Greenbush University
Free Professional Learning for All Educators
Greenbush University offers free training through live two-hour virtual and in-person sessions which enrich your curriculum, instruction, and use of best practices in the classroom. These sessions are designed for educators and administrators and take place each summer. Join sessions taught by industry experts, collaborate, and elevate your classroom experience.
Certificates will be provided for participants upon COMPLETION of EACH session. These can be used for documentation for Professional Development (PDC) Points. College credit is also available through Pittsburg State University and MidAmerica Nazarene University for participation in multiple sessions. You choose which college credit is best for you. Learn more about how to do that by clicking below!
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This year we’re offering several options to attend our acclaimed Greenbush University series. Not only are we continuing to provide virtual sessions for you to attend in the comfort of your own home, but you can also attend sessions at our Girard and Lawrence campuses as well as some sessions in the Manhattan and Wichita area! Click the green hyperlink below the session you would like to register for. This will take you directly to the event page where you can complete your registration at events.greenbush.org.
By Week
Sessions will be held in the following locations: Greenbush Resource Center in Lawrence, Greenbush Main Campus in Girard, Circle School District in Wichita, and in the Bluemont Hotel, Holiday Inn at the Campus, and Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan. If you register for any of our in-person events, you will receive a receipt with the exact address.
Week One | June 6-10
June 6th
ESOL Effective Strategies Pt. 1
with Shauna Pierce
This workshop will have two, two hour sessions back to back. We will discuss effective strategies to use with ELL students with real life examples for elementary and secondary levels.
Virtual | 8:00-10:00am
Classroom Management Bootcamp
with Jim Dillon and Brett Fenton
This is the first professional development session designed for beginning or returning teachers as they build their first five days of the upcoming school year. This session will focus on how teachers personally handle classroom management in their classroom based off their personality style using Color Code.
Girard | 8:30-11:30am
Differentiate Digitally
with Diana Beitz
How can you harness the power of technology to meet the needs of every student in your class? Come found out some easy ways to set everyone up for success, while easing your own workload.
Lawrence | 8:30-11:30am
Teaching Math Isn’t Always Just About the Numbers
with Amber Boyington and Michelle Schroeder
How do you ensure that every student has a voice in your classroom? And, more importantly, how do you intentionally build in time so that students can have conversations unrelated to math but still be able to redirect and move forward with your content? Making these conversational investments in the students’ social-emotional needs will pay off in their level of engagement. Let us show you some easy, ready-to-use activities to create a community where kids want to be and support each other.
Lawrence | 8:30-11:30am
ESOL Effective Strategies Pt. 2
with Shauna Pierce
This workshop will have two, two hour sessions back to back. We will discuss effective strategies to use with ELL students with real life examples for elementary and secondary levels.
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
HGSS Assessment – Inquiry Based Learning
with Brett Fenton and Jim Dillon
Year One of the new HGSS Assessment is in our rearview mirror. Join us for this session to review your year one assessment and collaborate with other grade-level teachers to improve your inquiry assessment for this upcoming school year. This session is also for new social studies teachers that will be implementing this for the first time in their classroom.
Girard | 12:00-3:00pm
Minding Your Digital Footprint
with Diana Beitz
What information are you leaving behind online? Do your students know how to really be safe? Our digital footprints are massive – find out what yours says.
Lawrence | 12:00-3:00pm
Efficiency Ideas to Impact Your Teaching
with Amber Boyington and Michelle Schroeder
By improving efficiency in a variety of areas, teachers will find that they have time to deliberately embed the minutes into their class for social-emotional connections with students. We will showcase efficiency ideas in lesson planning, idea-generating, professional networking, workflow, and much more. By including some of these practices into their routine, teachers may find that their emotional well-being improves as well!
Lawrence | 12:00-3:00pm
Teaching Spelling in a Structured Literacy Framework
with Marie Walker
In this session we will dig into ways to incorporate activities and practices aligned with structured literacy into your spelling routines. If you plan on attending this session, please bring some of your spelling lists and/or the first unit of your teacher manual. We will have built in time to plan for the upcoming school year.
Girard | 12:00-3:00pm
ESOL Endorsement Praxis Test Prep pt. 1
with Shauna Pierce
In this session, you will go over topics on the praxis test to get an ESOL endorsement. Topics covered include: linguistics, language acquisition, culture and testing. Get off to the right start with tools to help you study for this test.
Virtual | 12:30-2:30pm
ESOL Endorsement Praxis Test Prep pt. 2
with Shauna Pierce
In this session, you will go over topics on the praxis test to get an ESOL endorsement. Topics covered include: linguistics, language acquisition, culture and testing. Get off to the right start with tools to help you study for this test.
Virtual | 2:30-4:30pm
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June 7th
Classroom Management Bootcamp
with Jim Dillon and Brett Fenton
This is the first professional development session designed for beginning or returning teachers as they build their first five days of the upcoming school year. This session will focus on how teachers personally handle classroom management in their classroom based off their personality style using Color Code.
Lawrence | 8:30-11:30am
MTSS & Core: Our Districts 4 Year Journey to Alignment
with Kelly Walters and Marie Walker
In the past four years Columbus has redesigned their entire MTSS and Core programs and practices in their district. This session will review the steps and processes they went through over a four year period, a panel Q&A with a few of their teachers and staff, and then time for districts to begin looking into their current practices. Columbus will discuss the adoption process for their new core reading program (CKLA Amplify) as well as the different intervention programs they chose (Really Great Reading, Haggerty, and Rewards) and how they utilize and train paras to help them run interventions in grades K-8. They will bring their district reading specialist, title teacher, elementary principal, and three classroom teachers to answer questions about the road their district took to get to where they are today.
Girard | 8:30-11:30am
Activities That Teach
with Jacque Coleman
Students learn best by doing. The best teachers know activities need to be purposeful and reflective. Experiential learning activities are intentionally designed to develop students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes through experience. During this session we will explore the experiential learning cycle by doing activities that support social emotional learning in fun and active ways. Activities will cover peer pressure, goal setting, stress management, communication, and more. Come prepared for a high engagement session full of activities and walk away with lessons you can do tomorrow.
Lawrence | 8:30-11:30am
Know Your Type
with Jeff King
The Enneagram is an extraordinarily precise and effective personality typing system that provides a pathway for personal and professional development. One of the distinguishing features of the Enneagram is its dynamic nature that opens the door for ongoing growth and transformation. This workshop provides a general overview of the Enneagram and its nine distinct personality types.
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
Engaging Parents in College and Career Readiness
with Andrew Carrier
With the addition of Xello Family, parents and guardians gain full visibility into their students’ future goals and plans so they can better support their learning and development.
Join this webinar if you’d like to understand how our intuitive design lets families easily navigate their students’ work to view progress on lessons, course selection, and career and college exploration. You’ll also learn how the Xello Family Portal gives educators an easy starting point to have future-ready conversations with guardians and makes sure all stakeholders are aligned to fully support a student’s journey.
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
HGSS Assessment – Inquiry Based Learning
with Brett Fenton and Jim Dillon
Year One of the new HGSS Assessment is in our rearview mirror. Join us for this session to review your year one assessment and collaborate with other grade-level teachers to improve your inquiry assessment for this upcoming school year. This session is also for new social studies teachers that will be implementing this for the first time in their classroom.
Lawrence | 12:00-3:00pm
Aligning Xello Lessons to the Kansans Can IPS Star Recognition Program
with Andrew Carrier
Join us as we detail how to leverage your Xello’s curriculum to help meet expectations of the Kansans Can IPS Star Recognition Program. Discover how Xello makes it easy with pre-made content, custom lessons, and one-and-done reporting created in collaboration with the KSDE to track your students’ progress towards Star Program goals and outcomes.
Virtual | 2:00-4:00pm
June 8th
Building a Secondary Multi-Tiered System of Support for ELA
with Marie Walker
In this session we will be discussing structuring ELA MTSS at the secondary level by utilizing Fastbridge data. We will dig into the different types of assessment, practice giving the CBM and dive into understanding the reports. We will share resources to help with structuring your secondary MTSS. If you do attend this session, please bring your Fastbridge information as we will have built in time for you to dig into your own data.
Girard | 8:30-11:30am
FastBridge for Beginners – K-5
with Tonya Smedley
Are you new to FastBridge or getting FastBridge in the Fall? During this session we will go over some important features of FastBridge to help make it a smooth transition as you start the 22-23 school year.
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
Talk Moves: Increasing Student Engagement While Encouraging Academic Conversations
with Mikesha Bradner, Abby Klinger, and Ashley Diehl
Talk Moves gives teachers and students the tools to engage in academic dialogue and discussion throughout the school day. This session will further define Talk Moves and give ideas for how to use this strategy throughout the learning day.
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
Using iReady Resources for an Algebra 1 Support Class
with Elizabeth Peyser
Are you seeing unfinished learning with your rising 9th graders? Join us to explore ways to use the iReady diagnostic, online instruction and 6-8 materials to support high school interventions. A newly developed scope and sequence will be shared.
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
Teaching in Anxious Times
with Jeff King
Stressful events and circumstances create anxious times. Anxious times can bring out our best – where our strengths emerge and our repertoire of personal resources expand. Unfortunately, anxious times can also lead to breakdowns and ineffectiveness. Building off the premise that our greatest asset in teaching is our best self, this workshop explores the impact of anxiety on our capacity to function at our optimal level. This session explores the nature of anxiety, effective anxiety regulation and how to develop personal capacities and resiliency. Emphasis is directed toward leveraging the concept of “self-as-teacher.”
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
Using iReady Resources for an Algebra 1 Support Class
with Elizabeth Peyser
Are you seeing unfinished learning with your rising 9th graders? Join us to explore ways to use the iReady diagnostic, online instruction and 6-8 materials to support high school interventions. A newly developed scope and sequence will be shared.
Virtual | 10:30am-12:30pm
Applying Best Practices with the Principles of Structured Learning
with Amy Huizenga
In this session, we will explore reading instruction that applies the Principles of Structured Literacy. By utilizing best instructional practices, teachers can enhance student learning with any resource. We will dig into a systematic and cumulative approach to teaching and planning, explicit instruction with an intentional use of Gradual Release of Responsibility, multisensory learning, and providing plenty of practice to reach automaticity. You will have an opportunity to experience explicit instruction as well as collaborate with colleagues.
Girard | 12:00-3:00pm
FastBridge for Beginners – 6-12
with Tonya Smedley
Are you new to FastBridge or getting FastBridge in the Fall? During this session we will go over some important features of FastBridge to help make it a smooth transition as you start the 22-23 school year.
