Students Telephone Seminars

Best Practices for Motivating Students ...-use, more effective strategies to turnaround unmotivated students in grades Pre-K through 12. These techniques are real-world, practical methods, not more theory that doesn't help remedy the problems. These methods are so new that they're not included in your training. These lively, attention-grabbing approaches will provide you with an arsenal of surprisingly different, problem-stopping  more...

Best Practices for Preventing and Responding to Cheating in Your Classroom and School ...btaining test questions prior to a final exam in English, students in New York paying others to take their SAT tests, and students in a California high school obtaining test questions from textbook test banks restricted to teachers' use. Research by the Josephson Institute (http://charactercounts.org/programs/reportcard/2008/ index.html) indicates that 64% of high school students admitted to  more...

Developing a School Wellness Program ...al education classes year-round. About 1/3 of high school students take daily physical education classes. - Unregulated nutrition: Foods offered in school vending machines are often of little nutritional value and can be loaded with fats, sugars, salt and calories. - Poor nutrition: Only about 20 percent of high school seniors report eating fruit and green vegetables five or more times a day.  more...

Students With Disabilities: How to Legally Discipline ...students who are classified under IDEA or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act are frequently the subject of student disciplinary proceedings in public school districts. It is imperative that public school district officials understand the obligations imposed by the statutes and how to fulfill these obligations. This live audio conference will help the person responsible for overseeing and/or  more...

Making Friends: Social Understanding for Students with Autism and Asperger's BenefitsThis live audio conference describes the social challenges that children with Asperger's Syndrome or Autism Spectrum Disorder may encounter while in the classroom. As the speaker notes, 'Play is work for a child with ASD' and children with ASD typically do not become 'social butterflies.' Dr. Norall would like to give teachers the resources to help a child with Asperger's Syndrome or ASD  more...

How to Revitalize an Impoverished Neighborhood: Thirty Years of Successful Green Urbanism ...merican Planning Association. A survey of college housing students by the National Housing Institute found Rethinking Rental Housing to be one of the most widely-chosen books in college housing courses. He has worked with presidents of the United States to presidents of community organizations around the world. He is the real deal with a long track record of success from Santa Monica to  more...

Difficult and Disruptive Students ...Students labeled as 'difficult' or 'disruptive' are often unsuccessful in school and may be poorly prepared to manage life as an adult, should they graduate. Additionally, they make life challenging for teachers and administrators. Left unchecked, they can consume school resources with little improvement, feel left out and unappreciated, and are at increased risk for unemployment, problems with  more...

Project-Based Learning ...ward student-directed inquiry on academic topics in which students develop their understanding through the completion of in-depth projects. Many student projects are multidisciplinary, providing the chance for students to see the relevancy of their learning through direct application in their projects. If you love seeing students fully engaged in learning, this program will provide practical  more...

Best Practices for Managing Large Classrooms ...classroom management practices to address today's complex students. An ecological model of practical, research-based interventions is presented to create a functional classroom that maximizes student achievement and accountability. Field-tested in dozens of elementary-secondary schools, suburban to urban locales, these techniques promote academic readiness, while also nurturing student-teacher  more...

Social Networking and Electronic Communications: Issues for Public Schools ...use of social media, including discipline of teachers and students, respectively. During this live audio conference, we will examine recent litigation involving student and employee use of social media in the context of the public school arena and discuss the limitations of school authority to regulate individual speech. Discussion will conclude with practical suggestions for establishing clear  more...

Options Under Section 504 ...ions on such recipients of federal aid regarding disabled students and employees. An educational facility's failure to comply with Section 504 and its regulations can result in time consuming and expensive litigation, an imposing investigation by the Office of Civil Rights and the potential loss of federal assistance. This teleconference will pull together the statutory provisions and their  more...

Integrating Mobile Technologies in Our Classrooms ...ly enabled devices as a distraction in the classroom with students using the devices to text each other, surf the Internet, check on their Facebook page and Tweet . Many educators are discovering that permitting the use of wireless devices in the classroom can actually be beneficial for both the students and the educators. Those schools which permit the use of wireless devices in the classroom  more...

Working With Challenging Parents: Strategies and Techniques ...denial, chronically fail to follow through and parents of students who demonstrate high risk behaviors. This teleconference will provide you with an understanding of the factors that inflame and prolong difficult situations with parents. This program is important for everyone seeking solutions that can improve even the most delicate and trying situations with parents. Teachers, special  more...

Transitioning Special Needs Students: It Doesn't Start at 21! ...ecial education want the best possible outcomes for their students it is often unclear what that might be for any given student, how to find out what the student will best succeed in, and how to best prepare them for the 'real world'. This teleconference is designed to provide professionals with the information they need to enhance their students' opportunities as an adult. It addresses each  more...

Impact of the New ADA Amendments on Schools ...ring and working conditions for all employees and also to students eligible for education accommodations under Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. In subsequent years, Supreme Court decisions (Sutton v. United Airlines [1999], Toyota v. Williams [2002] and others) severely narrowed the range of disabled individuals considered eligible for ADA protection. Responding to  more...

Differentiated Instruction: Striving to Reach and Teach All Learners ...sroom, teachers are faced with the challenge of educating students who differ in their readiness, interests and learning needs. They are supposed to deliver a set of standards, which may overwhelm some students while leaving others unchallenged and unmotivated. What can you do to help meet the needs of all students? In this teleconference, you will get an overview of differentiated instruction  more...