Linda Lantieri, MA
Senior Program Advisor, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University, Teachers College
Renewing Our Sense of Calling: Cultivating Inner Strength in Ourselves and Our Children
This presentation by Ms. Linda Lantieri, MA discusses how we can nurture our own sense of purpose and vision and create opportunities for reflection and personal renewal for ourselves and others in our life and work. We will explore how we as adults can cultivate the habits of mind, body, and heart it will take to continually relieve the pressure that we all face. Continuing Professional Development Units ( CPDUs) available for teachers.
Ms. Lantieri has been in the field of education for almost 50 years in a variety of capacities: classroom teacher, assistant principal, director of a middle school in East Harlem, and faculty member at Hunter College and presently at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a Fulbright Scholar and internationally known speaker in the areas of Social and Emotional Learning, Contemplative Teaching and Learning and Spirituality in k-12 Education.
NOTE: This presentation follows as a NEXT-DAY SEMINAR to FAN’s presentation on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 7:00PM, Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence with Dr. Daniel Goleman.
Event Sponsors
- Alison Tobey Smart Memorial Fund at Kenilworth Union Church
- Beacon Academy
- Chiaravalle Montessori School
- Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
- ECGC Parent Group at New Trier High School
- Family Service Center
- Family Service of Winnetka-Northfield
- Glencoe D35
- Highcrest Middle School
- Northwestern University Center for Talent Development
- Wilmette Junior High School

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