Archive: Professional Development

High Expectations Teaching: Turning Mindset into Action

How do we prepare our students to be financially independent adults? ​ In this session, we will focus on using student agency and targeted instructional strategies to engage students in their own learning and convince them they are capable of learning at high levels. Facilitated by Margo Sickele, DeKalb ROE

Writing Tips Pre K-2

In this session teachers will learn about the developmental stages of writing and how to prepare pre-writing and writing activities to encourage young writers. Facilitated by Debbie Bible, DeKalb ROE

Using Genius Hour to Personalize Learning Experiences

Genius Hour supports students to choose learning experiences based on personal interests while targeting 21st century skills. In this training, we will investigate how to empower students to use their interests to gain research and presentation skills, while targeting 21st-century skills like critical thinking, communication, flexibility, adaptation, and self-direction. Facilitated by ...read more

Kindergarten Readiness Forum

The Annual Kindergarten Readiness Forum is a way to inform our community on the state of Kindergarten Readiness in DeKalb County. This event is meant for early childhood providers/educators, community service agencies, policy changers, decision makers, parents, and community members! We all have a part in preparing your youngest learners ...read more

Stress in the Time of COVID: An Owner’s Manual

It’s time to take good care of ourselves so we can keep taking good care of each other. This presentation will provide a Cliff's Notes guide to practicing healthy self-parenting, including mindfulness, boundaries, emotion regulation, and compassion. Facilitated by Annie Alesandrini, MS, LMFT, Northwestern Medicine

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Mainstream media is saturated with chatter surrounding mindfulness. These promotions typically feature a woman in a yoga pose looking full of bliss, or children all peacefully doing breathing exercises on yoga mats at school. Is this reality? Let's talk! Join Adventure Works' Associate Director, Kim Hinzy, LCSW,  to learn practical ...read more

Strategies for Addressing Compassion Fatigue & Burnout

In this training we will be utilizing the time to better understand the characteristics of compassion fatigue, one of the major reasons we struggle with self-care and burnout. We will discuss the signs & symptoms, evaluating your own level of burnout as well as methods for addressing self-care needs for you, ...read more