Workshops

The Night Before A Trauma-Informed Experiential Training

Participants will be immersed in a domestic violence case and will work collaboratively to understand the core concepts for understanding traumatic stress in children & families. This is an interactive event.

Illinois PaCE (Postsecondary and Career Expectations) Overview

This session will provide an overview of the Postsecondary Workforce Readiness Act legislation, an in-depth explanation of the PaCE framework, the steps involved with creating and implementing your own school/district specific PaCE aligned framework, as well as additional PaCE support and resources available through IASC.

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Steps to Respect

Every teacher wants respectful students. But did you know there is a developmental progression that builds to respectful behavior? This workshop will introduce participants to Dr. Bruce Perry’s 6 Core Strengths. After this workshop, participants will be able to define and describe each of those six strengths. Participants will also walk away with strategies to support students at each level of development leading towards respect. 

Registration closes on June 14, 2023. 

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The Night Before A Trauma-Informed Experiential Training

Participants will be immersed in a domestic violence case and will work collaboratively to understand the core concepts for understanding traumatic stress in children & families. This is an interactive event.

Starting Strong: What Teachers Need to Know and Do Before the First Day

This fast paced, practical one-day workshop will help you prepare for your first day, week, and month of school. Identify routines, develop your classroom management, and learn first day of school activities. You’ll be set to look and feel confident on the first day of the rest of your life!

Registration closes on June 15, 2023. 

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Lunch and Learn Series: Stress and the Brain

Stress and the Brain: Overview

This session will focus on the core concepts of the brain and discuss the impact of various types of stress on the brain. 

By the end of the session:

– Participants will be able to define the ways stress can occur and the impact of each

– Participants will be able to define the sequence of engagement and describe how this impacts them and their students.

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Restorative Practices

This interactive workshop will introduce you to Restorative Practices that can be implemented in the classroom and school. Come prepared to practice activities and strategies that will help your students create a supportive and positive climate.

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Restorative Practices

This interactive workshop will introduce you to Restorative Practices that can be implemented in the classroom and school. Come prepared to practice activities and strategies that will help your students create a supportive and positive climate.

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Collaboration, Creativity, and a Touch of Crazy: Addressing Classroom Management Through Cooperative Learning

It’s not your grandmother’s classroom anymore! Creating a dynamic, well-managed classroom doesn’t have to mean rows of silent desks with silent kids staring at the teacher. Come explore how you can reimagine your classroom and your teaching through the research-based practice of cooperative learning. This hands-on, active experience provides you with unique collaborative techniques that can increase student achievement, build critical thinking skills, foster on-task behavior, and bring joy (and a little bit of crazy) to your classroom. 

Registration closes on June 19, 2023.  

Presenter: Jeff Fessler, Teacher at Western Elementary School
Jeff is a former international educator with experience in Africa and Asia, former teacher of the year for Florida’s Palm Beach County, and former national teacher trainer. 

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Reading Workshop: Responding to the Needs of Readers Through Tier 1 and Tier 2 Interventions

In a reading workshop framework, teachers provide layers of support to meet the needs of all students. The workshop will address the assessment, planning, and instructional decision making needed to meet the needs of striving readers. 

Registration closes on June 20, 2023.  

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Lunch and Learn Series: Building Resilience Within the Educator

This presentation will help participants understand the impact of stress and trauma on an individual, including how working with individuals who have experienced trauma can impact them personally. Several strategies will be reviewed to aid in decreasing the effects of stress and trauma on the physical, psychological and emotional well-being of the educator. 

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Introduction to Microsoft Teams

Hands-on demonstration of the features of Microsoft Teams, including creating and managing a class, chat features, creating assignments, creating a class notebook, and using Microsoft Forms. Participants will need to bring their own laptop and have access to Microsoft Teams. 

Registration closes on June 20, 2023. 

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Do You Know How to Canva?

Canva offers educators free accounts that can be used in a variety of ways. Learn how to use Canva’s interface to make class newsletters, classroom forms, presentations, email signatures, and many more. The only limit is your own creativity!

*Participants need to bring their own laptops to this session.

Registration closes on June 21, 2023.  

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“What Happened to You” Book Study

Do you wonder why your students are doing the things they do? Do you wish you could have a peek inside your student’s brains to see why behaviors are happening? Through this study you will learn how to teach and reach your students using Dr. Perry’s Brain Model and research.

June 26
July 10, 17, 24, 31
Aug 7

PDH: 1 per zoom, 10 for Teachable Component, up to 16 total

Free Book will be sent free of charge to each participant.

Add to Description: Registration closes on June 12th

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Lunch and Learn: Mind the Gap

“Learn continually. There’s always “one more thing” to learn.” -Steve Jobs

There is always “one more thing” to do, to think about, and ultimately to learn; however, it is vital to know what tools can be used to help identify the learning needs. Too often, as educators, we seek an instant solution to a complex problem that requires future investigation. Einstein once said, “if we had one hour to save the world, we would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and five minutes determining a solution.” This lunch and learn session will provide insight on Elena Aguilar’s “Mind the Gap” tool, which focuses on intentionally slowing down the urgency to provide a solution and leaning into deeply analyzing a situation or problem before offering a way to fix it. Participants will explore the “Mind the Gap” Framework and develop an awareness of the five things, Aguilar has found, that are needed to successfully accomplish a task or a plan: the skill, the knowledge, the will, the capacity, and the emotional intelligence. This framework and session will benefit all educators, it will be a highly engaging session, focused on applicable use of the tool.

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Lunch and Learn: Bridging the Gap Between Home and School

This workshop will discuss how to develop positive relationships with children’s caregivers and increase family engagement. Positive relationships between home and school are proven to help children succeed. This workshop will look at simple ways you can better communicate and involve your students’ families and help them to be partners in their children’s education.

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Writing Workshop: Engaging All Writers Through Best Practices

Illinois writing standard #10 states, “{students} write routinely over extended time frames for a range of discipline specific tasks, purposes and audiences”. The workshop will address how teachers, through best practices, can reach the needs of all writers in a workshop setting.

Registration closes on June 27, 2023. 

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Lunch and Learn Series: LGBTQIA+ Informational Session

Participants will learn some of the basic terminology and research to consider when working with the LGBTQ community. Special attention will be focused on challenges members of the LGBTQ community face when engaging mental health professionals. The goal is to help professionals learn and understand how to better serve people of all orientations.

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Lunch and Learn: The R.E.A.L. v1.0 – Respect. Effort. Action. Love. –

Are you looking to strengthen relationships and gain understanding of differences within your staff and students? The R.E.A.L v1.0 ~ Respect. Effort. Action. Love ~ is the perfect interactive experience to provide a safe and caring community that supports culture and climate. Through this informative, interactive and motivational professional training, you will gain valuable tools to connect with and motivate your students for educational success. Don’t miss out on this virtual experience that will not only stretch your mind, but leave you feeling recharged and ready to do what you love!   

Registration closes on June 28, 2023.  

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Using Google Slides in the Classroom

This workshop will show all the ways you can use Google Slides in your classroom. You will learn how to create, edit, and share documents with Google Slides. We will also look at ways your students can use them to showcase their own learning. 

Registration closes on June 28, 2023.  

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