Hope & Resilience

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Creating a culture empowered by hope and resilience helps solve numerous issues students, teachers, and schools face today from chronic absenteeism to motivation. Hope and resilience create the conditions necessary for future-ready, deeper learning to occur. Learn more about the Well-Being Lab by Battelle for Kids, an innovation hub dedicated to developing resources, workshops, and practices to support the comprehensive well-being of students and staff. Hope, when paired with resilience, isn’t just supportive; it’s a superpower. Together, they can transform how we approach education and well-being. 

 

The Core Four

Over 30 years of research on the science of hope and resilience converge into what we at Battelle for Kids call The Core Four. By leveraging these four principles, we create an environment where students and staff feel safe to explore, take risks, and learn from failures. We foster engagement, connection, and well-being, empowering students and staff to navigate challenges together. We cultivate a culture that enriches classrooms and impacts entire districts and communities, ensuring every student is future-ready.

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Advancing Well-Being: Building Hope and Resilience in School Communities

Join us for a free webinar | December 9 | 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET

Some of the biggest challenges we face in education today center around chronic absenteeism, lack of engagement, burnout, and declining student motivation. Discover how your school community can thrive by fostering hope and resilience through a thoughtful, systemic approach.

Join us for an engaging webinar and learn practical strategies to advance a culture that supports student and educator well-being, while also establishing the conditions necessary for future-ready, deeper learning to occur. Discover how hope, when paired with resilience, can transform how we approach education. The webinar will feature:

  • Jeffrey Brown, Superintendent, Granville Exempted Village School District (Ohio) 
  • Mike Duncan, Ed.D., President and CEO, Battelle for Kids 
  • Pam Quiñones, Superintendent, Lovington Municipal Schools (New Mexico) 
  • Sara Stockwell, Ed.S., Senior Director, Battelle for Kids 
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Today's Challenges in Education

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How the ‘Portrait of a Graduate’ Infuses Student Learning with Joy and Hope
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Students Feel Less Connected to School. Here’s Why That Matters
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Combating chronic absenteeism, more districts are working to create a “culture of belonging”
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Teens are losing interest in school, and say they hear about college 'a lot'
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The key to reengaging students? Focus on content and durable skills
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K-12 Schools Struggle to Engage Gen Z Students
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Build a Culture of Hope & Resilience

The Well-Being Lab by Battelle for Kids helps enable the conditions for learning organization’s to create a culture of success, embracing hope and resilience. We do this through several interactive workshops and labs designed to put the science of hope and resilience into practice.

Growing Our Practice
Well-Being Labs to Build Hope & Resilience

These interactive labs create an avenue to bring the science of hope and resilience research into practice.  Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the evidence-based strategies and Core Four conditions that lead to hopeful and resilient mindsets.  Through engaging discussions and hands-on practice, educators will walk away with a robust toolkit of actionable strategies to embed hope and resilience into student learning experiences. 

 

Advancing Systems
Building a Hopeful and Resilient Community 

Learn how the powerful combination of hope and resilience can be harnessed to create communities that not only survive, but thrive. Teams will develop a systems approach for fostering hope and resilience using the Core Four framework. By analyzing policy, practice, process, and partnerships through this lens, we will strengthen hope and resilience organization-wide and cultivate a positive, supportive environment for all.

Responding to Need
Tiered Supports for Hope & Resilience

Explore how tiered support can enhance hope and resilience within your educational community using practical, evidence-based strategies. Learn to apply effective interventions that meet diverse needs, fostering a nurturing environment that supports growth and well-being for all learners. 

Thriving Together
Building Family Hope & Resilience

Hope and resilience are not just essential to our overall well-being – they are empowering forces that enable us to embrace change, navigate challenges, and persevere in the face of adversity. In this workshop series, families will explore the evidence-based strategies and Core Four conditions that cultivate a hopeful and resilient mindset, enabling them to foster a supportive and thriving family environment. Through discussion and practice, families will walk away with the knowledge and skills to integrate hope and resilience science into their parenting techniques and own self-care.

Trauma & Youth Mental Health
Workshops for Educators

Trauma-Responsive Practices for Educators Workshop

This is an intensive workshop designed to equip educators with the knowledge, competencies, and practical strategies needed to support students who have experienced trauma. This training will cover an in-depth understanding of trauma, its manifestations in a school environment, and actionable approaches for creating a supportive and resilient classroom. By the end of this workshop, educators will be empowered to recognize and respond effectively to students who are impacted by trauma, fostering a safe and conducive learning environment for all.

Youth Mental Health First Aid™

Youth Mental Health First Aid™ teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among children and adolescents ages 12-18. Participants will receive the certification for Youth Mental Health First Aid™ which is effective for 3 years.  

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The Future is Ready

Ready to Learn More?

Ready to learn more about the Well-Being Lab by Battelle for Kids? Not quite sure where to start? Our approach is to begin with a conversation so we can listen and understand what you want to accomplish.

Jeff Korchinski works with education leaders to start the process. He ensures superintendents and education leaders understand how Battelle for Kids can help them engage with their communities to elevate outcomes and prepare every student for tomorrow’s world. You can email him directly, or if you are ready to have a conversation, you can schedule directly using his calendar.

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Meet Our Well-Being Lab Lead

Sara Stockwell is a senior director at Battelle for Kids and leads our innovation hub, the Well-Being Lab by Battelle for Kids.

Sara brings over two decades of dedicated experience in public education and well-being advocacy – a passion rooted in her personal experience overcoming adversity. This drive propelled her through various roles in public education, beginning as a school psychologist and evolving into pivotal leadership positions.

Having served as both an Executive Director of Student Services and Well-Being and Executive Director of Pupil Services, Sara orchestrated comprehensive mental health support systems, including suicide prevention programming, threat assessment frameworks and crisis preparedness strategies. During her tenure, she expanded essential programs in social work, school counseling, and health services to foster student well-being. Engaging community partners, Sara developed innovative programs to improve attendance, spearheaded alternative discipline programming that reduced suspension rates, secured grants to address food and health insecurities, and created inclusive programming for students with diverse learning needs.

Her work at Battelle for Kids has focused on research and curating content for hope, resilience, well-being, and trauma-responsive practices for schools. Additionally, she supported a statewide school improvement network focused on enhancing deeper learning and improved behavioral and well-being outcomes across diverse school communities.

Prior to her roles in education, she directed two family resource centers and provided support to clients in a community mental health center. Sara holds an Education Specialist (Ed.S.) and Master’s degree in School Psychology from the University of Toledo, as well as her licensure as an independent school psychologist through the Ohio Board of Psychology.

Have a question for Sara regarding one of the workshops offered from the Well-Being Lab?

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