Childhood Development/Parenting
From Pitch to Purpose: A Focused Introduction to Moving from Performance to Presence (Speaker: Heather Walter)
Posted: March 5, 2026 at 4:27 pm
You’ve been trained to pitch. To package. To walk into the room with the polished deck and the vision people can rally around. And it works — until it doesn’t. This 90-minute session is for leaders who’ve started to feel the gap between the presentation and the transformation. Between the plan and what actually moves. […]
A/V requirements: LCD Projector and Screen
Play Action Leadership: Learning Strategic Change Moves (Speaker: Heather Walter)
Posted: March 5, 2026 at 4:21 pm
Here’s the thing about change: most leaders try to push through resistance head-on. They announce the initiative, build the deck, get the buy-in, and then wonder why six months later nothing actually moved. It’s not because the strategy was wrong. It’s because the play was too obvious. In football, a play action pass works because […]
A/V requirements: LCD Projector and Screen
The Unfold Lab: Leaders Turning Potential Into Motion (Speaker: Heather Walter)
Posted: March 5, 2026 at 4:18 pm
You’re not stuck because you don’t know enough. You’re stuck because what you know isn’t moving. It’s sitting in the meeting that keeps circling the same agenda. In the feedback you’ve been meaning to give. That’s stored potential. The Unfold Lab is where leaders learn to stop containing what they have and start activating it. […]
A/V requirements: Internet Access, LCD Projector, Screen
Transgender and Gender Expansive Children in Families and Schools (Speaker: Colleen Vesely)
Posted: August 4, 2023 at 3:01 pm, Last Updated: May 31, 2024 at 2:50 pm
This topic focuses on the experiences of trans and gender expansive children (children who identify or express their gender outside of the male/female gender binary) and offers strategies for adults (parents, teachers, couches) who work with gender expansive children to ensure affirming care. Resources for additional information and supports will be offered.
A/V requirements: Internet Access, Laptop, LCD Projector
Immigrant Families (Speaker: Colleen Vesely)
Posted: August 4, 2023 at 3:00 pm, Last Updated: May 31, 2024 at 2:50 pm
This topic focuses on immigration trends in the US and the experiences of immigrant families, especially in terms of parenting and education. Strategies for understanding and working with immigrant families across a number of sectors will be offered.
A/V requirements: Internet Access, Laptop, LCD Projector
Sustainable and Accountable Family Engagement in Education (Speaker: Colleen Vesely)
Posted: August 4, 2023 at 2:58 pm, Last Updated: May 31, 2024 at 2:50 pm
This topic focuses on strengths-based family engagement for equity in education. First, the six principles of family engagement and their connection with equitable outcomes will be discussed. Second, how family engagement can be considered at individual levels of accountability and responsibility (i.e., individual teachers, individual schools), as well as at systems-level (i.e., school systems, local […]
A/V requirements: Internet Access, Laptop, LCD Projector
Prevent, Reinforce, and Teach (Speaker: Christan Coogle)
Posted: October 13, 2021 at 2:58 pm, Last Updated: May 31, 2024 at 6:21 pm
Dr. Coogle will provide a seminar to support educators and parents who have the goal of decreasing challenging behaviors and increasing more desirable behaviors. Dr. Coogle will focus on how to prevent challenging behavior, identify the function of challenging behaviors, and how to teach more appropriate or desired behaviors. Opportunities will be provided for discussion […]
A/V requirements: Flip Chart, Internet Access, LCD Projector, Screen, White Board and Markers
Supporting Educator’s Use of Best Practice (Speaker: Christan Coogle)
Posted: October 13, 2021 at 2:57 pm, Last Updated: May 31, 2024 at 6:22 pm
Dr. Coogle will provide a step by step process which can be embedded within teacher’s everyday activities and routines to support the attainment of individualized education program goals. Dr. Coogle will share step by step information and provide opportunities for questions and discussion.
A/V requirements: Flip Char, Internet Access, LCD Projector, Screen, White Board and Markers
Supporting Parents to Enhance Their Child’s Development (Speaker: Christan Coogle)
Posted: October 13, 2021 at 2:55 pm, Last Updated: May 31, 2024 at 6:22 pm
Dr. Coogle will provide a step by step process which can be embedded within everyday activities and routines to support their child’s development. This is particularly useful for families who have a child with a developmental delay or disability; however, is best practice for all children. Dr. Coogle will share step by step information and […]
A/V requirements: Flip Chart, Internet Access, LCD Projector, Screen, White Board and Markers
Polarization’s Children: Political Socialization in the Age of Hatred (Speaker: Jeremy Mayer)
Posted: July 23, 2021 at 2:46 pm, Last Updated: May 31, 2024 at 6:26 pm
This is part of an ongoing research project looking at whether polarized parents pass along their hatred to their children. It is derived from a proprietary data set of 1,048 pairs of parents and middle school children.
A/V requirements: Laptop, LCD, Screen
Writing and Meditation (Speaker: Don Gallehr)
Posted: September 29, 2014 at 8:26 pm, Last Updated: June 3, 2024 at 8:18 pm
Meditation has long been considered an allied activity with writing. Both include focusing of the mind and a watching of inner speech. This talk also includes the use of secularized koans or word puzzles to tap the writer’s intuition to solve the more perplexing problems facing the writer.
A/V requirements: None
Transnational and Transracial Adoption and the Changing Faces of American Families (Speaker: Linda Seligmann)
Posted: September 29, 2014 at 7:51 pm, Last Updated: June 4, 2024 at 5:45 pm
Speaker has completed major project on changing faces of American family. Will discuss multiple impacts of transnational and transracial adoption on family-making in the U.S. Seligmann’s book, Broken Links, Enduring Ties: American Adoption across Race, Class, and Nation (Stanford University Press, 2013) examines the experiences of families who have adopted from China, Russia, and those […]
A/V requirements: Flip Chart, Laptop, LCD, Screen
Teaching Writing and Using Writing to Learn (Speaker: Don Gallehr)
Posted: September 29, 2014 at 3:48 pm, Last Updated: June 4, 2024 at 5:50 pm
As director of the Northern Virginia Writing Project from 1978 to 2011, I’ve been involved with improving the teaching of writing in area schools, public and private K-University. This talk is intended for teachers, parents and educators interested in improving writing in their institutions.
A/V requirements: None
College Access (Speaker: Lewis Forrest II)
Posted: September 10, 2014 at 12:06 pm, Last Updated: June 5, 2024 at 3:30 pm
Topics: Well-Being, student transition, retention, and engagement.
A/V requirements: Internet, Laptop, LCD, Screen