AGIS Conference 2026 Potsdam: Full Schedule

Working Together To Support Learning

4:00pm CEST

Developing Emotional Intelligence Through Coaching: A Practical Framework for Building Lasting Skills

Saturday September 19, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm CEST

Calming a child helps in the moment.
Coaching a child changes the next moment.

As educators we have been hearing/working a lot on supporting children in naming feelings and regulating emotions. In this session we will go deeper and think about what comes after- coaching kids through what to do next—using meaningful, reflective conversations rather than quick fixes or distraction and consequences.

Emotional intelligence isn’t complete when a child can name a feeling.
The real learning happens when we help them figure out what to do with that feeling next.
This workshop teaches adults how to:

Reflect what happened
Explore impact
Build a “conversation toolkit” for future moments

Speakers

Laura Venezia

Kindergarten Principal, Leipzig International School

Laura has spent over 20 years in the early childhood field, and she truly believes this is the work that matters most. The foundational skills we help children build today shape their success for a lifetime. She is especially passionate about social-emotional learning, brain and psychological... Read More →

Saturday September 19, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm CEST
0.22 Am Luftschiffhafen 1, 14471 Potsdam

One-Hour Workshop

Audience Administrative staff; Whole school for educators
Subject Well-Being

5:15pm CEST

Let's perform together - WE are the AGIS band tonight!

Saturday September 19, 2026 5:15pm - 6:15pm CEST

TBA

Bring an instrument. Bring your voice. Bring your passion. Bring your energy. Then we take a bit of organization, a bit of experience, and trust that we can do it...and poof! We have live music entertainment for Saturday night at the AGIS Conference! We will choose 8-10 songs to play and perform with almost no rehearsal and a whole lot of faith.

Leaps of faith rely on strong buy-in from the constituents, sharing a common goal, and trust in the participants' capabilities, knowledge, and experience. So leap with us and let's perform tonight! (There will be no notes, chord charts, or lyrics provided, so devices are extremely useful for knowing what to play or sing even if you don't have all of the world's music memorized).

Criteria for choosing songs include: audience recognition (multi-generational, international), danceability, sing-along-ability, and that somebody can sing lead on the song.

Speakers