Positive Leadership - Working with Different Personalities
Participants will learn the importance of positivity and other essential leadership skills, how to reframe negative language with positive words and phrases, as well as understanding of the connection between teaching character and modeling positive leadership.

This module will also review the stages of development and how this affects our own personal development and that of our students and peers. Lastly, participants will learn their personality style and how this affects how they work with peers.

Teaching Character - Classroom Instructional Strategies
Participants will be introduced to the Free to Learn curriculum, Reading Takes Character ~ Connections for K - 6th Grade, learn how the Six Core Character Traits fit into the state-adopted curriculum, and learn additional methods for integrating character into their classroom.
*Modules in Open Court Reading 2002 and Houghton Mifflin Reading offered

Free to Learn In Action
Participants will hear from schools currently implementing Free to Learn. Strategies for implementation will be shared, as well as successes at their school site. There will be Q&A time. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn concrete ideas that can be implemented tomorrow!