Early Career Teaching Institute

This workshop will help educators reflect on their values from their pre-service learning to operationalizing those values in the classroom.  New teachers often view classroom management as a method to deliver punitive consequences, and either highly reject all structures to avoid them, or fall into a helpless loop of negative consequences well into the school year.  This workshop will be centered in anti-racist philopsophy delivering practical steps and solutions to building community.  Centering on the language of coaching and building educator resilience, educators will begin the mindset work to set up their classrooms in the Fall.

Learning Goals

• Educators will identify their values as it relates to their classroom experience and desires.
• Educators will understand that love in a community comes with accountability and expecations.
• Educators will develop their own plan for setting up their classroom in the Fall.

This session will engage participants in their why and person mission and vision in life and work.  During this time, we will learn about strategies for prioritizing a "balance" and viewing life and work through the metaphor of a symphony.  Practical tools will be provided with reflection time about our own values and how that can provide a navigation for all things.

Learning Goals

• Participants will learn about building habits and the connection to the "Big Six" tactic for productivity.
• Participants will shift their mindset from work/life separation to a full balance and connection.

This workshop, titled "Contextualizing Decontextualized Reading Instruction for ELLs: Responsive Pedagogies in the Face of ACT 20," addresses the challenges Multilingual Learners (ELLs) face under the influence of ACT 20. Focusing on three key learning goals, participants will first build a comprehensive understanding of ACT 20 and its specific impacts on ELLs in educational contexts. The workshop then delves into an investigation of the affordances and constraints inherent in various curricular resources and approaches for reading instruction.
In response to these challenges, participants will engage in discussions and activities aimed at equipping them with the knowledge and skills to design responsive approaches that specifically cater to the needs of Multilingual Learners in reading instruction. By the end of the workshop, educators will have gained valuable insights into navigating the complexities of ACT 20, critically evaluating instructional resources, and creating tailored strategies that foster an inclusive and effective learning environment for Multilingual Learners in the realm of reading instruction.

Learning Goals

• Build understanding of Act 20 and its impacts on Multilingual Learners
• Investigate affordances and constraints of a variety of curricular resources and approaches for reading instruction.
• Design responsive approaches that support reading instruction for multilingual learners