Highlighted
Staff Development Opportunities
Our consultants have a wide-range of Professional Development Training Seminars to bring to your staff.
Our highlighted list is a sampling of what we can offer.
Our highlighted list is a sampling of what we can offer.
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
Creating a Socially and Emotionally Rich Classroom:
Tools of the Trade for Teachers to Use Immediately
Presented by: Dr. Scott Taylor
The connection among social emotional learning, classroom management, and student academic achievement is well-documented. Foster a strong sense of classroom community, strengthen the quality of relationships, and encourage a high level of collaboration by using concrete strategies that won’t encroach on precious instructional time. This professional development experience can be customized to meet the needs of grade-specific programs, e.g. Elementary, Middle, or High.
2 half-day sessions--one for K-5, one for 6-12 ($1500 plus travel)*; OR
one 3-hour session for all grades ($900 plus travel)*
STRESS REDUCTION
Stress for Success
Presented by: Dr. James Lynch
Mindful Leadership requires one to channel distress into eustress. Your staff will recognize that being an educator, administrator or a school board member can be stressful at times. This distress can be harmful not only to performance but also to one’s health. The session will create a six-point blueprint for participants that if practiced can make stress work for yourather than negatively impact your life. These principals are grounded in research, theory and practice.
one 3-hour session ($900 plus travel)*
HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
Pedagogical Principles for Effective Holocaust Education
Presented by: David Glass
The Holocaust must be understood as a shared human story and as a historical event. This course will offer a recommended pedagogy for teachers that allows their students to study a complex topic and apply the lessons learned to their own lives. (For Middle and High School)
1 full-day (2 half-day groups) session--designed to be in discussion-sized groups ($1000 plus travel)*; OR
one 3-hour session ($600 plus travel)*
SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS
Classroom Design for Project-Based Learning
Presented by: Amy Coppola
During a project, what does a classroom look, sound, and feel like? A project-based learning classroom design is student-centered. It allows students to engage in research, team-building activities, and fosters quality work, growth mindset and independence. Get ready to learn how to transform your classroom design to build a culture for project-based learning. This workshop will focus on how to set up a classroom that promotes engagement, academic conversations, trust, respect, and responsibility. Teachers will learn how to construct a student-centered, modern classroom design where students will have a sense of ownership over their learning.
one 3-hour session ($600 plus travel)*
INFORMATION LITERACY INTEGRATION
Welcome to the Modern World!
Information Literacy Instruction.
Presented by: Bonnie Lafazan
Learn how to tailor information literacy instruction to meet district goals in order to comply with state and local guidelines and standards (such as the AASL Standards Framework for Learners). Learn how to integrate a variety of models of Information Literacy Integration: specific course integrated instruction, embedded information literacy across the curriculum, or integration through course management systems or tutorials.
one 3-hour session ($600 plus travel)*
If you have a professional development need, we can help you! The above is a limited list of highlighted offerings. Please see our website for more consultants and expertise we can provide you.
Creating a Socially and Emotionally Rich Classroom:
Tools of the Trade for Teachers to Use Immediately
Presented by: Dr. Scott Taylor
The connection among social emotional learning, classroom management, and student academic achievement is well-documented. Foster a strong sense of classroom community, strengthen the quality of relationships, and encourage a high level of collaboration by using concrete strategies that won’t encroach on precious instructional time. This professional development experience can be customized to meet the needs of grade-specific programs, e.g. Elementary, Middle, or High.
2 half-day sessions--one for K-5, one for 6-12 ($1500 plus travel)*; OR
one 3-hour session for all grades ($900 plus travel)*
STRESS REDUCTION
Stress for Success
Presented by: Dr. James Lynch
Mindful Leadership requires one to channel distress into eustress. Your staff will recognize that being an educator, administrator or a school board member can be stressful at times. This distress can be harmful not only to performance but also to one’s health. The session will create a six-point blueprint for participants that if practiced can make stress work for yourather than negatively impact your life. These principals are grounded in research, theory and practice.
one 3-hour session ($900 plus travel)*
HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
Pedagogical Principles for Effective Holocaust Education
Presented by: David Glass
The Holocaust must be understood as a shared human story and as a historical event. This course will offer a recommended pedagogy for teachers that allows their students to study a complex topic and apply the lessons learned to their own lives. (For Middle and High School)
1 full-day (2 half-day groups) session--designed to be in discussion-sized groups ($1000 plus travel)*; OR
one 3-hour session ($600 plus travel)*
SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS
Classroom Design for Project-Based Learning
Presented by: Amy Coppola
During a project, what does a classroom look, sound, and feel like? A project-based learning classroom design is student-centered. It allows students to engage in research, team-building activities, and fosters quality work, growth mindset and independence. Get ready to learn how to transform your classroom design to build a culture for project-based learning. This workshop will focus on how to set up a classroom that promotes engagement, academic conversations, trust, respect, and responsibility. Teachers will learn how to construct a student-centered, modern classroom design where students will have a sense of ownership over their learning.
one 3-hour session ($600 plus travel)*
INFORMATION LITERACY INTEGRATION
Welcome to the Modern World!
Information Literacy Instruction.
Presented by: Bonnie Lafazan
Learn how to tailor information literacy instruction to meet district goals in order to comply with state and local guidelines and standards (such as the AASL Standards Framework for Learners). Learn how to integrate a variety of models of Information Literacy Integration: specific course integrated instruction, embedded information literacy across the curriculum, or integration through course management systems or tutorials.
one 3-hour session ($600 plus travel)*
If you have a professional development need, we can help you! The above is a limited list of highlighted offerings. Please see our website for more consultants and expertise we can provide you.