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Three-Part Series:
The Art of Classroom Management

Classroom management—the ability to create a purposeful and supportive learning environment—is a central element of effective teaching. Yet for many teachers, both new and experienced, it can be a daily struggle. This special professional development webinar series aims to help. In it, a stellar lineup of educators—including Rafe Esquith and Doug Lemov—will discuss their secrets for creating order and engagement in their classrooms and offer solutions for fine-tuning your own practices as well as deepening your understanding of student behavior. Register today and discover how effective classroom management can boost your sense of professional satisfaction and empowerment.

Choose one of these vital webinars for just $49, or select all three and pay only $129. You will also get a certificate of completion and 3 months of on-demand access.


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Improving Classroom Climate Through Social-Emotional Learning

Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, 4 to 5 p.m. ET


While structure and routines can make a learning environment more productive, the success of any management plan is also dependent on the relationships and overarching culture within the classroom. In this webinar, Kyle Miller, lead coach with the New Teacher Center, and Taiesha Durham, a veteran reading teacher, will explain how the concepts and competencies of social-emotional learning can lay the foundation for an ideal learning environment. They’ll discuss how you can build resilience, empathy, and other social-emotional competencies in your students by becoming more confident and consistent leaders. They’ll also answer questions on the ways you can use social-emotional learning techniques to create a space in which students feel safe and empowered.


Expert Presenters:

Kyle Miller, lead coach for the Chicago New Teacher Center, has authored and facilitated numerous professional development sessions on classroom management and social-emotional learning. He is in his 11th year working in the Chicago school district, in various capacities. His experiences include teaching 3rd, 7th, and 9th grades, working as a professional school counselor, and coaching new teachers.


Taiesha Durham began her career with the Chicago school district in 2007 and has worked with students in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. During her first two years as a teacher, she received mentoring from New Teacher Center coaches, including Kyle Miller. For the last several years, she has been a 1st and 2nd grade reading teacher, with a focus on preparing students for the Common Core State Standards. She has presented at an array of professional-development events on various topics, including balanced literacy, assessment administration, and classroom management.


Moderator:
Liana Heitin, associate editor, Education Week Teacher


‘Real Talk’ on Teaching With Rafe Esquith

Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, 4 to 5 p.m. ET


There's no use sugar-coating it: Whether you are a novice or seasoned veteran, teaching can be both demanding and discouraging. Disruptive students, stubborn parents, unsupportive administrators, seemingly senseless instructional mandates, demoralizing media coverage—all are part of the job. Even so, world-renowned educator and author Rafe Esquith believes that teachers can thrive in their classrooms and in their lives. In this webinar, Esquith—author of Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire and the new book Real Talk for Real Teachers—will discuss how you can create an atmosphere of consistency and energetic purpose in your classrooms that generates excitement about learning and encourages student independence. Drawing on his own experiences, he’ll also offer advice on how teachers at any career stage can remain emotionally strong in the face of discouragement and frustration and continue to build relationships with students—which he says constitute "the most important data of all."


Expert Presenter:

Rafe Esquith has been teaching at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles for 28 years and is the author of the new book Real Talk for Real Teachers: Advice for Teachers From Rookies to Veterans: ‘No Retreat, No Surrender!’ Esquith is the only teacher to have been awarded the president’s National Medal of Arts. His other honors and awards include the Compassion in Action Award from the Dalai Lama, the American Teacher Award, Oprah Winfrey’s Use Your Life Award, the Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award, and People magazine’s Heroes Among Us Award. A widely known speaker, Esquith presented at the prestigious TED conference in 2012. His previous books include Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire and Lighting Their Fires.


Moderator:
Anthony Rebora, managing editor, Education Week Teacher


Defining the Consequences: Student-Behavior Management With Doug Lemov

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, 3 to 4 p.m. ET


Doug Lemov, author of the widely read Teach Like a Champion, has spent much of his career trying to figure out what makes great teachers great—and through his research, he’s determined that much of it comes down to the concrete techniques teachers use to manage their classrooms. In this webinar, Lemov, will describe how you can use consequences to positively shape student behavior. He’ll discuss how to employ logical consequences in a timely and consistent manner. Lemov will also share the common mistakes made in behavior management and how you can improve your use of corrections to make the classroom a more productive place.


