Springboards : Quick Creative Activities to Launch Learning

Teachers constantly face classroom time limits combined with curriculum requirements that must be adhered to and met. Within these boundaries educators also desire to teach social and organizational skills to aid students as they grow and become a part of their communities and their world. Springboard contains 50 creative activities and demonstrations designed to address in 15 minutes or less topics like goal setting, focusing attentions, achieving the impossible, time management, and teamwork.

Combining years of successful experience in education, the authors include insight on why we use activities to prompt thoughtful discussion as well as concepts vital to successful demonstrations and discussions that encompass and encourage profound ideas. Group leaders, therapists, experiential program facilitators, and educators of all kinds will appreciate these quick, emotive activities written deliberately to draw participants attention and encourage deep thinking and learning.

Mary Beth Campbell is an award winning teacher interested in ways to captivate and educate her students. In addition to co-founding The Boomerang Project, she is lead trainer & Director of Program Development for the nationally recognized middle school transition program, WEB: Where Everybody Belongs, which now reaches more than 500 middle schools in 30 states affecting tens of thousands of students each year.

Carolyn Hill co-founded The Boomerang Project following a 15-year career of classroom teaching. She serves as the Program Director for the nationally recognized Link Crew transition program, which boasts the involvement of 1000 schools nationwide. Her classroom experience, dynamic energy, and presentation skills enable her to provide meaningful experiences for educators and lend to the development of strong student leaders.

Micah Jacobson has worked with student leaders, teachers, parents and administrators since 1993. In addition to working with the Link Crew, Micah led a team of teachers to create the WEB, acting as lead trainer for several years. Micah brings educational and business skills together to create unique, experiential, cutting edge programs for students and teachers. He has presented to over 800,000 students and teachers in more than 1000 schools nationwide.