This workshop focuses on building supportive relationships between mentors and educators in their first three years in the profession. Research shows educators who feel supported and have trusted colleagues they…
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,…
This workshop is designed for TEAM mentors but may also be useful for peer coaches, department chairs, or anyone who wants to improve their skills at giving (and receiving) feedback.…
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…
As a result of the new educator evaluation guidelines passed by Connecticut’s State Board of Education, each school district will have to create a new evaluation plan for 2024-2025. By…
Teaching is stressful enough, but when conflicts arise at work, that stress can become toxic. Learn to identify the underlying causes of workplace conflict, distinguish between types of conflict, and…
This highly interactive workshop is designed to provide teachers with practical strategies and structures to defuse and resolve disputes in an impartial, healthy, transparent way. Useful for department chairs, PDEC…
This workshop is designed for complementary evaluators, peer coaches, department chairs, TEAM mentors, and anyone who wants to improve on giving and receiving feedback. Constructive feedback encourages reflection and creates…
As a society, we tend to talk more than we listen. Listening, despite being an essential life skill, is often not explicitly taught. While communication skills are often taught in…
