OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Instructor: Alicia Serafin Participants: Teachers, Administrators, Guidance Counselors Date/Times: 1/20/22/Online 15 hour course Ends 2/28/22 Location: Online Course #: 2021-43 Course Info Contact: Sherri Tetrault, 508-998-5599 ex 23, [email protected] Course Description: This online 15 PDP ESL course involves 4 (approximately 2-hour) weekly self-paced modules. After finishing the 4 weekly modules, participants will have an additional week to complete the other 7 hours of the course by developing a Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Lesson Plan to synthesize learning from the reading and modules. This 15 hour course fulfills the requirement that all educators must have 15 PDPs related to [...]

OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Instructor: Polly Bath Participants: General & Special Educators, Administrators, Paraprofessionals, Guidance counselors, Social workers Date/Times: 01/24/22, 9:00-11:30 Location: Virtual Course #: 2021-45 Course Description: Many of the difficult behaviors that get in the way of teaching and learning occur because kids don’t have the social and emotional skills that are being asked of them. The solution is straightforward: identify the social and emotional skills you need your students to have and teach them those skills. Don’t get hung up on thinking you aren’t qualified to do this, or that you need a curriculum. YOU can teach kids the [...]

OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Instructor: Polly Bath Participants: General & Special Educators, Administrators, Paraprofessionals, Guidance counselors, Social workers Date/Times: 01/24/22, 12:30-3:00 Location: Virtual Course #: 2021-46 Course Description: These uncertain times have made both behaviors and student engagement worse. But, exhausted though many of us may be, we can still take a clear-eyed look at what we can do to improve behavior and engagement now. This workshop will look at how every educator can : • Reduce chronic student stress and anxiety with simple, doable changes . • Increase student engagement by recognizing and responding to hidden signs of student trauma and [...]