Level Up For Educators
4-Hour Professional Development Training
Learn how to apply PRACTICAL NEUROSCIENCE to your daily life.
4-hour training that was designed to equip our next generation of educators with specific strategies to reduce stress at home and in the classroom with the most current neuroscience findings tied to social and emotional learning in the classroom.
The Impact of Neuroscience on Well-Being
In 2015, I consulted with Mark Robert Waldman, one of the leading neuroscience researchers in the country, to help make the connection between how the brain impacts learning, achievement, well-being and results, whether at home, school or the workplace and wrote Level Up: A Brain-Based Strategy to Skyrocket Student Success and Achievement. We use the latest
In 2019, we launched the “Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning” Podcast to stay on the cutting edge of the most current and practical neuroscience researchers to help improve well-being and achievement in our classrooms and workplaces and in 2020 began a year-long Neurocoaching Certification: modeled on evidence-based neuroscientific research covering mindfulness, relaxation, stress-reduction, intuitive decision-making, and the development of emotional balance – strategies that have grown out of the research by Waldman, Newberg, Ekman, Panksepp, Siegel, and Davidson.
What’s Included?
Level Up for Educators
4 hour training (with online resources) where we examine the most recent neuroscience findings and learning from cognitive psychology to provide practical applications for educators to reduce stress in the classroom and increase well-being.
4 Part Program with Online Lessons
4 PART Program with Online resources to support educators after training.
PART 1: How Stress Impacts the Brain
PART 2: Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning
PART 3: Worksheets for Implementation
PART 4: Extend SEL competencies to students in the classroom.
Extend to Students
Extend to the Classroom
1. Create Your Curriculum Map.
2. Complete Teaching Training and Certification.
3. Begin the Program Using the Lessons as Resources.
4. Watch Students Create Meaningful Discussions, Improve Critical Thinking Skills and Manage Behaviors.
Support in our Online Community
Join our Facebook Page #NeuroscienceMeetsSEL to keep the learning and momentum going as you launch your program. Learn from others around the world who are implementing these ideas in their school, or workplace.
What Educational Leaders Are Saying
Jeff Kleck
GCU Adjunct Instructor, School Administrator
“Like Martin Luther King Jr. I have a dream. I dream that someday all teachers will teach students how to think rather than making them think. I dream that all students will understand how their brains work and use the knowledge to be successful and excel in whatever endeavors they choose and that students and teachers will find books like Level Up to increase their brain power and success.“
Dr. Shirley Branham
Principal Victory High School, Arizona, USA.
Dr. Branham and I met Mrs. Andrea Samadi in 2014. The new character education class truly captivated our students. Our parents even saw a pleasant change in their child and Victory High School’s new Character Education program. Andrea’s personal stories helped the students see how life ups and downs a can be teachable moments on their way to success. Mrs. Samadi’s program taught our students how to develop Character.
Robert Jerus
Author of Mind Matters & EIQ-2 Emotional Intelligent Systems
“Level Up is an action oriented guide designed not for school but for life. It is constructed with interactive exercises that demand the learner both think and feel. Level Up will transform learners into achievers as they follow the well outlined path. The text and guidelines are inviting, encouraging and supportive. Staying with the program creates powerful connection between neuroscience, theory and success.”
Mark Robert Waldman
Executive MBA Faculty, Loyola Marymount University - NeuroCoaching & Corporate Training - Author
“Andrea Samadi’s book makes an important contribution to education and the creative process of personal growth. She has identified 30 brain-based concepts that directly correlate to leading a highly successful, productive life. As a leading neuroscience researcher, I can assure you that her grasp of the human brain is spot-on.”
Your Investment
Beginner Webinar Training
- 1.5 hour Level Up for Educator Training Webinar on “Stress, Learning and the Brain”
- 4 Module Online Training Course “Level Up for Teachers” to work at your own pace.
- Access to 60 Ready-Made Character-Building and Social Emotional Learning Lessons for the classroom.
Live Training
- 4-hour Level Up for Educator Live Event on “Stress, Learning and the Brain”
- 4 Module Online Training Course “Level Up for Teachers” to work at your own pace.
