Highly engaging and purposeful meeting and professional learning experiences are created using three key social and emotional learning practices:
WELCOMING INCLUSIVE OPENINGS -- Setting the Tone
ENGAGING STRATEGIES -- Sense Making, Transitions, Brain Breaks
INTENTIONAL CLOSURES -- Reflections and Looking Forward
Establishing these practices is beneficial for every adult participant and is absolutely essential for some:
Adults who walk into out professional learnings and meetings need calming, centering and focusing routines in order to participate fully.
Humans are intentionally soothed by sameness - while paradoxically our brains need freshness too. It's balancing novelty with routines and rituals that allows us to move with confidence through our work days while navigating multiple demands on time, energy and attention.
In order for the learning to be purposeful and applicable, adults need direct, concrete experiences to use what they have learned, and they need structures that promote self-direction.
Productivity and creative thinking result only when our basic human needs for safety and belonging have been met.
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