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Nearly two-thirds of all major changes in organizations fail. Successful implementation of a new initiative is challenging. Leaders are change-makers, guiding their organizations on a path of continuous improvement. How can we better understand and embrace the inevitable resistance when leading change initiatives in schools? This session is for school leaders who’d like to explore how to skillfully engage with and ultimately embrace resistance when leading efforts for school transformation.
In this session participants will:
● Learn the three levels of resistance and explore strategies for effectively responding to
each level.
● Engage with research based tools to support change efforts.
● Identify next steps for any resistance they may be currently facing in their context.

Empathy is the ability to understand and respect difference (another person’s or group’s experience) on the basis of common humanity.  As such, it is an essential capacity for our times that deserves our study and cultivation. But empathy is not just about knowing, it is about feeling too—and that feeling involves the body. Embodied and engaged pedagogy, including use of the arts, games, and play, is especially suited to exploring and cultivating empathy because it takes place in the liminal space between reality and imagination, facilitating the safe exploration of new ideas, perspectives, and experiences. In this workshop, Jen Knox and Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, will share activities for engaging students in their exploration of empathy, including both its potential and its potential pitfalls, rooted in the SEE Learning framework, a K-12 and higher education framework for social, emotional and ethical learning developed at Emory University.  Participants will experience easy-to-implement techniques from performing and visual arts.  No background in the arts is required for participation!

Empathy is the ability to understand and respect difference (another person’s or group’s experience) on the basis of common humanity.  As such, it is an essential capacity for our times that deserves our study and cultivation. But empathy is not just about knowing, it is about feeling too—and that feeling involves the body. Embodied and engaged pedagogy, including use of the arts, games, and play, is especially suited to exploring and cultivating empathy because it takes place in the liminal space between reality and imagination, facilitating the safe exploration of new ideas, perspectives, and experiences. In this workshop, Jen Knox and Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, will share activities for engaging students in their exploration of empathy, including both its potential and its potential pitfalls, rooted in the SEE Learning framework, a K-12 and higher education framework for social, emotional and ethical learning developed at Emory University.  Participants will experience easy-to-implement techniques from performing and visual arts.  No background in the arts is required for participation!

Are you looking for practical ways to infuse SEE Learning in your classroom without your students knowing that you are being intentional about their Social Emotional Well Being?  Guess What! This doesn't have to be 'another thing!' Come learn practical ways to help students learn self-compassion, kindness, and how to get back into their "Ok" Resiliency Zone when they have been bumped out of it. You will leave with - Ready-made materials for you to get started - Activities that incorporate self-compassion and kindness - Check-In/Arrival Activities - Exit Strategies

No, not every kid will be a programmer, but they will likely be in an industry where code will drive what they do. Every teacher can prepare them for that future by using coding as an avenue to creativity and problem-solving. Join us for a session full of strategies that make it easy!