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Equity and SEL Integration MASTER CLASS
Choose one set of dates and times below:
June 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2021 | 3:30 - 5:30 pm EST
July 19, July 26, August 2, and August 9, 2021 | 3:30 - 5:30 pm EST
Fee: $149   REGISTER HERE
For lessons to be engaging for all learners, educators must consider the academic, career, and social and emotional learning of their students. This requires savvy lessons that focus on equity, incorporate sound teaching strategies, and use technology creatively. Join this MASTER CLASS with Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty expert Jorge Valenzuela, author of ISTE's SEL in Action Jump Start Guide, to get tips, resources, and actionable steps to help you level up both your virtual and face-to-face lessons by focusing on equity and SEL in tandem with academics. Participants will engage in 4 two-hour synchronous online sessions and then engage in 2-hours of asynchronous work between each session.
One-hour optional Ashland University graduate credit is available for an additional fee of $249. Register for graduate credit here. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195.  Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Inquiry in the PBL STEM Classroom
June 8, 2021  OR  July 20, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST  (K-5 sessions)
June 9, 2021 OR July 21, 2021  |  9:00 am-3:30 pm EST  (6-12 sessions)
Fee: $99   REGISTER HERE
Sustained Inquiry is one of the Gold Standards for “Essential Project Design.” But teachers struggle with the word “sustained.” How do we keep student interest at a high level throughout a project? This synchronous workshop will demonstrate strategies for building a STEM PBL classroom where inquiry is a daily norm. If students know that they will be expected to work collaboratively during every class period, then they will build the necessary skills for helping each other to search for solutions to any and all problems that they face.  This synchronous online workshop is designed for teachers new to PBL or seasoned PBL teachers wanting to improve their inquiry skills. Participants will experience teaching practices from Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics and Project-Based Learning in the Math Classroom. They will experience inquiry strategies to help students navigate larger, project-sized problems. There will be time to outline a project idea and the daily lessons needed to get through the first week of that project. Facilitated by former STEM teacher and Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Chris Fancher.
Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Understanding and Mastering Difficult Emotions for Educators
June 11, 2021  OR  July 2, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99   REGISTER HERE
This 1-day synchronous online session focuses on helping educators define emotions, label the ones they experience, and find strategies for managing difficult ones. Emotional trauma and its effects on the brain, the human body, and overall well-being will also be explored. Join education coach Jorge Valenzuela for learning and implementing practical steps to restoring your peaceful state as needed. Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty and author of ISTE's SEL in Action Jump Start Guide, Jorge Valenzuela.
This session is an intro to emotional intelligence and not meant to replace trauma-informed therapy.
Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195.  Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Student-Led IEPs
June 14, 2021  OR  August 3, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99   REGISTER HERE
Think about the most recent IEP you attended. Who did the majority of the talking? How involved was the student? When we talk about students taking ownership over their learning through inquiry and learning professional skills - do we apply these concepts to all of our learners? Research shows that students who actively participate in their IEP meetings are more likely to be employed and/or enrolled in higher education after graduation. Just as compelling is the simple truth that shifting the power to students in IEPs makes your meetings better! Learn how to use Student-Led IEPs to transform your hum-drum meetings and improve transition outcomes for your students. In this synchronous online workshop, participants will walk away with a clear understanding of the importance of why you should empower students to take over their IEPs, as well as practical planning tools, customizable templates, support strategies, and resources to get started with how to begin implementing Student-Led IEPs at your next meeting. Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Kristen Uliasz.
Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195.  Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Rubric Design 101
June 15, 2021 OR July 20, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99 REGISTER HERE
When used effectively, rubrics are a powerful tool to support students in producing high quality work. Rubrics are an assessment tool to help teachers clarify expectations for their students and to assess student work with consistency. Join Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty member Erin Gannon for this practical one-day, synchronous online workshop to enhance your rubric know-how and learn:

Why rubrics? and When is it most appropriate to use them?
What are the types of rubrics (holistic, analytic, single point) and When are they most appropriate to utilize?
How do you know a high-quality rubric when you find one?
How can rubrics be used with students for critique and revisions?
How can we create student-generated rubrics with our students?
How can we create our own rubric?

Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Inclusive PBL Basics
June 16, 2021 OR August 4, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99 REGISTER HERE
Dive deeper into strategies and tools to successfully include students with IEPs and 504s in your PBL projects! This 1-day crash course on Inclusive PBL Basics will address the most common pressing Need to Knows that teachers have in making gold standard Project Based Learning work for students with disabilities in their classrooms. From project design to implementation, we’ll discuss how to leverage best practices in special education within the context of Project Based Learning. This workshop is designed for general education and special education teachers for grades K-12, with some training and/or experience in PBL, who are looking to expand their ability to design and implement effective projects that appropriately engage and challenge students with a full range of abilities and support needs. In this synchronous online workshop, participants will walk away with practical planning tools, support strategies, and project resources to ensure all students can meaningfully access their next high quality project. Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Kristen Uliasz.
Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Parent Partnerships for PBL Success
June 23, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99 REGISTER HERE
Parents are a powerful resource for student success with project-based learning. Yet, busy educators may need strategies to effectively engage and manage parent involvement so that it supports the learning goals of your classrooms and schools. This one-day synchronous online workshop will equip participants with resources, tools, strategies, and practical tips for engaging parents with classroom PBL with ease and simplicity. Educators will come away with specific language and activities to help manage, support, and empower parents to understand and partner in the success of projects. This online synchronous workshop will help educators to:

Guide parents to understand and help implement the critical research-backed elements of project-based learning, sharing a common vocabulary and understanding for project design
Provide educators with tools to give to parents to help them provide feedback and critique to their children using language of growth mindset, risk-taking, and learning from mistakes (minimize their children's frustration during the "messy middle" of a project)
Develop strategies to empower and partner with parents to designing projects for student learning

Appropriate for educators serving children of all ages, including pre-school through 12th grade. Educators and parents are encouraged to collaborate together in this workshop; educators may want to invite and collaborate with a parent (optional). Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Michelle Spencer.
Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Transformative SEL: The Pulse of PBL
Choose one full-day workshop:
June 25, 2021 OR  July 19, 2021 OR  August 9, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99   REGISTER HERE
With the trauma of the craziness of 2020, educators are paying more attention than ever to Social and Emotional Learning. Many teachers use mindfulness, yoga, and other exercises to help students focus, but these tools focus primarily on self-control and behavior management. The SEL competencies encompass so much more! Discover how to teach, practice, and assess ALL of the CASEL competencies in this hands-on synchronous online workshop. Using a Project Based Learning framework, each participant will develop a personalized plan to cultivate all of their students' SEL skills. (limited to 30 participants). Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Mike Kaechele.
Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195.  Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Restorative Practices to Support PBL Culture
June 29, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99 REGISTER HERE
Project Based Learning provides an opportunity for students to learn content deeply while creating authentic public products. Restorative Practices, when used intentionally throughout the learning experience, offer a foundation on which this challenging and rewarding instruction can thrive. In this one-day synchronous online session, participants will explore how a restorative instructional approach can create and sustain a culture of collaboration, trust and reflection. This training will offer a brief overview of the Restorative Practice Framework, based on the work of the International Institute of Restorative Practices. We will align these practices with the PBL project path to determine where restorative strategies and community circles can enhance and support the learning experience. During the workshop, participants will be encouraged to immediately apply their learning to an upcoming project, receive support from the instructor, and engage in a feedback protocol with other participants. Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Randi Downs.
Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Student Engagement Strategies as the PBL “Glue” Between and During Units
June 30, 2021 OR August 5, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99 REGISTER HERE
“Engagement first, then content, then rigor. In that order.” - author, speaker, educator Kelly Gallagher
Even the most experienced of PBL-using teachers will tell you that a successful PBL-infused classroom does not develop units for every second of every day. What a real PBL-infused classroom does is embrace a PBL mindset that is infused with research-based engagement strategies. All.The.Time.
If virtual classrooms have highlighted anything, it’s that Engagement is key. Join @TweenTeacher and Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Heather Wolpert-Gawron as she shares the best engagement strategies featured in her book, Just Ask Us: Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement. After conducting a nationwide survey of students focused on what engages them as learners, educator Heather Wolpert-Gawron curated the most frequently named strategies. Not surprisingly, each of the evidence-based strategies doesn’t just support the PBL process, but is vital to its success. These strategies are the mortar and glue that hold the PBL process together.
Join Heather as she shares advice on how to create an engaging learning environment even in-between PBL units. After all, our classrooms must continue to embrace that mindset in order for any PBL unit to be successful. Heather is a nationally recognized PBL expert and a staff blogger for Edutopia. You're in for a real treat meeting Heather - she'll have you hooked from the very first minute!
In this day-long synchronous webinar, you’ll walk away with a toolkit of engagement strategies to support the following:

