Educational Workshops

Summer 2024
May 6: Workshops Open
August 5: Last day to register for online workshops
August 16: 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
• Blizzard Bags - Creating Calamity Day Online Assignments 
• Close Reading in the K-8 Classroom
• Collaboration to Build Parent and Community Involvement: Interactive Video Methods
• Computer Science and Computational Thinking
• Cooperative VS Competitive Learning
• CRA (Concrete, Representational, Abstract) Teaching in Math for Grades K-12
• Culturally Responsive Teaching: Knowing Yourself and Others
• Developing and Using Creative Thinking Skills in the Classroom
• Developing and Using Power Standards
• Dyslexia And Reading Disabilities in The General Education Classroom
• Escape Rooms and Virtual Escape Rooms for Classroom Instruction
• Evaluating And Choosing Writing Programs For K-12 Classrooms
• Genius Hour: Inquiry & Project Based Learning in the Classroom
• Google Basics for Teachers
• Interactive Video Methods
• Introduction to AI use in the classroom
• Linguistically Responsive Teaching
• Math Conversations K-5
• Math in the Early Childhood Classroom
• Micro Teaching and Mini Lessons
• Professional Learning Communities for Teachers
• Rethinking Mindsets
• Seeing Thinking: Making Student Metacognition Visible
• STEM Labs and Makerspaces
• Strategies for Helping Low Readers Meet Success
• Strategies for Transferring Learning to Your Students
• Teaching College Readiness Skills to Middle and High School Students
• Teaching Handwriting
• 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 Solid Lesson Plans
• Writing Workshops K-5

ASSESSMENT

• A4L: Assessment for Learning
• Alternatives to Letter Grades
• Assessment Literacy for Teachers
• 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

• Anchor Charts, Scaffolds, And Interventions to Support All Students in The General Education Classroom
• Awareness of Dyslexia in Ohio: Best Practices
• 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 IEP’s
• Providing Accommodations and Modifications In The General Education Classroom
• Providing IEP/504/RTI (MTSS) Services Through Remote Learning
• Remediating Learning Loss
• RTI /MTSS and Interventions in the General Education Setting
• Teaching Twice Exceptional Students who are Gifted and Learning Disabled
• Using Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to Cohesively Meet Student Needs
• Writing IEP Goals for Behavior Change

DISCIPLINE

• Behavior Analysis for Teachers
• Conducting Functional Behavioral Assessment in the Classroom
• Improving Student Behavior in the Classroom
• Managing Student Behavior in the Classroom
• Reducing Aggression with Functional Communication
• Targeting Behavioral Function to Change Behavior

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL LEARNING

• Activities to Calm the Amygdala
• Applied SEL: Activating Emotional Awareness
• Building Motivation and Resiliency for At-Risk Students
• Building Social/Emotional and Social Interaction Skills in the Classroom
• Conflict Resolution in the Classroom
• Culturally Responsive Teaching:  Knowing Yourself and Others
• Fostering Fluid Intelligence & Crystalized Intelligence
• Growth Mindset in The Classroom
• Meeting Social/Emotional Needs Through Academics
• Mentoring for Student Growth
• Positive Peer Influences and Peer Tutoring
• Students in Crisis: Prevention & Intervention
• Supporting Students in Difficult Situations
• Teaching Emotional Regulation Skills to Your Students
• Trauma Informed Education
• Using Benefit Mindset to Enhance SEL in the Classroom
• Working with Students Who Exhibit Internalizing Behavior

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

• Autism in the Classroom: Adaptive Behavioral Skills
• Autism in the Classroom: Communication Skills
• Autism in the Classroom: Setting the Stage for Student Success
• Autism in the Classroom: Social Skills Instruction
• Autism in the Classroom: Transition Planning
• Introduction to Students with Autism in the General Education Classroom: Linguistically Responsive Teaching

GIFTED EDUCATION

• Improving Practices in Gifted Education
• Instructional Design for Gifted Learners
• Instructional Strategies for Gifted Learners
• Introduction to Gifted Education for the Classroom Teacher
• Supporting the Needs of Gifted Learners
• Teaching Gifted Learners to Self-Assess and Set Goals

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
  • 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
• Book Study: Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline
  • Required book: Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring our Perceptions of Discipline by Lori L. Desautels
  • ISBN: 978-1-948-01889-0
• Book Study: Engage the Brain
  • One credit workshop
  • Required book: Engage the Brain: How to Design for Learning that Taps into the Power of Emotion 
  • ISBN: 978-1-4166-2628-2
• Book Study: Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy & Responsibility Using Restorative Justice
  • 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
• Book Study: How Children Succeed
  • One credit workshop
  • Required book: How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character 
  • ISBN: 978-0-544-10440-2
• Book Study: Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design
  • Required book: Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design by Carol Ann Tomlinson and Jay McTighe
  • ISBN: 978-1-416-60284-2
• Book Study: Integrating Social And Emotional Learning With Instruction In Secondary Classrooms
  • Required Book: SEL Every Day: Integrating Social and Emotional Learning with Instruction in Secondary Classrooms by Meena Srinivasan
  • ISBN: 978-0-393-71359-6
• Book Study: Productive Group Work: How to Engage Students, Build Teamwork, and Promote Understanding
  • 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
• Book Study: Responsive Teaching
  • One credit workshop
  • Required book: Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students 
  • ISBN 978-1-4833-0801-2
• Book Study: Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems
  • One 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
• Book Study: The Importance of Being Little
  • One credit workshop
  • Required book: The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need from Grownups 
  • ISBN: 9780143129981
• Book Study: The Innovator's Mindset
  • One credit workshop
  • Required book: The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity 
  • ISBN: 978-0-9861554-9-9
• Book Study: The Pattern Seekers
  • One credit workshop
  • Required book: The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention 
  • ISBN: 978-1-5416-4714-5
• Book Study: Unlocking English Learners' Potential: Strategies for Making Content Accessible
  • One credit workshop
  • Required book: Unlocking English Learners' Potential: Strategies for Making Content Accessible 
  • ISBN: 978-1-5063-5277-0
• Book Study: What School Could Be
  • One credit workshop
  • Required book: What School Could Be: Insights and Inspiration from Teachers Across America 
  • ISBN: 978-0-691-18061-8
• Book Study: When the Brain Can't Hear: Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder
  • One Credit Workshop
  • Required Book: When the Brain Can't Hear: Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder by Teri James Bellis, Ph.D.
  • ISBN: 978-0743428644
• Book Study: The Little Book of Circle Processes (EDUC-6189-WK73O)
  • One Credit Workshop
  • Required Book: The Little Book of Circle Processes By Kay Pranis
  • ISBN: 1-56148-461-X
  • Cost $225
• Book Study: The Little Book of Restorative Justice in Education: Fostering Responsibility, Healing, and Hope in Schools (EDUC-6189-WK76O)
  • One 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)
  • One 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)
  • One 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
• Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind
  • Required book: Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind by Eric Jensen
  • ISBN: 978-1-4166-1572-9
• Introduction to Multicultural Education
  • Required book: Howe, W. A. & Lisi, P. L. (2020). Becoming a multicultural educator, (3rd ed.). Sage Publishing.
  • Two credit workshop