Eric Booth has been quoted as, "the father of the teaching artist profession", "one of the 50 most important U.S. arts leaders", "one of America's most creative teachers, and best teachers of creativity", "one of the 25 most important people in American arts education", "an essential leader in the U.S./world El Sistema movement". Eric will be joining us to cover student motivation. Research tells us it is the single most important contributor to student learning. To draw students into thinking about what they know increases intrinsic motivation, and adding to that. Also, he will introduce a growth mindset as a construct to implement in learning.