Student-Focused Teacher Led Conference

The Student-Focused Teacher Led Conference (SFTL) is an annual event organized by the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Arkansas State Teachers Association, Bright Futures USA, and The Reform Alliance. Whether you are a teacher, an administrator, a counselor, a school psychologist, a community member, or a Bright Futures Coordinator you will walk away from this three-day event empowered with research-based practices and resources that you can take back to your school and implement.

Topics Explored

• Emotional Poverty
• Why Poverty Matters and What Schools Must Do
• Relationship Building and Emotional Intelligence Development
• Trauma Informed Care
• Social Emotional Learning
• Educating the Whole Child
• Wrap Around Supports for Students
• Anti-bullying and Suicide Prevention
• Trafficking

Connie Hamilton, EdS, Katie Smith, Isaac Wells, Dr. Jeanette Westfall