Vocab Voltage! Energizing Word Acquisition 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2024
VIRTUAL TRAINING

Please register by January 11, 2024
Printable Description of Training

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**NEW!**
How would you like to earn a little extra credit?

We will now offer you the opportunity to come early (8 AM) and stay late (3:30 PM) to earn and learn a little more! During our “Coffee Chats” at 8 AM, we will go over resources that are available for your class.  In the afternoon at “Happy 1/2 Hour”, we will discuss any issues you may be having and problem solve. The additional time is voluntary, but eligible teachers can earn extra money and additional in-service points.

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Training Description: 

Are you looking for ways to energize your vocabulary lessons? This training will provide you with new ideas, games, strategies, and activities to encourage vocabulary development and keep students engaged in learning. 

Learning Intentions: 

• Examine research-based best practices for vocabulary instruction. 
• Discuss engagement strategies to motivate students. 
• Explore games, strategies, and activities for vocabulary development.  
• Involve families in the word acquisition process. 

Benefits: 

• Eligible teachers get paid $25.00 an hour for attendance plus 5.5 hours of reading
  in-service points.  
• Additional ESE certification points can be earned through a follow-up assignment.   
• Ongoing support for implementation through ConnectedClass.com is available for site-licensed schools. 

Who should attend? 

• Any teacher looking to increase student motivation toward learning vocabulary 
• Any administrator wanting to promote vocabulary development on their campus 

Team Teach Like A Pro: Let’s Win Together! 
Collaborative Teaching Partnerships 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2024
VIRTUAL TRAINING

Please register by January 18, 2024
Printable Description of Training

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**NEW!**
How would you like to earn a little extra credit?

We will now offer you the opportunity to come early (8 AM) and stay late (3:30 PM) to earn and learn a little more! During our “Coffee Chats” at 8 AM, we will go over resources that are available for your class.  In the afternoon at “Happy 1/2 Hour”, we will discuss any issues you may be having and problem solve. The additional time is voluntary, but eligible teachers can earn extra money and additional in-service points.

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Training Description: 

Are you ready to enhance your teaching practices and knowledge by collaborating and creating a more inclusive and effective learning environment? If so, this training is for you! This session will provide teachers with effective strategies for collaborating with professionals, students, and families. Join us for an engaging and interactive session to learn evidence-based collaborative models, practical resources, and tools that can be applied in various educational settings to meet the needs of diverse learners. 

Learning Intentions: 

• Learn effective, collaborative models and strategies for developing and sustaining productive partnerships. 
• Identify available resources and strategies to help you improve your collaborative experiences with parents, families, and caregivers. 
• Identify best practices for effective collaboration across professionals. 
• Explore technology tools that can facilitate collaboration and communication, as well as assessment methods that allow for shared evaluation of student learning. 
• Explore resources available to help parents and families support learning at home. 

Benefits: 

• Eligible teachers get paid $25.00 an hour for attendance plus in-service points. 
• Ongoing support for implementation through ConnectedClass.com is available for site-licensed schools. 

Who should attend? 

• Educators at all levels, from novice to experienced 
• Any teacher who wants to sharpen their collaborative skills to maximize student engagement and achievement 

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2024
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

**Virtual Professional Development**

This professional learning experience is for principals, assistant principals, headmasters, participants of our Head of School program, or teachers in leadership roles.

SPEAKER BIO:

Jethro Jones, is a national award-winning former school leader, podcaster, and author of the books How to be a Transformative Principal and School X: How principals can design a transformative school experience for the people right in front of them! He is also founder of the BE Podcast Network, the best educational podcast network out there. Jethro, a Positive Intelligence Coach, currently consults school leaders on strategies to help them save time, lead more effectively, and overcome their own weaknesses. Jethro has worked as a principal at all K-12 levels, including a prison school, a district coach, distance learning team lead, and English teacher.

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Training Description: 

When you’re not mentally fit, you feel mental stress (anxiety, frustration, or unhappiness) as you handle work and relationship challenges. The bad news is that 80% of people score below the minimum level of mental fitness required for peak performance and happiness.

Great News! With recent breakthroughs in neuroscience and technology, you can now improve your mental fitness significantly within 6 weeks of practice. During this session, you’ll get a sneak peek at what’s standing in your own way of peak performance and happiness and how to begin to move forward.

This session is based on the Positive Intelligence work of Shirzad Chamine, a New York Times Bestselling author, Stanford lecturer, and coach to hundreds of CEOs and executive teams.

After learning about the three core mental muscles, your team will break out into discussion groups based on top Saboteurs (from the online Saboteur Assessment). Each Saboteur group then reports out to the larger group about what their Saboteur is all about, its lies, limiting beliefs, and negative impact.

