All workshops and trainings can be custom designed to meet the needs of your staff, students, and families.
Education levels include: preschool, elementary and middle school, upper elementary and high school, adult education, and business skills.
Read samples of workshop descriptions below. Please contact me if you would like electronic versions of selected workshops to use with your learning groups.
PRESCHOOL
Why Guided Discovery? is an interactive two hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of guided discovery in early childhood development. Topics covered will include early childhood development and learning theories, instructional strategies, the role of discovery and play in children’s learning, and the teacher’s role in promoting learning through guided discovery and play.
The Importance of Play is an interactive two-hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of play in early childhood development. Topics covered will include the types and importance of play in early childhood, the role of children’s play in learning, and the teacher’s role in promoting learning through play.
Introduction to Child Development: Birth to Five is an interactive two and a half hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of early childhood development. Topics covered will include: research foundations of early childhood development, ages and stages of typical development, individual differences, and the teacher’s role in promoting development and learning.
The Physical Preschool Classroom Environment is an interactive two hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of the components of an effective physical learning environment. Topics covered will include classroom set up and maintenance, messages in the environment, guidelines for setting up learning areas, and the teacher’s role.
Preschool Learning Goals and Lesson Planning is an interactive two hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of developmentally appropriate learning goals and objectives for preschool children and the components of effective lesson planning. Topics covered will include learning domains, what preschool children are like, introduction to Creative Curriculum’s Learning Goals and Objectives, the Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum, the weekly lesson plan, and strategies for effective lesson planning.
Addressing Challenging Behavior is an interactive three hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, and administrators for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of challenging behavior in early childhood and elementary education settings. Topics include social and emotional development, addressing and responding to challenging behavior, and Positive Behavior Support.
Assessment in the Preschool Classroom is an interactive three hour workshop intended for preschool teachers and administrators for the purpose of introducing different forms of assessment and assessment tools including those used for screening, instructional purposes, and program evaluation. Participants will become familiar with learning domains, and preschool learning goals and objectives along a developmental continuum. Participants will practice assessing data using learning goals and objectives and will be introduced to using outcomes for individual, classroom, and program planning.
Introduction to New Jersey State Licensing Requirements will serve as an introduction to NJ State licensing requirements for childcare centers. It provides a general overview of the state licensing manual and focuses on key areas of compliance.
Child Supervision and Tracking will serve as a training for the New Jersey state licensing requirement of Staff/Child Ratios: Child Supervision and Tracking. The training will provide an overview of the Staff/Child Ratio section of the manual, familiarize staff with best practices for supervision and tracking of children, and will offer compliance strategies.
Positive Discipline and Guidance is an interactive two and a half hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of Positive Discipline and Guidance strategies and early childhood social and emotional development.
This workshop will serve as a training for the New Jersey state licensing requirement of Positive Discipline and Guidance. Topics covered will include: research foundations of early childhood development, ages and stages of typical development, individual differences, and the teachers role in promoting development and learning through positive behavior support and responsive relationship building.
Required Annual NJ State Licensing Trainings is an workshop that will serve as an introduction to NJ state licensing requirements for childcare centers. It provides a general overview of the state licensing manual and training for three annual training requirements: Child Supervision and Tracking, Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect, and Positive Discipline and Guidance.
Brain Development 101 is an interactive workshop for early childhood and elementary school teachers for the purpose of promoting the development of rich learning environments and experiences through a deeper understanding of brain function and development. Topics covered will include: basic brain structure, function and development, enhancing brain development, and creating a rich learning environment.
ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, and HIGH SCHOOL
Differentiating Instruction is an interactive workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of differentiating instruction to meet the needs of all students in an inclusive classroom. Topics covered will include: defining differentiated instruction, strategies for differentiating instruction in all content areas, messages in the environment, guidelines for establishing learning stations, and the teacher’s role.
Introduction to Common Core State Standards: Math (Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade) are interactive three-hour workshops to promote the successful teaching of mathematics through a deeper understanding of the Common Core State Standards. Topics include: Learning Mathematics, What the Standards are not, Standards for Mathematical Practice, Clusters, Reference and Application, and hands-on classroom activities.
