CM1 - Managing the Classroom Learning Environment

Participants will learn to create an effective learning environment by examining student / teacher beliefs, establishing rules and procedures, building student rapport, and developing strategies to redirect behaviors. The training culminates in a customized classroom management plan.

• Blueprints & Commitment. Setting the Foundation/Voice of Confidence
• Breaking Ground/The Best-Laid Plans. Classroom Rules & Procedures/Building & Maintaining Good Vibrations/Wised-up and With-it
• Mediating Murphy’s Law and Managing Learning. Behaviors and Intervention Techniques
• A Custom Product—Better than the Best-Laid Plans. Creation of a Site-Wide & Classroom Management Plan

CM2 - Review & Customization of Classroom Management

Review of CM1 material and a customized plan of action.

Small Group Instruction

This workshop will provide strategies and resources that educators can take back and use immediately in
their professional practice. Participants will be able to practice strategies first hand!

• Research
• Trust & Rapport/Curriculum/Lesson Planning
• Instructional Strategies & Resources
• Teamwork/Scheduling/Management

Small Group Instruction Refresher

Focus is on lesson planning and delivery (chunking, logistics, differentiation, etc. as specified by need)

Peer Coaching / Team Coaching

Educational professionals benefit from collaboration and coaching within their own ranks: their educational
peers! Peer coaching is a dynamic, inspirational professional development activity founded in
research and built foundationally on trust and respect.

• Core elements of peer coaching
• Evidence vs. Opinion
• Successful conversations
• Collaborative logging

Making Every Minute Count

We only have our students for a short period of time and those minutes are so precious! Engage with ideas
that take advantage of each instructional minute from bell-to-bell in this interactive workshop.

• Opening & Closing Classroom Procedures
• Successful Orientation
• Scheduling
• Strategies for the Classroom

Data Conversations 1

Data should drive classroom instruction by informing instructors about student learning needs. Analyzing informal, formal, formative and summative student learning data is a focus of this training enabling staff to plan specific learning goals and strategies. Emphasis is also placed on classsroom checking for understanding.

Data Conversations 2

This customized workshop will allow staff to learn more about state specific student data and how to implement strategies for their students. Site staff will analyze trends in data for their students and plan collaboratively for their sites. Goals and accountability strategies will be discussed.

Teaching The Reluctant Learner

Recognizing characteristics that signal a reluctant learner and implementing strategies to motivate and
teach students are keys to educating struggling students. Learn strategies that break down barriers, inspire students to learn, and can be used with all learners!

• Part 1: 40 Developmental Assets (Research Institute), Barriers, Strategies
• Part 2: Poverty and the Learner (Ruby Payne material)
• Part 3: The Resilient Student

Differentiated Instruction

All learners are not created equal! This workshop will debunk the myth of what DI is, focus in on the heart of
the strategy, take an in-depth look at your students, and play a little game of speed DI.”

• What it is and is not
• Content, Process, Product, & Environment/Rapport
• Looking at your Students
• Putting Theory to Practice

Creative Problem Solving Process

The Creative Problem Solving Process is a specific methodology designed to help individuals and/or teams
solve problems - from simple to the perceived overwhelmingly impossible. Creative Problem Solving (CPS) can be applied to the challenges of any department or site, in or out of the classroom.

• Learn personal preferences and opportunities to improve as creative problem solvers
  
• Learn why other team members annoy you - and how to turn that into a team strength
  
• Learn and practice CPS and some CPS tools
• Begin applying CPS to a real issue or challenge of your team’s choosing