Rocky Mountain Mind, Brain & Education Conference

 

Join us for the 4th Annual Rocky Mountain Mind, Brain & Education Conference hosted by Denver Museum of Nature & Science in partnership with researchED. This conference brings together K–12 educators and university researchers, all with a common interest in applying research-based methods from psychology and neuroscience to their practice.

Date: Saturday, November 9th, 2024

Time: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Location: Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205


Featured Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jim Heal

Dr. Heal is a leading advocate for bridging the worlds of research and practice in education.  His work seeks to develop expertise in evidence-informed instruction and leadership in K-12 schools, school districts, and higher education in the United States and Europe.  Dr. Heal was a high school English teacher and principal for ten years in the UK before moving to the US, where he became Director of Practice at Harvard’s Research Schools International initiative. In his work at Deans for Impact, a US-based non-profit, he strives to increase teacher effectiveness by infusing the science of learning into educator preparation. He currently serves as Professor of Evidence-Informed Education Leadership at Academica University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam, teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where he earned his doctorate in educational leadership, and is author of How Teaching Happens: Seminal Works in Teaching and Teacher Effectiveness and What They Mean in Practice.


Registration Cost: $85; lunch included

Continuing Education Credit Options: 

Option A: Certificate of Completion for 7.5 clock hours: FREE

Option B: University re-licensure credit for 0.5 credit hours for attending all sessions and completing a one-page written reflection about a brain-based strategy suggested by a conference presenter that you implement and evaluate after implementation. Additional $45

Coming from outside the Denver Metro Area?

Conference attendees receive a discounted rate and waived parking fees from the nearby DoubleTree Hotel Click here to book!

Registration is Required
Click the link below or call 303-370-6000. Registration closes three (3) days prior to the event. For questions regarding this event, please email [email protected]

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Hennah Abubaker

Cultivating Connections

Patrice Bain

Powerful Classrooms: Evidence-informed Strategies and Resources

Andrew Bixler

A Mindful Proposal: Teaching Mindfulness Meditation Mitigates Extraneous Cognitive Load

Dena Blair

Play Your Way to Learning

Kyair Butts

Finding a Focus for Fluency

Adrienne DeBall

Brain Power Boost: Executive Function Tips for Teens

Pedro de Bruyckere

Almost Everything You Need to Know About Psychology

Kalen Dillon

Useable Knowledge

Emily Folorunsho

What do expert teachers know & do?

Beth Hawks

How Will I Know What They are Learning

Margaret (Meg) Lee & Jim Heal

How Teaching & Learning Happens: Foundations for an Evidence-Informed School/District

Paige Jennings

Cognitive Load Theory: What Every Educator Should Know

Brittany Kelleher

Teaching with Transfer in Mind

Kirsten Landry

Teacher use of 3 store-model of memory and targeted interventions

Christine Lewis

Research to Practice in the Early Childhood Classroom

Lorraine Martinez Hanley

The Connection Between Belonging and Learning: Exploring Mind, Brain, Education, and Student Identity

Mary Fran Park

Transforming Student Learning: Science-Based Strategies from the book "Make It Stick"

Gabrielle Plastrik

A Meeting of the Minds: Facilitating Meaningful Learning Experiences Using What We Know about Emotions, PBL, and Direct Instruction

Helen Reynolds

3 research-informed strategies that have been game-changers in my classroom

Matias Rojas

How much support do your students need? Scaffolding and cognitive load

Shane Saeed

Avoid Hearing, "We never learned that!" with Retrieval Practice

Gene Tavernetti

Developing Coaching Relationships Without Chocolate

Andrew Watson

"Because the Research Says So": How to Evaluate 'Research-Based' Teaching Advice

Andrew Watson

Thinking Creates Learning: The Essentials of Working Memory

Andrea Westwick

Gamification and neuroeducation as an educational resource

Glenn Whitman

Designing a Research-Informed Class Period for Deeper Learning

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