BSH 2023 Workshops

Plenary Workshop

Content is King
Empower Your Team
Experience Life
Focus on the Individual
Transform the World

PreK
Grades K-3
Grades 4-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12

Leadership
New on the Frontline
Veteran Educators
Partners

Sport Stacking: An Activity, A Sport, and So Much More!

Matt Burk
Speed Stacks, Inc., Larkspur, CO, USA

ABSTRACT:

A fun-filled workshop highlighting the basic Sport Stacking patterns — plus games, games, and more games! Learn more about Sport Stacking through this high-energy, movement-based session covering the physical and academic benefits. In this session, we’ll highlight individual and team-building exercises to promote an inclusiveness amongst students through the unique activity of Sport Stacking.

STRAND:

Focus on the Individual

TIME:

Block 3, Block 6

GRADE:

K-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12

AUDIENCE:

Veteran Educators (e.g. Experienced Program Staff, Teachers, Service Providers, Volunteers)

Sport Stacking: An Inclusive Activity for All Students!

Matt Burk, Luke Gramith
Speed Stacks, Inc, Larkspur, CO, USA

ABSTRACT:

This workshop will feature hands-on interactive learning of Sport Stacking. Sport Stacking has demonstrated proven results to develop your students’ math and reading skills — plus hand-eye coordination, self-esteem, SEL integration, and many more benefits! This session will incorporate movement-based activities and games to get your students mentally fit and physically active.

STRAND:

Focus on the Individual

TIME:

Block 2, Block 7

GRADE:

K-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12

AUDIENCE:

Leadership (e.g. Program Directors, Site Supervisors, Team Leaders, Principals)

STEAM: Competencias para el Siglo XXI (Bilingual/Español)

Madeline Perez
21st CCLC, Sam Juan, PR, Puerto Rico

ABSTRACT:

In this workshop, participants will learn how to differentiate between a craft or experiment and a true STEAM activity. We’ll also explore creative ways to integrate STEAM into other disciplines and alternative assessments techniques for STEAM activities. Come see photos and videos of these activities in action through our project in Puerto Rico. We’ll also share a board with more than 100 activities for you to use in your own projects.

Mediante este taller, los participantes tendrán la oportunidad de conocer los conceptos básicos para diferenciar una manualidad o un experimento de una actividad STEAM. Se presentarán alternativas para integrar STEAM en otras disciplinas. Se brindarán alternativas para el assessment de actividades STEAM. Se compartirán fotos y vídeos de las actividades realizadas en nuestro proyecto en Puerto Rico. También, se compartirá un tablero con más de 100 actividades para que las puedan utilizar en sus proyectos.

STRAND:

Content is King

TIME:

Block 1, STEM Fair

GRADE:

PreK, K-3, 4-5, 6-8

AUDIENCE:

New on the Frontline (e.g. New Program Staff, Teachers, Service Providers, Volunteers)

STEM Adoption that Leverages Student Interest

Eric Lewis
Baton Rouge STEM, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

ABSTRACT:

While STEM learning can be filled with complex topics and activities, it can become even more engaging for students and educators by allowing for connections to students’ inherent interests. This opens doors to help students understand how more complex STEM topics apply to their everyday lives. In this workshop, we cover how STEM is inherent to sports such as basketball and football, as well as how young people’s skill with smartphones positions them well to learn programming at an early age. Other topics include structural engineering, gaming, and aeronautical engineering — all with direct connections to typical activities that students would experience in their everyday lives!

STRAND:

Content is King

TIME:

Block 2, STEM Fair

GRADE:

4-5, 6-8

AUDIENCE:

New on the Frontline (e.g. New Program Staff, Teachers, Service Providers, Volunteers)

Strong Math Skills = Strong Academic and Social Development

Mary Curry
MANGO Math, Palm Desert, CA, USA

ABSTRACT:

All students can learn math! Through games and visual activities, students can touch, talk, and explore math and develop stronger math skills. Games provide opportunities to practice problem-solving, while visual activities help students “see” math concepts and allow them to communicate and collaborate, developing a stronger math sense. Students exploring math together helps to build confidence and comprehension! Participants will share that experience in this session and learn how to replicate it in their own classrooms and programs!

STRAND:

Content is King

TIME:

Block 2, STEM Fair

GRADE:

K-3, 4-5

AUDIENCE:

Veteran Educators (e.g. Experienced Program Staff, Teachers, Service Providers, Volunteers)

Super Team Meeting: Mindful Ways to Support Staff

Julia Gabor, Michelle Pina
kid-grit, Redondo Beach, CA, USA

ABSTRACT:

To support today’s workforce, leaders must ensure everyone feels valued both within brick-and-mortar walls and the expanse of remote work. When support is provided, individuals transfer inspiration and energy into their work and share it with peers. The past few years have exposed unimaginable stress for leaders and employees. The confusion, overload of work, and exposure to stressors over a length of time have left the workforce in a delicate state. Restoring positive organizational climate is possible with innovative strategies. In this evidence-based session, kid-grit provides leaders inclusive, creative, and relevant methods to empower their teams. Using the Collaboration of Academic Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) framework for adults, we support leadership in modeling SEL skills.

STRAND:

Empower Your Team

TIME:

Block 3, Block 5

GRADE:

6-8, 9-12

AUDIENCE:

Leadership (e.g. Program Directors, Site Supervisors, Team Leaders, Principals)

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