PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Professional Development
During our monthly Professional Development conversations, we take time to pause, focus on you the teacher, and explore how you can support your classroom. We provide simple and practical developmental tools to help you and your students be calmer and more focused. We've compiled the following recordings and resources from some of our past PD sessions.
2022-2023 Professional Development Series
October 2022
Introduction & Making Brain Language Part of Your Classroom
PD Recording
Parent Connection Activity
Podcast: Inside the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis
November 2022
Regulation Tools and Resources for Your Classroom
PD Recording
Parent Connection Activity
Core Lessons
Supplemental Lessons
Spanish Resources
December 2022
January 2023
Guest Speaker: Andy Smallman, Connecting People to Their True Nature
PD Recording
Link to Andy Smallman
Kind Living
The Secret Agent of Compassion
2022-23 Mid-Year Check-In
Feedback Form
2021-2022 Professional Development Series
October 2021
Social-Emotional Well-Being
PD Recording
Social-Emotional Model
Mindful Coloring Playlist
Grateful Goat Lesson
Mental Health Activity
November 2021
Classroom Calm: Co-Regulation and Self-Regulation
PD Recording
Classroom Activity Checklist
Self-Care Activity
Grateful Goat Lesson
Grateful Goat Video (English and Spanish)
December 2021
Movement, Nature, and Regulation
Guest Speaker: Sarah Schlichter, Director of Waldkinder Adventure Preschool
PD Recording
The 7 Types of Rest
Podcast: Why We Give Thanks
Mindful Movement Video
Self-Care Activity
January 2022
Naming and Normalizing Feelings in the Classroom
March 2022
Redefining Self-Care
PD Recording
10 Tips for Talking to Kids About War
Redefining Self-Care Slides
Self-Care Activity
April 2022
What has COVID done to our nervous systems? And what can we do to reset?
Guest Speaker: Dr. Christine Runyan, Clinical Psychologist
PD Recording
The Window of Tolerance
Book Recommendations
Quotes
May 2022
Building Resilience Through Play
PD Recording
Self-Care Activity: Resetting Your Nervous System
The Brain Architects Podcast: Building Resilience Through Play