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Workshops
2025-2026
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 Difficult Conversations ~ Effective Confrontation

Responding to the Current Landscape

 
8 am - 2 pm   ~   5 PDPs ~ $250
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Instructor: Dr. Terri Sullivan

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  • De-escalate ~ Disarm ~ Disagree productively

  • Master the art and science of conflict management (Judy Ringer, Simon Sinek, Jefferson Fisher and Terri Sullivan).

  • Recognize when to lean in vs. when to step away from a conflict.

  • Exit unproductive conversations professionally and purposefully.

  • Set boundaries without triggering further escalation.

  • Avoid power struggles while maintaining authority.

  • Employ deescalating techniques to common scenarios.

  • Recognize fear-based behavior and resistance.

  • Practice difficult conversations for mediations, complaints, and evaluation conferences.

** Intended for adult-to-adult interactions

May 15, 2026

Students Conversing Together
 Hormones, Habits, and High Expectations
 
8 am - 2 pm   ~   5 PDPs ~ $250
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Instructor: Dr. Terri Sullivan

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  • Explore how hormones, habits, and instructional moves interact to either fuel or derail learning—and walk away with immediately applicable tools to create more focused, motivated, and resilient learners.

  • Unpack both intrinsic (stress, anxiety, attention, motivation) and extrinsic (environment, task design, expectations) obstacles—and learn how to respond effectively.

  • Leverage brain science to help students unlearn poor habits and develop strong metacognitive and executive processing skills..

  • Reduce power struggles and increase student ownership.

  • Integrate high-impact thinking routines and embed strategies from Harvard University's Project Zero to elevate student thinking, discourse, and engagement.

  • Create lessons and routines through the adolescent hormone informed lens and leverage dopamine, cortisol, serotonin, and oxytocin as fuel for learning.

May 27, 2026

Meeting at the office

Operational Leadership

Leadership isn't what you intend, it's what people experience!

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June 9 & June 10 

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10 PDPs   ~    8 am - 2 pm   ~  $450 

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This two-day workshop is grounded in the belief that leadership is intentional and visible—not positional or implied. ‘Bossing’ is a learned skill, not a title. Designed to build leadership capacity across roles, this experience helps districts develop a strong leadership pipeline by equipping current and aspiring leaders with the tools, language, and systems needed to hold the line, build trust, and manage performance in complex school environments—even when the leader is not in the room. Participants move from being overwhelmed to operational, strengthening individual effectiveness while increasing organizational capacity.

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This is not a sit-and-get workshop. It’s an applied leadership experience designed to strengthen the skills, systems, and stamina required to lead people, systems, and change under pressure.

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DAY ONE OUTCOME: Participants leave with increased confidence and competence in leading adults, managing performance, and holding the line in ways that protect relationships while maintaining standards.​

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DAY TWO OUTCOME: Participants leave with systems and routines that move leadership from reactive to sustainable, increasing organizational capacity while protecting leader effectiveness.

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Summer 2026

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Beginner Canva 

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm​

5 PDPs - $200

​Instructor: Dan Riley​, Media and PR Coordinator, Sandwich Public Schools​

  •  Use Canva AI to bring a little spark to your classroom atmosphere

  •  Learn simple tips that make you look like a graphic designer

  •  Create modern designs that catch student attention

  •  Learn how to make creatively designed emails home to parents

  •  Elevate your google classroom look with personalized banners

  •  Make your own classroom posters and throw those generic ones away

  •  Take your school social media posts to a professional level

July 13, 2026

Classroom Learning Scene

UDL 3.0

8:00 am  - 12: 00 pm  ~  5 PDPs  ~  $200 
Instructor: Erin Fisher, Technology Integrationist, EBPS

  • Explore the updated (7/2024) guidelines and learn what has changed

  • Break down barriers for all learning tools and strategies so all learners can ACCESS curriculum

