Apr 29, 2025: This session will outline an experiential framework for SEL, engage participants in model activities, and provide supportive and collaborative planning time to bring joy, reflection, and rigor into the remainder of the year.
May 6, 2025: Participants will learn how to adapt traditional games, incorporate creative new strategies, and create a dynamic learning environment that encourages active participation for all students, regardless of ability level.
June 17, 2025: This one-day interactive workshop will give you an overview of trauma and the effects it can have on our students. We will explore adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the research behind it, toxic stress and how our stress response system works, and trauma’s impact on the brain.
Sept 16, 2025: This course helps mentors in implementing best practices for guiding beginning teachers to reach their fullest potential and is an opportunity for mentors to collaborate with others in the region in face-to-face training.
Sept 17, 2025: This workshop explores the exciting potential of artificial intelligence with practical skills and creative strategies for integrating AI into their literacy instruction.
Sept 23, 2025: This power-packed seminar will provide you with up-to-date insights and strategies for reaching and helping those young people who seem to evoke the strongest feeling of frustration, hurt, and sometimes discouragement in professional educators.
Sept 25, 2025: Participants will learn effective instructional strategies for both analog and digital learning environments.
Oct 23, 2025: This hands-on workshop explores how Canva can transform classrooms into creative hubs for literacy-rich projects.
Oct 29, 2025: Building upon the foundational concepts introduced in RCD Day #1, RCD Day #2 dives deeper into the practical application of Responsibility-Centered Discipline (RCD) through scenario-based training and systemic solutions that support teachers, students, and administrators.
Nov 6, 2025: Focus on how to accelerate vocabulary acquisition and knowledge gains in the secondary classroom using current research and best practices.
Dec 4, 2025: Designed for grades 6-12, this session explores proven techniques from leading literacy experts like Timothy Shanahan, Sharon Vaughn, Timothy Rasinski, and Kelly Gallagher to enhance student comprehension and fluency.
Dec 10, 2025: The session will begin with an introduction to the four cognitive processing styles followed by collaborative activities that not only expose participants to differentiation strategies for teaching, but that also model these same strategies.