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
June 9th
Websites That Teachers Need to Know About
with Ronnie Williams
Each week throughout the school year, I create a new quick tip video that highlights something cool in the world of EdTech. In this session, you will learn about a variety of different apps, websites, and tricks you can use to take technology in your classroom to the next level.
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
The Arc of Arithmetic to Algebra
with Elizabeth Peyser
The foundations of number sense and algebraic thinking developed in K–2 are essential for upper elementary, middle school, and high school mathematics, and they are often misunderstood. We will explore the progression of learning spanning from kindergarten to high school to experience how math skills developed in the early years prepare students for Algebra 1. No matter what grade you teach, you will find something to use with your students to propel them forward, as well as how to incorporate digital manipulatives for e-learning. A Curriculum Associates Professional Paper accompanies this presentation.
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
The Arc of Arithmetic to Algebra
with Elizabeth Peyser
The foundations of number sense and algebraic thinking developed in K–2 are essential for upper elementary, middle school, and high school mathematics, and they are often misunderstood. We will explore the progression of learning spanning from kindergarten to high school to experience how math skills developed in the early years prepare students for Algebra 1. No matter what grade you teach, you will find something to use with your students to propel them forward, as well as how to incorporate digital manipulatives for e-learning. A Curriculum Associates Professional Paper accompanies this presentation.
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
Know Your Type
with Jeff King
The Enneagram is an extraordinarily precise and effective personality typing system that provides a pathway for personal and professional development. One of the distinguishing features of the Enneagram is its dynamic nature that opens the door for ongoing growth and transformation. This workshop provides a general overview of the Enneagram and its nine distinct personality types.
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
June 10th
ESOL Endorsement Praxis Test Prep pt. 1
with Shauna Pierce
In this session, you will go over topics covered on the praxis test to get an ESOL endorsement. Topics covered include: linguistics, language acquisition, culture and testing. Get off to the right start with tools to help you study for this test.
Virtual | 8:00-10:00am
Know Your Type (Enneagram)
with Jeff King
The Enneagram is an extraordinarily precise and effective personality typing system that provides a pathway for personal and professional development. One of the distinguishing features of the Enneagram is its dynamic nature that opens the door for ongoing growth and transformation. This workshop provides a general overview of the Enneagram and its nine distinct personality types.
Girard | 8:30-11:30am
Phonology, Orthography, Morphology OH MY!
with Camille Wheeler
Do you understand the components of structured literacy but get stumped when it comes to explicit teaching? Good news, this session is for you! Together we will put the structure in your structured literacy by digging into instructional strategies and activities for each component. You’ll leave with a list of strategies ready for your lesson plans.
Lawrence | 8:30-11:30am
ESOL Effective Strategies Pt. 1
with Shauna Pierce
This workshop will have two, two hour sessions back to back. We will discuss effective strategies to use with ELL students with real life examples for elementary and secondary levels.
Virtual | 12:00-2:00pm
ESOL Programming Utilizing all Stakeholders
with Kasey Van Dyk
How can we set up ESOL programs to support students they target and the learning communities with which they interact?
Being from a home that is culturally and linguistically diverse [CLD] enhances a student’s ability to perceive (take in) and interpret (make meaning of) what they are learning. This serves to the CLD student’s advantage as it supports learning new content at a deeper level of understanding and supports them in interacting with and responding to peers. In addition to this, the greater learning community benefits from a richer learning environment–one that looks like the larger world they will inherit.
So, how do we support this endeavor? Learn the actions one Kansas district is taking to normalize the CLD learning experience.
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
ESOL Endorsement Praxis Test Prep pt. 2
with Shauna Pierce
In this session, you will go over topics on the praxis test to get an ESOL endorsement. Topics covered include: linguistics, language acquisition, culture and testing. Get off to the right start with tools to help you study for this test.
Virtual | 2:00-4:00pm
ESOL Effective Strategies Pt. 2
with Shauna Pierce
This workshop will have two, two hour sessions back to back. We will discuss effective strategies to use with ELL students with real life examples for elementary and secondary levels.
Virtual | 2:00-4:00pm
Week Two | June 13-17
June 13th
Classroom Management Bootcamp
with Jim Dillon and Brett Fenton
This is the first professional development session designed for beginning or returning teachers as they build their first five days of the upcoming school year. This session will focus on how teachers personally handle classroom management in their classroom based off their personality style using Color Code.
Manhattan | 8:30-11:30am
Learned Helplessness in the Classroom
with Michael Carey
This session will present information specifying ways that educators too often encourage learned helplessness in their students. This session will incorporate specifics on how not to promote “learned helplessness.” The session will demonstrate how educators can help students grow and develop with “learned self-reliance” instead. Practical application exercises will be interspersed throughout the presentation. Attendees will have opportunity to review inappropriate responses that promote “learned helplessness” and develop and practice responses that promote “learned self-reliance.”
Lawrence | 8:30-11:30am
Building a Secondary Multi-Tiered System of Support for ELA
with Marie Walker
In this session we will be discussing structuring ELA MTSS at the secondary level by utilizing Fastbridge data. We will dig into the different types of assessment, practice giving the CBM and dive into understanding the reports. We will share resources to help with structuring your secondary MTSS. If you do attend this session, please bring your Fastbridge information as we will have built in time for you to dig into your own data.
Lawrence | 8:30-11:30am
HGSS Assessment – Inquiry Based Learning
with Brett Fenton and Jim Dillon
Year One of the new HGSS Assessment is in our rearview mirror. Join us for this session to review your year one assessment and collaborate with other grade-level teachers to improve your inquiry assessment for this upcoming school year. This session is also for new social studies teachers that will be implementing this for the first time in their classroom
Manhattan | 12:00-3:00pm
Teaching Spelling in a Structured Literacy Framework
with Marie Walker
In this session we will dig into ways to incorporate activities and practices aligned with structured literacy into your spelling routines. If you plan on attending this session, please bring some of your spelling lists and/or the first unit of your teacher manual. We will have built in time to plan for the upcoming school year.
Lawrence | 12:00-3:00pm
June 14th
Inquiry Based Learning
with Brett Fenton
Are you looking for a way to increase student engagement and personalized student learning? Join this session as we will guide you through the process of building an inquiry-based learning unit in your classroom for the next school year. Please bring an idea or unit that you will focus on as we will begin this process during this session.
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
Engaging Parents in College and Career Readiness
with Andrew Carrier
With the addition of Xello Family, parents and guardians gain full visibility into their students’ future goals and plans so they can better support their learning and development.
Join this webinar if you’d like to understand how our intuitive design lets families easily navigate their students’ work to view progress on lessons, course selection, and career and college exploration,. You’ll also learn how the Xello Family Portal gives educators an easy starting point to have future-ready conversations with guardians and makes sure all stakeholders are aligned to fully support a student’s journey,
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
HGSS Assessment – Inquiry Based Learning
with Brett Fenton
Year One of the new HGSS Assessment is in our rearview mirror. Join us for this session to review your year one assessment and collaborate with other grade-level teachers to improve your inquiry assessment for this upcoming school year. assessment for this upcoming school year. This session is also for new social studies teachers that will be implementing this for the first time in their classroom.
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
Aligning Xello Lessons to the Kansans Can IPS Star Recognition Program
with Andrew Carrier
Join us as we detail how to leverage your Xello’s curriculum to help meet expectations of the Kansans Can IPS Star Recognition Program. Discover how Xello makes it easy with pre-made content, custom lessons, and one-and-done reporting created in collaboration with KSDE to track your students’ progress towards Star Program goals and outcomes.
Virtual | 2:00-4:00pm
Know Your Type
with Jeff King
The Enneagram is an extraordinarily precise and effective personality typing system that provides a pathway for personal and professional development. One of the distinguishing features of the Enneagram is its dynamic nature that opens the door for ongoing growth and transformation. This workshop provides a general overview of the Enneagram and its nine distinct personality types.
Virtual | 7:00-9:00pm
June 15th
Fastbridge for Beginners
with Tonya Smedley
Are you new to FastBridge or getting FastBridge in the Fall? During this session we will go over some important features of FastBridge to help make it a smooth transition as. you start the 22-23 school year.
Lawrence | 8:30-11:30am
Phonology, Orthography, Morphology OH MY!
with Camille Wheeler
Do you understand the components of structured literacy but get stumped when it comes to explicit teaching? Good news, this session is for you! Together we will put the structure in your structured literacy by digging into instructional strategies and activities for each component. You’ll leave with a list of strategies ready for your lesson plans.
Lawrence | 8:30-11:30am
Applying Best Practices with the Principles of Structured Literacy
with Amy Huizenga
In this session, we will explore reading instruction that applies the Principles of Structured Literacy. By utilizing best instructional practices, teachers can enhance student learning with any resource. We will dig into a systematic and cumulative approach to teaching and planning, explicit instruction with an intentional use of Gradual Release of Responsibility, multisensory learning, and providing plenty of practice to reach automaticity. You will have an opportunity to experience explicit instruction as well as collaborate with colleagues.
Lawrence | 12:00-3:00pm
Teaching in Anxious Times
with Jeff King
Stressful events and circumstances create anxious times. Anxious times can bring out our best – where our strengths emerge and our repertoire of personal resources expand. Unfortunately, anxious times can also lead to breakdowns and ineffectiveness. Building off the premise that our greatest asset in teaching is our best self, this workshop explores the impact of anxiety on our capacity to function at our optimal level. This session explores the nature of anxiety, effective anxiety regulation and how to develop personal capacities and resiliency. Emphasis is directed toward leveraging the concept of “self-as-teacher.”
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
Leveraging KCTC Student Survey Data Now and Into the Future
with Rachel Phillips
Student perception data is gathered annually from 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th graders through the Kansas Communities that Care (KCTC) Student Survey. In 2021 and 2022, several improvements were implemented to reduce the overall length of the survey and enhance readability and inclusive language. This session will include a brief overview of changes in the survey; highlight trends and insights from 2022 data; and present future considerations for the evolution of the student survey. Join this session to learn more about how KCTC Student Survey data can inform school and community strategies and to provide input on future plans to ensure access to relevant and meaningful data. Preview kctcdata.org and come equipped with questions and feedback.
Virtual | 1:30-3:30pm
June 16th
Get Your Game On!
with Ronnie Williams
There are so many amazing, free websites and apps out there that allow you to gamify your curriculum. We are going to dive into 3 of them (Quizizz, Gimkit, Blooket) and participants will get the chance to experience each of them from the perspective of both a teacher and a student.
