Creating Thriving Learning Communities – apply by Sep 16

Posted by PHENND on April 22, 2025

Creating Thriving Learning Communities 

2025 Cohort/Series

Calling educators of all kinds! Join a collaborative cohort of other educators committed to recognizing and understanding the whole learner.

In Fall 2025, PHENND will again offer a four-part series for educators* in the Philadelphia region, to collectively learn how to create a supportive learning environment for all students to learn, develop a learning community that promotes belonging and safety, and how to develop and expand teaching practice to incorporate this knowledge. The series will explore trauma-informed and healing-centered approaches to incorporate in your classrooms and beyond, and help educators consider the ways both structure and flexibility are key to a successful learning environment. Participants will learn from a combination of guided facilitation, small reading assignments, and their own reflections on their teaching practice (as well as the shared reflections of others).

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*This series is open to educators across the spectrum, whether school-based, university-based, or community-based. If you work with learners, this is for you!

Participants should expect each of the four sessions to take 2 hours with brief amounts of homework/reading in between sessions.

The upcoming cohort will meet at the following dates and times. Please mark your calendars!

• September 30, 3-6pm (in-person at University of Pennsylvania, Session 1)
• October 7, 3-5pm (virtual, Session 2)
• October 14, 3-5pm (virtual, Session 3)
• October 21, 3-5pm (virtual, Session 4)

Cost to participate in the series is $250 (total). A small number of scholarships are available. We also encourage teams of educators from the same institution/school/organization to participate and can negotiate group rates. If you would like a scholarship or to negotiate a group rate, please select “Pay by Invoice” so you do not have to enter credit card info at this time and we will follow-up via email.

Enrollment will end Tuesday, September 16th. The course will only run if at least 15 people register. We will confirm that the course is or is not running by Wednesday, September 17th. If the course does not run, you will get a full refund.

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