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"TEACHING WITH COURAGE is exactly what I need right now."
2nd Grade teacher, addison northwest school district
Founders Lindsay Pontius and Craig Maravich bring more than 50 years of combined classroom and artistic practice to Courageous Stage’s signature professional development course.
Teaching with Courage is an invigorating, reflective, and deeply practical learning experience that serves students by strengthening educators first, so they can lead with creativity and collaborate more effectively.
Delivered asynchronously, this fully accredited course goes beyond day-to-day teaching strategy, focusing instead on building process fluency, relational awareness, and courageous practice. Participants learn through curated video instruction, guided readings, and sustained creative work that models the conditions they will later facilitate for students.
This is professional development that restores momentum, expands possibility, and supports educators as architects of courageous, connected classrooms.
DATES
Start date: March 9th, 2026 (3/9/2026)
Length: 6 weeks
PRICING
Asynchronous course.........................................$1,100
Accredited* asynchronous course......................$1,535
*Includes 3 graduate credits awarded by Vermont State University
CONTACT
For additional course information
Courageous Stage Team
For additional registration information
Center for Schools Team
COURSE SCHEDULE AND DESIGN
Week 1: Me and My Class
Readings: Palmer, Packet: Brentro, Muhammed
Assignments: 3 Journal responses over week, reflecting on Circles and Signals
Complete Evaluation, due Sunday
Week 2: Me as Learner
Readings: Palmer, Pontius pamphlet Packet:
Assignments: Discussion, Me as a Learner, due Monday, 2 journal responses on Strength-based Approach.
Project: Dreamscape due Sunday
Week 3: Me and Process
Readings: Packet: Booth, Rilke
Assignments: Reflection on Creative Capacities due Sunday, Evidence of collaborative time with partner via Canvas on “ Letters”
Projects: Begin “Letters” project based on a TED TALK
Week 4: We as Learners
Readings: Packet: Lederach, Brown
Assignments: Reflections on Me as Artist and list of community agreements
Projects:” Letters” completed project and bibliography due on Friday, Relationship Plan Workbook due Sunday.
Weeks 5 & 6: We as a community of learners
Readings: Muhammad
Assignments: Strategic Relationship Plan completed Friday of week 6.
Required Texts: Booth, Eric. Making Change: Teaching artist and their role in shaping a better world (2023). Betteryet Press.Muhammad, Gholdy. Unearthing Joy: a guide to culturally and historically responsive teaching and learning. (2023) New York: Scholastic.Pontius, Lindsay (2024). Relationships matter: Lessons from a half-ton teacher, Middlebury College.Courageous Stage. Teaching with Courage Packet (2024) with readings fromBrentro, L. (2017), Palmer, P. (2020), Rilke (2017 ed.), Lederach, J.P. (2005), brown, a.m. (2017)