Pathways to Change
Summer Talent Development Workshop for Educators and Youth Development Specialists
Programs
Enrichment and credit-bearing, accelerated programs designed for students at every age and stage of talent development.
Joy, Hope, and Resiliency Promote Talent Development
The best learning environments follow a simple formula: Challenge+Support=Talent Development. Join this day of learning and reflection where through panel discussions, lesson workshops, and shared-practice sessions we explore talent development strategies and approaches you can use with students in and outside of school settings that center joy and make use of the strengths and interests students have.
Workshop Keynote
Leveraging Hope, and Other Psychosocial Factors, to Develop Academic Potential to Academic Talent
Psychosocial factors (i.e., one’s thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs) are imperative for the development of academic talent. Students must engage with and leverage a host of different psychosocial factors (e.g., motivation, self-concept, academic expectations) when trying to develop their academic potential into fully developed academic talent. In this talk, Dr. Dante D. Dixson will discuss the role that hope, and other psychosocial factors, play in the development of academic talent. Specifically, Dr. Dixson will address why psychosocial factors are often overlooked when educators are trying to develop academic talent, how psychosocial factors such as hope encourage academic talent development, and how psychosocial factors such as hope can be leveraged to close excellent gaps.
Learn More about Dr. Dante Dixson and his work:
Increasing Achievement: Dante D. Dixson
Event Registration
Date: June 26, 2025
Location: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Price:
- $175
- For registrations with 3 or more from a school or district/organization, each participant will be discounted $50.
- Free for CTD summer program staff members
Workshop Sessions
SESP Summer Learning Series for Educators: Designing Educational Futures
Join us for two exciting summer events! This summer, the School of Education & Social Policy (SESP), will gather a cohort of educators for a new kind of learning opportunity. The SESP Summer Learning Series for Educators will be a joyful and dynamic summer learning experience that centers educator care and wellbeing, while reaching for new learning. The three-day experience will feature community building, action planning, and voices from SESP.
Summer Learning Series for Educators
Dates: June 23 – 25, 2025
Location: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM each day
Price:
- $750 - Regular Price
- For registrations of 3 or more from a school or district, each participant will be discounted $50.
Interested in attending the SESP Learning Series and the CTD Pathways to Change Workshop? Bundle them for just $675!