Virtual educators have the unique chance to observe students in diverse settings, such as their homes, cars, or during challenging moments. It's crucial to understand how trauma can greatly affect students, often leading to issues like concentration difficulties, emotional outbursts, or withdrawal. This session will highlight the significance of trauma-informed care in education, focusing on identifying the signs and symptoms of trauma. We will explore effective techniques and programs to support students impacted by trauma in a virtual environment. By adopting a trauma-informed approach, we can cultivate a more supportive and understanding learning atmosphere for all students, leading to educational success and improved attendance and engagement.
Do your stakeholders understand the components of your school grade? How do you educate all your stakeholders on the components of the school grade? We found once we opened the conversation, our teachers, counselors, and other members wanted to understand more and wanted to see more data. Additionally, when our team looked at the data, we were able to identify small tweaks that can have a huge impact on student learning and our overall school grade. Maybe with these minor tweaks, you can have the same impact for your team.
Whether remote or in-person, testing can feel overwhelming! This session will provide valuable tips and tricks for effectively navigating both remote and in-person state testing in Florida. Attendees will learn best practices for preparing students and staff, ensuring test security, and optimizing technology for remote testing environments. We will cover strategies for managing logistics, overcoming challenges specific to Florida's testing protocols, and using available resources to support student success. Whether you're testing in person or remotely, this session will equip you with the tools to streamline the testing process and enhance overall efficiency. Join me for a practical and engaging discussion designed to make your state testing experience smooth and successful.
Teachers attending this session will gain practical, innovative strategies to transform their practice in the virtual world, specifically within the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework. By exploring Tiers 1, 2, and 3 of MTSS, they will leave equipped with fun, engaging, and targeted techniques to support all learners effectively.
Using a Socratic method of asking open-ended questions and sharing ideas, we will explore how the 8-8-8 life principle can help us achieve a better work-life balance. This principle emphasizes the importance of managing our time wisely by allocating eight hours to work, eight hours to sleep, and eight hours to enjoy leisure activities.
The i-Ready Literacy Tasks provide critical insights into student's literacy needs at the most pivotal moments. By focusing on the valid and reliable data offered by i-Ready, educators gain a comprehensive view of reading progress, backed by strong evidence of reliability and validity across all student groups. This unified platform offers both depth and breadth of reading insights, empowering educators to make data-driven decisions that enhance teaching and learning. Additionally, i-Ready is commitment to streamlining administration reduces administrative burdens, allowing for more time spent on effective teaching.
Math fact fluency is foundational for students as they progress to more complex math concepts in upper elementary, middle school, and beyond. With Fluency Flight, students go beyond rote memorization of math facts. This program strategically guides them through the four stages of math fact fluency, fostering not only memorization but also deep understanding and the development of strategies that are essential for tackling more advanced math challenges.
21st Century Skills include knowledge construction, collaboration, real-world problem solving and innovation, skilled communication, self-regulation, and information and communication technology for learning. Participants will work through hands-on activities that can be replicated in virtual and blended environments. Educators will learn about PD extensions to dig deeper into Microsoft tools that are presented and explored during the session as well. These experiences will help educators build positive and productive learning environments with colleagues, students, and stakeholders.
Get ready for an exciting workshop that will transform your teaching experience! Discover how fostering positive relationships can supercharge student outcomes. Not only will you learn how these connections boost academic performance, but you'll also explore how they contribute to your student's overall well-being and development. Plus, let's be honest‚ alI teaching is much more fun when strong relationships are in place! By the end of this session, you'll leave with a treasure trove of fun and engaging lessons that will captivate all your virtual stakeholders. Teachers will walk away with timely and relevant polls, hysterical games, side-splitting student challenges, virtual exercises, relevant check-ins, and AI excitement.
This presentation will focus on multiple engagement and motivation strategies to use in credit recovery labs. The strategies provided in this session have increased credit recovery completions and motivated students to make daily progress. Examples will be discussed and provided for both individual students and whole group lab settings.
