Educational Workshops

Fall 2025
September 8: Workshops Open
December 1: Last day to register for online workshops
December 12: All online work must be completed and submitted by 11:59 p.m.

Spring 2026
January 12: Workshops Open
March 23: Last day to register for online workshops
April 10: All online work must be completed and submitted by 11:59 p.m.

STRATEGIES FOR INSTRUCTION

• Action Teaching/Learning with Impact in Class and Online
• Beginning Grant Writing
• Bibliotherapy and Poetry Therapy in the Classroom
• Close Reading in the K-8 Classroom
• Collaboration to Build Parent and Community Involvement
• CRA (Concrete, Representational, Abstract) Teaching in Math for Grades K-12
• Dyslexia And Reading Disabilities in The General Education Classroom
• Escape Rooms and Virtual Escape Rooms for Classroom Instruction
• Genius Hour: Inquiry & Project Based Learning in the Classroom
• Google Basics for Teachers
• Interactive Video Methods
• Introduction to AI use in the classroom
• Math Conversations K-5
• Math in the Early Childhood Classroom
• Micro Teaching and Mini Lessons
• Rethinking Mindsets
• Seeing Thinking: Making Student Metacognition Visible
• STEM Labs and Makerspaces
• Strategies for Helping Low Readers Meet Success
• Teaching College Readiness Skills to Middle and High School Students
• Token Economies: Manage Behavior and Teach Math at the Same Time
• Universal Design for Learning
• Using Inductive Teaching And Learning In Your Classroom
• Using Persuasive Writing and Debate in the Classroom
• Using Visualization Strategies to Improve Reading Comprehension
• Writing and the Science of Reading
• Writing in the K-3 Classroom
• Writing Workshops K-5

ASSESSMENT

• A4L: Assessment for Learning
• Alternatives to Letter Grades
• Understanding Connections Among Objectives, Standards, Formative and Summative Assessment
• Using Formative Assessment to Determine Strategies for Reteaching Or Teaching A New Way

INTERVENTION/SPECIAL EDUCATION

• Data Collection for Progress Monitoring of RTI and IEP Goals
• Developing Effective Transition Practices for Students with Disabilities
• Emotional Regulation: Skills and Strategies
• Emphasizing Self-Advocacy and Independence for Exceptional Students Online and In-Person
• Executive Functioning
• Implementing, Evaluating, and Improving Instructional Practices in Inclusion Settings
• Introduction to 504 Plans and IEPs for General Education Teachers
• IRIS Modules: Behavior and Classroom Management
• IRIS Modules: Instructional Strategies and Evidence Based Practice
• IRIS Modules: Students with IEPs
• Providing Accommodations and Modifications In The General Education Classroom
• Providing IEP/504/RTI (MTSS) Services Through Remote Learning
• Remediating Learning Loss

DISCIPLINE

• Behavior Analysis for Teachers
• Improving Student Behavior in the Classroom
• Targeting Behavioral Function to Change Behavior

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL LEARNING

• Activities to Calm the Amygdala
• Applied SEL: Activating Emotional Awareness
• Attaining a Trauma Informed Classroom
• Building Motivation and Resiliency for At-Risk Students
• Culturally Responsive Teaching: Knowing Yourself and Others
• Fostering Fluid Intelligence & Crystalized Intelligence
• Growth Mindset in The Classroom
• Positive Peer Influences and Peer Tutoring
• Teaching Emotional Regulation Skills to Your Students
• Trauma Informed Education

GIFTED EDUCATION

• Improving Practices in Gifted Education
• Instructional Strategies for Gifted Learners
• Introduction to Gifted Education for the Classroom Teacher
• Supporting the Needs of Gifted Learners

BOOK-BASED LEARNING

The Book-Based Learning options are asynchronous, self-paced online options that require a specific book that participants must obtain on their own prior to beginning the workshop.

• Book Study: Building A Trauma-informed Restorative School (EDUC-6189-WK43O)
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required book: Building a Trauma-Informed Restorative School: Skills and Approaches for Improving Culture and Behavior by Joe Brummer with Margaret Thorsborne
  • ISBN: 978-1-78775-267-2
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline (EDUC-6189-W131O)
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required book: Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring our Perceptions of Discipline by Lori L. Desautels
  • ISBN: 978-1-948-01889-0
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind (EDUC-6189-WK17O)
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required book: Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind by Eric Jensen
  • ISBN: 978-1-4166-1572-9
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy & Responsibility Using Restorative Justice
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required book: Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy & Responsibility Using Restorative Justice by Brad Weinstein and Nathan Maynard
  • ISBN: 978-1-948-21213-7
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: How Children Succeed (EDUC-6189-W113O)
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required book: How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
  • ISBN: 978-0-544-10440-2
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: Integrating Social And Emotional Learning With Instruction In Secondary Classrooms (EDUC-6189-WK49O)
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required Book: SEL Every Day: Integrating Social and Emotional Learning with Instruction in Secondary Classrooms by Meena Srinivasan
  • ISBN: 978-0-393-71359-6
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: Productive Group Work: How to Engage Students, Build Teamwork, and Promote Understanding
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required book: Productive Group Work: How to Engage Students, Build Teamwork, and Promote Understanding by Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher
  • ISBN: 978-1-416-60883-7
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems (EDUC-6189-W122O)
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required Book: Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems by Mike Anderson
  • ISBN: 978-1416630333
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: The Importance of Being Little (EDUC-6189-W105O)
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required book: The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need from Grownups
  • ISBN: 9780143129981
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: The Innovator's Mindset (EDUC-6189-W106O)
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required book: The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity
  • ISBN: 978-0-9861554-9-9
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: The Pattern Seekers (EDUC-6189-W109O)
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required book: The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention
  • ISBN: 978-1-5416-4714-5
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: Unlocking English Learners' Potential (EDUC-6189-W110O)
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required book: Unlocking English Learners' Potential: Strategies for Making Content Accessible
  • ISBN: 978-1-5063-5277-0
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: The Little Book of Restorative Justice in Education: Fostering Responsibility, Healing, and Hope in Schools (EDUC-6189-WK76O)
  • 1 Credit Workshop
  • Required Book: The Little Book of Restorative Justice in Education: Fostering Responsibility, Healing, and Hope in Schools By Katherine Evans & Dorothy Vaandering
  • ISBN: 978-1-68099-172-7
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: Building a Trauma Informed Compassionate Classroom: Strategies & Activities to reduce Challenging Behavior, Improve Learning Outcomes, and Increase Student Engagement (EDUC-6189-WK77O)
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required Book: Building a Trauma-Informed Compassionate Classroom: Strategies & Activities to Reduce Challenging Behavior, Improve Learning Outcomes, and Increase Student Engagement By Jennifer L. Bashant
  • ISBN: 978-1-68373-275-4
  • Cost: $225
• Book Study: Trauma-Sensitive Instruction: Creating a Safe and Predictable Classroom Environment (EDUC-6189-W111O)
  • 1 credit workshop
  • Required Book: Trauma-Sensitive Instruction: Creating a Safe and Predictable Classroom Environment By John F. Eller & Tom Hierck
  • ISBN: 978-1-94953-995-0
  • Cost: $225