Newtown Woman to Speak at Education Workshop

From Quinnipiac University

North Haven, Conn. – July 25, 2017 – Area educators and other professionals in public service fields are invited to come to the Quinnipiac University School of Education, 370 Bassett Road, on Tuesday, Aug. 22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the fourth annual Choose Love Educator Workshop, “Choosing Love: The Importance of Self-Care for Effective Teaching.” Admission is free, but registration is required atwww.ces.k12.ct.us.

The program will feature presentations by Chris Kukk, director of the honors program and founding director of the Center for Compassion Creativity & Innovation at Western Connecticut State University; Scarlett Lewis, founder of the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Foundation, which was created after Jesse was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in December 2012.; Allison Morgan, president of Zensational Kids; Nick Ortner, founder of The Tapping Solution; and Thomas Pruzinsky, professor of psychology at Quinnipiac.

They will discuss a variety of topics, including cultivating positive self-care and relationships with compassion; teacher wellness through mindfulness, breath and movement; and the benefits of the hands-on emotional freedom technique and the Choose Love Enrichment Program.

The Professional Development Services division of Cooperative Educational Services. is partnering with the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement and the Quinnipiac University School of Education to present the workshop.

The mission of the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement is to create a more peaceful world by raising awareness that everyone can choose love in any circumstance; to ensure every child has access to the essential life skills that will empower them to choose love, and to help facilitate this by teaching these skills within their families, schools and communities.

About the School of Education at Quinnipiac University

The School of Education offers two five-year dual-degree programs leading to a BA/MAT in elementary education and a BA/MAT in secondary education. The school also offers graduate MAT programs in elementary and secondary education as well as a sixth-year diploma in educational leadership. In addition, the school offers online master of science degree programs in instructional design, teacher leadership and special education, and a certificate of completion program in special education.

About Quinnipiac University

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 6,784 full-time undergraduate and 2,884 graduate and part-time students in 100 degree programs through its Schools of Business, Communications, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Law, Medicine, Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac consistently ranks among the top regional universities in the North in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s “Best Colleges” issue. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review’s “The Best 381 Colleges.” The Chronicle of Higher Education has named Quinnipiac among the “Great Colleges to Work For.” For more information, please visit QU.edu. Connect with Quinnipiac on Facebook atFacebook.com/quinnipiacunews and follow Quinnipiac on Twitter @QuinnipiacU.