The 2024-25 Social and Emotional Learning: Essential Lessons for Student Success - A Virtual workshop

The 2024-25 Social and Emotional Learning: Essential Lessons for Student Success

One workshop over two meeting nights from 4:00 PM - 7:45 PM:

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Those repeating this workshop each new school year WILL RECEIVE CREDIT AGAIN as there is new content!

***School years go from July 1 - June 30***

$25 Support Staff (non-licensed)

$45 NASA Members

$65 Non-NASA Members

Due to Washoe County School District (WCSD) salary advancement requirements, WCSD participants will be asked to submit a brief written summation of how this professional learning event will transfer learning into practice before a certificate is issued. WCSD participants: please use the link provided on the Guidance/Link sheet for each event to submit. Lastly, when completing events that are (1) or more credits, please submit your tracker to the PGS Department in Washoe and to ahendersonnasa@gmail.com

Kate Borrows

Kate Barrows is a Strobel Education consultant with extensive experience in a variety of diverse settings and roles.  She served in reading and English classrooms as a teacher and instructional leader for fifteen years and  a library media specialist for four years.  She recently completed the ESL endorsement program at University of Louisville and has presented at local, state, and national conferences about best practice in literacy for struggling adolescents. She is active in many facets of education including curriculum and standards development, assessment writing, PBL, and Inquiry Design. Specializing in at-risk populations, Kate brings both a sense of urgency and a great attitude to the table. Always rooting for the underdog, Kate isn’t afraid of a challenge.

ALL are welcome, including anyone in a non-administrative position!

Participants will earn .5 credit (7.5 hours) toward license renewal!

This workshop ALSO counts for step advancement in Clark and most Nevada School Districts!

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In CCSD, those in non-administrative licensed positions may count this workshop for license renewal AND ALSO 2.5 CUs - THOSE IN NON-ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS EARN BOTH!

In CCSD, administrators and professional-technical administrators may count this workshop for license renewal OR 2.5 hours toward step-advancement - not both for administrators.

Workshop Description:

If we're going to have high academic expectations of our students, then we must equip them with strategies to navigate feelings like stress, conflict, and failure.

It’s extremely difficult to teach rigorous instruction and redirect challenging student behaviors at the same time. But imagine how challenging it is for our students to focus on their learning without the tools they need to self-regulate their own emotions and behaviors?

Studies show that happiness and well-being are closely correlated with productivity and performance. This means that as educators, it is our responsibility to invest in both our students’ academic and personal development.

It's time to cultivate classroom environments where students:

Feel equipped to advocate for their emotional needs.

Sometimes, student behavior can stem from a sense of confusion and frustration about what they're feeling. Teaching students how to identify what may be causing stress, fear, or discouragement can help them take steps to feel calm and understand what they need to feel better.

Develop skills to self-regulate their emotions and behaviors.

Once students understand their emotions, we can direct them toward actions they can initiate to get their brains back to positive thought patterns – improving their overall well-being and academic performance.

Actively reflect on the thoughts and actions they are reinforcing.

Provide students with strategies to notice their thought patterns and then reframe their thinking so that they can get their minds back to positive and take action to improve their situation.

Intentionally build relationships with their peers.

Learn how to model conversations and collaboration behaviors that can improve student productivity, collective teamwork, and overall student learning.

In this live workshop you and your staff will learn:

Structured concepts for how to explain social-emotional research to students

We'll cover how to talk to students about what social-emotional needs are, why they're important, and what research says about them.

Student Self-Regulation Practices

We'll show you how to teach student self-regulation practices to guide students in taking ownership of their emotions, leading to overall wellness and academic success.