Successful student collaboration
Deepening the inquiry process
Creation of more rigorous and authentic public products
Peer-to-peer coaching and feedback cycles
Efficient and Motivating Assessment Design

Project-Based Writing: Deepening the Writing (and Listening and Speaking) Process Throughout a PBL Unit
July 1, 2021  OR  August 6, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99   REGISTER HERE
According to research in college and career readiness, writing is the most important skill students need for success in any future pathway. PBL encourages authentic writing tasks, but the fact is that writing assessments shouldn’t just happen at the end of a unit or for the final product. Writing isn’t just about quickwrites, rough drafts, and final drafts. And it doesn’t just happen in English class. Engaging assignments - and lessons to secure success in those assignments - should represent every part of the PBL unit, from unit launch to culminating presentation.  No matter the subject area, teachers can learn how to encourage the growth of writing skills. Writing can take place throughout a PBL unit, so that it isn’t just used as a summative assessment. And teachers of all subject areas can learn how to assign and coach students to promote writing growth. In this day-long synchronous online workshop, you will walk away knowing how to use writing...

As both formative and summative assessments
To launch a PBL unit
To deepen the inquiry process
To encourage collaboration
In different methods of peer critique and review
To help student reflect
In creating a prototype
In developing a public product

You will also learn some tips and tricks to give quick and efficient feedback in writing even if you don’t typically teach it in your content area. So join Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty Heather Wolpert-Gawron, expert PBL teacher and coach, staff blogger for Edutopia, and Fellow of the National Writing Project, as she guides teachers in all subject areas to use writing throughout the PBL unit.
Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Effective Literacy Practices in Project-Based Learning
July 13, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99 REGISTER HERE
Project-Based Learning nearly always calls for students to employ their literacy skills independently as they research to extend their knowledge, develop solutions, and as they communicate with each other, the teacher, and authentic audiences. Many students, however, are not yet proficient with these skills. This can be a concern that causes teachers to shy away from PBL, worried that their students "are not ready." In this synchronous online session, we will explore the importance of PBL in supporting students' literacy development and ways to structure projects so that all students can participate in literacy-based learning. Participants will be guided through some planning steps so that new knowledge can be directly applied to existing projects or help guide future projects. Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Cheryl Dobbertin.
Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Scaffolding Project-Based Learning through Differentiated Instruction
July 14, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99   REGISTER HERE
Project based Learning provides the perfect foundation for high-quality differentiated instruction. While engaging students in projects, teachers can naturally address students' readiness, interests, and learning preferences through differentiated content, process and products. However, each decision teachers make in differentiated project planning can either ensure that all students meet essential learning targets or inadvertently leave some students behind. In this synchronous online session, participants will acquire a full understanding of differentiation, analyze model differentiated projects, and practice using a planning tool that will support current or future project designs.   Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Cheryl Dobbertin.
Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195.  Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Assessment-Driven Teaching and Learning in PBL
July 21, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99 REGISTER HERE
Teaching and learning are grounded in assessment. It is essential for deeper learning in PBL. In this training, participants will look at prioritizing their standards and using assessments to drive the instruction of those standards. Understand how to create a feedback cycle, create formative and summative assessments that align with learning goals and prepare students to take any state assessment. Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Telannia Norfar.
Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Critical Thinking in PBL
July 22, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99   REGISTER HERE
Alvin Toffler said, the illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn and relearn. This is the heart of critical thinking and an essential success skill in PBL. In this training, participants will understand the definition of critical thinking and know how to use strategies to support critical thinking in all content areas. You will practice strategies and adapt lesson plans to support the new strategies learned.  Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Telannia Norfar.
Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195.  Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

