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Professional Development Kits

Powerful, practical, school-based learning

Use our award-winning multimedia Professional Development Kits to strengthen your school's implementation of key Responsive Classroom practices.

An excellent investment in ongoing professional development, kits are . . .

  • Cost-effective. Purchase once, use again and again.
  • Convenient. Choose your own facilitator for school-based sessions that fit your schedule.
  • Versatile. Use your kit to introduce key Responsive Classroom practices, reinforce workshop learning, refresh and refine practice.

Three topics:

 
Teaching Discipline

A calm, safe classroom helps children learn. Learn practical strategies for teaching positive behavior and responding to misbehavior with the Teaching Discipline in the Classroom Professional Development Kit. Core text: Rules in School: Teaching Discipline in the Responsive Classroom

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Morning Meeting

Award Winner! Build social and academic skills with effective and engaging Morning Meetings with the Morning Meeting Professional Development Kit. Core text: The Morning Meeting Book

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Positive Teacher Language

Harness the power of words to help children feel safe, respected, appreciated, and excited about learning with the Teacher Language Professional Development Kit. Core text: The Power of Our Words: Teacher Language That Helps Children Learn

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These multimedia kits contain all your facilitator needs to lead colleagues through an eight-session book study group focused on a key Responsive Classroom practice. In groups of 10 to 20, teachers engage in structured discussion of a core text and watch DVDs showing teachers using the practice they're studying. Between sessions, learners practice their growing skills in their own classrooms.

$695 each

Facilitation Skills Workshop

Get the most out of your kit by attending a free one-day workshop. Learn best practices for using facilitation structures included in the study group sessions (structuring discussions, getting the most from DVD viewing, facilitating small group work for optimal learning, etc.). Although not essential to successful use of the kit, attending the workshop gives facilitators a structured opportunity to work with kit materials while brushing up on adult facilitation skills.

Purchase of a kit entitles you to one, tuition-free slot in the Facilitation Skills Workshop. After purchase of a kit, you will receive a letter with your coupon code and directions for how to sign up for the workshop. Additional slots: $199 per person.

Workshops are offered several times a year at our headquarters in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. Upcoming sessions: Wednesday, August 15, 2012, and Saturday, March 9, 2013.

Questions about Responsive Classroom Professional Development Kits? Email us and we'll connect you with a staff member who can help.