Social and psychology researchers have found that we can improve student behavior and achievement as well as reduce student and teacher stress by focusing on improving our self-stories and beliefs, confidence, self-care, and practicing mindfulness and self-compassion. Psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed in his "Hierarchy of Needs" that self-esteem (the need to feel loved and accepted by yourself and others) was essential for self-actualization -- or becoming the best you can be. However, Maslow believed self-esteem wasn't enough. Self-actualization also requires getting outside oneself, transcending the ego, and experiencing love of self and others, awe, and curiosity. This conference will show you how changing students' self-stories, concepts, and identity can improve their behavior and help them overcome trauma and self-doubt; why promoting mindfulness and self-compassion can reduce stress and boost achievement and self-actualization; how confidence, self-awareness, and curiosity increase learning; and ways practicing authenticity and self-care as educators can improve student engagement.
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This conference is applicable for K-12 teachers, administrators, curriculum and staff developers, learning specialists, school psychologists and counselors, early childhood professionals, math, science and reading teachers, superintendents, principals and school heads, staff development trainers, social workers, school climate professionals, college and university professors, and other educators that support classroom instruction.
Cognitive and Humanistic Psychologist; Founder and Director, Center for Human Potential; Former Adjunct Associate Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University; Honorary Principal Fellow, Center for Wellbeing Science, University of Melbourne; Host of the #1 Psychology Podcast, The Psychology Podcast, with over 12 million downloads; Columnist, “Beautiful Minds,” Scientific American; Author, Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization (2020), Twice Exceptional (2018), and Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined (2015); Co-Author, Learned Helplessness (2020), Choose Growth: A Workbook for Transcending Trauma, Fear, and Self-Doubt (2022), Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind (2016), and “Imagination Is the Seed of Creativity” (2018, The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity)
Cognitive and Humanistic Psychologist; Founder and Director, Center for Human Potential; Former Adjunct Associate Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University; Honorary Principal Fellow, Center for Wellbeing Science, University of Melbourne; Host of the #1 Psychology Podcast, The Psychology Podcast, with over 12 million downloads; Columnist, “Beautiful Minds,” Scientific American; Author, Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization (2020), Twice Exceptional (2018), and Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined (2015); Co-Author, Learned Helplessness (2020), Choose Growth: A Workbook for Transcending Trauma, Fear, and Self-Doubt (2022), Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind (2016), and “Imagination Is the Seed of Creativity” (2018, The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity)
Master Teacher; CIO, Infinite Horizons; Co-Author, Transformative Teaching: Changing Today's Classrooms Culturally, Academically, and Emotionally (2015), Developing Growth Mindsets in the Inspiring Classroom (2011), Inspiring Elementary Learners (2008), Inspiring Middle and Secondary Learners (2007), and Differentiation for Real Classrooms (2009)
Educational Consultant; Former Assistant Professor of Education, Iona College; Former Instructor and Staff Developer, Teachers College, Columbia University; Author, Teach Like Yourself (2018), Mindsets and Moves: Strategies That Help Readers Take Charge (2015); Co-Author, Active Learning: 40 Teaching Methods to Engage Students in Every and Subject (2023), What Do I Teach Readers Tomorrow? (2017), and Conferring With Readers (2007)