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The 2019-2020 TMI Education Professional Learning Consortium

2019-2020 Membership Benefits and Program of Offerings

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A Letter from TMI Education

CEO and Founder,

Dr. Brian Chinni

Dear Colleagues,

We hope this finds you very well and enjoying a most satisfying and successful close to the 2018-2019 school year.

One of the many aspects of our profession that makes it so uniquely satisfying is the annual opportunity for rebirth and renewal. The rather intensive, yet, exciting end of one school year and the enthusiastic anticipation of the new, brings this to mind and reignites our collective desire to, once again, do great things for our students. Yes, there will be challenges. However, in every one of these challenges there will lie the opportunity for positive changes – changes that can potentially influence the tens of thousands of students that we serve across our great County and State. We are the agents and leaders of this change, and I am proud to be in your company.

The challenges confronting our schools are increasingly more demanding and, perhaps, even daunting. Educational leaders like us have the unique and privileged opportunity to continuously renew our schools in ways that will most benefit our students and, in turn, optimally prepare each for their life and work. Such leadership requires courage, tireless effort and energy, self-sacrifice, perseverance, an insatiable desire to learn and grow, and, ideally, sustained collegial support.

To this end, our TMI Professional Learning Consortium (PLC) - and its many related workshops, events, conferences, and innovative resources and services - will continue to be the source of professional development for our colleagues and their respective learning communities. While all TMI programs, events, resources, and services are available to anyone, TMI PLC members specifically benefit from a significantly more cost-effective, collaborative, and collegial model for sustained professional learning and support. These benefits include, but are not limited to 1) 30+ single-day workshops, 2) numerous collaborative organizational events, including annual EdCamps and special conferences, 3) innovative resources, and 4) discounted in-district programs and services.

At this time, I enthusiastically encourage you to review the enclosed information and consider any one of our three (3) membership options - individual, "professional pairs" (new) or district membership in the 2019-2020 TMI PLC. As always, I am available at your convenience. Please feel comfortable to call me (1-888-864-6364 ext. 1) or email me ([email protected]) any time.

All my very best wishes -

Brian


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2019-2020 TMI PLC Membership Benefits and Program Offerings

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2019-2020TMIConsortiumWhat are the 2019-2020 TMIPLC member benefits and program offerings? Over the years TMI has engaged in countless collaborative initiatives and strategic partnerships with prominent organizations, institutions and individuals, so as to provide cutting edge, state-of-the-art consortium-based programs. This extensive collection includes, but is not limited to:

• Foundation of Educational Administration (FEA)• NJ Principals and Supervisors Association (NJPSA)• LEGAL ONE• Bergen County Association of School Administrators (BCASA)• NJ Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (NJ ASCD)• NJ Council for Exceptional Children (NJCEC)• ENVISION: Breakthroughs in Learning• InfoSavvy Group and Springboard21 Ed Solutions (Ian Jukes and Associates)• NJ Performance Assessment Alliance (NJPAA)• Project ABLE• Internationally renowned keynoters, authors, and scholarly experts Jimmy

Casas, Gravity Goldberg, Ian Jukes, Ken Spero and EdLdr SIMS, JamesStronge, Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith, the late, great Grant Wiggins,and many more

• Ministries of education and other international partnerships• And more!

We are proud to announce more exciting collaborative programs, events, conferences, and initiatives for 2019-20. The 2019-2020 TMI PLC will provide its members access to 1) 30+ single-day workshops, 2) numerous collaborative organizational events and seasonal conferences, including the annual iSTEAM 2020 conference and thematic EdCamps, 3) innovative resources, and 4) discounted in-district programs and services. You can learn more about these exciting offerings on the pages that follow.


Planned Single-Session Workshops2019-2020 TMI PLC organizational members will have access to a minimum of five seats for EACH of our 30+ single-session workshops and events (a total value of nearly $25,000). These programs will guarantee five seats, and allow for additional seats at no-cost to our members when space allows (first-come, first serve). Single-session programs typically run from 9am-2pm, and provide a full continental breakfast. All single-session workshops are held in a state-of-the-art professional environment - nestled in the bucolic hills of Mahwah, NJ.

The following will provide the collection of offerings that are planned for 2019-2020. Please know that this is subject to refinement.

Many of the 2019-2020 programs are provided through important collaboratives and partnerships. These relationships further enable TMI to offer a wealth of practical and engaging professional learning opportunities to its members, as detailed in the respective program descriptions. 2019-2020 collaboratives and partnerships include:

• Gravity Goldberg, LLC (Literacy Alliance)• ENVISION: Breakthroughs in Learning• New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association (NJPSA)• Foundation for Educational Administration (FEA)• LEGAL ONE• NJ Council for Exceptional Children (NJCEC)• InfoSavvy21 Group and SpringBoard 21 Ed Solutions• The Krame Center for Contemplative Studies and Mindful Living at RCNJ• And MORE!

The final 2019-2020 Single-Session Workshop schedule will be distributed to members - and - posted on the TMI Education web site no later than July 1, 2019. Registration will also be available at this time.

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TMIPLC Workshops and Events 2019-2020


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2019-2020TMIPLC WorkshopsTMI-ENVISION Workshop OfferingsThe TMI-ENVISION Partnership: Promoting Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) to Foster Safer Learning Spaces and Improve Academic DevelopmentTo foster safe learning spaces, many schools are shifting their attention to the promotion of pro-social behaviors in their classrooms. Undeniably, SEL and academic development are interconnected and central to the learning process. SEL not only prepares students to be able to participate in learning experiences, it also increases students’ capacity to learn. All sessions are lively, experiential and fun - and a series model lets us do a deeper dive into what it takes. All programs are aligned to the NJ DOE Social Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies and sub-competencies, as well as the PSEL standards.

