Professional Learning

Working with charter network and school leaders, learn the common reasons teachers transition from the profession. Then, put those lessons into action to build a proactive plan to get ahead of these elements during the 2025-26 school year.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES & OUTCOMES

- Develop a school level calendar for teacher retention conversations for 2026-27

- Build a teacher advisory committee with a corresponding calendar of meetings

- Master “stay” conversations for each portion of the year

- Leave with two to three tailored strategies to address teacher needs on your campus or within your network

With increased identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and more post COVID, it’s now more important than ever that general educators and special educators alike are ready to build inclusive cultures and maintain those cultures through day-to-day practices and regular reflection. This session works with leaders and teachers to review these diagnoses, review best practices, and shape 2025-26 school culture and best practices so all kids are included within general education instruction.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES & OUTCOMES

- All leaders and teachers norm on the definition of neurodivergent identities

- Leverage current best practices to shape 3-5 defining how we will shift school culture to be inclusive of all Neurodivergent students

- Craft what bringing this Neurodivergent-inclusive culture to life looks like at the classroom level, grade level, and school level

- Practice specific scenarios with how to adjust sensory inputs, social skills frontloading, and other practices to support Neurodivergent students

- Schedule quarterly check-ins to temperature check the inclusive culture

AI is here. We, as leaders and teachers, need to be ready to integrate it ethically into our practice with students and one another. This workshop examines Claude AI, Grok, ChatGPT, Adobe Firefly, Zapier, and more and how to leverage these tools ethically and responsibly within the classroom and school.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES & OUTCOMES

- Teachers and Leaders will be familiar with all major current AI tools and their use cases

- Teachers and Leaders will develop an AI Compact for the school, defining when and how adults and students can and will use AI to build efficiency (and when they can’t use AI)

- Teachers and leaders will practice building an AI chat bot with Zapier for giving students feedback on assignments

- Teachers and leaders will practice using Grok to generate student work tailored to intervention needs

- Teachers and leaders will practice letting AI backwards plan units of study and how to quality check this work

- Teachers and leaders will leave ready to implement the compact with students and one another

All professional learning can be either virtual or in-person.

Two hour workshops are priced at $1,000

Half-day workshops are priced at $2,000

Full day workshops are priced at $3,000

All workshops include one planning session before and one debrief session after the workshop.

If travel is involved, a $1,500 travel fee is added to cover flights, hotel, and per diem.