Lakeville Registration

Back by popular demand from 2011 Register for 101A also. This is a full-day session. Build more positive teaching moments into your day! Drawing on the Cooperative Discipline model, you will leave this session with intervention strategies for the moment of misbehavior as well as encouragement strategies that can redirect misbehavior and call forth innate strengths of children. An added bonus will be an exploration of how your inner dialogue in six specific areas supports successful decisions but can also foster failure, both personally and professionally. Be the change and be the bright shining light that YOU are! This session addresses the behavior licensure requirement.

Back by popular demand from 2011 This session will explore evidence-based curricula demonstrated to increase academic achievement, student engagement, and empathy. Participants will experience and practice core lessons from the Hawn Foundation MindUP Program; designed to increase focus and attention and to reduce student stress. Highlighted strategies are effective with regular and special education students alike. This session incorporates positive psychology and the neuroscience of joy. This session addresses the behavior licensure requirement.

New session this year Did you know that1979 was the year Don Holdaway connected what was happening during storybook bedtime reading and then introduced shared reading? The power and influence of shared reading is timeless. Shared reading highlights concept of print, language development, word recognition, strategies, and skills while reading authentic text. Book titles will be recommended for this socially supportive, risk free experience. This session meets the reading licensure requirement.

Back by popular demand from 2011 Join us for an opportunity to learn strategies for improving students’ comprehension. This session will target both literal and inferential comprehension and will address the importance of vocabulary in understanding text. This class will also help participants teach students to become strategic and reflective thinkers. This session addresses the reading licensure requirement.

New session this year Interested in learning how to integrate STEM into your classroom? This session will cover practical ways to becoming a STEM Teacher in a culturally-responsive environment. Participants will leave with ideas on how to develop and deliver STEM teaching by creating an inquiry climate, perfecting questioning techniques, and using science notebooks for all students.

Back by popular demand from 2011 This session will showcase North Trail Elementary's early morning Literacy PE class. The student results were improvement in reading level--five times the national average and two to three times that of their peers. You will be introduced to the research that supports these results: recent brain research and other academic studies in which activity has been linked to academic improvement. The session will also include some of the vigorous games with embedded cognitive challenges used at North Trail.

New session this year Have you ever considered incorporating effective strategies from literacy instruction to strengthen your students' math comprehension? During this session, we will explore several models/frameworks which incorporate literacy strategies into math instruction; including Daily 5 for Math by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser and Building Mathematical Comprehension by Laney Sammons.

Back by popular demand from 2011 Adolescence is a time of testing limits and socializing with peers. How can we grasp our students’ energy and focus it into a productive learning experience? Classroom management doesn’t have to be a struggle, but it does take planning and a sense of humor. You will leave this session with proactive strategies that will improve your communication and connections with your students and positive reminders of why you enjoy teaching these mood-swinging and fun-loving adolescents. This session addresses the behavior licensure requirement.

New session this year Learn about the latest trends that are taking place in today's classroom including bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategies, management, and procedure. "Flipped" classrooms increase student Interaction and communication. This session addresses the technology licensure requirement.