2-Day Workshop designed for Administrators, Educators & Community Coaches
Early-bird registration, now!
Albuquerque, NM September 28 – 29
Detroit, MI October 12 – 13
Three Surprising Tools to Shape School Culture
At this hands-on, action-packed workshop, you will learn 3 simple, yet powerful, School Culture-Builders focusing on: Relationships (Kindness Clubs), Student Voice (DREAM Walls), and Gratitude (1,000 Thank Yous as seen on TEDxABQ).
These 3 Surprising Tools will give you what you need to help students overcome the obstacles in school, including poverty, health and well-being, to boost effort and engagement.
Melinda Forward is a National Board Certified Teacher with 27 years of experience teaching, presenting workshops, and developing curriculum. April 1, 2017 Melinda gave a TED talk on 1,000 Thank Yous and spread the idea of gratitude as a radical tool for change in schools.
In this workshop, she teaches leaders simple, yet powerful, strategies and techniques she developed while working with students in Title I schools. She will share invaluable project guides and step-by-step instructions to empower their students as leaders in social change in their schools, using kindness as a tool. Learn from an educator in action! Melinda will connect you with local civic projects to connect your students with community members in action.
This Training is Practical yet Research-based
Each of these tools is supported by specific research. Over the course of the two days, you will learn the connections between neuroscience, Social-Emotional Intelligence, and The Whole Child Approach as they support each of the Three Tools. You will know the WHY, the WHAT, and the HOW!
In just 2 days, you will get over 20 specific, practical, research-based engagement strategies to build POSITIVE school culture and climate You will be ready to launch your step-by-step plan to create a positive culture where everyone can THRIVE and everyone belongs.
At this event you can expect to:
- Be up and moving!
- Experience all engagement strategies first-hand
- Learn innovative solutions to address big school issues
- Understand and be ready to implement Thankful Thursday
- Create a simple, yet innovative, plan to empower students with kindness at your school
- Learn how to get “buy-in” to get support and enthusiasm from staff
- Connect with like-minded educators dedicated to changing school culture
- Leave with valuable resources, including a detailed workshop notebook
- Be excited about going back to school to inspire your students and staff!
Learn how to implement our program where students say:
“I have become more positive and learned to see the true colors of the world. I have dreamed bigger than I ever had before.”
Mathew, 11th grader
7,000 students a day are dropping out of school in the United States.
Register for this workshop so you can learn how you can change the conversation and boost students’ social, emotional, and academic achievement.