Social Justice in PBL
July 23, 2021 | 9:00 am-3:30 pm EST
Fee: $99   REGISTER HERE
The heart of education is to provide a fair and equitable environment. But how do you do this while accomplishing all the requirements of a district or state? In this training, you will know the importance and the role of social justice in the classroom. Experience and adapt classroom lessons with social justice strategies that you can implement in any subject content.   Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Telannia Norfar.
Graduate Credit: Select this workshop and one additional one-day workshop of your choice from Camp PBL to earn one-hour of optional Ashland graduate credit for an additional $249. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195.  Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

PBL Design
Asynchronous Work: Completed anytime from May 18-June 1, 2021 (12.5 hours of work)
Synchronous (Live) Dates: June 3-4, 2021 (8:30am-3:00pm)
OR
Asynchronous Work: Completed anytime from June 16-22, 2021 (12.5 hours of work)
Synchronous (Live) Dates: June 24-25, 2021 (8:30am-3:00pm)
OR
Asynchronous Work: Completed anytime from June 18-July 11, 2021 (12.5 hours of work)
Synchronous (Live) Dates: July 13-14, 2021 (8:30am-3:00pm)

Fee: $399 per registrant REGISTER HERE

Driving Question: How can I design high quality PBL units for my classroom?
Want to learn how to design a high-quality project based learning unit for your in-person or online classroom? This 24-hour online course is composed of 12 hours of asynchronous instruction via Google Classroom as a review of the foundational elements for high quality PBL design and culminates with two days of synchronous instruction with a PBLMatters facilitator to help you put your PBL design into action. Participants will find the course to be very robust with video case studies and engaging feedback protocols. Teachers will leave the course with a high quality PBL design and a treasure chest of PBL resources to help them confidently implement PBL in their classroom. Prior to the workshop, participants (based on their grade level band) will receive one of these PBLWorks books: PBL in the Elementary Grades (K-5) or the PBL Starter Kit (6-12) to assist them with their PBL unit design.

Two-hours optional Ashland University graduate credit available for an additional $498.  Register for graduate credit here.
Two-hours optional Ashland University graduate credit available to Fairfield County member district employees for an additional $390.
Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link.

PBL Splash:  An Introduction to PBL Design
Now-June 14, 2021 OR June 15-August 15, 2021
Fee: $149   REGISTER HERE
How are "projects" different from "project based learning"? Many people think they mean the same. Want to learn how they are different? PBL Splash is a fantastic introductory course for learning some basic principles for how to design PBL. Using the Driving Question "How might I begin incorporating PBL design in my classroom?", participants will engage in a combination of readings and videos that will take them in a deep dive into each of the PBL gold standard design elements. While learning about each design element, participants will draft a rough framework for a PBL unit you could teach in your own classroom. Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty Teresa Dempsey, this 15-hour online course is asynchronous so you can engage in the course anytime from anywhere.
One-hour optional Ashland University graduate credit is available for an additional fee of $249.  Register for graduate credit here.  Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195.  Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link.

