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Participation By Design (In-Person) w/ Katie Anderson

August 01, 2025 
from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.


And/Or
​Conscious Classroom Management w/ Katie Anderson (virtual workshop)

August 01, 2025 
from 
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

**If you are registered for the 2027 August Institute then you already have access to these workshops.** 
In-Person: Participation By Design

Location:  DeSmet Public School 6355 Padre Ln, Missoula, MT 59808

Cost:  $49/session or $90 for both sessions if you are also taking Conscious Classroom Management (virtual)

3 OPI renewal units provided for morning session and 3 OPI renewal units for afternoon session
​
In this interactive and entertaining training, K-12 educators will learn how to increase student participation in class discussions, Q&A, turn-and-talk, and partner work. A dozen techniques for designing better individual and partner structures will be presented, practiced, and modeled. Take away specific, concrete strategies for putting reluctant learners firmly, but gently, on the hook for participating in the learning.

What You Will Learn
How to increase volunteers during whole class discussions
How to overcome “I don’t know” when random-calling
How to create moments of total participation during any lesson
How to quickly improve participation during turn & talk and equitable effort during partner work

Training Details
  • Appropriate for all grade levels, K-12
  • Relevant for teachers, mentors, leaders, and aides
  • Addresses the needs of most student populations, including general ed, special ed, language learners, and disadvantaged populations

​Conscious Classroom Management w/ Katie Anderson (virtual workshop)

August 01, 2025 
from 
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

**If you are registered for the 2027 August Institute then you already have access to these workshops.** 
In-Person: Participation By Design

​Location:  Virtual

Cost:  $49/session or $90 for both sessions if you are also taking Conscious Classroom Management (virtual)

3 OPI renewal units provided

This lively, interactive training will give K-12 educators dozens of practical strategies they can use tomorrow to better manage student behavior and learning, including how to turn confrontation into cooperation. Both prevention and intervention techniques are shared and modeled. Every participant will walk away with the tools they need to create the learning environment they’ve always wanted.

What You Will Learn
  • How to see the best in your toughest students
  • How to teach and reinforce procedures in ways that maximize focus
  • How to use consequences to teach personal responsibility
  • How to de-escalate volatile situations with oppositional students

Training Details
  • Appropriate for all grade levels, K-12
  • Relevant for teachers, mentors, leaders, and aides
  • Addresses the needs of most student populations, including general ed, special ed, language learners, and disadvantaged populations

​Instructor:  Katie Anderson, M.Ed., NBCT
Katie is a National Board Certified Teacher and 15-year classroom veteran, teaching all grades K-12 through her work with the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina and Duke University’s Talent Identification
Program. She has also served as a mentor teacher, teacher trainer, and curriculum designer within her state and district. On the national level, as an educational consultant with Conscious Teaching, Katie brings her passion and enthusiasm for education and educators to schools and districts across the country. She specializes in providing schools and districts with research based, easy-to-implement strategies and concepts that help teachers reach all students and improve the effectiveness of their teaching.

To obtain more information, contact [email protected]  

Register at ​​https://forms.gle/6xfZPsE6uw4crLNY6
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