Classroom Management Strategies
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…
Beyond Bloom: HOT Questioning Techniques That Promote Total Class Participation
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…
Making the Most of Home–Teacher Communication
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…
Exploring the Connecticut Code of Professional Responsibility
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,…
Developing Meaningful Social–Emotional Learning Goals
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…
PDEC Tune-up
This workshop can be customized to meet the unique needs of your district’s professional development and evaluation committee (PDEC). It provides a refresher on PDEC roles, responsibilities, and operating procedures…
Dispute Resolution Strategies for Teacher Evaluation
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…
Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback
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…
Surviving Teaching in the Age of Social Media
Social media is everywhere in our lives and seems unavoidable. What pitfalls are out there for educators in this fast-changing technological world? The track provides tips and strategies for protecting…
Difficult Conversations Made Easy
In this interactive session, participants will learn to recognize when it is time to have a difficult conversation and learn some simple strategies to take the fear out of initiating one. The workshop will cover how to manage any strong feelings that arise during a difficult conversation, as well as how and when to follow up in the days that follow. The workshop includes several opportunities for participants to practice initiating a difficult conversation with tact and openheartedness. This workshop is designed to help members address problems proactively, settle differences amicably, promote trust, and contribute to a healthy school climate.