PBL Plunge: Experiencing PBL as a Student
May 3-17, 2021 OR June 4-15, 2021 OR June 18-27, 2021 OR August 6-22, 2021 OR September 3-19, 2021
Fee: $175 REGISTER HERE
Want to know what it's like to experience PBL as a student in an online classroom? Facilitated by Dayton Regional STEM School PBL Coach Jenn Reid, this 15-hour asynchronous online course immerses teachers from the start as a student. Teachers will gain unique insights into the student learning experience to consider as they design and implement PBL for their own classroom, including modeling how project-based learning can be facilitated online. The “student project” for this course focuses on using classroom/school design to support social emotional learning for your school community.

One-hour optional Ashland University graduate credit is available for an additional fee of $249. Register for graduate credit here. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link.

Project Management: Tidying up the Messy Middle of a PBL Project
Now-May 9, 2021 OR  June 1-July 9, 2021  OR  July 26-Aug. 27, 2021
OR  September 13-October 8, 2021  OR  December 9, 2021-January 13, 2022
Fee: $149   REGISTER HERE
Have you ever started implementing a PBL unit in your classroom and realized things are getting a little bit messy? It's normal - and it happens. This asynchronous online course tackles common issues that arise during the sometimes messy middle of a project. Completed in Google Classroom, this practical course can be completed anytime, anywhere. Receive feedback from Jill Simpson, an expert PBL Facilitator, as you engage in the following topics:

Creating high-functioning student teams and supporting team conflict resolution
Keeping the sustained inquiry "Need to Know" process fresh
Embedding critique and revision strategies in your project
Project calendar tips
Project progress boards

One-hour optional Ashland University graduate credit is available for an additional fee of $249.
Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for the registration link.

PBL On-Demand Coaching
Fee: $50 per half-hour session / $100 per hour session REGISTER HERE
We all know that receiving feedback is a critical element of high-quality project based learning. Are you and/or your team looking for some feedback on your PBL design or implementation? Consider On-Demand PBL coaching! We can provide on-demand customized coaching to meet your needs, no matter where you are in the process. Whether you are just beginning your PBL journey or want to work through some “messy middle” areas of project management, your PBL coach is here to help! Spend dedicated time with experienced PBL coach Jill Simpson from the comfort of your own home or school via remote sessions. Sessions can be arranged for individuals or with teacher teams. Make your request based on 30-minute increments.

Assessment 101 in the PBL Classroom: Assessing Throughout a Project
May 3-17, 2021 OR  June 4-25, 2021 OR August 6-22, 2021 OR September 10-26, 2021
Fee: $149 for Assessment 101   REGISTER HERE
$275 Bundle Price for both 101 and 201 (save $23!)   REGISTER HERE
Assessment in the PBL classroom is daunting for most teachers. Facilitated by Jenn Reid, an expert PBL coach from the Dayton Regional STEM School, this 15-hour asynchronous online course will explore how teachers create and use assessment throughout project-based learning, and not simply view assessment as just a final product. Various forms of formative assessment will be explored as well as tools to use when teaching PBL remotely. It is important to bring a PBL unit idea (with a driving question and final product) to this online workshop. Participants will receive high-touch coaching support from Jenn in developing an assessment plan for their PBL unit that measures student growth in content and success skills.

One-hour optional Ashland University graduate credit is available for an additional fee of $249. Register for graduate credit here. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link.

Assessment 201 in the PBL Classroom: Creating Student Centered Assessments
May 18-June 4, 2021 OR  June 26-July 30, 2021  OR  August 23-Sept. 13, 2021  OR Sept. 27-Oct. 10, 2021
Fee: $149 for Assessment 201   REGISTER HERE
$275 Bundle Price for both 201 and 101 (save $23!)   REGISTER HERE
Designed for participants that have taken Assessment 101, this 15-hour asynchronous online workshop will focus on creating student-centered assessments. Facilitated by Jenn Reid, an expert PBL coach from the Dayton Regional STEM School, participants will explore the use of high-quality critique, self-assessment, and reflection as assessment tools during project-based learning. Participants will learn best practices for using each of these assessment tools successfully to engage students in rich learning. While receiving high-touch coaching support from Jenn, participants will use voice and choice to develop a final product that is specific to the PBL unit they developed in Assessment 101 that will help them implement student-centered assessments throughout their PBL unit.

