Rehumanizing education requires leaders to recognize the importance of social and emotional intelligence (SEI) skills. These skills support all adults to lead thriving lives and ensure healthy practices are integrated into the culture of their workplaces and associations. In this session, you will take a deep dive into self awareness. In addition, you will unpack new ways to teach self awareness to your students and colleagues and lead others in their own healing journey. Read more

Professional Learning SUPPORTING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS ASSESSING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Multilingual learners (MLs) have unique needs to demonstrate their understanding and knowledge in an academic setting. One of the key skills teachers of MLs need to master is creating assessments that provide MLs with opportunities to demonstrate their learning successfully. Assessments are essential tools educators use to gather data to drive best classroom instruction practices. To accurately assess MLs, teachers must identify the most appropriate tools to evaluate the reliability of assessments and create appropriate accommodations for their students. This course will support teachers by intentionally designing, creating, and evaluating assessment tools for classroom use so that results best reflect multilingual students’ content knowledge and language ability. Virtual Class Meetings: 10/9; 10/23 & 11/13 from 6–7:00 pm Pacific Time Read more

  Rehumanizing education requires leaders to recognize the importance of social and emotional intelligence (SEI) skills. These skills support all adults to lead thriving lives and ensure healthy practices are integrated into the culture of their workplaces and associations. In this session, we will take a deep dive into self management. In addition, you will unpack new ways to teach self management to your students and colleagues and lead others in their own healing journey. Read more

  Rehumanizing education requires leaders to recognize the importance of social and emotional intelligence (SEI) skills. These skills support all adults to lead thriving lives and ensure healthy practices are integrated into the culture of their workplaces and associations. In this session, we will take a deep dive into social awareness. In addition, you will unpack new ways to teach social awareness to your students and colleagues and lead others in their own healing journey. Read more

When developing learning experiences for adults, it’s important to consider that adult learning needs differ from children’s. Adults have divided attention and divided time. They are best motivated when they see how professional development is relevant to their professional lives, and they are most engaged when they feel their personal contributions matter to the group. In this course, you will learn the theories and assertions to consider when working with adult learners. You'll also learn principles that can guide the development, selection, or implementation of a professional development course. Read more

Educators are looking to AI to assist with many time-consuming tasks related to special education and paperwork. Join us for a panel discussion as we look at ways teachers can use AI to support students with special needs while also considering the legal implications.   Read more