Connect with Wisdom
Connect with deeper wisdom to show up more fully as a teacher. Through Courageous Schools, LLC I provide courses that give teachers a path to understanding the source of their own creativity and inspiration. In doing so, they can reconnect with what really matters. This leads to being reignited, reengaged, and renewed in their purpose through teaching.
Teaching everyday becomes easier when you access your Sacred Wisdom
YOU
You will find greater happiness, satisfaction, life balance, and a professional spark.
YOUR STUDENTS
Your students become inspired, feel cared for, become more open to your teaching, and see you as a positive role model.
YOUR SCHOOL
Your school will see higher teacher retention. And a next level holistic education of mind and spirit will fill the halls.
YOUR COMMUNITY
When accessing the innate ancestral wisdom within, you will then leverage that wisdom through well rounded educational practices that will send ripples through your community.
Find the Sacred Wisdom in Teaching Again
Springs of Hope
Excavating the Sacredness of Education
My work supports teachers in identifying their source of joy through the sacred in the classroom. This transcends not only the teaching experience but it moves into their life. Helping them to live with a higher quality of happiness and freedom.
Central to Springs of Hope: Excavating the Sacredness of Education is The 7 Pillars acronym B-R-E-A-T-H-E
Imagine a revitalized workforce of educators, equipped with the tools and mindset needed to thrive in both the classroom and their personal lives. Picture an educational landscape where turnover rates in urban districts consistently fall below national averages, and students excel academically and personally, equipped with essential skills for success. With Springs of Hope: Excavating the Sacredness of Education, we envision a sustainable and enriching educational environment that fosters long-term success and growth for both educators and students alike.
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Learning Opportunities
Springs of Hope: Excavating the Sacredness of Education
Springs of Hope: Excavating the Sacredness of Education, a holistic program on the cutting edge of transformation in education aimed at empowering educators with tools for both professional and personal growth.
Imagine a revitalized workforce of educators, equipped with the tools and mindset needed to thrive in both the classroom and their personal lives. Picture an educational landscape where turnover rates in urban districts consistently fall below national averages, and students excel academically and personally, equipped with essential skills for success.
With “Springs of Hope,” we envision a sustainable and enriching educational environment that fosters long-term success and growth for both educators and students alike.
Client Testimonials
Sharon gave us tangible ways that we can keep education sacred in our own classrooms and lives. It shifted my perspective on teaching and gave me resources to take care of myself so that I can show up authentically for my students.
I left every meeting feeling validated, heard, and refreshed for the following weeks to come. Our meetings were centered not just on our practices but on us as individuals. Sharon designed them(the sessions) and carried them in a way in which we were felt as(like) the center and then we reflected how it would look and feel like to take our learning into the classroom and what benefits it will have. What I appreciated about her(Sharon’s) form of feedback is that it made me reflect but not judgemental because I am very self-critical but light and open-minded from a pondering standpoint. It came at the perfect time for my induction. I was considering leaving Education. The way Education is going leads to an overwhelming amount of stress, a sense of ineffectiveness because despite all your efforts, it's never enough, and ultimately burnout. Re-centering my focus on valuing my sacredness and, therefore, my students' sacredness. It served as a Spring of hope, allowing me to renew my passion and joy for teaching.
(Springs of Hope)This is a way to look within and remember your purpose when it is hard.
Excavating the treasures of my students has helped me excavate my own treasures. (Journaling) I was able to learn more about myself. Journaling I learned a lot about my students struggles and anxieties when it comes to school, specifically math.
Making space for self care we are the hidden treasure for many of our students. Sometimes we can be there only role models or people they aspire to be and for that we must be present.
Sharon A Marcus -- The Teacher's Teacher
Sharon Marcus was destined to connect the sacred with education. With 50 plus years in the field of education, Sharon is known as The Teacher’s Teacher, she is the advocate most educators don’t have in the schoolroom, the classroom, or in their own homes.
Raised as an army brat, Sharon traveled the world with her family—attending schools in Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Germany (Bamberg, Nuremberg, and Munich). While in Virginia, she experienced firsthand the sting of racism and inequality within the educational system. Yet amidst the inequities, she found light in her African-American teachers who instilled in her the sacred value of education and the power of self-worth. Later, her experiences in integrated schools where all of her teachers were caucasian—gave her a broader perspective on cultural identity, representation, and the invisible threads that shape a child’s sense of belonging and possibility.
Demonstrating her lifelong devotion to education, Sharon founded Courageous Schools, LLC and created the transformative program “Springs of Hope: Excavating the Sacredness of Education.” Since 2022, this program has been a vital part of Montclair State University’s Urban Teacher Project (UTP), addressing the urgent challenges of teacher burnout and attrition in urban districts. Through Springs of Hope, Sharon equips educators with professional and personal practices that rekindle their passion for teaching, helping them move from merely surviving to thriving—sustaining themselves, their purpose, and their students for years to come.
Sharon’s philosophy transcends conventional education. Her life experiences—from completing the Jersey Girl Triathlon to traveling across Asia, Africa, and Europe—infuse her approach with vitality, reflection, and reverence. She believes that to truly teach, one must nurture the whole being—mind, body, and spirit—inviting educators to slow down, breathe, and rediscover the sacred in their work.
In essence, Sharon Marcus is more than an educator; she is a lifelong learner, storyteller, and guide. Rooted in empathy and over five decades of experience, she continues to elevate the conversation around what it means to teach with purpose. Through her work, she helps educators excavate their inner wisdom, reconnect with their calling, and honor the sacredness within education itself.
CONTACT
Phone – 908-964-4953
smarcus@courageousschoolsllc.com
1510 Rose Terrace, Suite 500
Union, NJ 07083
Courageous Schools, LLC creates programs that honor the sacredness of teacher, students, parents/guardians, and communities.
We offer programs that give teachers a path to understand the source of their own creativity and the source of their inspiration. They reconnect with what really matters in terms of the sacredness and the wisdom that underlies true education.
Courageous Schools creates a safe space for teachers to dive deep into their “whys” of teaching and to re-imagine those “whys”. We support you in RE-imagining Your Teaching!
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