"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."        - Marcel Proust

Our TEacher Training program, began in 1993 and has grown in new and exciting ways over the years. We have had paritcipants and receive inquiries from across the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, and India. As a result, we have structured all aspects of the program to serve our "students at a distance" while maintaining the integrity of this work.

In order to minimize travel, all courses and workshops are offered during the summer intensives and through correspondence courses.

We have been successful in working with universities to enable students enrolled in their programs to apply to receive college credit for Enki courses, and/or include the Enki program as a central component of their Masters and certification programs. If this is of interest to you, please contact us directly to initiate the process with your college.

The opening weekend of the Teacher Training Program, Rousing Intuition: Observing the Child, is open to the public and can be taken as a single workshop. All other classes and workshops described at this web site are part of either the Foundation Course or the Professional Course. These are open only to those enrolled in the program. The Foundation Course can be taken on its own and is a prerequisite for the Professional Course. If you are interested in either the opening workshop, the Foundation Course, or the full training, please review the program descriptions, course prerequisites, and Certificate requirements. An application for admission is available at this link.

If you have any further questions please feel free to call (401) 228-7200 or email us at info@enkieducation.org.

The full program takes place over a 26-month period. The Foundation Course extends over an six-month period and includes a four-week residential summer intensive, and three independent study courses. This course is an active exploration of childhood; it is appropriate for anyone who has children, works with children, or wants to better understand her own childhood.

The Professional Course is considerably more intensive, covering a period of 22 months. The Professional Course includes a second three-week residential summer intensive, study, and assignments, a significant project, and an internship. During these 22 months students work on assignments on a continual basis. They are expected to devote approximately 20 hours a month to courses and projects, including research and preparation of curricula that they will be teaching to the group during the summer intensive.

Those successfully completing the program will receive a Certificate of Completion and will be qualified to teach in independent schools using the Enki approach. For programs within the public school system, local certification may be required as well.

In some cases the Enki program will meet part of the local requirements for initial and recertification. For assistance with certification or college credit, please contact the appropriate program directors PRIOR to beginning the course to make the necessary preliminary arrangements.

Both the Foundation and Professional Courses include three to four-week, residential summer intensives. During this time we live and work together as a community in a rural setting. This allows us to delve into the material and experiences offered without the demands and distractions of our ordinary lives.

Each weekday participants attend eight hours of classes and participate in community chores. Weekends, participants rotate through kitchen duties. In addition, one evening each week participants meet in small groups to discuss issues that have arisen in meditation practice and community life.

Everyone is expected to participate fully. Spontaneous evening and weekend campfires, talent shows and other adventures are optional and open to all.

The summer program is very challenging for children as well as parent participants. We are committed to creating a situation that supports the well being of both; it makes little sense for adults to plunge into an exploration of childhood at the expense their own children. Therefore, working with the Enki approach for children, we offer a dependable, rhythmic, and rich outdoor program. We also strive to create a children's program and to schedule adult classes and community work periods with family needs in mind.

The children's program is open to children ages 2 1/2 to 12. We strongly encourage parents to bring their young children with them. We have found that the children are most settled and secure when they can establish their own "children's community," with dependable rhythms and activities. For this reason we ask that all children participate fully in the children's program.

To support the needs of young children we have scheduled a ninety-minute lunch period. To the best of our ability, parents of young children will not be assigned community tasks during this time or before breakfast and after dinner so they can devote their full attention to their children during these times.

The children's program fills up early, as many participants have more than one child. Early application is advised.

To keep costs as reasonable as possible, housing, food, and childcare costs are established each year.

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