Candie Sellers

Feb 10, 2026: Come discover how to incorporate number sense routines into your daily practice and watch your class grow in accuracy, flexibility, and confidence.

Mar 6, 2026: Keynote speaker Britta Bynum is an aviation professional leader, and passionate advocate for women in aviation and STEM. With a background in aviation operations and a heart for service, she is committed to opening doors and creating pathways for the next generation.

Apr 28, 2026: This workshop will equip school and district teams to use student data to plan the assessments, schedule changes, program selection, flexible resource allocation, professional development and coaching necessary to support all students to be skilled readers.

July 23, 2026: School safety is built on strong relationships, shared understanding, and a commitment to working together. In this session, school administrators and School Resource Officers (SROs) will explore strategies for building effective partnerships that foster trust, improve communication, and create a unified approach to supporting students and staff.

July 23, 2026: School safety is built on strong relationships, shared understanding, and a commitment to working together. In this session, school administrators and School Resource Officers (SROs) will explore strategies for building effective partnerships that foster trust, improve communication, and create a unified approach to supporting students and staff.

Sept 15, 2026: This engaging, research-based session explores how the neuroscience of stress, resilience, and emotional regulation influences leadership, school culture, and teacher well-being. Participants will discover practical, brain-based strategies to improve decision-making, establish healthy boundaries, create sustainable work-life balance, prioritize personal wellness, and model healthy leadership.

Sept 29, 2026: The work of instructional coaching is a dynamic part of school communities. Supporting coaching cultures where students are at the center is an essential part of this work. Join us at WRESA to embrace the components of student-centered coaching. We will learn coaching moves that create opportunities for professional growth, and suggestions for putting student learning at the forefront. The day will include models for co-teaching moves and providing strength-based feedback.

Oct 1, 2026: Through this session, educators will have the opportunity to dive deeper into their science standards, explore the Science and Engineering Practices, and promote meaningful student discourse in science. Participants will engage in hands-on activities, discover practical classroom strategies, and leave with ready-to-use resources that will help ignite curiosity and engage all learners in high-quality science learning
experiences.

Oct 5, 2026: School administrators are provided an overview of the service delivery model of co-teaching, practical tools used to give substantial support to both the general and special educators implementing co-teaching in their schools. Administrators will discuss considerations for the selection of staff and students for co-teaching, planning for implementation, scheduling, the importance of collaborative planning, the six approaches utilized in the classroom that enhance universal design for learning, and evaluation of effective co-teaching implementation.

Oct 6, 2026: This professional learning supports best practice by providing teams of teachers (general and special educators) with the six approaches of co-teaching, their implementation and practical tools, can be utilized by teams implementing co-teaching as a service delivery model in their schools. The teams will gain knowledge of the essential elements of co-teaching: co-planning, co-instructing and co-assessing. The teams meet with their administrators the last hour of the day to collaborate.

Oct 7, 2026: In this session, educators will apply a trauma-informed lens to classroom management and student behavior. Participants will gain practical strategies and systems to foster high-trust relationships with every student and guide them toward meaningful reflection and accountability. We will also explore techniques for repairing harm and teaching essential Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) skills that support a resilient classroom community. 

Oct 8, 2026: Join us for a transformative session focused on the lower strands of the Reading Rope: word recognition. Participants will unpack the essential components of phonological awareness, decoding, and sight recognition of familiar words—key building blocks for developing proficient readers. Explore how the science of reading informs effective, evidence-based instruction in word recognition.