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
Engaging Parents in College and Career Readiness
with Andrew Carrier
With the addition of Xello Family, parents and guardians gain full visibility into their students’ future goals and plans so they can better support their learning and development.
Join this webinar if you’d like to understand how our intuitive design lets families easily navigate their students’ work to view progress on lessons, course selection, and career and college exploration. You’ll also learn how the Xello Family Portal gives educators an easy starting point to have future-ready conversations with guardians and makes sure all stakeholders are aligned to fully support a student’s journey.
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
Aligning Xello Lessons to the Kansans Can IPS Star Recognition Program
with Andrew Carrier
Join us as we detail how to leverage your Xello’s curriculum to help meet expectations of the Kansans Can IPS Star Recognition Program. Discover how Xello makes it easy with pre-made content, custom lessons, and one-and-done reporting created in collaboration with the KSDE to track your students’ progress towards Star Program goals & outcomes.
Virtual | 2:00-4:00pm
Know Your Type
with Jeff King
The Enneagram is an extraordinarily precise and effective personality typing system that provides a pathway for personal and professional development. One of the distinguishing features of the Enneagram is its dynamic nature that opens the door for ongoing growth and transformation. This workshop provides a general overview of the Enneagram and its nine distinct personality types.
Virtual | 3:00-5:00pm
Week Three | June 20-24
June 20th
Differentiate Digitally
with Diana Beitz
How can you harness the power of technology to meet the needs of every student in your class? Come find out some easy ways to set everyone up for success, while easing your own workload.
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
Differentiate Digitally
with Diana Beitz
How can you harness the power of technology to meet the needs of every student in your class? Come find out some easy ways to set everyone up for success, while easing your own workload.
Virtual | 11:00am-1:00pm
June 21st
Inquiry Based Learning
with Brett Fenton
Are you looking for a way to increase student engagement and personalized student learning? Join this session as we will guide you through the process of building an inquiry-based learning unit in your classroom for the next school year. Please bring an idea or unit that you will focus on as we will begin this process during this session.
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
Leveraging KCTC Student Survey Data Now and Into the Future
with Rachel Phillips
Student perception data is gathered annually from 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th graders through the Kansas Communities That Care (KCTC) Student Survey. In 2021 & 2022, several improvements were implemented to reduce the overall length of the survey and enhance readability and inclusive language. This session will include a brief overview of changes in the survey; highlight trends and insights from 2022 data; and present future considerations for the evolution of the student survey. Join this session to learn more about how KCTC Student Survey data can inform school and community strategies and to provide input on future plans to ensure access to relevant and meaningful data. Preview kctcdata.org and come equipped with questions and feedback.
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
HGSS Assessment – Inquiry Based Learning
with Brett Fenton
Year One of the new HGSS Assessment is in our rearview mirror. Join us for this session to review your year one assessment and collaborate with other grade-level teachers to improve your inquiry assessment for this upcoming school year. assessment for this upcoming school year. This session is also for new social studies teachers that will be implementing this for the first time in their classroom.
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
June 22nd
ESOL Programming Utilizing all Stakeholders
with Kasey Van Dyk
How can we set up ESOL programs to support students they target and the learning communities with which they interact?
Being from a home that is culturally and linguistically diverse [CLD] enhances a student’s ability to perceive (take in) and interpret (make meaning of) what they are learning. This serves to the CLD student’s advantage as it supports learning new content at a deeper level of understanding and supports them in interacting with and responding to peers. In addition to this, the greater learning community benefits from a richer learning environment–one that looks like the larger world they will inherit.
So, how do we support this endeavor? Learn the actions one Kansas district is taking to normalize the CLD learning experience.
Virtual | 2:00-4:00pm
Teaching in Anxious Times
with Jeff King
Stressful events and circumstances create anxious times. Anxious times can bring out our best—where our strengths emerge and our repertoire of personal resources expand. Unfortunately, anxious times can also lead to breakdowns and ineffectiveness. Building off the premise that our greatest asset in teaching is our best self, this workshop explores the impact of anxiety on our capacity to function at our optimal level. This session explores the nature of anxiety, effective anxiety regulation and how to develop personal capacities and resiliency. Emphasis is directed toward leveraging the concept of “self-as-teacher.”
Virtual | 3:00-5:00pm
June 23rd
Morphology: A Bridge Between Word Recognition and Comprehension
with Amy Huizenga
In this session, we will learn about Morphology’s role in decoding, spelling, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Teaching advanced word study can have a powerful impact on student reading and learning of academic and content vocabulary. With word instruction, you can set students up to have a deeper understanding of complex text. You will learn the basics of morphology and collect ideas to put morphemes to work in your classroom!
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
Week Four | June 27-July 1
June 27th
Classroom Management Bootcamp
with Jim Dillon and Brett Fenton
This is the first professional development session designed for beginning or returning teachers as they build their first five days of the upcoming school year. This session will focus on how teachers personally handle classroom management in their classroom based off their personality style using Color Code.
Wichita | 8:30-11:30am
Redefining Sight Word and Fluency Practices in the Elementary Classroom
with Melody Gatti
What does current research say about the importance of automaticity in recognizing sight words as well as reading text fluently? Learn the What, Why and How of updated sight word and fluency practices for your elementary students.
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
Minding Your Digital Footprint
with Diana Beitz
What information are you leaving behind online? Do your students know how to really be safe? Our digital footprints are massive – find out what yours says.
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
Minding Your Digital Footprint
with Diana Beitz
What information are you leaving behind online? Do your students know how to really be safe? Our digital footprints are massive – find out what yours says.
Virtual | 11:00am-1:00pm
June 28th
Post-Pandemic Impacts on K-12: Research, Challenges, and Solutions to Help Improve the Effectiveness of Digital Learning
with Kevin Kuckkan
Many principals and district leadership found that the number one challenge they face to deeper engagement of ed tech in their district isn’t student or teacher tech fatigue. It’s not lost or damaged devices. It’s not insufficient home internet access. The number one challenge to deeper ed tech engagement in their district? Is digital distractions. Innovative instructional efforts to help guide students toward digital self-regulation skills, digital citizenship and implementation of a Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) framework and others when combined with innovative technological advancements, provide viable solutions school leaders should be aware of to help ensure student-use of school-issued devices remains productive and academically focused. This session will provide an overview of the body of research in examining the causes and impacts that digital distractions and media multitasking often have on student achievement.
Virtual | 8:00-10:00am
Best Practices in Literacy Instruction Pt. 1
with Amy Huizenga and Wade Redeker
This is session is one of four parts intended to provide participants with base knowledge in best practices in Structured Literacy aligned with the Science of Reading.
Wichita | 8:30-11:30am
Reading Comprehension Strategies for the Elementary Classroom that Make a Difference!
with Melody Gatti
In this session, you will find out why background knowledge and sentence Level comprehension are two major areas of reading instruction that are critical to elementary students’ success in understanding what they read. Learn how to add these strategies to your current reading instruction to make a “real” difference with your students overall understanding of text.
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
Using iReady for HS Interventions
with Elizabeth Peyser
Are you seeing unfinished learning in your rising 9th graders? Join us to explore using the iReady diagnostic, personalized instruction and Toolbox resources to support students in Algebra 1.
Virtual | 9:00-1100am
Refining Your Relationship Style
with Jeff King
One of the biggest contributing factors to job dissatisfaction is conflict with colleagues and coworkers. Research indicates the 70% of relationship tension revolves around relational style—how we pursue our goals, express our viewpoints and our identify personal preferences. Unfortunately, most of us reduce such tension as a matter of right/wrong. We dig in our heels and emotions take over. Effective conflict resolution escapes us. This workshop shifts the focus of relationship tension to a more effective approach to understanding and resolving conflict.
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
Engaging Parents in College and Career Readiness
with Andrew Carrier
With the addition of Xello Family, parents and guardians gain full visibility into their students’ future goals and plans so they can better support their learning and development.
Join this webinar if you’d like to understand how our intuitive design lets families easily navigate their students’ work to view progress on lessons, course selection, and career and college exploration. You’ll also learn how the Xello Family Portal gives educators an easy starting point to have future-ready conversations with guardians and makes sure all stakeholders are aligned to fully support a student’s journey.
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
Using iReady for HS Interventions
with Elizabeth Peyser
Are you seeing unfinished learning in your rising 9th graders? Join us to explore using the iReady diagnostic, personalized instruction and Toolbox resources to support students in Algebra 1.
Virtual | 12:00-2:00pm
Post-Pandemic Impacts on K-12: Research, Challenges, and Solutions to Help Improve the Effectiveness of Digital Learning
with Kevin Kuckkan
Many principals and district leadership found that the number one challenge they face to deeper engagement of ed tech in their district isn’t student or teacher tech fatigue. It’s not lost or damaged devices. It’s not insufficient home internet access. The number one challenge to deeper ed tech engagement in their district? Is digital distractions. Innovative instructional efforts to help guide students toward digital self-regulation skills, digital citizenship and implementation of a Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) framework and others when combined with innovative technological advancements, provide viable solutions school leaders should be aware of to help ensure student-use of school-issued devices remains productive and academically focused. This session will provide an overview of the body of research in examining the causes and impacts that digital distractions and media multitasking often have on student achievement.
Virtual | 12:00-2:00pm
Best Practices in Literacy Instruction pt. 2
with Amy Huizenga and Wade Redeker
This is session is one of four parts intended to provide participants with base knowledge in best practices in Structured Literacy aligned with the Science of Reading.
Wichita | 12:00-3:00pm
Aligning Xello Lessons to the Kansans Can IPS Star Recognition Program
with Andrew Carrier
Join us as we detail how to leverage your Xello’s curriculum to help meet expectations of the Kansans Can IPS Star Recognition Program. Discover how Xello makes it easy with pre-made content, custom lessons, and one-and-done reporting created in collaboration with the KSDE to track your students’ progress towards Star Program goals & outcomes.
Virtual | 2:00-4:00pm
June 29th
Post-Pandemic Impacts on K-12: Research, Challenges, and Solutions to Help Improve the Effectiveness of Digital Learning
with Kevin Kuckkan
Many principals and district leadership found that the number one challenge they face to deeper engagement of ed tech in their district isn’t student or teacher tech fatigue. It’s not lost or damaged devices. It’s not insufficient home internet access. The number one challenge to deeper ed tech engagement in their district? Is digital distractions. Innovative instructional efforts to help guide students toward digital self-regulation skills, digital citizenship and implementation of a Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) framework and others when combined with innovative technological advancements, provide viable solutions school leaders should be aware of to help ensure student-use of school-issued devices remains productive and academically focused. This session will provide an overview of the body of research in examining the causes and impacts that digital distractions and media multitasking often have on student achievement.
