2024-25 Smart, Compelling, and Judicious Classroom Management

2023-24 Smart, Compelling, and Judicious Classroom Management:

Strategies based on the synthesis of professional ethics, sound educational practice, students’ constitutional rights K-12 and the responsibilities that flow from those rights.

Saturday, August 10, 2024

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

A 30 Minute Lunch Break

$25 for Support Staff

$45 for NASA Members

$65 for Non-NASA Members

Due to Washoe County School District (WCSD) salary advancement requirements, WCSD participants will be asked to submit a brief written summation of how this professional learning event will transfer learning into practice before a certificate is issued. WCSD participants: please use the link provided on the Guidance/Link sheet for each event to submit. Lastly, when completing events that are (1) or more credits, please submit your tracker to the PGS Department in Washoe and to ahendersonnasa@gmail.com

Dr. Colleen Harrison

I have worked as a classroom teacher K-8.  I earned my B.S. and M.S. from Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.  After several years of teaching, I pursued a full-time doctoral degree at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon and concurrently finish my administrative credentials at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.  Since that time, I have had the opportunities to work as an Assistant Principal at the Middle School and High School levels, an Elementary School Principal, a Director of Curriculum and Instruction, a Professional Development Specialist, and an Assistant Professor of Education.  Currently, I am an Educator Advocate Consultant for The Center of Teacher Effectiveness.  My doctoral research investigated the classroom environments in Whole Language and Judicious Discipline classrooms. I was deeply honored to present my research on Judicious Discipline at the 1st China-U.S. Conference on Education in Beijing, China.

Email : larson.colleen1@gmail.com

Mobile Phone :  720-201-5383

Workshop Description:

Classroom Management has been rated as the most important variable to building and maintaining a high achieving classroom. The “lack of” student behavior and classroom management competencies cause educators to have high levels of stress and one reason why educators leave the profession.  Whether you are the new or seasoned educator, highly effective student behavior and classroom management strategies can make a significant difference for teacher and student success.

As educators, we have always believed students should take responsibility for their actions and that teaching citizenship is an important part of any curriculum.  Democracy in the classroom with Judicious Discipline strategies, however, takes that belief one step further---it assists educators to create a democratic classroom environment that respects the citizenship rights of students.  As a result, students learn and experience a model of discipline that emphasizes personal responsibility.

Ultimately, the practice of democratic principles guides students toward understanding and accepting a social contract with others.  Many educators who have familiarized themselves with the concepts of a judicious approach to classroom management, start off the first day by involving their students in setting up a democratic classroom.  They begin with a discussion of student rights, develop rules together based on student responsibilities flowing from those rights, and discuss with students the process of how things will be handled whey they act irresponsibly.  In these democratic classrooms, responsibility flows from a principled level of thinking where students learn to balance their individual freedoms with the welfare interests of others in and outside of the school community.

ALL are welcome, including anyone in a non-administrative position!

Participants will earn .5 credit (7.5 hours) toward license renewal!

This workshop ALSO counts for step advancement in Clark and most Nevada School Districts!

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In CCSD, those in non-administrative licensed positions may count this workshop for license renewal AND ALSO 2.5 CUs - THOSE IN NON-ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS EARN BOTH!

In CCSD, administrators and professional-technical administrators may count this workshop for license renewal OR 2.5 hours toward step-advancement - not both for administrators.

Washoe County participants will be required to also register for this course in "MyPGS" in order to receive in-service credit toward salary advancement.