About this event:
This interactive two-hour workshop helps school and district leaders use the Science of Learning to strengthen instructional quality, professional learning, and schoolwide decision-making. Through hands-on activities and classroom scenarios, participants will examine how attention, memory, motivation, stress, and emotion shape learning; identify practices that improve retention and transfer; and consider what teachers need to apply these principles consistently.
Leaders will also explore how the Science of Learning can inform professional development, instructional priorities, and the adoption of new practices and technologies across a school or district.
Objectives
Participants will:
Connect key principles of how the brain learns to instructional quality and school improvement.
Recognize how attention, memory, motivation, and cognitive load affect student learning and growth.
Identify high-impact practices that improve retention, transfer, and independent learning.
Determine what teachers need in order to apply these principles consistently and effectively.
Identify leadership actions that support schoolwide implementation, coherence, and sustained change.
Schedule:
February 17, 2027: 9:00 am - 11:00 am CT
Location: In-person at CESA 2
Price: Free, drinks and light refreshments provided
Content Questions: Meghan Cropp (meghan.cropp@cesapurchasing.org)
Registration Questions: events@cesa2.org