Proven and Effective Self-Regulation Skills

Mindset Plus Skill Set Equals Results

Presented by Kathleen Kryza, M.A.

Tuesday, May 1, 2018  |  Calgary, ab

Date & Location

Our goal as educators is to empower our students to “think smart”. One way to achieve this goal is to help students understand their own learning brains.  The more they can build the self-regulation skills they need, the more effectively they will succeed in school and in life. We are at an exciting time in education where we understand so much more about how the brain learns and what we can do to support students’ developing minds and self –regulation skills.  This “live it to learn it” workshop will help teachers blend brain-based theory with doable classroom practices

The main goal of the workshop is to help classroom teachers grow elementary and secondary students who have ownership and responsibility for their own learning.  You will leave this session with a better understanding of the learning brain and practical strategies you can use in your classroom and school.

Who Should Attend

Education and Clinical Professionals: K–12 Classroom Teachers, School Counsellors/Psychologists, Learning Assistance/ Resource Teachers, School Administrators, School Paraprofessionals including Special Education Assistants, Classroom Assistants and Childcare Workers. All other professionals who support students including but not limited to: Nurses, Social Workers, Psychologists, Clinical Counsellors, Family Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Addiction Counsellors, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Probation Officers, Police Officers, and Early Childhood Educators.

Parents, Caregiver, Foster Parents, Grandparents, and Extended Family raising a child.

Agenda

Intro:

• Who’s Here?
• Who am I?
• My WHY: Self-Regulation in myself and my students
  • How many are worried about all the enabled kids?
  • Stuck on the Escalator Video
• Routines and Procedures for the Day
  • Live It to Learn It: Modeling how to set up a self-regulated classroom

What is Self-Regulation?

• Explain and define. Where does is happen in the brain.
• Placemat Activity
• Formula for Success: Mindsets Plus Skill Sets Equals results.

Mindsets

• What are Growth vs. Fixed Mindets?
  • Dweck
  • Research
• How to teach it and live it in the classroom. (Strategies)
  • Feel It: Feel your mindset:
  • See It: The Power of Role Models
  • Talk it: Growth Mindset Talk and Teacher Praise
  • Own It: Self-Assessment
• Skill Sets: (Strategies)
  • Metacognition
  • Explain and Define
  • Jack Naglieri research and results
  • How to teach students to be metacognitive
    • Academically and Social-emotionally/behaviorally

Conclusion

• Next Steps
• Q and A
• Closing Message

Learning Objectives

• Gain current research on the learning brain from the leading experts in the field.
• Understand the connection between the brain and self-regulation.
• Learn strategies to help students develop growth mindset thinking and diminish fixed mindset thinking.
• See how metacognition is key to building self-regulation skills
• Learn how to teach students of all ages how to be metacognitive
• Leave with academic, behavioral and emotional and self-regulation strategies you can use in your classroom and/or school right away
• Develop ways to have students self assess their mindsets and their skill sets
• Experience examples from real teachers and students in real schools and classrooms.

Your Presenter

Kathleen Kryza, M.A.

Kathleen Kryza, M.A., is a life-long learner, world traveler, an experienced teacher and an outstanding international presenter/coach/consultant. Kathleen is passionate, informed and committed to bringing the best educational practices to schools and teachers, so that they can help ALL students succeed. She has taught general education, special education, and gifted and talented students.   Kathleen has also worked with students of varying socio-economic and multi-cultural backgrounds   She has taught and co-taught a variety of content areas at both secondary and elementary levels.

Kathleen is the co-author of Transformative Teaching: Changing Classroom Culturally, Emotionally and Academically. (Solution Tree Press, 2016). Developing Growth Mindsets in the Inspiring Classroom, Inspiring Learners Press (2011) and the Corwin Press books, Inspiring Secondary Learners (2007), Inspiring Elementary Learners, (2008,) Differentiating in the Real Classroom (2009) and Winning Strategies for Test Taking. Kathleen is featured in the video, Differentiating Instruction in the Intermediate Grades, Bureau of Education and Research (BER), 2008. She has presented for school districts locally, nationally, and internationally for over 24 years on various educational and motivational topics.  (Differentiated Instruction, Content Literacy, Co-teaching, Active Engagement and more…)

Workshops with Kathleen are highly practical, brain-based and inspirational.  You will leave her workshops and seminars with dozens of ideas you can implement immediately. More importantly as you use these dynamic strategies in your classroom practice, you will see your students respond and grow as learners

Kathleen also coaches and consultant for districts. Kathleen differentiates instruction to meet districts and teachers’ learning needs though modeling lessons in classrooms, and by observing and guiding schools and teachers as they grow their skills.

Registration & Fees