Thank you for attending the 2017 WCRIS Professional Learning Conference. We hope you enjoyed your experience. Below you will find post-conference resources to continue your learning beyond the conference. All titles in red text are links to presentations for download.
Please note that Ann Anzalone’s presentations and the two-part trauma workshop will be available as recordings until Friday, November 10, 2017. (Recordings coming soon)
Session #1
Setting Students Up For Success | Ann Anzalone, Teacher Consultant (Morning Intensive Presenter) – available through conference recording
When Decision Making Fails: How to Move Students Towards Resiliency | Amanda Seppanen, Education Consultant, Sustainable Formations, LLC
The Magical Journey of Building the Beginning Reader’s Brain | Pam Peroutky, Professional Learning Consultant, PKP Professional Learning Services
Kids Don’t Come with an Owner’s Manual: Teaching with Love & Logic | Aaron and Josh Bauer, Certified Love & Logic Presenters, Teachers, Garden Homes Lutheran
Fostering the Trauma Informed Classroom: Understanding trauma and the brain and best strategies and interventions for responsive classrooms, Part 1 & Part II | Lea Denny, MS-CMHC, LPC-IT, NCC, Executive Director & Founder, HIR Wellness Center and Tarah Randazzo, MS, LPC-IT, NCC, WI DPI Licensed School Counselor & Psychotherapist, Shore Counseling & Consulting Clinic
- Part I: Understanding Trauma and the Brain PowerPoint (as PDF)
- Part II: Best Strategies and Interventions for Responsive Classrooms PowerPoint
- Fostering the Trauma Informed Classroom Handouts
Session #2
Three Secrets of Behavior Management | Ann Anzalone, Teacher Consultant (Morning Intensive Presenter) – available through conference recordings
Growing Leaders of Literacy | Theresa Dixon and Rachel Lanz, Teachers, St. Catherine’s – Racine
Full S.T.R.E.A.M Ahead | Mary Cooper, Shirley Stoltz, and Annelesia Gruber, Teachers, St. Mary of the Assumption – Richland Center & Assumption Catholic – Durand, Notre Dame Senior Trustey STEM Fellows
- Full STREAM Ahead Handouts
- Monarch Mini Presentation
- Garden/Pea Shoot Mini Presentation
- Garden Pea Pod iMovie – Please contact presenters for a link
- STREAM Pea Pod Project
- Biodegradable Cars Mini Presentation
Nurturing with Nature | Scott Boris, Teacher & Administrator, Christ the Life Lutheran – Waukesha
Session #3
What’s in the Box? Where Literacy and S.T.E.A.M Collide | Linda Teed, Teacher, St. Joseph – Fort Atkinson
Johnny Still Can’t Pronounce His “R’s” | Tammy Myers, President, Xaris Speech & Language Pathology
It’s Not One-Size-Fits-All: Techniques for a Differentiated Classroom | Sheri Holcomb, Teacher, Rock County Christian School
Use Plickers! Making Assessments a lot Quicker! | Jim Kroll, Teacher, St. Paul’s Lutheran – Janesville
