Pathways: Administrator PD
3-hour professional development for school administrators. Program details below.
This program includes short, engaging videos followed by reflections and activities that focus on your wellness first, then provide tools you can use every day to encourage healthy interactions & relationships within your community.
Gain a teachable framework for using challenges to build resilience.
Learn a nonjudgemental language for empathetic communication.
Understand the "Why" behind behaviors, so you can encourage mindful decision-making and reduce disciplinary issues.
Includes adaptable, suggested scripting for conflict resolution, difficult conversations, and empathetic communication
Introduction to the Course
Reference Guide Download
Intro to Neuroscience
Activity: Neuroscience
Brain Development
Activity: The Three Stages of Brain Development
Pathways
Activity: ABC - 123
Activity: Audiation
Pruning & Paving
Activity: Pruning & Paving
Neurochemicals
Activity: The Seven Cs
Activity: Getting Neurochemicals
The PFC
Activity: The PFC & Executive Function
Autonomic Nervous System
Activity: The ANS
Activity: Combat/ Box Breathing
The Four R's
Activity: The Four Rs
The Resilient Mindset Model Intro
The Four S's
Activity: The 4 S Framework
The 4 Characters of The Brain
The Ant
The Grasshopper
The Glowworm
The Dragonfly
Activity: 4 Characters in Action
R.E.A.C.T.S.
Activity: Understanding Your Triggers
Mindful Choices
Activity: Dragonfly Mindfulness
Activity: Applying the Model
Mental Health Literacy Intro
Mental Health Continuum
Activity: Mental Health Statistics
Activity: Breaking The Stigma
Protective Factors
Activity: Protective Factors
Risk Factors
Activity: Risk Factors
Prevention
Ant Tools
Activity: Understanding The Ant
Balanced Decisions
Activity: Healthy Decisions Continuum
Stress & Threat
Activity: Stress and Threat
Trauma & The Brain
Activity: The Brain's Response to Trauma
Three Types of Trauma
Activity: Collective Trauma Now
Violence, Anxiety, Depression
Coping
Activity: Coping Strategies
Mental Health Perspective
Getting Help
Resource: Signs & Symptoms
Resource: Common Mental Health Disorders
Activity: Getting Help
Mental Health Literacy: Supplemental Guide
Brain-Based Leadership Intro
Security & Autonomy
Activity: Roots and Wings
Leadership Styles
Activity: Leadership Styles
Scaffolding & Scripting
Activity: Scaffolding & Scripting
The Resilience Formula
Proactive, Not Reactive
Planning
Activity: The Resilience Formula - Planning
Implementing
Activity: The Resilience Formula - Implementing
Reflecting
Reflecting Activity
Restorative Justice
Activity: Apologies & Restorative Justice
Activity: Difficult Conversations & DEI
Self-Care for Leading
Activity: Self-Care
Crisis Leadership w/Eric J. McNulty
Activity: Leading Through Crisis
Brain-Based Leadership Supplemental Guide
Dragonflying
Staff Handouts
Dr. Donna Volpitta
Jason Schofield