2025 Parent Workshops
Meet Dr. Crystal Goins: The Resilient Teacher-Mom Behind Heartwise Scholars
As a passionate educator with over 14 years of classroom experience and more than five years training teachers, I bring a unique perspective to parent workshops. I’m not only the founder of Teachers as Partners and Heartwise Scholars—I’m also a resilient working mom who juggled raising five children while pursuing higher education and conducting research.
Now, as a microschool founder, I blend everything I’ve learned about parenting, teaching, and training into practical tools and systems for families. These workshops aren’t just theory—they’re rooted in real-life experience and tested methods. My mission is to build a thriving community where whole children and whole families grow together. And it starts with YOU, the parent.
Join me, and let’s equip you for your purpose and your role.
Upcoming Workshops
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Home Management That Heals: Systems for Sanity, Structure, and Shared Responsibility
$35/ family ticket
Wednesday, July 23, 6:30 pm- 8:00 pm
*online via Zoom, Register Here
Saturday, July 26, 10:00-11:30 am
*at the Learning center, Register Here
Your home isn’t just a place—it’s a system. And systems should serve your peace.
In this practical and encouraging workshop, Dr. Goins walks parents through customizable tools that make everyday life feel more intentional, manageable, and team-driven. Whether you’re navigating the daily demands of work and parenting or preparing for a weekend trip, you’ll learn how to create rhythms that reduce stress and increase cooperation.
We’ll explore:
🗓️ Family Scheduling: how to map your week with shared visibility and realistic expectations for everyone involved.
🥘 Meal Planning + Grocery Systems: simple planning templates, rotating menus, and family-friendly routines that make eating at home less chaotic.
🧺 Laundry + Packing Systems: how to organize clothes, teach age-appropriate folding/put-away routines, and prep for travel without meltdowns.
🧽 House Zones + Chore Assignments: use visual aids to divide your space and assign meaningful tasks so everyone contributes—without repeating yourself 100 times.
🚙 Car Culture Rules: from after-school chaos to long drives, learn how to create car expectations that feel like an extension of your family’s values.
📄 Organization Printables: get templates you can use right away—chore charts, morning/evening checklists, and even a ‘weekly reset’ form to help your family stay on track.
This isn’t about perfection—it’s about designing a home life that reflects your priorities and invites your children into shared responsibility.
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Homeschooling Without Losing Yourself: Teaching with Boundaries, Balance, and Belief
$35/ family ticket
Wednesday , August 6, 6:30-8:00 pm
*online via Zoom
Saturday, August 9, 10:00-11:30 am
*at the Learning Center
Thinking about homeschooling—or already deep in it and wondering how to keep going without burnout?
This workshop is for the parent who wears both hats: teacher and caregiver. Dr. Goins invites you into a conversation about how to honor your child’s learning while also honoring yourself—your limits, your intuition, and your household rhythms.You’ll learn how to:
🧭 Use the PARTnership Framework to organize your thinking when challenges arise—not just as a parent, but as a guide in your child’s educational experience.
🧩 Recognize the difference between resistance due to family boundaries and resistance due to academic pushback—and how to respond to each with wisdom.
📚 Explore Dr. Goins’ Three Pillars of Home Learning:
Lifelong Learning Habits (curiosity, consistency, critical thinking)
Sustainable Systems (rhythms that keep your day structured but flexible)
Innovation (how to adapt the experience to your child’s gifts and needs)
At the heart of this session are five guiding values that will help you shape your homeschool with clarity and conviction:
✨ Authority. Authenticity. Access. Acculturation. Accountability.These values can help families resist the pressure to recreate school at home—and instead, craft a home-based learning life that is both rigorous and relational.
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Restorative Rhythms: Building Parent-Child Partnerships That Last
$35/family ticket
Wednesday, September 10, 6:30-8:00 pm
*online via Zoom
Saturday, September 13, 10:00-11:30 am
* at the Learning center
"Restorative Rhythms" isn’t just a method—it’s a way of living and leading at home.
In this hands-on, heart-centered workshop, Dr. Goins guides parents through tools like family meetings, shared responsibility frameworks (like the 60/40 rule), and communication practices that go beyond just getting your child to listen.Together, we’ll explore:
How to hold daily or weekly family check-ins to build routine and reflection.
The 60/40 Rule: balancing parent guidance and child contribution as a team.
Why kids don’t listen—and how to talk about it honestly.
How to challenge, question, and charge children with purpose in a noisy world.
The long game of parenting: why routines that take years to stick are still worth doing.
This session isn’t about perfect discipline—it’s about developing resilient communication, trust, and rhythm in your home.