Learning at Our Edges: Growing (Up) at Work
Details
Date: May 15, 2021
Time: 9:00 AM HKT (90 Minutes)
Audience: School leaders (Heads, Principals, Assistant Principals and other leaders in management) and counselors.
(Free to all EARCOS member schools)
Non-member: USD $100
Description
We have seen on greeting cards the sentiment, "Adulting is Hard," and all humor aside, it is! Especially at this moment in time when things are so uncertain and so ever shifting. At this moment it is critically important that we strive to develop ourselves, not just as educators, but as human beings. What can we do to be bigger and better versions of ourselves as collaborative team members and as leaders? This workshop, based on Jennifer's new book, Stretching Your Learning Edge: Growing (Up) at Work, will look at five facets of being our best selves at work – the skills and abilities to know our identities, suspend certainty, take responsibility, engage with reciprocity, and build resiliency. Join us to consider what it means, in practice, to develop our skills and capacities as the lead learners in our schools.
About Jennifer
Jennifer Abrams is an international educational and communications consultant for public and independent schools, universities and non-profits. Jennifer trains and coaches teachers, administrators and others on new teacher/employee support, having hard conversations, collaboration skills and being your best adult self at work.
In her over two decades at Palo Alto Unified School District (Palo Alto, CA, USA), Jennifer was a high school English teacher, new teacher coach, and professional development facilitator. She left PAUSD in 2012 to start her full time communications consultancy in which she works with schools and organizations across the globe.
Jennifer presents at annual North American-based conferences such as Learning Forward, ASCD, NASSP, NAESP, AMLE, ISACS and the New Teacher Center Annual Symposium among others. Internationally, she facilitated with the Teachers’ and Principals’ Centers for International School Leadership (TTC and PTC) and presents with EARCOS, NESA, ECIS, AISA, AASSA, CEESA and Tri-Association, and consults with schools across Asia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Canada.