SAVE THE DATE!

Brightways Learning’s annual Building Connections professional learning event returns to the Alyeska Resort on November 2-3, 2024. Hope to see you there!

Brightways Learning is offering two opportunities to earn Montana Professional Learning Units for educators on October 17-18, 2024.

Don’t miss our 5th Annual Educators’ Confluence on June 13-14, 2024!

Embark on this transformative journey to ignite your resiliency and empower your students to THRIVE!  Learn More>>

Brightways Learning’s Education Director, Lisa Kerscher, will be presenting at the Montana Indian Education Association on April 17th and April 19th.

We are presenting! Our Resiliency Director, David “Pav” Pavish will be facilitating two presentations for the National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference in Savannah, GA on March 4-5, 2024.

This interactive learning event will elevate your self-awareness so you can create purposeful, calm, and safe environments where everyone feels respected and supported. You will receive insight into neuroscience and will explore research-driven concepts and skills that can help you cope with stress, improve your relationships, and live more fulfilling lives. During this two-day workshops you will learn ready-to-apply strategies and trauma-informed practices. Learn more>>

Connection matters! Young people today are growing up in a world that is very different from the one their parents and grandparents grew up in. Engaging with today's youth is more important than ever before. They are the future leaders of our world, and we need to invest in their success. Don’t miss this opportunity to empower youth to reach their potential and thrive in school and life! Learn more>>

Montana Educators: Earn up to 4 OPI Renewal Units October 19-20, 2023!

Our two-hour virtual workshops will be interactive and fun with learning you can apply immediately with your students. Wherever you live in Montana, don’t miss out — register now for one or both PD offerings!

Workshop #1: Exploring Natural Disasters - What, Why & How?

Workshop #2: Engaging Learners for Real-World Science & Civic Action

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Gather with other PreK-12 educators, administrators, counselors, and school staff to learn, connect, and rejuvenate! Gain valuable strategies to support both your own and your students’ resilience, well-being, and learning.

This year's event will feature interactive sessions, deep-dive breakouts, ready-to-apply strategies, and quality time to connect with facilitators and colleagues.

You will leave feeling refreshed and excited about the new school year! Learn more and register>>

Often when we hear that relationships are important we see it as fluff and not science. Not anymore! Research shows that our mental health is directly connected to our healthy relationships. Gain tools and new understanding about how our healthy connections to peers, and the students we work with, grow our own mental health allowing us and the students we care about to thrive. Learn more and register>>

Connection matters! Join us for this 2-day professional development event to learn ready-to-apply strategies and trauma-informed practices.

This workshop will enable you to help youth to thrive socially, emotionally, and academically. The Full-Color Webs of Support™ framework’s strength-based principles and practices will equip you with tools to support youth to recognize, appreciate, and amplify their unique talents and characteristics while decreasing negative behaviors. Don’t miss this opportunity to empower youth to reach their potential and achieve their dreams! Learn more and register>>

We are presenting at the MFPE Conference in Helena! Join us for three sessions:

• Creating Resilient Youth: The Power of Webs of Support - October 20 | 8:00-9:50 AM

• Engaging Learners for Real-World Science & Civics Action - October 20 | 1:00-2:50 PM

• Exploring Natural Disasters - What, Why & How - October 21 | 9:00-10:50 AM

Connection matters! This interactive learning event offers two 2-day workshops to learn ready-to-apply strategies and trauma-informed practices. Choose the workshop that best meets your needs:

• Engaging Today’s Youth

• Navigating the Nervous System for Relationships & Regulation

These engaging workshops will enable you to help youth to thrive socially, emotionally, and academically. Learn more>>

Are you a K-12 educator feeling a little INSIDE OUT?

Since early 2020, schools and communities have had to constantly juggle ever-shifting expectations, conditions, and capacities. Human systems - internal and external - are feeling frayed and disconnected. What are we going to do about it?

Join us at the Educators’ Confluence, where we will blend purpose with play. You’ll actively reflect on and strengthen the connection with your emotional and neural systems that support healthy relationships. You’ll gain insights into how you can apply neuroscience and healthy, supportive relationship strategies in life. You’ll leave feeling refreshed, resilient, and excited about the new school year! Learn More and Register>>>

Recharge from school year stress & fuel up with fresh resiliency strategies!

Educators and students alike have suffered trauma & stress that affects them emotionally, behaviorally, physically, and cognitively. This highly engaging PD experience will boost your knowledge & skills to ensure resiliency for yourself, your colleagues, and your students. Learn more and register>>

Connection matters! Join us for this 2-day professional development event to learn ready-to-apply strategies and trauma-informed practices:

• Creating Resilient Youth: The Power of Webs of Support

This workshop will enable you to help youth to thrive socially, emotionally, and academically. The Full-Color Webs of Support™ framework’s strength-based principles and practices will equip you with tools to support youth to recognize, appreciate, and amplify their unique talents and characteristics while decreasing negative behaviors. Don’t miss this opportunity to empower youth to reach their potential and achieve their dreams! Learn more and register>>

Connection matters! Join us for these 2-day professional development events to learn ready-to-apply strategies and trauma-informed practices. You can attend in-person in Anchorage or virtually on Zoom.

• Resilient Youth: Connection Matters

• Fortifying Student Resilience with Full-Color Web Coaching

These workshops will enable you to help youth to thrive socially, emotionally, and academically. The strength-based principles and practices of the Full-Color Web of Support Framework™ will equip you with tools to support students so they can recognize, appreciate, and amplify their unique talents and characteristics while decreasing negative behaviors. Don’t miss this opportunity to empower youth to reach their potential and achieve their dreams! Learn more & register>>

No one person can support the social-emotional health of your students and staff! Wellbeing for a school is about creating a system of support that consists of all staff and students. A customized systemic approach to resilience is within your reach and a necessity! Our Resilient Educators facilitation team will provide you with new tools, expertise, and opportunities to work together to launch a Full-Color Web of Support school and/or district. Be ready to reflect on what you’re already doing - such as understanding neuroscience, trauma-responsiveness, character development, quality relationships, etc. Then, using what you know and exploring new perspectives, you’ll strategically re-design your practices to improve student and staff engagement. You’ll leave looking at your school through a new lens and with an actionable plan for creating a Web of Support school. Bringing a team is highly encouraged!

Learn more & register>>