Science of Happiness and its Impact on School Culture

Date: Saturday June 9, 2018Time: 9:00amPT/10:00amMT/11:00amCT/12:00pm ETLocation: Blackboard Collaborate​As our school year comes to a close, this is often the time of year when teachers feel overwhelmed physically and emotionally. Consumed with end-of-year tasks such as grades, report cards, awards assemblies, class parties, cleaning and packing up the classroom and much more, they are completely exhausted. In this week's webinar our special guest presenter, Kim Strobel, will share [...]

Date: Saturday June 9, 2018
Time: 9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate






​As our school year comes to a close, this is often the time of year when teachers feel overwhelmed physically and emotionally. Consumed with end-of-year tasks such as grades, report cards, awards assemblies, class parties, cleaning and packing up the classroom and much more, they are completely exhausted. In this week's webinar our special guest presenter, Kim Strobel, will share her passion for happiness and her tips for helping teachers to learn more about how her happiness tips can bring renewed energy to their teaching lives.

Webinar Description: 
In her role as a happiness coach, Kim Strobel has extensively studied and researched the topics of Happiness and Positive Psychology. She has found that when one’s personal happiness increases, he or she is able to affect positive change in education and business outcomes. She captivates audiences of teachers by showing them how the Science of Happiness can help transform your classroom into one where students love to learn and are able to thrive. Kim sprinkles happiness tips and tricks into her education workshops, ensuring teachers re-enter their classrooms with renewed purpose and passion.

Kim Strobel isn’t just the owner of Strobel Education. She’s its driving force. Her wisdom, positivity, and strength inform every aspect—and it shows in the inspiring workshops she presents to teachers who seek to make a difference. She puts herself “in the trenches” with teachers because she was once there herself and knows how important support and encouragement are in creating a successful classroom.

A licensed ELA teacher for grades K-12, Kim has taught in classrooms at all grade levels during her almost 20 years as an education professional. She began her career teaching fourth grade, during which time she served on numerous committees devoted to improving the curriculum and culture of the schools. She next served as a K-12 Literacy Coordinator, helping to develop a school-wide plan to improve literacy achievement and implement new common core literacy standards. Kim found her next challenge as Director of Curriculum and Instruction for a school district, during which time she developed curriculum in all content areas, K-12; collaborated with teachers and administrators to identify instructional needs; and served as a liaison with state and local agencies. Throughout her career, Kim has been recognized at the state and local level for her achievements and contributions to the education field. And most recently, she’s taken her vision of reimagining education to the national stage as a featured keynote speaker at the Innovative Schools Summit in Atlanta, and the School Discipline Conference in Las Vegas.

Professionally, Kim’s a teacher, a consultant, a speaker, a happiness coach and an aspiring author. But her personal life is just as full. When she’s not firing up educators with her signature mix of excitement and experience, she’s a die-hard runner, an advocate for her community’s abandoned animals, and a family-oriented gal who loves spending time with her husband Scott, their four children, two grandkids, and three pups. 

