Workshops

At Elevate Educators, we provide a broad variety of informative workshops aimed at giving teachers the tools they need to help their students succeed. We provide strategies and examples of how educators can facilitate the information they gain in the most productive manner possible in a classroom situation. When our educators succeed, so do our students.

Upcoming Workshop: The Wonder of Learning: October 22nd, 2019

Literacy

• “Zooming In” on Close Reading
• A Balancing Act – Writing Workshop and NJSLA Writing Expectations
• Enhancing School and Family Partnerships to Improve Student Learning
• Interactive Read-alouds – A Model for Deep Understanding of Complex Text
• Narrative Writing and Conferring with Students
• Ready! Set! Argue! “Convincingly”: A day of Argumentative Writing
• Transformative Coaching to support Teaching and Learning
• You’ve Got This! Developing Text Dependent Questions (TDQ) Which Support Deep Levels of Discussion

• The Art of Oral Debate – A Protocol to Support Opinion Writing
• Conferring Bootcamp: Listen, Target, Transfer Across Content Areas
• Developing Strategy, Skill & Stamina on the NJ State Assessment ELA Writing Tasks
• Reading Comprehension Strategies: Learn How to Support Your Students to Read It & Get It!
• Why Are H.O.T.S. so Hot in Your Teaching?
• State Mandated Dyslexia Workshop for K – 2 Educators
• Read it! Say It! Tap It! – A Multi-sensory Approach to Teaching Phonics

• Launching a Writer’s Workshop Model in Your Classroom
• Launching a Reader’s Workshop Model in Your Classroom
• Literacy Intervention Strategies That Work With All Students
• Lifting Your Reading Program (Workshop) to the Next Level
• Reading Wellness Workshop; Grades K – 2 
• NJSLA Prep: ELA Strategy Toolkit – Tools for Teachers & Students
• Lifting the Level of Student Reading Proficiency through Powerful Conferring
• Fostering Equity & Empowerment Through a Student’s Reading Life

Instructional / Leadership

• Implementing an Instructional Rounds Framework to Enhance Teacher Practice, Interaction & Self-Reflection
• RTI Data-based Decision Making & Instruction/Intervention/Implementation
• Digging Deeper in Your Data to Inform Instructional Practices & Programs
• Let’s Co-Teach: Developing Effective Practices to Support All Students
• Taking the Next Steps for a Foolproof RTI Program
• Empowering K – 5 Para-Professionals to Support Struggling Learners

Testing & Math

• District-level & School-level NJSLA Analysis
• ‘Look Fors’ in a Math Class – Standards for Mathematical Practice
• Increasing Student Engagement for All Students by Integrating the Eight Standards for Mathematical Practices
• Math Workshop Model Using Guided Math & Strategic Planning
• Domain-specific Workshops
• Building Procedural Fluency in Grades K-6
• Using Math Games to Promote Student Engagement

Science / STEM

• Rethinking and Redesigning Science Teaching and Learning
• Implementing NGSS Science & Engineering Practice: Constructing Scientific Explanation
• Implementing NGSS Science & Engineering Practice: Developing and Using Models
• Engineering and Science: Perfect Together
• Two NGSS/STEM Topics in One Day!
• Science Lessons & Assessments Using NJSLS-S
• “All Standards, All Students” Differentiating Instruction in the Science Classroom Using the NGSS
• Utilizing Formative Assessments in STEM Classrooms
• Developing Learning Targets and Success Criteria for Science Classrooms
• Classroom Strategies to Increase Student Engagement

Pre-K

• 1, 2, 3, A, B, C! On Your Way to Pre-K! – Best Practices in Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
• Bringing Literacy to All 4 Corners of Pre-K Classroom
• Creating and Sustaining the Wonder of Learning in Early Childhood Classrooms

Social-Emotional Learning

• Infusing Mindfulness into the Classroom
• Mindfulness to Promote SEL
• Make &Take Mind Jar Workshop