March 3, 2020 | Hill Learning Center
 
Agenda

8:30 am      Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 am      Welcome & Opening Activity

9:15 am      Introduction: What are Our Experiences of Working with Anxious Students?

  •  Our images of anxious students: Represent & Respond

9:30 am      Part I: What Can Teachers Do to Support Students Who Get Anxious?

  • Four approaches to student anxiety

  • Simple coping tools to use in the classroom

  • Supportive accommodations for anxious students

  • Understanding anxiety as avoidance: Collaborative Conversations

  • Taking stock: Emotions & Values Audit

10:45 am      Break

11:00 am      Part I, continued

12:00 pm      Lunch

12:45 pm      Part II: How Can Teachers Empower Students to Live By Their Own Values—Even When They’re Anxious?

  • How meaningful assignments benefit anxious students (and the rest of the class)

  • Designing a meaningful assignment: Exemplar Study

  • How values work benefits anxious students (and the rest of the class)

  • Protocols for incorporating values work into academic work

  • Embedding values work: Nonjudgmental Peer Review

  • Reflection: Concentric Self-Portraits

3:00 pm      Conclusion: How Do We Know What’s Working For Our Students?

  • Using the EMPOWER self-assessment tools

3:30 pm     Adjourn
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