Participants in this workshop learn all the tips and tricks to enhance areas of their classroom without spending their own cash. As a group, we also examine three different explorations, breaking down the cost. This action-packed workshop is a mixture of lecture, discussion, and gameshow ...yes, gameshow. (60 minutes)

To be an expert to a child, you simply need to know one thing more than them. Participants in this workshop will learn how to implement sign language to enhance literacy, projects, and classroom management. (60 minutes)

By demand, this workshop is a sequel to the popular session Using Sign Language Without Being Fluent. In this workshop, participants learn how to implement sign language into rug times, transitions, and classroom management. (60 minutes)

Using our outside voices for real change

You! Yes, you covered in paint! You are an advocate! This workshop discusses all the ways educators can take on the role of advocacy. Focuses on using social media platforms, letter writing, and extending our voices. (60 minutes)

In this workshop, participants unpack components of a literacy-rich classroom. From the basics components of literacy to engaging parents with home literacy activities, this workshop has it all. As an additional bonus, this workshop contains activities to link SEL learning and literacy-rich activities. (60 minutes)

Documentation makes learning visible! In this workshop, participants learn the importance of documentation, the art of curating impactful artifacts, and how to assemble them in an impactful way. (60 or 120 minutes)

We are all experiential learners, and in a time unlike any other, we've all learned a lot! In this keynote, we reflect on the love, resilience, and little wins that help us through every day! 

The keynote is all about reflection. Using prompts from literacy and guided by the principles of resilience, the participants take a closer look at the amazing work they do. (60 minutes)

Over one million neurological connections are made every second in a child’s brain. This keynote explores opportunities to make the most of every minute. This keynote gets you in the feels with a mixture of video, reflection, and tangible takeaways. Participants hear about the real impact they have as educators and regain the passion that brought them into the classroom in the first place. (60 minutes)