Cultivate Authentic Engagement with Brainpower and Cultural Awareness

Your kids may be doing the work, but are they authentically engaged? How can you intentionally support them as they take charge of their learning?

An effective way for our students to become insightful is by teaching them about the brain. When they gain self-awareness and understand how the brain works, they can take charge of their learning and embrace productive struggle.

In Part 1, we focus on the Basics to Brainpower. In Part 2, we enrich perspective by explaining how Deep Culture drives information processing. The relationship between the two cultivates authentic engagement and transformational learning communities.

Self-Care with Project GLAD Co-Creator Linnea Haley

We had the honor to host a very special Be GLAD webinar this month with Project GLAD Co-creator, Linnea Haley. 

She discussed her history with Be GLAD, shared some tips for quieting our minds, and extended an invite to learn an additional way to take care of ourselves. 

Social Justice Webinar Part 2

This is the second part in a 2 part series to help further our work in promoting social justice in the classroom. Thank you again to Zipporah Smith and Luis Pelayo Zepeda, two of our outstanding Be GLAD Certified Agency Trainers, for sharing their expertise with this webinar. Zipporah and Luis shared some powerful tips for facilitating meaningful conversations about social justice with students.​

Social Justice Webinar Part I

Thank you to Zipporah Smith and Luis Pelayo Zepeda, two of our outstanding Be GLAD Certified Agency Trainers, for sharing their expertise on this week's webinar. Zipporah and Luis shared some powerful tips for facilitating meaningful conversations about social justice with students.​

Engaging Instructional Strategies for Distance Learning - Be GLAD Educator Webinar Series

Thank you to our incredible Be GLADucators Luis Pelayo Zepeda, Wanda Soto Stakley, and Ronald Martinez for sharing their expertise on this week's webinar. Luis shared ways to increase student engagement by using the Graphic Organizer Input Chart virtually. Wanda and Ronald modeled the Narrative Input Chart digitally, showing just how fun and interactive this strategy can be done.

If you missed this week's webinar, you can watch it by clicking on the above image. We're GLAD to help!

Focus & Motivation During Distance Learning - Be GLAD Educator Webinar Series

Thank you to Michelle Johnson and Mary-Ann Rinaldi, two outstanding Be GLAD Certified Agency Trainers from the International Charter School, for sharing their expertise on this week's webinar. Michelle and Mary-Ann provided some awesome tools to support the Big Book and Inquiry Chart strategies in a virtual setting. Check out their ideas, make comments and add questions on Padlet (link below in blog text).

If you missed this week's webinar, you can watch it by clicking on the above image. We're GLAD to help!