CSEE Past Events 2009

February 2009

Honor Codes Workshop

February 6th - 8th, 2009, Louise S. McGehee School, New Orleans, LA

Join Dr. John Roberts (CSEE Connections editor and Honor Code consultant) and other school teams for a thorough look at implementing and evaluating honor codes in independent schools. Read More

March

Educating Ethical Children: Six Steps We Can't Afford NOT to Take

March 13, 2009, National Cathedral School, Washington DC

National Cathedral School and CSEE will host a short presentation and informal networking session for affiliates of Washington DC area schools. Read More

April

Experienced Teachers Workshop

April 3 - 5, 2009, Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY

A full day with Hindu scholar Arti Dhand, and two half days on pedagogical and methodological issues important to teachers of religions in independent schools. Read More

Developing Student Leadership

April 17th -18th, Colorado Academy, Denver, Colorado

A reprise of our tremendously well received first symposium. Four model programs from four very different schools offer what they do to foster student leadership and how they do it. Read More

June

Teaching the World's Religions

June 25 - 30, 2009, Cenacle Retreat Center, Chicago, IL

Special focus on Buddhism and Islam, with university scholars and secondary school teachers from around the country. Read More

July

Adult Ethics Institute

July 18 - 23, 2009, Whidbey Institute, Whidbey Island, WA

Dan Heischman returns to lead one of CSEE's most popular conferences, at the Whidbey Institute in Washington State's Puget Sound. Read More

October

(Atlanta) Making Advisory Better for Kids, Better for Schools

Friday, Oct 16, 4:00pm - 5:15pm, Marist School

Four essential characteristics (and sample activities) to make advisory more effective and more meaningful Read More

(New Orleans) Making Advisory Better for Kids, Better for Schools

Thursday, October 15, 4:00 - 5:15 pm, Louise S. McGehee School, New Orleans, LA

Four essential characteristics (and sample activities) to make advisory more effective and more meaningful. Read More

Evaluating and Fine-Tuning Character Education Programs

October 23rd & 24th, 2009, University of San Diego, CA

A special focus on evaluating and fine tuning character education programs: taking them from okay to top quality. Read More

November

Walking the Path of Compassion in Schools

November 4, 2009, Webinar

Internationally known author Marc Ian Barasch addresses the issues of empathy and compassion and their implications on both our lives as educators and the lives of our students. Read More

Community Service

November 6-7, 2009, Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa, FL

Join one of North America's most resourceful community service directors, Mary Pashley, for the only community service/ service learning event specifically for independent schools. Participants leave this event full of ideas, new enthusiasm, resources and contacts. Read More

December

Teaching Love, Kindness, Compassion

December 1, 2009, Webinar

David Streight, Executive Director of CSEE, lays out how he taught his Philosophy of Love course that many students later reported as being the most important course of their high school careers. Streight encourages ethics, religion, and other teachers to make adjustments to their courses, for a real difference in student's lives. Read More

Elementary Classroom: Facilitating Moral Growth and Academic Achievement

December 9, 2010, Online Webinar

This webinar provides teachers with background information and specific examples of how to foster moral development through everyday classroom management practices and the regular academic curriculum.  Read More