan & Matt Nink	Princeton Academy & The Global Youth Leadership Initiative
Creativity	Spiritual Moments in Relationship to Naturalistic Play Experiences	Deborah Schein	Champlain College and Growing Wonder
Culture	Helping the Adolescent Find Sanctuary in a Wacky World	Rebecca Roark	The Hawken School
Literature	Title: Does The Bible Have Heroes	Presenter: Elliott Rabin	Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools
Meditation	Mindfulness & Brain Science: The Essential Components for Effective Conflict Resolution and Positive Climate Change in Our Public Schools	Cheryl Dodwell & Linda Ryden	Peace of Mind, Inc.
Nature	Awakening a Deep Nature Connection: Exploring the Magic and Mystery of the Natural World	West Willmore	Rainbow Community School and The Rainbow Initiative
Education	The Intersection of SEL and Spirituality in a School Setting	Dan Glass	The Brandeis School
Spiritual Education	Teaching for Spiritual Wholeness	Michal Fox Smart	Ayeka
	Finding the Light Within Through Creative Exploration	Jacqueline Serebrani-Kesner	Hebrew College
	Implementing Restorative Practices in Independent School Communities: Two Journeys Across the Continuum	Frederick Pratt & Beth Lantz	Friends Central School
Awakening	Parent Retreats: Scurrying to Stillness	Presenter: Molly Buccola	Woodside Priory School
Spiritual Education	Teaching Dignity: Helping Children and Young People Understand the Values and Principles of Dignity, and Ways to Put Dignity-into-Action	Cynthia Guyer & Mike Wilper	Global Dignity

SESSION 4 | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 | 11:15am-12:15pm

SESSION 4 | SUNDAY, NOV. 3 | 11:15am-12:15pm


WORKSHOP TITLE	PRESENTER(s)	SCHOOL/ORGANIZATION	SUBJECT AREA
Affecting Culture Change in a Public High School	David Bellard	Chalmette High School	Culture
A Theory of Seven Spiritual Identities: A Framework for Spiritual Development in Classrooms and Teacher Education	Mubina Kirmani	Towson University	Spiritual Education
Cultivating Authentic Creativity for Teachers: A Spiritual Perspective	Amy Pitt	Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto	Creativity
Helping Our Children Find Their Story and then Change the Story of the World	Ralph Singh & Michael Eiffe	Wisdom Thinkers Network	Spiritual Education
How Positive Discipline and Nonviolent Communication Have Elevated My Classroom	Eddy Web	Rainbow Community School	Education
Intuitive Education	John Bickart	Education Consultant	Culture
Just Feel: How to Be Stronger, Happier, Healthier, and More	Mallika Chopra	Speaker and Author	Literature
Nourishing Students' Relationship with Nature: A Spiritual Perspective	Robert London	California State University, San Bernadino	Nature
Nurturing Mindfulness Based Practices in Teachers through Professional Learning Communities	Sarina Molina	University of San Diego	Meditation
Spirituality as Radical Well-Being: Yes! For Students and Teachers Alike	Ife Lenard & Ericka Echavarria	Columbia University School of Social Work	Spiritual Education
Truth-Telling/Meaningful Story-Sharing to Build Community	Cam Hardy	The Millbrook School
Virtues, Identity, the Spiritual Core, and the Landscape of Teacher Candidates' Construction of Self: A Polyethnography	Rupert Collister	PISE/University of Toronto & University of New Brunswick	Awakening
You Teach Who You Are	Linda Inlay	HO’ĀLA Foundation for Education	Education


Culture	Affecting Culture Change in a Public High School	David Bellard	Chalmette High School
Spiritual Education	A Theory of Seven Spiritual Identities: A Framework for Spiritual Development in Classrooms and Teacher Education	Mubina Kirmani	Towson University
Creativity	Cultivating Authentic Creativity for Teachers: A Spiritual Perspective	Amy Pitt	Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto
Spiritual Education	Helping Our Children Find Their Story and then Change the Story of the World	Ralph Singh & Michael Eiffe	Wisdom Thinkers Network
Education	How Positive Discipline and Nonviolent Communication Have Elevated My Classroom	Eddy Web	Rainbow Community School
Culture	Intuitive Education	John Bickart	Education Consultant
Literature	Just Feel: How to Be Stronger, Happier, Healthier, and More	Mallika Chopra	Speaker and Author
Nature	Nourishing Students' Relationship with Nature: A Spiritual Perspective	Robert London	California State University, San Bernadino
	Nurturing Mindfulness Based Practices in Teachers through Professional Learning Communities	Sarina Molina	University of San Diego
Spiritual Education	Spirituality as Radical Well-Being: Yes! For Students and Teachers Alike	Ife Lenard & Ericka Echavarria	Columbia University School of Social Work
	Truth-Telling/Meaningful Story-Sharing to Build Community	Cam Hardy	The Millbrook School
Awakening	Virtues, Identity, the Spiritual Core, and the Landscape of Teacher Candidates' Construction of Self: A Polyethnography	Rupert Collister	PISE/University of Toronto & University of New Brunswick
Education	You Teach Who You Are	Linda Inlay	HO’ĀLA Foundation for Education