Professional Learning with Immediate Classroom Impact
Strengthen teaching, learning, and school community with practical, classroom‑ready strategies. Our expert‑led courses help educators and leaders build safe, engaging, and predictable environments that support every student and teacher.
Our professional learning courses are designed to support the realities of today’s classrooms, serving teachers, principals, counselors, and instructional leaders across K–12. From creating safe, joyful learning environments to enhancing academic engagement and improving student behavior, our training is designed to address the daily challenges schools face and elevate teaching and learning for every student.
Responsive Classroom Course for Elementary Educators
Responsive Classroom Course for Secondary Educators
Responsive Classroom Discipline Course
Teaching Children To Care Within a Multi-Tiered System of Support
Our instructors and presenters are seasoned practitioners, former teachers, school leaders, and specialists. They don’t just teach strategies; they model them, offering relatable examples, classroom-tested practices, and hands-on guidance that ensure educators leave confident and ready to implement what they learned the very next day.
For educators of grades PreK–5
Learn practical strategies to strengthen community, increase engagement, and establish smooth, consistent routines. You’ll explore proactive, nonpunitive, dynamic teaching and discipline practices that help students grow socially, behaviorally, and academically. Leave with a clear plan for creating a safe, welcoming, well-managed classroom where every student can thrive.
What You’ll Experience:
You’ll Leave With:
Participants Will:
Engage in hands-on activities that model key Responsive Classroom practices, including Morning Meeting, Interactive Modeling, and Academic Choice
Explore strategies for creating safe, inclusive, and well-organized learning environments
Practice using teacher language that promotes student responsibility, engagement, and independence
Reflect on classroom routines and plan practical ways to implement Responsive Classroom practices throughout the school year
Unite academics and student well-being by utilizing Fly Five to strengthen literacy while teaching cooperation, responsibility, refusal skills, and safety skills that prepare students to thrive
Resources Included:
Responsive Classroom Elementary Course Resource Book and Self-Assessment Tool
The First Six Weeks of School
Yardsticks
One-year license for the Fly Five curriculum
For educators of grades 6–12
Discover practical strategies to strengthen teacher–student relationships, build consistent routines, and foster autonomy, belonging, and responsibility. Explore relationship-centered approaches to discipline that keep students engaged and invested in their learning, while deepening your understanding of adolescent development. Leave with clear, ready-to-use tools for creating supportive, academically engaging classrooms where every student can succeed.
What You’ll Experience:
You’ll Leave With:
Participants Will:
Experience Responsive Advisory Meeting and other practices that support engagement and community
Explore strategies for designing lessons and routines that align with adolescent development
Practice proactive language, empathy, and reflection to guide students toward autonomy and accountability
Plan practical next steps to apply Responsive Classroom strategies in secondary classrooms and school settings
Unite academics and well-being by utilizing Fly Five to strengthen literacy while teaching cooperation, responsibility, refusal skills, and safety skills that prepare students to thrive.
Resources Included:
Responsive Classroom Secondary Course Resource Book and Self-Assessment Tool
Yardsticks
One-year license for the Fly Five curriculum, grades 6-8, and the High School Toolkit for grades 9-12
For educators of grades K–12
Explore a clear framework for creating respectful, well-managed classrooms where expectations are taught, not just enforced. Discover how consistent routines and effective teacher language can prevent misbehavior and foster self-control and cooperation. Practice strategies for responding to misbehavior that preserve dignity. Leave with a practical, compassionate, and actionable approach to discipline that supports individual growth and a strong, connected classroom community.
What You’ll Experience:
You’ll Leave With:
Participants Will:
Examine how proactive, relationship-centered discipline promotes equity, belonging, and responsibility
Practice using teacher language, empathy, and reflection to guide student behavior and preserve dignity
Engage in hands-on learning to teach prosocial skills, self-control, and conflict resolution
Plan practical strategies for integrating the Responsive Classroom discipline framework into daily practice
Resources Included:
Responsive Classroom Discipline Course Resource Book and Self-Assessment Tool
For educators of grades K–12
Learn to build caring and predictable classrooms where students stay focused, take initiative, and achieve academic success. Discover how the Teaching Children to Care framework aligns with Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to prevent misbehavior, guide interventions, and promote a sense of belonging. Gain practical strategies and ready-to-use tools to strengthen engagement, behavior, and classroom consistency across all tiers of support.
What You’ll Experience:
You’ll Leave With:
Participants Will:
Strengthen classroom routines and expectations that support academic behaviors, engagement, and a sense of belonging.
Use structured observation and reflection tools to identify student needs and evidence of effective strategies.
Engage in peer coaching and professional dialogue that promotes consistency and collaboration.
Design communication systems that connect classroom expectations to family partnerships.
Resources Included:
Teaching Children to Care Resource Book
Teaching Children to Care Practitioner Toolkit
Every Responsive Classroom three-day course solves a different classroom challenge. Use this guide to select the best starting point and plan your next steps.
The Fly Five Curriculum is Included.
Best for: K—12 educators who want stronger tools for addressing student behavior, or who’ve taken a grade-level course and want to deepen practice.
Best for: K—12 classroom teachers, interventionists, coaches, and school teams focused on systems-level impact
We offer a range of online and in-person professional learning experiences throughout the year. See the current schedule and register for an event here.
From the moment you begin exploring our training, you are never alone in the work. Our school and district partnership model is built on listening deeply, understanding your school or district’s unique goals, and walking alongside you through every phase, from planning to implementation and beyond, to long-term success.
Our Educational Partnership Consultants begin by learning about your school community, including your priorities, challenges, and the outcomes you hope to achieve. They meet with you one-on-one or with your leadership team, listen to your needs, and then help design a plan that aligns the right courses, services, or curriculum to your goals. Whether you need multiple planning meetings, presentation materials for internal conversations, or support gaining buy-in from staff and families, they are here for every milestone.
We offer a range of online and in-person professional learning experiences throughout the year. See the current schedule and register for an event here.
From the moment you begin exploring our training, you are never alone in the work. Our school and district partnership model is built on listening deeply, understanding your school or district’s unique goals, and walking alongside you through every phase, from planning to implementation and beyond, to long-term success.
Our Educational Partnership Consultants begin by learning about your school community, including your priorities, challenges, and the outcomes you hope to achieve. They meet with you one-on-one or with your leadership team, listen to your needs, and then help design a plan that aligns the right courses, services, or curriculum to your goals. Whether you need multiple planning meetings, presentation materials for internal conversations, or support gaining buy-in from staff and families, they are here for every milestone.
