Registration

CSEE Member Schools
Early Bird Registration before May 1, 2025: $2100 per person
Registration after May 1st: $2300 

Non-Members
Early Bird Registration before May 1st: $2500 per person
Registration after May 1st: $2700

Additional nights
Sunday or Friday accommodations are available for $75 and include a light dinner meal.

Registration includes single dorm room accommodations, meals, and programming.

Guests are welcome to arrive on campus July 27th (the evening before the institute starts) between 6-9:30pm, or on the morning of July 28th. The institute starts at 11am. Shuttles from the Colorado Springs Airport will be available at 6pm and 9pm on July 27th, and 10:15am on July 28th. Please note that there is no shuttle from the Denver Airport (the campus is 1.5 hours from Denver).

About

Navigating one’s way through adolescence has never been easy, and never harder than it is today. As concerns grow about the emotional and physical well-being of adolescents, study after study shows the central importance of a relationship with a caring adult to a young person's development. Parents and students seek out independent schools, with their small classes and involved faculty, to offer these relationships.

Stanley King Institute offers training in deep listening skills for teachers, advisors, administrators, and other non-clinical, student-facing school personnel. Our goal is not to train professional counselors, but to help teachers strengthen and deepen their relationships with students. Participants learn to help students with the range of developmental issues, as well as to recognize serious psychological difficulty and seek appropriate help.

For more than fifty years, teachers from independent schools across the United States and beyond have gathered for intensive, week-long residential workshops led by experienced mental health and counseling professionals familiar with the independent school world to learn how to listen in a new way.

Learning How to Listen

Students look to teachers all the time for guidance, whether they are aware of it or not. Whether we are aware of it or not in any given moment, we are guiding them by our responses, our actions, and our inactions. Students’ needs are both evident and hidden, and they seek adults who can handle feelings and experiences they sometimes can’t. The Institute teaches participants how to listen deeply and to respond in ways that promote learning, meaningful relationships, and responsible behavior.

Reinvigorating Your Self

The power of the Institute is not only in its formal curriculum, but also in the relationships among the participants. Whether we are gathered in the large group, looking more closely at issues in a small group, or listening to each other in pairs, our work is about learning to connect in ways that help students. Along the way, we, too, feel more connected to each other and to our work.

For More Information

Please visit the Stanley King homepage for information on who should attend, topics, daily schedule, and more.

Travel

Location

Fountain Valley School
6155 Fountain Valley School Rd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80911

We recommend flying into Colorado Springs Airport (COS) as it is five miles (a 10 minute drive) from campus. Guests are welcome to arrive on campus July 27th (the evening before the institute starts) between 6-9:30pm, or on the morning of July 28th. The institute starts at 11am. Shuttles from the Colorado Springs Airport will be available at 6pm and 9pm on July 27th, and 10:15am on July 28th.

Please be aware that the campus is 90 minutes away from Denver International Airport. We discourage the use of Denver International Airport, given the challenges it has presented participants in the past. Be sure to plan your travel arrangements accordingly if you decide to fly in or out of Denver International. We are unable to provide a shuttle service to Denver.

Accommodations 

Participants will have single, dorm-style accommodations at Fountain Valley School. Linens will be provided (sheet, blanket, pillow, towels). Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be served on campus, as well as daily snacks and beverages in the mid-morning and mid-afternoon, and during event receptions. The Institute will begin with breakfast on July 28th and conclude with lunch on August 1st. Please indicate any allergies or dietary preferences on the registration form.

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