Our one-day workshops are opportunities for educators to learn Responsive Classroom teaching and discipline practices in an interactive, informative, and supportive environment.
We offer training for teachers at level of experience, from those looking for an introduction to the Responsive Classroom approach to those looking to deepen their learning after completing a course. We also offer seminars for school leaders.
If you need assistance registering for an event, call 1-800-360-6332 extension 130
Explore and experience Responsive Classroom practices for teaching and discipline, including Morning Meeting, Responsive Advisory Meeting, Interactive Modeling, interactive learning structures, brain breaks, and energizers.
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Language is one of our most powerful tools for supporting students. At its core, learning is all about communication. A powerful exchange of ideas requires active listening, purposeful questions, clear reasoning, and respectful disagreements. In this one-day workshop, you will assess, reflect upon, and improve the ways you teach the skills students need to effectively communicate. You will also identify and practice strategies for using teacher language that deepen student academic engagement and learning.
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Discover how core Responsive Classroom practices address the unique joys and challenges of teaching special area classes, where educators see many students each week for short periods. Learn community-building, academic, and classroom management strategies for facilitating time-pressured classes of various ages and abilities.
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Deepen your understanding of Responsive Classroom practices for addressing and reducing common classroom misbehavior, power struggles, defiance, and meltdowns to create a predictable learning environment where students can thrive.
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Empower your math learners to achieve their best. Unlock your students’ full potential in mathematics with our dynamic one-day workshop designed for K–8 educators. Dive into Responsive Classroom practices and structures that foster engaged and enthusiastic math learners. Transform your math classroom into a hub of curiosity, collaboration, and achievement.
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Examine Responsive Classroom principles, strategies, and practices that strengthen the school culture for students, educators, and parents. Engage in interactive opportunities for reflection, planning, and skill development.
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Support educators with coaching for successful Responsive Classroom implementation. Providing ongoing support is crucial in helping educators effectively use the Responsive Classroom approach, especially in the early years of implementation. This workshop will explore the natural learning cycle and examine various coaching models to discover useful strategies for fostering teacher growth and development. Participants will reflect on their learning, engage in planning discussions with peers, and gain insights from Responsive Classroom experts.
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Determine levels of schoolwide implementation of the Responsive Classroom approach in your school. Engage in goal setting and planning for differentiated practices and professional development to meet the identified growth needs. Reflect on strategies for providing clear, focused, and positive school leadership.
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Learn how to effectively address the challenges of adolescent development—including issues around academics, self-esteem, peer pressure, belonging, disappointment, and rejection—that middle school students face by implementing Responsive Advisory Meetings.
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Explore strategies for modeling and practicing academic skills and reviewing content knowledge in all four components of a Responsive Classroom Morning Meeting. Improve students’ connection to the core curriculum while meeting students’ needs for belonging, significance, and fun.
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Increase your knowledge and strengthen your application of the Responsive Classroom approach. In this interactive four-day course, you will deepen your knowledge and strengthen your implementation of the Responsive Classroom approach as you refine familiar strategies and practices while learning and expand-ing upon new ones. Using the rich resources The Joyful Classroom and Teaching Self-Discipline, the advanced course enables you to consider your unique context and setting and more effectively apply the approach with individual students, the class, and the school community.
Continue to learn and reflect on strategies and practices that further connect you with your students. The Middle School Advanced Course is designed to build on the teaching strategies and practices you learned in the Responsive Classroom Middle School Core Course and currently use in your classroom. In addition to expanding and strengthening your current knowledge of middle school Responsive Classroom practices, you will be introduced to new methods and strategies for supporting your students’ social, emotional, and academic needs, which you will have the opportunity to unpack and connect to your current approach.
Bring transformative social-emotional learning practices into your middle school classroom. Responsive Classroom is an evidence-based approach to teaching that’s deeply rooted in social-emotional learning and focused on engaging academics, positive community, effective management, and developmental awareness. In this interactive and engaging four-day course, you’ll learn how to design and implement a middle school experience that’s responsive to the developmental strengths and needs of young adolescents—while helping your students develop the academic and social skills they need to be successful.
Frequently Asked Questions About Responsive Classroom Professional Development Events
Click here to register for a one-day workshop. Click here to register for four-day courses. (Request a consultation with an educational partnership consultant about bringing Responsive Classroom professional development directly to your school or district.)
If you cannot attend an event, contact us as soon as possible at 413-667-4791 or email [email protected]. Failure to notify us that you will not attend an event will result in forfeiture of your registration fees. See the full cancellation policy here.
Certificates of attendance are emailed to participants after the event is completed. A 6-hour certificate of attendance is awarded to one-day workshop participants. A 28-hour certificate of attendance is awarded to four-day course participants. A 3-hour certificate is awarded to Leadership Seminar participants.
Participants receive a 20% discount code to use in the Responsive Classroom online bookstore.
Advertised Institutes are training events that are open to the public. We oversee the event planning and registration process, and you provide the venue. To learn more about hosting and to apply, see our Host School Application.
