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.
Illinois PD Hours Available: 6
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
Registration for Summer 2025 has closed. Please watch for upcoming events.
