On Saturday, April 27, 2024, I’ll be giving a talk at TEDx Wilmington in Delaware entitled “Can Five Practices Restore JOY in Education?”
[Spoiler Alert: The answer is YES. These five brain-friendly practices in the classroom made learning a blast for my students and made me love teaching again.]
And this is where YOU come in.
If you’re a parent or teacher, and you would like your children or students to experience JOY in education, to LOVE going to school, and you would like to see teachers less harried and much happier, talk to teachers and administrators at your school about doing an EMPOWERED SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM.
I’ll walk teachers through how to painlessly implement these five evidence-based, brain-friendly, synergistic practices that MAKE TEACHING AND LEARNING FUN while they save time!
These five practices become part of the classroom routine where students get to PREPARE their brains for learning, define a PURPOSE for their efforts, and provide a simple way for students’ brains to PROCESS what they learn for sticking power.
My students enjoyed a supportive environment and kicked booty on the standardized tests. Would you like those things for your kids too?
I’ll do an Empowered School Pilot for FREE for the first two schools that make a commitment for the summer or fall terms in exchange for data, a quick weekly survey.
This is a weekly quick Google Form that takes 2 to 3 minutes to complete – I promise.
Will you help me prove we can restore joy in education with these five simple, synergistic practices that produce amazing results—for both students and teachers? That is; will you help me to provide a simple way to create a supportive, cohesive classroom community where students learn in accordance to how their brains acquire, store, and use information?
LET’S MAKE EDUCATION MORE FUN AND EFFECTIVE IN RESPECT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS!
Dr. Dan Young, founding director of the Wharton-AltFinance Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, curates TEDx Wilmington. This TEDx event is in the top one percent of all TEDx franchises in the country, with more than 52 million views on YouTube.
This is a BIG DEAL! My talk was chosen to be one of eighteen speakers out of several hundred applications.
Would you like to be responsible for sparking a renaissance in education in this country—for restoring JOY in education?
Let’s make this talk count by getting a commitment from your school, or several teachers at your school, to participate in an EMPOWERED SCHOOL PILOT.
We need data, real numbers, to show how this simple, yet powerful, brain-friendly combination of five practices supercharges learning in all areas.
These practices are the nitrous racing fuel for boosting brainpower in social, emotional, and academic learning—without the politics.
After the TEDx Wilmington event on Saturday, April 27, we’ll need to wait for the TED (Technology, Education, and Design) organization to review the video and release the YouTube link so we can all watch it.
I’m told this takes from one to six months! (I promise to make the link available as soon as I get it.)
In the meantime, let’s set up an Empowered School Pilot, so your children or students can have their best school year yet!
Note: I’ll be traveling in April and May, 2024 so my calendar availability is tight for the next five weeks. If you can’t find a convenient time for a conversation, please send an email to trish@thebrainstages.com, and we’ll come up with a time that works.
I’m so excited to have the opportunity to share “my idea worth spreading” at the TEDx Wilmington event this Saturday! I hope you’ll decide to join me in being a catalyst to restoring the JOY in education.
Best possible wishes for you and the children in your life,
Trish Wilkinson
Coauthor Brain Stages: How to Raise Smart, Confident Kids and Have Fun Doing It, workshop facilitator, and coach