Virtual | 8:00-10:00am
Best Practices in Literacy Instruction pt. 3
with Amy Huizenga and Wade Redeker
This is session is one of four parts intended to provide participants with base knowledge in best practices in Structured Literacy aligned with the Science of Reading.
Wichita | 8:30-11:30am
CTE 101
with Jamie Manhart
This session will provide information every Career and Technology Education coordinator, administrator, and teacher should know to maintain and grow CTE pathways and programs to provide the best opportunities for your students. Topics include, but are not limited to: pathways, timelines, resources, stakeholders, Work Based Learning, networking, and professional development. This session is recommended for new CTE teachers and coordinators, as well as those who need a refresher course.
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
Post-Pandemic Impacts on K-12: Research, Challenges, and Solutions to Help Improve the Effectiveness of Digital Learning
with Kevin Kuckkan
Many principals and district leadership found that the number one challenge they face to deeper engagement of ed tech in their district isn’t student or teacher tech fatigue. It’s not lost or damaged devices. It’s not insufficient home internet access. The number one challenge to deeper ed tech engagement in their district? Is digital distractions. Innovative instructional efforts to help guide students toward digital self-regulation skills, digital citizenship and implementation of a Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) framework and others when combined with innovative technological advancements, provide viable solutions school leaders should be aware of to help ensure student-use of school-issued devices remains productive and academically focused. This session will provide an overview of the body of research in examining the causes and impacts that digital distractions and media multitasking often have on student achievement.
Virtual | 12:00-2:00pm
Best Practices in Literacy Instruction pt. 4
with Amy Huizenga and Wade Redeker
This is session is one of four parts intended to provide participants with base knowledge in best practices in Structured Literacy aligned with the Science of Reading.
Wichita | 12:00-3:00pm
Leveraging KCTC Student Survey Data Now and Into the Future
with Rachel Philips
Student perception data is gathered annually from 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th graders through the Kansas Communities That Care (KCTC) Student Survey. In 2021 & 2022, several improvements were implemented to reduce the overall length of the survey and enhance readability and inclusive language. This session will include a brief overview of changes in the survey; highlight trends and insights from 2022 data; and present future considerations for the evolution of the student survey. Join this session to learn more about how KCTC Student Survey data can inform school and community strategies and to provide input on future plans to ensure access to relevant and meaningful data. Preview kctcdata.org and come equipped with questions and feedback.
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
Teaching in Anxious Times
with Jeff King
Stressful events and circumstances create anxious times. Anxious times can bring out our best—where our strengths emerge and our repertoire of personal resources expand. Unfortunately, anxious times can also lead to breakdowns and ineffectiveness. Building off the premise that our greatest asset in teaching is our best self, this workshop explores the impact of anxiety on our capacity to function at our optimal level. This session explores the nature of anxiety, effective anxiety regulation and how to develop personal capacities and resiliency. Emphasis is directed toward leveraging the concept of “self-as-teacher.”
Virtual | 7:00-9:00pm
June 30th
Fastbridge for Beginners
with Tonya Smedley
Are you new to FastBridge or getting FastBridge in the Fall? During this session we will go over some important features of FastBridge to help make it a smooth transition as you start the 22-23 school year.
Wichita | 8:30-11:30am
Strategies and Resources for English Language Learners
with Kristy Nerstheimer
Come and learn important and useful strategies for your English Language Learners! There will also be time to explore the different resources Greenbush has for you!
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
Google Workspace for Education Tips and Tricks
with Ronnie Williams
Come to this session if you’ve wondered any of the following questions: How can I keep my Gmail inbox uncluttered and organized? Where do all of those files go when people share items with me on Google Drive? How and why should I use Google Docs, Spreadsheets, and Slides when I already know how to use Microsoft Office, Excel, and Powerpoint? This session will provide an overview of the most popular G-Suite for education apps (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides) and give you real ideas on how you can use these powerful tools in your classrooms.
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
CTE 201
with Jamie Manhart
This session is for educators who understand the basics of Career and Technical Education and are ready to move on to improving and expanding on existing ideas and exploring new ones. If you have attended a CTE 101 session in the past, or have been in the CTE business for awhile, this session is for you.
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
Strategies and Resources for English Language Learners
with Kristy Nerstheimer
Come and learn important and useful strategies for your English Language Learners! There will also be time to explore the different resources Greenbush has for you!
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
Refining Your Relationship Style
with Jeff King
One of the biggest contributing factors to job dissatisfaction is conflict with colleagues and coworkers. Research indicates the 70% of relationship tension revolves around relational style—how we pursue our goals, express our viewpoints and our identify personal preferences. Unfortunately, most of us reduce such tension as a matter of right/wrong. We dig in our heels and emotions take over. Effective conflict resolution escapes us. This workshop shifts the focus of relationship tension to a more effective approach to understanding and resolving conflict.
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
Week Five | July 4-8
July 5th
How to Have Anxiety without Anxiety Having You
with Jeff King
Anxiety is one of the most talked about, but also misunderstood, dynamics in our lives. Many seek for the “anxiety-free” life. But what if anxiety is normal and not to be escaped? This workshop examines anxiety from several angles, including defining and explaining its role in our lives. It provides practical strategies for effective anxiety regulation that opens the option that anxiety might be our friend more than our enemy.
Virtual | Jeff King
July 6th
LETRS: What Did I Just Sign Up For?
with Janet Rehmert
So, you just signed up to take LETRS Volume 1 throughout the next school year. Good for you! Your life and your students’ lives WILL be changed. I’m biased, but I believe LETRS is the course ALL teachers need in order to understand how all brains learn to read and how best to teach these brains to read and spell. In this 2-hour session, I’ll help you understand what LETRS is, answer any questions you have, and help you get started on your journey!
Virtual | 8:30-11:30am
Leveraging KCTC Student Survey Data Now and Into the Future
with Rachel Phillips
Student perception data is gathered annually from 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th graders through the Kansas Communities That Care (KCTC) Student Survey. In 2021 & 2022, several improvements were implemented to reduce the overall length of the survey and enhance readability and inclusive language. This session will include a brief overview of changes in the survey; highlight trends and insights from 2022 data; and present future considerations for the evolution of the student survey. Join this session to learn more about how KCTC Student Survey data can inform school and community strategies and to provide input on future plans to ensure access to relevant and meaningful data. Preview kctcdata.org and come equipped with questions and feedback.
Virtual | 9:30-11:30am
Students Benchmark Energy Use in K-12 Schools
with Kurt Foley
The K-12 Energy Benchmarking Program is a STEM-based, student-led investigation of the school’s energy use supported by the Kansas Energy Program at K-State Engineering Extension. KEP works with students to explore the benefits of energy efficiency, use professional energy auditing equipment, and analyze collected data. During this interactive presentation, attendees will take on the role of the student energy auditor to learn about the benchmarking program, how to use and incorporate the equipment and program into the classroom, and how both the students and the school can benefit.
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
CTE 101
with Jamie Manhart
This session will provide information every Career and Technology Education coordinator, administrator, and teacher should know to maintain and grow CTE pathways and programs to provide the best opportunities for your students. Topics include, but are not limited to: pathways, timelines, resources, stakeholders, Work Based Learning, networking, and professional development. This session is recommended for new CTE teachers and coordinators, as well as those who need a refresher course.
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
Fluency: Beyond Measuring Speed
with Amy Huizenga
In this session, we will look at instructional recommendations to improve fluency with the goal of positively impacting comprehension. You will listen to sample readings and practice applying rubrics for measuring a complete picture of fluency strengths and weaknesses with your colleagues. You will go away with ideas to help students with fluency concerns.
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
How to Have Anxiety Without Anxiety Having You
with Jeff King
Anxiety is one of the most talked about, but also misunderstood, dynamics in our lives. Many seek for the “anxiety-free” life. But what if anxiety is normal and not to be escaped? This workshop examines anxiety from several angles, including defining and explaining its role in our lives. It provides practical strategies for effective anxiety regulation that opens the option that anxiety might be our friend more than our enemy.
Virtual | 2:00-4:00pm
July 7th
iPad Apps for Educators
with Ronnie Williams
With nearly 2 million apps on the Apple App Store, there are a ton of options out there for folks. This session will shed a light on a handful of apps that have small learning curves but are big in engagement.
Virtual | 9:00-11:00am
CTE 201
with Jamie Manhart
This session is for educators who understand the basics of Career and Technical Education and are ready to move on to improving and expanding on existing ideas and exploring new ones. If you have attended a CTE 101 session in the past, or have been in the CTE business for awhile, this session is for you.
Virtual | 10:00am-12:00pm
Integrate and Sense Make with Elementary Science!
with Meg Richard
During this session participants will learn how to integrate science into their elementary classroom using engaging sense-making strategies. Participants will engage in several elementary friendly investigations and discuss ways to help science come alive for some of our littlest learners!
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
LETRS: What Did I Just Sign Up For?
with Janet Rehmert
So, you just signed up to take LETRS Volume 1 throughout the next school year. Good for you! Your life and your students’ lives WILL be changed. I’m biased, but I believe LETRS is the course ALL teachers need in order to understand how all brains learn to read and how best to teach these brains to read and spell. In this 2-hour session, I’ll help you understand what LETRS is, answer any questions you have, and help you get started on your journey!
Virtual | 1:00-3:00pm
By Location
Sessions will be held in the following locations: Greenbush Resource Center in Lawrence, Greenbush Main Campus in Girard, Circle School District in Wichita, and in the Bluemont Hotel, Holiday Inn at the Campus, and Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan. If you register for any of our in-person events, you will receive a receipt with the exact address.
Virtual | June 6-July 8
ESOL Effective Strategies Pt. 1
with Shauna Pierce
This workshop will have two, two hour sessions back to back. We will discuss effective strategies to use with ELL students with real life examples for elementary and secondary levels.
June 6th @ 8:00am | June 10th @ 12:00pm
ESOL Effective Strategies Pt. 2
with Shauna Pierce
This workshop will have two, two hour sessions back to back. We will discuss effective strategies to use with ELL students with real life examples for elementary and secondary levels.
