Mindset, Techniques, Routines, and Strategies
Browse sessions that will help you bring joy to your classroom, instill open and growth mindsets in your students, develop productive and sustainable teaching routines, and more!
In order to book a session, simply click on the a date and time that works for you on the Calendar to the right of the session you choose. You will receive a confirmation email with the details.
Infusing Your Google Classroom with Joy
Learning should be fun. When students are engaged with the material and highly invested in their own growth, the potential for achievement increases considerably. Make your online classroom community a more joyful place to learn.
How to hook your students with engaging lessons
How to create more opportunities for meaningful interaction
How to incentivize best effort
How to utilize available technology to enhance the remote learning experience for teachers and students
Instructor: Albert Barabas
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Culturally Responsive Teaching
Interested in learning about methods to reach your students on a deeper level? As humans we are naturally programmed to make connections in order to learn. Knowing and acknowledging the backgrounds of your students is a proven method to enhance student connection thus providing an optimal learning environment for your class. In this workshop you will learn about how culture affects students' behaviors and their approach to learning. Additionally we will discuss how you can modify your teaching environment and daily instruction in order to embrace diversity and address the unique needs of all of your students.
Understand the purpose of culturally responsive teaching and its impact on students academic performance
Reflect on your own experiences as an individual and teacher and implications for your students
Implement strong culturally responsive practices in the classroom
Build a culturally inclusive classroom and school community
Instructors: Corey Coleman
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Focusing on Vocabulary within Content Area Instruction
Supporting academic language development for our English Language Learners is an essential and immediate skill that we must focus on when it comes to all content areas of instruction. Essentially, the strategies that will be learned within this K-8 workshop is for all learners since every student is acquiring and mastering the English language. Participants will learn how to use word-learning strategies, discussion and specific language supports to connect and support all English Language Learners within their learning.
Instructors: Anthony Volforte
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Engaging your Audience
Remote learning happens when remote lessons are interactive and engaging. Take a look at some strategies you can use to engage students and other adults when you hold live sessions.
Using online tools to create engaging presentations
Discussion on what is needed to make classes and online interaction more enjoyable
How to apply engaging strategies when teaching a variety of content
Instructor: Julio Penagos
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Flexible Schedules: Asynchronous Learning and Team Management (Teachers and Administrators)
Transitioning our schools into remote working and learning can be a daunting process. We need to adapt, not only to everyone not being in the same physical space, but also not being available at the same time. How do we use available tools to leverage the loss of synchrony in this new landscape? Moving into remote learning requires us to use tools that can adapt to this asynchronous landscape, let’s explore the power of this tools.
Enhancing meetings by engaging all participants without falling into chaos.
Creating different communication pathways using Google tools
Ideas for letting go of our human need to micromanage our students, our team members
Maximizing the power of Google Hangouts to create ongoing discussions and forums.
Tips for including flexibility in assignments
Strategies for strengthening a sense of purpose in our classes and with our teams.
Instructor: Julio Penagos
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Provide Effective Feedback- Know Your Impact!
When students are taking on a new task, it is essential that they know whether or not they're on the right track.
Where am I going? (Target, Standard)
How am I doing? (Success Criteria, Assessment)
Where to next? (Action, Reflection, Transfer)
Feedback is a vital part of students' learning, with an effect size of 0.75 (Hattie). Would you like to know when and if you are providing feedback in a meaningful and actionable way? Would you like your students to be able to receive and give feedback with peers F2F and via collaborative platforms online? This session will support educators in all grades and content areas in giving quality feedback for all students in their traditional and remote classrooms.
How to create a mindset and culture to receive feedback
How to describe feedback and understand its significance and impact
How to identify and implement the attributes of effective feedback orally and in writing, F2F and online
How to evaluate feedback that fosters learning and improvement without taking over
How to provide feedback to individual students and collaborative partners, for process and for product
Corey will support elementary educators and Helene will support secondary educators.
Instructor: Helene Alalouf
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Using Data to Drive Remote/Online Instruction
Effective teachers make informed instructional decisions based on the work that students are producing. This workshop helps teachers prioritize which data to study, which students to target, and how to maximize growth.
