Explore a Reggio-inspired approach to learning in the early years, with activities that engage children in hands-on, meaningful learning in all areas of a structured literacy program.
It\\\'s easy to create your own minibook from I Can Do Math! Follow along with Cain and Faith as they cut and fold their copied pages to build their minibook about the number 3 for their library.
Author-educator Adrienne Gear shares her top tips for a great summer, including her personal book recommendations!
In this thoughtful webinar, BC teacher and author Adrienne Gear shares ideas from her new book, Powerful Thinking, that will engage students in constructing meaning and deepening comprehension in all areas of the curriculum.
Clear up the messiness of math with David\\\'s 3-part framework for teaching and learning. With an exploration of key concepts, sample problems, and "look fors" and next steps, this webinar puts all the puzzle pieces together.
Join Regie, Penny, and Kelly as they discuss Regie\\\'s latest book, The Heart-Centered Teacher, and current issues in the classroom.
This practical webinar explores the Active View of Reading, and shows you how to build language comprehension and word recognition skills with your students. Author-educator Jen Kelly will help you make connections among the elements that science tells
This panel discussion offers practical advice from three educators — Robin Bright, Elspeth Rae & Heather Willms — who follow a research-based approach to literacy instruction, including finding a love of reading, phonics & SOR, and decodable books
Author-educator Karen Filewych provides insights into current leadership practices, strong pedagogy, and an understanding of the Science of Reading. Karen also provides practical ways to engage with staff & support literacy instruction.
Bringing to life communication difficulties that impact socialization and learning, Kara discusses practical solutions and classroom-tested strategies that will help you to see instruction from a student’s point of view.
Join Larry Swartz in an exploration of writing forms and functions, along with the importance of the reading-writing connection. This thoughtful webinar will demystify the writing process and leave you eager to share with your students!
In this fast-paced webinar, Heather Willms and Cinta Alberti share an overview of their new book, This Is How We Teach Reading…And It\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Working, the reasons why it was written, and demonstrations of several evidence-based
In exploring a unique approach to mathematical thinking and learning, this thoughtful webinar offers practical ways to engage students in critical thinking, develop their independence, and make connections with the real world.
In this practical webinar, Jennifer & Kathryn share what they know and have learned about classroom routines that build community, address differentiation, increase student engagement, promote well-being for teachers and students, and establish a p
Put the power of poetry at your fingertips with Adrienne Gear’s Powerful Poetry! In this hands-on webinar, Adrienne will explore infusing your literacy program with the rhyme and rhythm of poetry, bringing the joy of language and wordplay to students
Adrienne Gear, author of Powerful Writing Structures, presents the essentials of a year-long writing program based on individual thinking strategies.
Diversity enriches us all! This webinar demonstrates how to use students’ strengths to celebrate and include learners of all abilities, engage students with different learning styles, and support those learning English for the first time.
Whether it’s in-class, hybrid, or online, all teaching and learning can be joyful! Join Larry Swartz, Debbie Nyman, and Magdalin Livingston as they explore strategies that will encourage interaction, foster inclusion, and spark imagination — face-t
In this hands-on webinar, math guru David Costello correlates the math curriculum with instructional and learning strategies that will help teachers and students not only learn the prescribed goals, but improve recall, comprehension, and retention.
This panel discussion, with Lisa Bush, Pat Trottier, and Kara Dymond, offers simple strategies for facing classroom challenges, while still building good relationships and social-emotional skills, and caring for your own teacher mental health.
Today\'s classrooms are challenging places! This webinar, given by veteran educators Kathy Lundy & Larry Swartz, offers tips, tools, and strategies for surviving and thriving during your first year, and getting started on the right foot.
In this thoughtful webinar, author-educator Robin Bright explores a new perspective of what balanced literacy looks like, and how to apply that new perspective to teaching reading every day, in every subject!
In this joyful webinar, literacy guru Larry Swartz shares ready-to-use, straightforward strategies to engage students, deepen comprehension, and nurture a love of reading.
In this comprehensive webinar, educator David Costello explores methods for teaching math that will help students better understand, retain, and apply key math concepts long term.
Literacy veteran Lori Jamison Rog shares writing and organizational structures that build independence, and practical minilessons to give K-8 writing programs a mid-year boost.
Three key educators — Jennifer Rowsell, Terry Campbell, and Larry Swartz — explore teaching and learning with joy, curiosity, and equity.
Today\'s students are dealing with unprecedented changes, issues, and demands. Joey Mandel and Kathy Lundy have what you need to respond to kids\' feelings, questions, and challenges in proactive and positive ways.
Author-educators Amanda Yuill and Diane Vetter have the tips and tools you need to come together as a community, and make teaching simpler, smoother, and more joyful.
In this frank and thoughtful webinar, author-educator Cris Tovani shares her best secrets, lessons learned from big fails, and her most effective literacy and planning strategies that hook those hard-to-get learners.
This webinar — featuring the voices of Heather Hollis, Amanda Yuill, and Brenda Stein Dzaldov — will help you keep the joy in learning, both traditionally and virtually.
Join four experienced educators — Terry Campbell, Anne Elliott, Larry Swartz, and Kathy Lundy — as they share techniques for supporting and inpsiring students.
Join author-educator Deanna Pecaski McLennan as she discusses building a kindergarten classroom in which math is inseparable from everything students do.
