44th Annual Middle Level Conference & Exhibits: Full Schedule

10:00am EDT

4 - Inspire, Engage, and Connect: Experiential, Brain-Based Techniques to Integrate Community Building, Social and Emotional Learning, and Academics

Monday March 24, 2025 10:00am - 12:15pm EDT

Monarch (2nd floor) - Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place

Join this interactive session and fill your toolbox with brain-based techniques to cultivate engagement, belonging, and empower student voice and ownership of learning. Build a connected and supportive community. Integrate academics with SEL. Take away creative inspiration and practical methods to enhance involvement and retention in academics, advisory, and groupwork.

Monday March 24, 2025 10:00am - 12:15pm EDT
Monarch (2nd floor) - Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place

Strand A

Company Experiential Tools

1:40pm EDT

31 - Culture Building by Design: Practices to Build and Maintain Positive School Climate

Monday March 24, 2025 1:40pm - 4:30pm EDT

Monarch (2nd floor) - Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place

In this interactive workshop we will create shared understanding of school/organizational culture. Attendees will ideate and share their experiences with workplace rituals and culture (healthy as well as not) and begin to develop a tool kit to enhance and increase positive culture in their schools/districts.

Speakers

Josina Garnham

Executive Director, University of New Hampshire - Browne Center for Innovative Learning

Jeff Frigon

Youth Programs Coordinator, University of New Hampshire - Browne Center for Innovative Learning

Jeff Frigon is the Youth & Student Programs Coordinator for The Browne Center for Innovative Learning and an Adjunct Instructor at UNH in the Departments of Kinesiology & Rec Management & Policy and delivers adventure-based experiential programming & training to youth and adults... Read More →

Monday March 24, 2025 1:40pm - 4:30pm EDT
Monarch (2nd floor) - Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place

Strand B

10:00am EDT

57 - Social Emotional Learning in Action

Tuesday March 25, 2025 10:00am - 12:10pm EDT

Monarch (2nd floor) - Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place

Join The Browne Center for two hours of play and learning, as we walk through a series of intentionally-sequenced experiential SEL activities which you can transfer directly to your classroom. Inspired by our full-day professional development workshop, part of the University of New Hampshire's SEL Certificate program.

Speakers

Andrew Wood

Youth Programs Coordinator, University of New Hampshire - Browne Center for Innovative Learning

Tuesday March 25, 2025 10:00am - 12:10pm EDT
Monarch (2nd floor) - Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place

Strand B