Learning that Sticks new!
Now-June 14, 2021  OR  June 1-August 20, 2021
Fee: $125   REGISTER HERE
In far too many classrooms, the emphasis is on instructional strategies that teachers employ rather than on what students should be doing or thinking about as part of their learning. What's more, students' minds are something of a mysterious "black box" for most teachers, so when learning breaks down, they're not sure what went wrong or what to do differently to help students learn. Learning that Sticks helps you look inside that black box. Learn research-supported learning strategies you can sequence to challenge, inspire and engage your students - and how to teach more intentionally on not only WHAT to do but WHEN and WHY to do it by using an easy-to-use brain-based model of learning. Learning may be complicated, but learning about learning doesn't have to be. Learning that Sticks helps shine a light into all the black boxes in your classroom and makes your practice the most powerful it can be. This 15-hour asynchronous online book study is self-paced for users to complete at their convenience. Participants must purchase their own copy of Learning that Sticks.

All Learning is Social and Emotional
Now-June 14, 2021 OR June 1-August 20, 2021
Fee: $125 REGISTER HERE
To many, SEL is an isolated “program” separate from academics. The truth is, all learning is social and emotional. If you want all kids to get what they need to thrive, this book offers a solution of how SEL can easily integrate into everyday content instruction, no matter what subject or grade level you teach.

Along with a toolbox of strategies, you’ll find real-life examples highlighting the opportunities for SEL within your curriculum. This book’s integrated SEL approach will help your students build essential skills that will serve them in the classroom and throughout their lives. You’ll learn the hows and whys of:
- Building students’ sense of identity and confidence in their ability to learn, overcome challenge, and influence the world around them.
- Helping students identify, describe and integrate their emotional responses.
- Promoting the cognitive regulation skills critical to decision making and problem solving.
- Fostering students’ social skills, including teamwork and sharing, and their ability to establish and repair relationships.
- Equipping students to become informed and involved citizens.

Fostering Resilient Learners
Now-June 14, 2021 OR June 1-August 20, 2021
Fee: $125 REGISTER HERE
Grounded in research and the authors' experience working with trauma-affected students and their teachers, Fostering Resilient Learners will help you cultivate a trauma-sensitive learning environment for students across all content areas, grade levels, and educational settings. As an educator, you face the impact of trauma in the classroom every day. Let this book be your guide to seeking solutions rather than dwelling on problems, building relationships that allow students to grow, thrive, and—most assuredly—learn at high levels. The authors—a mental health therapist and a veteran principal—provide proven, reliable strategies to help you:

1. Understand what trauma is and how it hinders the learning, motivation, and success of all students in the classroom.
2. Build strong relationships and create a safe space to enable students to learn at high levels.
3. Adopt a strengths-based approach that leads you to recalibrate how you view destructive student behaviors and to perceive what students need to break negative cycles.
4. Head off frustration and burnout with essential self-care techniques that will help you and your students flourish.
This 15-hour asynchronous online book study is self-paced for users to complete at their convenience. Participants must purchase their own copy of Fostering Resilient Learners.

Implementing PBL in Early Childhood
Now-June 14, 2021 OR June 1-August 20, 2021
Fee: $125 REGISTER HERE
PBL does work in early childhood classrooms. PBL in Pre-K through 2nd grade is rife with assumptions, misconceptions, and perceived barriers that have prevented its widespread implementation. Implementing Project Based Learning in Early Childhood breaks down these barriers, offering teachers and leaders at various stages of PBL implementation the tools, resources, instructional strategies, and suggestions needed to dispel the myths and discover the truth. Full of practical approaches and strategies, the authors encourage you to consider your current practices from new perspectives while “Reflect and Connect” sections provide opportunities to think through your questions, make connections to your current practices, and plan your next steps. Educators will gain a deep understanding of PBL in early childhood and build their confidence to engage ALL students in high quality PBL.

