FREE for anyone who wants to attend, both in-person or online. Details will follow next month!
The 2026 PE Conference offers two complementary pathways for faculty development—each designed to strengthen both professional practice and scholarly engagement in learning and self-growth.
The main conference provides a broad exploration of proven Process Education practices—helping faculty enhance teaching, assessment, mentoring, and course design. It is ideal for those looking to improve learning environments and student performance using established methods. In contrast, the Self-Growth Research Summit is an immersive, collaborative experience where participants actively investigate how growth works at a deeper level. Rather than simply learning best practices, attendees engage in analyzing research, defining key concepts, and co-creating new frameworks, contributing directly to the evolving scholarship of self-growth .
For faculty, this creates a powerful developmental opportunity:
- The conference builds breadth—expanding your toolkit as an educator.
- The research summit builds depth—strengthening your ability to understand, study, and intentionally develop growth in yourself and others.
Participants in the summit not only leave with practical insights, but also with a heightened capacity for self-directed learning, reflective practice, and scholarly contribution—key elements of becoming a self-grower .
Self-Growth Research Summit: Session Overview
Session 1: The Self-Growth System — Foundations, Breakthroughs, and Open Questions
Time: Monday, 4:00 – 5:45 PM
What You’ll Experience:
Gain a clear and accessible overview of the Self-Growth framework, including how individuals can intentionally guide their own development over time. Through guided discussion, participants explore major discoveries, core principles, and practical tools—while identifying important open questions for future research.
Session 2: Defining the Self-Grower — What Does Independent Growth Look Like?
Time: Monday, 6:15 – 8:00 PM
What You’ll Experience:
Work with colleagues to define what it means for someone to truly take ownership of their growth. You will translate ideas like reflection, intentionality, and planning into concrete behaviors—helping clarify what faculty can realistically expect and support in their students.
Session 3: Mapping What We Know — Insights from Existing Research
Time: Tuesday, 4:00 – 5:45 PM
What You’ll Experience:
Engage in small-team analysis of published research to uncover key findings about learning and self-growth. This session helps participants quickly get oriented to the field while identifying patterns, gaps, and opportunities for new investigation.
Session 4: Organizing the Field — Key Domains of Self-Growth
Time: Tuesday (Evening continuation)
What You’ll Experience:
Help structure the emerging field of self-growth by organizing ideas into major domains such as principles, capabilities, and internal roles. Participants co-create a clearer map of the field, making it easier to teach, research, and apply in educational settings .
Session 5: Learning from Practice — What Actually Changed in Participants?
Time: Wednesday
What You’ll Experience:
Examine real experiences from a six-month self-growth project in which individuals practiced weekly reflection and intentional planning. This session highlights what worked, what was challenging, and what led to meaningful changes in how participants approached their lives and work .
Session 6: From Ideas to Action — Building the Future of Self-Growth Practice
Time: Final Session
What You’ll Experience:
Synthesize insights from the summit to develop practical frameworks, research directions, and applications for your own context. Participants leave with both actionable strategies and potential scholarly contributions to advance teaching, learning, and self-growth.
Why Attend the Research Summit?
- Strengthen your own growth practices through structured reflection and intentional planning
- Gain clarity on how to develop self-directed learners in your courses
- Engage in meaningful scholarship that shapes the future of Process Education
- Collaborate with a community of educators committed to improving learning and Quality of Life
By combining participation in the main conference with the research summit, faculty move beyond simply applying best practices—they begin to understand, refine, and create them, positioning themselves as both effective educators and contributors to the advancement of self-growth education.
