New Teacher Professional Learning Topics: Student Engagement & Building Relationships
Description: Participants will explore how to teach a great lesson because you’re not playing or struggling with behaviors the entire time. Classroom management isn't about controlling students; it’s about setting up your room where learning is the focus. In this 50-minute session, participants will explore ways to build real relationships, tighten up transitions, and create a culture of mutual respect. We’ll look at how "social capital" is your best management tool and walk through low-stress ways to stop disruptions before they even start. You’ll walk away feeling ready for a successful year.
Description: This fast-paced session offers practical, research-informed strategies to increase engagement in any classroom. Participants will explore simple yet powerful tools to spark meaningful discourse, encourage critical thinking, and structure collaboration to elevate student achievement without overwhelming their planning time. Walk away with strategies you can implement tomorrow to create classrooms where students do the talking, thinking, and learning.
Description: Strengthen subject-area understanding through routines that promote evidence-based reasoning, academic discourse, and conceptual depth. Modeled investigations highlight the intentional teacher moves that drive student inquiry and support the productive struggle of sensemaking. Build a collaborative classroom culture through meaningful discourse, shared phenomena-based problem solving, and critical thinking routines that empower all learners.
New Teacher Professional Learning Topics: Student Engagement
Description: Unlock the power of flexible grouping and strategic station design to differentiate instruction, deepen engagement, and elevate student ownership. This session guides educators in creating learning environments where small group instruction and stations work in tandem to support diverse learning needs. Explore models for station setup, rotation protocols, and facilitation moves that maximize instructional impact.
FACILITATORS: Collaborative Teaching and Learning Group, LLC: Eric Rhoades & Skip Tyler
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