Bridging to Resilience

Do long-term suspension and expulsion hearings feel like the worst part of your job as a school leader? Do you wonder how the student will address the initial concern while also wondering if they can return to the school setting successfully? It feels terrible to expel students. Sometimes we don't have a choice, and while we take a collective breath after the chaos, the student is likely alone with more gaps and less positive connection in their near future.

Come learn how building B.R.I.D.G.E.S. can restore relationships, address student behaviors, and set the student on a path to success. Participants will leave this session with tools and strategies to address behaviors before the need for a hearing arises, as well as resources and solutions for use during and after the hearing process. Leaders will learn how to utilize empathy maps and restorative practice reentry circles designed to highlight students’ strengths and areas of concern, the tremendous growth occurring during the suspension/expulsion, and to talk plainly about challenges as all stakeholders prepare for the student’s return to school. Experience how we can work together as we build restorative bridges to support the student, family, and staff members to prioritize future success.

"Expressive writing research shows many positive effects such as increased GPA, decreased dropout rates, improved immune function, decreased depression and anxiety, and lessens some post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. Overall it promotes mental health.

During this presentation, we are going to be looking at how the old stories we and our students have in our heads influence the way we perceive ourselves and how these old stories hold us back from overcoming challenges and achieving our goals and dreams. In response to these old stories, participants will learn an expressive writing activity called The Imagine Project that individuals can use for themselves and in their schools or classrooms to start the process of overcoming old stories that represent trauma and stress and creating new ones that lead to post-traumatic growth.

In summary, participants will be introduced and led through a 7-step expressive writing activity, The Imagine Project, that will help them overcome old stories of trauma/stress and create new stories of post-traumatic growth as well as be introduced to resources of how to use this expressive writing activity for their schools, classrooms, and themselves. "

Research has shown the importance of engaging families in their child's educational process. Absenteeism drops significantly, grades show dramatic improvement, and discipline referrals decline when the family is more involved. After all, the family is the child's first teacher!
In this presentation, we will discuss the research and tried and true ways to engage ALL families, through the equality lens.

In this session participants will learn about co-regulation and the importance of relationships. Participants will learn and practice multiple mindfulness and regulation techniques that can be used individually or in groups, classrooms, meetings, sports, practices; or really anywhere! Participants will come away with multiple applicable skills at the end of this interactive session!

Join us for an interactive session delving into Patrick Lencioni's powerful framework of the "Working Genius." Discover how to tap into your innate talents to excel in your professional endeavors and find fulfillment in your work.
In this session, we'll explore:

• Understanding Your Working Genius: Identify your unique strengths and how they align with Lencioni's model of working genius: Wonder, Invention, Discernment, Galvanizing, Enablement, and Tenacity.  
  
• Unlocking Team Potential: Learn how to leverage the working genius of team members to enhance collaboration, productivity, and overall team performance.
  
• Overcoming Challenges: Explore strategies for overcoming common obstacles teams might encounter when a working genius is absent.
  

Don't miss the opportunity to elevate your team's performance and cultivate a workplace where everyone contributes their best.