Cooperative Extension: Professional Development

Nonviolent Communication

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

We offer several different Nonviolent Communication programs throughout the year:

• Beginning Nonviolent Communication
• Past Trauma, Current Relationships: Integrating Nonviolent Communication and Interpersonal Neurobiology
• Teaching from the Heart: Nonviolent Communication in the Classroom
• Advanced Nonviolent Communication

PROGRAM DATES & TIMES

If you don’t see the program you’re interested in listed here, we encourage you to sign up for the waitlist and you’ll be among the first to know when a new program is announced.

INSTRUCTOR(S)

Peggy Smith holds a master’s degree in literacy and language arts from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a certified trainer with the International Center for Nonviolent Communication with over four decades of teaching experience. A co-founder of the Maine Nonviolent Communication Network, Smith is at the forefront of bringing empathic thinking and communicating to midcoast Maine. Since 1991, Smith has studied with Zen teacher and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh and is a dharma teacher within his tradition. Smith lives in Lincolnville, Maine and greets the day watching the sunrise over Islesboro. Learn more about Peggy Smith here.

Gina Simm has taught in early childhood education for over 30 years. Her background in Montessori education and children’s theater launched her into the world of public schools where she spent most of her career as a first-grade teacher (including a year spent teaching English in China). Simm worked closely with Miki Kashtan, a co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication. Simm’s knowledge of Nonviolent Communication has transformed her classroom into a place where systems of the heart create a child-centered environment for moving through conflict. Simm lives in the Pioneer Valley Cohousing Community in Amherst, Massachusetts. To learn more, visit www.teachingfromyourheart.org.

PROGRAM FEES

Click here for more information about paying for your professional development, including information about need-based scholarships, group discounts and tips on how to get your employer on board.

ACCOMMODATIONS

For more information or to request an accommodation contact Michelle Patten, Conference and Professional Development Coordinator, um.fhc.pd@maine.edu; 207.338.8002.