What If? Strategies for Uncovering the Hidden Potential of Under-Resourced Students

Wednesday January 30, 2019
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Great Hall 3501 G

What if we could better understand why our under-resourced students are failing to scratch the surface of their potential? What if we knew better how to respond when learners appear hopeless, disengaged, or unmotivated? What if we knew which teacher and school moves yield greatest returns on our investments of time, energy, and emotion? While life with limited resources can negatively impact development and school achievement, effective educators can matter more! Explore ways to implement a sustained, action research-based project informed by neuroscience that is uniquely designed to reveal the often-hidden potential of all learners. Take away budget-neutral actionables, along with access to 25 research-based and high-yield strategies that are critical for the positive brain change and engagement that led to dramatic school improvements. Gain access to a model for personalized implementation, and resources for ongoing use during independent or in-school professional study.

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Tammy Pawloski

Tammy Pawloski has led more than 1000 professional learning events for teachers, school leaders, and stakeholders, including year-long sustained projects with multiple schools and districts each year. She has devoted the last 15 years to the study of children in or of poverty—why they often struggle and which strategies have the greatest impact. Pawloski holds a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina, and has served as Director of the Center of Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Children of Poverty at Francis Marion University since 2004. She led South Carolina's development of the Add On Certification for Teachers of Children of Poverty, and, as a result, the Center under her direction was honored with the Dick and Tunky Riley What Works SC Award for Excellence in 2014. She was named a SC Boys and Girls Club Champion for Children in 2015. Pawloski is a noted expert because of her breadth of knowledge, however what resonates most with teachers and school leaders is her ability to deliver an uncommon combination of research, practice, and compelling stories from the field that both challenge and empower.
type:
Lecture
theme:
instruction
audience:
classroom leaders
topics:
neuroscience