Lakeville Registration

Back by popular demand from 2011 Explore specific strategies and steps for managing challenging parent meetings and conferences, annoying behaviors, race accusations, and more. (Examples taken from K-6 experiences but applicable to K-12.) Please take this class only if you have taken Managing PARENT Behavior in 2011 or Managing PARENT Behavior Part One in 2012.

Back by popular demand from 2011 Feel the magic of working with students who consistently listen both to you and to their peers, constantly share their ideas, and unfailingly assume responsibility for understanding by asking clarifying questions! Create a safe classroom environment where students value their own learning, as well as the learning of their peers. Initiate strategies that empower students to assume responsibility for learning. Discuss how listening is a skill, not a behavior. This session addresses the accom/mod licensure requirement.

New session this year Yoga is a great way for children to find stillness and calm in our busy classrooms, as well as helping children make connections between their body and mind. This session will share simple and engaging ways to tell familiar stories such as Mushroom in the Rain, The Mitten, and A Walk in the Jungle while children use their bodies to create the animals in the story. Come ready to move! This session addresses the reading licensure requirement.

Back by popular demand from 2011 You will walk out really knowing something helpful or practical about teaching arithmetic with algebra in mind - practical, lasting, multi-sensory ways to teach K-3 math that set up kids now for later success in algebra. Use kid-tested, user-friendly math principles that unify elementary math across grades and across topics. Learn how to have a high degree of connectedness for you and your students with what is done with manipulatives, what is said with words, and what is written in symbols.

New session this year Have fluency measures (i.e. Dibels) turned your kids into speedy word callers instead of fluent readers that enjoy reading? While research supports the correlation between oral reading fluency and comprehension, we all know that there is much more to fluency than words correct per minute. In this session, we will discuss many strategies for teaching fluency including using read alouds as the framework for teaching and modeling fluency, building vocabulary, and improving comprehension. You will go away inspired and confident to teach fluency! This session addresses the reading licensure requirement.

Back by popular demand from 2011 The rewards of watching a student think as he/she processes and problem solves while trying to make sense of text leads to your best teaching. In this session, we’ll investigate how to confer for many tomorrows and not just today. Once data and observations are recorded, individual goals surface and small groups can be formed. This session addresses the reading licensure requirement.

Back by popular demand from 2011 According to researchers, almost three quarters of students will face bullying at some time. Participants will learn how to use folktales and hands-on activities to teach students three ways to keep themselves safe from bullies, and three simple and safe ways that they can be BullyBlocker heroes in their school by helping to keep other children safe from bullies. These techniques will complement and enhance current bullying prevention and character education programs. This session addresses the behavior licensure requirement.

New session this year Whether it is the carrot or the stick, teachers are constantly looking for ways to pull, poke, and prod their students to take ownership for their learning. In this session, we will explore John T. Guthrie's principles for student engagement in reading. We will also explore practical approaches for shifting your scholars to complete their collaborative or individual learning without the candy. This session addresses the reading licensure requirement.

New session this year Familiar with Google Apps but looking for additional strategies you can integrate into your secondary classroom? Come learn more about ways you can create a collaborative classroom using Google tools. Share your own successful experiences, explore new ideas, and put your creativity to work. This session addresses the technology licensure requirement.