Humanized Education Workshop
Centennial, Colorado | November 11–12, 2025
Venue
Marzano Resources Training Center
12577 E Caley Ave
Centennial, CO 80111
Marzano Resources Training Center
12577 E Caley Ave
Centennial, CO 80111
Workshop Overview
Empower student growth by exploring a humanized approach to mastery-based learning. This session delves into the School Wellness Wheel and the science of toxic stress, highlighting how trauma-informed practices can enhance teaching and learning. Discover strategies that foster resilience, engagement, and deep learning, equipping educators to create strength-based, growth-oriented classrooms where all students can thrive.
Gain insights into the impact of trauma and toxic stress on brain development and how schools play a critical role in promoting healing, achievement, and student success. By integrating resilience-centered and mastery-based approaches, educators can unlock students’ potential, leading to higher levels of wellness, learning, and academic achievement.
Learning Outcomes
EXPLORE the critical components of mastery-based learning, growth-based schooling, and strength-based teaching.
CONSIDER the science behind trauma-informed education and its role in fostering student resilience and achievement.
LEARN how to develop resilience-centered schools that support healing, deep learning, and long-term student success.
Mike Ruyle
Mike Ruyle, EdD, has served as a classroom teacher, athletic coach, school principal, alternative program director, university professor, and educational presenter for over 30 years. He led the creation and implementation of personalized, competency-based schools in Montana and California and is a recognized authority in the areas of assessment practice, mindfulness in classrooms, social justice, culturally responsive pedagogy, and healing-centered schooling.
Dr. Ruyle is the author of the book Leading the Evolution: How to Make Personalized Competency-Based Education a Reality, as well as a coauthor of The New Art and Science of Classroom Assessment and Cultivating Mindfulness in the Classroom.
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Supporting Documents
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You will receive a certificate of participation six weeks after the event concludes.
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