A letter from PassageWorks Institute

PassageWorks Institute provides educators and school leaders a practical, relationship-centered approach to transforming the culture of classrooms, schools and districts.  For over two decades PassageWorks’ practices, principles, and tools have been used to foster student engagement, resilience, social and emotional intelligence and academic success.  By supporting the inner lives of teachers and students, the PassageWorks model integrates cognitive and human development to create meaningful and effective classrooms. PassageWorks Institute offers courses, on-site professional development, curriculum and consulting and authors a variety of publications.

 
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"Students who feel connected don’t need danger to feel fully alive. They don’t need guns to feel powerful. They don’t want to hurt others or themselves. Out of connection grow both compassion and passion—for people, for students’ goals and dreams, for life itself." – Rachael Kessler

 

* By “inner life” we refer to that essential aspect of human nature that yearns for deep connection, grapples with questions about meaning, and seeks a sense of purpose, authenticity and genuine self-expression.



Rachael Kessler Tribute

1946 - 2010

Rachael Kessler, founder of the PassageWorks Institute (2001), passed away peacefully on January 27, 2010 surrounded by family and friends. An educator, consultant, international speaker, and author, Rachael developed a groundbreaking approach to welcoming the inner lives of young people and teachers into schools.