- Access to 60 Ready-Made Character-Building and Social Emotional Learning Lessons for the classroom.
Certification Program
- 4-hour Level Up for Educator Live Training on “Stress, Learning and the Brain”
- 4 Module Online Training Course “Level Up for Teachers” to work at your own pace.
- Access to 60 Ready-Made Character-Building and Social Emotional Learning Lessons for the classroom.
Have some Questions?
What is Level Up for Educators?
Level Up Professional Development Training for Educators is a 4-hour training that was designed to equip our next generation of educators with specific strategies to reduce stress at home and in the classroom with the most current neuroscience findings tied to social and emotional learning in the classroom. Educators receive training, materials, worksheets, and activities to help them to implement these success strategies into their own lives, and then teach them to their students in the classroom. As teachers learn more about breaking their own habits and thought processes, and create new neural pathways for success, they become energized and hopeful for improved results. This training will help guide educators with tools and strategies to better manage stress, and then implement these strategies to reduce stress in the classroom.
How does it tie in the Social Emotional Learning Core Competencies?
Level Up for Students was written with Casel’s 5 Core Social and Emotional Learning competencies in mind, with Growth Mindset added. You will see these 6 social and emotional learning competencies in the program’s Scope and Sequence.
How can I view the online portal to learn more?
If you want a demo of the 3 modules of the students program and the online educator resources, please email andrea@achieveit360.com
What Does the Online Portal Contain?
LEVEL UP FOR EDUCATORS ONLINE: Gain access to the complete EDUCATOR training online for those who miss the live training, or would like to review the concepts.
LEVEL UP FOR STUDENTS ONLINE: The program consists of an Online LMS Moodle portal with videos, PDF worksheets for students and teachers, Level Up book and Character by Design Attribute Worksheets.
MODULE A: The program begins with the 6 pillars of social and emotional learning (Mindset, Responsible Decision-Making, Self-Awareness, Social-Awareness, Self-Regulated Learning and Relationship Skills) using the Level Up book and online lessons.
MODULE B: Choose from 24 Character Education lessons on the topics of attentiveness, caring, compassion, forgiveness, initiative, responsibility, generosity, diligence, trustworthiness, virtue, citizenship, discernment, gratefulness, sincerity, wisdom, orderliness, courage, empathy, fairness, honesty, integrity, optimism, perseverance, and respect).
MODULE C: Students can upgrade their knowledge and skills with expert interviews given by regular people and well-known celebrities who explain how they used certain character attributes to improve the results in their daily life.
What’s Online? www.achieveit360.org
- Online LMS Platform: Teachers can login easily to access the online portion of the program that can be used either as a classroom discussion tool, or as a standalone tool for students to work through the program independently.
- Short Animated Videos: (2-3 minutes) accompany each lesson, with a PDF worksheet and teacher lesson plan to dive deeper into each topic area.
- PDF Worksheets for each Character Attribute (attentiveness, wisdom, caring, forgiveness, generosity, responsibility, diligence, compassion, trustworthiness, virtue, citizenship, gratefulness, sincerity, wisdom, orderliness, respect, empathy, kindness, teamwork, honesty, co-operation, integrity, and perseverance).
- Celebrity Video Interviews– (NEW videos are added each month for fresh ideas and content). Some character lessons have video interviews to accompany the lesson. AchieveIT360 interviewed some well-known celebrities, and world and business leaders, TV Celebrities from “NBC Shark Tank” and regular everyday people to drive home the attribute in a motivating and memorable way. Here are some attributes and the Interview connected to teach, explain and begin discussion on each attribute in a motivating and inspiring manner.
Who Can Use This Program?
School administrators, teachers, coaches, councilors and students (ages 13 and up) can all use the Level Up curriculum for improved results. Since the program has an online component, educators can quickly and easily access the lessons, put them up on a projector or smart board and create meaningful classroom discussions.
What training is involved?
You can choose from webinar training, to in person live teacher training to launch your program. To learn more about the teacher training program, click here.
Making the Neuroscience and Social and Emotional Learning Connection
Section 1: Teacher Training
Lesson 1: How Stress Impacts Your Brain
Did you know that:
- Chronic stress and depression causes measurable brain shrinkage?