Aligning Teaching with Common Core State Standards for Science (Grades 6 - 12) is intended for classroom teachers and administrators for the purpose of gaining a deeper understanding of literacy best practices, differentiated instruction, vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and writing strategies in the 6 – 12 science classroom with a focus on the new Common Core State Standards for science literacy.
Literacy and Motivation: Part 1 -Reading is an interactive workshop intended for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of motivation, reading foundational skills, comprehension strategies, vocabulary development, fluency, and genres with a focus on the new Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts across content areas. The link between reading, listening and speaking will be addressed.
Literacy and Motivation: Part 2 -Writing is an interactive workshop intended for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of the writing process with a focus on the new Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. Topics include: traits of good writing, content/purpose/audience, teaching conventions, assessment, prompts, and motivation.
Reading and Writing in the Science Classroom (Grades 6 - 12) is an interactive workshop intended for 6 -12 grade teachers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of literacy best practices, differentiated instruction, vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and writing strategies with a focus on the new Common Core State Standards for science. The link between reading, listening and speaking will be addressed.
Classroom Management is an interactive workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, and administrators for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of classroom management in early childhood, elementary, and high school education settings. Topics will include social and emotional development, the learning environment, addressing and responding to challenging behavior, and Positive Behavior Support.
ADULT EDUCATION
Adult Literacy and Motivation is an interactive workshop intended for teachers of adults for the purpose of promoting literacy and stimulating motivation to learn among the adults learners in the learning community through a deeper understanding of adult literacy and motivation techniques. Topics covered include the basic principles of teaching and learning, elements of literacy, motivation techniques, and hands-on activities to promote literacy, learning, and communication.
Differentiated Instruction: Adjusting to the Needs of All Learners is an interactive workshop intended for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of differentiating instruction, with a specific focus on adult education in the corrections education environment.
Literacy and Motivation: Part 1-Reading is an interactive workshop intended for teachers of adult learners for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of motivation, reading foundational skills, comprehension strategies, vocabulary development, fluency, and genres with a focus on the new Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts across content areas. The link between reading, listening and speaking will be addressed.
Literacy and Motivation: Part 2-Writing is an interactive workshop intended for the teachers of adult leaners for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of the writing process. Topics include: traits of good writing, content/purpose/audience, teaching conventions, assessment, prompts, and motivation.
Literacy Best Practices to Support Science, Social Studies, and Math is intended for teachers of adult learners for the purpose of gaining a deeper understanding of literacy best practices, differentiated instruction, vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and writing strategies with a focus on the new Common Core State Standards for the non-language arts content areas.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Managing Professional Challenges through Effective Communication is an interactive workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting effective communication with children, parents, and colleagues through a deeper understanding of effective communication techniques. Topics covered will include the basic elements of communication, barriers to effective communication, difficult conversations, feedback, relationship building, and strategies for effective communication.
Effective Communication and Professionalism is an interactive workshop intended for workforce professionals for the purpose of developing professionalism and promoting effective communication through a deeper understanding of professionalism skills and effective listening and expression techniques. Topics covered will include the basic elements of communication, barriers to effective communication, difficult conversations, relationship building, and strategies for effective communication and feedback.
Leadership, Supervision, and Management is an interactive workshop intended for workforce professionals for the purpose of promoting effective leadership, supervision, and management practices through a deeper understanding of key characteristics, qualities, and skills. Training goals include: understanding team building and motivation, ensuring compliance with policy and procedure, creating a culture of open communication and feedback, coaching and mentoring, monitoring and documentation, performance evaluation, and change.
Prepare for Success is an interactive workshop series that focuses on effective communication and professionalism skills, resume writing, interview skills, professional portfolio development, and job search.
