This workshop is to provide tips to prepare for the Principal Performance Observation (PPO) using the Multidimensional Principal Performance Rubric (MPPR). Participants will have an opportunity to review tools, reflect on previous PPOs, and revamp priority statements in preparation for their next PPO.
Addressing K-12 Learning & Engagement in Schooling (attendance, academic engagement…) - Dr. Elam facilitates a 3-hour interactive stand-alone workshops to discuss research and implement turn-around strategies and evidence-based equitable practices. Participants will build capacity to increase their effectiveness in professional development and/or strategic plans that address High-Leverage Priorities/Problems (HLP) to attain equitable outcomes and opportunities […]
This workshop explores the basics of Artificial Intelligence as well as the history, terminology, benefits and challenges of using AI and its growing impact upon education. Participants will be given the opportunity to examine various software providers, discuss what can be asked of AI and engage in hands-on activities. They will review a sample AI […]
In this workshop, administrators and their teams will learn the essential skills and tools to get started teaching with the ActivPanel 9. Promethean education consultants will take participants through hardware fundamentals, the functionality of the menu, creating a Promethean Account to sign into a roaming profile, teaching with the Promethean apps, and Promethean’s complimentary lesson […]
This workshop explores the multi-level effects of stress and how school leaders can help create a less stressful learning environment. Participants will explore body and mind responses to stressful situations, examine their school culture’s influence in promoting a less stressful learning environment, and identify how to deal with stressful scenarios involving parents, students and teachers.
This workshop is based on the book Trust-Based Observations: Maximizing Teaching and Learning by Craig Randall. The workshop explores the importance of building trusting relationships that inspire teachers to achieve greater results as they feel safe and supported. The workshop discusses steps that lead to building these relationships including providing reflective feedback to teachers. The […]
In this independent session of the mental and physical wellness workshop series, participants will learn restorative centering through breathwork techniques, meditative practices, and sensory awareness focusing on self-care, renewal, and relaxation while incorporating breathing, mindfulness, and somatic movement. No experience needed; all abilities, ages, body types, genders, and cultures are welcomed. Comfortable clothing that allows […]
Dr. Donna Elam, founder of the Elam Leadership Institute will facilitate a Community of Practice (CoP) for the Executive Leadership Institute titled, “Designing for Equity and School Improvement”. A CoP is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they […]
Dr. Kim Marshall, a former Boston Public Schools teacher, principal, and central-office curriculum director, has partnered with ELI to deliver informal monthly one-hour “chats” beginning in September 2023 through June 2024. He publishes the weekly Marshall Memo, www.marshallmmemo.com summarizing best practices from 60 publications, and is the author of The Best of the Marshall Memo, […]
This workshop provides information on what helps people thrive in difficult times (like pandemics) and provides strategies to show us what we can actually do. Everyone is telling educators to put on our own oxygen masks first and this workshop makes self-care a priority using the 5Rs Framework to address burnout.
