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A Targeted Approach to Spelling (46 min $27 value)

Let me take you through my spelling program to help all students progress in learning the spelling of words.

Writing Goals - An Essential Component of a Writing Session (23 min $69)

A PD session on how to target your students exactly where they are at in writing and raise their accountability for their own learning.

Phonics 101 (32 min $49 value)

This is the very basics of phonics, with a huge focus on phonological awareness. 

This is the PD I wish had been around when I first started teaching. All the things I should have known but was too embarrassed to ask. 

Helping Struggling Writers (38 min $79)

Have a struggling writer in your class? Someone who is making progress or isn't even trying to write? Then this is the PD for you. I'll take you through the reasons the student is not making progress or attempting to write, and then give you practical solutions to implement. 

Running Records- A Reading Assessment Tool (58 min $59)

Running records is a tool for assessing reading, including accuracy, fluency, and comprehension.

Find out how to conduct a running record in this PD. 

Teaching a Maths Lesson (35 min $50 value)

How do you run a maths lesson?

How do you plan out the curriculum over a school year?

I answer these questions and more in this PD session. Find out what my approach to teaching maths is and how to make your maths lessons more effective. 

Writing Maths Report Comments (23 min $49 value)

In this video, I model the process of writing maths comments for reports for marking and grading a work sample to writing the actual comment.

Introduction to Montessori with Lisa from Montessori Kiwi (39 min)

Discover what Montessori education is and how you can introduce the approach into your classroom. 

An Introduction to Autism (36 min $79 value)

This PD is all about Autism. It covers what Autism is and what characteristics you might see in a student. It also goes through key strategies you can implement in the classroom to assist a student with Autism.  

Effectively Manage Meetings (22 min $39 value)

In this PD session, you will learn skills to effectively manage meetings, with an emphasis on team leaders running regularly scheduled meetings.

Save Time Marking (34 min $69 value)

Cut down on the time you spend marking! I will show you methods to identify key pieces of work that should be marked, and those that shouldn't. Learn routines to get through your marking pile quickly and effectively. Ensure your marking is benefiting student learning and giving you the information you need. 

Class Reward Systems (39 min $49 value)

Learn different ways to promote and reward positive choices and great behaviour in your classroom.

Student Seating (32 min $29 value) 

Delve into the current research (or lack thereof) of seating arrangements. While flexible seating is briefly discussed, it is not the focus of the PD. Instead, we look at the traditional chair and desk seating, including ways to approach seating, desk arrangements and the method I use. 

Grading Made Easy (28 min $69 value)

Grading your students does not have to be an all-consuming, stressful task. Let me show you how to grade your students efficiently, quickly and confidently. 

Using PowerPoint (30 min $49 value)

Want to take making your own resources to the next level? Let me show you how awesome PowerPoint can be! In this session, I take you through all the basics of PowerPoint plus all the extra tips to make high-quality resources easily.

End of Year (19 min $29 value)

The end of the year doesn't have to be chaotic. Get ahead of the end of year tasks with the help of this video.

Using Excel (20 min $49)

This 20 minute PD takes you through the basics of using Excel to record data in your classroom. See how to set up auto calculations, colour scales, checkboxes and drop-down tabs. It is not as complicated as it sounds! 

Planning Amazing Assemblies (34 min $49 value)

Are assemblies something you dread every year?

Feel uninspired about what to do for your next assembly?

This is the PD you need. I take you through the process I use every year for planning an amazing assembly.

IEPs (24 min $69 value)

Learn how to write highly effective I.E.Ps that will have the best results for your students. Free I.E.P template also provided with example student.

Teaching Vocabulary (21 min $49 value)

How to effectively implement a vocabulary program into your classroom and why this is something every teacher should be doing. 

Guided Reading (20 min $49 value)

This highly requested session covers what I do with my guided reading group. I have previously shared how I manage my Literacy Rotation, but in this session, I am diving deeper into what I am doing with the group that is with me and how I maximise the 15-20 minutes I spend with them.

Multiplication Strategies (30 min $69 value)

Not sure about the foundational concepts unpinning the teaching of multiplication? 

Want to see the best strategies for teaching multiplication, including solving larger problems? Then this is the PD for you.

Cooperative Learning Strategies (32 min $69)

Feeling like you are doing the same activities over and over again? Looking for some inspiration and wanting your students to learn from each other? 

This video takes you through 20 cooperative learning strategies. From pairs to small groups to whole class, this video includes many different strategies that can serve many different purposes.

Strategies presented include card clusters, snowball, jigsaw, envoy and future wheel.

Side Business (22 min $49 value)

Thinking about creating a side business in addition to teaching? Find out the beginning steps to starting your own business.