This 15-hour asynchronous online book study is self-paced for users to complete at their convenience during the time period. Participants must purchase their own copy of Implementing PBL in Early Childhood. Use the code PBL30 at checkout to save 30% on the purchase of this book.
One-hour optional Ashland University graduate credit is available for an additional fee of $249. Register for graduate credit here. Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link.

Just Ask Us: Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement
Now-June 14, 2021  OR  June 1-August 20, 2021
Fee: $125   REGISTER HERE
Written by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty Heather Wolpert-Gawron, Just Ask Us: Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement is an outstanding resource for teachers to increase student engagement. Each chapter includes practical instructional tips and extensive tips from students that support research-based best practices in student engagement.  Classroom videos of student engagement strategies and photos of student work illustrate how students can effectively work together and use more visually stimulated methods to connect their learning to real world applications.

This 15-hour asynchronous online book study is self-paced for users to complete at their convenience, and meets the 15 clock-hour gifted HQPD requirement.  Participants must purchase their own copy of Just Ask Us.
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive a certificate that states they met the Ohio Gifted HQPD 15 clock hour requirement.  Fee is waived for Amanda Clearcreek, Berne Union, Bloom-Carroll, and Walnut Township, if taking course for Gifted credit.
One-hour optional Ashland University graduate credit is available for an additional fee of $249.  Register for graduate credit here.  One-hour Ashland University graduate credit available to Fairfield County member district employees for $195.  Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link.

PBL in the Math Classroom
Now-June 14, 2021 OR June 1-August 20, 2021
Fee: $125 REGISTER HERE
Mathematics in the PBL classroom can be tricky. PBL in the Math Classroom describes how PBL and inquiry work together in a math classroom and includes structures, processes and strategies for creating those experiences in your own classroom. The book also includes sample projects to implement or to inspire you to create your own.

This 15-hour asynchronous online book study--facilitated by an experienced PBL math teacher; PBL coach, and a Gifted Coordinator--is self-paced for users to complete at their convenience, and meets the 15 clock-hour gifted HQPD requirement. . Participants must purchase their own copy of PBL in the Math Classroom. Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive a certificate that states they met the Ohio Gifted HQPD 15 clock hour requirement. Fee is waived for Amanda Clearcreek, Berne Union, Bloom-Carroll, and Walnut Township, if taking course for Gifted credit.

One-hour optional Ashland University graduate credit is available for an additional fee of $249. Register for graduate credit here. One-hour Ashland University graduate credit available to Fairfield County member district employees for $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link.

Personalized Learning with Habits of Mind
Now-June 14, 2021 OR June 1-August 20, 2021
Fee: $125 REGISTER HERE
Based on their exciting work in the field, Kallick and Zmuda map out a transformative model of personalization that puts students at the center and asks them to employ the set of dispositions for engagement and learning known as the Habits of Mind. They share the perspectives of educators engaged in this work; highlight the habits that empower students to pursue aspirations, investigate problems, design solutions, chase curiosities, and create performances; and provide tools and recommendations for adjusting classroom practices to facilitate learning that is self-directed, dynamic, sometimes messy, and always meaningful.

Project Based Teaching
Now-June 14, 2021 OR June 1-August 20, 2021
Fee: $125 REGISTER HERE
Whether you are new to Project Based Learning (PBL) or a seasoned PBL practitioner, this book highlights PBLWorks' seven Gold Standard Teaching Practices that support a PBL student-centered learning environment. The book is full of practical tips from practicing PBL teachers that are easy to start implementing immediately. It also features accompanying videos that show some of the featured PBL teachers in-action modeling the teaching practices with students in their classrooms.

Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management
Now-June 14, 2021 OR June 1-August 20, 2021
Fee: $125 REGISTER HERE
Classroom management is traditionally a matter of encouraging good behavior and discouraging bad by doling out rewards and punishments. But studies show that when educators empower students to address and correct misbehavior among themselves, positive results are longer lasting and more wide reaching. In Better Than Carrots or Sticks, the authors provide a practical blueprint for creating a cooperative and respectful classroom climate in which students and teachers work through behavioral issues together. The authors explain how to establish procedures and expectations for student behavior that encourage the development of positive interpersonal skills; develop a non confrontational rapport with even the most challenging students; and implement conflict resolution strategies that prioritize relationship building over finger-pointing and retribution. Rewards and punishments may help to maintain order in the short term, but they're at best superficially effective and at worst counterproductive. This book will prepare teachers at all levels to ensure that their classrooms are welcoming, enriching, and constructive environments built on collective respect and focused on student achievement.

This 15-hour asynchronous online book study is self-paced for users to complete at their convenience during the time period. Participants must purchase their own copy of Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management.

One-hour optional Ashland University graduate credit is available for an additional fee of $249. Register for graduate credit here.
Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link.

PBL PLCs free!

Graduate Credit
Interested in attaining graduate credit for attending these PLCs? Here's how. Attend at least eight (8) PLC topics of your choice. Write a brief summary of how each PLC topic resonated with you and your practice. Submit all of your reflections to Teresa Dempsey by June 1, 2021. One-hour Ashland University option available for $249. Click here for this graduate credit link. Fairfield County educators may purchase graduate credit for $195. Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for this graduate credit link.

SEL Infused PBL  free!
April 28, 2021 | 7:00-8:00 pm EST
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Project Based Learning and Social Emotional Learning are two of the hottest trends in education right now. Unfortunately, they often get viewed as two different "programs". As Frey, Fisher and Smith advocate in All Learning is Social and Emotional, SEL should not be another added thing to teachers' plates. It needs to be integrated into the academic mainstream rather than remain on the periphery. PBL expert and Edutopia Blogger Mike Kaechele has spent considerable time researching and writing about how SEL and PBL are naturally interwoven. @MikeKaechele has created a podcast, a dedicated website, and Facebook site to share his work. Join Mike (virtually) in-person to learn how we can more purposely integrate SEL into your PBL practice.  Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Mike Kaechele.

Project-Based Writing: Deepening the Writing (and Listening and Speaking) Process Throughout a PBL Unit  free!
May 5, 2021 | 7:00-8:00 pm EST
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Writing is a universal mode of communication that can help identify student needs at all levels. But writing assessments don’t just happen at the end of a unit. Writing isn’t just about quickwrites, rough drafts, and final drafts. Learn to scaffold writing assessments using engaging assignments for every part of the PBL unit, from unit launch to culminating presentation.  Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Heather Wolpert-Gawron.

How To Create and Cultivate a PBL Culture free!
May 12, 2021 | 7:00-8:00 pm EST
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Do our school districts, school sites and classrooms have everything they need to be successful project-based environments? It seems we may have the right standards, the new technology, the higher expectations, the community partners, the demands of the global economy and a collective call to action. With that impressive list, what could be missing that is still preventing wholesale PBL implementation? The simple, yet seemingly evasive answer is CULTURE. In order for teachers to serve as facilitators of learning, while students own and lead their learning, a different type of learning environment is required. And that’s made possible by a discreetly different CULTURE than is traditionally found. Facilitated by Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, Michael Niehoff.

Building Student Belonging & Purpose into PBL free!
May 19, 2021 | 7:00-8:00 pm EST
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Now more than ever our students are feeling isolated, disconnected, and disheartened by school work that feels meaningless, and are desperately searching for a strong sense of personal belonging. Join Michelle Spencer, Emeritus PBLWorks National Faculty, and Director of Partnerships at Project Wayfinder, as she guides educators on how to foster deeper connections, break through student isolation, and fortify mental health within a project-based learning context.

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