WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS

Music and Language: Bridging the Gap
By its very nature, music meets people where they are as human beings and offers limitless
opportunities for intellectual, spiritual, and community growth.  This workshop builds upon
existing schemata and creates opportunities for all students to find success with language,
math, and music.

Peter & The Wolf: The Metaphorical tale of a new administrator’s experiences with
organizational studies & Public Schools
This is the perfect workshop for administrators and teacher leaders as they build essential
relationships and strive to develop programs that are great for kids.  

Teaching for Success: A Special Multi-session Pro-D series by SEP Reading & Language
Specialist
This workshop combines SIOP, TESA, and Multiple Intelligence Theories in a progressive,
hands-on professional development series for teachers, staff, and administrators.  6 custom
sessions over the course of an academic year that will positively change the way you teach and
interact with students and each other.

World Drumming, Kazoo Rhythm Band, and Conga Town for Literacy and Success in School
A cross-curricular, get up and move introduction to rhythms that fosters an understanding of
basic world rhythms, percussion instruments, simple instrument building, and literacy
connections.

Conducting Language Experience Approach Activities
Research based exploration of LEA.  This hands-on, interactive workshop will leave you with a
renewed understanding of an age old skill and strategies that you can immediately implement
in your classroom.

Teacher Expectations Student Achievement
Based on more than 20 years of ongoing research through LACOE, this workshop offers an
overview of the skills and strategies implemented in the TESA model of teacher-student
interactions. Educators will leave with skills to implement in their very next class session.  

Differentiating your Curriculum
How do I meet all their needs?  This interactive exploratory workshop helps you to develop
strategies for meeting the divergent academic needs of your students without overwhelming
you as a person.  

Writing Across the Curriculum
Developing understanding, confidence, and assessment strategies that will invigorate your
content area curriculum while simultaneously instilling complex purposeful writing habits in
your learners

Classroom Music for Non-Musicians
Fun and inexpensive ways to incorporate music into the learning process while developing
phonemic awareness, directionality, and literacy

Art projects with the brain in mind
Learn about brain theory and experience kid and teacher friendly art projects that are easily
integrated into your classroom
Workshops with Spaghetti Eddie
& Friends