| Course Title |
Course Description |
| Avoid the Drain! Use the Brain! |
"When it comes to building the human brain, nature supplies the construction material and nurture serves as the architect that puts them together." (R. Kotulak) Participants will identify impediments to learning and practice easy-to-implement strategies to ensure that all students are successful. |
| Beginning Cooperative Learning in the Secondary Classroom |
Make the most of the social nature of learners with classroom strategies that ensure positive interdependence, equal participation, individual and group accountability, enhanced interaction and improved leaning. |
| Building Community in the Secondary Classroom |
Research indicates that students are more successful in classrooms where teachers have positive relationships with students AND students positively interact with one another. This session will provide practical suggestions on how to effectively implement relationships building, classbuilding and teambuilding activities in the secondary classroom. |
| Parent Conferencing and Communication for the Secondary Teacher |
Get “Parents on Your Side” and learn innovative ways to communicate with parents and organize & conduct parent conferences using resources from Lee Canter’s Parents on Your Side. You will walk away with a wealth of useful and ready-to-use materials. |
| Questioning Strategies for the Secondary Classroom |
In this innovative and exciting session, participants will be provided techniques and strategies for effective questioning to enhance their instructional practices. |
| Setting Up your Secondary Classroom for Success |
Discover Strategies for creating a classroom climate that encourages student learning and enhances success. |
| The Essential 55 for the Secondary Classroom |
Based on the nationwide best-seller, The Essential 55 by Ron Clark, this session will provide effective strategies for developing a positive classroom community by emphasizing good manners, responsibility, and respect for self and others. |