How to establish a consistent work study routine
Why it is important to focus on transferable skills
How to select specific target students for growth
Establishing quantitative and qualitative goals for your students
Instructor: Albert Barabas & Corey Coleman
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Instilling a Growth Mindset in Google Classroom
Build a growth mindset learning culture to ensure discourse, feedback, and pedagogy encourage students to persevere, learn from their mistakes, and take ownership over their own learning. Shift students' attitude towards learning to underscore how deliberate practice, focus and dedication strengthen the brain and wire its capacity for intellectual growth
Instructor: Helene Alalouf
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Classroom Discourse: Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques
The most successful classroom conversations are where students are at the heart of the discussion. The most effective discourses take place when educators encourage student-led conversations, although this sometimes leads to disproportionate participation amongst students in your classroom--especially English Language Learners. How do we as educators step into the role of a facilitator while ensuring that all of our students have a voice during the discussion?
Leverage students' desire to communicate and increase engagement
Learn how to improve your role as a classroom discussion facilitator
Increase student accountability across your classroom and address the unique needs of the all the learners in your classroom
Review various methods to facilitate discourses in a remote learning setting
Instructor: Corey Coleman
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The Importance of SEL During COVID-19 (2 hours)
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) supports the whole child and has been shown to improve student behavior and academic performance. If you are looking to embed SEL within your physical/virtual classroom, then in this interactive webinar you will:
Define SEL and identify and understand its essential components
Understand the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma on student learning
Reflect on instructional practices in a virtual setting and plan for ways to implement SEL in your classroom
Explore ways to remain connected when distance is required
Interact with each other using online tools that can be useful in your virtual classroom
Instructor: Anna Muñoz
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Utilizing The Five Practices in the Virtual Classroom --A Mini Series, Part 1/2 (2 hours)
Were you already implementing The Five Practices in your physical classroom, but would like to see how this experience can be facilitated within the virtual classroom? Are you new to The Five Practices, but want to ensure that your virtual classroom is engaging and filled with rich conversation around math? Either way, this is the webinar for you! In this interactive experience we will cover the basics of The Five Practices and you will experience a model lesson including warm-up routines and The Five Practices. You will also see examples of how to extend the lesson to continue student learning asynchronously.
Identify the 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions (Smith & Stein, 2011)
Make connections to the 8 Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices as defined by NCTM
Learn how to engage learners in tasks that promote critical thinking and mathematical discourse in o a virtual math lesson.
Experience math routines that can be implemented in your classroom.
Actively engage with peers, work collaboratively, and utilize online tools for learning.
(Note: This is Part 1/2 in a mini series on implementing The Five Practices in your virtual classroom.; It is recommended that you take the introductory webinar, “From the Physical Classroom to the Virtual Classroom: The Importance of Math Talk and Making Connections”)
Instructor: Anna Muñoz
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Utilizing The Five Practices in the Virtual Classroom with Pear Deck --A Mini Series, Part 2/2 (2 hours)
This session will not only support you in successfully bringing math routines and The Five Practices into your virtual classroom but will also utilize Pear Deck for an interactive webinar. Participants will experience a model lesson including warm-up routines and The Five Practices. You will also see examples of how this lesson could connect to aligned asynchronous learning experiences.
Learn how to engage learners in tasks that promote critical thinking and mathematical discourse in a virtual math lesson.
Experience math routines that can be implemented in your classroom.
Actively engage with peers, work collaboratively, and utilize Pear Deck for facilitating discussion.
(Note: This is Part 2/2 in a mini series on implementing The Five Practices in your virtual classroom. It is strongly encouraged that you take Part 1 first. In addition, there is a recommended introductory webinar, “From the Physical Classroom to the Virtual Classroom: The Importance of Math Talk and Making Connections”)
Instructor: Anna Muñoz
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Tired of Group Meetings? Need Personalized Support with Google Classroom/Remote Learning?
Schedule a One-to-One Remote Professional Learning Session with one of our expert MATH, ELA and TECH coaches. We're here to answer your individual questions related to your Remote Learning classrooms.
Bianca Tejada https://calendly.com/bianca-tejada/30min
Ben Carney https://calendly.com/carney-ben/google-classroom-training
Julio Penagos https://calendly.com/jpenagos/google-classroom-training?month=2020-04
Albert Barabas: https://calendly.com/albert-barabas/google-classroom-training?month=2020-04