Expert Presenter:

Doug Lemov is a managing director of Uncommon Schools, Taxonomy Project. He is the author of Teach Like a Champion, a nationally recognized study of high-performing urban teachers and their methods, and co-author of Practice Perfect: 42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better. Prior to his work at Uncommon Schools, Lemov was the vice president for accountability at the State University of New York’s Charter Schools Institute and a founder and principal of the Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School in Boston. He has also taught English in a variety of schools. He has degrees from Hamilton College, Indiana University, and the Harvard University Business School.


Moderator:
Liana Heitin, associate editor, Education Week Teacher



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Two-Part Rebroadcast Series:
Boosting Student Motivation and Achievement

Don't miss Carol Dweck and Daniel Pink in encore presentations of two of the most popular Education Week PD Webinars to date. These influential thought leaders in the fields of human motivation and engagement share their unique strategies for motivating, persuading, and fully engaging students. Attendees will come away with actionable plans for facilitating “growth mindset” environments, and creative techniques to move students to higher levels of achievement.

Choose one of these vital webinars for just $49, or select both and pay only $79. You will also get a certificate of completion, the Education Week Spotlight on Motivation, and 3 months of on-demand access.


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Daniel Pink on How Teachers Can 'Sell More' to Students

 


These days nearly everyone, including teachers, is involved in selling—or "persuading, influencing, and convincing others," says author Daniel Pink. And in an Internet-fueled world where knowledge is readily available, sellers need new tactics.

In this webinar, Pink offers strategic advice for educators from his new book, To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. He explains what he calls the new ABC's of selling—attunement, buoyancy, and clarity—and how educators can use these tactics to "move" students. Drawing on a wealth of social-science findings, Pink discusses the importance of understanding others' perspectives, ways to make a message clearer, and why you don’t have to be an extrovert to be persuasive.


Expert Presenter:

Daniel H. Pink is the author of five books about cognitive science and the changing worlds of work and learning—including the long-running New York Times bestseller, A Whole New Mind, and the #1 New York Times bestseller, Drive. His latest book, To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others, offers a fresh look at the art and science of sales. Pink has provided analysis of business trends on CNN, CNBC, ABC, NPR, and other networks in the U.S. and abroad. He also lectures to corporations, associations, and universities around the world on economic transformation and the new workplace.


Pink served in the White House from 1995 to 1997 as chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore. He also worked as an aide to U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich and in other positions in politics and government. Pink lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their three children.



Moderator:
Liana Heitin, associate editor, Education Week Teacher



Changing Mindsets, Motivating Students with Carol Dweck

 


In this webinar, renowned psychologist Carol Dweck discusses how teachers can change the way they praise and challenge students to boost motivation and engagement. Through her intensive research, Dweck has found that students who believe intelligence is a fixed quality are more likely to avoid challenging tasks, while students who believe intelligence can be developed with effort tend to be more successful. She discusses some of the most common mistakes teachers make in trying to motivate students and details strategies for promoting a "growth mindset" rather than "fixed mindset" in the classroom.


Expert Presenter:

Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., author of Mindset: The New Science of Success, is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Her research focuses on why students succeed and how to foster their success. She has held professorships at Columbia and Harvard Universities and has lectured and worked with schools and other organizations all over the world. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and recently won the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association—the highest honor in psychology.



Moderator:
Anthony Rebora, managing editor, Education Week Teacher



Three Part Series: The Driven Classroom: New Strategies to Motivate and Engage Students

Five influential thought leaders in teaching and learning will explore cutting-edge instructional practices and strategies designed to increase student engagement and learning potential. Attendees will come away with actionable plans for facilitating student self-direction, creating a clear sense of purpose in their instruction, and using creative sales techniques to “move” students to higher levels of achievement.


Choose one of these vital webinars for just $49, or select all three and pay only $129. You will also get a certificate of completion and 3 months of on-demand access.


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Developing Intrinsic Motivation in Students

 


Motivating students to engage fully with their schoolwork is a perennial challenge for educators. What’s more, many time-honored motivational tactics, such as offering incentives or rewards for specific outcomes, tend to produce only short-term effects—and sometimes backfire completely. This webinar provides teaching strategies to sustain students’ levels of interest and effort.


