{"id":1529,"date":"2025-10-29T15:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:43:13","slug":"webinar-why-mattering-matters-how-valuing-students-fuels-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/faculty-opportunities\/webinar-why-mattering-matters-how-valuing-students-fuels-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar-Why Mattering Matters: How Valuing Students Fuels Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Zach Mercurio Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11:00 a.m. \u2013 12:00 p.m. ET, November 6, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/he.hbsp.harvard.edu\/why-mattering-matters\">Register here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s hard for students to care if they don\u2019t feel cared for. Mattering\u2014the experience of knowing you are valued and that you add value\u2014is a powerful driver of motivation and engagement. Yet, in an era of reduced face-to-face connection and weaker social ties, many students report feeling unseen, unheard, and undervalued. When that happens, they often disengage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The good news: research shows that educators can intentionally create \u201cmoments of mattering\u201d by noticing students, affirming their worth, and showing them how they make a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this webinar, Zach Mercurio, a researcher, facilitator, and author, will share the science of mattering and practical ways to build a culture of significance in the classroom and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ll learn to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Define mattering and understand its role in motivation, engagement, and retention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distinguish between belonging, inclusion, and mattering\u2014and why all three are essential<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify barriers that prevent students from feeling valued and explore ways to overcome them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optimize everyday interactions so students feel truly seen, heard, and valued<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Femail.hbsp.harvard.edu%2Fdc%2F4dg9xoTAdP2rQCxw0VXt9jXssrXLTGd8hjWMSOai7bvOzti49WurcBcwTh4z6tiLAak4BCo49R3JXg_uj8xDv2OogMCHKux7XSBh5LXTZebNT0TmLPAKYZrkfe53jZCRXtpl8QSEbc9C4DNr1R7MwcXe0LJfiWjQ9xI3UsTeIByNaChuVp4S7enbAgdIcuMBSAmAspZY-9PVQ7X2vnQ9ei7HyPWH6-p85yx1gcoYxCr6TcsmBjRZZyfYMVSTyfQGXYz_Iv1PqLTsk_jq3HWgCQ%3D%3D%2FODU1LUFUWi0yOTQAAAGdxWKNiDGgodoTGHXPva3gz7fVi4SYjIbLqU-bdtftQFnAJcscfQTsWNWX20mOEANaENtdil0%3D&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckbyrnes%40bowdoin.edu%7C60660f9ff86e45131a7208de1572d2ba%7C984e32e5f98a4600aa3227c3f948abe3%7C0%7C0%7C638971780073258342%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=i63DkBk3T5K01rVaMQm1rX6ssZB87QdG7NwZbxwjhpI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Zach Mercurio Ph.D. 11:00 a.m. \u2013 12:00 p.m. ET, November 6, 2025 Register here It\u2019s hard for students to care if they don\u2019t feel cared for. Mattering\u2014the experience of knowing you are valued and that you add value\u2014is a powerful driver of motivation and engagement. Yet, in an era of reduced face-to-face connection and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-faculty-opportunities"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Kathryn Byrnes","author_link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/author\/kbyrnes\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}