Date: August 5, 2025
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Type: In-Person
Location: WCU Biltmore Park
28 Schenck Pkwy
Asheville, NC 28803
Fee: No Fee
Audience: K-12 Educators, School Administrators and District Superintendents
CEUS: 5 Contact Hours
Description:
If you have additional questions, contact Jan Webster at jwebster@wresa.org
Date: April 29, 2025
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Type: In-Person
Location: WRESA
200 Ridgefield Ct, Suite 206
Asheville, NC 28806
Fee: $45 WRESA Members
$70 Non-members
**NOTE: We have a No Refund policy for our WRESA courses. However, you
are welcome to send a colleague in your place. Contact LaDonna Sluder at
lsluder@wresa.org or 828-774-5681 (ext 102) if you need to change the
name of the person attending.
CEUs: 5 Contact Hours
Audience: 3-8 Educators and Coaches
What to Bring: Your own device
Description: Testing season is a challenging time. It is full of rigor and pressure. These conditions actually present the perfect opportunity for Social Emotional Learning. Explore how SEL can be incorporated into and drive engagement in rigorous tasks. This session will outline an experiential framework for SEL, engage participants in model activities, and provide supportive and collaborative planning time to bring joy, reflection, and rigor into the remainder of the year.
Presenter: Brian Randall from the NC Center for Resilience and Learning will be your presenter. Brian is a passionate public school educator who strongly believes in the transformative power of resilience-informed practices. Brian has taught grades 3-6. He is an experiential educator who focused on integrating social emotional learning strategies into daily curricula. After graduating from Brevard College, Brian taught at Hall Fletcher Elementary School. He then accepted the director role of the In Real Life afterschool network, coordinating hundreds of programs for middle schoolers. Brian authored a handbook for social-emotional learning and led training for afterschool providers statewide. Brian was the strategic planner for the Wilson Foundation YMCA afterschool initiative, where he designed systems to address systemic health outcomes.
If you have additional questions, contact Jill Chambers at jchambers@wresa.org