Our expert guests—teacher and author Larry Ferlazzo and principal Chris Wejr—will provide background and actionable strategies for creating conditions in classrooms and schools that inspire students to take greater ownership of their learning and futures. Among the topics they will address are relationship-building, collaborative learning, praise strategies, opportunity-based instruction, and meaningful communication of expectations. They'll also respond to viewers’ questions on specific challenges and problem-areas concerning motivation. Registrants will also receive an exclusive discount offer for Ferlazzo’s newest book: Self-Driven Learning: Teaching Strategies for Student Motivation.


Expert Presenters:

Chris Wejr is principal of Kent Elementary School in British Columbia, Canada and a former math and science teacher. Under his leadership, Kent Elementary has moved away from awards, rewards, and honor rolls, and has seen increased achievement and a more positive school culture as a result. Wejr writes about student motivation and other education issues on his blog, The Wejr Board. Follow him on Twitter at @chriswejr.


Larry Ferlazzo is an award-winning English and social studies teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif. He is the author of Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges and the forthcoming sequel, Self-Driven Learning: Teaching Strategies for Student Motivation among other books. He writes the popular Websites of the Day Blog, as well as Education Week Teacher’s advice-column blog Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo. He is on Twitter at @LarryFerlazzo.



Moderator:
Anthony Rebora, managing editor, Education Week Teacher



Intentional Teaching: Infusing Instruction With Purpose

 


One of the most critical factors in effective teaching and learning is the establishment of a clear purpose, say teacher-authors Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey. By explaining what students will be learning and why, and by making that purpose relevant to students, teachers can increase motivation and attention.


In this webinar, Fisher and Frey—authors of The Purposeful Classroom: How to Structure Lessons with Learning Goals in Mind—will clarify the differences between an objective, which a teacher establishes for him or herself in lesson planning, and a purpose, which the teacher communicates to students. They'll offer strategies for crafting purposes that are neither too broad nor too narrow, but that appropriately guide student learning. And they'll discuss how intentional planning can lead students to take ownership of their learning and become better, more motivated critical thinkers.


Expert Presenters:

Douglas Fisher Ph.D. is a professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. He is the recipient of an International Reading Association Celebrate Literacy Award, the Farmer award for excellence in writing from the National Council of Teachers of English, as well as a Christa McAuliffe award for excellence in teacher education. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, differentiated instruction, and curriculum design as well as, among other books, Better Learning Through Structured Teaching and Text Complexity: Raising Rigor in Reading.


Nancy Frey Ph.D. is a professor of literacy in the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University and the recipient of the 2008 Early Career Achievement Award from the National Reading Conference. Nancy has published articles in The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, English Journal, Voices in the Middle, Middle School Journal, and Educational Leadership, as well as numerous books with co-author Douglas Fisher. Nancy is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California, and teaches at Health Sciences High and Middle College.



Moderator:
Anthony Rebora, managing editor, Education Week Teacher



Daniel Pink on How Teachers Can ‘Sell’ More to Students

 


For many, the quintessential image of a salesperson is still that of a slick, pushy man in a suit. But these days nearly everyone, including teachers, is involved in selling—or "persuading, influencing, and convincing others," says author Daniel Pink. And in an Internet-fueled world where knowledge is readily available, sellers need new tactics.


In this webinar, Pink will offer strategic advice for educators from his new book To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. He'll explain what he calls the new ABC's of selling—attunement, buoyancy, and clarity—and how educators can use these tactics to "move" students. Drawing on a wealth of social science findings, Pink will also discuss the qualities of an effective salesperson, ways to make a message clearer, and the importance of understanding others' perspectives.


Expert Presenters:

Daniel H. Pink is the author of five books about cognitive science and the changing worlds of work and learning—including the long-running New York Times bestseller, A Whole New Mind, and the #1 New York Times bestseller, Drive. His latest book, To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others, offers a fresh look at the art and science of sales. Pink has provided analysis of business trends on CNN, CNBC, ABC, NPR, and other networks in the U.S. and abroad. He also lectures to corporations, associations, and universities around the world on economic transformation and the new workplace.


