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Becoming a Junkyard Dog involves unlearning and relearning. It’s the process of deprogramming and reprogramming. PityCat culture lives inside our vocabulary, protocols, processes, and paradigms. This session will calibrate your lenses so that you can avoid the destructive seduction of PityCat Culture.

Folk wisdom tells us young children don't notice differences or have any biases, yet research is telling us otherwise.  What are age appropriate ways to develop intentionally inclusive and identity conscious children?

Discover how schools and teachers across the country—whether working with students who excel or those who struggle— are using practical, research-backed grading improvements to enhance learning, strengthen the integrity of report cards and transcripts, reduce student stress, and even boost teacher satisfaction. How are these common sense grading practices more accurate, fair, and motivational than our century-old way of grading students, as demonstrated by academic research as well as classroom-based evidence? Explore both incremental and transformative upgrades to grading that build on what educators already do and believe. Learn effective strategies to address skepticism and misconceptions, ensuring that all stakeholders understand how equitable grading fosters higher expectations, deeper learning, and greater success for every student.

It is more important than ever to create learning communities that are positive, structured, safe, and nurturing. The Restorative Classroom Management Cycle will provide you with strategies to cultivate student relationships, promote high expectations, and ensure that learning is the top priority. In this session, you will engage with a four-step management system and leave knowing how to apply this dynamic management system with your own students.