Sarah Pirtle and the Discovery Center

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Sarah Pirtle helps to build supportive communities for young people. She is recognized as a national expert on teaching social skills. Her music and her chaplaincy training add compassion and depth to her work. She leads programs rooted in a basic trust of the innate caring available inside people.

Portrait of Sarah Pirtle

 

MUSIC NEWS

Sarah Pirtle is an award-winning author and musician who writes and sings for all ages.

Pocketful of Wonder, her ninth recording, recently received the Gold Award from Parents' Choice.

She received the Magic Penny Award for lifetime achievement in children's music in 2007.

CHANGING BULLYING
What’s the Next Step for Your School?

  • Training for teachers and staff on how to intervene
    when there is bullying
  • Parent programs
  • Training students how to step in when there is harm
  • Supporting children targeted

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TALK IT OUT PROGRAMS
A school culture where everyone belongs.

  • Helping students negotiate conflicts
  • Respecting differences by actively connecting
  • Building broad friendships

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Social Skills Text Books

Sarah's newest book for teachers is Discovery Time for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution: K to 8th. She is on the National Faculty of Lesley University’s Creative Arts in Learning Graduate School program for teachers, and she has taught graduate courses for 17 years. She brings over 35 years experience in schools.

Sarah offers Free Book Downloads to provide lesson plans and song lyrics for her latest children’s recordings, Pocketful of Wonder and The Heart of the World. These include activities about ecological awareness for preschool and elementary school.

(photo)The topics that she covers and the social skills that she imparts offer extraordinary breadth.  At conferences she provides keynote speeches and workshops that help people develop courage and inspiration.  She works with schools, community groups, houses of worship, libraries, education centers, and colleges.

Sarah's newest adult recording, Heart Wings, shares key songs from her work as an Interfaith Community Minister and Peace Chaplain. Spiritual courage is the topic of her new concerts and workshops for adults and teenagers. .

On her acclaimed recording, Everyday Bravery, her songs are singing biographies that describe how people transform challenges.