This uplifting, experiential three (3) credit professional development graduate course is designed for K-12 administrators and teachers.

Based on current literature from the fields of education, leadership, management, personal change and human resources, this course will assist participants in rediscovering their initial career bliss and harnessing those reasons that initially inspired them to choose a career in the field of education.

The course will also infuse their professional lifestyle along with a look at balancing it with their personal lives. The course is also designed to provide practicing educators as well as others in the field of education with the opportunity to examine where they are in their profession while making a concerted effort to balance both their personal and professional lives.

Participants will identify past positive experiences as well as their present needs as an educator. They will also recollect past accomplishments and learn practical strategies to keep those accomplishments “on the forefront” to help them stay rejuvenated.

Upon completion of a review of current research, review and reflection activities, participants will also write a personal and professional life mission statement which will then be used for part of their rejuvenation Plan of Action.

Lots of ideas materials, activities and strategies will be shared, analyzed, and evaluated.