The joys and pains of starting a teaching career during this unique moment in history are especially profound. In this highly interactive workshop, Dr. Tina H. Boogren offers beginning teachers a road map for navigating their crucial first years in the classroom, whether they're working with students in person, virtually, or via blended learning. Designed […]
This session is for paraprofessionals, instructional aides and bilingual aides who work with English learners (ELs) in the general education classroom. This one-hour online session will cover second language acquisition, scaffolds for ELs, explicit vocabulary instruction and the role of culture to prepare paraprofessionals to work effectively with English Learners. The session is free for […]
Proven techniques to close learning gaps RTI is not a series of implementation steps to cross off on a list, but a way of thinking about how educators can ensure each child receives the time and support needed to achieve success. This virtual workshop is designed for school teams who have started RTI but are […]
Join us for this dynamic webinar as best-selling authors, Shane Safir and Jamila Dugan, lay out their transformational model—which will help you shift your focus from satellite-level data (like test scores and other metrics) to real-time, on-the-ground stories, experiences, and artifacts. Street data is the qualitative and experiential data that emerges at eye level and […]
Your classroom library is an important tool in supporting independent reading for all children. This session will explore ideas for organizing your classroom library in a way that engages young readers and ways to think about the classroom library as a teaching tool. We’ll also discuss strategies for keeping your library fresh and updated throughout […]
If we have learned anything through teaching during this pandemic, it is that the term “behavior” doesn’t simply refer to a disruptive student. The term behavior refers to academic behaviors (skill-based) and social behaviors (will-based) and both need to be taught and reinforced in every tier of systematic SEL supports at your school. Fostering positive […]
If we have learned anything through teaching during this pandemic, it is that the term “behavior” doesn’t simply refer to a disruptive student. The term behavior refers to academic behaviors (skill-based) and social behaviors (will-based) and both need to be taught and reinforced in every tier of systematic SEL supports at your school. Fostering positive […]
It’s important to remember that your goal isn’t to become a professional learning community. The goal is to improve the professional practice of every adult and every team in your school, and by doing so, the school will improve student learning—kid by kid, skill by skill. Janel Keating leads the work of high-performing PLC at […]
Harness the power of collective efficacy to accelerate students’ learning. Do your students understand the potential of collaborating with others? Do they believe that they will learn more if they develop both “I” skills and “We” skills? Collective student efficacy requires more than pushing tables together and inviting students to talk or 'work in groups'. […]
Students often choose fiction books when given the choice of reading materials. They often see nonfiction reading as reading that is done for school instead of for personal enjoyment. We can help students find books that they want to read “for fun” if we think differently about the books we have available, the ways we […]
If we have learned anything through teaching during this pandemic, it is that the term “behavior” doesn’t simply refer to a disruptive student. The term behavior refers to academic behaviors (skill-based) and social behaviors (will-based) and both need to be taught and reinforced in every tier of systematic SEL supports at your school. Fostering positive […]
