Collegium Institute's Young Catholic Leaders Initiative is hosting a daylong workshop for high school teachers called Thinking Well and Teaching Well: On Intellectual Virtues and Vices at the Penn Newman Center from 9am to 3pm on Friday, June 21. 

The workshop revolves around three panels where discussing pairs of virtues necessary for teaching, but which seem in tension with each other. The first panel, featuring Prof. Amy Richards of Eastern University and Dr. Steve McGuire of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, will discuss humility and courage. The second panel, featuring Jessica Sweeney, Director of Collegium’s Ars Vivendi Initiative and former high school teacher, and Prof. Terence Sweeney of Villanova University will discuss wonder and diligence as virtues or traits necessary for teacher and student alike, but which require balance. Incorporated into the discussion of wonder and diligence will be an interactive exercise cultivating ways of seeing with wonder and diligence in a classroom setting. The third panel, featuring Br. Augustine Buckner, O.P. and Br. Cassian Iozzo, O.P. (PhD in Astrophysics from Cornell) will discuss contemplation and community. 

High school teachers can receive professional development credit through Act 48 by attending this workshop.

Register by Monday, June 17. Click the button below to register.