Professional Development
Choose Love’s professional development is a transformative experience that challenges educators to step outside their comfort zones, embrace personal growth, and become the best versions of themselves—because we can’t teach what we don’t embody.
Rooted in a powerful, real-life story, this training ignites a deeper purpose, equipping teachers with the tools to model courage, gratitude, forgiveness, and compassion, creating a ripple effect that empowers students to thrive.
Speaking Engagements with Scarlett Lewis
Keynote Speaking
Since her six year old son was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary, Scarlett has spoken across the U.S. and internationally to diverse audiences sharing her empowering story and the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement’s far-reaching programs, urging everyone to become part of the solution to the issues the world is facing.
Kickoff Events
What better way to kickoff the Choose Love For Schools™ program than with Scarlett, herself? Scarlett will share her inspirational story and the powerful data that supports Choose Love programming in a way that will unite, excite and motivate staff, parents, and anyone else to begin teaching Choose Love!
Fundamental Workshops
Just getting your program started? Or looking to review the basics? Look no further.
Foundations Of Choosing Love
Lessons become life when educators learn to integrate the Choose Love practices into their personal and professional lives. An experiential exploration of the foundational components of the Choose Love Formula.
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Implementation & Best Practices
A deep-dive, hands-on experience where participants learn how to best use the Choose Love lessons and will be able to incorporate new strategies immediately.
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Master Class Series
Our most comprehensive professional development including four 90 minute workshops, one for each of the Choose Love Formula pillars: Courage, Gratitude, Forgiveness, and Compassion in Action.
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Advanced Workshops
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Behavior Guidance
As teachers, we know that guiding our students’ behavior is a keystone in our mission to educate. Yet, we often treat behavior guidance as an “add-on” – a topic that is somehow only tangential to our vital work, and, in many cases, we mask the symptoms and fail to address underlying causes.
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The Heart of the TEAM: Team-Building with CHOOSE LOVE
Transform your school culture through the power of Courage, Gratitude, Forgiveness, and Compassion. In this engaging workshop, education teams will strengthen connections, build trust, and develop practical strategies for collaboration.
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True Colors Personal Awareness & Success Workshop
Discover your unique personality spectrum through the powerful True Colors® framework—a simple yet profound metaphor for understanding human behavior. In this interactive workshop,
you’ll identify your natural strengths and communication preferences while learning to recognize and appreciate different styles in others. Learn more…
Empowered Advocacy: Navigating Life with Positivity and Purpose
Bridge the gap between school systems and family needs in this transformative workshop led by an advocate with 20+ years of professional experience and personal insight as a parent of a child with special needs. Discover practical strategies to navigate IEPs, enhance communication, and build collaborative relationships that serve everyone involved. Learn more…
EPIC Teaching
Discover what truly separates good teachers from transformational educators in this powerful workshop. While most professional development focuses solely on pedagogy, EPIC Teaching reveals the invisible foundations of exceptional teaching: Expertise, Passion, Identity, and Commitment/Courage/Clarity. Learn more…
PRE-K and Early Childhood Development Workshop
Discover how to foster essential emotional skills in children from birth to five through this experiential workshop on the Choose Love Formula. Through interactive activities and practical demonstrations, you’ll gain developmentally appropriate strategies that transform both your professional practice and personal well-being. Learn more…
Nervous System Reboot
Discover how simple movements can transform your nervous system. In this workshop, Shannon Desilets guides you through gentle exercises based on the MNRI therapy model that reduce stress hormones and restore balance. You’ll leave with practical daily techniques to enhance your physical and mental clarity—tools you can implement anywhere, anytime. Learn more…
For more information, please contact Rick Rood - rick@chooselovemovement.org
Beyond Management: The Art of Classroom Guidance
It's time to retire the old "classroom management" playbook. Why? Because "management" implies control over objects, not nurturing of young minds. Instead, let's embrace a more powerful paradigm: classroom guidance. This shift isn't just semantic – it's a fundamental...
Choose Love C.A.R.E.S. School Assembly
By Julia Richter, Choose Love C.A.R.E.S. Implementation Coach I was privileged to onboard Choose Love programming at Curtis Strange Elementary School in Kenosha, WI in late August 2021 by facilitating 4 hours of Choose Love CARES Professional Developments to staff. ...
Rick CARES: Workshop Spotlight: Rick Rood
If educators can begin to see things in different ways, then the field becomes more aware, diverse, and gain insight (W. Edward Deming’s “profound knowledge”) to create more possibilities for today’s children and youth.
