NATURE & CONSCIOUS EDUCATION SUMMIT

This summit is designed to bring educators together who are interested in having their students outside more often while also exploring the idea of conscious education and how the two can support each other!

Saturday is designed for educators looking to get their students outside more often.

Sunday is designed for any adult who is interested in exploring conscious education.

Attend one or both days!

The Sunday Sessions will be live streamed as well if you would rather watch from home!

Saturday, May 25th (10:00 am - 4:00 pm):

NATURE SCHOOL 101 WORKSHOP

The logistics educators need to know to start adding more nature exploration to their teaching.

Presenter: Bonnie Davison, Founder, Victoria Nature School Society (read more about Bonnie...)

Location: Location: Mt. Doug Park, Victoria, BC

This workshop is for you if you are a child-care educator, ECE, K-Grade 6 classroom teacher, homeschool parent, or anyone looking to run programs or classes in nature!

Participants will explore:

• The 'must haves' when choosing an outdoor site. (school yard, nearby park, beach, forest)
• No walls? -How does that affect classroom management and safety?
• Risk Management -Being prepared for the unknown; writing a risk management plan.
• How to balance routine, exploration, and learning while outside

Sunday, May 26th (9:00 am - 3:30 pm):

EXPLORING CONSCIOUS EDUCATION

Taking a deeper dive into conscious education and what it means for the future of education!

Location: Rogers Society, 765 Rogers Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

This day is for you if you are a parent, educator, or community member looking to learn more about conscious education!

Attend in person or watch online via live-stream!

SUNDAY SESSION SCHEDULE:

9:00 am - 9: 30 am *as this is being recorded live, please arrive on time. Thank you!

WHAT IS CONSCIOUS EDUCATION?

-with Bonnie Davison, Education Consultant & Founder, Victoria Nature School Society

9:30 am - 10:30 am

MEETING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN

-with Peter Tongue, former High School Principal, 5-year host of the weekly radio show: Awakening to Conscious Co-Creation, Gene Keys guide, and trainer. (read more about Peter...)

Session Description:

As a former High School Principal of a well known University Preparatory School, Peter came to see the limitations placed upon our children by our archaic Educational System. Many students who appeared to Graduate successfully, struggle in their chosen careers, as they felt forced to conform to an acceptable profession and now live a life of compromise. Peter will discuss the need to create a system which supports the creative expression and passion our children have for life so that they fully embrace their Educational experience and go on to lead happy, responsible and exciting lives!

10:30 am - 10:50 am

BREAK -Coffee & Tea sponsored by Level Ground Coffee & Tea (Please bring your own water bottle & coffee mug)

10:50 am - 11:00 am

AWAKING YOUR WELLBEING

-with Lisa Baylis, Founder of AWE, Awaken Wellbeing for Educators (read more about Lisa...)

Session Description:

Self-care practices are important for educators, but the biggest difference for educator wellbeing in today’s classroom will be in their own personal learning of mindfulness and self-compassion. When educators learn to create space to reflect, understand, and meet themselves with kindness under times of stress — instead of ramping up their anxiety and then projecting it back into our classroom — we are creating a safer and less traumatic school environment. Therefore, a mindful self-compassion practice for our educators can have a significant impact on their personal self and the classroom environment.

This session with Lisa Baylis will take you through exercises focused on self-compassion, mindfulness, and self-care to build resiliency within ourselves so we have the capacity to bring that resiliency back to our schools.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

LUNCH -Please bring your own lunch & snacks to fuel you for the day.

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

GIFTS OF THE SOUL

-with Fran Gallaher, Intuitive Life Coach, Writer, Speaker, and Speaking Coach (read more about Fran...)

Session Description:

• Learn how the soul holds our gifts and talents as well as our life or soul purpose and soul contract.

• Discover the true purpose of present moment awareness.
• Explore the mysteries of soul loss and gain and the value of longing and desire for meaning and purpose for ourselves and for those we love.
• Experience the presence of the soul, how to recognize soul loss and how to produce conditions that invite soul gain for ourselves and those we love.

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

CLOSING CEREMONY

Sponsored by: Victoria Nature School Society, Rogers Society, Hand-in-Hand Early Years Nature Education Program, Xploration Centre, and O.U.R Ecovillage