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

Empowering Kindhearted Kids

Kristin Vaassen
Two by Two Character Development, Dubuque, IA, USA

ABSTRACT:

Social-emotional learning is more important than ever! The struggle for children to develop healthy identities and emotional stability becomes more apparent in our schools every day. Join us to explore the latest research regarding social-emotional learning and the importance of explicitly teaching core values. Plan on loading up your toolkit with lots of fun and engaging ideas to immediately use with your young people and walk away feeling empowered and rejuvenated for the important work you do.

STRAND:

Transform the World

TIME:

Block 4, Block 5

GRADE:

PreK, K-3, 4-5

AUDIENCE:

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

Engage, Encourage and Energize Your Participants With !Mpact-ful Program Activities and Techniques

Ray Trinidad and Gabe Ogilvie
!Mpact Platers

ABSTRACT:

This fast-paced and interactive workshop will model what we want youth to experience in their expanded learning program! Experience new activities and strategies developed by !Mpact Players and Mizzen that help students get dialed in and engaged in out-of-school time spaces. Discover games that encourage youth to learn through challenges and problem-solving. Join us to get pumped up and energized with our playful competitions and matches. Be prepared to learn by doing, make meaningful connections, have a ton of fun — and leave inspired to create this environment with your youth in your program!

STRAND:

TIME:

Block 5

GRADE:

AUDIENCE:

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

Engaging and Centering our Students’ Genius and Sense of Agency in STEAM

Lemond Brown
Swaliga Foundation, Washington, District Columbia, USA

ABSTRACT:

Participate in a hands-on STEAM activity to learn about the engineering design cycle and complete an engineering design challenge, using hip hop pedagogy to create unique learning experiences for youth. This workshop will activate a community of practice around identifying and centering learning around our students’ genius. This community will define and experience what it means to center our students’ genius and sense of agency in STEM at the secondary level. Our community will also develop plans to incorporate approaches and practices from the session into our own contexts.

STRAND:

Content is King

TIME:

STEM Fair

GRADE:

4-5, 6-8, 9-12

AUDIENCE:

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

Engaging Girls in STEAM: Inspiring the Next Generation

Patricia Sasson
Prime Time Palm Beach County, Boynton Beach, FL, USA

ABSTRACT:

Do you have girls in your program who are interested in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) and you are not sure how to support them to pursue their interests? Research shows that girls begin to lose both their interest and confidence in STEAM by middle school.

In this workshop, we look at strategies to engage and encourage girls to pursue interests in STEAM. Participants will be introduced to successful women in STEAM careers and learn how to create a safe, fun, STEAM learning experience for all youth. Participants will leave this workshop with ready-to-go activities and videos that will introduce youth to professional women in STEAM and support girls (and all youth) to build confidence and skills in STEAM areas.

STRAND:

Content is King

TIME:

Block 5, Block 9

GRADE:

K-3, 4-5, 6-8

AUDIENCE:

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

Escape Rooms: Creating Engaging and Academically Aligned Family Events

Johanna Friedel
Greenville ISD ACE, Greenville, Texas, USA

ABSTRACT:

Let’s design a curriculum-aligned family activity that includes reading, spelling, mathematics, physics, nutrition, social emotional, and physical health! The escape room is a highly engaging and academically-based event that parents and students will enjoy equally. Come learn the specific steps to create your event – including picking your literature base, staffing, materials, onboarding partners, utilizing high quality enrichment materials, event flow, location selection, timing, test runs, and extension activities. Participants will be able to get hands on with clues and create an outline for their own projects!

STRAND:

Content is King

TIME:

Block 2, Block 7

GRADE:

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

AUDIENCE:

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

EVERFI’s Free Blended Resources for K-12

Kassandra Soulis
EVERFI, Washington, DC, USA

ABSTRACT:

Join us to gain an in-depth understanding of EVERFI’s free digital library of critical-life skill resources and how to seamlessly integrate them. Using one of the resources from EVERFI’s financial literacy suite of digital courses, you will get to experience technology in a blended learning experience through the lens of a student. Attendees will collaborate to understand financial wellness concepts by engaging in a Price is Right live simulation. In addition to Financial Wellness, EVERFI has collaborated with local sponsors and subject matter experts to develop free content in SEL, STEAM, Digital Safety, Health and Wellness, College and Career Readiness, Early Learning, and more! The digital lessons are all self-grading and standards-aligned, plus teachers are provided with real-time data reporting. As part of EVERFI’s no-cost resources, local implementation support specialists are available to support professional development, 1-1 tech support, and more!

STRAND:

Experience Life

TIME:

Block 4, STEM Fair

GRADE:

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

AUDIENCE:

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

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