SEL through Mindful Practices (December 9, 2019)Currently, Mindful Practices are ubiquitous in the schoolhouse - and with good reason. Although more research needs to be completed, the early data points to positive impacts on students’ well being as well as academic achievement. Thats’s the good news.

The bad news is that oft times, Mindfulness is a collection of activities in which classrooms engage, without a grounding structure. Move one or two of the people in the schoolhouse and the “program” begins to unravel.

Join us and align SEL and Mindful practices into your content. In this session participants will learn how to: • Use the NJDOE SEL competencies and sub-competencies to guide and instill Mindful

practices• Elicit appropriate neurotransmitters for happy, productive student engagement• Get students to evaluate their own social and self awareness with the CPR chart

Stop, Drop and Breathe• Incorporate movement into content

Audience: All Grade PK-12 Educators; Instructor: Sharon McCarthy, EnVision President and TMI Lead Consultant


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SEL and Conflict Resolution: A Focus on Relationship Skills(January 16, 2020)Conflict is a natural part of life. When we learn and practice conflict resolution, we become better problem solvers.

Conflict resolution is an antidote to bullying. Surveyed students share frustration with the amount of attention placed on negative behaviors. Their solution is to teach students ways in which they can deal with those behaviors. And…when we listen to our students, they will tell us, “Kindness is the key for safer schools.”

School safety teams that value social justice reduce exclusionary practices. By fostering positive social and emotional learning for students, student misconduct is addressed in a positive, fair and unbiased manner.

This session addresses NJDOE SEL sub-competencies as well as the NJ Career Ready Practices. Attend this session to:

• Strategize how to tap into the “parts” of of students that are empowering tosupport the “parts” that aren’t. (Strength-based)

• Establish “recovery” spaces• Review the concepts of conflict resolution• Practice a problem solving process• Use a conflict resolution model• Practice the language of respect

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Audience: All Grade PK-12 Teachers and Administrators; Instructor: Sharon McCarthy, EnVision President and TMI Lead Consultant


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2019-2020TMIPLC WorkshopsTMI-ENVISION Workshop OfferingsENVISION: The HOW of Social Emotional Learning & Out of School Time (October 10, 2019)There is a growing evidence that the social and emotional competencies youth develop while in afterschool programs can contribute to their success in school and life (Durlak, Weissberg, & Pachan, 2010; Farrington et al., 2012; Pierce, Auger, & Vandell, 2013). Specifically, promoting Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is associated with significant improvements in self-concept, connections to school, positive social behaviors, levels of academic achievement, and with significant reductions in problem behaviors.

Competent adult staff are the linchpin of effective after-school programs targeting SEL outcomes. To that end, this energizing, concrete session will equip OST providers with structures and activities to build young people’s social and emotional competencies through experiential learning and practices.

Participants will:

• Consider sequence of SEL training for OST context• Establish explicit, realistic SEL goals for OST time frame• Practice lessons that are active and reflective and focus on SEL skill

development• Discuss evaluation components to assess program for continuous

improvement

Audience: All Grade PK-12 Administrators and Teachers; Instructor: Sharon McCarthy, EnVision President and TMI Lead Consultant


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2019-2020TMIPLC WorkshopsTMI-ENVISION Workshop OfferingsImplementing a Sustainable SEL Program (March 12, 2020)How do we leverage our resources in the best possible way to implement and sustain this important work? Educators know SEL is the difference that will make the difference, but with all the other demands, most feel there is “No time!” to teach social-emotional skills to their students. SEL gives young people the skills to train their own minds; know themselves and establish healthy habits for a lifetime.

Enjoy this opportunity to work with a strategist who will support you in your implementation goals and outcomes and structures to get there. There is so much in our schools already that has the potential to offer lessons about social, emotional, or moral issues—when we take the time to make these connections.

This is where the rubber hits the road!

Please attend this important session to:

• Determine desired state and current state of your SEL implementation and design a planto bridge the gap

• Use a decision protocol• Create a strategic plan• Reflect on appropriate rubrics• Examine the indicators of robust SEL• Receive resources




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Mindful Practices for Those Who Give the Most: Educators! (October 18, 2020)Consider sending your teachers to this workshop as recognition and celebration for their efforts all school year!

Public Educators may be the most sacrificial professionals. Educators give until they have zero left to give - and then they give some more. A recent Gallup Poll finds 46% of teachers report high daily stress during the school year. That’s tied with nurses for the highest rate among all occupational groups.

The bad news: High levels of stress affect teacher health and well-being. Teacher burnout, job dissatisfaction, poor performance, and turnover rates are at record highs.

The good news: SEL/Mindfulness programs for teachers lead to improved health by reducing anxiety and depression. In addition, they help teachers develop coping and awareness skills. Recent research from the Curry School of Education, U of Va, suggest that we expand the focus of professional development to include personal development . In a study of of 234 teachers, representing K-12, they found that: “Teachers who regularly use stress-reducing strategies increase their abilities to cope with the demands of the career and are positioned to do a better job educating students.”

More good news: If your district is moving forward with a SEL initiative, taking care of your staff is step #1. Teachers who can respond rather than react model appropriate behaviors for students.

Participants will learn:

• mindfulness/stress reduction practices to promote self-regulationof attention;

• non-judgmental awareness;• how to develop a personal mindfulness practice (which is

necessary to be a mindful teacher which is necessary to teachmindfulness!); and

• how to maximize the space between stimulus and response.

