Habits for Resilient Learners: Strengthening the “Resilience Muscle” with Amanda Brueggeman (NYSALL Webinar)

This three-part webinar series is designed to equip educators with the research-backed habits and practical strategies needed to foster resilience in K-12 students. Drawing from the “Habits for Resilient Learners” framework, the series transitions from building internal mindsets to implementing collaborative systems and navigating the complexities of the digital age.

Session 1: Foundations of Resilience: Introduction and Building Beliefs

This opening session establishes why resilience is a necessity in today’s ever-changing education landscape. We begin by introducing the Habits of Resilient Learners framework, a system of 10 research-backed, interconnected practices designed to help students navigate the “emotional and academic fog” of

disconnection and stress. Participants will explore the foundational “I” skills and how to promote internal mindset shifts that build self-efficacy with these habits: Nurturing Core Beliefs and Embracing Vulnerability.

Session 2: Strategic Persistence: Goal Setting and Scaffolding

This session provides educators with a toolkit for managing the “productive struggle” of learning. Participants  will examine how to empower students to take ownership of their academic paths through these habits: Empower Learners through Goal Setting and Persevere through Obstacles.

Session 3: The Connected Scholar: Teams and Feedback

The final session explores the social dimensions of resilience. Participants will learn to transform classrooms into high-functioning interconnected teams and establish a strengths-based feedback culture through these habits: Move From Groups to Team Collaboration and Navigate the Feedback Process.

Understanding Dyslexia: Identification, Instruction, and Support with Dr. Heidi Beverine-Curry

 In this specially designed session, participants will deepen their understanding of dyslexia and its impact on student learning. Dr. Beverine-Curry will explore early identification, structured literacy approaches, and practical classroom strategies that support students with dyslexia. This session is ideal for educators seeking to strengthen inclusive practices grounded in the Science of Reading.  - More informaiton will be provided.  

The Disengaged Teen by Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop - Book Study

Purpose:
To understand why teens disengage from school and learning—and how adults can rebuild motivation, agency, and purpose.

Outcomes:

• Identify signs and types of disengagement 

• Understand motivational modes 

• Reflect on adult behaviors that contribute to disengagement 

• Develop practical strategies for re-engaging teens

• Create a personal or group action plan

Session 1 - Focus: What does disengagement look like - and why is it happening? 

Reading - Inroduction and early chapters 

Key Concepts:

• The teen engagement crisis  

• The difference between compliance and engagement 

• Four motivational modes (overview) 

• School vs. real-world learning gap

Session 2 - Focus: Understanding how teems related differetly to learning 

Reading - Chapters explaing the four motivational modes.

Key Concepts: The four modes.

Session 3 - Focus: The Role of Adults and Systems 

Reading - Chpaters addressing achievement culture, pressure and adult behavior.

Key Concepts:

• Overemphasis on performance 

• External vs. internal motivation 

• Autonomy, belonging, and purpose  

• Adult anxiety transferring to teens

Session 4 - Focus: Re-Engagement and Action Planning 

Reading - Final chapters with solutions and examples

Key Concepts:

• Cultivating intrinsic motivation 

• Supporting exploration 

• Reframing failure 

• Expanding definitions of success

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The Math Pact - Book Study  

Join Mix and Match for a 4 week book study of The Math Pact this summer.  Read about how to teach math in a way that is consistent and meaningful for stuent, while avoidng the many shortcuts that don't stick. This will be followed with an in-person 5th meeting with Armine Gonzalez where you will discuss next steps at Schalmont.  You will sign up through the STI (we will purchase the book) AND through  Mix and Match.  

Instructional Illusions - Book Study 

Please join me for a practical and collaborative book study that will change the way your students learn! Instructional Illusions is a compact, accessible and highly practical book written by a powerhouse team of experts on the science of learning; Paul A. Kirshner, Carl Hendrick and Dr, Jim Heal. 

So much of what happens in the process of learning and instruction is obscured from view. Much like the effects of a convincing illusion, what we think we see when we observe instruction is often far from the reality. 

We will explore the ten instructional illusions through the lens of educational psychology, cognitive science, and instructional design. Together, we will consider how such illusions operate, unmask their true nature in light of the evidence, and learn powerful alternatives for authentic teaching and learning. Join me this winter to see beyond the illusion, understand and apply the true nature of instruction.