- That teaching, and nursing are tied for daily stress?
- “That forty-six percent of teachers report high daily stress, which compromises their health, sleep, quality of life, and teaching performance.”
People are finally seeing what negative stress does to the body, what that does to the psyche, and the conditions it is producing in our lives and are looking for solutions.
Part 2: Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning
Growth Mindset
1.Be Aware and Change Your Mindset
2.Suspend Beliefs and Ask For Help
Decision-Making Skills
3.Learn How to Create Your Plan
4.Execute and Adjust Your Plan
Self-Awareness
- Know Thyself: The Pathway to Inner Peace
- Create a Morning Ritual
Your Social Brain
- Observing Others with Mindfulness
- Building Empathy
Motivation and Desire
- The Neuroscience of Motivation
- Discovering the Magic of Metacognition
Maintain Solid Relationships
- Connecting Mindfully
- The Social Brain
Part 3: Worksheets for Implementation
Implement the 6 social and emotional learning competencies in your own life with worksheets and activities, before working with the Level Up for Student program.
Lesson 4: Review of the Level Up for Student Program
Review of the 3 Modules of Level Up for Students and Create Your Curriculum Map.
- Create your curriculum map based on your program needs using the content from 3 modules.
- Plan when the program will be implemented.
MODULE A: The program begins with the 6 pillars of social and emotional learning (Mindset, Responsible Decision-Making, Self-Awareness, Social-Awareness, Self-Regulated Learning and Relationship Skills) using the Level Up book and online lessons.
MODULE B: Choose from 24 Character Education lessons on the topics of attentiveness, caring, compassion, forgiveness, initiative, responsibility, generosity, diligence, trustworthiness, virtue, citizenship, discernment, gratefulness, sincerity, wisdom, orderliness, courage, empathy, fairness, honesty, integrity, optimism, perseverance, and respect).
MODULE C: Students can upgrade their knowledge and skills with expert interviews given by regular people and well-known celebrities who explain how they used certain character attributes to improve the results in their daily life.
Section 2: Module A: Level Up for Students (12 Lessons)
Phase 1: Self-Awareness
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Watch the Get Ready Video #1, and complete the PDF activity that goes with that lesson. You will be well on your way to identifying your strengths, and setting the foundation for a successful future. Move onto Get Set video and PDF worksheet where you will take a look at goal setting for the year, and the final VIDEO and PDF worksheet in this section is GO! Ready! Watch Video 1 (3:27) Class Activity: PDF “Pinpointing Your Strengths” Discuss “Famous Failures” Activity PDF “Problem, Solution” Get Set! Watch: Video 2 (1:44) Class Activity: PDF “Personal Inventory” Set 4 goals in each area/Upgrade Your Life Go! Watch: Video 3 (1:54) Class Activity: “Success Blueprint” with Action Steps Lesson 4: Upgrade Skills to Prepare for the Future! Watch Video (3:56) “How to Be Future-Ready.” Class Activity: PDF “Thinking About the Future” |
Phase 2: Mindset
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Engage Your Mind and Brain Lesson 1: It’s All About Attitude Watch: Video on “Attitude” (2:11) Class Activities: PDF “Attitude” PDF “Growth Mindset” Tracker Lesson 2: Use Your Brain Wisely Watch: Video on “The 3 Parts of the Brain” (5:10) Class Activity: PDF “Using Your Brain Wisely” to understand how the brain works. Lesson 3: Mind-Boggling Brain Facts Watch: Videos 3 A (3:17) 3B (4:00) 3C (1:42) on “12 Mind-blowing Facts of the Brain” Class Activities: 12 Mind-Boggling Brain Facts, What Color is the Dress? Brain and Effort |
Phase 3: Decision-Making
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Lesson 4: How to Set Goals with Persistence Watch: Video on “Setting Goals” (2:26) Class Activities: PDF “101 Goal List” and “Tracker” Lesson 5: The Confidence Formula Watch: Video on “Confidence” (2:12) Class Activity: Lesson on “Confidence” Lesson 6: Responsibility and Your Future Watch: Video on “Responsibility” (1:50) Class Activity: PDF Lesson “Responsibility” |
Phase 4: Self-Regulated Learning
Lesson 7: Blast Through Your Paradigms
Watch: Video on ” Habits and Paradigms” (2:42) Class Activity: PDF Lesson “Blast Through Your Obstacles”
Lesson 8: Self-Motivation
Watch: Video on “Self-Motivation (1:59)
Class Activity: Lesson “Self-Motivation”
Lesson 9: Finding Your Courage
Watch: Video on “Courage” (2:11)
Class Activity: Lesson “Courage”
Phase 5: Relationship Skills
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Lesson 10: How to Handle Criticism Lesson 11: Surviving Peer Pressure |
Phase 6: Social Awareness: Now You Are Doing It!
