Wednesday, July 11, 2018 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. ET Do harsh disciplinary practices have a place in today’s schools? Suspending and expelling students detrimentally affects their chances to graduate — and ultimately affects their chances of securing employment and succeeding in life. What alternatives to harsh, exclusionary practices can schools implement? What do students and administrators say […]
NLA Training: Guiding Students to Own and Solve Their Problems
May 20th, 2016 11:30AM-1:30PM & 3:00PM-5:00PM Location: The Children’s Home – 5324 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh 15224 Participants will learn: five steps for helping students to learn to own and solve their problems why it’s important that educators avoid rescuing students by solving problems for them how to avoid resistance while helping students learn to problem-solve […]
NLA Training: Quick and Easy Preventative Intervention
April 15th, 2016 11:30AM-1:30PM & 3:00PM-5:00PM Location: The Children’s Home – 5324 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh 15224 Participants will learn: about research showing that effective teachers spend most of their time and energy preventing behavior problems instead of reacting to them specific interventions designed to prevent disruptive behavior guidelines for using preventative interventions versus using logical consequences the […]
Developing Positive Student/Teacher Relationships
1/15/16 11:30AM-1:30PM & 3:00PM-5:00PM Participants will learn: How coercive strategies and tangible rewards backfire with disruptive, resistant students That positive teacher-student relationships are the key to success with such students The difference between general praise and specific encouraging feedback The importance of greeting students each day with friendly eye contact, a smile, […]
Love and Logic: The Recovery Process
December 18th – 11:30am-1:30pm / 3 to 5 pm Location: East Liberty Library, 130 S. Whitfield Street We are pleased to announce the second in a series of 7 trainings that will allow participants to become fully trained in the 9 Essential Skills for the “Love and Logic Classroom”, a nationally recognized model and philosophy […]