Call for Presenters for the 2021-2022 School Year for the Teacher Center
Brian Mendler - Why Kids Disengage and Misbehave and What to Do About it!
Date: 6/3/2021 (4 - 5:30pm)
Description: Before applying strategies to change unwanted behavior and disengagement, we must first correctly diagnose why the behaviors are occurring. Without understanding the why, then most strategies will ultimately fail. Learn to diagnose and understand the 6 main reasons why students disengage and misbehave. Discover how to apply the correct strategies for each student to address individual needs. Want kids to show up to your online or in-person class, then you will want to hear Brian’s number one strategy to get maximum participation.
Monica Burns - Fostering Creativity in the Virtual Environment
Date: 5/26/2021
Description: This session will explore how to design opportunities for creation in the classroom in any subject area. This session will introduce strategies to support student creativity at a distance and in a traditional classroom, as well as free and low-cost open-ended creation tools. Attendees will see student work samples and find inspiration for learning activities across the content areas. Register Here in Frontline.
Stephanie Schaefer - Getting Started with Nearpod
Come see how Nearpod can work for your and your students!
Date: 5/13/2021Description: Do you want the ability to see all of your students' work at once? Nearpod is an outstanding tool for educators that are in online and blended settings. Learn some tricks as to how to use Nearpod at a basic level to help students succeed in online and blended settings.
Rick Bray - Intro to Coding
Join us for a great session around coding in the PK-12 environment!
Date: 5/20/2021
Description: Coding is much more typing lines of "code" or clicking directional blocks together to make something move. Coding is really about using a pre-planned, logical series of steps to create a desired result. We will talk about how terms like "outcome", "feedback", "adjustment", and "ideation" can help our students all the way from Pre-Kindergarten to High School Seniors, use coding in multiple content areas.
Karen Dudgeon - Fostering Resilient Learners day 3!
Date: 5/25/2021
Description: We have had so much fun learning about resilience for our kids, we are going to continue our conversation for a third session. We will again be solely in your classroom with examples for kids Pre-K through Seniors. We will talk about how to manage challenging behaviors and encourage a path to success. If you missed our first two sessions, you are most welcome as this hour-long session will be designed to jump right in!
Our Other Professional Learning Opportunities
The Teacher Center has a number of professional learning opportunities scheduled. All of these offerings are in Frontline/MLP and are free to register for. These offerings will take place via Zoom and links will be sent our prior to the workshop date. Below are some of our January offerings. Check out the Teacher Center website to view our calendar!
