Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath on Stress, Technology, and Learning

On August 23, the last Friday before the new academic year, Roxbury Latin faculty and staff—new and returning!—gathered for a series of school-wide updates and meetings. This year the schedule included a presentation and discussion on Stress, Technology, and Learning by Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, MEd, in a continued effort to provide professional development opportunities for faculty and staff, all to enhance the work they do in teaching, coaching, advising, and supporting boys. 

Dr. Cooney Horvath, an educator and neuroscientist, studies the impact of technology on learning and the physiological, social, and mechanical reasoning for this impact. The presentation highlighted two key points: that safe and emotionally connected relationships are the driver of learning, and that technology should be used only as a necessity to aid in learning, not as a convenience or due to ease of access. The first point, in particular, resonated with each person in the room, as Roxbury Latin prides itself not only on the academic program of the school, but the student and faculty-staff relationships that are at the heart of the community. 

Roxbury Latin continues to support the ongoing education of faculty and staff through professional development opportunities and experiences, as well as continued community-wide initiatives throughout the academic year.