Brain Development and Learning:
Making Sense of the Science 

An interdiscplinary conference devoted to improving children's lives by making cutting-edge research in neuroscience, child psychology, and medicine understandable and applicable to those who work with children on a daily basis.

EMOTIONAL LITERACY FOR EDUCATORS

with Miriam Miller

Miriam Miller is an educational and leadership development consultant. She has experience in training corporate and educational institutions, focusing on the integration of emotional intelligence competencies for individual and organizational performance. Miriam is committed to bringing emotional literacy to the forefront of the education community through the application of the of RULER skills.

Emotions help us to think and to make effective decisions or they can derail our thinking and decision making if their information is not attended to and used. The Emotionally Literacy for Educators (ELE) workshop is an innovative full-day of training based on a “hard science” approach to what has historically been called “soft skills.” Primary and secondary school teachers learn how emotions impact student learning and performance, decision making, relationships, and work performance, and how they can harness the wisdom of emotions to become more effective teachers.

In this workshop, teachers learn to apply five areas of emotion knowledge: Recognition, Understanding, Labeling, Expression, and Regulation (RULER). The workshop emphasizes the role and importance of this knowledge in academic performance, building quality relationships, making informed decisions, and managing and leading classrooms. This highly interactive workshop teaches innovative strategies using group activities, simulations, discussions, and skill-building tools. Teachers learn how to leverage this knowledge using a powerful tool – the EL Blueprint – to handle their multiple roles and challenges such as: managing classrooms, coping more effectively with stress, improving relationships at school and at home, becoming a better leader and decision maker, and enhancing overall quality of life.

For further details and registration information, please contact, Sharon LeClair sleclair@sd43.bc.ca
Cost for workshop $50.00 and includes “Emotional Literacy for Educators Workbook, MoodMeter and Blueprint Poster” and lunch.

Map to Hillcrest Middle School
2161 Regan Avenue, Coquitlam, BC 
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ENCOMPASS Conference October 23, 2009

Learn it! Know it! Live it!

Map to Burnaby Mountain Secondary
 

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2nd  Restorative Practices International  Conference

'Widening Our Lens - Connecting Our Practice'

Keynotes:

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Parable of the Hummingbird)
Chris Corrigan (Introduction to Open Space Technology)
Manjit & Suman Virk (When the System Fails - Death of Reena Virk), Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
Combination of prominent RJ practitioners (Sharing our Journey, the Crossroads and the Learning):Howard Zehr, Barry Stuart, Katy Hutchison, Kay Pranis, Dave Gustafson.
Graham Robb (UK) - Continental Drift? A map for restorative approaches in schools and children's services.

Encompass Conference April 2009

Creating Enriched Learning Environments Through Social Emotional Development and Academic Success

Keynotes:

Dr. Donna Beegle
See Poverty, Be the Difference

Kathy Lynn
Vacuums Suck: If it takes a village to raise a child, why are we raising today’s children in vacuums?

Featured Speakers:

Emotional Literacy for Educational Leaders

Presentation by Dr. Marc Bracket ( bio)

Emotions help us to think and to make effective decisions or they can derail our thinking and decision making if their information is not attended to and used. In this presentation, I describe the Emotional Literacy for Administrators (ELA) Training Program. The ELA is an innovative, highly interactive program rooted in a “hard science” approach to what has historically been called “soft skills.” Participants will learn how emotions impact student learning, teacher performance, managing and leading teams, decision making, work performance and their own mental health. Another focus is on how to harness the wisdom of emotions to become more effective leaders. The workshop emphasizes the role and importance of five key emotion skills (Recognizing, Understanding, Labeling, Expressing and Regulation emotion) in building a relationship driven school culture.

When	Thursday, January 22
Where	Simon Fraser University - Diamond Club
Schedule	12:30pm – 3:30pm
Cost	TBA A light lunch will be served. Session participants will receive “Emotional Literacy for Educators Workbook” and poster – by Dr. Brackett
Registration	To register for this session, please email your name, title, email address and school name to your district representative: New Westminster Kathleen MacDonald Vancouver Lisa Pedrini Surrey Joanne Matheson Burnaby David Heard Maple Ridge Suzanne Hall Coquitlam Sharon LeClair Squamish Rose MacKenzie Richmond Rob Inrig North Vancouver Ken Neale Delta Roxanne Jones