Institute for Teaching and Learning

An Innovation Hub for Student, Adult, and Family Enrichment

Extended Learning encompasses:

• Summer Programs, serving 1,000 students from multiple states and countries in 150+ themed classes for eight to nine weeks each summer
• Extended Day, providing after-hours care for Lower and Middle School students
• Music Lessons, instruction across multiple instruments for students and adults
• Camp CFS, care days when school is otherwise closed
• Family Enrichment, occasional programs bringing children and adults together for fun activities

Carolina Friends makes global connections in all kinds of ways. For example:

• a Lower School interest group associated with our Afghan Sister Schools Partnership
• a Middle School Model United Nations class
• an Upper School End-of-Year experience in France, Ireland, Trinidad, or other international destination
• the PACE Grants that have support teacher-designed research trips to India and Nepal, Israel and Palestine, Mongolia, New Zealand, Wales, and elsewhere around the world.

We also nurture institutional relationships–with the only Friends school in Australia, with the Quaker community in Bolivia, with progressive schools in Zhuhai, China, and beyond.

Through intentional collaboration and programming, Peaceful Schools provides strategies for building and sustaining positive relationships within school communities so that all members can thrive.

Since 2007, Peaceful Schools has partnered with schools to construct professional development and support tailored to their individual needs. We begin by listening and collaboratively building a program that meets a school where they are. 

Led by teachers, for teachers, we provide effective professional development, consulting, programs for students, and support for families in independent, charter, and traditional public schools across the region and beyond.

The best training I’ve been part of. The preparation of the presenters was outstanding. They understood our school and roles in a way that made the training relatable, engaging, and valuable.

Programs and services to help teaching professionals hone their craft include conferences, workshops, coaching, mentoring, and study trips. We also offer training and consulting services to schools.

Learn more about our professional development offerings, including:

• 6 March R&R Redefined Retreat for Seasoned Educators
• 9-10 March restorative practices training
• 27 June-2 July civil rights history and contemporary social justice issues bus tour of the South

What if…? How do we ask and encourage big, bold questions?

Over time the Incubator will:

• serve as a think tank for the School as a whole, helping to conduct research, support relevant staff and committees, assemble internal and external thought leaders, and craft inclusive processes to weigh ideas–in a sense, an ongoing strategic visioning process.
• invite and support ideas from individual and groups of students and staff, ideas that will benefit from questions and brainstorming within Carolina Friends; from experts in the wider CFS community and the Triangle; and from seed money and other resources (knowledge + connections + capital).

Interested in supporting this innovation ecosystem with your time, talent, and/or treasure? Please contact Anthony, Director of the Institute, and let’s see what’s possible!