Conference Agenda

Featured Speakers

David Adams

CEO of Urban Assembly and Education Innovator

Dr. Marc Brackett

Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Dr. Lisa Damour

New York Times Best-Selling Author and Renowned Psychologist

Karen Niemi

Executive Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Agenda

  • 8:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

  • 9:30 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • 10:15 AM

Facilitated Networking & Interactive Workshop

- Early Childhood Educators
- Elementary School Educators
- Middle School Educators
- High School Educators
- Mental Health Professionals
- School Leaders
- District Leaders

  • 11:45 AM

Workshop

  • 12:30 PM

Lunch

  • 1:30 PM

Presentation

  • 2:30 PM

Breakout Session Block 1

- Small Steps, Big Impact for Little Ones: RULER Implementation for Early Childhood
- Implementing RULER Across the Curriculum: Elementary
- Getting Comfortable with Conflict: Role-Play as a Key Ingredient of Blueprint Implementation
- RULER's Impact from High School to College: Student Insights and Strategies for Effective Implementation
- Making RULER Thrive & Keeping it Alive: High School RULER Implementation
- A Roadmap for SEL Excellence at Scale in a Large Urban District: A Systemic Approach for Adult and Student Well-Being

  • 4:00 PM

Optional Tour of Yale University

  • 8:00 AM

Breakfast

  • 9:00 AM

Welcome and Keynote with David Adams

  • 10:00 AM

Breakout Sessions Block 2

- Small Steps, Big Impact for Little Ones: RULER Implementation for Early Childhood
- Implementing RULER Across the Curriculum: Elementary
- Getting Comfortable with Conflict: Role-Play as a Key Ingredient of Blueprint Implementation
- RULER's Impact from High School to College: Student Insights and Strategies for Effective Implementation
- Making RULER Thrive & Keeping it Alive: High School RULER Implementation
- A Roadmap for SEL Excellence at Scale in a Large Urban District: A Systemic Approach for Adult and Student Well-Being

  • 11:15 AM

Breakout Sessions Block 3

- Every Emotion Counts: How RULER can Shape and Sustain School Culture, in Phase 3 and Beyond
- Building Bridges with RULER: Unlocking Potential through Family Engagement
- Transforming Your Curriculum, Culture, and Community: Strategic RULER Innovation
- Passion, Perseverance, and Persuasion: RULER Buy-In and Emotion Skills Leadership
- The Data-Guided Journey of a Title I Middle School: A Long and Winding Road
- Integrate RULER Into Any Secondary Classroom Without Sacrificing Your Curriculum

  • 12:30 PM

Lunch

  • 1:30 PM

Keynote with Dr. Lisa Damour

  • 2:30 PM

Breakout Sessions Block 4

- Every Emotion Counts: How RULER can Shape and Sustain School Culture, in Phase 3 and Beyond
- Building Bridges with RULER: Unlocking Potential through Family Engagement
- Transforming Your Curriculum, Culture, and Community: Strategic RULER Innovation
- Passion, Perseverance, and Persuasion: RULER Buy-In and Emotion Skills Leadership
- The Data-Guided Journey of a Title I Middle School: A Long and Winding Road
- Integrate RULER Into Any Secondary Classroom Without Sacrificing Your Curriculum

  • 3:40 PM

Closing Remarks