ANTS IN THEIR PANTS
We will take a hard look at what
attention deficit disorder is and is
not. We will identify who this
learner is and find practical ways
to reach and teach her/him in the
classroom. We will also look at the
impact of this student in the home,
church, and school. The goal of this
class is to encourage and equip you
with practical teaching tips to help
you to work with these students more
effectively.
BECOMING A
TREASURED TEACHER We will
define that teacher who made a
difference in our lives. We will
find ways to incorporate those
qualities into our teaching. This is
also a 12-point teacher training
that covers topics such as child
development, learning styles,
teaching methods, planning lessons,
discipline and more.
BRAIN FRIENDLY
SCHOOLS We will look at
the latest in brain research and
break it into practical tips that a
teacher can put into place in the
classroom right away. This session
can be a one-hour overview or a
three hour session of details plans
on how to implement a brain-friendly
school using the latest in brain
compatible teaching strategies.
CLASSICAL
EDUCATION
WHAT IS CLASSICAL EDUCATION
In this session we will define what
classical education is and do a
compare and contrast on current and
classical education. Why is there a
resurgence of classical education?
What are the benefits and what
components can be incorporated into
your school and how.
WHAT IS A CLASSICAL MIND
Since most of us were not raised
with a classical education, we have
to learn to develop a classical mind
if we are to teach effectively. In
this class we will learn ways to
develop a classical mind.
TRIVIUM: TRIED AND TRUE
What is the Medieval Trivium? What
does it have to do with our students
today? Come learn about the Grammar,
Dialectic-Logic, and Rhetoric stages
of education and what you can do to
enhance your student’s education in
each of these important stages of
development.
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION
What is differentiated instruction
and why is it so important that we
embrace this concept in our
classrooms? In this class we will
learn the "ABC’s" of how to
differentiate instruction to meet
the learning needs of every student.
DISCIPLINE
BY DESIGN This seminar
will give you practical pointers to
help provide behavioral management
more effectively in your classroom.
We will look at how to define our
system, decide on consequences,
determine to be loving and positive,
dignify each child, display humor,
deal with the details, demonstrate
love, discipline by design with 25
practical strategies.
ENRICHING
THE ENVIRONMENT We will
look at the latest in brain research
and show you how to implement
practical strategies to provide an
enriched, empowered, encouraging
learning environment. To name a few:
Early Brain Development, Exposing
Children to Enhance Learning,
Equipping the Learner, Embodiment of
Learning, Engage with Episodic
Memory, Eye Patterns, Endangered
Minds, Enhancing Cognition and much
more!
HOW TO
TEACH WITH CENTERS and WORK STATIONS
In this session we will look at the
"ABC's" of How, What, and Where of
teaching with this approach and then
take a look at many different
centers and work stations.
MULTIPLE
INTELLIGENCES We will
look at the research done by Dr.
Howard Gardner and Dr. Thomas
Armstrong on the different
intelligences. We will look at the
multiple intelligences in light of
faith development as well as
practical teaching strategies in our
classrooms.
LATEST IN
LEARNING STRATEGIES We
will examine different learning
models as well as the latest
research in learning and put
together a composite of different
learners. We will provide strategies
to bridge to each of these learners
in order to reach and teach our
different students more effectively.
REACHING
AND TEACHING THE ADD-ADHD STUDENT:
We will take a hard look at what
attention deficit disorder is as
well as is not. We will identify who
this learning is and find practical
ways to best reach and teach him in
the classroom. We will look the
impact of this student in the home
as well as school. The goal of this
class is to encourage and equip you
to deal more effectively with ADD
and ADHD students.
SEVEN
HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS
In this session we will look at John
Milton Gregory's book The Seven Laws
of Teaching (1884) and Dr. Howard
Hendrick's book Teaching To Change
Lives.
We will synthesize them to come up
with seven habits of highly
effective teachers.
TEACHERS
AND THEIR TEMPERAMENTS
(not to be confused with
temperamental teachers)
This seminar will look at different
teaching temperaments and how these
translate into our teaching in the
classroom. We will find more
effective ways to build upon our
strengths to enhance discipline,
communication in the teaching
process, as we minimize our
weaknesses.
TEACHING
WITH HEART This session
is based on Jody’s book Teaching
With Heart. You may select which
section(s) you would like for your
organization:
-
Teachers With Heart Understand
the Power of Personalities
-
Teachers With Heart Communicate
in Different Learning Languages
-
Teachers With Heart Understand
the Importance of Brain Research
-
Teachers With Heart Rely on the
Power of Prayer
UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU LEARN AS
TEACHERS:
Part One: Looking at Different
Learning Models
Part Two: Taking Tests to Find Out
How You Learn
Part Three: Bridging Techniques to
Best Reach and Teach Each Student
Please note: this session will
require at least two hours.