June 6th @ 10:00am | June 10th @ 2:00pm
ESOL Endorsement Praxis Test Prep pt. 1
with Shauna Pierce
In this session you will go over topics covered on the praxis test to get an ESOL endorsement. Topics covered include: linguistics, language acquisition, culture and testing. Get off to the right start with tools to help you study for this test.
June 6th @ 12:30pm | June 10th @ 8:00am
ESOL Endorsement Praxis Test Prep pt. 2
with Shauna Pierce
In this session, you will go over topics on the praxis test to get an ESOL endorsement. Topics covered include: linguistics, language acquisition, culture and testing. Get off to the right start with tools to help you study for this test.
June 6th @ 2:30pm | June 10th @ 2:00pm
Know Your Type
with Jeff King
The Enneagram is an extraordinarily precise and effective personality typing system that provides a pathway for personal and professional development. One of the distinguishing features of the Enneagram is its dynamic nature that opens the door for ongoing growth and transformation. This workshop provides a general overview of the Enneagram and its nine distinct personality types.
June 7th @ 10:00am | June 9th @ 1:00pm | June 14th @ 7:00pm | June 16th @ 3:00pm
Engaging Parents in College and Career Readiness
with Andrew Carrier
With the addition of Xello Family, parents and guardians gain full visibility into their students’ future goals and plans so they can better support their learning and development.
Join this webinar if you’d like to understand how our intuitive design lets families easily navigate their students’ work to view progress on lessons, course selection, and career and college exploration. You’ll also learn how the Xello Family Portal gives educators an easy starting point to have future-ready conversations with guardians and makes sure all stakeholders are aligned to fully support a student’s journey.
June 7th @ 10:00am | June 14th @ 10:00am | June 16th @10:00am | June 28th @ 10:00am
Aligning Xello Lessons to the Kansans Can IPS Star Recognition Program
with Andrew Carrier
Join us as we detail how to leverage your Xello’s curriculum to help meet expectations of the Kansans Can IPS Star Recognition Program. Discover how Xello makes it easy with pre-made content, custom lessons, and one-and-done reporting created in collaboration with the KSDE to track your students’ progress towards Star Program goals & outcomes.
June 7th @ 2:00pm | June 14th @ 2:00pm | June 16th @ 2:00pm | June 28th @ 2:00pm
Talk Moves: Increasing Student Engagement While Encouraging Academic Conversations
with Mikesha Bradner, Abby Klinger, and Ashley Diehl
Talk Moves gives teachers and students the tools to engage in academic dialogue and discussion throughout the school day. This session will further define Talk Moves and give ideas for how to use this strategy throughout the learning day.
Using iReady Resources for an Algebra 1 Support Class
with Elizabeth Peyser
Are you seeing unfinished learning with your rising 9th graders? Join us to explore ways to use the iReady diagnostic, online instruction and 6-8 materials to support high school interventions. A newly developed scope and sequence will be shared.
June 8th @ 9:00am | June 8th @ 10:30am
Teaching in Anxious Times
with Jeff King
Stressful events and circumstances create anxious times. Anxious times can bring out our best—where our strengths emerge and our repertoire of personal resources expand. Unfortunately, anxious times can also lead to breakdowns and ineffectiveness. Building off the premise that our greatest asset in teaching is our best self, this workshop explores the impact of anxiety on our capacity to function at our optimal level. This session explores the nature of anxiety, effective anxiety regulation and how to develop personal capacities and resiliency. Emphasis is directed toward leveraging the concept of “self-as-teacher.”
June 8th @ 10:00am | June 15th @ 1:00pm | June 22nd @ 3:00pm | June 29th @ 7:00pm
FastBridge for Beginners
with Tonya Smedley
Are you new to FastBridge or getting FastBridge in the Fall? During this session we will go over some important features of FastBridge to help make it a smooth transition as you start the 22-23 school year.
K-5 – June 8th @ 9:00am | 6-12 – June 8th @ 1:00pm
Websites That Teachers Need to Know About
with Ronnie Williams
Each week throughout the school year, I create a new quick tip video that highlights something cool in the world of EdTech. In this session, you will learn about a variety of different apps, websites, and tricks you can use to take technology in your classroom to the next level.
The Arc of Arithmetic to Algebra
with Elizabeth Peyser
The foundations of number sense and algebraic thinking developed in K–2 are essential for upper elementary, middle school, and high school mathematics, and they are often misunderstood. We will explore the progression of learning spanning from kindergarten to high school to experience how math skills developed in the early years prepare students for Algebra 1. No matter what grade you teach, you will find something to use with your students to propel them forward, as well as how to incorporate digital manipulatives for e-learning. A Curriculum Associates Professional Paper accompanies this presentation.
June 9th @ 10:00am | June 9th @ 1:00pm
ESOL Programming Utilizing all Stakeholders
with Kasey Van Dyk
How can we set up ESOL programs to support students they target and the learning communities with which they interact?
Being from a home that is culturally and linguistically diverse [CLD] enhances a student’s ability to perceive (take in) and interpret (make meaning of) what they are learning. This serves to the CLD student’s advantage as it supports learning new content at a deeper level of understanding and supports them in interacting with and responding to peers. In addition to this, the greater learning community benefits from a richer learning environment–one that looks like the larger world they will inherit.
So, how do we support this endeavor? Learn the actions one Kansas district is taking to normalize the CLD learning experience.
June 10th @ 1:00pm | June 22nd @ 2:00pm
Inquiry Based Learning
with Brett Fenton
Are you looking for a way to increase student engagement and personalized student learning? Join this session as we will guide you through the process of building an inquiry-based learning unit in your classroom for the next school year. Please bring an idea or unit that you will focus on as we will begin this process during this session.
June 14th @ 9:00am | June 21st @ 9:00am
Leveraging KCTC Student Survey Data Now and Into the Future
with Rachel Phillips
Student perception data is gathered annually from 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th graders through the Kansas Communities That Care (KCTC) Student Survey. In 2021 & 2022, several improvements were implemented to reduce the overall length of the survey and enhance readability and inclusive language. This session will include a brief overview of changes in the survey; highlight trends and insights from 2022 data; and present future considerations for the evolution of the student survey. Join this session to learn more about how KCTC Student Survey data can inform school and community strategies and to provide input on future plans to ensure access to relevant and meaningful data. Preview kctcdata.org and come equipped with questions and feedback.
June 15th @ 1:30 | June 21st @ 10:00am | June 29th @ 1:00pm | July 6th @ 9:30am
Get Your Game On!
with Ronnie Williams
There are so many amazing, free websites and apps out there that allow you to gamify your curriculum. We are going to dive into 3 of them (Quizizz, Gimkit, Blooket) and participants will get the chance to experience each of them from the perspective of both a teacher and a student.
Differentiate Digitally
with Diana Beitz
How can you harness the power of technology to meet the needs of every student in your class? Come find out some easy ways to set everyone up for success, while easing your own workload.
June 20th @ 9:00am | June 20th @ 11:00am
HGSS Assessment – Inquiry Based Learning
with Brett Fenton
Year One of the new HGSS Assessment is in our rearview mirror. Join us for this session to review your year one assessment and collaborate with other grade-level teachers to improve your inquiry assessment for this upcoming school year. assessment for this upcoming school year. This session is also for new social studies teachers that will be implementing this for the first time in their classroom.
Morphology: A Bridge Between Word Recognition and Comprehension
with Amy Huizenga
In this session, we will learn about Morphology’s role in decoding, spelling, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Teaching advanced word study can have a powerful impact on student reading and learning of academic and content vocabulary. With word instruction, you can set students up to have a deeper understanding of complex text. You will learn the basics of morphology and collect ideas to put morphemes to work in your classroom!
Minding Your Digital Footprint
with Diana Beitz
What information are you leaving behind online? Do your students know how to really be safe? Our digital footprints are massive – find out what yours says.
June 27th @ 9:00am | June 27th @ 11:00am
Redefining Sight Word and Fluency Practices in the Elementary Classroom
with Melody Gatti
What does current research say about the importance of automaticity in recognizing sight words as well as reading text fluently? Learn the What, Why and How of updated sight word and fluency practices for your elementary students.
Post-Pandemic Impacts on K-12: Research, Challenges, and Solutions to Help Improve the Effectiveness of Digital Learning
with Kevin Kuckkan
Many principals and district leadership found that the number one challenge they face to deeper engagement of ed tech in their district isn’t student or teacher tech fatigue. It’s not lost or damaged devices. It’s not insufficient home internet access. The number one challenge to deeper ed tech engagement in their district? Is digital distractions. Innovative instructional efforts to help guide students toward digital self-regulation skills, digital citizenship and implementation of a Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) framework and others when combined with innovative technological advancements, provide viable solutions school leaders should be aware of to help ensure student-use of school-issued devices remains productive and academically focused. This session will provide an overview of the body of research in examining the causes and impacts that digital distractions and media multitasking often have on student achievement.
June 28th @ 8:00am | June 28th @ 12:00pm | June 29th @ 8:00am | June 29th @ 12:00pm
Reading Comprehension Strategies for the Elementary Classroom that Make a Difference!
with Melody Gatti
In this session, you will find out why background knowledge and sentence Level comprehension are two major areas of reading instruction that are critical to elementary students’ success in understanding what they read. Learn how to add these strategies to your current reading instruction to make a “real” difference with your students overall understanding of text.
Using iReady for HS Interventions
with Elizabeth Peyser
Are you seeing unfinished learning in your rising 9th graders? Join us to explore using the iReady diagnostic, personalized instruction and Toolbox resources to support students in Algebra 1.
June 28th @ 9:00am | June 28th @ 12:00pm
Refining Your Relationship Style
with Jeff King
One of the biggest contributing factors to job dissatisfaction is conflict with colleagues and coworkers. Research indicates the 70% of relationship tension revolves around relational style—how we pursue our goals, express our viewpoints and our identify personal preferences. Unfortunately, most of us reduce such tension as a matter of right/wrong. We dig in our heels and emotions take over. Effective conflict resolution escapes us. This workshop shifts the focus of relationship tension to a more effective approach to understanding and resolving conflict.
June 28th @ 10:00am | June 30th @ 1:00pm
CTE 101
with Jamie Manhart
This session will provide information every Career and Technology Education coordinator, administrator, and teacher should know to maintain and grow CTE pathways and programs to provide the best opportunities for your students. Topics include, but are not limited to: pathways, timelines, resources, stakeholders, Work Based Learning, networking, and professional development. This session is recommended for new CTE teachers and coordinators, as well as those who need a refresher course.
