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Self-Care Made Simple
Self-Care Made Simple
Does your head spin with the endless healthy behaviors you think you should be doing? Do you wonder which “superfood” or new diet you should try next? Is your fitness equipment really just a clothing tree? Have you started a new exercise program only to sustain injuries? Are you plagued by pain or a chronic health condition that makes fitness difficult? Do you find yourself giving up on wellness endeavors because it’s too overwhelming to navigate the “should dos”?
The good news is that you can conquer self-care! Behavior change starts with a mindset change. By simply adding good foods to your diet, you can easily create better nutrition habits without feeling deprived. By discovering the causes of a negative association with exercise, you can start to exercise with a positive attitude, and even enjoy it!. Finally, by exploring the neuroscience of meditation, you will understand how it can physically change your brain to help you deal with stress and promote a more positive outlook. Self-care can be simple!
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Continuing Education Strands
Continuing Education Strands
Positive behavior intervention strategies
Developing Scholarly Writing: Curiosity, Reflection, Dialogue, and Model Building
Developing Scholarly Writing: Curiosity, Reflection, Dialogue, and Model Building
As educators, we regularly use the literature for educating others but don't often consider how we can share the insights, knowledge, skills, and practices we acquire over the years through our own scholarly work. The presenter will describe his 50-year journey as a writer across several disciplines, including the common challenges of writing, the role of mentors, and the importance of the qualities of curiosity, reflection, and persistence. Dr. Swenson will describe venues for publications and presentations, ways to keep current on opportunities, and resources and cautions with various outlets. The presentation will conclude with several models he uses for managing projects and generating ideas. Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences in writing and how they can develop their own models.
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Continuing Education Strands
Continuing Education Strands
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Teaching And Supporting Multilingual Learners: Ways to Support ML Students Academically and Socially
Teaching And Supporting Multilingual Learners: Ways to Support ML Students Academically and Socially
Dr. Rissling had the honor of partnering with 21 students from refugee, immigrant, and visiting professional families who participated in her dissertation study. They were willing to share their unique stories and perceptions about their high school experiences through two-way text message conversations and in-depth interviews. Important social and academic considerations emerged from the students’ stories. They had lots to say about how they felt they could be better supported socially and academically by their school communities and districts.
Dr. Rissling will share some of the participants' ideas and has invited two middle school teachers who are currently teaching in schools with multilingual learners. There will be some small group discussions and interactions throughout this presentation, with the purpose of exploring how we can better support multilingual learners academically and socially in our schools.
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Continuing Education Strands
Continuing Education Strands
English Language Learner Instruction
Computational Thinking Unplugged Activities to Support SEL Elementary Students
Computational Thinking Unplugged Activities to Support SEL Elementary Students
During this session, Jen Rosato will give an overview of computational thinking concepts and approaches as well as social-emotional learning. Computational thinking is the ability to think about problems so that they can be solved by computer algorithms and processes. While it is used in computing, it has many connections to other disciplines including science, math, social studies, literature, and more. In fact, as the Minnesota Department of Education revises subject standards, computational thinking and computer science are being incorporated into the grade-level benchmarks. Computational thinking approaches include collaborating, tinkering, and persevering, among others. These approaches can support social-emotional learning for students, or the process educators use to support children in learning ways to support managing and processing their emotions. As part of the session, attendees will have the opportunity to try out unplugged activities, or ones that do not require a computer, and how they support SEL concepts.
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Elementary (K-6)
Continuing Education Strands
Continuing Education Strands
Key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and adolescents
The Eue Fellows Program: A DEI Initiative That Can Be Replicated in Any School System - Panel Presentation
The Eue Fellows Program: A DEI Initiative That Can Be Replicated in Any School System - Panel Presentation
At no time in our history has diversity, equity, and inclusion work within our schools been more important than it is now. Yet how can we design professional development that will actually affect meaningful change within an institution? This panel discussion will focus on the Eue Fellows Program at St. Scholastica, where faculty and staff came together for one year to focus on DEI "problems of practice" within their own work environments. This program is framed in the idea that meaningful institutional change can come from the ground floor. Please join us to hear about this program, share your own experiences, and think about how it could be replicated in your schools.
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Continuing Education Strands
Continuing Education Strands
Cultural Competency
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