Attend the 7th Annual Executive Function Summer Summit and/or the
SMARTS August Workshop
A comprehensive toolkit for teaching EF strategies to students this fall
Attend live on Zoom, listen and view the recordings, or a combination of both
depending on your summer schedule!
(Recordings for all sessions will be available to all participants until October 1)
EF Summit details: see below
July 26,28, and August 2,4 from 11:00 am-1:00 pm EST
Register for one session for $149 or
Purchase all 4 sessions for $539
for one session or $40 off all four.
(includes a certificate of completion for 2 credit hours for each session)
SMARTS Workshop details: see below
You must be a current or soon-to-be SMARTS subscriber to attend.
August 9 and 11 from 10:00 am-1:00 pm EST
$295 (includes a certificate of completion for 7 credit hours of instruction)
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SUMMER SUMMIT SESSION DESCRIPTIONS for
July 26 and 28 and August 2 and 4
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Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D., Co-Founder and President, Institutes for Learning and Development
and Summit Chair
Over the past three years, the pandemic has created new challenges for teachers and has highlighted the importance of teaching executive function strategies at all grade levels. Students who understand their strengths and challenges and who learn to set goals, organize, prioritize, think flexibly, and self-monitor, are more motivated and are able to become independent learners. Metacognition, when integrated with executive function strategies, promotes academic success and lays the foundation for improved school performance, growth mindsets, reduced stress, and increased resilience.
In these 4 sessions, we will focus on the connections between students’ use of executive function strategies and their motivation, self-confidence, persistence, and resilience across the grades and content areas. We encourage participants to attend live for maximum peer-to-peer and presenter interaction.
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Metacognition and Executive Function: Empowering Students across the Grades to Become Independent, and Resilient Learners
Tuesday, July 26th, 2022, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EST(also recorded)
Presented by: Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D., and Suellen Inwood, M.A. Director, Individualized Program Coordinator, Easton Country Day School, CT
This presentation will provide an overview of executive function and metacognition and will focus on the what, why, and how of teaching executive function across the grades and content areas. Attendees will learn practical strategies for promoting students’ self-understanding and use of executive function strategies and for reducing stress in the classroom. Using examples from Suellen's classroom instruction, the presenters will also address techniques for assessing students’ use of EF strategies and for integrating these components into student rubrics and report card systems.
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Cognitive Flexibility and Resilience:
Shifting to overcome academic and life stresses
Thursday, July 28th, 2022, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EST (also recorded)
Assistant Director, Institutes for Learning and Development
How can executive function strategies help students to learn when they feel stuck, anxious, and overwhelmed? Join us to learn practical, hands-on strategies that help students to think flexibly, overcome obstacles, and reduce stress as they master their work at home and in the classroom.
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Reading, Writing, and Note-taking across Content Areas
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EST (also recorded)
Presented by: Donna Kincaid, M.Ed., and Wendy Stacey, M.S.
Director of Reading and Language, Institute for Learning and Development
From math and science to English, history, and world languages, success in any subject relies on the use of executive function strategies. In this session, we will discuss ways in which executive function strategies can be taught in the context of most academic tasks and how they can be embedded in the general education curriculum with minimal time and maximum impact on students’ learning.
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Social-Emotional Learning, Executive Function, and
Self-Regulation
Thursday, August 4th, 2022, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EST (also recorded)
Presented by: Michael Greschler, M.Ed., Director of SMARTS Programs, and Caitlin Vanderberg, M.Ed., SMARTS Associate
What is the relationship between emotion and executive function? How can we help students to engage in the learning process when they are overwhelmed by feelings of anxiety, stress, and frustration? Join us to learn how to promote emotional regulation and executive function strategy use in every classroom.
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Bundle pricing for the EF Summer Summit is available! Purchase all 4 sessions and save $57. If you are a current SMARTS user, you will save even more!
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"ResearchILD's Annual Summer Summit provided our teachers with the foundation for teaching executive function strategies in their classrooms so that we could all begin the new school year with a toolbox of fresh ideas and approaches!" middle school principal
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SMARTS Workshop Agenda for August 9 and 11
You must be a current SMARTS Secondary or SMARTS Elementary subscriber to attend!
The SMARTS Executive Function Curriculum is a powerful tool for teaching executive function strategies across the grades and in any classroom. As you prepare for the year ahead, it’s a great time to dig deeper into the curriculum at this year’s summer workshop.
Learn with peers from across the country and around the world. Led by experienced members of the SMARTS team, attendees will get hands-on experience with popular strategies and will spend time learning how to adapt and modify SMARTS to meet the unique needs of their students.
This year’s summer workshop will be held online via Zoom. We encourage participants to attend live for maximum peer-to-peer and presenter interaction. You will also have the opportunity to listen to the recorded sessions for a total of 7 hours of training.
Agenda:
- Getting to Know the SMARTS Curriculum – Pre-recorded
- Executive Function Strategy Instruction and Metacognition – Tuesday, 8/9
- Integrating Executive Function into Challenging Academic Tasks: From Time Management to Summarizing to Studying and More – Thursday, 8/11
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