Date: September 14, 2022 Time: 8:30-11:30 AM

Location: Central Valley Academy LGI

Everyone in a school could benefit from an understanding of how a student with Autism thinks, feels, and functions. This training will dive into the characteristics of autism to help us develop an empathy and understanding for this disability. Come with questions and scenarios if you have them, as there will be time at the end of the session.

Audience: All are welcome & would benefit from learning the basics of Autism

Presenter: Sarah Trunfio

Date: September 15, 2022 Time: 8:30-11:30 AM

Location: Central Valley Academy LGI

Educators responsible for curriculum and instruction for students on the spectrum, can come to learn instructional strategies, tips, and environmental design such as the Structured Teaching Model, to set their students up for success in the Fall.

Audience: All are welcome & would benefit from learning the basics of Autism

Presenter: Sarah Trunfio

Date: September 28, 2022 Time: 8:30-3:00

Location: Richfield Springs Central School LGI

Are your students spending too much time being spectators? This session will introduce teachers to engagement strategies that work. The session will cover the meaning behind engagement as well as strategies for discussion, formative assessment and active learning strategies to involve students in the process of learning. This session will review the gradual release process as well as teacher talk vs. student talk.

Audience: K-12 Educators

Presenter: Jennifer Stanton

Date: September 29, 2022 Time: 8:30 AM-3:00 PM

Location: Richfield Springs Central School LGI

This session will focus on classroom management through a lens of social, emotional and behavioral expectations. Participants will leave with knowledge about how the social, emotional and behavioral expectations that we set for students can impact the classroom dynamic and environment.

Audience: Educators

Presenter: MaryBeth Napolitano

Date: October 12, 2022 Time: 8:30-11:30 AM

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Are you looking for techniques to hone your teaching craft? This session will focus on strategies from Teach Like a Champion 3.0 and how to implement them into your everyday teaching techniques.

Audience: K-12 Educators

Presenter: Jennifer Stanton

Date: October 18, 2022 Time: 8:30-11:30 AM

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Do students ignore the feedback you give? Are you looking for ways to create a culture where feedback is utilized and appreciated? Feedback is paramount to learning. This session will provide teachers with the background around a feedback culture and ideas and strategies for giving feedback that is useable and meaningful to students' growth as a learner.

Audience: K-12 Educators

Presenter: Jennifer Stanton

Date: October 18, 2022 Time: 12:00-3:00 PM

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Are your students struggling to connect to the content? This session will introduce teachers to strategies that can be implemented to create a sense of belonging for students. Creating and cultivating a sense of belonging will encourage curiosity and inquiry mindsets. Current research reveals a direct link between the sense of belonging students experience and their persistence in their classes.

Audience: K-12 Educators

Presenter: Jennifer Stanton

Date: October 26, 2022 Time: 12:00-3:00 PM

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Do your students struggle to participate in classroom discussions? Are you looking for ways to get them involved in discussions? This session will review several discussion protocols that can be used to leverage student discussion. Research shows that students should do more talking than the teacher in the classroom and this session will help you to discover ways to enhance student engagement in discussions.

Audience: Educators

Presenter: Jennifer Stanton

Date: November 9, 2022 Time: 12:00-3:00 PM

Location: Central Valley Academy LGI

Are you struggling to grade all those papers? Join us for this session on using Rubrics to grade more efficiently and effectively. We will spend some time creating rubrics too!

Audience: Educators

Presenter: Jennifer Stanton

Date: December 6, 2022 Time: 8:30-11:30 AM

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Are you struggling with unmotivated students? Are students struggling to find motivation and desire to learn? This session will cover topics around motivation of students to learn and getting them to be success driven. Teachers will walk away with pedagogical knowledge of motivation in the classroom and desire for their success in their learning.

Audience: Educators

Presenter: Jennifer Stanton

Date: December 21, 2022 Time: 12:00-3:00 PM

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Bring along some of your data, state testing data, summative assessment data, benchmark data, classroom data etc, and we will take a closer look at the data to determine the story that the data tells us about student needs and achievement. Contact your principal for getting Statewide Assessment data.

Audience: Educators

Presenter: Jennifer Stanton