Managing the Media-Rich Classroom Workshops

With the challenges to assure that today's students acquire the content and learning dispositions that will promote success in our global community both new and veteran teachers seek to effectively address the needs of students who have behavior issues that disrupt learning and students who display little initiative, persistence or motivation in the classroom climate. Tools for promoting a positive learning climate in the K-12 classroom and online (social media) community require higher behavioral expectations that can be accomplished by beginning each year with student engagement in co-creating and norming classroom procedures, routines, and learner responsibilities to guide student behavior and involvement in the classroom. By identifying the nature of the learning community students and their peers wish to have, teaching the required social skills explicitly and facilitating students in monitoring and addressing their achievement of the norms and climate set collaboratively between them and the teacher, the classroom and online community in which students participate can become democratic, engaging and motivating for all.

Agenda for One-Day Workshop

Characteristics of the Engaged Learning (21st century) Classroom
Current Research on 21st century learners
Needs Assessment of Audience Members on the challenges that face them and their students
Technology tools for communicating, information seeking and production
Current Research on Classroom Management
Needs Assessment of Audience Members on the challenges that face them and their students
Routines, Procedures, and Behavior Expectations
Classroom Climate
Cooperative Learning Strategies

Agenda for Two-Day Workshop

One-Day Agenda plus the following...

Teaching and Assessing the Social Skills-in the classroom and in using digital social media
Minor Behavior Problems that occur in the classroom/in using digital social media
Difficult Behavior Problems that occur in the classroom/in using digital social media
Student-Centered Tools for Identifying and Improving Behavior in the Classroom
Action Plans for Implementation - Creating a custom Classroom Communication Plan

In the one-and two-day workshops, teachers learn strategies to handle minor behavior problems before they escalate into more serious issues. They learn how to utilize both short-term and long-term solutions to solve problems that disrupt the learning process and sometimes alienate students. By using a repertoire of strategies such as social contracts, cause and effect models, problem-solving logs, conferences, and class meetings, teachers can meet the challenges created by disruptive students.

We offer both one- and two-day workshops on implementing effective classroom management strategies. The one-day workshop helps educators learn how to apply strategies to help change their classroom climate. The two-day workshop covers all the day one information, and also discusses specific behavior problems and action plans for establishing solutions to those problems.

21st Century Learning in the K-12 Classroom - Integrating Digital Media with Effective Classroom Management Strategies

With the challenges to assure that today's students acquire the content and learning dispositions that will promote success in our global community both new and veteran teachers seek to effectively address the needs of students who have behavior issues that disrupt learning and students who display little initiative, persistence or motivation in the classroom climate. Tools for promoting a positive learning climate in the K-12 classroom and online (social media) community require higher behavioral expectations that can be accomplished by beginning each year with student engagement in co-creating and norming classroom procedures, routines, and learner responsibilities to guide student behavior and involvement in the classroom. By identifying the nature of the learning community students and their peers wish to have, teaching the required social skills explicitly and facilitating students in monitoring and addressing their achievement of the norms and climate set collaboratively between them and the teacher, the classroom and online community in which students participate can become democratic, engaging and motivating for all. Agenda for One-Day Workshop Characteristics of the Engaged Learning (21st century) Classroom Current Research on 21st century learners Needs Assessment of Audience Members on the challenges that face them and their students Technology tools for communicating, information seeking and production Current Research on Classroom Management Needs Assessment of Audience Members on the challenges that face them and their students Routines, Procedures, and Behavior Expectations Classroom Climate Cooperative Learning Strategies Agenda for Two-Day Workshop One-Day Agenda plus the following... Teaching and Assessing the Social Skills-in the classroom and in using digital social media Minor Behavior Problems that occur in the classroom/in using digital social media Difficult Behavior Problems that occur in the classroom/in using digital social media Student-Centered Tools for Identifying and Improving Behavior in the Classroom Action Plans for Implementation - Creating a custom Classroom Communication Plan In the one-and two-day workshops, teachers learn strategies to handle minor behavior problems before they escalate into more serious issues. They learn how to utilize both short-term and long-term solutions to solve problems that disrupt the learning process and sometimes alienate students. By using a repertoire of strategies such as social contracts, cause and effect models, problem-solving logs, conferences, and class meetings, teachers can meet the challenges created by disruptive students. We offer both one- and two-day workshops on implementing effective classroom management strategies. The one-day workshop helps educators learn how to apply strategies to help change their classroom climate. The two-day workshop covers all the day one information, and also discusses specific behavior problems and action plans for establishing solutions to those problems.