Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

    • How to use this course: A Thinkific Tour

    • Welcome to the Educators' Subscription Series!

    • September Workshops

    • October Workshops

    • November Workshops

    • December Workshops

  • 2

    September 20, 2022

    • Worthy of Trust—What Schools Must do to Protect Kids from Harm with Dr. Amy Tiemann

  • 3

    September 21, 2022

    • Engaging Gen-Z Learners with Liza Garonzik

  • 4

    September 22, 2022

    • Restorative Practices in Early Childhood Classrooms with Olynda Smith and Susanna Lambert

  • 5

    September 27, 2022

    • Teaching the Youngest Reader: Evidence-based Foundational Skill Instruction (K-2) - Part 1 with Collaborative Classroom

  • 6

    September 28, 2022

    • Learning to Depolarize, Part I: Political Polarization Is Our Business with Kent Lenci

  • 7

    September 29, 2022

    • Restorative Practices in Lower School with Crystal Small and Christel Butchart

  • 8

    October 4, 2022

    • Building Resilience: Understanding the framework that sets students up for success at school and beyond with Dr Hayley Watson

  • 9

    October 6, 2022

    • Holistic Wellbeing: Having faith-informed conversations about mental health with students with Dr. Hayley Watson

  • 10

    October 11, 2022

    • Learning to Depolarize, Part II: Fostering Civil Discourse in the Classroom with Kent Lenci

  • 11

    October 12, 2022

    • Teaching the Youngest Reader: Evidence-based Comprehension Skill Instruction (K-2) - Part 2 with Collaborative Classroom

  • 12

    October 18, 2022

    • Teaching Mental Health Skills: How to move from Triage to Transforming and make prevention a school-wide priority with Dr. Hayley Watson

  • 13

    October 19, 2022

    • The Time Travel Method: An Unconventional Path to Helping Students Love Who They Are with Mike Isklander

  • 14

    October 20, 2022

    • Scaffolding Hard Conversations with ... Silence! with Liza Garonzik

  • 15

    October 25, 2022

    • Learning to Depolarize, Part III: Helping Faculty Communicate Across the Political Divide with Kent Lenci

  • 16

    October 26, 2022

    • Student's Mindsets and Impacts on Learning with Gayatri Nehrusingh-Pajerowski

  • 17

    October 27, 2022

    • Teaching Forgiveness & Accountability: How faith can inform school conflict and bullying intervention practices with Dr. Hayley Watson

  • 18

    November 1, 2022

    • Assessing Discussion: Alternatives to Participation Grades with Liza Garonzik

  • 19

    November 2, 2022

    • The Green Light: Giving Students Voice and Audience through Customized Websites with Spenser Simrill

  • 20

    November 3, 2022

    • Restorative Practices in Middle and Upper School with Crystal Small and Christel Butchart

  • 21

    November 9, 2022

    • Podcasting 101: How and Why to Bring Podcasts into Your Classroom with Spenser Simrill

  • 22

    November 15, 2022

    • The Difference between Cultural Appreciation and Appropriation with Teresa Caswell

  • 23

    November 16, 2022

    • PBL 1: Projects v Project Based Learning with Liz Boyd

  • 24

    November 17, 2022

    • The Thrill of Victory: Why students should submit to the New York Times and other writing contests with Spenser Simrill

  • 25

    November 29, 2022

    • Mathematics Worked Examples with Jean Hampel

  • 26

    November 30, 2022

    • PBL 2: Essential Questions with Liz Boyd

  • 27

    December 1, 2022

    • Relationships before Content: Building Classroom Community

    • Relationships Before Content Slides

  • 28

    December 6, 2022

    • Research-Based Interventions in Mathematics with Jean Hampel

  • 29

    December 8, 2022

    • “You May Call Your First Witness”: How Students Can Engage the Best Minds in Any Field with Spenser Simrill

