The Swing Set Institute Heartquarters offers a Whimsical Wisdom Community for Education Changemakers to transform your life-long learning on the education path from mundane to magical, prose to poetic, from a waste of time to whimsically in-spired – whimsy space where educators can be real together and find fresh wisdom and solidarity for the emotional journey of education.
Education Changemakers includes educators, education innovators, and education entrepreneurs working to progressively transform education. Each unique offering is heart-crafted for deep joyfulness while being healing and collectively therapeutic; designed for transformational growth to make ongoing changemaker education light-hearted, deeply moving, and ridiculously special . Buckle up!
Certified Whimsy – Childhood Changemaker Degree
The most important degrees are the whimsical ones.
Earn your Certified Whimsy – Childhood Changemaker Degree from the Swing Set Institute by completing:
a Level 1 course, Level 2 Swingalinga community for at least two sessions, and attending a Level 3 retreat or field school!
Earn your ‘Badoingers’
A Whimsy wallet sized degree
A few surprises as well 🙂
LEVEL 1 | Whimsical Wisdom Courses for Education Changemakers
In-Spire
Whimsical Mental Health in Education
In-spire is building a collective care community to better support educator mental health and empowering education changemakers with the mindsets, practices, and tools needed to thrive in transforming education over a lifetime from the inside-out. Learn More!
In-Spire Teens
NEW Whimsical Wisdom for Teens certificate program in Inwood NYC! Learn More!
Moments to Movements PD
NOW AVAILABLE
A NEW interactive PD workshop for education changemakers to turn real classroom moments into playful performances, honor the emotional side of teaching, and find fresh perspective, collective care, and renewed joy. Laughter and Learning Go Together! Created by the Swing Set Institute Whimsy Education Program Consultant Team. Learn More!
GuffawED
Sketch Comedy Writing for Education Changemakers
Join fellow whimsical changemakers in education to creatively prevent burnout, collectively heal through humor, and start the next school year inspired at the intersection of realness and ridiculousness! Think Key and Peele meets Abbott Elementary but transforming your own most ridiculous and real education stories into sketch comedy gold. Learn More!
Sensitive Silly Men Summits
For Whimsical Men in Education
Find a new community of men in education who refine each other’s realness and have fun while growing together. Gain fresh insights on challenges, dilemmas and hot topics. And get tangible tips and practice navigating education and life with humor and accountability to become the best silly man you can be! Learn More!
LEVEL 2 | Swingalinga Practice Community for Education Changemakers
A Real and Ridiculous Education Practice Community
The Swingalinga
A whimsical wisdom collective care community to keep practicing, deepening, and connecting on the education changemaker path!
Inaugural Session 1: October 4th – December 13th 2026
LEVEL 3 Capstone | Retreats and Field School
Swing Set Institute Retreats and Field Schools
Join the Swing Set Institute Swingalinga community for in-person and virtual transformative educational adventures from whimsical wisdom retreats to global field schools!
