Student-centered learning or learning centeredness, is a learning model that places the student (learner) in the center of the learning process. In this interactive Workshop we will be looking at:

• What it looks like?
• What is the role of the Teacher?
• What is the role of the Student?
• How can Teachers organize their classrooms?
• Which methods, lesson plans, activities and website support student-centered learning.

Young children are beginners! They have lots to learn and one of the biggest “lessons” they must learn is how to behave or act in an acceptable manner. Learning this lesson is not easy and takes years to do it. Teachers can help children learn to behave much the same way as they help them learn other things.In this interactive Workshop we will discuss:

• Why children misbehave
• Stages of development
• Parenting
• Prevention
• Methods of dealing with undesirable behaviors
• How do we get children to follow rules

Successful teachers are invariably good planners and thinkers. Good Lesson Plans make for good teaching. In this Workshop, teachers will learn:

• Steps in preparing effective Lesson Plans
• To develop effective instructional objectives for their Lesson Plans (S.M.A.R.T.)
• To evaluate their Lesson Plans

Too often we place students in the position of being passive receptors of information. With today’s information explosion, students must learn to analyze and sift through the masses of data they are confronted with. This Workshop will help Teachers to develop a framework to teach students to think critically.

Observe students playing, interacting and learning and one thing will become quite obvious – some students like to learn things in a certain way while others are more comfortable learning the same thing in another way. Teachers in this Workshop will be taught how to identify their own learning style and that of their students, aw well as how to design lessons that address these different ways of learning.

Students learn through a variety of channels or multiple intelligences. Teachers that incorporate a range of strategies that nurture each intelligence reach more students and teach more effectively. These kinds of skills and strategies need to be practiced in every classroom to promote students’ growth in all areas. This Workshop focuses on Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence.

How well do multiple-choice tests, true and false tests and end of Unit quizzes really evaluate student understanding and achievement? Many educators believe that there is a more effective assessment alternative. These teachers use testing strategies that do not focus entirely on recalling facts. Instead, they ask students to demonstrate skills and concepts they have learned. This strategy is called authentic assessment. Teachers will learn to connect student performance to instruction and to use various methods of Authentic Assessment.

How can you be sure your students have learned what you intended them to learn? How can you be sure your lesson met the objective? This interactive workshop describes rubric assessment and assists teachers in designing and developing rubrics that they and their students can use in their own classrooms.

Reading comprehension strategies are tools that students can use to help determine the meaning of what they read. The strategies presented in this interactive Workshop are those which enable students to interact with fiction or non-fiction, in order to understand and answer questions about what they have read. This Workshop provides Teachers with these tools and methods for using them effectively in their classrooms.

Fluency is the ability to read text with speed, accuracy and proper expression. Fluent readers:

• Recognize words automatically
• Read aloud effortlessly and with expression
• Do not have to concentrate on decoding
• Can focus on comprehension

When students make gains in reading fluency, they are able to put their energies into comprehension and are able to analyze, interpret, draw conclusions, and infer meaning from texts. This interactive Workshop assists Teachers in selecting and facilitating the best methods of fluency instruction for their children and their classrooms.

This Workshop focuses on phonemic awareness, alphabet recognition, beginning sound symbol correspondences and reading simple CVC words through activities and games. These activities will enhance literacy development and prevent reading difficulties. This interactive Workshop focuses on those skills that children need to begin to read.

This Workshop presents the prerequisite skills and key concepts that students need to manage mathematics instruction:

• Development of prerequisite skills: (sequencing, spatial orientation/space organization, pattern recognition, visualization, deductive and inductive reasoning).
• Developing key concepts such as: place value, number bonds, and fractions by using concrete, manipulative materials.
• The sequence for addition facts is N+1 and 1+N, N+10 and 10+N, N+9 and 9+N, N+N, N+N+1 and 1+N+N, etc.
• The sequence for multiplication facts is: Table of 1, 10, 5, 2, 9, NxN, 3, 4, etc.
• Teaching methods to match the learning personality of a student and their prerequisite skills.

The English Workshop prepares Teachers to teach English to children and adults who need to learn or improve their spoken and written English communication skills. It focuses on teaching English as a Foreign Language or as a Second Language emphasizing communication skills, listening comprehension, speaking, vocabulary building and pronunciation.

A positive learning environment is absolutely crucial to the happiness and academic success of every child in a classroom. Children need to feel safe, to feel understood and to feel confident in order to learn. In this interactive Workshop Teachers will learn how to choose methods of instruction that will motivate students in their classrooms.

A positive learning environment is absolutely crucial to the happiness and academic success of every child in a classroom. Children need to feel safe, to feel understood and to feel confident in order to learn. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Review and describe the traits of the four personality styles.
• Identify the successes and challenges experienced in implementing a positive classroom environment.
• Describe the steps to motivate learners in your classroom.
• Identify strategies to encourage, praise, and reward learning that best meets the needs and values of each student.

People with disabilities are not handicapped by their conditions but by prejudice, lack of accessibility, and discrimination. Kids with Special Needs is designed to increase awareness about disabilities in children and promote a greater understanding of their needs. Empathy comes when the learner truly experiences a deep emotional level of understanding.

The goal of this Workshop is to help teachers, parents, and students explore their feelings, examine their values, discover their own individuality and become comfortable with the special needs some students have.

In any group of children, there is usually one child who never sits still. Frequently and easily distracted, the child fidgets, glances about aimlessly and seems to allow his mind to wander freely.

Teachers will learn about the critical factors to consider when working with ADD/ADHD students: their learning environment, giving instructions, focusing and maintaining students’ attention, modifying behaviors and enhancing self-esteem.

If you could take a class of 12 year olds, each child has approximately the same cognitive potential as the rest. But what makes some students more successful than the other children? What things does that child do that makes school life simpler and more enriched?

Student Skills for Success provides a wealth of resources, ideas and activities to help students become better learners – students who know ho to gain and apply knowledge to the best of their ability. Teachers will learn about the critical factors to consider when working with ADD/ADHD students: their learning environment, giving instructions, focusing and maintaining students’ attention, modifying behaviors and enhancing self-esteem.

Enhance your teaching of mathematics and your student understanding by focusing on math concepts, operations and processes; providing concrete experiences and manipulatives: exploring concepts through verbal discussions and mental imagery, and applying concepts to problem solving activities to aid natural progression.