The goal for the 9 essential skills for the Love and Logic classroom is to provide low-stress strategies for highly successful educators that make positive and lasting effects in their school and communities.  Through the program, educators will become further equipped with practical techniques that:

        are simple and easy to learn

        teach responsibility and good character

        change lives and lower stress levels

        have immediate, positive effects on students and schools

Although this will be the second day of training for many of the participants, and we will be focusing primarily on the last 5 skills (positive relationships, limits and enforceable statements, providing choices, preventive interventions, guiding students to solve their own problems), first-time participants are welcome.  We will review the first four skills and the program's foundational Love and Logic principles, and the skills can be taught in various orders.

The course will be taught in person by the independent facilitator Joe Moriarty and by video from Dr. Charles Fay (Founder and Owner of the Love and Logic Company).  The nine essential tools include:

•         Neutralizing Arguing

•         Delayed Consequences

•         Sincere Empathy

•         Short-Term Recovery

•         Positive Teacher – Student Relationships

•         Setting Limits and Enforceable Statements

•         Providing Choices within Limits

•         Quick and Easy Preventive Interventions

•         Guiding Students to Solve their problems

Joe Moriarty currently lives in Lewistown.  Mr. Moriarty is a long-time educator entering his 43rd year in the field, and is authentically grateful for his career, the multitude of students and incredible colleagues he has worked with, and the humble contributions that he is able to continue making.

His experiences have included classroom instruction as a math, science, and social studies teacher; in the moving laboratory (the traffic education arena); and coaching football, basketball, track, and tennis.  He was the assistant principal at Sacajawea Middle School in Bozeman for the latter third of his twenty-four years with that district.  Joe then began working as an adjunct professor and field supervisor for Montana State University, and a consultant for the Office of Public Instruction as a trainer and MTSS coach.  Joe has a special passion for public health and wellness (especially students, teachers, and all members of the educational team).  He addresses that passion through his trainings in the PBIS, Better Stress Management, Effective Classroom Practices, Social and Emotional Learning, and the Love and Logic Workshop.

Help EVERY Student SUCCEED is built on the belief that every student can succeed—with the right structure, targeted supports, and intentional design. Differentiated instruction is most effective when it is structured, intentional, and deeply rooted in data. This 6-hour interactive professional learning experience provides educators with a clear, actionable framework for designing and implementing differentiated small-group instruction aligned to students’ instructional needs. Participants will explore how to use diagnostic and formative assessments to identify specific skill deficits, plan targeted instruction, and select

• research-validated interventions that directly address those needs (e.g., vocabulary,

• multisyllabic decoding, morphological awareness, comprehension processes, etc.). 

Throughout the session, educators will learn how to establish flexible small-group schedules, develop predictable instructional routines, and design differentiated progress-monitoring plans that ensure instructional decisions are purposeful, responsive, and student-centered. By the end of this training, teachers will have the structure, tools, and protocols necessary to create small- group systems that support meaningful learning - helping every student experience success.

Stephanie Lester has over 40 years in education including: educational consulting, teaching preschool and a Project-Based Learning Multiage K-1st program, professional development speaker, author, College Instructor, Assistant Principal, Early Childhood Education Director, and Director of Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment. Currently Stephanie partners with school communities as an Educational Consultant focusing on providing support to educators on a variety of topics aligned with evidence and research based best practices (including but not limited to: science of reading, classroom management, guidance, instructional strategies, executive functions, science, math, leadership).

Stephanie believes that children learn best when they are excited, engaged, and experiencing success in the learning environment. Stephanie has published two books: Year-Round Project-Based Activities for STEM and Science Through the Year. Stephanie is passionate about inspiring, educating, and motivating teachers to implement evidence-based instructional practices with the goal of developing the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive skills that children will need to experience SUCCESS in school and life. Stephanie primarily supports educational programs in the states of Montana and California. 