Please plan to join Sharon McCarthy, popular presenter and author, for a day of Mindful Practices to Benefit those who Give the Most: Educators. Audience: All Grade PK-12 Educators

1 Gallup (2014). State of American Schools. Retrieved from http://www.gallup.com/ services/178709/state-america-schools-report.aspx.

2 https://news.virginia.edu/content/curry-study-reducing-teachers-stress-leads-higher-quality-classrooms




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Keys to Close the Gap: Interventions for Special Education and SES Gaps (March 6, 2020)As an instructional leader, you are keenly aware that the best interventions are robust strategies that work well in the least restrictive environment and benefit all learners. Currently, how are you supporting your teachers’ acquisition of current skills and knowledge in this difficult but necessary endeavor?

Effective strategies and interventions help learners to be successful at acquiring, storing and applying knowledge, and ensure that each student can learn to work with others, both necessary for success in the classroom and beyond. In this newly designed two day workshop, participants will acquire the skills and dispositions to increase their ability to support teachers to connect research to evidence-based practices that positively impact student learning, both behaviorally and academically. bout the brain and learning to support our students’ ability to be resilient.

Perfect for Instructional Leaders, Instructional Coaches, Child Study Teams, co-teaching teams, School Improvement Teams, RAC school teams and educators committed to EACH student’s growth. Participants will learn to:

• Use concrete “gap zappers” to foster students’ independent processing and application across content;

• Apply teaching and learning strategies that help students acquire self-control (at the neurological level), necessary for positive behavior as well as effective test taking;

• Ask the three questions that reveal root cause of learning and behavior difficulties.

• Apply successful protocols and templates for organization in writing• Teach students how to learn• Build students’ academic vocabulary





Your attendance in this lively, eye-opening (no pun intended!) workshop, will entitle you to:• Correct functional vision problems• Assess risk factors for vision-based learning problems• Determine if the weakness is physiological or cognitive• Provide crucial exercises to improve functional vision skills

Good to Know: The protocols are designed to be compatible with a tiered system of supports at either Level II or III or during a “WIN” (Whatever I Need) period.


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2019-2020TMIPLC WorkshopsTMI-ENVISION Workshop OfferingsEye Read! Improving Functional Vision to Increase Student Learning (November 15, 2019)There is a GLARING problem with your reading interventions - do you know what that is? Hint: it isn’t anything cognitive. It is physiological and its name is FUNCTIONAL VISION!

Ask any reading specialist/interventionist and they will tell you that they notice these difficulties all the time, but feel unprepared to do anything about it - except for refer the student out to a developmental ophthalmologist or a particularly savvy physical therapist. WE can deliver the simple exercises to fix this critical deficit and it’s time we did! Our underserved learners deserve nothing less!

Good to Know: Eyesight is your ability to see objects clearly and the technical term for it is visual acuity. Visual acuity is a measurement of what size letter you can see at the standard distance of 20 feet. Normal visual acuity is 20/20. (Fun fact: The chart used for acuity was developed in 1862 - before the lightbulb!)

Functional vision encompasses more than just eyesight. It’s how you use your entire visual system -- the eyes, the brain, the visual pathways -- to work together to help you interact with your environment. Because functional vision includes more than just your visual acuity, you can actually have 20/20 eyesight and still have a functional vision problem.

Focus on Facts: According to COVD, one in ten children have a vision problem significant enough to impact learning. These children appear to have a learning disability or an attention problem when the real culprit is poor visual processing skills.


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2019-2020TMIPLC WorkshopsTMI-ENVISION Workshop OfferingsEstablishing an Empowering School Culture for All (February 27, 2020)Programs don’t improve schools - people do.

Culture is the “way we do things around here”. Culture indoctrinates new hires. Let that last sentence sink in…

The culture of a school determines the degree of its’ success. A school’s culture is made up of the values, beliefs, and behaviors of its individual members. Creating learning spaces where each individual can grow and take risks requires a conscious focus on physical and psychological safety.

This day benefits School Safety Team members, School Leaders, Climate and Culture Specialists, Teacher Leaders and any other members of a school that are interested in school improvement.

If your goal is to create schools to which folks want to belong, please join us to:

• assess and establish trust and rapport on an individual and group basis;

• learn and practice the language of respect and resolution;• practice structures for successful PLCs;• apply a conflict resolution tool; and• align actions and behaviors in a common and agreed upon

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2019-2020TMIPLC WorkshopsTMI-ENVISION Workshop OfferingsEducational Neuroscience and Student Engagement (January 28, 2020)Engagement is more than keeping students on task, it requires keeping students interested! Whew! Can this feel like a huge challenge! In the modern classroom, teachers are competing with endless distractions and shrinking attention spans.

An engaged student is curious, self-driven, and excited to discover what happens next. Research has proven that this enthusiasm correlates with success in the classroom. Engagement is fundamental to academic and behavioral growth.

While developing the skills to command and direct attention is an important first step, engagement is about students investing in their own learning. Student engagement isn’t about manipulating students into behaving, but about creating equal, active, and committed partners in the learning process.

In this session, we’ll share different approaches to help your students feel a sense of accomplishment and a desire to perform through:

• Maximizing instructional time• Creating lessons that spark interest• Understanding and applying different assessments• Incorporating tenants of educational neuroscience• Keeping collaborative groups on task



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2019-2020TMIPLC WorkshopsTMI-ENVISION Workshop OfferingsENVISION: PARA-Power! (February 3, 2020)Para-educators are an essential part of the special education team. They deliver individualized services and play an increasingly prominent role in the support of instruction of individuals with exceptionalities at all ages (Giangreco, Suter, & Doyle, 2010). Paras need to be recognized and supported as they continue to make countless lives better.

