Friday, December 5, 2008

NAMI | Education, Training and Peer Support Center

NAMI | Education, Training and Peer Support Center
There is education and support for persons, and families of persons, with mental disorders. Until you have lived in the mind of mental illness,you have little understanding. Gain understanding, by training for programs to help support the individuals in your area.

College receives $280,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.

Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded a $280,000 Sustaining Grant to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) for the Initiative to Promote Opportunities through Educational Collaboration, an effort that was launched in 2004. Read the rest ...

New Media is Good for Youth - Like eVitims

New Media is Good for Youth - Like eVitims
Youth could benefit from educators being more open to forms of experimentation and social exploration that are generally not characteristic of educational institutions," the authors write.

SQH Course Five: 360 Degree Review

SQH Course Five: 360 Degree Review
As many of you will know I am currently undertaking my Scottish Qualification for Headship (School Principle). I am now one the final ‘home run’ of the course. In Course One I had to conduct a 360 degree feedback exercise on how I met the some aspects of the Standard for Headship. As I believe in sharing. I posted some of the detail of my Course One 360 analysis on-line back in June 2007. I’ll reflect back on this below. As part of Course five, I have had to complete the same analysi