Welcome Cohort 6 to the LEAP into Action Conference 2025. LEAP Director, Alexis Essingler will start of the two days of professional learning that culminate your journey through LEAP.
Engaging the Brain: 20 Unforgettable Strategies for Growing Dendrites and Accelerating Learning Have you ever wondered why some students cannot understand or recall important content after a 24-hour period? If your students are not learning the way you are teaching them, then you must teach them the way they learn! Experience 20 instructional strategies (based on brain research) that maximize memory and minimize forgetting. Increase learning for all students when strategies like drawing, metaphor, movement, music, and storytelling are used to teach curriculum objectives and meet international standards. Explore research that shows why these strategies are preferable to others. Ensure that brains retain key concepts, not only for tests but for life! This workshop has been called both professionally and personally life-changing and lots of fun! Shouting Won’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Techniques to Detour Around the Danger Zones Have you ever noticed that the louder some teachers get when reprimanding students, the louder those students also become? Learn techniques for managing an active, brain-compatible classroom without ever raising your voice. Experience five techniques that proactive classroom managers use to avoid problems in the first place. Learn to 1) develop a relationship with each student; 2) Create a physical classroom environment that is conducive to optimal learning; 3) Deliver engaging lessons with the use of brain-compatible strategies; 4) Develop a proactive management plan; and 5) tackle the most challenging 10% of students by using techniques which appear to work with such chronic behavior disorders as attention-deficit, conduct, or oppositional disorder. You will also experience the bonus of learning to create a home environment that minimizes stress and maximizes calm!