Pink served in the White House from 1995 to 1997 as chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore. He also worked as an aide to U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich and in other positions in politics and government. Pink lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their three children.



Moderator:
Liana Heitin, associate editor, Education Week Teacher




Three-Part Rebroadcast Series:
Preparing for Success with the Common Standards

Register for this three-part series for professional insights, personal strategies, and planning resources to help you successfully implement common core changes in the classroom. You’ll hear from teachers, administrators, and curriculum experts who will share how they’re approaching the standards and putting them into practice.


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Common Assessments: What You Need to Know

 


Using $360 million in Race to the Top money, two large groups of states are designing assessment systems for the common standards that have been adopted by 46 states and the District of Columbia. The new tests aim to move past the current one-shot, multiple-choice-only approach by requiring essays, projects, and other tasks designed to gauge deeper, more complex learning. The groups are also working on a variety of resources for teachers, such as model instructional units and formative assessments. This webinar will provide a briefing on the two groups’ distinctively different test designs and the range of instructional tools they’re planning.


Expert Presenters:

Joe Willhoft, executive director, SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium
Laura M. Slover, senior vice president, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers


Moderator:
Catherine Gewertz, assistant editor, Education Week


Bringing Common Standards Into the Classroom

 


Nearly every state in the country has adopted a new set of common academic standards in mathematics and English/language arts. The new guidelines lay out fundamental changes in the skills students are expected to have. But there is a long road from understanding the standards to putting them into practice in the classroom.

This webinar will let participants in on the approaches that two districts—Hillsborough County, Fla. and Cleveland —are taking as they work to educate teachers about the standards and turn them into new types of teaching and learning.


Expert Presenters:

Lynn Dougherty-Underwood, director of K-12 literacy, Hillsborough County public schools, Fla.
Mark Baumgartner, director of professional issues, Cleveland Teachers Union


Moderator:
Catherine Gewertz, assistant editor, Education Week


From Paper to Practice: Implementing the Common Core State Standards in English/Language Arts

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The Common Core State Standards in English/language arts make new demands on both students and teachers. They ask that students become masters at “close reading” of text, build their argumentation skills, and be able to marshal evidence to defend their positions. Teachers learn how to lead students in that work, with new kinds of questions, new types of readings, and new ways of thinking about literacy. Teachers in two districts in Kentucky are on the leading edge of working with new instructional tools designed for the standards. Join us for a compelling discussion with two educators overseeing the implementation in these districts.


Expert Presenters:

Gary McCormick, secondary school literacy consultant, Kenton County Schools, Ky.
Regina Pelfrey, elementary school instructional coach, Erlanger-Elsmere Schools, Ky.


Moderator:
Catherine Gewertz, assistant editor, Education Week



An Education Week PD Webinar Rebroadcast With Carol Dweck

Changing Mindsets, Motivating Students

 


In this webinar, renowned psychologist Carol Dweck will discuss how teachers can use new discoveries in cognitive development to improve student motivation and engagement. Through her intensive research, Ms. Dweck has found that students who believe intelligence is a fixed quality are more likely to avoid challenging tasks, while students who believe intelligence can be developed with effort tend to be more successful. She'll discuss some of the most common mistakes teachers make in trying to motivate students and detail strategies for promoting a "growth mindset" rather than "fixed mindset" in the classroom.


Expert Presenter:

Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., author of Mindset: The New Science of Success, is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Her research focuses on why students succeed and how to foster their success. She has held professorships at Columbia and Harvard Universities and has lectured and worked with schools and other organizations all over the world. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and recently won the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association—the highest honor in psychology.



Moderator:
Liana Heitin, associate editor, Education Week Teacher and Teacher PD Sourcebook


Underwriting for the content of this webinar has been provided by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.


Three Part Series: Making the Common Standards Work in the Classroom

This professional development webinar series is designed to help teachers and school leaders better understand key aspects of the Common Core State Standards and how to integrate them into planning and instruction. The expert guests, all educators who have been immersed in common-standards work at the classroom level, will provide actionable advice for teachers on transitioning to the standards and unlocking their potential for improved student learning. Choose one of these vital webinars for just $49, or select all three and pay only $129. You’ll also get 6 months of on-demand access to re-watch and share with colleagues.


