Jennifer Stantchfield
Jen Stanchfield inspires group facilitators and educators worldwide with engaging, informative, practical workshops and books. By emphasizing relationships and connection, she blends the art of experiential teaching and facilitation with neuroscience and social and emotional learning.
She earned her B.S. in Therapeutic Recreation from the University of New Hampshire and her M.S. in Experiential Education at Minnesota State University.
With her creative and responsive approach, Jen works with schools, colleges, mental health, and community organizations across the globe, helping practitioners increase meaningful engagement and reflection and build community.
She is the author of Tips and Tools for The Art of Experiential Group Facilitation and Inspired Educator, Inspired Learner: Experiential, Brain-Based Activities and Strategies to Engage, Build Community, and Create Lasting Lessons. In addition, she is the creator and regular contributor to the Inspired Educator Blog at experientialtools.com.
Master Class 1:
Inspire, Engage, Connect, and Integrate
Join this interactive workshop and fill your toolbox with brain-based methods to enliven teaching, training, counseling, group work, and meetings with engaging, experiential techniques. Explore practical ways to cultivate belonging, participant voice, choice, and ownership of learning. Gain insights into the art and science of intentional facilitation design and sequencing to maximize all learners' involvement. Integrate academic, training, or counseling lesson content with essential life skills, social-emotional, and 21st-century Skills.
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Collaborative, learner-centered ways to create and maintain joyful and inclusive learning communities
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Intentional approaches for promoting involvement, voice, choice, and ownership of learning
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Experiential, brain-based techniques to teach and review academic, counseling, and training content
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Practical strategies to integrate social-emotional, relational, and life skills with training, academics, or program content that you can facilitate with simple materials and adapt to various audiences
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Facilitation strategies to make experiential learning successful, including techniques for sequencing learning experiences, group management techniques, and program design.
Master Class 2:
Guiding Reflection for Lasting Lessons
Join this interactive workshop and explore engaging ways to take advantage of teachable moments and bring learning to life with engaging, participant-centered reflection. Enliven the traditional reflection circle with engaging, brain-based reflection methods, including movement, metaphor, art, and interactive dialogue, to increase emotional connection, relevancy, and depth of understanding. Promote voice, choice, ownership, and application of learning. Facilitate strong beginnings and optimistic endings beyond the group work experience.
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Increase relevancy, meaning, depth of understanding, and application to future learning
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Insights into the concept of ongoing reflective practice, and dynamic ways to weave reflection throughout and beyond classroom experiences
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Compelling neuroscience research that informs purpose, techniques, and best practices for reflection
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Practical methods to integrate art, metaphor, self-reflection, objects, active dialogue, and movement
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Deepen learning through emotional connection, relevancy, and meaningful reflection using multiple pathways, including imagery, active dialogue, and more
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Strategies for increasing choice, voice, and ownership in reflection
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Techniques for sequencing reflection to maximize learning
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New perspectives on the language used in reflection
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Insights into reflective practice, neuroscience-informed ways to view reflection as an ongoing and enjoyable part of learning experiences rather than an "add-on" or didactic "follow-up."