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Lesson 12: What Will Be Your Lifetime Achievements? Watch: Video on “Making a Difference” (2:03) |
Activity: Lesson on “Making a Difference” Complete Problem/Solution PDF.
Section 3: Module B: Character Library (24 Lessons)
Choose from 24 Character Education Lessons
Work on each of the Character Attribute Lesson for improved mindset, peace of mind and results. Once you implement these attributes into your daily life, you will notice incredible changes in your personal life, work life or academics.
Section 4: Expert Interviews (22 Lessons)
Choose from 22 Expert Interviews
Watch the Video Interview and Complete the PDF worksheets for each interview. This part of the program will show you real live examples of adults, teens, celebrities and regular people who share their secrets of success.
1. Houston Gunn author of “Schooled for Success: How I Plan to Graduate from High School a Millionaire” Initiative (17:54)
2. Houston Gunn– Just Ask! (3:20)
3. Doug Wead, Presidential Historian and former assistant to President Bush Sr and Jr “The Greatest US Presidents” (27:21)
4. Donte Dre Winrow, Winner of the Making a Difference Award 2012 “How I Graduated from High School and overcame Procrastination” (12:47)
5. Scott Isbell, Singer, Performer and Works With Wu-Tang Management “Overcoming Obstacles” (9:15)
6. Scott Isbell, Singer, Performer and Works With Wu-Tang Management “Using Social Media Responsibly” (6:53)
7. Tiffany Krumins, Shark Tank Season 1 Success Story on “Creative, Passion and Compassion for Children.” (1:31)
8. Kent Healy, co-author of “Success Principles for Teens” on “Time Management” (2:30)
9. Chris Farrell, online marketing expert on “Good Habits to Launch Your Year” (16:21)
10. Ryan Kelly, founder of Ryan’s Ruffery and Shark Tank Young Entrepreneur “How I Started a Business” (10:46)
11. Irving Torres, founder at Young and CEO on “Young Entrepreneurship and Success Tools for Innovation” (14:05)
12. Lennon Brock, 4 year old point of view of “Overcoming Obstacles and Using Courage to Overcome Fear.” (2:53)
13. Sean Kingston– singer, songwriter, rapper and actor on “Gratitude, Family and Fans.” (22:57) audio interview
14. Cymphonique Miller– singer-songwriter and actress on “Fame and Hollywood.” (16:45) audio interview
15. Kate Voegele– singer-songwriter and actress on “Landing a Role on Television as a Musician” (23:50) audio interview
16. Lisa Macqueen– author, speaker and How to Earn Money with a Cleaning Company” (20:06)
17. John Assaraf– New York Times Best Selling Author, and CEO of Neurogym.com on “How He Chose the Right Path”
18. John Assaraf- New York Times Best Selling Author, and CEO of Neurogym.com on “Why Brain Training” (5:14)
19. John Assaraf– New York Times Best Selling Author, and CEO of Neurogym.com on “What Will the Future Look Like?” (2:41)
20. Caleb Maddix, 14 year old author and speaker on “Keys to Success for Kids” (13:39)
21. Nik Halik, Australian financial entrepreneur and Russian trained and certified Cosmonaut on “How to Attain ANY Goal” (24:27)
22. Bob Proctor, Best-Selling Author, Speaker and Success Expert on “Setting Goals” (1:19)