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Underwriting for the content of these webinars has been provided by the GE Foundation.


Transitioning to the Common Core: What Elementary Teachers Need to Know

 


Elementary educators are on the front lines of common-core efforts—both because many districts are starting implementation with the early grades, and because the standards are designed to build on prior-grade knowledge. These teachers have to get it right first. In this webinar, two experienced instructional leaders at the elementary level—one in language arts and one in math—will take educators inside the common standards and offer strategies for adapting instruction to new content and learning paradigms. Both guests have been training elementary teachers in their districts on the common standards, and will provide practical tips on planning lessons, adjusting instructional practice, and overcoming common obstacles.


Expert Presenters:

Jeff Williams, an award-winning language arts teacher, is the literacy teacher leader for the Solon school district in Ohio. He headed the National Council of Teachers of English's review team on the common standards and is the co-author of Supporting Students in the Time of Common Core Standards: English Language Arts, Grades 3-5.


Angela Waltrup is an elementary mathematics teacher specialist for Frederick County, Md., public schools. In this role, she is working with teachers and schools towards systemic transition to the common standards in grades pre-K to 5. A National Board-certified teacher, she has taught in grades 2, 3, and 5, and served as an intervention teacher.



Moderator:
Anthony Rebora, managing editor, Education Week Teacher


Underwriting for the content of this webinar has been provided by the GE Foundation.



Common-Core Mythbusters: Clearing Up the Biggest Misconceptions About the ELA Standards

 


Teachers and administrators around the country are scrambling to implement the common-core English/language arts standards. Unfortunately, in doing so, many educators have come to incorrect understandings of what and how students will be expected to learn. Misconceptions about the meaning of text complexity and the use of prereading activities, for example, have in many cases led to unnecessary anxiety and even resentment among teachers. In this webinar, two literacy experts will discuss and help resolve the most common myths and misconceptions surrounding the ELA standards. Their practical advice will help educators better align their instruction to the goals of the standards.


Expert Presenters:

Cheryl Dobbertin is the director of curriculum and professional development innovation for New York State at Expeditionary Learning, a national school-reform network. She previously taught high school English/language arts, served as a literacy specialist, and was the director of professional development at Monroe 2 BOCES outside of Rochester, N.Y. In addition to her work with Expeditionary Learning, Dobbertin currently teaches differentiated instruction at Nazareth College of Rochester.


Andrew Hossack is a middle school English/language arts teacher at Tapestry Charter School, an Expeditionary Learning school in Buffalo, N.Y. He has been deeply involved in writing common-core-aligned ELA curriculum for grades 3-5 as part of a statewide curriculum project in New York. Hossack previously taught elementary school in New York City for eight years.



Moderator:
Liana Heitin, associate editor, Education Week Teacher


Underwriting for the content of this webinar has been provided by the GE Foundation.



Common Core: Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum

 


The common-core standards explicitly require that all content areas share the responsibility for developing students’ literacy skills. With the goal of preparing students for college and careers, the standards call for reading instruction with "challenging informational texts" across a range of subjects. In this session, two cross-curricular literacy experts will provide an overview of the expectations for English/language arts, history/social studies, science, and technical subjects, and will offer specific examples of how content-area teachers can collaborate to incorporate reading and writing activities into their classrooms.


Expert Presenters:

Donna Ogle, a professor of reading and language at National Louis University in Chicago, is active in professional-development projects in the United States and internationally. She co-directs the Reading Leadership Institute at NLU and was a senior advisor to the Chicago Striving Readers Research Project. Her areas of interest include content-area literacy and school-based professional development.


Laura Lang has worked as a high school English teacher, reading teacher, and literacy coach in both urban and suburban settings. As a literacy coach, she worked with teachers in multiple content areas, and she developed and facilitated interdisciplinary literacy teams at two high schools in Illinois and Wisconsin. She recently received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction (Literacy Studies) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.



Moderator:
Anthony Rebora, managing editor, Education Week Teacher


Underwriting for the content of this webinar has been provided by the GE Foundation.




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