Suzanne Pieper Teaching & Learning Series
Grow and connect with a community of educators and learners who "get it."
Launched in 2025, the Suzanne Pieper Teaching and Learning Series, is an evening series for educators, students and families featuring the voices of experienced school leaders and researchers. These sessions support professional learning and focus on the theme "Nurturing Thriving Schools & Communities.” The series is free and held in person at Alverno College. Participants are welcome to attend any session that pique their interest and fit their schedule.
Please stay tuned for more information on future sessions this fall 2026 and spring 2027!
Past Session Example
Mindfulness-Based Regulation Strategies for the Classroom & Beyond
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Alverno College Bucyrus Conference Center
5:30 – 7 p.m.
4:30 p.m. Networking Hour
Featuring guest speaker Emily Fleming, MAT, ERYT500, RCYT, Founder and Chief Consultant of Yoga in Classrooms & Schools Consulting and National-Level Conference Speaker
In this interactive workshop, participants learned how yoga, breathwork and mindfulness are effective tools for regulation and co-regulation in the classroom. Participants received hands-on experience learning various mindfulness-based practices, and explore how they could integrate these practices into their own resource bank and their work with students. Through guided reflection, practice, and small and whole-group discussion, participants identified the importance of regulation and co-regulation, and identify how mindfulness-based practices can be effective tools for regulation and co-regulation, in the classroom and beyond.
Key Learning Outcomes
- Participants will learn yoga, breathwork and mindfulness-based strategies they can use to regulate and co-regulate in their classrooms and with their students.
- Participants will reflect on which learned strategies and skills they find most beneficial and what implementation will look like in their work with students.
- Participants will identify the importance of regulation and co-regulation, and explore how breathwork, mindfulness, and movement can help them regulate and co-regulate.
