When

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EST
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Where

Wilson Middle School 
22 Rutledge Rd.
Natick, MA 01760  

 
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Contact

Leah Parker-Moldover 
SPARK Kindness, Inc. 
 
lparkermoldover@sparkkindness.org 
 

Elementary and Middle School Workshops- Hot Topics!

Wednesday, February 27

6:30 to 8:30 at Wilson Middle School

Join us for a very special evening featuring Elementary and Middle School principals, educators and counselors and administrators who will share their personal expertise through workshops they have designed especially for you! This is a great opportunity to interact with elementary and middle school principals and educators in an informal and fun setting!

Free babysitting will be offered!  Must notify us via the registration page if you would like to bring your children.

You will have the option to choose two different programs to attend of the 6 total workshops offered.  Each workshop will run for 45 minutes and each will be offered twice, so you choose one program for session 1 and another for session 2.  We encourage you to bring a friend or spouse and split up so that you can get the scoop on all four workshops by sharing information.  Follow-up information on all workshops will be sent to all registrants.

Workshop Titles/Offering for February 27 (you will be able to attend 2)

Elemenary School Topics:

  • Fostering Social Emotional Learning at Home by Supporting Self Regulation with Ben Hem Interim Assistant Principal, Julia MacEwan and  Special Education teacher, Michelle Mulcahy (for PreK-4)
  • RTI (Response to Intervention)at the Elementary Level with Ben Hem Principal Karen Ghilani and Memorial Principal Sue Balboni  How does the elementary school support all students?  Some children have IEPs or 504s but not all.  What is the process for determining what kids need and meeting those needs at school?
  • Literacy at the Elementary Level with Lilja Principal Anne Carothers, Johnson Principal Jordan Hoffman, and Brown Principal Ben Gatto Your children are becoming readers and writers! Come and hear about how we are supporting authentic literacy development in grade K-4. We will also share some ways to support this development at home.

Middle School Topics: 

  • Writing Across All Content Areas - What Middle School Writing Looks Like (Kailtin Mattison, 6th grade L&L teacher) In this workshop attendees will explore the three types of writing middle school students participate in: informational, argumentative/opinion, and narrative. Attendees will see samples of writing, understand how students are taught to analyze an open response question, and discuss what the purpose of graphic organizers is. 
  •  Who is This Middle School Child of Mine? (Teresa Carney, Principal, Wilson Middle School & Andy Zitoli, Principal and Jennifer D'Antonio, Guidance Counselor)
  •  Building Reading Stamina, Confidence, and Critical Home-School Connections:  (Sarah Doyle, 7th grade L&L Teacher and Judy Coleman, 7th grade L&L teacher and L&L department head)
  • Social Emotional Learning in School and at Home: Dan Hauermann and Michelle LeBlanc  This session will focus on social-emotional learning: the different strategies that we use here in school to support social-emotional learning and some suggested strategies for use at home