Are you listening to me? Cultivating your active learning skills

1:00pm -1:50pm

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Session Description:

Regardless of our roles here at STCC, interpersonal communication is not easy to navigate. Even when not in a pandemic, we don't take time to reflect and improve on how we listen. During pandemic, it is even more important that we do. Join us as we develop strategies to improve our active listening skills with those we communicate the most.

A comprehensive overview of different types of listening skills will be paired with participatory activities. To get the most out of time together, this session will have personal introspection, guided role playing and group participation activities.

Presenters:

Elisabeth Cantor, LICSW, works as an Academic Counselor and Adjunct Faculty at STCC. With over 25 years of experience within the mental health field, Elisabeth honed her active listening skills while working with children and families. Elisabeth has completed trainings in Mediation Services, QPR Suicide Prevention, Adoption Competency, and as an Election Warden.

Kyle Stephanie Kraus, Instructional Designer at STCC. Prior to STCC, Kyle served at UMass Amherst in positions through Student Affairs to Academic Technology. She has consulted for Amplify, an education company, and several universities and colleges on teaching and learning in hybrid / online education. Since 2019, she has been adjunct faculty teaching First Year Experience at STCC. She is a liaison of the Massachusetts College Online (MCO), NERCOMP conference committee, and community member of the All Tech is Human organization.