Podcast with CharacterStrong
I spoke on my new book Kids Before Content: An Educator’s Guide on Social-Emotional Learning Competencies with Character Strong (August 25, 2023).
Gaithersburg Book Festival
The Gaithersburg Book Festival on May 20, 2023.
The Gaithersburg Book Festival is a celebration of the written word and its power to enrich the human experience. Their mission is to foster an interest in reading, writing, and literary conversation.
I promoted both my books at this event.
InnoVAte
InnoVate 2023 Conference with Agile Richmond on March 24, 2023
Understand and Apply Emotional Intelligence
Are you curious to learn more about emotional intelligence and how to use it in your day-to-day work and personal life? Why does Emotional Intelligence matter? We will be exploring the theory through each competency of self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills, and social awareness. This session comes with questions to ponder and a discussion of practical ways to incorporate emotional intelligence into your everyday living.
Teachers Fest’s An Evening of Elegance
Awards Ceremony on September 24, 2022 Oxon Hill, MD
Teachers Festival is organized by a group of seasoned educators and administrators, under the leadership of Howard University graduate and minority business owner, Dr. Soyini Richards, who has over 27 years of experience in education as a grade school teacher, professor, and school psychologist. The support team consists of a wide range of conference and program advisors. The organizers are among the most experienced people from distinguished organizations including K-12 schools, colleges, universities, online programs, teachers' unions, and more.
Southern Conference on Language Teaching
Conference from March 31, 2022 - April 2, 2022 in Norfolk, VA
SCOLT collaborates with other organizations at the state, regional, national, and international levels to promote universal World Language education supported by the community, valued by political and business leaders, encouraged by parents and peers, and taught by exemplary instructors.
Kids Before Content: A Guide on Social-Emotional Learning Competencies
Reflect upon each emotional intelligence competency through questions and share out during the presentation. Learn from participants and share your knowledge on ways you have learned to incorporate emotional intelligence practices at work and at home.
Teachers Fest
Virtual Extravaganza occurred for Teachers on June 26, 2021 at 7pm EST
Teachers Festival celebrates the hard work of educators. We applaud educators, learn from pillars in the field, share best practices, and present innovative ideas.
This year's virtual extravaganza is built around presentations from A-List celebrities, motivational speaker segments, special recognition as well as other sessions that prioritize self-care, health, entertainment & giveaways.
Instagram Live with Teachers Fest
Instagram Live event on June 3, 2021 at 7:30pm EST
Dr. Soyini Richards, the Founder of Teachers Fest and Dr. Renee Carr, EdD discuss future projects, the release of Accountability in the Classroom, and teaching during the pandemic. They field questions from the audience.
Podcast with CharacterStrong
I speak on my book Accountability in the Classroom: Using Social-Emotional Learning to Guide School Improvement with Character Strong (May 7, 2021).
Past Conference Presentation at GWATFL
Using Social-Emotional Learning to Improve the World Language Classroom (March 2021) virtual
The world language classroom is an excellent place for students to build positive relationships and persevere while learning about new cultures and a new language. The teaching of social-emotional learning makes teaching more effective, and students more receptive to new and old content. Social-emotional learning has many benefits including its ability to instill ever-lasting positive change for both students and staff, even outside the in-person or virtual classroom.
Link to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=VySMBHPhhyU&fbclid=IwAR0BP9vjAEYQiIcotUfmf4J7ptISUXYestIcxxcE9UwuWC5AFDP315qs2NI
Past Conference Presentation at FLAVA
Social-Emotional Learning and the World Language Classroom (October 2020) virtual
Schools are places where educators nurture both knowledge and social competencies in future citizens. This session will address how social and emotional learning can be taught in the World Language classroom to improve outcomes in the target language.
Past Conference Presentation at CREATE
“Balancing Out” the Integration of Social and Emotional Learning in School Accountability: A Comparative Case Study of Two Schools’ Journeys (October 2018) in Williamsburg, VA
For the first time, many states are encouraged to track how well schools are developing the “soft” facilitators of learning, such as educator and student engagement, school climate and culture, and students’ social and emotional learning (SEL) growth. Evidence on the importance of these “soft” skills has become more prominent in recent years, and that is another reason why the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) incorporated them. This expanded approach to nurturing student learning for educators provides access to new forms of information that may help balance traditional accountability system assessments.
Past Conference Presentation at CREATE
Balancing Out the Integration of Social and Emotional Learning in School Accountability Systems (October 2016) in Louisville, KY
The proposed study is an exploratory comparative case study that explains how two high schools with different performance trajectories utilize SEL in their attempt to improve student learning. The study explores how school based teachers and administrators who work in different contexts utilize and operationalize SEL at the classroom and school levels.