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Boulder Journey School, located in Boulder, Colorado, is a private school of over 250 children, ages 6 weeks to 6 years of age, and their families. Our school was first conceived in 1984 as a ‘mommy and me’ arts and crafts class within the Boulder Valley School District’s Life Long Learning Program. We began with nine students and called the school “Make a Mess and Make Believe.” Throughout the first 25 years of our existence as a learning community, we have maintained our vision of school as a place that invites children’s learning through relationships and interactions with the environment and with others. However, our vision has evolved to also encompass the learning of adults. The genesis for this change was our study of the world-renowned schools for young children in Reggio Emilia, Italy, beginning in 1995.Dialogues with Reggio educators and Reggio-inspired educators from around the world encourage us to view the learning of adults as a critical aspect of the children’s learning. Thus, as a school community, we have made a commitment to invest in professional development as a value upon which the culture of the school is based. When we consciously made this commitment, we hoped that ...