TIES, The Institute for Educational Studies
Come Wonder With Us!
Special Event…Join TIES faculty and graduates for an informal online gathering—authentic conversation about the M.Ed. experience from the people who’ve lived it.
You’ll hear from educators who’ve walked this path: how they navigated reading, dialogue, and creative exploration alongside their teaching lives. How their worldview shifted. What their Culminating Projects became.
Faculty will share the emergent nature of learning at TIES—how meaning arises through collective inquiry, where life wisdom meets program experience, where personal and professional meet the student journey. Expect integrated conversation, not traditional Q&A. The gathering itself embodies the TIES ethos.
Bring your questions. Bring your curiosity about whether this resonates with how you learn and who you’re becoming. And bring a favorite beverage.
Two Events:
March 26th @ 7 pm ET
April 21st @ 7 pm ET
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Since 1996, The Institute for Educational Studies has asked a question that continues to guide everything we do: What contexts and processes in education might liberate teachers and learners so that they become catalysts for a new human—one whose integral relationship with Earth is bound by right-action and love?
This isn’t a theoretical question. It is the lived practice of our Master of Education programs in Integrative Learning for Montessori and Holistic Educators.
TIES exists for individuals who sense there is something more—who feel called to understand education as the facilitation of human development, not merely the delivery of curriculum. We recognize that transformation in education requires more than new techniques; it demands new ways of seeing, thinking, and being in the world.
While exploring integrative learning, our students experience the dynamic interplay of materials and processes that form the framework of holistic ways of knowing. They enter a prepared environment designed for adult learners, where pedagogical principles intersect with a universal narrative, where ecological awareness informs action, where dialogue generates wisdom, and where observation informs the essence of their practice.
Students emerge not with answers, but with a deepened capacity to hold complexity, navigate ambiguity, and facilitate transformative process.
Cosmic & Ecological Consciousness
Students begin with a sense of cosmic history—the story of the Universe and how life on Earth emerged from a sequence of events that revealed mystery itself. Through exploring systems thinking, they understand humanity’s place within the web of life. And the question arises: How might this new understanding shift what one conceives about education?
Integrative Thinking & Observation
Through observation practices and creative expression, learners develop the ability to integrate objective and subjective perspectives. They discover patterns that were previously below the surface, developing the capacity to think systemically. This invites inquiry: How does awareness shift when one integrates observation of self and other?
Dialogue & Co-Creation of Meaning
During the integrative seminar coursework, students engage through dialogue where authentic meaning emerges collaboratively. These capacities for deep listening become fundamental to how one facilitates learning. Which leads us to wonder: How does learning change when it’s co-created rather than transmitted?
Reflective Awareness & Practical Application
As students explore the interplay between theory and practice, they are given an opportunity to apply that learning in their professional work setting. This is a way of integrating what they have been studying in all their coursework. Which prompts us to ask: In what ways might one make a contribution to the restorative needs of life on Earth.
Your Emphasis Area & Culminating Project
Each student develops their own focus—a passionate inquiry that captures their imagination. Past examples include: peace through education, ecological literacy, adolescent development, leadership, and the soul of learning. The Culminating Project synthesizes the learning into a substantive product that carries beyond graduation. From here, the exploration begins: What do you uniquely have to contribute?
By the end of their studies, students have experienced education as an inner and outer process.
Are you earning a teaching credential, or a graduate of a TIES partnered training center? Great! Call us at 800-457-5672 or email us about grants towards your Master’s degree.
Not affiliated with a partnered program? No worries. Reach out anyway and see if your training is eligible.
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