Small group instruction is an essential instructional practice that is designed to target children’s observed and assessed needs in specific areas of development. Join us for 60 minutes of learning, sharing, and connecting as we focus on implementing high-leverage instructional practices in remote settings. We know the best way to learn is from teachers and we’re creating a space for Wayne County educators to brainstorm best practices, share ideas, and find solutions.  Experience a quick community builder, a short professional learning, followed by opportunities to discuss and  share ideas with educators from across Wayne County. Whether you’re a remote teaching pro, new to online instruction, or just plain curious, these sessions are for you!

Effective feedback is an essential piece of the formative assessment process. To maintain an effective feedback cycle, teachers need to initiate and sustain students’ participation in the process. This session will provide participants with strategies for giving feedback to students in order to move students forward in their learning. Join us for 60 minutes of learning, sharing, and connecting as we focus on implementing high-leverage instructional practices in remote settings. We know the best way to learn is from teachers and we’re creating a space for Wayne County educators to brainstorm best practices, share ideas, and find solutions.  Experience a quick community builder, a short professional learning, followed by opportunities to discuss and  share ideas with educators from across Wayne County. Whether you’re a remote teaching pro, new to online instruction, or just plain curious, these sessions are for you! 

Inquiry provides students with the opportunity to formulate questions and the confidence to discover answers and share their own ideas. Join us for 60 minutes of learning, sharing, and connecting as we focus on implementing high-leverage instructional practices in remote settings. We know the best way to learn is from teachers and we’re creating a space for Wayne County educators to brainstorm best practices, share ideas, and find solutions.  Experience a quick community builder, a short professional learning, followed by opportunities to discuss and  share ideas with educators from across Wayne County. Whether you’re a remote teaching pro, new to online instruction, or just plain curious, these sessions are for you! 

Formative assessment is a process that is geared towards developing assessment capable learners.  A large piece of that entails assisting students as they become more proficient at self and peer assessment.  So what can teachers do to foster these practices in their students?  Join us for 60 minutes of learning, sharing, and connecting as we focus on implementing high-leverage instructional practices in remote settings. We know the best way to learn is from teachers and we’re creating a space for Wayne County educators to brainstorm best practices, share ideas, and find solutions.  Experience a quick community builder, a short professional learning, followed by opportunities to discuss and  share ideas with educators from across Wayne County. Whether you’re a remote teaching pro, new to online instruction, or just plain curious, these sessions are for you! 

Student-driven discussions are a powerful strategy that provide teachers with insight into student thinking. This session will provide participants with resources that can increase discourse in an online classroom, such as talk expectations and talk stems. Join us for 60 minutes of learning, sharing, and connecting as we focus on implementing high-leverage instructional practices in remote settings. We know the best way to learn is from teachers and we’re creating a space for Wayne County educators to brainstorm best practices, share ideas, and find solutions.  Experience a quick community builder, a short professional learning, followed by opportunities to discuss and  share ideas with educators from across Wayne County. Whether you’re a remote teaching pro, new to online instruction, or just plain curious, these sessions are for you! 

How do you put the “Interactive” in a read aloud done in a remote learning environment? Join us as we demonstrate how to use simple remote learning techniques to support development of print concepts and word recognition. Discover ways questioning can be used to encourage higher level thinking. Join us for 60 minutes of learning, sharing, and connecting as we focus on implementing high-leverage instructional practices in remote settings. We know the best way to learn is from teachers and we’re creating a space for Wayne County educators to brainstorm best practices, share ideas, and find solutions.  Experience a quick community builder, a short professional learning, followed by opportunities to discuss and  share ideas with educators from across Wayne County. Whether you’re a remote teaching pro, new to online instruction, or just plain curious, these sessions are for you! 
 

In this first component of the six -part series on Engagement and Classroom Management Strategies, participants will discover the connections between an educator’s beliefs about teaching and learning and the impact on student behavior. Participants will be given opportunities to explore and share how they currently use their remote platforms to develop and promote teacher/student and peer/peer relationships.

In this second component of the six- part series on Engagement and Classroom Management Strategies, teachers will explore how accessibility, routines and use of virtual space enhances on-line remote learning. Participants will discover the common pitfalls of instructional design that impede student engagement with peers, content, and the teacher.

In this third component of the six-part series on Engagement and Classroom Management Strategies, participants will discover the connections between managing their instructional and non-instructional time, the importance of maximizing synchronous and asynchronous learning to render increased student engagement and learning output.

In this fourth component of the six-part series on Engagement and Classroom Management Strategies, participants will discover the connections establishing reasonable learning and behavioral expectations, establishing daily routines for learning, and creating systemic procedures that increase student engagement and learning output.

In this fifth component of the six-part series on Engagement and Classroom Management Strategies, participants will explore how building relationships is an essential element of planning instructional activities in synchronous and asynchronous learning times that support increased student engagement and learning output.

In the final component of the six-part series on Engagement and Classroom Management Strategies, participants will examine the importance of a safe learning environment that increases student engagement and academic learning.