Educational Achievement for the Cool Kids

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Presenters: Colin Seale
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies, Planning 1.3, Instruction 2.1, Learning Environment 3.3, Professional Practices and Responsibilities 4.2
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Let’s be honest — when it comes to helping students reach their full potential, social capital matters. The fear of losing it can be a serious barrier for some students, especially students of color. In this course, Colin Seale, the founder of thinkLaw, lays out engaging and provocative strategies for addressing this critical issue.

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How do we reach and teach the “cool kids” so that they have an equal shot at their potential? Using current research and provocative examples, Colin Seale, the founder of thinkLaw, engages course participants in a meaningful discussion about how social pressure affects student achievement — especially for students of color.

In this course, Mr. Seale moves the conversation toward practical solutions, focusing on three main strategies for addressing this critical issue:

  • Using active engagement to fight against gaps in social capital
  • Shifting the culture by bridging the gaps for students and their families
  • Laying out the rules of the game and helping students see their unique contributions to the world
According to Mr. Seale, when it comes to opportunities for our “cool kids,” it’s all about designing spaces that tap into the things that move them. He challenges course participants to make sure opportunities like this aren’t limited to a select few while providing the strategies necessary to make it possible to answer the call.

Presenter Bio

Colin Seale, Esq. is an education advocate and critical thinking expert who has merged his passion and experience for education, law, and social justice into thinkLaw, an award-winning program that helps educators teach critical thinking through standardsaligned, real-life legal cases and powerful and personalized professional development to help teachers implement engaging Socratic strategies across all grades and subject areas. Colin has been recognized as the 2016 Nevada Governor’s Conference Pitch Competition First Place & People’s Choice Winner, the 2016 Las Vegas National Bar Association Community Service Award Winner, and as a recipient of the ACLU of Nevada’s Community Juvenile Justice Award for thinkLaw’s work in ensuring that critical thinking is no longer a luxury good.  

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110 reviews for Educational Achievement for the Cool Kids

  1. Martha Laura – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Very good course. Helped out with the demonstrations that Mr. Seale used.

  2. Yvette – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    I really enjoyed the clarity of the message to be explicit when teaching students of how to prepare for the future with a good education.
    How to prompt the students with higher order thinking questions or scenarios to engage them in their learning. I also believe that it is up to us to inform students of the different opportunities that are out there for them to better themselves.

  3. Xochitl – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    Very good professional training. Learned a lot about educational achievement for the cool kids.

  4. Irasema – DALLAS ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoy the speakers passion for the topic. He was very knowledgeable and shared specific examples about what he was talking about. This made it easy to understand and see what he was trying to say.

  5. Raquel – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    Something that I want to highlight is the importance of create in the students the habit of using Critical Thinking Skill from the lower grades. This will help the students to investigate carefully and succeed in their studies.

  6. ROSALINDA – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    THe importance of critical thinking skills in the lower grades and will help students to be successful in later years.

  7. Arnoldo – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative, the fact that kids are not hoping to achieve a higher degree of learning because they fear of not looking cool is especially reverent with minority kids. They are also afraid to leave home when they graduate from high school where as other non-minority kids cant wait to leave, sadly kids less fortunate choose to say behind.

  8. Miguel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    This was the most “REAL” course of them all. As an inner city child (Chicago) I found the information in this discussion long overdue.

  9. Ruben – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –

    Great course

  10. Kevin – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Good Course

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