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording): 
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2018-06-09.0927.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350
Tiny URL for Full Recording: https://tinyurl.com/KimStrobel-6-9-18
Recording Chat: https://tinyurl.com/KimStrobelChatLog-6-9-18
Audio Recording (mp3):Video Recording (mp4)
Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:  (links shared by participants during the session have been added to this list and also to the Livebinder)
Livebinder Link: https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=2374688
(Note: Click on tab for "Kim Strobel-Science of Happiness & School Culture" in the Livebinder).
https://www.strobeleducation.com/ (Kim Strobel’s website)
https://twitter.com/strobeled (Follow Kim Strobel on Twitter)
https://www.strobeleducation.com/about/ (About Kim Strobel)
https://www.strobeleducation.com/workshops/reimagining-education/?oprid=28 https://www.strobeleducation.com/strobelsummit/ (2018 Strobel Summit)
https://www.strobeleducation.com/keynotes/science-of-happiness/
https://www.strobeleducation.com/blog/ (Kim Strobel’s blog)
https://www.facebook.com/strobeleducation/ (Strobel Education on Facebook)
https://www.facebook.com/KimStrobelHappy/ (Kim Strobel Happiness Coach page on Facebook)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCysu6PhgvMm7I-PCqF41dHw/videos (StrobelEducation Videos on YouTube)
https://www.strobeleducation.com/reimagining-education-part-one/ (Kim Strobel: Reimagining Education: Part 1)
https://www.strobeleducation.com/reimagining-education-part-two/ (Kim Strobel: Reimagining Education: Part 2)
https://www.strobeleducation.com/what-kids-notice/ (Kim Strobel: What Kids Notice-How to Create a Safe and Loving Classroom)
https://www.strobeleducation.com/personal-happiness-or-professional-success/ (Kim Strobel: Professional Success Shouldn’t Cost You Your Personal Joy: How to find your personal balance inside and outside the classroom)
https://www.strobeleducation.com/5-ways-to-retrain-your-brain/ (Kim Strobel: 5 Ways to Retrain Your Brain-your beliefs might be holding you back from happiness)
https://www.hoonuit.com/blog/the-importance-of-health-wellness-and-emotional-wellbeing-among-educators (Jaime Donnelly: The Importance of Health, Wellness and Emotional Wellbeing Among Educators)
https://twitter.com/shawnachor (Follow Shawn Achor on Twitter)
http://www.shawnachor.com/ (Shawn Achor’s website)
https://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work (Shawn Achor TED Talk: The Happy Secret to Better Work)
http://www.shawnachor.com/the-books/the-happiness-advantage/ (Shawn Achor: author of The Happiness Advantage)
https://youtu.be/_URP3-V1sY4 (Video: Sonja Lyubomirsky: What Determines Happiness? Sonja Lyubomirsky sheds light on how much of our happiness is determined by our genes, and how much is within our power to control.)
https://www.learnexperiencehappiness.com/curriculum (Discovery Education/Life’s Good: curriculum and virtual field trip to explore the science behind happiness. Join us on our journey to understand how happiness is a learnable skill that can be achieved through the Six Sustainable Happiness Skills - mindfulness, human connection, positive outlook, purpose, generosity, and gratitude)
http://www.tarammartin.com/gratitudesnaps/ (Tara Martin: Gratitude Snaps)
https://padlet.com/tarammartin_real/gratitudesnaps (Tara Martin: Gratitude Snaps Challenge on Padlet)
http://blog.waldorfeducation.org/2016/08/happiness-classroom/ (Waldorf Education: Happiness in the Classroom)
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002489/248948E.pdf (Promoting Learner Happiness and Well Being-Happy Schools Project)
https://youtu.be/zPlfVex7HTM (TED Talk: Happiness education | Anthony Armstrong | TEDxWilmington. He teaches “to make a difference in the lives of students, and the greatest difference [he] can make is to empower their pursuit of happiness." )https://www.fastcompany.com/40528502/this-school-focuses-on-teaching-students-happiness-not-math (This School in rural India Focuses on Teaching Students Happiness, Not Math)
https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/52-favorite-inspirational-quotes-for-teachers/ (TeachThought: 52 Favorite Inspirational Quotes for Teachers)
https://www.projecthappiness.org/get-involved/education (Project Happiness Global: Teach Happiness. Research has confirmed that through intentional practices, we can actually change the neural pathways of our brain to become happier.)
https://www.projecthappiness.org/science-of-happiness (Project Happiness: Science of Happiness)
https://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/13-surprising-ways-make-happiness-habit.html (13 Surprising Ways to Make Happiness a Habit)
http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/happiness-habits/all (Oprah: 30-Second Changes that Create Long Lasting Happiness)
http://thebrainflux.com/10-habits-happy-people-research-backed-basics-happiness/ (The Brain Flux: 10 Basic Habits of Happy People Backed by Research)
Closing Slides:
https://www.strobeleducation.com/strobelsummit/ (2018 Strobel Summit)
http://learningrevolution.com  (The Learning Revolution Network created by Steve Hargadon. We now have Host Your Own Webinars again! If you would like to schedule a free public webinar on Blackboard Collaborate sign up on this site.)
http://learningrevolution.com/page/host-your-own-webinar (Host Your Own Webinar
details)
http://bit.ly/cr20liveitunesu (This link will open iTunes so you can subscribe to our video podcasts.)
https://www.youtube.com/user/Classroom20LIVE (Subscribe to Classroom 2.0 LIVE videos on YouTube)
http://tinyurl.com/CR20LIVEFeaturedTeacherNominat (Nominate a Featured Teacher for our shows--you can nominate yourself too if you’d like to present for us)
http://tinyurl.com/cr20livesurvey (Classroom 2.0 LIVE survey link to request PD certificates for live or recorded webinars)
Links added during chat have been added to the Livebinder:
https://brenebrown.com/ (Brene Brown’s website, author of The Gifts of Imperfection and more)
https://www.amazon.com/Play-Shapes-Brain-Imagination-Invigorates-ebook/dp/B001SCK720/ref=sr_1_1  (Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul by by Stuart Brown)
http://www.14news.com/story/37110872/peace-of-mind-evsc-mental-health-initiative (Shared by Susie Highley-Susan Phelps, EVSC Director of Neuroeducation: Peace of Mind: EVSC Mental Health Initiative. It is part of her job to be sure that SEL aspects are infused into all subjects and considered in things like scheduling.)
https://www.amazon.com/Hacking-School-Culture-Compassionate-Classrooms-ebook/dp/B07CJ1XL2C/ref=sr_1_1 (Shared by Trish-Hacking School Culture: Designing Compassionate Classrooms by Angela Stockman. Focuses on this aspect of happiness.  We create compassion and empathy as a dimension of self-worth and valuing others, certainly a component of emotional health.)
https://www.compassionateclassrooms.org/single-post/2018/05/06/The-Compassionate-Classrooms-Book-Club-What-You-Need-to-Know (Book Club for Hacking School Culture-Compassionate Classrooms with Angela Stockman)
http://bit.ly/2l11MSw (@plnaugle (Paula): 7 Ways To Train Your Brain To Be Happy | HuffPost)
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/06/mr-rogers-neighborhood-talking-to-kids/562352/ (Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children)