Author-educators Anne Elliott, Mary Lynch, and Karen Filewych explore ways to inspire students to write what they know, what they think about, and how they feel.
Join Kevin Bird and Mary Fiore as they share successful strategies for assessment and building number sense in elementary math.
Kathy Lundy, author of Teaching Fairly in an Unfair World, explores ways to connect kids and curriculum with social justice issues through inventive language and all forms of media.
Larry Swartz, author of Teaching Tough Topics, offers an overview for choosing and using the best children\\\'s books to address sensitive but significant topics in the classroom.
Lana Parker, co-author of Mentoring Each Other, shares insights into how teachers can collaborate and learn from each other in formal and informal situations.
Author-educators Lana Parker and Diane Vetter talk about their new book, "Mentoring Each Other", and how teachers can best collaborate, communicate, and learn from each other.
Author Joanne O\'Mara discusses the complexities of today\'s world, and the importance of questioning and critical thinking when facing the overwhelming amount of information available to us.
Literacy leader Adrienne Gear uncovers her new book, Powerful Writing Structures, and explores the ins and outs of thinking structures, "brain pockets", and a year-long writing program.
Author Larry Swartz delves into his new book, Teaching Tough Topics, and discusses the importance of children\\\\\\\'s literature in teaching challenging issues.
Veteran educator Kathy Paterson talks about her newest book, The How and Wow of Teaching, with tips, tricks, and techniques for (re)discovering the excitement and wonder of teaching and learning.
All the secrets to a well-run classroom full of engaged, enthusiastic students, from education expert, Kathy Lundy!
Join author/educator Heather Hollis in the discovery of how to make your literacy classroom a place of learning — and joy!
Get a taste of our recent workshop, Teachers Talking Together, as we work to answer the question, "How do we reach and inspire our students?"
Join Shelley Murphy in conversation about mindfulness, and how it can help students find an anchor in our chaotic world.
Tune in as Lisa Bush talks about balancing the needs of a busy classroom with personal health and wellbeing.
Authors Mary & Maria share their strategies for using critical thinking skills to help students make sense of math.
Join in conversation with Brenda Stein Dzaldov, and hear about 6 essential steps to planning and creating lessons that truly engage students.
Pat Trottier helps you connect with your students, and help them build social, emotional, and academic skills.
Author-Educators Kevin Bird & Kirk Savage talk about 4 simple steps for designing lessons that boost thinking and maximize learning.
Get to know an amazing math assessment tool that will reveal learning and inform teaching!
Literacy guru Larry Swartz has the tips you need for using the best books to lead your students to read, read, read!
Join author Karen Filewych and discover engaging new ways to help kids learn to write, and write to learn!
Hear from Joey Mandel about the crucial skills of growth mindset and self-regulation, and how to take the first steps toward teaching them.
Join author Amanda Yuill as she talks about simple ways to connect with students, and get to know what makes them tick!
Michelle McMartin explores the importance of talk and discussion in the classroom, and how she and Terry Campbell came to write "Literacy Out Loud."
Join literacy leaders Mary Lynch and Anne Elliott as they talk about broadening your teaching of reading to include the will to read, as well as the skills.
Find the next steps on your teaching and learning journey with veteran educator — and learner! — David Booth.
Pembroke Showcase 2018: 8 teachers share what works (and doesn’t!) in today’s classrooms.
Explore the basic tenets of building strong relationships in schools and classrooms with Pat Trottier and her students!
Educator Larry Swartz shares insights from years in the literacy classroom, as well as thoughts and opinions from students of all ages, on what makes a good book into a great one.
Follow along with veteran educator Kathy Lundy, as she illustrates how teachers can work collaboratively to build on the four principles of inquiry, innovation, identity, and integration to form a creative framework for learning.
Join literacy guru David Booth, as he offers the best of his tried-and-true methods for making literacy a reality in your classroom.
Join Deb McCallum as she offers answers to the puzzle of authentic feedback — an ongoing, flexible process among all members of the classroom, every day. Taken at our workshop in November 2015.
Join Kathy Lundy, as she explores ways we can learn to work collaboratively to weave authentic learning tapestries where understandings are drawn from one subject to enrich others. Taken at our November workshop in 2015.
How many ways can one 200-year-old folktale impact forty teachers and a thousand students? Dive deep into what literacy and comprehension really mean as David Booth holds you spellbound with stories of student response.
Author and experienced educator Joey Mandel talks about the importance of stress management for both teachers and students, and its role in creating positive classroom environments at our November workshop.
Author and seasoned educator Larry Swartz gets active and walks teachers through simple, engaging strategies for exploring literacy through drama at our November workshop.
Interested in inquiry-based learning? Explore the ins and outs of questioning with Carol Koechlin, author of "Q Tasks", at our November workshop.
Looking to encourage a technology-rich learning environment that supports the needs of teachers and students? Janette Hughes outlines some strategies for school leaders from her book, "The Digital Principal", at our November workshop.
Author/educators Kirk Savage and Kevin Bird walk you through their math assessment tool, the ANIE, and illustrate how to use its 5 easy steps to help students solve any math problem!
Watch and listen as bestselling author Adrienne Gear talks about the goals of nonfiction writing for elementary students.
Bestselling author of 4 "Literacy Power" books, Adrienne Gear discusses why primary educators should focus more on giving their students opportunities to write nonfiction.