Paras often see things that teachers can’t. They know the students in a different way, having tight relationships with the students who need adult support most. And, it is always good to remember, paras often do the hardest jobs with the toughest students, and they do it for the least amount of money.

To be competent in their job, Paras must have knowledge, skills, and abilities to do all that is expected and required. Paras, like all educators, need and generally want professional development. Savvy leaders recognize Para’s needs and find funding to support them.

Send your Paras or perhaps send them with their Co-teaching team. The focus of this session will be on:

• Ability to use strategies that promote students’ independence• Understanding of ethical and confidential considerations• Ability to employ constructive and clear communication strategies• Specific ways to resolve conflicts• Awareness of one’s impact on the overall learning environment



• Greatly improve your concentration and ability to think clearly day to day

• Grow your confidence and enthusiasm about your capability as a teacher

• Improve your productivity in the classroom and reduce stress levels for you and your students

• Build your resilience, optimism and self belief• Improve relationships and communication skills with students,

administrators and parents• Design a mind set for possibility and mental agility• Gain a renewed confidence and an understanding about your

own behavior

Participants of this much-needed workshop will enjoy a number of helpful examples, exercises and live demonstrations to help them get the results they want and to help them transfer their newly acquired skills to the classroom setting.

Teaching In The Age of Anxiety is presented by Dr. Anthony Scannella, Former CEO of FEA and leading expert in the fields of education, leadership, NLP and behavior change. He is the co- author of Launch Your Classroom, a new and popular eBook available on Amazon, Innovative Interventions for Today’s Exceptional Children (Roman and Littlefield), and two other texts and numerous articles in the areas change, behavior modeling and learning.

Audience: All Grade PK-12 Administrators and Teachers

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2019-2020TMIPLC WorkshopsTMI-EnVision Workshop OfferingsTeaching in the Age of Anxiety (October 10, 2019)Today, teachers face daunting challenges. They struggle with unusually high and sometimes conflicting expectations, limited autonomy, limited resources, unnecessary state mandates, and very few opportunities for growth and development.

In addition teachers must provide not only for the safety of their students, but for their intellectual, social, emotional and moral development in systems that offer little guidance and support. The students, in their charge, also grapple with their own issues like drug abuse, self esteem, obesity, suicide as well as many social media challenges and academic pressures. The schoolroom environment and the world at large has changed no doubt!

• How can teachers meet these challenges and function with clarity andpositivity?

• How do they achieve what is expected of them without undue stress andanxiety?

• How do they meet everyday obstacles with resilience, optimism andcoherence?

• How can teachers and students work in times of uncertainty, time scarcityand information overload.

• And, lastly, what can teachers do to deepen their grounding, make a realdifference in the classroom and grow personally and professionally?

If you want answers to these questions to make work and life more manageable, reduce stress and become more productive... take this workshop! It will help you:


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2019-2020TMIPLC WorkshopsThe Literacy Alliance: A TMI Education-Gravity Goldberg, LLC Partnership

What is the mission of the Literacy Alliance? The mission of the Literacy Alliance is simple - to provide timely, research-based and exemplary professional development, so as to ensure that EVERY classroom teacher is confident, comfortable and capable of providing effective English language and mathematics literacy instruction for EVERY student they serve. Dr. Goldberg is a leading literacy expert; Director and Lead Literacy Consultant at Gravity Goldberg, LLC; author and co-author of the book, Conferring with Readers: Supporting Each Student's Growth and Independence. The following workshops are offered in partnership through the Literacy Alliance, and included in the 2019-2020 TMI PLC membership.

Making the Most of Independent Reading and Conferring with a Teacher Toolkit (December 9, 2019) As teachers of reading we need our tools at the ready when we sit down with students and confer during independent reading. Tools develop our confidence because we are prepared for what might happen. We need books, a reading notebook and places to record notes about our students.

In this workshop participants will learn how to use the Teacher Toolkit for Independent Reading created by Gravity Goldberg and Renee Houser to make the most of independent reading. Students will become more engaged and our instruction will be much more targeted as a result of having the right tool at the right time. [Note: Participants in this session will receive a copy of the toolkit as part of their registration fee.] Fee for toolkit $100

Audience: Grade 2-6 Teachers, Administrators, Coaches, Teacher Leaders; Instructor: Dr. Gravity Goldberg


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2019-2020TMIPLC WorkshopsThe Literacy Alliance: A TMI Education-Gravity Goldberg, LLC PartnershipWriting Our Way to Rich Teaching: Practices that Support Authentic Writing Instruction (January 16, 2020) As writing teachers, we’re in pursuit of writing instruction that is strategic, supportive and rigorous. We can get so focused on the product that we forget the importance of the process that writers nurture to develop their craft. Reflect on ways to intentionally plan with process in mind, curate your own writing tools and resources in a writer’s notebook and create writing samples that will support authentic and meaningful writing instruction across your teaching work.

Audience: Grade 4-8 Teachers, Administrators, Coaches, Teacher Leaders; Instructor: Sarah Fiedeldey

Bolstering the Energy and Effectiveness of Our Language Arts Instruction (January 28, 2020)We do not always think of grammar as lively and energetic! But…it can be! The playfulness and craft of grammar are what brings meaning to our words. Let’s explore the experiences students can have that go beyond rote, worksheet and workbook-styled tasks and instead grow from inquiry ...and transfer into writing! In this workshop, we will discuss how to infuse the language standards with greater meaning. Participants will walk away with ideas and resources to brighten and energize the way conventional grammar is learned- and then practiced!

