Teaching Purposeful Minds

Price: more than $250

The Coronavirus has left many students feeling lost, stressed, traumatized, detached, and uncertain about their future. However psychological sciences research has found that providing a sense of purpose, social connections, and curious exploration can help buffer against the effects of stress, trauma, and socioeconomics, improve learning, and help humans thrive. Psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman proposes that Renowned Psychologist Abraham Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs” is more like a ship than a pyramid where the sail that propels self-actualization and success in navigating life’s uncertainties are purpose, love, and exploration.

Uncertainty has become the new normal. As we prepare for a Post-COVID world, perhaps it’s time to rethink the purpose of education from passing standardized tests to creating schools that help all students thrive in an uncertain, challenging, constantly changing world.

This virtual conference will explore the psychological science behind, strategies for, and the benefits of purpose and meaning, connections and belonging, challenges and failure; self-stories and identity; curiosity and exploration and their role in learning and thriving. Discover how to create schools that promote purposeful, meaningful learning, social connections and belonging, challenges and failure, and curiosity and exploration so students thrive in today’s uncertainty and challenges.

This Unique Conference Will Provide You With:

• 2 days of LIVE keynote presentations and breakout sessions from renowned psychologists and educators
• Real-time Q&A with experts and LIVE tracks and breakout groups with colleagues
• Up to 12 hours of LIVE Professional Development
• Access to an additional 20 hours of recordings for one month following the conference
• Slides and resources from the conference
• The latest research from brain and cognitive sciences on the role of meaning and purpose on achievement
• Research and strategies for educators of all grades

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Educators, Parents
• Curriculum, Staff Developers
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Learning Specialists, Special Educators
• Early Childhood Educators, Professionals
• Superintendents, Principals, Assistant Principals
• PreK-12 Teachers, Administrators, School Heads
• Literacy, Math, Technology, Master Teachers
• Testing and Assessment Professionals
• Teacher Education, PD Professionals
• College, University Professors