**CANCELLED The Catalyst Approach: Keeping Them in the Classroom**

The Catalyst Approach: Keeping Them in the Classroom

Facilitators: Jacki Brickman & Nancy Burns, The Catalyst Approach

Audience: Classroom Teachers, Administrators, Directors

Research shows that the meaningful connections adults make with students help them to feel safe, understood, and valued as a full member of the classroom community, and as a by-product, motivates them to stay in the classroom and engage in learning even longer. At the same time, there are students who have needs or bear burdens that manifest in behaviors that lead to children being misunderstood, misrepresented, and marginalized.

This impacts the delicate balancing act of educators as they attempt to keep these individuals in the room and, at the same time, support each and every student in staying focused and engaged in learning.

The concepts and strategies taught in Keeping Them in the Room help educators understand the ways adults can disrupt harmful practices while replacing them with new ones, that help students build self-esteem and reduce feelings of shame and anxiety that develp in students who often struggle to find success in school.

This course will allow you to:

• Identify and understand the unintentional impact many common strategies have on students who struggle to find success in school leading to them being misunderstood, marginalized, and misrepresented by the adults in a school.
• Understand the impact that understanding neurodivergence and neurotypical brain development can have on one's ability to support students
• Increase your empathy and compassion for students who are hard for you to understand
• Learn about the classroom conditions for supporting students who are most at risk of spending more time out of the classroom and "in the office"
• Manage your own interactions effectively when interatcting with students

Prerequsite: Whole Group Classroom Leadership: The Foundational Skills (in the last 3 years) Bring your Whole Group Classroom Leadership Workbook with you to class.

All registrations must be received in advance, no on-site registration will be available for this course. Email confirmations will be sent a week prior to the event with confirmation of registration.

CEU's are available as well as opportunities for continuing education credits corresponding to addional coursework regarding implementation.

Tuition (includes lunch):

$500 Member

$625 Non-member

Please make checks payable to BrightWorks and mail to: 

BrightWorks
Attn: Brittany Stepan
2 Pine Tree Drive, Suite 101
Arden Hills, MN 55112

Please note: If an invoice is required, an additional fee of $10 will be applied. 

Cancellation: You can cancel your own registration for an event before the cancellation deadline. (Please check the event information for specific cancellation details.) If the event has a fee, refunds are possible only if cancellation is prior to the deadline. If you do not attend and do not cancel prior to an event, you are still responsible for payment and will be billed.

Special Accommodations: Please alert BrightWorks 2-3 weeks prior to the workshop/event if you need special accommodations, including sign language interpreters. (BrightWorks requires a notice of 2 business days to cancel a sign language interpreter. If you fail to cancel, we reserve the right to bill your school/district for this expense.) Update your profile as needed. Special accommodations are not included with each registration, but are stored in your profile until you make changes.