Courage to Teach

Courage to Teach (CTT) is a program of quarterly retreats for the personal and professional renewal of teachers, administrators, and counselors in the public schools.  The program is designed for pre K-12 educators, and focuses on renewing the inner lives of education professionals, rather than on teaching techniques. 

Each CTT group consists of 20-30 educators who gather for three-day quarterly retreats over a one or two-year period.  In addtion, Courage to Teach activities can take the form of half-day and full-day gatherings, book study groups (The Courage to Teach, Let Your Life Speak, both by Parker Palmer), or other arrangements that meet the needs of groups of individual educators or schools.

As a result of participation in Courage to Teach, teachers can become revitalized in their professions, better able to work with other adults in their educational settings, and more centered on the students in their classrooms.

For further information, please contact:

                                          Jeff Creswell                                                Karen Noordhoff
                                          Metropolitan Learning Center                   Graduate School of Education
                                          Portland Public Schools                               Portland State University
                                          creswell@attbi.com                                    noordhoffk@pdx.edu
                                          503.288.1132                                              503.725.4692

National Website for The Courage to Teach can be found at www.teacherformation.org