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The Fires in Grading
This monthly live show series offers educators and administrators insights and practical solutions to address common resistance points—or "fires"—in grading reform.
March 28, 2025
Rethinking Co-Teaching: Unlocking Its True Potential
Co-teaching is often reduced to "one teach, one assist," where the special education teacher plays a passive role. This common approach limits access to rigorous instruction and prevents students from reaching their full potential. It’s time to rethink co-teaching.
March 4, 2025
Beyond Burnout: Differentiation in Literacy That Works for Teachers and Students
Differentiation doesn’t have to mean endless small groups or planning multiple lessons for each class—those approaches often lead to teacher burnout. In this engaging and practical afternoon workshop, Leah Mermelstein Consulting will help you debunk common myths about differentiation in literacy instruction and replace them with effective, transferable strategies.
March 11, 2025
A Practical Guide to Developing Reading and Writing Skills While Teaching Content
It’s possible to support students’ reading and writing growth through simple, evidence-based strategies that integrate seamlessly into your curriculum. This webinar offers practical approaches to help middle and high school educators nurture these skills, ensuring that all learners can competently engage with and understand challenging academic materials.
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FIRST Education Math Summit: Empower Learning: Building Thinking Classrooms
Discover the transformative power of Building Thinking Classrooms with Peter Liljedahl and then engage in roundtable sessions designed to provide educators with the tools and insights needed to transform their classrooms into dynamic spaces where students actively engage, think critically, and take ownership of their learning journey.
April 17, 2025
Building PLCs from the Ground Up
Join us for the interactive session on how to recalibrate your PLCs and build them from the ground up through the use of practical tools to ensure you maximizing the observable impact of your collaborative times. Come learn how to move your PLCs beyond frustration so educators value the time they have available to better support deeper levels of learning for ALL students.
April 10, 2025
Needs Speak Louder Than Actions: Decoding and Preventing Unwanted Student Behavior
Transform your schools approach to student discipline through our innovative Need-Response Matrix that reveals the underlying needs driving challenging behaviors and delivers targeted interventions that work. Through real-world examples of today's twenty most challenging school behaviors, administrators will master a three-step process for identifying needs, implementing solutions, and avoiding the pitfalls that keep difficult behaviors cycling.
April 23, 20205
Needs Speak Louder than Words: Implementing the Need-Response Matrix in Your Classroom
Transform your classroom management approach through this intensive 90-minute workshop that converts the Need-Response Matrix into concrete daily practices, quick-response techniques, and proactive classroom structures that prevent disruptions before they start. Through authentic scenarios and hands-on practice, teachers will develop personalized implementation plans and leave with a complete toolkit of resources, including planning templates, intervention scripts, and tracking tools that can be implemented immediately to address the twenty most challenging behaviors in today's classrooms.
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