2017 Alaska RTI/MTSS Conference: Elevating Effective Instruction

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• Explore this landing page and engage in any or all of the flipped learning activities.

Flipped learning activities are designed to establish a common foundation upon which we can build during our time together. You can also revisit these activities over time and/or incorporate them into your own professional development offerings.

• Bring things that will help you stay engaged, focused, and curious.

Many like to bring a journal or notebook that is dedicated for reflection vs. note taking. You might also want to bring a special writing implement and/or things to color and doodle with. Lastly, aim to limit your access to distractors like email, dress comfortably and in layers, and make sure you have snacks and liquids available.

After...

 

• Share what you have learned with others

 

• Put at least one idea into action

 

• Follow KPF on FB (click HERE)

 

• Continue to use your superpowers

 

• Find ways to renew

Flipped Professional Learning

Explore the Soft Skills

Download information about "soft skills" - Review the definition, examples, and quotes about the importance of teaching and fostering growth around the "soft skills." Pick your favorite quote, fact, or figure. Before the event, aim to draw or in some way illustrate what that quote/fact/figure means to you. Be prepared to share during the live event. You can email me ahead of time with pictures of what you have created or reactions you'd like to share.

Download this infographic - It highlights the barriers and supports to a child's success in reading and in life. Be prepared to discuss with other participants the supports which are most prevalent (aka addressed the most) in your preservice training program, within your community, in your district, and/or across your agency.

Raise your EQ

Take the Superpowers Self-Assessment to identify your superpowers. The self-assessment is designed to help you dive deep into your own inner magic. Be ready to share your superpowers with other participants. You can also join me on January 18th or 25th for a free 30 minute webinar, which is hosted using Zoom (don't worry, no video for this one, just audio and chat capabilities), where you'll have the opportunity to 1) examine the components of the self-assessment, 2) ask questions about the self-assessment, and 3) brainstorm how to use the self-assessment. Click HERE to register for the webinar.

Listen/read this podcast episode titled, "Five Courageous Steps to Conversations that Change Education." Be prepared to discuss with other participants, which step(s) you feel most prepared to take in your classroom, in your building/agency, and/or in your district/county/state.

 

Teaching Tips and Ideas

Read this blog on intentionally teaching emotional vocabulary using explicit instructional strategies. Download the 8 explicit strategies and check how often they are used.

Read this blog on why it's important to get kids moving. Be prepared to share all the ways you promote children's locomotor, non-locomotor, and spatial awareness skills.

Download and use the Free Power Packs™ educational app designed to teach self-regulation. Listen to this podcast to learn more about the app and going "old-school" to teach self-regulation.

Key PPT slides from all three sessions [pdf]

K-Readiness Resources: Printable and Downloadable

Full Day Session Title: What NOT to do: A Trifecta of Common K-Readiness Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Session Handouts (paper handouts provided)

• Compassion coloring sheet [pdf] Want more sheets? Click here.

• Soft Skills (same resource as posted above) [pdf]

• Facts and figures about mindfulness in EC [pdf]

• Infographic on successful reading scores [pdf]

• Embedding matrix [pdf]

 

Added on 1-28-17

• Child Care Bar and Grill [podcast]

• Visible Learning [link]

• Disability, Delay, Disorder [pdf]

• Sentence Starters [pdf]

Additional Resources

• K-Readiness Toolkit [link]

• YEC articles on K-Readiness [1, 2]

• How to Hold On with “Pushed Down” Policies [blog]

• 32 Essential Life Skills That You’ll Never Be Required To Test, But Should [blog]

Messy Middle Resources: Printable and Downloadable

Half Day Morning Session: Teaching in the Messy Middle

Session Handouts (paper handouts provided)

• Self-regulation rubric [pdf]

• Teaching friendship skills [pdf]

• Effective use of visual supports [pdf]

 

Added on 1-31-17

• Joint paper on RTI Frameworks in EC [pdf]

• Superpowers Self-Assessment resources [link]

Additional Resources

• PBIS applied to Pre-K by L. Fox & D. Perez Binder [pdf]

• Beyond Treats & Timeouts: Humanistic Behavioral Supports in Inclusive Classrooms [pdf]

• It’s Time to Flip Behavior Cards and Charts to STOP!

• Every child is a triangle [podcast]

• Why children struggle [podcast]

• Zig Zag [image]

• Equity vs. equality [blog]

• Paradoxes of Pre-K [link]

Challenging Behavior Resources: Printable and Downloadable

Half Day Afternoon Session: Finding the Teachable Moment in the Middle of a Meltdown

Session Handouts (paper handouts provided)

• Joining children's play [pdf]

• Biting Brophy [pdf]

• Screaming Sonya [pdf

Additional Resources

• Mini-Series [Teaching Before the Peak; Weathering the Storm; Teaching After the Peak]

• Teach before the peak discussion between Kristie and Barb [video]

• What to do during the middle of a meltdown (4 steps) [pdf]

• Impulse control [Pinterest board]

• Feeling word list [pdf]

• What To Do When The SH*T Hits The Fan in a Pre-K Classroom (Video 1) [video]

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