Upcoming Events

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Living Values Support Group Meeting in the Seattle Area
The above support group will be meeting every 3rd Friday of the month. Teachers who are using Living Values in their schools and parents who are interested are welcome. Meeting will be held at various Seattle schools or homes as people volunteer. For more information and meeting place, please call Mari at 206-524-6258

Monthly Parent Workshops Held at Aventura City of Excellence, Aventura, Florida
Living Values volunteers conduct monthly workshops for parents designed to bring values into focus both at home and at school. Parents' study and practice effective parenting skills including communicating with children, designing appropriate consequences, and strategies to build positive behaviors in children. For more information, contact Kathy Shea at 305-773- 4500 or lvepmiami@aol.com.

Create Peace and Respect in Your Classroom: A LVEP Educator Training April 19 and April 26 - Los Angeles
There will be a Living Values Education Educator Training for teachers on April 19 and 26 in Los Angeles. Titled "Create Peace and Respect in Your Classroom," this 15-hour workshop on two Saturdays will take place from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at West Adams Preparatory High School. Teachers with LAUSD will be able to earn one salary point through this course. Thirty hours of "homework" must be completed in order to earn the salary point. A $70 materials fee includes a Living Values Activities book, articles and materials and lunch. For more information, please contact the instructor, Lorien Eck, M.Ed., NBCT, at lre0878@lausd.net

Development Events

July 17-20, 2008 Annual Living Values Educators' Workshop-
Peace Village in Haines Falls, New York. This training will introduce educators, school administrators and parents to age-appropriate values-based (character education) curricula for preschool, primary school, and secondary school groups. Educators at LVEP sites report increased respect among students, both toward their peers and their teachers, greater self-confidence, improved cooperation and ability to resolve conflicts, and increased motivation to learn. Some teachers report higher academic functioning has kept pace with these changes. Kindly go to www.livingvalueseducation.org for more information and registration.

July 20-22, 2008 Living Values Train-The-Trainer Workshop (TTT)

This workshop is for experienced facilitators and values educators who wish to present a Living Values Educational Program workshop to colleagues, parents, or others.

This workshop provides the LVE Educator Training Guide  and the rationale  of the training process is explained. Other sessions include the theoretical background of LVE, research which supports values/character and LVE at the international level.  The workshop is based on interactive adult learning processes. Group activities, case studies and mini training sessions will be supplemented by concept building lectures.  This workshop is a "must" if you want to: 

  • Introduce the Living Values Educational Program to your school or community

  • Discover an invaluable model to help accelerate learning

  • Reduce disciplinary referrals and improve classroom management

  • Create a positive learning environment for children

To register for these Development events, go to our Registration page.