This session will focus around the "Teach Happier This School Year" book and podcast by Suzanne Dailey. We will reflect on what happiness means, what helped us as educators be happy last school year, and gain some tools, strategies, and create a plan for the upcoming year.
Learn some strategies for quick brain breaks to help your students recharge and improve focus. These ideas will help students reset, reduce stress, and get ready to learn.
The Dynamic Duo: Teachers & Paras Working Together explores how strong teacher–paraprofessional partnerships improve classroom success. This session will focus on communication, relationship building, role clarity, teamwork, and strategies for navigating challenges while creating a positive and supportive learning environment for students and staff.
This session will help provide different strategies to keep students engaged for long term projects. These strategies will keep students’ focus fresh and energized to come ready to work each day!
A quick refresher on classroom routines and management, building climate and culture, and creating relationships at the start of the year. You will be given work time to make a plan and get established for implementing your plan on day 1!
Do you ever feel like your day is a soundtrack but you didn't get to choose it? In this session learn a few practical skills to stay focused, balanced and productive leading to regaining the position of DJ to your day.
Meg has taught social studies at Nevada High School for 24 years and has been an instructional guide for 10 years. She also coaches students, teachers and sports teams in mindfulness.
This engaging session explores how purposeful collaboration can transform learning both inside and outside the classroom. Participants will dive into effective strategies for strengthening teacher–teacher and teacher–para partnerships, while also cultivating meaningful peer-to-peer and student–teacher collaboration. We’ll highlight our work with Building Thinking Classrooms and showcase the development of an Algebra 1 Learning Lab designed to promote both collaboration and independence. Through targeted reteaching and structured, repetitive practice, this model empowers students to take ownership of their learning while working productively with others.
