The Mission of Tarrant County Courage to Teach: To provide personal and professional renewal experiences for educators and other leaders in the greater Tarrant County area so that they might increase commitment to vocation and deepen the ability to approach life and work with integrity and authenticity.

A Program of Personal and Professional Renewal

Tarrant County Courage to Teach can help renew educators and other professionals by providing them with opportunities to reflect upon their lives and work and to participate in the support and challenge that comes from a vibrant community of colleagues.

Seasonal Retreats

• Seasonal Series for Teachers, five retreats over 18 months beginning October 2003. Only a few openings still available!
  
• Courage to Lead Series, five retreats over 18 months beginning October 2003 for leaders from various professions and fields of service. Only a few openings still available!
  
• Seasonal Series for Campus Leaders, five retreats over 18 months beginning January 2004.

Sampler Retreats

• Courage to Lead, an experience in personal leadership for leaders in education, business, government, religion and non-profits - on Friday, December 12, 2003.
  
• Formation Principles and Practices Retreat, five-day retreat and workshop for people who want to learn more about how to create evocative spaces and trustworthy spaces for learning and reflection, scheduled for March 3-7, 2004.

Customized Professional Renewal

• Site Based Offerings: Courage to Teach often provides professional development customized for a district, campus or organization.

Community Gatherings

Courage to Teach, to Lead, to Serve...to Live and Work with Integrity, Wednesday, October 15, 2003, Nicholas Martin Hall, Texas Wesleyan University. Tickets are $10.

Parker Palmer, a highly respected writer and traveling teacher who works on issues in education, community, spirituality and social change. Palmer, the founder of Courage to Teach nationally, is the author of such widely praised books as Let Your Life Speak, Courage to Teach, The Company of Strangers, The Active Life and To Know As We Are Known.

Leadership is not for the faint of heart. Challenges abound, whether you are entrusted with a classroom, a business, an organization or other endeavor. How do you develop the courage to live and work with integrity in a world of uncertainty, complexity and competing demands?