ENL Follow Up Coaching Sessions

We will continue building a framework for successfully supporting English Language Learners in content classrooms, including a deeper dive into scaffolding methods, differentiation strategies, and (re)conceptualization of ELLs. Additional resources will be provided and discussed. 

Gemini Enhanced Features

From blank page to expert finish: create, refine, and elevate your work effortlessly with Gemini across Docs and Slides.

Gemini in Google Docs

First-draft generation: Create drafts at the bottom of a document from emails, chats, Drive files, and web content. Writing refinement: Shorten, rephrase, change tone, or convert text into structured tables. Style matching: Automatically match an existing document's writing style and structure.

Gemini in Google Slides

Slide generation: Generate editable slides and brand-matched designs using context from files, Gmail, and the web. "Enhance this slide": Automatically redesign layouts into professional visual compositions with a preview before inserting. Collaborative editing: Use the side panel to adjust layouts, colors, design elements, or text. Text refining and images: Refine text, adjust tone, convert paragraphs to bullets, or generate theme-matched images. 

Intro to Wayground

Wayground is a versatile supplimental learning platform. Paired with AI features, it allows you to create flexible resrouces for instruction, practice, and assesment in a fun, easy-to-use platform that boosts achievement and confidence. Join Ryan in learning about this product and see how he utilizes it in his classroom. 

The Disengaged Teen by Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop - Book Study

Purpose:
To understand why teens disengage from school and learning—and how adults can rebuild motivation, agency, and purpose.

Outcomes:

• Identify signs and types of disengagement 

• Understand motivational modes 

• Reflect on adult behaviors that contribute to disengagement 

• Develop practical strategies for re-engaging teens

• Create a personal or group action plan

Session 1 - Focus: What does disengagement look like - and why is it happening? 

Reading - Inroduction and early chapters 

Key Concepts:

• The teen engagement crisis  

• The difference between compliance and engagement 

• Four motivational modes (overview) 

• School vs. real-world learning gap

Session 2 - Focus: Understanding how teems related differetly to learning 

Reading - Chapters explaing the four motivational modes.

Key Concepts: The four modes.

Session 3 - Focus: The Role of Adults and Systems 

Reading - Chapters addressing achievement culture, pressure and adult behavior.

Key Concepts:

• Overemphasis on performance 

• External vs. internal motivation 

• Autonomy, belonging, and purpose  

• Adult anxiety transferring to teens

Session 4 - Focus: Re-Engagement and Action Planning 

Reading - Final chapters with solutions and examples

Key Concepts:

• Cultivating intrinsic motivation 

• Supporting exploration 

• Reframing failure 

• Expanding definitions of success

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Understanding Dyslexia: Identification, Instruction, and Support with Dr. Heidi Beverine-Curry

 In this specially designed session, participants will deepen their understanding of dyslexia and its impact on student learning. Dr. Beverine-Curry will explore early identification, structured literacy approaches, and practical classroom strategies that support students with dyslexia. This session is ideal for educators seeking to strengthen inclusive practices grounded in the Science of Reading.  - More informaiton will be provided.  

The Math Pact - Book Study  

Join Mix and Match for a 4 week book study of The Math Pact this summer.  Read about how to teach math in a way that is consistent and meaningful for stuent, while avoidng the many shortcuts that don't stick. This will be followed with an in-person 5th meeting with Armine Gonzalez where you will discuss next steps at Schalmont.  You will sign up through the STI (we will purchase the book) AND through  Mix and Match.  

Instructional Illusions - Book Study 

Please join me for a practical and collaborative book study that will change the way your students learn! Instructional Illusions is a compact, accessible and highly practical book written by a powerhouse team of experts on the science of learning; Paul A. Kirshner, Carl Hendrick and Dr, Jim Heal. 

So much of what happens in the process of learning and instruction is obscured from view. Much like the effects of a convincing illusion, what we think we see when we observe instruction is often far from the reality. 

We will explore the ten instructional illusions through the lens of educational psychology, cognitive science, and instructional design. Together, we will consider how such illusions operate, unmask their true nature in light of the evidence, and learn powerful alternatives for authentic teaching and learning. Join me this winter to see beyond the illusion, understand and apply the true nature of instruction.