Jostens Renaissance has something for everyone! Throughout this school year, we will be hosting virtual events for administrators, educators, students, and parents. Join us for one of our upcoming workshops and conferences:
- Equity Panel – our global panel of educators discuss how to begin equity work in education. Our Fall panel discussion focuses on teacher practices and student experiences. Our Spring panel discussion continues the dialogue as we look at school policies and support for parents.
- Educator Summits – our Fall Educator Summit Teacher series includes individual professional learning sessions on Staffulty Recognition, Student Motivation, Emotional Wellness, Technology and Teaching, and Classroom/Online Management. Our Spring Administrator Series covers topics on Instructional Leadership, Community Partnerships, Culturally Relevant Practices, Organizational Transformation, and Building School Culture.
- Student Leadership Conferences – we are bringing our virtual Student Leadership Conference to every single state, plus Canada and Europe. This virtual event includes over 50 ideas for making your school a better place during this challenging year. We cover topics for student leaders on emotional wellness, time management, inclusivity, school spirit, and team building.
Click the button to the left to access more information on each event, streaming schedules, and registration.
JRVC 2020 Resources
Thank you to everyone who attended, contributed content, and participated in the Jostens Renaissance Virtual Conference! Below you will find links to the four Video-On-Demand libraries of pre-recorded videos for you to access at your convenience. Most of these videos are less than ten minutes, are topic specific, and are created and submitted by educators.
Culture, Identity, and Staff Morale Video on Demand Library
How to Teach/Lead Remotely Video on Demand Library
Character Education, SEL, and Student Motivation Video on Demand Library
Leadership and Equity Video on Demand Library
You can also access JRVC live content and other resources below.
JOSTENS RENAISSANCE WEBINARS
JOSTENS RENAISSANCE WEBINARS
Jostens Renaissance is proud to provide to you a series of webinars covering relevant topics in education. Click the button below to access webinars covering Educator Morale, Educational Equity, School Identity, School Safety and Student Motivation.
SPECIAL HARBOR EPISODE: ROOTED IN LOVE
JOSTENS RENAISSANCE®
Rooted in Love
During this difficult, confusing, and frightening time, Mike Smith, the host of The Harbor™ by Jostens, takes to the crate to acknowledge the challenges we are all facing during the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions. Mike issues a call to action for all of us, in this unprecedented time, to find ways to build community, take care of one another, and stay rooted in love.
Your Jostens family wishes you all peace, wellness, and safety in the days to come.
Throughout the spring semester of 2020, Jostens Renaissance hosted a Facebook Live session every monday. These Motivation Monday sessions focused on the biggest challenges educators were battling with each new week of COVID-19 disruptions and school closures. Motivation Mondays were designed to help schools create and maintain a positive climate and culture remotely. Below, you can find a library of the resources, best practices, and ideas shared during each of the Motivation Monday sessions.
Distance Learning: Challenges and Solutions
Remote Learning Daily Check-In Prompts
Emotional Wellness Sample Lesson from Leadership Curriculum
“Measuring My Emotional Wellness” Worksheet
In addition to the Motivation Monday Facebook Live sessions, the Jostens Renaissance team also hosted Graduation Friday sessions with the primary goal of sharing special ways to honor the Class of 2020. Each session includes senior recognition ideas as well as options for planning and executing a graduation ceremony despite the challenges presented during the COVID-19 school closures and social distancing requirements. Below, you will find links to each Graduation Friday session.
Graduation: Protect the Ceremony
Graduation: Variations on the Physical Ceremony
Graduation: Virtual Ceremonies and Senior Recognition
Graduation: Alternative Ceremonies and Senior Recognition
Graduation: Celebrating Seniors
Due to the number of school closures throughout North America and Europe, we realize that the resources we offer exclusively to our partner schools to use in the classroom are not accessible during the social distancing precautions we are all taking to prevent further spread of COVID-19.
We understand the desire educators and parents have for creating student access to resources pertinent to the situation we are facing due to COVID-19. As such, Jostens is adding levels of accessibility for the following Renaissance resources available to the public while schools are under mandated closure.
- Customer Access– if you currently have an active user account for JostensRenaissance.com, your login information and your accessibility will remain the same.
- Public resources not requiring a login – found immediately below, there are 7 Harbor episodes available without the need for a login account of any kind. We will continue to add to these public resources specific to COVID-19 as the days progress.
- Courage – In this Harbor episode, we dissect the relationship between courage, helping others, and our own comfort. Critical Thinking Prompts
- Patience – In this Harbor episode, special guest Aaron Davis teaches us patience is the ability to accept and tolerate delay without getting angry or upset. Critical Thinking Prompts
- Positivity and Social Media – As we all rely on social media to help us pass the time, this Harbor episode provides insight on how we can use social media to a create positive impact. Critical Thinking Prompts
- Self-Reflection – In this Harbor episode, we discuss the importance of self-reflection. Now, more than ever, we are afforded the time for quiet, contemplative self-reflection. Critical Thinking Prompts
- Solutions>Problems – COVID-19 has given us many problems we could allow to overwhelm us. In this Harbor episode, we talk about the power in focusing on solutions instead of problems. Critical Thinking Prompts
- Service – In this Harbor episode, host Mike Smith shares insights on how service can change your life and how important it is to find joy in the small moments. Critical Thinking Prompts
- Fear – We are all afraid of something. In this time, we are all afraid of the same thing. We can let fear consume us, or we can use our fear to make positive changes in our own life and in the lives of others. Critical Thinking Prompts
For over 120 years, Jostens has earned and honored strong relationships with our schools and the students and parents we serve. We thank you for allowing us to serve as your trusted partner.
STAY ROOTED IN LOVE.
Our thoughts are with our schools, students, and communities. We will get through this. Together.
The health and safety of our schools, teams and customers is the highest priority for Jostens. As communities mobilize to respond to COVID-19, we are ready to assist our schools, teams and customers with revised schedules and delivery dates when needed. Please reach out to your Jostens representative or to our plant consultants with questions or details regarding any expected or planned changes to your school or event calendar. We are committed to providing proactive, flexible solutions to accommodate your questions and needs.
We encourage you to remain educated and informed regarding COVID-19. Below are useful links to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization and the Public Health Agency of Canada:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html
Our friends at the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation have adapted some of their character lessons featuring the stories of Medal of Honor recipients for remote learning. View their Google drive of modified lessons here or visit their Character Development Program site here for free access to a library of lessons and resources.