Katie 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 Katie has recently offered in schools:

I’m Done with Centers...Now What? Having trouble keeping your students busy for the full 45 minutes of center time? Does your classroom get a little rowdy and chaotic with early finishers who don’t have anything to do? Katie gives you lots of ideas, tips and resources to use to keep your kids actively engaged for the entire time! Learn how to make the activities meaningful and manage them so that students don't choose the same activity every day.

Science Mash The Science Mash-Kids are naturally curious about the world around them. Tap into that curiosity by blending Science into your literacy and math instruction. In this session, Katie will show you lots of fun, hands-on ways to integrate science into your
daily learning by doing the "Science Mash". Your students' excitement and love of Science will catch on
in a flash!

Pave the Way for Scientific Literacy Kids are naturally curious about the world around them. Tap into that curiosity by blending Science into your everyday instruction. In this session, Katie will show you lots of fun, hands-on ways to engage your little scientist and build their scientific understanding through authentic exploration.

Time Management: Making Every Minute Count Too much to cover and not enough time? Make every minute count without overwhelming yourself or your students. Learn how to incorporate reading, writing, and math into content areas. Identify quick fixes to your biggest time and organizational challenges. Be more effective with your time while meeting the needs of your students and your curriculum.

Handwriting in Kindergarten: I Can Form My Letters! Start your kindergartners off on the “write” foot by giving them explicit and consistent instruction in fine motor and handwriting. Join Katie to learn how to teach your children to form their letters correctly, why it’s important, what research says about the benefits of explicit instruction, and how it eventually evolves into kindergarten writing!
 
Tips & Tricks for Behavior Management Having trouble keeping your classroom under control? Feeling exhausted at the end of the day because of it? Katie's fun, hands-on behavior management tools will change your life! Discover different incentives to implement in your classroom for re- directing and keeping your kids actively engaged throughout the day.

Centers 101 There are many ways to organize and manage your center times. Katie identifies the most effective. Discover lots of tricks and tips to keep your center time running smoothly. And, experience the best kinds of activities to use in your centers and simple ways to differentiate them.

Unlock the Power of PowerPoint Powerpoint is the easiest way to make amazing resources for your students! Powerpoint makes it easy to insert text and graphics in layers without having to deal with the learning curve of a program like Photoshop. Katie will show you the basics of PowerPoint, along with many tips and tricks so you can get started making awesome resources for your students!

Can We Do That Again? Fun Ways to Develop the Basics of Number Sense- Hands-on learning is great for connecting abstract math topics to the real world. Get hands-on with Katie and discover ideas to give your students the foundation they need to be successful in Kindergarten! Come away with tons of engaging and fun activities along with easy-to-implement math games that engage students, reinforce math skills, and build that number sense!
 
Flip that Classroom-Find out how to create active learning with engaging classroom flips. Get your students excited about learning! Make your classroom a place where your students WANT to come to learn, not where they HAVE to. Katie will show you some easy and inexpensive ways to transform your classroom. Whether it's a complete classroom transformation, or a smaller flip, your students are sure to be engaged like never before!

Morning Makeover-In classrooms across the country, students start their day with routines that include packets of work, problems of the day, and silent expectations. What if we rethought how we start our day? What if we gave students opportunities to create, build, solve, and explore in an engaging and meaningful way? Join Katie and Adam as they take you on a journey from morning work to morning choice! We will offer up tips, strategies, and resources, including our very own Morning Tubs, that will allow you to prepare for your students to have a great start to the day!
 
Five Ways to SQUEEZE in Fine Motor: Your standards are plenty and your curriculum is fast-paced. You know as a teacher that those little hands in front of you need to build fine motor skills, but there’s seemingly no time to teach it! Join Katie as she gives you five concrete, practical ways to “squeeze” fine motor skills into your day. From ways to integrate sensory bins to building a proper
pencil grip, this session will give you tips of the trade from inside the trenches of a K-1 classroom to implement immediately back in yours!

Engage on a Teacher's Wage
Want to create that perfectly engaging lesson, but don't know how to afford it on a real teacher's salary? Katie will show you how a trip to the dollar store can make any lesson fun and engaging! Come along on this fun adventure as she shows you the kind of mindset…and budget you need to make magic happen in your classroom!

Growth Mindset
Are you ready to shift the mindset of your students? Join Katie in learning how Growth mindset can revolutionize your classroom. Teach your students all about growth mindset and how to ingrain it in your classroom all year long. Give your students the power to solve problems, collaborate, and have the confidence to do try anything…because they CAN do it!

A Recipe for Dramatic Play
Ready to cook up some learning fun in your primary classroom? Join Katie as she shows you how to make your dramatic play area fun, fresh, novel, engaging, and educational through the year. Transform your area into a hot cocoa stand, pumpkin patch, dentist office, or any theme that you're focusing on in your classroom. Learn how to incorporate literacy, math, writing, science and fine motor into their everyday play! Play is a critical piece in early child development. Katie will give you tons of ideas that you can implement in your classroom tomorrow to fit in purposeful play every day!

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