Audience: Grade 1-6 Teachers, Administrators, Coaches, Teacher Leaders; Instructor: Pam Koutrakos

Literacy in Mathematics: Talking, Reading and Writing in Math Class (March 12, 2020)Literacy is a part of every subject - including math! Join us as we explore genuine and playful vocabulary experiences and find ways to support students in the tricky work of reading and writing in math. Together, we will uncover practical methods to help students become more confident math thinkers and communicators. Participants will have time to create and leave with resources, materials, and ideas to use the next day!

Audience: Grade K-5 Teachers, Administrators, Coaches, Teacher Leaders; Instructor: Shanna Anderson


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2019-2020TMIPLC WorkshopsThe Literacy Alliance: A TMI Education-Gravity Goldberg, LLC PartnershipTrick...or Treat?: Reading Strategies for Middle and High School that Encourage Confidence, Curiosity, andOwnership (October 31, 2019)They’re responding, they’re discussing, they’re writing, but did they even open the book? The rise of online “reading assistance” resources like Sparknotes and Shmoop, coupled with the increasing pressure on middle and high school students to achieve the highest grade possible and the constant distraction of an on-demand culture, has created a classroom reality far scarier than the creepiest ghouls and goblins Halloween could produce! In this session, participants will be challenged to confront this monster head-on, rethinking literacy approaches to ensure everyone is treated to a great read...and no teachers get tricked!

Audience: Grade 6-12 Teachers, Teacher Leaders, Administrators and Coaches; Instructor: Matt Morone

Word Wondering: Teaching Vocabulary in Meaningful and Powerful Ways (March 6, 2020)The three big questions on teachers’ minds are: Which words do I teach? How to I find the time to explicitly address content-specific “domain” words? Which practices are proven to get learners to transfer word learning to their reading, writing, and speaking? Come discover answers, in a session designed to support high-impact vocabulary instruction. You CAN get away from one-size-fits-all approaches and blend playful word collecting with a systematic plan that ensure all children get the language exposure they need. PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BRING: 2-4 texts they use with students (read aloud, shared reading, or otherwise).

Audience: Grade 4-12 Teachers and Supervisors; Instructor: Pam Koutrakos
















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The "Getting Started with Math Workshop" Series!Are you new to teaching in a Mathematics Workshop model? Have you been out of the classroom for a while and can’t believe how much teaching has changed? Are you a brand new teacher? If you answered yes, this is the workshop for you!

Mathematics Workshop is a framework for all teachers of mathematics - not just the elementary level! It is made up of several instructional components. Join us for both the basics of each component and how they fit together, as well as ways to use each component to the benefit of your students. Attend one, two or all sessions!

Session 1: Getting Started with Math Workshop -The Nuts, Bolts and Overall Structure (October 18, 2019)There is no better time than now to be a math teacher! As researchers across the country shake up math instruction - making it more meaningful and joyful - so can you! Math Workshop and a balanced approach to teaching mathematics engages students with meaningful, student-centered instruction and activities that will not only strengthen students conceptual understanding but develop problem solvers and support a growth mindset! Join us as we rethink math and explore the components of Balanced Mathematics as well as the structures and routines in Math Workshop.



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Session 2: Getting Started with Math Workshop - Small Group Instruction (November 15, 2019)As teachers, we know how important and vital small group instruction is. We see how guided reading groups can move readers, and how writing groups can motivate writers. Well in math, the same holds true! Join us for Session 2 of the Math Workshop series as we dive deeper into guided math groups and learning stations. We will explore student-centered activities that are engaging and promote a growth mindset. We will also create learning tools that can be used next day!

Session 3: Getting Started with Math Workshop - Engaging Learners with Meaningful Math Practice (February 27, 2020)They are doing “the work”, but are they really doing true math work? Do they value their processes. think flexibly, connect to prior knowledge, analyze concepts and communicate their understandings? In this third session of the Getting Started with Math Workshop series, we will define meaningful math practice, analyze some current types of math work and develop ways to make it more engaging and meaningful. We will also explore open-ended math problems that values the process of doing math and helps to encourage flexible thinking in math an a growth mindset! We will also spend time creating engaging and open math activities that can be used next day!



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...But What if We Didn’t?: Challenging Assumptions about Literacy and Creating Opportunities for Authentic Learning (February 3, 2020)Educational Absurdity: “Teaching in a way that we know doesn’t work and yet being surprised when we fail.” From a distance, this seems ridiculous, yet it describes many of our most consistent frustrations in the ELA classroom. How did we get here? Why do we continue? Most importantly, what can we do instead? This session will challenge many of the sacred assumptions about “what we do here” and provide thoughtful, provocative strategies to encourage our students to stop Doing School and start thinking big.

Audience: Grade 6-12 Teachers, Teacher Leaders, Administrators and Coaches; Instructor: Matt Morone

Changing Our Assessment Lens to Uncover Next Steps in Learning (October 10, 2019)When assessment time rolls around, many of us feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of tests we need to administer. We pull out our materials, call kids to meet with us, and push through running records as quickly as possible so that we can get back to the matter of teaching. Yet in this rush, we may be missing an opportunity to see these interactions as mega conferences, where we mine, honor, and begin planning goals for our learnings. Join us in a day where we re-imagine our use of assessments, seeing them as the ultimate mining tools to support the learners in our care.

Audience: Grade K-5 Teachers, Teacher Leaders, Administrators and Coaches; Instructor: Dana and Heather, Gravity Goldberg, LLC


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Session 1: Hot Issues in School Law - 2019-2020 (October 10, 2019)This workshop will address current developments in a variety of legal issues, including:

• anti-bullying prevention and investigation;

• TEACHNJ regulations;

• staff corrective action plans;

• student safety;

• workplace harassment;

• recent legislative enactments;

• student health issues;

• social media and First Amendment rights and responsibilities;

• and more!