June 29th @ 10:00am | July 6th @ 10:00am
Strategies and Resources for English Language Learners
with Kristy Nerstheimer
Come and learn important and useful strategies for your English Language Learners! There will also be time to explore the different resources Greenbush has for you!
June 30th @ 9:00am | June 30th @ 1:00pm
Google Workspace for Education Tips and Tricks
with Ronnie Williams
Come to this session if you’ve wondered any of the following questions: How can I keep my Gmail inbox uncluttered and organized? Where do all of those files go when people share items with me on Google Drive? How and why should I use Google Docs, Spreadsheets, and Slides when I already know how to use Microsoft Office, Excel, and Powerpoint? This session will provide an overview of the most popular G-Suite for education apps (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides) and give you real ideas on how you can use these powerful tools in your classrooms.
CTE 201
with Jamie Manhart
This session is for educators who understand the basics of Career and Technical Education and are ready to move on to improving and expanding on existing ideas and exploring new ones. If you have attended a CTE 101 session in the past, or have been in the CTE business for awhile, this session is for you.
June 30th @ 10:00am | July 7th @10:00am
How to Have Anxiety without Anxiety Having You
with Jeff King
Anxiety is one of the most talked about, but also misunderstood, dynamics in our lives. Many seek for the “anxiety-free” life. But what if anxiety is normal and not to be escaped? This workshop examines anxiety from several angles, including defining and explaining its role in our lives. It provides practical strategies for effective anxiety regulation that opens the option that anxiety might be our friend more than our enemy.
July 5th @ 10:00am | July 6th @ 2:00pm
Students Benchmark Energy Use in K-12 Schools
with Kurt Foley
The K-12 Energy Benchmarking Program is a STEM-based, student-led investigation of the school’s energy use supported by the Kansas Energy Program at K-State Engineering Extension. KEP works with students to explore the benefits of energy efficiency, use professional energy auditing equipment, and analyze collected data. During this interactive presentation, attendees will take on the role of the student energy auditor to learn about the benchmarking program, how to use and incorporate the equipment and program into the classroom, and how both the students and the school can benefit.
LETRS: What Did I Just Sign Up For?
with Janet Rehmert
So, you just signed up to take LETRS Volume 1 throughout the next school year. Good for you! Your life and your students’ lives WILL be changed. I’m biased, but I believe LETRS is the course ALL teachers need in order to understand how all brains learn to read and how best to teach these brains to read and spell. In this 2-hour session, I’ll help you understand what LETRS is, answer any questions you have, and help you get started on your journey!
July 6th @ 8:30am | July 7th @ 1:00pm
Fluency: Beyond Measuring Speed
with Amy Huizenga
In this session, we will look at instructional recommendations to improve fluency with the goal of positively impacting comprehension. You will listen to sample readings and practice applying rubrics for measuring a complete picture of fluency strengths and weaknesses with your colleagues. You will go away with ideas to help students with fluency concerns.
iPad Apps for Educators
with Ronnie Williams
With nearly 2 million apps on the Apple App Store, there are a ton of options out there for folks. This session will shed a light on a handful of apps that have small learning curves but are big in engagement.
Integrate and Sense Make with Elementary Science
with Meg Richard
During this session participants will learn how to integrate science into their elementary classroom using engaging sense-making strategies. Participants will engage in several elementary friendly investigations and discuss ways to help science come alive for some of our littlest learners!
Lawrence | June 6-17
Differentiate Digitally
with Diana Beitz
How can you harness the power of technology to meet the needs of every student in your class? Come find out some easy ways to set everyone up for success, while easing your own workload.
Teaching Math Isn’t Always About the Numbers
with Amber Boyington and Michelle Schroeder
How do you ensure that every student has a voice in your classroom? And, more importantly, how do you intentionally build in time so that students can have conversations unrelated to math but still be able to redirect and move forward with your content? Making these conversational investments in the students’ social-emotional needs will pay off in their level of engagement. Let us show you some easy, ready-to-use activities to create a community where kids want to be and support each other.
Minding Your Digital Footprint
with Diana Beitz
What information are you leaving behind online? Do your students know how to really be safe? Our digital footprints are massive – find out what yours says.
Efficiency Ideas to Impact Your Teaching
with Amber Boyington and Michelle Schroeder
By improving efficiency in a variety of areas, teachers will find that they have time to deliberately embed the minutes into their class for social-emotional connections with students. We will showcase efficiency ideas in lesson planning, idea-generating, professional networking, workflow, and much more. By including some of these practices into their routine, teachers may find that their emotional well-being improves as well!
Classroom Management Bootcamp
with Jim Dillon and Brett Fenton
This is the first professional development session designed for beginning or returning teachers as they build their first five days of the upcoming school year. This session will focus on how teachers personally handle classroom management in their classroom based off their personality style using Color Code.
Activities That Teach
with Jacque Coleman
Students learn best by doing. The best teachers know activities need to be purposeful and reflective. Experiential learning activities are intentionally designed to develop students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes through experience. During this session we will explore the experiential learning cycle by doing activities that support social emotional learning in fun and active ways. Activities will cover peer pressure, goal setting, stress management, communication, and more. Come prepared for a high engagement session full of activities and walk away with lessons you can do tomorrow.
HGSS Assessment – Inquiry Based Learning
with Brett Fenton and Jim Dillon
Year One of the new HGSS Assessment is in our rearview mirror. Join us for this session to review your year one assessment and collaborate with other grade-level teachers to improve your inquiry assessment for this upcoming school year. This session is also for new social studies teachers that will be implementing this for the first time in their classroom
Phonology, Orthography, Morphology OH MY!
with Camille Wheeler
Do you understand the components of structured literacy but get stumped when it comes to explicit teaching? Good news, this session is for you! Together we will put the structure in your structured literacy by digging into instructional strategies and activities for each component. You’ll leave with a list of strategies ready for your lesson plans.
June 10th @ 8:30am | June 15th @ 8:30am
Building a Secondary Multi-Tiered System of Support for ELA
with Marie Walker
In this session we will be discussing structuring ELA MTSS at the secondary level by utilizing Fastbridge data. We will dig into the different types of assessment, practice giving the CBM and dive into understanding the reports. We will share resources to help with structuring your secondary MTSS. If you do attend this session, please bring your Fastbridge information as we will have built in time for you to dig into your own data.
Teaching Spelling in a Structured Literacy Framework
with Marie Walker
In this session we will dig into ways to incorporate activities and practices aligned with structured literacy into your spelling routines. If you plan on attending this session, please bring some of your spelling lists and/or the first unit of your teacher manual. We will have built in time to plan for the upcoming school year.
Learned Helplessness in the Classroom
with Michael Carey
The session, “Learned Helplessness in the Classroom,” will present information specifying ways that educators too often encourage learned helplessness in their students. The session will incorporate specifics on how not to promote “learned helplessness.” The session will demonstrate how educators can help students grow and develop with “learned self-reliance” instead. Practical application exercises will be interspersed throughout the presentation. Attendees will have opportunity to review inappropriate reponses that promote “learned helplessness” and develop and practice responses that promote “learned self-reliance.”
Fastbridge for Beginners
with Tonya Smedley
Are you new to FastBridge or getting FastBridge in the Fall? During this session we will go over some important features of FastBridge to help make it a smooth transition as you start the 22-23 school year.
Applying Best Practices with the Principles of Structured Literacy
with Amy Huizenga
In this session, we will explore reading instruction that applies the Principles of Structured Literacy. By utilizing best instructional practices, teachers can enhance student learning with any resource. We will dig into a systematic and cumulative approach to teaching and planning, explicit instruction with an intentional use of Gradual Release of Responsibility, multisensory learning, and providing plenty of practice to reach automaticity. You will have an opportunity to experience explicit instruction as well as collaborate with colleagues.
Girard | June 6-10
Classroom Management
with Jim Dillon and Brett Fenton
This is the first professional development session designed for beginning or returning teachers as they build their first five days of the upcoming school year. This session will focus on how teachers personally handle classroom management in their classroom based off their personality style using Color Code.
HGSS Assessment – Inquiry Based Learning
with Brett Fenton and Jim Dillon
Year One of the new HGSS Assessment is in our rearview mirror. Join us for this session to review your year one assessment and collaborate with other grade-level teachers to improve your inquiry assessment for this upcoming school year. This session is also for new social studies teachers that will be implementing this for the first time in their classroom
Teaching Spelling in a Structured Literacy Framework
with Marie Walker
In this session we will dig into ways to incorporate activities and practices aligned with structured literacy into your spelling routines. If you plan on attending this session, please bring some of your spelling lists and/or the first unit of your teacher manual. We will have built in time to plan for the upcoming school year.
MTSS and Core: Our Distircts 4 Year Journey to Alignment
with Kelly Walters and Marie Walker
In the past four years Columbus has redesigned their entire MTSS and Core programs and practices in their district. This session will review the steps and processes they went through over a four year period, a panel Q&A with a few of their teachers and staff, and then time for districts to begin looking into their current practices. Columbus will discuss the adoption process for their new core reading program (CKLA Amplify) as well as the different intervention programs they chose (Really Great Reading, Heggerty, and Rewards) and how they utilize and train paras to help them run interventions in grades K-8. They will bring their district reading specialist, title teacher, elementary principal, and three classroom teachers to answer questions about the road their district took to get to where they are today.
Building a Secondary Multi-Tiered System of Support for ELA
with Marie Walker
In this session we will be discussing structuring ELA MTSS at the secondary level by utilizing Fastbridge data. We will dig into the different types of assessment, practice giving the CBM and dive into understanding the reports. We will share resources to help with structuring your secondary MTSS. If you do attend this session, please bring your Fastbridge information as we will have built in time for you to dig into your own data.
Applying Best Practices with the Principles of Structured Literacy
with Amy Huizenga
In this session, we will explore reading instruction that applies the Principles of Structured Literacy. By utilizing best instructional practices, teachers can enhance student learning with any resource. We will dig into a systematic and cumulative approach to teaching and planning, explicit instruction with an intentional use of Gradual Release of Responsibility, multisensory learning, and providing plenty of practice to reach automaticity. You will have an opportunity to experience explicit instruction as well as collaborate with colleagues.
Know Your Type (Enneagram)
with Jeff King
The Enneagram is an extraordinarily precise and effective personality typing system that provides a pathway for personal and professional development. One of the distinguishing features of the Enneagram is its dynamic nature that opens the door for ongoing growth and transformation. This workshop provides a general overview of the Enneagram and its nine distinct personality types.