Creating an Exceptional Customer Service Experience is an interactive workshop intended for workforce professionals for the purpose of promoting effective customer service through a deeper understanding of and appreciation for internal and external customer service practices. Topics covered will include: benefits of excellent internal and external customer service, effective communication, basic phone etiquette, customer expectations, handling complaints, and problem solving,
Why Guided Discovery? is an interactive two hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of guided discovery in early childhood development. Topics covered will include early childhood development and learning theories, instructional strategies, the role of discovery and play in children’s learning, and the teacher’s role in promoting learning through guided discovery and play.
The Importance of Play is an interactive two-hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of play in early childhood development. Topics covered will include the types and importance of play in early childhood, the role of children’s play in learning, and the teacher’s role in promoting learning through play.
Introduction to Child Development: Birth to Five is an interactive two and a half hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of early childhood development. Topics covered will include: research foundations of early childhood development, ages and stages of typical development, individual differences, and the teacher’s role in promoting development and learning.
The Physical Preschool Classroom Environment is an interactive two hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of the components of an effective physical learning environment. Topics covered will include classroom set up and maintenance, messages in the environment, guidelines for setting up learning areas, and the teacher’s role.
Preschool Learning Goals and Lesson Planning is an interactive two hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of developmentally appropriate learning goals and objectives for preschool children and the components of effective lesson planning. Topics covered will include learning domains, what preschool children are like, introduction to Creative Curriculum’s Learning Goals and Objectives, the Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum, the weekly lesson plan, and strategies for effective lesson planning.
Addressing Challenging Behavior is an interactive three hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, and administrators for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of challenging behavior in early childhood and elementary education settings. Topics include social and emotional development, addressing and responding to challenging behavior, and Positive Behavior Support.
Assessment in the Preschool Classroom is an interactive three hour workshop intended for preschool teachers and administrators for the purpose of introducing different forms of assessment and assessment tools including those used for screening, instructional purposes, and program evaluation. Participants will become familiar with learning domains, and preschool learning goals and objectives along a developmental continuum. Participants will practice assessing data using learning goals and objectives and will be introduced to using outcomes for individual, classroom, and program planning.
Introduction to New Jersey State Licensing Requirements will serve as an introduction to NJ State licensing requirements for childcare centers. It provides a general overview of the state licensing manual and focuses on key areas of compliance.
Child Supervision and Tracking will serve as a training for the New Jersey state licensing requirement of Staff/Child Ratios: Child Supervision and Tracking. The training will provide an overview of the Staff/Child Ratio section of the manual, familiarize staff with best practices for supervision and tracking of children, and will offer compliance strategies.
Positive Discipline and Guidance is an interactive two and a half hour workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of Positive Discipline and Guidance strategies and early childhood social and emotional development.
This workshop will serve as a training for the New Jersey state licensing requirement of Positive Discipline and Guidance. Topics covered will include: research foundations of early childhood development, ages and stages of typical development, individual differences, and the teachers role in promoting development and learning through positive behavior support and responsive relationship building.
Required Annual NJ State Licensing Trainings is an workshop that will serve as an introduction to NJ state licensing requirements for childcare centers. It provides a general overview of the state licensing manual and training for three annual training requirements: Child Supervision and Tracking, Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect, and Positive Discipline and Guidance.
Brain Development 101 is an interactive workshop for early childhood and elementary school teachers for the purpose of promoting the development of rich learning environments and experiences through a deeper understanding of brain function and development. Topics covered will include: basic brain structure, function and development, enhancing brain development, and creating a rich learning environment.
ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, and HIGH SCHOOL
Differentiating Instruction is an interactive workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of differentiating instruction to meet the needs of all students in an inclusive classroom. Topics covered will include: defining differentiated instruction, strategies for differentiating instruction in all content areas, messages in the environment, guidelines for establishing learning stations, and the teacher’s role.
Introduction to Common Core State Standards: Math (Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade) are interactive three-hour workshops to promote the successful teaching of mathematics through a deeper understanding of the Common Core State Standards. Topics include: Learning Mathematics, What the Standards are not, Standards for Mathematical Practice, Clusters, Reference and Application, and hands-on classroom activities.
