Teacher Workshop to Focus on Using Student Strengths in Classroom

The University of Alabama’s department of educational studies in psychology, research methodology and counseling is co-sponsoring a “Hope for the Future: Building Student Engagement through Hopeful Thinking” workshop Thursday, Feb. 11 at 4 p.m. at Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa.

The workshop, also sponsored by the Alabama Consortium for Educational Renewal (ACER), aims to aid teachers in learning about current research-based practices that help educators capitalize on students’ hope and strengths, and boost students’ engagement, achievement, and well being.

The workshop facilitator will be Christine L. Khan, a national-board certified teacher and an expert in hope and strengths. She is currently a consultant for the Gallup Organization and an instructor for the Clifton Strengths School, and is also pursuing doctoral studies in counseling psychology at the University of Kansas.

For more information, please contact Dr. Cecil Robinson at (205) 348-6801 or crobinso@bamaed.ua.edu.