This interactive session is how you can shift from a conceptual understanding of the topic to a deep personal “aha…” of exactly how you have been sabotaging your own effectiveness, wellness, and relationships. This is where your team will get really excited about a new possibility for themselves and each other.

• YOUR ACTION ITEM prior to the session:  Take the free 5-minute Saboteur Assessment
  (Your results are private unless you choose to share).

Previous participants have enjoyed discovering which Saboteurs present the greatest internal obstacles to their optimal achievement and well-being. And they are thrilled to learn simple science-based tools to remove these obstacles.

Learning Intentions: 

• The 10 most common ways we self-sabotage and which way is yours
• The neuroscience of happiness & peak performance and 10-second techniques to activate your “right” mind
• How you generate your own stress, and how you can generate peace of mind instead (even in the midst of great challenges)
• The “Three Gifts Technique” and how to use it to convert failures and setbacks into gifts and opportunities
• The mental muscle that gives top performers their edge, and how you can grow it with a few minutes of daily practice

Who should attend? 

• Administrators
• Headmasters
• Principals
• Assistant Principals
• Teacher leaders

Participants can receive in-service points for attending.

If you have questions please contact Connected Class at support@connectedclass.com.

Pack Your Bags:  PSAT, Let’s Take a R.I.D.E – Part 1
2024 Instructional Leadership Institute

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2024
VIRTUAL TRAINING

Please register by January 31, 2024
Printable Description of Training

Join us on a virtual road trip to gain a greater understanding of your current student performance and the overall achievement of your campus over time on the PSAT. Like last year’s Instructional Leadership Institute, we are hosting a February Institute for PSAT only.  We want to make sure your school and teachers have time to make instructional decisions based on current data to impact next year’s PSAT student achievement results. There will be an additional Instructional Leadership Institute in June for the Terra Nova, Iowa, and MAP assessments.  

During the two professional development days, we will R.I.D.E.: 

Reflect on data
Inspect the need
Develop the goal
Envision your plan 

** You will also want to register for Part 2 on February 17, 2024.  You can register here.**

We encourage schools to bring a team. Talk with your administrators to see who else is interested in attending. You will have one day to analyze both math and ELA data. It would be wise to bring one teacher per grade level for Math and one per grade level for ELA. You will need access to your school’s PSAT data.  

Registration Deadline: January 31, 2024

Benefits:  

• Eligible teachers get paid $25.00 an hour for attendance plus in-service points.  

 If you have any questions regarding the content of the institute,
please contact Christel Reaves at creaves@connectedclass.com or call (561) 596-9039. 

The Desk Potato Cure
Building Motivation within the Classroom 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2024
IN-PERSON TRAINING
LOCATION:  St. Juliana Catholic School 
4355 South Olive Avenue 
West Palm Beach, FL 33405  [Map]

Please register by February 5, 2024
Printable Description of Training

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**NEW!**
How would you like to earn a little extra credit?

We will now offer you the opportunity to come early (8 AM) and stay late (3:30 PM) to earn and learn a little more! During our “Coffee Chats” at 8 AM, we will go over resources that are available for your class.  In the afternoon at “Happy 1/2 Hour”, we will discuss any issues you may be having and problem solve. The additional time is voluntary, but eligible teachers can earn extra money and additional in-service points.

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Training Description:

What can teachers do to involve students and motivate them to give their best effort in class every day?  If you are a teacher who is trying everything possible to gain student “buy-in” and to cultivate a motivated student, but you have hit a roadblock, or if you want to do more than wish your students cared about learning as much as you do, join in this session “The Desk Potato Cure” where we will provide actionable ideas and ready to use strategies to help peel the layers of disengagement from that “couch potato” student mindset. Let’s move our students from “spec-taters” to “participa-taters.” 

Learning Intentions:  

• Define the root causes for lack of engagement and the components of motivation. 
• Explore classroom practices that fuel student motivation. 
• Select a strategy or practice to increase motivation during the next school week. 
• Determine the stamina and grit-building activities you can incorporate into your teaching practice. 

Benefits:    

• Earn 5.5 hours of in-service points.  
• Additional ESE certification points can be earned through a follow-up assignment.  
• Ongoing support for implementation through ConnectedClass.com is available for site-licensed schools. 

Who should attend?  

