5th Annual STEP Alumni Conference
November 5, 2022
Welcome to the STEP Alumni Conference 2022: Priority, Purpose, and Pedagogy
Priority: What do we let go of?
Purpose: What do we hold onto?
Pedagogy: What do we do?
Special thanks to:
Our Alumni Planning Committee Members: Rafael Perez-Segura, STEP 2017, Anna Roberds, STEP 2015, Olivia Ray, STEP 2017, Tiffany Hsieh, STEP 2019, Kyle Hillebrecht, STEP 2010, Kathy Peng, STEP 2014 and Lani Matsumara, STEP 2014. See our team on our About Us Page!
The Stanford Graduate School of Education, I-Han Go Liang and the GSE Alumni Relations team, and our STEP staff
FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT DURING THE DAY: email Polly Diffenbaugh at pdiffenbaugh@stanford.edu or by phone at 650-223-9421
Welcome and Keynote
9:00-10:00 am Welcome and Keynote:
Equations for Enoughness: Schemas for Personal and Professional Sustainability
As Carol Dweck and her colleagues have taught us, mindsets matter. And yet, many of us were never taught to consider the quality and quantity of the “ingredients in our recipes” for fulfilling AND sustainable personal and professional lives. In this session we will explore just a few of these factors for fulfillment, schemas for satisfaction, and equations for enoughness. Donnovan Somera Yisrael draws from ancient wisdom, modern science and 30 years of experience as a presenter, educator and coach. His work is informed by fields such as health education, behavior change, wellness, positive psychology, emotional intelligence, behavioral economics and grief and loss.
Donnovan's Slides from Today's Session
The Role of Public Media in Supporting Educators
Food Justice in the Elementary Grades: An example unit using the five pursuits
Gender-Inclusive Biology (1 hour)
Aligning Priorities with Action: Engaging with Stories to Imagine and Cultivate Change (1 hour)
Teaching Black History in the Elementary Classroom
Visions of the Future: Futures thinking and Healing-Centered Education
The Mindful Education Warrior: Balance and Serving Your Mission
Contextualizing Ourselves: Humanizing Students Through Autoethnography
Number Talks with Questions/Comments to Encourage Student Voice
Building on the Wisdom of Students using Heart Maps
Keep Calm and Use Mindfulness: Mindfulness for Teachers AND Students
Returning to Right Relationship: A Climate-Focused World History Classroom
Lessons from the Bus: place-based learning and the power of community
Schools Grieve, Too: A Death Doula’s Guide to Nurture Schools, Teachers, & Children Through Grief & Loss
12:00-12:25 Lunch + Stretch + Take Care of YOU! (25 min)
12:25 Return to Supervisory
Join one of the STEP Staff to reconnect with your colleagues and wish you were eating pizza. We will also process the work of today and talk about connections to your own classrooms and what you are currently thinking about and working on.
12:25 Guided Journaling with Anna
Reflect on your learning for the day through a guided journalling session focusing on your priority, purpose and pedagogy with prompts from "The Lightmaker's Manifesto"
Closing Session
12:50-1:15
Join the alumni conference planners for discussion, reflection and setting next steps.
Exit ticket for Today (you can fill it out after watching recordings as well!)
Thanks so much for joining us at the alumni conference today!! We are still looking for alumni representatives/liaisons for many of our STEP classes. If you are interested, please email Polly at pdiffenbaugh@stanford.edu or our conference co-chairs Rafa Perez-Segura at rafael.perezsegura@gmail.com or Anna Roberds at annaroberds@gmail.com