Manhattan | June 13-17
Classroom Management Bootcamp
with Jim Dillon and Brett Fenton
This is the first professional development session designed for beginning or returning teachers as they build their first five days of the upcoming school year. This session will focus on how teachers personally handle classroom management in their classroom based off their personality style using Color Code.
HGSS Assessment – Inquiry Based Learning
with Bret Fenton and Jimm Dillon
Year One of the new HGSS Assessment is in our rearview mirror. Join us for this session to review your year one assessment and collaborate with other grade-level teachers to improve your inquiry assessment for this upcoming school year. This session is also for new social studies teachers that will be implementing this for the first time in their classroom
Wichita | June 27-July 1
Classroom Management Bootcamp
with Jim Dillon and Brett Fenton
This is the first professional development session designed for beginning or returning teachers as they build their first five days of the upcoming school year. This session will focus on how teachers personally handle classroom management in their classroom based off their personality style using Color Code.
Best Practices in Literacy Instruction pt. 1
with Amy Huizenga and Wade Redeker
This is session is one of four parts intended to provide participants with base knowledge in best practices in Structured Literacy aligned with the Science of Reading.
Best Practices in Literacy Instruction pt. 2
with Amy Huizenga and Wade Redeker
This is session is one of four parts intended to provide participants with base knowledge in best practices in Structured Literacy aligned with the Science of Reading.
Best Practices in Literacy Instruction pt. 3
with Amy Huizenga and Wade Redeker
This is session is one of four parts intended to provide participants with base knowledge in best practices in Structured Literacy aligned with the Science of Reading.
Best Practices in Literacy Instruction pt. 4
with Amy Huizenga and Wade Redeker
This is session is one of four parts intended to provide participants with base knowledge in best practices in Structured Literacy aligned with the Science of Reading.
Fastbridge for Beginners
with Tonya Smedley
Are you new to FastBridge or getting FastBridge in the Fall? During this session we will go over some important features of FastBridge to help make it a smooth transition as you start the 22-23 school year.
By Subject
Sessions will be held in the following locations: Greenbush Resource Center in Lawrence, Greenbush Main Campus in Girard, Circle School District in Wichita, and in the Bluemont Hotel, Holiday Inn at the Campus, and Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan. If you register for any of our in-person events, you will receive a receipt with the exact address.
Assessments and Data
FastBridge for Beginners
with Tonya Smedley
Are you new to FastBridge or getting FastBridge in the Fall? During this session we will go over some important features of FastBridge to help make it a smooth transition as you start the 22-23 school year.
Virtual
K-5 – June 8th @ 9:00am | 6-12 – June 8th @ 1:00pm
Lawrence
Wichita
Career and Technical Education
Students Benchmark Energy Use in K-12 Schools
with Kurt Foley
The K-12 Energy Benchmarking Program is a STEM-based, student-led investigation of the school’s energy use supported by the Kansas Energy Program at K-State Engineering Extension. KEP works with students to explore the benefits of energy efficiency, use professional energy auditing equipment, and analyze collected data. During this interactive presentation, attendees will take on the role of the student energy auditor to learn about the benchmarking program, how to use and incorporate the equipment and program into the classroom, and how both the students and the school can benefit.
Virtual
July 6th @ 10:00am | July 14th @ 8:30am
CTE 101
with Jamie Manhart
This session will provide information every Career and Technology Education coordinator, administrator, and teacher should know to maintain and grow CTE pathways and programs to provide the best opportunities for your students. Topics include, but are not limited to: pathways, timelines, resources, stakeholders, Work Based Learning, networking, and professional development. This session is recommended for new CTE teachers and coordinators, as well as those who need a refresher course.
Virtual
June 29th @ 10:00am | July 6th @ 10:00am
CTE 201
with Jamie Manhart
This session is for educators who understand the basics of Career and Technical Education and are ready to move on to improving and expanding on existing ideas and exploring new ones. If you have attended a CTE 101 session in the past, or have been in the CTE business for awhile, this session is for you.
Virtual
English Language Arts/Literacy
Teaching Spelling in a Structured Literacy Framework
with Marie Walker
In this session we will dig into ways to incorporate activities and practices aligned with structured literacy into your spelling routines. If you plan on attending this session, please bring some of your spelling lists and/or the first unit of your teacher manual. We will have built in time to plan for the upcoming school year.
Girard
Lawrence
Building a Secondary Multi-Tiered System of Support for ELA
with Marie Walker
In this session we will be discussing structuring ELA MTSS at the secondary level by utilizing Fastbridge data. We will dig into the different types of assessment, practice giving the CBM and dive into understanding the reports. We will share resources to help with structuring your secondary MTSS. If you do attend this session, please bring your Fastbridge information as we will have built in time for you to dig into your own data.
Girard
Lawrence
MTSS and Core: Our Districts 4 Year Journey to Alignment
with Kelly Walters and Marie Walker
In the past four years Columbus has redesigned their entire MTSS and Core programs and practices in their district. This session will review the steps and processes they went through over a four year period, a panel Q&A with a few of their teachers and staff, and then time for districts to begin looking into their current practices. Columbus will discuss the adoption process for their new core reading program (CKLA Amplify) as well as the different intervention programs they chose (Really Great Reading, Heggerty, and Rewards) and how they utilize and train paras to help them run interventions in grades K-8. They will bring their district reading specialist, title teacher, elementary principal, and three classroom teachers to answer questions about the road their district took to get to where they are today.
Girard
Phonology, Orthography, Morphology, OH MY!
with Camille Wheeler
Do you understand the components of structured literacy but get stumped when it comes to explicit teaching? Good news, this session is for you! Together we will put the structure in your structured literacy by digging into instructional strategies and activities for each component. You’ll leave with a list of strategies ready for your lesson plans.
Lawrence
June 10th @ 8:30am | June 15th @ 8:30am
Applying Best Practices with the Principles of Structured Literacy
with Amy Huizenga
In this session, we will explore reading instruction that applies the Principles of Structured Literacy. By utilizing best instructional practices, teachers can enhance student learning with any resource. We will dig into a systematic and cumulative approach to teaching and planning, explicit instruction with an intentional use of Gradual Release of Responsibility, multisensory learning, and providing plenty of practice to reach automaticity. You will have an opportunity to experience explicit instruction as well as collaborate with colleagues.
Lawrence
Morphology: A Bridge Between Word Recognition and Comprehension
with Amy Huizenga
In this session, we will learn about Morphology’s role in decoding, spelling, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Teaching advanced word study can have a powerful impact on student reading and learning of academic and content vocabulary. With word instruction, you can set students up to have a deeper understanding of complex text. You will learn the basics of morphology and collect ideas to put morphemes to work in your classroom!
Virtual
Redefining Sight Word and Fluency Practices for Elementary Classrooms
with Melody Gatti
What does current research say about the importance of automaticity in recognizing sight words as well as reading text fluently? Learn the What, Why and How of updated sight word and fluency practices for your elementary students.
Virtual
Reading Comprehension Strategies for the Elementary Classroom that Make a Difference!
with Melody Gatti
In this session, you will find out why background knowledge and sentence Level comprehension are two major areas of reading instruction that are critical to elementary students’ success in understanding what they read. Learn how to add these strategies to your current reading instruction to make a “real” difference with your students overall understanding of text.
Virtual
Best Practices in Literacy Instruction pts 1-4
with Amy Huizenga and Wade Redeker
This is a session split into four parts intended to provide participants with base knowledge in best practices in Structured Literacy aligned with the Science of Reading.
Wichita
Pt. 1 – June 28th @ 8:30am | Pt. 2 – June 28th @ 12:00pm | Pt. 3 – June 29th @ 8:30am | Pt. 4 – June 29th @ 12:00pm
LETRS: What Did I Just Sign Up For?
with Janet Rehmert
So, you just signed up to take LETRS Volume 1 throughout the next school year. Good for you! Your life and your students’ lives WILL be changed. I’m biased, but I believe LETRS is the course ALL teachers need in order to understand how all brains learn to read and how best to teach these brains to read and spell. In this 2-hour session, I’ll help you understand what LETRS is, answer any questions you have, and help you get started on your journey!
Virtual
July 6th @ 8:30am | July 7th @ 1:00pm
Fluency: Beyond Measuring Speed
with Amy Huizenga
In this session, we will look at instructional recommendations to improve fluency with the goal of positively impacting comprehension. You will listen to sample readings and practice applying rubrics for measuring a complete picture of fluency strengths and weaknesses with your colleagues. You will go away with ideas to help students with fluency concerns.
Virtual
ESOL
ESOL Effective Strategies pt. 1
with Shauna Pierce
This workshop will have two, two hour sessions back to back. We will discuss effective strategies to use with ELL students with real life examples for elementary and secondary levels.
Virtual
June 6th @ 8:00am | June 10th @ 12:00pm
ESOL Effective Strategies pt. 2
with Shauna Pierce
This workshop will have two, two hour sessions back to back. We will discuss effective strategies to use with ELL students with real life examples for elementary and secondary levels.
Virtual
June 6th @ 10:00am | June 10th @ 2:00pm
ESOL Endorsement Praxis Test Prep pt. 1
with Shauna Pierce
In this session you will go over topics covered on the praxis test to get an ESOL endorsement. Topics covered include: linguistics, language acquisition, culture and testing. Get off to the right start with tools to help you study for this test.
Virtual
June 6th @ 12:30pm | June 10th @ 8:00am
ESOL Endorsement Praxis Test Prep pt. 2
with Shauna Pierce
In this session, you will go over topics on the praxis test to get an ESOL endorsement. Topics covered include: linguistics, language acquisition, culture and testing. Get off to the right start with tools to help you study for this test.
Virtual
June 6th @ 2:30pm | June 10th @ 2:00pm
Strategies and Resources for English Language Learners
with Kristy Nerstheimer
Come and learn important and useful strategies for your English Language Learners! There will also be time to explore the different resources Greenbush has for you!
Virtual
HGSS
HGSS Assessment – Inquiry Based Learning
with Brett Fenton and Jim Dillon
Year One of the new HGSS Assessment is in our rearview mirror. Join us for this session to review your year one assessment and collaborate with other grade-level teachers to improve your inquiry assessment for this upcoming school year. This session is also for new social studies teachers that will be implementing this for the first time in their classroom
Girard
Lawrence
Manhattan
Virtual
Individual Plans of Study
Engaging Parents in College and Career Readiness
with Andrew Carrier
With the addition of Xello Family, parents and guardians gain full visibility into their students’ future goals and plans so they can better support their learning and development.
