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    Andrew C. Watson, MEd, MA

    Classroom Teacher; Founder/President of Translate the Brain, a professional development consultancy; Author, The Goldilocks Map: A Classroom Teacher’s Quest to Evaluate ‘Brain-Based’ Teaching Advice (2021), Learning Grows: The Science of Motivation for the Classroom Teacher (2019), and Learning Begins: A Teacher's Guide to the Learning Brain (2017); Blogger, Learning & the Brain Blog

    Andrew C.Watson, MEd, MA

    Upcoming Talks

    Teaching Social Brains
    Applying Brain Science to Improve Social Skills, Belonging, Behavior, Regulation, and Learning
    4) EMPOWERING MINDS & VALUES
    The Fairmont Atop Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA
    February 12-14, 2027
    Teaching Motivated Minds
    Applying Brain Science to Boost Mastery, Motivation, Mindsets, Metacognition, and Learning
    5. Collaboration, STEM, & Problem Solving
    Hilton Austin, Austin, TX
    November 12-14, 2026

    Past Talks

    Teaching Executive Skills
    Applying Brain Science to Boost Memory, Attention, and Emotion Regulation for Learning
    Effects of Anxiety and Stress on Achievement
    Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel, New York, NY
    April 16-18, 2026
    Teaching Generation AI-Z
    Advancing Schooling, Skills, Relationships, and Learning in a Distracted, Uncertain, AI Age
    Applying the Science of Learning
    The Fairmont SF, San Francisco, CA
    February 13-15, 2026
    Teaching Stronger Brains
    Promoting Student Strengths, Character, Compassion, Hope, and Autonomy in a Deficit-Focused Age
    Promoting Mindsets ghj_amp Self-Regulation
    Fairmont San Francisco or Virtually via Zoom
    February 20-22, 2025
    Teaching Emotional Brains
    Strategies for Student Behavior, Resilience, Regulation, Trauma, and EQ in Challenging Times
    Promoting Play ghj_amp Early Self-Regulation
    Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA or Virtually via Zoom
    November 22-24, 2024
    Teaching Engaged Brains
    Improving Student Attention, Motivation, and Mindsets in a Disengaged, Distracted Age
    Imaginative Minds, LD ghj_amp Giftedness
    The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA or Virtually via Zoom
    February 22-24, 2024
    The Science of Knowledge
    Applying Brain Science to Build Student Expertise, Reasoning, Reflection, and Critical Thinking
    The Science of Reading/Math
    Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel, New York, NY or Virtually via Zoom
    April 01-03, 2022
    The Science of Teaching
    Applying Brain Science and COVID Lessons to Improve Teaching, Schools, and Learning Spaces
    Social Brains ghj_amp Classrooms
    The Fairmont, San Francisco, CA or Virtually via Zoom
    February 18-20, 2022
    Calming Anxious Brains
    Teaching and Treating Students With Anxiety,
    Trauma, Depression, and Academic Learning Loss
    Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA or Virtually via Zoom
    November 19-21, 2021
    Learning How to Learn
    Applying Learning Sciences for Deeper Reasoning, Retention, and Reflection
    Social Brains ghj_amp Classrooms
    The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
    November 22-24, 2019