These services and products will provide your teachers and staff with a practical introduction to some Responsive Classroom practices:

One-Day Workshops

Bring these professional development opportunities to your school or district, or send teachers and staff out to take them at one of our advertised locations. On-site workshops can accommodate up to 30 people a session, and can be presented at any time of year.

Responsive Classroom Sampler

Learn how the Responsive Classroom approach boosts children's social and academic skills while reducing behavior problems. Participate in Morning Meeting; explore foundational ideas; see practices in action; gather practical tips to try in your classroom right away.

Overview for Administrators

Get a broad overview of how the Responsive Classroom approach can enhance teaching and learning throughout your school. Experience Morning Meeting; Learn about research showing the effectiveness of Responsive Classroom practices and see them in action in real classrooms; explore connections between the Responsive Classroom approach and social/emotional learning initiatives; review the framework for schoolwide implementation.

School-Based Study Resources

Morning Meeting DVDs with Viewing Guides

Use these DVDs to introduce and explore Morning Meeting, a key Responsive Classroom practice. Doing Morning Meeting is best for introducing Morning Meeting to teachers, administrators, and students' families. The viewing guide offers suggestions for discussion and reflection. Sample Morning Meetings includes complete Mornings Meetings in four classrooms at different times of year. The viewing guide includes advice on classroom management and teacher language strategies.

Professional Development Kits

These multimedia kits enable a school-based facilitator to lead colleagues through an eight-session book study focused on a key Responsive Classroom practice. In groups of ten to twenty, participants engage in structured discussion of a core text and watch DVDs showing teachers using the practice they're studying. Between sessions, learners practice applying what they've learned in their own classrooms.

Topics include Morning Meeting (core text: The Morning Meeting Book); Positive Teacher Language (core text: The Power of Our Words); Teaching Discipline in the Classroom (core text: Rules in School)