Don't miss this important opportunity to be current on essential school law topics, information and updates! Audience: All PK-12 Administrators and Teachers; Instructors: Sandra Jacques, Esq., LEGAL ONE Lead Consultant/Instructor

TMI-NJPSA/LEGAL ONE School Law Series!

Session 2: Social Media, Schools and the Law (October 31, 2019)This session will address the legal issues that arise when students, staff, and parents use social media. Issues to be addressed will include cyberbullying, student and staff First Amendment rights, using social media to screen job applicants, and legally permissible uses of social media. It will include the latest national research on the use of social media and best practices for promoting responsible use.

Audience: All PK-12 Administrators and Teachers; Instructors: Sandra Jacques, Esq., LEGAL ONE Lead Consultant/Instructor



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Session 3: HIB Law Update (December 9, 2019)This session will provide an overview of the latest developments in state and federal law, including case law, emerging trends, cyberbullying, and the most recent guidance from the NJ and US Departments of Education. Participants will gain an understanding of key steps on complex issues such as addressing incidents involving students with disabilities, when and how to involve the affirmative action officer and how to address allegations that staff members have bullied students.

Don't miss this important opportunity to be current on HIB law topics, information, and updates! Audience: All PK-12 Administrators and Teachers; Instructor: David Nash, Esq., LEGAL ONE Director

TMI-NJPSA/LEGAL ONE School Law Series!


Session 4: Hot Issues in Special Eduation Law (February 3, 2020)State and federal law is rapidly evolving for students with disabilities. In this workshop, participants will also learn about the latest case law, statutory/regulatory changes, and federal/state guidance regarding:

• the use of physical restraint and seclusion for students with disabilities;

• the overlapping rights of students under IDEA, Section 504, New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination and the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights;

• major changes related to the use of technology to deliver services for students with disabilities;

• new procedures for addressing legal disputes and due process;• major case law decided in the aftermath of the Supreme Court

decisions in Endrew and Fry; and• other important changes in case law, statute and regulation at the

state and federal levels.

Audience: All PK-12 Administrators and Teachers; Instructor: David Nash, Esq., LEGAL ONE Director


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The School Avoidant Child: A Collaborative Approach to Fostering Change (November 15, 2019)School avoidance is a significant challenge facing today’s schools. This workshop will discuss etiology and collaborative intervention, with school staff as key players in fostering positive change. We will reinforce the understanding that all learners are individuals, each with their own learning styles and characteristics. Additionally, workshop participants will:

• examine the importance of fostering a safe, inclusive learning environmentfor all students so that they may feel comfortable and free to participate in school;

• discuss the importance of identifying the function of behaviors associatedwith school avoidance and anxiety;

• examine and identify potential intervention to appropriately address relatedbehaviors; and

• foster an understanding of the importance of professional reflection, tocontinually ask, “What might I do differently in order to help this child?”

Essential questions to be addressed include: What is school avoidance? What is at the root of the increases in cases of students avoiding school? What are the avenues in which school avoidance can be addressed? What interventions may prove helpful in addressing school avoidant behaviors? What role does the application of the principles of applied behavior analysis play in addressing school avoidant behaviors? What is the role of school staff in addressing school avoidance and associated behaviors? Resources will be shared with participants to assist in understanding the function of behaviors associated with school avoidance, to assist in accessing community-based supports, and to foster a sustainable plan to address school avoidance in individual students.

Audience: PK-12 General and Special Education Teachers, CST Members and Administrators; Instructor: Scott Rossig, M.Ed, BCBA

Audience: Grade K-12 Teachers and Supervisors; Instructor: Mark Marotta, ATP

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Addressing Behavior Challenges in the Classroom: A Look at Classroom Management (January 16, 2020)Addressing challenging behavior to facilitate learning for all students is a necessity in every classroom in the school. Join us as we provide information on the science behind behavior and as we discuss and strategize specific challenges that we experience in our work each day. With effective classroom management as the focus, we will address the topics of identifying behaviors to be targeted for change, understanding and identifying the root cause of behaviors, and the incorporation of positive behavior supports to foster the development of replacement behaviors.

Participants will gain pertinent information on classroom management and behavior change through the provision of real-life examples. Come with an open mind and your real-life scenarios to be discussed and strategized!

Audience: PK-12 General and Special Education Teachers, CST Members and Administrators; Instructor: Scott Rossig, M.Ed, BCBA


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The 2018-2019 iSTEAM Series will include:

• Annual iSTEAM Con 2020 (January 2020)• Workshop No. 1: Coding in iSTEAM

(November 15, 2019)• Workshop No. 2: Building Engaging iSTEAM

Experiences, Challenges, and Projects(January 28, 2020)

• Workshop No. 3: Using Flipgrid and Visual Languageto Integrate Reading, Writing, and the Arts(February 27, 2020)

• Workshop No. 4: Makerspace: It's All AboutLOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! (March 12,2020)

Audience: All K-12 Teachers and Administrators; Instructors: Mrs. Shawna Longo, BM and MPA, and TMI Education iSTEAM Specialists

TMIPLC WorkshopsModern Teaching and Learning Offerings! Back by Popular Demand! The TMI iSTEAM Series!iSTEAM integrates science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics in order to promote student-led inquiry, higher-order thinking, collaborative problem-solving, creativity, and innovation in an authentic context that is relevant and meaningful to all learners.

To this end, we are pleased to offer our constituents this most exciting, innovative and practical professional learning workshop series - and - annual iSTEAM Con 2020 (January 2020)! Attend any one, two... or all!


