Wellbeing Belonging
Teach for Belonging
The Science of Emotions, Relationships, Engagement & Motivation in Learning
Ongoing
Positive Emotions & Relationships
Option 1: Fostering Positive Emotions & Relationships
Understand how childhood adversity and trauma affect cognition and learning. Learn how to foster positive emotions and behaviors that increase student engagement, effort and learning outcomes. Develop a better understanding of the interdependencies between cognition, emotion and behaviors to better support your students.
Topics Addressed:
- The impact of emotions on cognition and learning.
- 8 principles of Trauma-Sensitive Education
- 3 student mindsets: Growth, Belonging, and Purpose/Relevance.
- 6 essential components of Positive Education.
- 5 core competencies of Social-Emotional Learning.
- Classroom strategies to support positive emotions, engagement and positive relationships in learning.
Fostering Motivation & Engagement
Option 2: Fostering Motivation & Engagement
Student engagement often decreases with every year of schooling. Yet, student learning requires their engagement and motivation. Learn what research reveals about the most effective ways for teachers to foster student motivation and engagement in the classroom.
Topics Addressed:
- The science behind engagement and motivation.
- How to engage students including the 3 dimensions of engagement.
- How to tap into intrinsic motivation including Self-Determination Theory.
- Classroom strategies and methods that engage and motivate students.
Design your own PD with COGx
Option 3: Customized Programing
COGx can deliver customized PD from our areas of expertise translating the science of learning into evidence-based programs that improve teaching and learning outcomes. To see a complete list of topics we can deliver customized PD on, click here.
Presenters
Saskia Giebl
Learning Researcher & Collaborator, UCLA Bjork Lab
Saskia is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Bjork Learning & Forgetting Lab, UCLA.
Saskia is interested in cognitive processes that enhance long-term learning. Specifically, she focuses on types of practice that promote effective activities and conditions for long-term learning to occur. In addition, Saskia is interested in understanding the nature and function of inhibitory processes of human memory – how inhibition helps shape what we remember and forget from the past and what we imagine in our future.
Javier Arguello
Founder & Executive Director, COGx
Javier is the Founder & Executive Director of COGx, a research and development firm in applied cognitive science. Since 2010 COGx has partnered with leading academics to translate the science of learning into programs that close the gap between teaching and learning. COGx programs democratize access to decades of research on learning science, which is translated to ensure effective application and a sustainable impact for partner organizations, which include learning centers, schools and colleges. COGx programs have been adopted in Canada, North America, Latin America, the Middle East. COGx has been recognized as a leading innovator in education and endorsed by Ministries of Education.
Education:
Javier holds an undergraduate degree from George Washington University and graduate degrees from Yale & Harvard.
Ivana Zacarias worked as an educator and researcher in the Teaching Improvement Programme at the National University of San Martín (Argentina) for almost ten years. During this time, she was directed by Juan Carlos Tedesco, with whom she has also written the book “Pedagogy and democratization of university”. She has also co-authored the book “Building good schools: tools for principals”, with Dr. Silvina Gvirtz, and counts on other academic and non-academic publications. She has been a consultant for international organizations, companies, and civil society organizations in Argentina and abroad. From the Argentine State, she participated in the construction of the BEC.AR programme (2011-2014) and, between 2016 and 2018, she was Director of Learning Assessment at the Argentine Ministry of Education. Between 2020 and 2022, she worked as a researcher at SUMMA (Chile). She has been awarded many scholarships and grants, among which the Humphrey Fellow / Fulbright at Vanderbilt University (USA) (2019-2019).
Education
PhD in Education and Society, University of Barcelona (Spain) EdM in International Education Policy from Harvard University (United States)
Rosario holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology, specializing in Sociology of Education from University of Alicante. In addition, she has a Master’s degree in Teaching (K-12) from the same university, and another master’s degree in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language from Nebrija University. Rosario is an experienced educator who has taught at elementary, middle, high and college level. She has presented and shared her teaching experience using the Science of Learning and other concepts in WL conferences such as FLENJ or AATSP, and most recently has served as a teacher trainer in collaboration with NYU, Instituto Cervantes NYC among others.
Natalie Young is the Learning & Development Director at COGx. She supports COGx Partner schools in adopting programs on the Science of Learning to ensure their fidelity and success. Natalie is an experienced educator who holds a master’s degree from Teachers College at Columbia University and has served over 350 diverse learners ages 3-13. Natalie authored curriculum that was recognized at regional conferences and on expert panels. In addition, Natalie has led and coordinated school- and state-wide professional development programming. After witnessing the power of the Science of Learning as a teacher and trainer, Natalie is devoted to making a difference for students globally by way of educators.