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This is a story of how one school, Mountain Brook Junior High, took practical steps to involve students, staff, parents, and community members to make MBJH "The Most Welcoming School in America." From macro-level work in identifying beliefs to aggressively teaching those beliefs, all the way to very specific steps taken to turn the hallways into vibrant spaces full of community, come hear the story and strategy behind one school's journey.
The purpose of this session is to share best practices to help students be successful. We will identify barriers to student success, effective engagement strategies, and support strategies.
Students don’t engage deeply when they don’t feel seen, and they can’t develop meaningful interests without purposeful design. In this dynamic, interactive breakout session, we’ll explore two powerful frameworks: Jan Tønnesvang’s Four Quadrant Model, which helps us understand the whole learner, and the Four-Phase Model of Interest Development, which maps how curiosity evolves into sustained, self-driven interest. We’ll translate these frameworks into practical classroom strategies — from designing tasks that activate situational interest to creating conditions where long-term engagement and personal purpose can thrive.
