Jen Stanchfield offers ongoing programs and standalone workshops on professional learning and community building for group facilitators, leaders, educators, and counselors.

to Design a Custom Professional Development Workshop or Ongoing Program for Your Organization

CUSTOM WORKSHOPS
are designed to be engaging and participant-centered so that you can walk away with the tools, understanding, and practice you need to immediately begin incorporating an experiential, brain-based approach in your work. Explore upcoming open enrollment workshops or invite Jen to lead a workshop at your organization.
ONGOING PROGRAM FACILITATION
is custom designed with your organization to help you meet your group development goals. Direct support from a professional facilitator allows your leaders to practice and integrate the skills they need for more confidence and greater efficacy.
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"Jen's workshops are just like her: fun, interesting, inspirational and so helpful! Jen's combined experience in the experiential education field and in education makes her presentations relevant and immediately applicable in our classrooms and groups. We bring her to our district whenever we can."
Mary Beer
Milwaukee Public Schools
"One of the best professional learning experiences I have attended. I loved the interactive and participatory nature, learning from one another, and the fluidity of the day. I appreciated how welcoming Jen was and how she responded to the needs of the group."
Counselor
Chicago Public Schools
"Jen is a thoughtful, generous person who likes to have fun while learning. One of the things I enjoy most about Jen is the pace she has with learners. She allows time for processing and application. She does not rush her learners and is willing to slow down when needed. It always feels tailored to what I need and want."
Marci Moloney
Livingston Educational Service Agency, Michigan
"I've already started incorporating some of her strategies into my classroom lessons. I can especially see these techniques being beneficial when starting a new program — such as beginning of year building classroom cohesion, promoting teamwork, or supporting problem-solving skills."
Jennifer Tanksley, LCSW
Eastside Elementary School Anderson, Indiana
"Jen’s work is compelling, creative, and creditable. She's lovely, warm, and someone you want to hang with and learn from. She created enjoyable connections during our professional learning sessions, but most importantly the strategies she shared got my students laughing, smiling, and engaging."
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"Jen is never on a stage. She learns everyone's name. She gathers information before she trains. She's invested. The value of Jen's service is the relationship she builds with each participant, and the support and follow-through she provides as a matter of course."
Stacia Bowley
Austin Independent School District and Youth Launch Austin, Texas

 

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Jen Stanchfield

empowers practitioners worldwide to cultivate meaningful reflection and build resilient communities.
As a facilitator she is dedicated to creating participant-centered, collaborative, engaging programs shaped by the latest neuroscience research. Jen’s intentionally designed and carefully sequenced programs model a responsive approach that honors and draws on the strengths of everyone in the room, regardless of their comfort level in group settings. She has developed an extensive repertoire of evidence-informed experiential activities, tools, and strategies that have been used by educators, trainers, and facilitators around the world. Jen’s work has been informed by more than three decades as a community builder, experiential educator and facilitator, mental health professional, and trainer; she is the author of several books on experiential facilitation and is the founder of Experiential Tools.
>Why Work with Jen

The short answer is, an approach based on the idea that change and growth take place when people are actively (physically, socially, intellectually, emotionally) involved in their learning rather than just being receivers of information. Want to dive in deeper?
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