Another part of a very successful Invention Convention in Ohio who have been working on this for a while and have the staff and schools fully invested and rallied the herd. There are great examples to share with our students going forward.
This is a NYC based operation created by one man in 2008. They believe in helping people design solutions to problems they see around them. Their focus is on household, environmental or societal changes. They offer Thursday night sessions for people to come with ideas that they choose to take from ideas to completion and implementation.
This is a national organization that provides a great deal of information and training for educators, families and students for the importance of creativity and imagination and also how to logistically set up Invention Convention in your area.
“Leaders never coerce. We follow them because we believe they have our best interests at heart. In school, if [a student] senses that particular teachers are now caring, listening, encouraging, and laughing, he will begin to consider putting them into his quality world”
An short annotation of a dated (1997) article on how Choice Theory affects students. The summary describes how class climate and relationships motivate learners, not "bossing."
Both project-based learning and STEAM education (science, technology, engineering, art and math) are growing rapidly in our schools. Some schools are doing STEAM, some are doing PBL, and some are leveraging the strengths of both to do STEAM PBL.
Social communication skills take time to develop and require a lot of practice, so it's important to start working with your teens as early as you can.