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2019-2020TMIPLC WorkshopsModern Teaching and Learning Offerings!

Google Geo Tools: Fostering Global Awareness through Content Areas (October 18, 2019)Fostering empathy and global awareness among learners is a critical responsibility of today's educators. By harnessing the power of Google’s Geo Tools, educators can engage students with authentic learning experiences to develop global awareness.

This hands on learning experience will guide K-8 educators through the FREE Google Geo Tools to learn strategies for implementing them across content areas while fostering empathy and global awareness.

Activities will be shared for various Google Geo Tools, including, but not limited to, Google Earth, My Maps, and Tour Builder. Participants will walk away with implementation strategies, example activities, and a proficient understanding of how Google Geo Tools can be leveraged to foster empathy and global awareness.

Audience: Grades K-8 Teachers, Coaches, Teacher Leaders, Administrators; Instructor: Mrs. Christine Lion-Bailey


Creating Your Own Virtual Tours (Date TBD)What if students could create a virtual tour through the human circulatory system? Or take us through a foreign destination where they can tell a story? During this workshop, participants will experience and explore virtual tours first hand and then learn how to create their own.

Using Google Street View, Google Tour Builder, Google Tour Creator, you will be exposed to a range of options for creating content, from the relatively easy to more complex. We will also brainstorm ways to incorporate this technology into our classrooms.

Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers, Coaches, Teacher Leaders, Administrators; Instructor: Mr. Tim Casperson













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Formative and Summative Assessment Tools to Boost Student Learning (Tentative; Date TBD)This session will help teachers find, develop, and share best practices for the student-centered, data-driven environment. The focus on formative assessment will provide participants with tools and resources that can be immediately shared and implemented within their classrooms. Participants will leave with knowledge of a variety of resources. An engaged learning environment is the bedrock of the 21st century classroom. The purpose of assessment is to discuss ways to address instructional needs and accomplishments of students, allowing teachers to personalize and differentiate instruction. This session will explore various tools: Google Forms, Socrative, Kahoot, Poll Everywhere, Edpuzzle and others, as you engage and formatively assess your students. Digital formative assessment creates a workflow to make informed, real-time instructional shifts to personalize instruction for all students in the classroom. During this session, participants will be able to create their own formative assessment from a choice of tools that fit their instructional goals and classroom setting.

Audience: Grade K-12 Teachers, Administrators, Coaches, Teacher Leaders;Instructor: Mr. AJ Bianco


Creating Your Augmented Reality Experiences for the Classroom (Date TBD)By now, you may have heard the term Augmented Reality and the promise it holds to revolutionize the way people access information and connect in their daily lives. By overlaying digital content using the camera on a mobile device/tablet, people can do everything from translate signs from one language to another in real time, have directional arrows placed over their line of sight while navigating the city streets, interact with games and products in a way they could never have before, or even customize an automobile physically on display in a showroom. The potential for this technology is endless, both in our everyday lives as well as our classrooms. In this workshop, participants will be provided with an overview of this technology and experience some examples of AR in action. The bulk of this session will be spent learning how to build an AR experience with each participant ultimately creating their own. Practical classroom strategies to integrate this new technology will also be discussed. This session will prove to be fun, thought-provoking, as well as practical.

Audience: Grade K-12 Teachers, Administrators, Coaches, Teacher Leaders; Instructor: Christine Lion-Bailey and Tim Casperson; TMI Technology Integration Specialist sand Lead Consultants (In-District Offering; Morris Plains Schools)

TMIPLC WorkshopsModern Teaching and Learning Offerings!

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An Introduction to... Keeping the Brain in Mind! Effective Strategies for Excellent Instruction (Date TBD)Great teachers know not only what to do in the classroom but why it works. This workshop will use brain-friendly, research-based learning to help you improve your instruction in the key areas of: The Learning Environment, Knowing Your Students, Planning Instruction, Delivering Instruction, and Assessment. Included in the workshop are brain basics, a model to understand student learning, strategies that increase learning, how to improve retention, incorporating humor, novelty and music in instruction, and free, quality online resources. In addition to a fast-paced, engaging and interactive workshop, that uses the strategies it teachers, you will leave with concise research-based information and techniques that you can use in your teaching tomorrow. Practical resources will be provided!

Audience: Grade K-12 Teachers, Administrators and Coaches; Instructors: Dr. Cheryl Moretz, Mr. Paul Sears and Mr. Matthew Carlin; TMI Education Brain-Based Specialists

TMIPLC WorkshopsModern Teaching and Learning Offerings!

Leading the Brain-Based School! Leadership Strategies to Promote Excellent Instruction (Tenetative; TBD)Great school leaders provide teachers with effective feedback that helps to improve instruction while knowing the research that is behind it. This workshop will help you to provide brain-friendly, research-based feedback in the key areas of: the Learning Environment, Knowing Students, Planning Instruction, Delivering Instruction, and Assessment. These areas of focus can be adapted to any evaluation model used by your school. In addition to a fast-paced, engaging and interactive workshop, you will leave with concise research-based information that you can provide to teachers as learning resources during post-observation feedback. Practical resources will be provided!

