February 22, 2023, 4:00 P.M. ET

Presenters: Tammy Musiowky-Borneman & C. Y. Arnold, Authors, The Minimalist Teacher

Description: Adopting a minimalist mindset and applying principles of minimalism to your life as an educator, whether it's in the classroom or your role as a school leader, can help shed the burden of "too much". Tammy and Christine will introduce you to the benefits of anchoring into an approach that helps re-centre on purpose, and share how to create this culture so you can begin planning for a more sustainable future in your profession by using tools to clarify priorities and pare down to essentials.

Structured Literacy: Understanding the Essentials to Produce Literate Students

March 9, 2023, 4:00 P.M. ET

Presenter: Julia Skolnik
Chief Learning Officer,            Professional Learning Partnerships

Description: Understand the basics of structured literacy also referred to as the “science of reading” programming & strategies. Understand the speech & language connection to foundational literacy skills.  Address specific strengths & weaknesses of learners that need educator awareness to move forward with successful access to learning for ALL students.  Although this is a large topic of interest & discussion, key essentials will be addressed during this presentation to give the audience a clear structure & starting point to continue the conversation and to make meaningful changes in their organization & lessons that benefit staff & students.