  • 30

    January 17, 2023

    • PBL 3: Project Design with Liz Boyd

  • 31

    January 18, 2023

    • “The Best Medicine:” Teaching Comedy through Rhetoric, and Rhetoric through Comedy with Spenser Simrill

  • 32

    January 19, 2023

    • “A Data-Driven Approach to Student Health & Wellness” with Lisa Roethling & Sarah Ferraro Cunningham

  • 33

    January 24, 2023

    • Anxiety in Children with Bea Moise

  • 34

    January 25, 2023

    • What Daniel Pink was telling School Administrators in Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us with David Streight

  • 35

    January 26, 2023

    • ADHD in the Classroom with Bea Moise

  • 36

    February 1, 2023

    • Our Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams: When Students Preserve Family History through Google Books and Ancestry.com with Spencer Simrill

  • 37

    February 2, 2023

    • Teen Marijuana Use and Vaping: Evidence-Based Strategies for Effective Prevention at School with Sarah Ferraro Cunningham & Richard Von Feldt

  • 38

    February 7, 2023

    • PBL 4: Backward Planning to Enhance PBL Delivery with Liz Boyd

  • 39

    February 9, 2023

    • Supporting the Behavioral Needs of Neurodiverse Learners with Jennifer Dodds

  • 40

    February 14, 2023

    • Writing for Life: Exploring the Science of Writing Instruction with Collaborative Classroom

  • 41

    February 15, 2023

    • Child Development & Trauma with Bea Moise

  • 42

    February 16, 2023

    • Creating a Culture of Prevention at School: Small Conversations that have a Big Impact with Sarah Ferraro Cunningham & Richard Von Feldt

  • 43

    February 21, 2023

    • Sensory Issues and Child Development with Bea Moise

  • 44

    February 28, 2023

    • AI and its Impact on Teaching with Anthony Russo

  • 45

    March 7, 2023

    • Learning Differences with Bea Moise

  • 46

    March 8, 2023

    • Helping Your Students Transition to College with Dr. Maria DiBenedetto

  • 47

    March 9, 2023

    • Learning Disabilities in the Classroom with Jennifer Dodds

  • 48

    March 14, 2023

    • Executive Dysfunction with Bea Moise

  • 49

    March 15, 2023

    • Student Engagement for Spring Fever with Jessica Catoggio

  • 50

    March 16, 2023

    • Tackle Anxiety & Stress: Tools for Resilient Classrooms & Schools with Martin Blank

  • 51

    March 21, 2023

    • Understanding the Stages of Early Writing Development with Collaborative Classroom

  • 52

    March 22, 2023

    • Collective Trauma, Stress, Healing, Resilience for Courageous Educators with Martin Blank

  • 53

    March 23, 2023

    • Differentiating Instruction for Learners Identified with Exceptionalities with Erica Carswell

  • 54

    March 28, 2023

    • VapeLife, Liberty & The Pursuit of Fat Clouds: Understanding & Addressing the Youth Vaping Epidemic with Kriya Lendzion

  • 55

    March 29, 2023

    • Effective Strategies for College Success with Dr. Maria DiBenedetto

  • 56

    March 30, 2023

    • The Missing Link for Word Recognition Automaticity: Explicit and Systematic Instruction in the Polysyllabic-Morphemic Phase with Collaborative Classroom

  • 57

    April 18, 2023

    • Revealing 2023's Biggest Trends with Students, Tech, and Social Media with Brianna Ingram

  • 58

    April 19, 2023

    • Designing Instruction to Reach "This One Kid" with Bridget Gwinnett

  • 59

    April 20, 2023

    • Understanding Anxiety at School with Jennifer Dodds

  • 60

    April 25, 2023

    • Thinking Traps and how to get out of them with Martin Blank

  • 61

    April 26, 2023

    • Growing Students’ Vocabulary in Conversation and Writing with Collaborative Classroom

  • 62

    April 27, 2023

    • A Whole School Approach to Social Emotional Learning in 1st-12th School with Sydney Tanguilig & Audrey Tancini