This workshop focuses on the laws regarding special education, with a particular emphasis on regular and special education teachers’ rights and responsibilities when participating in the special education process. Participants…
This interactive workshop focuses on improving student engagement and participation in a highly distracted era. Different types of engagement will be explored, opportunities to share and learn from each other…
Young children learn about themselves, others, and the world around them primarily through play. Play is essential for healthy physical, cognitive, and social emotional development. Despite its critical importance, opportunities…
There are so many things new educators need to know and be able to do, but perhaps the most important is how to manage a classroom. This interactive workshop addresses…
Appropriate for teachers of all grade levels and subjects, this workshop focuses on systematically building empathy for others. Included are practical techniques and strategies that can be easily integrated into…
This interactive workshop is appropriate for teachers of all subjects and grade levels and is designed to foster higher order thinking and total participation from all students. It offers practical…
This workshop is designed for teachers of all levels and focuses on encouraging students to gradually take ownership over their learning goals and take a more active role in achieving…
Home–teacher communication can be stressful. This session provides tips to help you develop and promote a working partnership with families prior to parent–teacher conferences, review different types of conferences, assist…
All teachers, especially preservice teachers and those going through TEAM, must demonstrate knowledge of the Connecticut Code of Professional Responsibility. This highly interactive workshop delves into relevant competencies and themes,…
Student mental health and emotional well-being were a serious concern before the pandemic, but levels of anxiety and feelings of alienation and loneliness have since skyrocketed. Fostering SEL is now…
