General information

Our current offerings include a sampler for beginners, an overview for administrators, and one-day follow-ups to our week-long summer institutes. Tuition is $179. Dates and locations for Fall 2008 are now available. Registration will open on August 25, 2008.

Through discussion and lively interaction, learn how the Responsive Classroom approach boosts children’s social and academic skills while reducing behavior problems. Here’s what you’ll do:

• Participate in Morning Meeting
• Explore foundational ideas
• See practices in action
• Investigate the Responsive Classroom approach to discipline
• Gather practical tips to try in your classroom right away

Explore foundational ideas and practices and learn how the Responsive Classroom approach helps schools build strong learning communities. Through discussion and practice, you’ll:

• Discover how the approach maximizes social/emotional learning and student achievement
• Learn about research showing the effectiveness of Responsive Classroom practices
• Explore ways to support implementation of the Responsive Classroom approach in classrooms and schoolwide.

Enhance your skill in managing common classroom discipline problems. You’ll tie together strategies you learned in Responsive Classroom I or PEI and have plenty of time to practice:

• Describing problem behaviors
• Articulating ideal behaviors
• Generating theories about children’s misbehavior
• Considering options for intervening

NOTE: RMB is open only to those who have completed a Responsive Classroom week-long institute.

Morning Meeting and Academics (MMA)
PREREQUISITE: RCI

Deepen your understanding of how Morning Meeting can be used as a strong foundation for learning throughout the day. You'll build on what you learned in RCI as you:

• Explore practical ways to incorporate academic content into Sharing, Group Activity, and Morning Message.
• Learn strategies for balancing social and academic learning in Morning Meetings
• Work with fellow participants to plan Morning Meetings for your own classes  

All our presenters are experienced practitioners who know the classroom. They have all completed a rigorous certification program that includes learning to implement Responsive Classroom masterfully in a classroom setting and learning to teach Responsive Classroom principles and practices to adults.

Questions? Call our registration hotline at 800-360-6332 x 130 or email us at  registration@responsiveclassroom.org.