Friday June 21, 2019
6:00 – 8:00 pm All guests are welcome to join us for a reception at the Rec Hall
Saturday June 22, 2019
8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 – 9:30 The Human Brain: Setting the Stage, with Eva Dwight and Michael Gurian
Brain Break
9:35 – 11:30 Keynote, Michael Gurian, Protecting the Emotional Lives of Boys and Girls
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch, Discussion of the Boy Crisis in America, Saving Our Sons, and Suicide/Violence Prevention led by Michael Gurian
12:30 – 1:30 First Afternoon Workshop, Concurrent Sessions
The Power of Diversity: Teaching and Mentoring Latino Boys and Girls, with Hicxell Wester
Boys and Girls Learn Differently, with Rob Kodama, Part I. For individuals becoming certified trainers, it is a required course.
Why Did You Do That? I…Uh…Don’t Know! with Joseph Moody
Break
1:45 – 2:45 Second Afternoon Workshop, Concurrent Sessions
The Pressured Child: Helping Children Navigate and Heal Their Worry and Anxiety, with Abigail Wald
Raising and Educating Boys in the #MeToo World, with Tim Wright
Boys and Girls Learn Differently, with Rob Kodama, Part II. For individuals becoming certified trainers, it is a required course.
Break
3:00 – 4:00 Meeting with Michael Gurian, Eva Dwight, and people interested in becoming Gurian Certified Trainers. Renewing Trainers are also welcome.
Sunday, June 23, 2019
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Tour of Army and Navy Academy, and Q & A with Student and Faculty.
9:00 – 10:15 Keynote, Dr. Glynetta Deshon Fletcher, Trauma and Learning: Gender-Specific, Trauma-Informed Strategies for Helping Children Learn and Grow
Break
10:30 – 11:30 Featured Workshop, Dr. Glynetta Deshon Fletcher, Working with Children of Color in the Classroom and in Their World
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch, Discussion and Action Planning on The Minds of Girls, Girl Drama, and Girls and STEM, led by Michael Gurian
12:30 – 1:30 Afternoon Workshops, Concurrent Tracks
The Digital Child: Helping Them Take the Best and Leave the Rest, with Abigail Wald
Becoming a Man: A New Approach to Masculine Development, with Rob Kodama
Using Brain Science to Improve Classroom Management, with Eva Dwight
Break
1:45 – 2:45 Afternoon Workshops, Concurrent
Raising and Educating Boys in a #MeToo World, with Tim Wright
Soothing the Stress Response in Girls and Handling Girl Drama, with Eva Dwight
The Power of Single Sex Classrooms and Environments, with Amy Coe
Break
3:00 – 3:30 Closing Activity for Conference Participants.
All keynotes and workshops highlight gender-friendly theory and strategies applicable to both coeducational and single sex classrooms, schools, and academies.
Schedule is subject to changes and additions.
Monday Morning, Certification of Trainers Session, 8:00 – 11:30, for those individuals becoming Gurian Certified Trainers
Transportation: If you are flying into the San Diego airport, Uber or Lyft can bring you from the airport to Carlsbad. It’s about a 40-minute drive, depending on traffic. Also, your hotel may have shuttle services.
Address:
Army and Navy Academy
2605 Carlsbad Blvd
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Hotels: There are multiple hotels to choose from in Carlsbad, many of which are close to the beach. We suggest you plan ahead to make your reservations while the hotel prices are lower. As time gets closer to summer, the hotels raise their prices. Here are three in close proximity to the conference.
West Inn and Suites, 760 448-4500.
Best Western, 760 729-1151.
Hilton Garden Inn, 760 476-0800.
There are many other hotels in Carlsbad. If you Google, “Hotels in Carlsbad, CA” a number of others in various price ranges will be featured and listed.
Meals, Snacks, and Beverages
Lunches for both Saturday and Sunday are provided, as well as snacks on Friday evening and snacks and coffee/water during Saturday and Sunday.
Certificates of Participation
Upon request, participants who complete the two days of training will receive a Certificate of Participant for 14 hours; participants who also complete Monday morning’s certification training will receive 17 hours.
Learning and Training Objectives
Describe how the field of gender neuroscience is altering what you know about the psychology and education of children and adolescents.
Discuss specific needs and issues of boys and girls from birth to adulthood, including analysis of the gender spectrum, with focus on both academics and social-emotional development.
Assess how generally institutionalized educational, counseling, and parenting models do or do not fill the specific developmental needs of girls and boys.
Identify new logic models and strategies for motivation, learning, and behavioral intervention.
Summarize key stressors and social-emotional factors that differ between girls and boys.
Demonstrate new strategies for learning, counseling, and assessment, including strategies for working with highly sensitive girls and boys.
Implement new strategies and practical tools beyond the training institute, in your own curricular areas and environments.
Target Audience: educators, administrators, counselors, social workers, early childhood specialists, coed and single sex educators, parents, mentors, coaches, government agency professionals, and policy makers working with children and young adults.
More Workshops
The Power of Single Sex Classrooms and Cultures, with Amy Coe, Assistant Dean of Academics, Army and Navy Academy. This workshop is designed for teachers, administrators, counselors, and all those interested in developing a deeper understanding of what works in single sex school cultures, and why. The workshop is divided into three sections: useful brain-based sex differences based on Michael Gurian’s work; practical classroom strategies for teacher and student mentoring of boys and girls; and strategies to nurture the nature of boys and girls in single sex school “emotional” cultures (the hidden worlds of both boys and girls).