Audience: Grade K-12 Teachers, Administrators and Coaches; Instructors: Dr. Cheryl Moretz, Mr. Paul Sears and Mr. Matthew Carlin; TMI Education Brain-Based Specialists



• Foundation of Educational Administration (FEA)• NJ Principals and Supervisors Association (NJ PSA) and its affiliate, Bergen County PSA• Bergen County Association of School Administrators (BCASA)• NJ Department of Education (NJ DOE)• NJ Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (NJ ASCD)• NJ Council for Exceptional Children (NJ CEC)• NJ Performance Assessment Alliance (NJ PAA)• ENVISION: Breakthroughs in Learning• SpringBoard 21 Educational Solutions (SB21)• InfoSavvy21 Group• Project ABLE• Stronge and Associates, LLC• Integrated Technology Group (ITG)• Bahrain Ministry of Education• Internationally renowned keynoters, authors, keynoters and scholarly experts Ian Jukes, Gravity

Goldberg, Jimmy Casas, James Stronge, Tony Wagner, Ted Dintersmith, Grant Wiggins• And many more!

2019-2020 TMI PLC Members receive a minimum of TWO free seats to theses events; additional seats are offered at a discounted rate (varies according to event). We anticipate a minimum of four events to be scheduled during 2019-2020, including two seasonal conferences.

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TMIPLC CONFERENCES & EVENTSTMI-RCNJ Collaborative Organizational Events! For nearly 20 years, TMI Education has collaboratively developed, planned, and delivered outstanding, timely,innovative and practical large-scale programs and events. These have included annual regional- and state-level seminars, panel discussions, movie screenings, global forums, unconferences, exhibitions and expos, and more. We are extremely proud to have had the privileged opportunity to join forces in collaboration with many of the most outstanding and influential educational organizations and individuals across the globe, including and in no certain order:


Where are TMIPLC Programs held?Most all of our centralized TMIPLC in-person workshops, events, conferences and classes that support our blended courses are held at Ramapo College of NJ. Nestled in the scenic hills of beautiful Mahwah, NJ, the Ramapo College campus offers state-of-the-art facilities and the perfect atmosphere for this unique professional learning opportunity!

Ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best Regional Public Universities North category, Ramapo College of New Jersey is sometimes viewed as a private college. This is, in part, due to its unique interdisciplinary academic structure, its size of more than 6,000 students and its pastoral setting in the foothills of the Ramapo Mountains on the New Jersey/New York border. For more information about Ramapo College, including directions and campus map, go to https://www.ramapo.edu/about/.

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If you think you’re leading and turn around to see that no one is following, you then you’re just taking a walk.

Benjamin Hocks

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2019-2020 TMIPLC: Membership Options and Registration


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What is the Cost and How Do I Join?

2019-2020 TMIPLC Membership Tuition Rates:

2019-2020TMIPLC MEMBERSHIP

• Individual MembershipThis membership entitles the named member (only)to a single seat at each of the 2019-2020 TMIworkshops, and discounted rates at all conferencesand events.

• School/District Organizational MembershipThis membership entitles the named organization to 5seats at each of the respective 2019-2020 TMIworkshops, and discounted rates at all specialevents and conferences.

• "Professional Pairs" MembershipThis membership entitles the named two (2)members (only) to a single seat at each of therespective 2019-2020 TMI workshops, anddiscounted rates at all special events andconferences.

Special In-District Discounted Rates! In addition, TMI PLC members (all membership types) receive the following discounted in-district programs and consultation rates:

• Full-day $1850 (from $2350)• Half-day $1250 (from $1750)

$1450; "Early Bird" - $1250

$4750; "Early Bird" - $4250

$2050; "Early Bird" - $1750


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2019-2020 TMIPLC MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION If your district is interested in 2019-2020 TMI Professional Learning Consortium membership participation, please complete the following application and return to the attention of Dr. Brian Chinni via the following options: (1) US Mail: TMI Education - PO Box 922, Madison, NJ 07940; or (2) Email: [email protected]. Questions may be directed to TMI Client Services via 1) Email: [email protected]; or 2) phone at 888 864 6364.

Organizational Membership Option

Name of Member School/District/Organization: ___________________________________________________________________

Street Address: ____________________________________Town: ____________________________ State: ________ Zip Code: _________

Superintendent/Principal/Director Name: __________________________________ Email: _____________________________________

Member Organization Coordinator Contact Person Information

Name: _____________________________________Title: _______________________________ Phone: _____________________________

Email Address: _______________________________ Addl. Information: _______________________________________________________

Individual Membership Option

Name of Member: __________________________________Email:_______________________________Phone:_______________________

Name of Member School/District/Organization: ___________________________________________________________________

Street Address: ____________________________________Town: ____________________________ State: ________ Zip Code: _________

Superintendent/Principal/Director Name: __________________________________ Email: _________________________________________


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2019-2020 TMIPLC MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION 2019-2020 TMIPLC Membership General Terms and Conditions

TMI PLC Membership will be granted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Annual membership fee for 2019/2020 school year is as follows:

• Organizational Membership Rates:

"Early Bird Special" Rate - $4250; applies for applications submitted and received by August 1, 2019.

Standard Membership Rate - $4750; applies for applications submitted and received after August 1, 2019.

• Individual Membership Rates:

" Early Bird Special Rate" - $1250; applies for applications submitted and received by August 1, 2019.


• "Professional Pairs" Membership Rates:

"Early Bird Special Rate" - $1750; applies for applications submitted and received by August 1, 2019.


1. All annual membership applications and fees once received by TMI are non-refundable.

2. All purchase orders and payments should be made to: The Madison Institute, LLC; PO Box 922, Madison, NJ 07940; FEIN #: 522232345.

Execution and Acceptance of this Application for Membership

The district applicant affixes their signature with the authority to submit the application for membership and TMI affixes their signature with the authority to receive and accept the

district’s application for membership. With these two signatures the parties hereto agree to the terms set forth herein.

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Organization CSA/Director Name - Please Print Organization CSA/Director Signature Date

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TMI Education CEO/Founder Date 2018-2019 TMI Professional Learning Consortium

4 1 2019

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