Are you looking for effective strategies for supporting students while maintaining a calm and positive demeanor? Join us for Love and Logic® Training designed specifically for paraprofessionals!
This year’s training with Paul Gasser is designed just for you—with a fresh focus on behavior and building strong relationships with students! Instead of multiple breakout sessions, you will spend the day learning how to:
✨ Strengthen your connections with students
✨ Learn strategies to manage challenging behaviors with confidence
✨ Set firm but loving boundaries while staying calm
✨ Reduce power struggles and classroom disruptions
Paraprofessionals play a key role in student success, and this training will equip you with practical, easy-to-use tools to make your job easier and more rewarding.
Empower yourself, enrich your skills, and transform your professional practice.
Love and Logic is a classroom management and discipline approach designed to help educators create a positive learning environment while teaching students responsibility, self-regulation, and problem-solving skills. It was developed by Jim Fay and Dr. Charles Fay and is widely used in schools to manage behavior effectively.
Key Principles of Love and Logic
- Shared Control – adults and students share control of decisions, fostering responsibility and self-regulation.
- Shared Thinking & Decision-Making – Instead of imposing rules, students are encouraged to think critically about their choices and consequences.
- Natural Consequences – Students experience the natural outcomes of their actions in a supportive environment.
- Empathy Before Consequences – adults show empathy rather than anger when enforcing consequences, helping students learn from their mistakes rather than feeling punished.
- Building Positive Relationships – Strong adult-student relationships create a safe and respectful environment, reducing behavioral issues.
Strategies in the Classroom
- Enforceable Statements: Instead of commands, adults phrase rules in a way that gives students choices (e.g., “I allow students to use class materials as long as they use them appropriately.”).
- Delaying Consequences: Instead of reacting emotionally, adults take time to think before giving a consequence, allowing for more thoughtful discipline.
- Setting Limits with Choices: Offering choices within limits helps students feel in control while still following expectations (e.g., “Would you rather complete your work now or during recess?”).
- Using Empathy, Not Anger: A calm, empathetic response to misbehavior helps students reflect on their choices (e.g., “That’s so sad. I see you chose to break a rule. How do you think we can fix this?”).
Benefits of Love and Logic in Schools
- Reduces power struggles and adult stress.
- Encourages students to take responsibility for their actions.
- Helps create a respectful, positive classroom climate.
- Improves student self-regulation and problem-solving skills.
Agenda
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8:30 AM: Registration
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9:00 AM: Welcome and Morning Session
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11: 30 AM: Lunch
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12:30 PM: Afternoon Session
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2:45 PM: Closing
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3:00 PM: Conference Completed
The School Improvement Division Principal Network is a collaborative platform designed to connect and empower school principals in their quest for continuous improvement. It serves as a professional community where principals can share best practices, exchange innovative ideas, and access valuable resources to enhance their leadership skills and elevate the overall performance of their schools. Through this network, principals can engage in meaningful discussions, receive guidance from experienced educators, and cultivate strong connections with their peers, ultimately fostering a culture of excellence and driving positive change in their educational institutions.
This series of five virtual meetings are no additional cost for SID Member Districts and has a $50 cost per meeting for schools that are NOT SID Member Districts.
Champion Games is a unique opportunity for students to compete in track events, various field events, wheelchair races, and other fun activities, hosted at the Boscobel High School Track and City of Bocobel Parks & Recreation Area. Districts may register at any time to show their planned participation. In late March/early April, a registration link will be shared with District Administrators and Special Educator Directors with instructions on how to update necessary participaton numbers in order to successfully prepare for this wonderful event. Please plan to join the fun!
Please note: Champion Game rain date is Monday, May 12, 2025.
Join our dynamic network to elevate your skills and deepen your impact as an instructional coach. This opportunity to learn with and from your colleagues focuses on three primary goals:
- Develop Coaching Competencies:
- Objective: Introduce and review the Wisconsin DPI coaching competencies.
- Objective: Explore behaviors, beliefs, and values essential for effective coaching.
- Apply Equity-Focused Coaching Practices:
- Objective: Integrate key principles of professional learning into coaching sessions.
- Objective: Revisit and reflect on equity-focused practices throughout the series.
- Enhance Practical Coaching Skills:
- Objective: Practice core coaching skills such as building rapport, paraphrasing, and posing questions.
- Objective: Use structured conversations and coaching protocols to support teacher reflection and empowerment.
Our network provides a collaborative space to refine your competencies, deepen your equity-focused practices, and enhance your practical coaching skills. Through coaching sessions and follow up labs, you will engage in reflective activities and structured conversations designed to support your growth and effectiveness as a coach. Whether you’re new to coaching or looking to sharpen your expertise, this network offers the tools and the community all coaches and leaders need to succeed.
Join us to become a transformative coach and make a meaningful impact in your educational community!
Join us for an exciting hour exploring Flocabulary, a unique educational platform that uses music, rap, and video to enrich teaching and learning. Discover how Flocabulary can be integrated into your curriculum to improve student engagement, enhance retention, and foster creative expression across all grade levels and subjects. This webinar is perfect for educators seeking innovative methods to engage diverse learners.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the educational landscape, offering unprecedented opportunities for enhancing teaching and learning processes. This presentation, designed for school administrators, outlines the potential benefits and challenges of integrating AI into educational settings, emphasizing practical steps for implementation and fostering an AI-literate school community.
Overview of AI in Education:
- What is AI? A brief introduction to AI and its relevance in everyday life, highlighting its presence in various industries and the potential for transformative applications within education.
- AI in Our Lives: Examples of AI in online shopping, navigation, language translation, and more, illustrating its pervasive nature.
- AI in Education: Focus on personalized learning, increased student engagement, and operational efficiency, contrasting with common misconceptions about AI replacing teachers or becoming a standalone subject.
Key Themes:
- AI Literacy: Importance of understanding AI’s principles, concepts, and ethical considerations. Emphasis on AI as a tool for personalization in learning and its critical role in preparing students for future careers.
- Generative AI: Overview of tools like ChatGPT, their capabilities in creating new content based on vast datasets, and the professional implications for educators.
- Digital Divide Concerns: Addressing the risk of widened educational disparities through proactive AI integration and literacy efforts.
AI’s Impact on Education:
- Potential benefits for content development, assessment design, tutoring, creativity, and operational tasks.
- Challenges include misinformation, academic dishonesty, privacy issues, and dependency on technology.
Strategic Implementation Steps:
- Role and Responsibilities: Clarifying the roles of superintendents, principals, IT coordinators, and teachers in driving AI innovation while safeguarding academic integrity and privacy.
- Policy and Guidance: Developing and updating policies to ensure responsible AI use, focusing on immediate risks and long-term organizational learning for equitable AI adoption.
- Principles for AI in Education: Seven foundational principles to guide ethical and effective AI use, including purpose, compliance, knowledge, balance, integrity, agency, and evaluation.
Engagement and Support:
- Encouragement for feedback and community involvement in AI policy development and implementation.
- Resources and ongoing support from TeachAI, including toolkits, presentations, and professional development opportunities.
Discover the transformative power of artificial intelligence in physical education with our webinar “AI Tools in PE: Empowering Educators in the 21st Century.” This session is designed to equip educators with cutting-edge AI tools that can enhance student engagement, personalize learning, and streamline administrative tasks. Our expert presenters will demonstrate practical applications of AI, share real-world success stories, and provide strategies to overcome common challenges. Whether you’re experienced in AI or just beginning to explore its potential, this webinar will inspire and empower you to embrace innovative educational practices.
