Ignite VidCon 1B: Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences: The Kolb Cycle

CORE Network Nashville and the United Way of Greater Nashville are excited to host the 2025 Nashville Early Childhood Education Conference! "Ignite! Purpose and Intention." The 2025 Ignite! Conference will be held July 22 - 25, 2025. All sessions are free and open to the public.

Join Olga Koldej as she presents an exciting session on "Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences: The Kolb Cycle."

Unpack Kolb's Learning Cycle! This hands-on session empowers educators to use experience-based learning. Discover how Experience, Reflective Observation, Conceptualization, and Active Experimentation boost development both in children and adults. You will explore how to create educational situations—moments where learning naturally occurs rather than being directly taught. Practical strategies to enhance learning, improve engagement, and create dynamic, experience-based lesson plans will be provided. Don't miss this chance to elevate your teaching!

1 - 1.5 hours of TN DHS credit is available upon completion of a reflection form. All Ignite! Conference sessions fall under the umbrella of the United Way of Greater Nashville for TN DHS credit. United Way of Greater Nashville is a Pre-Approved Institution with TrainTN. Your TNPAL-verified director should enter documentation of attendance and participation in their TrainTN Director Portal.

All webinars are recorded and can be found at https://www.unitedwaygreaternashville.org/rts-training/. All recordings are eligible for TN DHS hours.

About the presenter

Olga Kołdej is a soft skills trainer, business coach, and consultant specializing in change adaptation, strengths-based collaboration, dynamic governance, and resilience building. She fosters emotional intelligence, empathetic communication, and agility in purpose-driven individuals, teams, and organizations. Her work is defined by self-leadership, meaningful impact, and a focus on values and natural talents.

Olga helps brave, purpose-driven organizations, teams, and individuals navigate a rapidly changing world by transforming the way they work on three levels: Personal Growth: Increasing self-awareness, habit transformation, and personal leadership development through coaching and mentoring. Team Development: Effective strengths-based collaboration, conflict resolution, and future skill cultivation through workshops, facilitation, and tools like NVC and action learning. Organizational Evolution: Self-organization, building a value-driven culture, and structural innovation using frameworks such as sociocracy and holacracy. You can connect with her through her website (https://olgakoldej.com/), email (olga@olgakoldej.com), and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/olga-koldej/).

About CORE Network Nashville

Core Network Nashville is Nashville’s community of connected resources for early childhood educators. We are the place to find educational and operational resources in the area, access coaching and mentorship opportunities, and get connected to the strong community of early childhood educators of all different backgrounds. At Core Network Nashville, we believe that no matter your role in education, you deserve to have the resources and community support you need to thrive in your work.

If you would like more information about CORE Network and/or would like to join the work, please contact Elandriel Lewis.