Getting ready for Belgium

Well, we're busy putting the finishing touches on the prep work required to go to Belgium next weekend. Hello, chocolate paradise! Tim is speaking at the Gentle Teaching International conference in Ghent September 20 - 22/06. He'll be speaking on how to maintain gentleness during those tough days when work is violent and people with extreme challenges are pushing you past what you thought you could handle. When nothing seems to be changing, do you still believe that gentleness is the best approach? When you've been bitten, hit, punched, thrown, can you show a gentle response? How? I've seen snippets of this presentation and it is powerful.

As promoter for the following year's conference, I'm excited to get to Ghent and hand out Saskatoon berry syrups, jams and a few other incentives. We sure do live in a delicious province! I'm also excited to unveil the promo video for GTI 07.

As soon as we get home, we've got a presentation to make to a group of teachers interested in learning more about fostering a community of gentleness within a classroom setting. And of course, night classes will start up in October in Saskatoon.

Fall has arrived!