Creating a positive, safe learning environment for all to learn is key to student success.  Class management is the necessary foundation; however, many struggle implementing complicated strategies that are time consuming and not effective. My presentation offers tried and true strategies to class management that are easy to implement the very next day in class.  Class organization, time management, and strategies to help your students make positive behavior choices will be shared to help you create a positive and productive classroom. 

Five key points will be highlighted for discussion and exploration:

Creating predictable routines

Building strong and supportive relationships

Empowering student agency

Supporting the development of self-regulation skills

Providing the opportunity to explore individual student identities.

Using informational stats, videos, engagement strategies, and dialogue, we will explore key trauma-informed SEL practices that help create the safest and most productive environment to help students feel supported and empowered. We will also discuss supporting self-regulation with predictable routines and opportunities to explore individual identity while also increasing community. Finally, we will explore various strategies to empower student agency by being responsive to student needs and supportive of their goals and aspirations.

Many classroom teachers are required to teach the mandated PE minutes and yet they are not given a curriculum, any equipment or PD. I am here to here to help. I am sharing tips and recommendations on creating a "Doable PE Program". Standards based lessons, minimal or NO required equipment, class management strategies, and easy to implement activities that your students will love. 

We all experience trauma in our lives. This workshop explores the sources and effects of trauma in the lives of students at Global Education Academy, an inner-city Los Angeles charter school. We will present case examples of how teachers address and teach students how to respond to trauma in healthy ways. The key to addressing trauma is implementing strategies that will support your students and families in responding to trauma. Participants in this workshop will be able to: 1. Identify sources of trauma. 2. Explain how trauma affects the brain and learning. 3. Discuss strategies for addressing trauma with students with special needs.