• Any teacher looking to increase student motivation toward learning 
• Any teacher seeking tools to build student grit and stamina toward learning 
• Any administrator working toward building a culture of motivated learners 

Pack Your Bags:  PSAT, Let’s Take a R.I.D.E – Part 2
2024 Instructional Leadership Institute

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2024
VIRTUAL TRAINING

Please register by January 31, 2024
Printable Description of Training

Join us on a virtual road trip to gain a greater understanding of your current student performance and the overall achievement of your campus over time on the PSAT. Like last year’s Instructional Leadership Institute, we are hosting a February Institute for PSAT only.  We want to make sure your school and teachers have time to make instructional decisions based on current data to impact next year’s PSAT student achievement results. There will be an additional Instructional Leadership Institute in June for the Terra Nova, Iowa, and MAP assessments.  

During the two professional development days, we will R.I.D.E.: 

Reflect on data
Inspect the need
Develop the goal
Envision your plan 

We encourage schools to bring a team. Talk with your administrators to see who else is interested in attending. You will have one day to analyze both math and ELA data. It would be wise to bring one teacher per grade level for Math and one per grade level for ELA. You will need access to your school’s PSAT data.  

Registration Deadline: January 31, 2024

Benefits:  

• Eligible teachers get paid $25.00 an hour for attendance plus in-service points.  

 If you have any questions regarding the content of the institute,
please contact Christel Reaves at creaves@connectedclass.com or call (561) 596-9039. 

Close Reading: More than a Highlighter
Teaching Textual Analysis with Close Reading for all Ages

SATURDAY, March 2, 2024
VIRTUAL TRAINING

Please register by February 29, 2024
Printable Description of Training

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**NEW!**
How would you like to earn a little extra credit?

We will now offer you the opportunity to come early (8 AM) and stay late (3:30 PM) to earn and learn a little more! During our “Coffee Chats” at 8 AM, we will go over resources that are available for your class.  In the afternoon at “Happy 1/2 Hour”, we will discuss any issues you may be having and problem solve. The additional time is voluntary, but eligible teachers can earn extra money and additional in-service points.

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Training Description: 

Close Reading: More than a Highlighter will highlight the way for your students to become more accurate and analytical readers. This session is designed to elevate your close reading practice within your classroom. Close reading is a strategy that will build textual analysis within your students.  Cultivate deeper thinking within your students as you help them use close reading strategies.  Close Reading: More than a Highlighter is the opportunity to help your entire school increase their comprehension and analysis skills. 

Learning Intentions: 

• Define the steps of close reading. 
• Explore classroom practices and activities that will build analytical reading and comprehension. 
• Adjust a current lesson plan to include a close reading activity for the next week’s usage. 
• Create a set of strategies that can be regularly implemented in the classroom. 

Benefits: 

• Eligible teachers get paid $25.00 an hour for attendance plus in-service points. 
• Additional ESE certification points can be earned through a follow-up assignment.   
• Ongoing support for implementation through ConnectedClass.com is available for site-licensed schools. 

Who should attend? 

• Any teacher whose students could use more analysis and comprehension practice 
• Any teacher who wants their students to achieve better mastery in their classes 
• Any administrator whose plan includes gains in reading achievement scores 

5 out of 4 People Know Their Place:  
Effectively Teaching Fractions, Decimals, and Place Value

SATURDAY, March 9, 2024
VIRTUAL TRAINING

Please register by March 7, 2024
Printable Description of Training

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**NEW!**
How would you like to earn a little extra credit?

We will now offer you the opportunity to come early (8 AM) and stay late (3:30 PM) to earn and learn a little more! During our “Coffee Chats” at 8 AM, we will go over resources that are available for your class.  In the afternoon at “Happy 1/2 Hour”, we will discuss any issues you may be having and problem solve. The additional time is voluntary, but eligible teachers can earn extra money and additional in-service points.

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Training Description: 

Does your class treat fractions, decimals, and place value like a bottle of poison?  In this session, we will explore how to make math friendlier and more memorable for your students. Please join our session 5 out of 4 People Know Their Place: Effectively Teaching Fractions, Decimals, and Place Value so your students can understand fractions, decimals, and place values and be able to utilize them.    

Learning Intentions: 

• Identify the differences between teaching exposure and teaching mastery of fractions, decimals, and place value (hereafter called FDPV). 
• Explore ways to incorporate the math concepts of FDPV beyond the math period. 
• Cultivate a math mindset within the classroom. 
• Adjust a current lesson plan to include teaching an aspect of FDPV next school week. 
• Develop a bank of activities and strategies to enhance the mastery of FDPV. 

Benefits: 

• Eligible teachers get paid $25.00 an hour for attendance plus in-service points. 
• Additional ESE certification points can be earned through a follow-up assignment.   
• Ongoing support for implementation through ConnectedClass.com is available for site-licensed schools. 

Who should attend? 

• Any teacher who wants their students to master the concepts of FDPV 
• Any teacher looking to make math more user-friendly and to build a math mindset 
• Any administrator who looks to see gains in the math achievement test scores