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New teachers entering education face unprecedented obstacles. Trends show that teachers with fewer than three years of experience are more likely to leave the profession. To succeed professionally, teachers, at all experience levels, need effective strategies that allow them to ace and embrace teaching while expertly navigating daily behavior challenges related to classroom management.
In this full-day workshop, a Solution Tree expert offers research-backed tools and tips for motivating and engaging all students. This workshop equips you with time-tested and innovative strategies to reinvigorate your passion for teaching, helping teachers be not only highly effective but happy.
Participants will gain:
High-leverage, easy-to-implement instructional strategies that have a big impact on learning
Key elements of engaging lessons that ensure students stay on task
A classroom management toolkit to build student relationships and create a safe and positive culture
Tips to determine essential learning and ensure students understand the targets
Healthy and productive solutions for avoiding burnout
Resources for collaborating and learning with colleagues
Through honest, compelling, and relatable storytelling, our expert presenter shares practical strategies you can implement immediately to make a lasting impact on students’ lives and learning—while also protecting their own health and well-being.
Alex Kajitani holds the title of California Teacher of the Year and has been a top-four finalist for National Teacher of the Year. He is a highly sought-after speaker and a top authority on engagement, building relationships, and teacher leadership.
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Materials are copyrighted. Workshop participants may print these pages for personal use and note-taking during the event. Additionally, pages marked “Reproducible” can be reproduced freely without permission as long as they are not reprinted in a formal book that is published and sold; copyright lines on Reproducible pages must remain intact. Otherwise, no part of these materials may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without prior written permission of Solution Tree. Please contact pubs@SolutionTree.com for permission to duplicate any materials.
You will receive a certificate of participation within six weeks after the event concludes.
Please check with your district office for CEU availability. For more information, click here.
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