May 9th • Springfield, MA • Inspired Educator, Engaged and Connected Learners
Experiential, Brain-based Approaches to Enliven Group Facilitation and Teaching and Cultivate Social and Emotional Learning
Hosted by East Campus Springfield College 9:00 am-3:30 pm
*Learn more about earning graduate credit for this workshop and Jen Stanchfield's other professional development sessions through Springfield College's new graduate program.
Join this engaging and interactive workshop and fill your teaching, counseling or leadership toolbox with experiential, brain-based techniques to create lasting, meaningful lessons. Build a joyful, connected community and sense of belonging with learners of all ages. Explore tangible ways to bring learning to life with active reflection. Cultivate belonging, involvement, voice, choice, and ownership. Integrate academics, counseling or training content with social and emotional learning.
Attendees Will Take Away:•Strategies to empower learners of all ages
•Group work, advisory, morning meetings, and circles facilitation ideas
•Collaborative, learner-centered ways to create and maintain joyful and inclusive learning communities
•Experiential approaches to deepen learning through emotional connection and ongoing active reflection
•Practical teaching strategies to integrate social and emotional learning and academics that you can facilitate with simple materials and adapt to various age groups
•Games and activities that teach and practice SEL skills such empathy, self and social awareness, problem-solving and collaboration along with academics
•Classroom structures and teaching strategies to make active learning successful.
•Reflection tools to enhance learning outcomes and take advantage of "teachable moments"
•Practices for becoming an intentional, responsive, and reflective educator
Join us for an inspiring day of networking and meaningful conversation with other facilitators and educators.
Tuition includes lunch and a copy of one of Jen Stanchfield's books: Inspired Educator, Inspired Learner: Experiential, Brain-Based Activities and Strategies to Engage, Build Community and Create Lasting Lessons. or, Tips & Tools for the Art of Experiential Group Facilitation.
What participants are saying:
"Jen Stanchfield's warm, authentic, gentle, and engaging style makes everyone feel welcome and supported - even online. Jen creates an atmosphere where participants feel like they are partners in the learning experience. I have attended multiple sessions with Jen over the last decade and always take away something new that I can use right away in my teaching and counseling."
" I appreciate that along with sharing your useful tools and techniques, you have helped us engage with and learn from each other. Your style gives everyone ownership in the learning process."
