Inspired Educator, Engaged and Connected Learner
Experiential, Brain-Based Approaches to Teaching, Facilitation and Community Building
Inspired Educator, Engaged and Connected Learner in Mobile, AL.
Bring author & educator Jen to your school or organization for an engaging one- or two-day Professional Development Workshop and fill your group’s teaching, counseling or leadership toolbox with experiential, brain-based techniques to create lasting, meaningful lessons.
Build a joyful, connected community and sense of belonging with learners of all ages. Explore tangible ways to bring learning to life and facilitate reflection. Cultivate voice, choice, and ownership. Integrate academics or counseling content with social and emotional learning.“Jen’s ideas and materials have supported the foundation of experiential learning that I have cultivated over 20 years of presenting and working with children and adolescents.” ~Ann B.
“She kept us moving, talking, reflecting and engaged! Excellent workshop from beginning to end. We actually did the things Jen was sharing instead of her just telling us about them. AND I got a great pin and quote to take home.”
We will explore:
• Dynamic techniques to teach, review, and integrate academic content with SEL
• Collaborative, learner-centered ways to create and maintain inclusive, supportive communities
• Practical techniques to build a joyful, connected, and inclusive learning community
• Advisory, morning meeting, and group circles facilitation ideas, activities, and strategies
Intentional approaches for promoting involvement, voice, choice, and ownership of learning
• Ways to deepen learning through emotional connection, relevancy, and reflection
• Practical teaching strategies to integrate social and emotional learning and academics that you can facilitate with simple materials and adapt to various age groups
• Games and activities that teach empathy, self and social awareness along with academics
• Classroom structures and teaching strategies to make active learning successful.
• Reflection tools to enhance learning outcomes and take advantage of “teachable moments”
• Ways to cultivate social and emotional skills such as communication, problem-solving, collaboration, self-awareness, and creativity
• Practices for becoming an intentional and reflective educator
About Jennifer Stanchfield: Jen Stanchfield inspires educators and facilitators worldwide with her engaging, informative, and practical workshops, books and facilitation tools. She adeptly blends the art of experiential teaching with neuroscience and social and emotional learning. Jen works with schools colleges, universities, mental health, and community organizations across the globe, using her participant-centered and responsive approach to help educators increase meaningful academic engagement, reflection, and build community.
She is the author of Tips and Tools for The Art of Experiential Group Facilitation and Inspired Educator, Inspired Learner: Experiential, Brain-Based Activities and Strategies to Engage, Build Community, and Create Lasting Lessons. In addition, she is the creator and regular contributor to the Inspired Educator Blog at experientialtools.com.
Jen’s creativity and depth of knowledge stem from three decades of diverse experience as an educator, in mental health treatment, and in professional development and faculty teambuilding. Jen earned her M.S. in Experiential Education at Minnesota State University and continues to pursue the latest from the fields of pedagogy and educational neuroscience.
Her participant-centered, collaborative, inclusive, and welcoming style emphasizes relationship and connection. She has empowered countless educators across the globe with practical techniques, a deeper understanding of the why behind their practices, confidence, and fresh perspectives. Her workshops, community building, active academic engagement, and SEL tools and practices have strengthened educators’ and students’ ability to foster meaningful reflection, social and emotional learning, and resilient classroom and school communities.
