Professional Development

Online Resources:

The following are online resources in which to learn and connect with: 

• Facing History and Ourselves
• FreshEd
• Fresh Ed Podcast
• Global Campaign for PeacEducation
• HREA (Human Rights Education)
• Insight on Conflict (via Peace Direct) 
• International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC)
• Maqam World
• The Maxine Greene Institute
• Nansen Dialogue Network
• Partners for Youth Empowerment (PYE)
• Peace and Collaborative Development Network (PCDN)
• Social Impact of Making Music (SIMM)
• TeachRock
• The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
• Teachers for Social Justice
• UNESCO (International Bureau of Education)
• Youth, Media, and Educational Justice (YMEJ)

Professional Development Workshops:

The following organizations provide professional development workshops. Some offer continuous workshops in various locations throughout the year, and others only occasionally and yearly. 

• The Arts and Passion-Driven Learning Institute (Harvard Graduate School of Education and The Silk Road Project) 
• International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE)
• Little Kids Rock
• Med Culture – ثقافة ميد  
• Musical Futures
• Musicians without Borders
• Partners for Youth Empowerment (PYE) 

Graduate School Programs:

There are also several graduate school programs in which you can focus on music education, the expressive arts, and peacebuilding and human rights education, or have at least the flexibility to build your own program that combines these elements. 

• The European Graduate School M.A. in Expressive Arts Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding (Switzerland)
• Teachers College, Columbia University Degrees in Peacebuilding and Human Rights Education (New York City, NY)  
• Brandeis University Peacebuilding and the Arts (Waltham, MA)