Aligning Teaching with Common Core State Standards for Science (Grades 6 - 12) is intended for classroom teachers and administrators for the purpose of gaining a deeper understanding of literacy best practices, differentiated instruction, vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and writing strategies in the 6 – 12 science classroom with a focus on the new Common Core State Standards for science literacy.
Literacy and Motivation: Part 1 -Reading is an interactive workshop intended for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of motivation, reading foundational skills, comprehension strategies, vocabulary development, fluency, and genres with a focus on the new Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts across content areas. The link between reading, listening and speaking will be addressed.
Literacy and Motivation: Part 2 -Writing is an interactive workshop intended for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of the writing process with a focus on the new Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. Topics include: traits of good writing, content/purpose/audience, teaching conventions, assessment, prompts, and motivation.
Reading and Writing in the Science Classroom (Grades 6 - 12) is an interactive workshop intended for 6 -12 grade teachers for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of literacy best practices, differentiated instruction, vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and writing strategies with a focus on the new Common Core State Standards for science. The link between reading, listening and speaking will be addressed.
Classroom Management is an interactive workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, and administrators for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of classroom management in early childhood, elementary, and high school education settings. Topics will include social and emotional development, the learning environment, addressing and responding to challenging behavior, and Positive Behavior Support.
ADULT EDUCATION
Adult Literacy and Motivation is an interactive workshop intended for teachers of adults for the purpose of promoting literacy and stimulating motivation to learn among the adults learners in the learning community through a deeper understanding of adult literacy and motivation techniques. Topics covered include the basic principles of teaching and learning, elements of literacy, motivation techniques, and hands-on activities to promote literacy, learning, and communication.
Differentiated Instruction: Adjusting to the Needs of All Learners is an interactive workshop intended for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of differentiating instruction, with a specific focus on adult education in the corrections education environment.
Literacy and Motivation: Part 1-Reading is an interactive workshop intended for teachers of adult learners for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of motivation, reading foundational skills, comprehension strategies, vocabulary development, fluency, and genres with a focus on the new Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts across content areas. The link between reading, listening and speaking will be addressed.
Literacy and Motivation: Part 2-Writing is an interactive workshop intended for the teachers of adult leaners for the purpose of promoting learning through a deeper understanding of the writing process. Topics include: traits of good writing, content/purpose/audience, teaching conventions, assessment, prompts, and motivation.
Literacy Best Practices to Support Science, Social Studies, and Math is intended for teachers of adult learners for the purpose of gaining a deeper understanding of literacy best practices, differentiated instruction, vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and writing strategies with a focus on the new Common Core State Standards for the non-language arts content areas.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Managing Professional Challenges through Effective Communication is an interactive workshop intended for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and classroom volunteers for the purpose of promoting effective communication with children, parents, and colleagues through a deeper understanding of effective communication techniques. Topics covered will include the basic elements of communication, barriers to effective communication, difficult conversations, feedback, relationship building, and strategies for effective communication.
Effective Communication and Professionalism is an interactive workshop intended for workforce professionals for the purpose of developing professionalism and promoting effective communication through a deeper understanding of professionalism skills and effective listening and expression techniques. Topics covered will include the basic elements of communication, barriers to effective communication, difficult conversations, relationship building, and strategies for effective communication and feedback.
Leadership, Supervision, and Management is an interactive workshop intended for workforce professionals for the purpose of promoting effective leadership, supervision, and management practices through a deeper understanding of key characteristics, qualities, and skills. Training goals include: understanding team building and motivation, ensuring compliance with policy and procedure, creating a culture of open communication and feedback, coaching and mentoring, monitoring and documentation, performance evaluation, and change.
Prepare for Success is an interactive workshop series that focuses on effective communication and professionalism skills, resume writing, interview skills, professional portfolio development, and job search.
Creating an Exceptional Customer Service Experience is an interactive workshop intended for workforce professionals for the purpose of promoting effective customer service through a deeper understanding of and appreciation for internal and external customer service practices. Topics covered will include: benefits of excellent internal and external customer service, effective communication, basic phone etiquette, customer expectations, handling complaints, and problem solving,
