Programs in the New Cosmology
Professional Development for Teachers
Ms. Morgan gives three-hour and six-hour teacher trainings in how to teach the cosmic story through storytelling, discussions, movement and other activites. Programs for Montessori teachers cover the Montessori Cosmic Education Curriculum, the Great Lessons, and storytelling.
School visits, tailored specifically for your school, can include programs for students, teachers and parents. Programs for students include discussions about writing and publishing books, the story of the universe (science concepts and dramatic storytelling in the electrifying robe with sound effects). For a list of schools Ms. Morgan has already visited, see "Bio".
Board and Staff Retreats
Deeply inspire your Board and Staff with storytelling and discussions that will enable your staff and board to see their work inside the context of an evolving universe. Organizational mission, transformation, and forming partnerships are topics of particular interest.
Programs for Protestant Clergy and Catholic Religious
1. The basic outline of the Epic of Evolution including the Stories of the Cosmos, Life and Human Evolution in their broad outlines,
2. The most important science concepts to know.
3. An exploration of meaning, belonging, identity and the governing themes inside the Epic of Evolution.
4. Models of God, Christian symbols and sacraments in the light of the evolution story.
5. The ancient practice of spiritual discernment inside of evolution.
Click here to see a brochure for a weekend retreat (11/09) led by Ms. Morgan on archetypes in cosmology.
Topics for any program can include:
WHERE ARE WE IN OUR COSMIC STORY? What are the imperatives of today?
THE HERO'S JOURNEY and THE UNIVERSE STORY. What does it mean to be a "hero" today?
INNOVATION, TRANSFORMATION, FORMING PARTNERSHIPS and the current moment in the 13.7 billion year universe story.
SCIENCE CONCEPTS: Big Bang, Beginning of Life, element formation, solar system, Evolution, Human Story, WMAP, and many others
UNIVERSE STORY AS CONTEXT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION and ACTION.
THEMATIC REFLECTIONS ON THE UNIVERSE STORY --
Differentiation, Interiority, Communion
MARIA MONTESSORI, THOMAS BERRY, BRIAN SWIMME
DRAMATIC STORYTELLING FROM EACH BOOK
Your presentation couldn’t have been better! You've enlightened a considerable portion of my parent population, and I'm eternally grateful for that.
Sincerely, David Shilt, San Francisco Public Montessori School
"A whole generation of teachers have grown up with these stories as their cultural framework or guides."