Dr. Thomas will want to learn more about your school in order to tailor a training or coaching cycle to best meet your needs. Below are some examples of PD workshops that Eliza has recently offered in schools:

​MATH-RELATED
■ Early Numeracy (teaching the building blocks)
■ Domain Specific Content (counting and cardinality, place value, four operations, fractions, geometry, etc.)
■ Guided Math (theoretical, practical, and implementation)
■ Filling and Preventing the Holes (teaching content for mastery and/or content that has not been mastered within grade level instruction)
■ Math Fact Fluency (grade level progression and implementation and as interventions)
■ Math Assessment (formative and summative to drive instruction and communicate learning)
■ Math Games (using games intentionally for content standard development, classroom management, assessment, interventions, home-school partnership, etc.)
■ Nuts and Bolts of Middle School Math (supporting the transition from elementary to middle school math with the basics)

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
■ Art (teaching art for art’s sake as well as how to integrate art habits of mind and art content into other content areas)
■ Classroom Management and/or Positive Guidance (creating an environment that supports positive behaviors and addresses challenging behaviors)
■ Differentiation (adjusting products, processes, content, affect, or learning environment to support student success)
■ Discussion Protocols (getting students-or colleagues-reading and discussing)
■ Indian Education for All (IEFA) (embedding culturally relevant content and instruction – focused on Montana’s American Indians)
■ Infodoodling (combining information and doodles to instruct and support student motivation and content comprehension)
■ Picture Books to Support Instruction (using picture books to support any content area)
■ Multilingual Support (strategies for supporting multilingual learners to thrive not just survive)
■ Vocabulary (prioritizing and teaching vocabulary)
■ Writing Instruction (supporting writers in writing class and in content area writing)

CURRICULUM and LEADERSHIP
■ Instructional Coaching (supporting leadership who is coaching educators)
■ Lead Learner (leading like the leader you wish you could follow)
■ New Teacher Support (supporting teachers in their first five years)
■ Organizational Tips and Techniques (classroom, lesson plans, long range, student materials and processes, prioritization, etc.)
■ Planning, Pacing, and Curriculum Mapping (supporting instruction by being intentional)
■ Parent/Caregiver Partnerships (engaging parents/caregivers in instruction)
■ The 5Ps (supporting instruction through clear implementation communication – big picture, purpose, plan, pace, and part)
■ Using Data (using information to be information savvy versus information overloaded—data from local-includng walk throughs, district, state, etc.)

KEYNOTE TOPICS
■ As the Hair Got Bigger, the Books Got Better
(motivational, literacy-focused, instructional ideas, goal-setting)
■ Be the Teacher You Wish You’d Had (motivational, goal-setting)
■ Creating a Trauma-Responsive Environment (informational,instructional ideas, goal-setting)
■ Gratitude as a Teacher Superpower (motivational, instructional ideas, goal-setting)
■ Today’s Moment of Happiness is . . . (motivational, instructional ideas, goal-setting)
■ They’re Only This Little This Once (motivational, early childhood, advice) 

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​Dr. Eliza Thomas!