Join this webinar if you’d like to understand how our intuitive design lets families easily navigate their students’ work to view progress on lessons, course selection, and career and college exploration. You’ll also learn how the Xello Family Portal gives educators an easy starting point to have future-ready conversations with guardians and makes sure all stakeholders are aligned to fully support a student’s journey.
Virtual
June 7th @ 10:00am | June 14th @ 10:00am | June 16th @ 10:00am | June 28th @ 10:00am
Aligning Xello Lessons to the Kansans Can IPS Star Recognition Program
with Andrew Carrier
Join us as we detail how to leverage your Xello’s curriculum to help meet expectations of the Kansans Can IPS Star Recognition Program. Discover how Xello makes it easy with pre-made content, custom lessons, and one-and-done reporting created in collaboration with the KSDE to track your students’ progress towards Star Program goals & outcomes.
June 7th @ 2:00pm | June 14th @ 2:00pm | June 16th @ 2:00pm | June 28th @ 2:00pm
Instructional Strategies
Classroom Management Bootcamp
with Jim Dillon and Brett Fenton
This is the first professional development session designed for beginning or returning teachers as they build their first five days of the upcoming school year. This session will focus on how teachers personally handle classroom management in their classroom based off their personality style using Color Code.
Girard
Lawrence
Manhattan
Wichita
Activities That Teach
with Jacque Coleman
Students learn best by doing. The best teachers know activities need to be purposeful and reflective. Experiential learning activities are intentionally designed to develop students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes through experience. During this session we will explore the experiential learning cycle by doing activities that support social emotional learning in fun and active ways. Activities will cover peer pressure, goal setting, stress management, communication, and more. Come prepared for a high engagement session full of activities and walk away with lessons you can do tomorrow.
Lawrence
Talk Moves: Increasing Student Engagement While Encouraging Academic Conversations
with Mikesha Bradner, Abby Klinger, and Ashley Diehl
Talk Moves gives teachers and students the tools to engage in academic dialogue and discussion throughout the school day. This session will further define Talk Moves and give ideas for how to use this strategy throughout the learning day.
Virtual
Learned Helplessness in the Classroom
with Michael Carey
The session, “Learned Helplessness in the Classroom,” will present information specifying ways that educators too often encourage learned helplessness in their students. The session will incorporate specifics on how not to promote “learned helplessness.” The session will demonstrate how educators can help students grow and develop with “learned self-reliance” instead. Practical application exercises will be interspersed throughout the presentation. Attendees will have opportunity to review inappropriate reponses that promote “learned helplessness” and develop and practice responses that promote “learned self-reliance.”
Lawrence
Instructional Technology
Differentiate Digitally
with Diana Beitz
How can you harness the power of technology to meet the needs of every student in your class? Come find out some easy ways to set everyone up for success, while easing your own workload.
Lawrence
Virtual
June 20th @ 9:00am | June 20th @ 11:00am
Minding Your Digital Footprint
with Diana Beitz
What information are you leaving behind online? Do your students know how to really be safe? Our digital footprints are massive – find out what yours says.
Lawrence
Virtual
June 27th @ 9:00am | June 27th @ 11:00am
Websites That Teachers Need to Know About
with Ronnie Williams
Each week throughout the school year, I create a new quick tip video that highlights something cool in the world of EdTech. In this session, you will learn about a variety of different apps, websites, and tricks you can use to take technology in your classroom to the next level.
Virtual
Get Your Game On!
with Ronnie Williams
There are so many amazing, free websites and apps out there that allow you to gamify your curriculum. We are going to dive into 3 of them (Quizizz, Gimkit, Blooket) and participants will get the chance to experience each of them from the perspective of both a teacher and a student.
Virtual
Post-Pandemic Impacts on K-12: Research, Challenges, and Solutions to Help Improve the Effectiveness of Digital Learning
with Kevin Kuckkan
Many principals and district leadership found that the number one challenge they face to deeper engagement of ed tech in their district isn’t student or teacher tech fatigue. It’s not lost or damaged devices. It’s not insufficient home internet access. The number one challenge to deeper ed tech engagement in their district? Is digital distractions. Innovative instructional efforts to help guide students toward digital self-regulation skills, digital citizenship and implementation of a Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) framework and others when combined with innovative technological advancements, provide viable solutions school leaders should be aware of to help ensure student-use of school-issued devices remains productive and academically focused. This session will provide an overview of the body of research in examining the causes and impacts that digital distractions and media multitasking often have on student achievement.
Virtual
June 28th @ 8:00am | June 28th @ 12:00pm | June 29th @ 8:00am | June 29th @ 12:00pm
Google Workspace for Education Tips and Tricks
with Ronnie Williams
Come to this session if you’ve wondered any of the following questions: How can I keep my Gmail inbox uncluttered and organized? Where do all of those files go when people share items with me on Google Drive? How and why should I use Google Docs, Spreadsheets, and Slides when I already know how to use Microsoft Office, Excel, and Powerpoint? This session will provide an overview of the most popular G-Suite for education apps (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides) and give you real ideas on how you can use these powerful tools in your classrooms.
Virtual
iPad Apps for Educators
with Ronnie Williams
With nearly 2 million apps on the Apple App Store, there are a ton of options out there for folks. This session will shed a light on a handful of apps that have small learning curves but are big in engagement.
Virtual
Mathematics
Teaching Math Isn’t Always Just About the Numbers
with Amber Boyington and Michelle Schroeder
How do you ensure that every student has a voice in your classroom? And, more importantly, how do you intentionally build in time so that students can have conversations unrelated to math but still be able to redirect and move forward with your content? Making these conversational investments in the students’ social-emotional needs will pay off in their level of engagement. Let us show you some easy, ready-to-use activities to create a community where kids want to be and support each other.
Lawrence
Efficiency Ideas to Impact Your Teaching
with Amber Boyington and Michelle Schroeder
By improving efficiency in a variety of areas, teachers will find that they have time to deliberately embed the minutes into their class for social-emotional connections with students. We will showcase efficiency ideas in lesson planning, idea-generating, professional networking, workflow, and much more. By including some of these practices into their routine, teachers may find that their emotional well-being improves as well!
Lawrence
Using iReady Resources for an Algebra 1 Support Class
with Elizabeth Peyser
Are you seeing unfinished learning with your rising 9th graders? Join us to explore ways to use the iReady diagnostic, online instruction and 6-8 materials to support high school interventions. A newly developed scope and sequence will be shared.
Virtual
June 8th @ 9:00am | June 8th @ 10:30am
The Arc of Arithmetic to Algebra
with Elizabeth Peyser
The foundations of number sense and algebraic thinking developed in K–2 are essential for upper elementary, middle school, and high school mathematics, and they are often misunderstood. We will explore the progression of learning spanning from kindergarten to high school to experience how math skills developed in the early years prepare students for Algebra 1. No matter what grade you teach, you will find something to use with your students to propel them forward, as well as how to incorporate digital manipulatives for e-learning. A Curriculum Associates Professional Paper accompanies this presentation.
Virtual
June 9th @ 10:00am | June 9th @ 1:00pm
Using iReady for HS Interventions
with Elizabeth Peyser
Are you seeing unfinished learning in your rising 9th graders? Join us to explore using the iReady diagnostic, personalized instruction and Toolbox resources to support students in Algebra 1.
Virtual
Science
Integrate and Sense Make with Elementary Science!
with Meg Richard
During this session participants will learn how to integrate science into their elementary classroom using engaging sense-making strategies. Participants will engage in several elementary friendly investigations and discuss ways to help science come alive for some of our littlest learners!
Virtual
Social and Emotional Learning
Know Your Type (Enneagram)
with Jeff King
The Enneagram is an extraordinarily precise and effective personality typing system that provides a pathway for personal and professional development. One of the distinguishing features of the Enneagram is its dynamic nature that opens the door for ongoing growth and transformation. This workshop provides a general overview of the Enneagram and its nine distinct personality types.
Girard
Virtual
June 7th @ 10:00am | June 9th @ 1:00pm | June 14th @ 7:00pm | June 16th @ 3:00pm
Teaching in Anxious Times
with Jeff King
Stressful events and circumstances create anxious times. Anxious times can bring out our best—where our strengths emerge and our repertoire of personal resources expand. Unfortunately, anxious times can also lead to breakdowns and ineffectiveness. Building off the premise that our greatest asset in teaching is our best self, this workshop explores the impact of anxiety on our capacity to function at our optimal level. This session explores the nature of anxiety, effective anxiety regulation and how to develop personal capacities and resiliency. Emphasis is directed toward leveraging the concept of “self-as-teacher.”
Virtual
June 8th @ 10:00am | June 15th @ 1:00pm | June 22nd @ 3:00pm | June 29th @ 7:00pm
Leveraging KCTC Student Survey Data Now and Into the Future
with Rachel Phillips
Student perception data is gathered annually from 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th graders through the Kansas Communities That Care (KCTC) Student Survey. In 2021 & 2022, several improvements were implemented to reduce the overall length of the survey and enhance readability and inclusive language. This session will include a brief overview of changes in the survey; highlight trends and insights from 2022 data; and present future considerations for the evolution of the student survey. Join this session to learn more about how KCTC Student Survey data can inform school and community strategies and to provide input on future plans to ensure access to relevant and meaningful data. Preview kctcdata.org and come equipped with questions and feedback.
Virtual
June 15th @ 1:30pm | June 21st @ 10:00am | June 29th @ 1:00pm | July 6th @ 9:30am
Refining Your Relationship
with Jeff King
One of the biggest contributing factors to job dissatisfaction is conflict with colleagues and coworkers. Research indicates the 70% of relationship tension revolves around relational style—how we pursue our goals, express our viewpoints and our identify personal preferences. Unfortunately, most of us reduce such tension as a matter of right/wrong. We dig in our heels and emotions take over. Effective conflict resolution escapes us. This workshop shifts the focus of relationship tension to a more effective approach to understanding and resolving conflict.
Virtual
June 28th @ 10:00am | June 30th @ 1:00pm
How to Have Anxiety Without Anxiety Having You
with Jeff King
Anxiety is one of the most talked about, but also misunderstood, dynamics in our lives. Many seek for the “anxiety-free” life. But what if anxiety is normal and not to be escaped? This workshop examines anxiety from several angles, including defining and explaining its role in our lives. It provides practical strategies for effective anxiety regulation that opens the option that anxiety might be our friend more than our enemy.
Virtual