WELCOME TO EPCC’S ALL-NEW

Core Training

FOR INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS

Tools, Strategies and Concepts for Peaceful Classrooms and Communities | 24 Hour Certificate

INCREASE YOUR IMPACT | BUILD THE CULTURE | GET THE TOOLS | CREATE PEACEFUL CLASSROOMS
STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES | CREATE THE FUTURE

Be Empowered to Make an Impact

EPCC’s Core Training is a 24-hour, comprehensive introduction to practical peace tools designed specifically for adults who work with children.

Who we support to make an impact

  • Childcare and early childhood professionals

  • Preschool and K–12 educators

  • After-school and youth program staff

  • Coaches and recreation leaders

  • Children’s Librarians

  • Everyone working with children, youth, and families who wants to lead with intention, equity, and care

This training is more than strategies—it builds a shared language and a trusted learning community that helps those who work with children foster belonging, connection, and resilience in the spaces where children learn and grow.

Practical Peace Tools Through Hands-On Learning

Participants engage with hands-on tools and concepts that can be immediately applied in classrooms and child focused programs, including:

  • Conflict management/resolution

  • Problem solving

  • Cooperation and collaboration for children and adults

  • The role of professional ethics

  • Program–family partnership practices

  • Identifying and removing roadblocks to communication

  • Boundary setting for educators

  • Cooperative games and community-building activities

  • Community resource sharing

  • The EPCC Anti-Bias Power Ladder

  • The EPCC Leanne Dorish Healing Path

  • And much more

What You Gain from Core Training

  • Over 25 peace tools with instructions and over 30 peace-building strategies in a 130 page manual

  • Peace Glossary

  • 15+ Professional resources for support and additional learning

  • Cooperative games with documented instructions

Flexible Training Options

The EPCC Core Training is available in multiple formats to meet the needs of individuals and organizations:

  • 4 Day intensives

  • Multi-session series

  • Synchronous online delivery

Core Training Structure

The training is organized around four central mooring threads, or key issues, that ground all EPCC work:

  • Communication

  • Power

  • Diversity

  • The EPCC Framework for Peace

These themes are explored across four interconnected settings:

  • Community

  • Education

  • Family

  • Self

“The Core Training was engaging, practical, and highly relevant to our School Readiness programs. Our staff left feeling confident and equipped with strategies they can immediately implement to better support our students and families. We truly value this impactful professional development experience.”

— Sandra Zamora‑Franco

“These educators have studied and thought so deeply about peace education. It’s not only an elevating experience, it’s practical information and tools to go home with and make our own worlds more peaceful and inspiring.”

— Shira Coleman