When Stephanie isn’t exploring with her grandchildren, you will find her creating hands-on STEM activities, presenting workshops on a variety of topics, consulting with teachers throughout the country, gardening, birdwatching, and playing with her dog, Grizzly. Stephanie Lester holds a MA degree in Education: Curriculum and Instruction, an Administrative Credential, a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, a CLAD Certification, CLASS certification, and a Program Director Child Development permit.

Spend a full day building a toolkit of high-impact, research-backed strategies that make learning stick. We'll start with engagement-using the SAY, WRITE, DO framework to increase opportunities to respond, spark academic discourse, and keep every student cognitively invested. From there, we'll harness the power of retrieval practice and writing, showing how frequent, low-stakes recall and written reflection strengthen long-term memory and deepen understanding. Finally, we'll organize student practice through massed, spaced, and interleaved approaches that maximize retention and transfer. Educators will leave with practical routines they can apply immediately - essential learning for teachers of any grade or content area who want to make every lesson count. 

Carrie Cole, MA. is passionate about working with districts, schools, and teachers to successfully implement evidence-based literacy practices and tiered systems of support based on the Science of Reading--all to ensure children can thrive and have the opportunity to succeed. She holds a Master's degree in literacy and is a contributing author for CORE's Teaching Reading Sourcebook, a best-selling, evidence-based guide to effective literacy instruction in all content areas PreK-12.

A research-based professional learning experience designed to support educators in creating developmentally appropriate learning environments for four-year-old learners that promote foundational academic, social-emotional, and executive functioning skills.                                                                      

Participants will explore how young children develop early literacy and mathematical understanding through oral language, vocabulary, phonological awareness, play, routines, and intentional interactions. Emphasizing the critical role of play as the primary context for learning, educators will learn how to design environments and daily experiences that naturally support language, thinking, and independence.    Special emphasis is placed on free choice time as a powerful driver of executive functioning, language development, and problem-solving. The training affirms that four-year-old learners have unique developmental needs that differ from Kindergarten 

Stephanie Lester has over 35 years in education including: teaching preschool and a Project-Based Learning Multiage K-1st program, professional development speaker, author, Assistant Principal, Early Childhood Education Director, and Director of Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment.

Currently Stephanie partners with school communities as an Educational Consultant focusing on providing literacy support aligned with the science of reading, as well as professional development training on a variety of topics. Stephanie believes that children learn best when they are excited, engaged, and experiencing success in the learning environment. Stephanie has published two books: Year-Round Project-Based Activities for STEM and Science Through the Year. Stephanie is passionate about inspiring, educating, and motivating teachers to implement evidence-based instructional practices with the goal of developing the social, emotional, physical and cognitive skills that children will need to experience SUCCESS as 21st Century learners.

When Stephanie isn’t exploring with her grandchildren, you will find her creating hands-on STEM activities, presenting workshops on a variety of topics, and consulting with teachers throughout the country. Stephanie Lester holds a MA degree in Education: Curriculum and Instruction, an Administrative Credential, a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, a CLAD Certification, CLASS certification, and a Program Director Child Development permit.

Focus: Practical tools for building emotional safety in classrooms

Includes:  The 3R Model (Regulate, Relate, Reason) Creating sensory-safe environments De-escalation scripts and co-regulation language. 

Presented by Stacy York Nation. As a professional speaker, I have delivered over 100 speeches/trainings in 7 countries, including the United States, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, United Arab Emirate, Canada, and Tunisia, and  several States. My audiences have been as large as 1500 and a small as 3. I have delivered interactive trainings in person and virtually. I have been a keynote speaker. I have developed trainings as short as 30 minutes and as long as four 8-hour days. I have contracted with school districts, mental health agencies, and parent groups. I am known for engaging the audience, making content relevant, great stories, and using humor to teach. Participants always leave with skills that can be used immediately and are relevant for each setting-home, office, or school. Presentation topics include, but are not limited to: Trauma-Informed Practices in Classrooms, Mental Health and Education, Trauma and Resilience in Military Members, Brain-Based Strategies for Parents