Suspending Certainty - What Is It and Why Does It Matter in Schools?
Date: August 26, 2026
Time: 1:00-2:00pm UTC
About this webinar
In this webinar, Jennifer will introduce attendees to one of the key skills counselors need to support a healthy professional culture of learning in their schools: the ability to suspend certainty. This concept is one of the five facets explored in her book, Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work.
Participants will reflect on what it means to truly listen to others without becoming defensive, and how curiosity and inquisitiveness can foster growth more effectively than judgment or accusation. Through self-assessments, discussions, and video activities, attendees will deepen their understanding of how to model and strengthen their ability to stretch themselves at their learning edges.
Speaker
Jennifer Abrams, formerly a high school English teacher and a new teacher coach, Jennifer Abrams is currently a communications consultant and author. Her many publications include Having Hard Conversations and Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work. Jennifer has been featured columnist on growth and change for The Learning Professional as well as The International Educator and she keynotes, facilitates and coaches at schools worldwide. She was honored to be named one of the “18 Women All K-12 Educators Should Know,” by Education Week’s ‘Finding Common Ground’’ blog.
http://www.jenniferabrams.com / @jenniferabrams