  • Build upon learning with practical strategies and resources

  • Internalize and strengthen Executive Function goals for all students

  • Create lesson plans and resources you can take back into the classroom

July 15, 2026

Advanced Canva for Educators

  8:00 am - 12:00 pm​

5 PDPs - $200

​Instructor: Dan Riley​,  Media and PR Coordinator, Sandwich Public Schools​

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  • Harness Canva AI Magic Studio tools for instant design variations, smart mockups, and content generation

  • Create custom Canva templates that can be reused by you or shared with colleagues

  • Design animated graphics and videos that bring lessons and announcements to life

  • Integrate Canva with Google Slides, Docs, and Classroom for seamless teaching workflows

  • Explore collaborative design projects where students co-create class products in Canva

  • Develop dynamic data visuals (infographics, timelines, charts) that make complex topics more accessible

  • Elevate school-wide communications—design polished slide decks for staff PD, student showcases, and community events

July 20, 2026

Teen study group

Discourse & Dialogue 

Make thinking visible, make conversation meaningful, and make learning a practice of respectful, rigorous dialogue.

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5  PDPs ~  8 am - 12  pm  ~  $200

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​​Instructors: Dr. Terri Sullivan and Kim McHugh

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  • Model and practice discourse protocols to develop intellectual curiosity, courage, and tenacity.

  • Develop norms for equitable and powerful participation.

  • Explore the Harkness pedagogical model for whole class dialogue.

  •  Integrate discourse prompts and routines from Harvard's PZ Thinking Routines into content lessons.

  • Design lessons framed in the intellectual virtues that cultivate healthy dialogue and discourse.

  • Connect dialogue to SEL, belonging, and inclusive communities.

  • Adapt your current lessons into “thinking conversations” using tools and strategies for discourse. ​​​​​​

July 21, 2026

Google Suite

5 PDPs  ~  8 am  - 12 pm  ~  $200
Instructor: Erin Fisher, EBPS, Technology Integrationist 

  • Efficiently navigate and utilize core Google Workspace applications (Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, Drive and More!).

  • Learn specific advanced features or "pro-tips" (like mail merge equivalents or advanced formulas) to enhance productivity beyond basic use.

  • Create better workflows, and efficiency with Google Tools

  • Implement strategies for collaboration and real-time co-editing within shared Google documents.

  • Certified Trainer for ten years, what can Google do for you?

July 22, 2026

Team Planning Session

Co-teaching for Diverse Learners

5 PDPs  in Special Education
  8 am  - 12 pm  ~  $200
Instructor:  Dr. Terri Sullivan

  • Strengthen clarity of expectations and defined roles and responsibilities for special educator, paraprofessional, and content area educator Explore several evidence-based co-teaching models for Middle/HS classrooms

  • Build lesson planning strategies into your repertoire that includes appropriate support staff

  • Create a tiered communication system for each student’s team that does not overwhelm staff with TMI and yet ensures those who need to know are appropriately kept in the loop

July 24, 2026

Helping a Student

Inclusive Practices and MTSS (multi-tiered system of support) for the MHS Classroom

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5 PDPs   ~   8 am  -12 pm  ~  $200

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Instructor: Kim McHugh

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  • Develop proactive, preventative, and tiered protocols

  • Apply UDL (Universal Design for Learning) principles in the classroom

  • Use school and specific student data to inform your practice and improve student achievement

  • Review pedagogical tier one practices for high quality instruction

  • Leave with a tier one toolbox of interventions and supports

  • Review instructional elements of inclusive practices, metacognition, and social-emotional learning

  • Practice the integration of instructional and behavioral evidence-based interventions and supports to maximize student engagement and ownership of learning

July 28, 2026

AI Tools for Teachers

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5 PDPs   ~   8 am - 12 pm  ~  $200

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Instructor: Erin Fisher, Technology Integrationist, EBPS

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  •  Explore and learn how to use various AI tools! We will cover:

    • Google Gems

    • Gemini

    • NotebookLM

    • ChatGPT

    • Google App Script

  • We will also look at the cautionary areas of AI; such as bias, hallucinations, and data privacy. 

  • If you can dream it, we can do it with AI tools to use in the classroom! 

July 29, 2026

De-escalate ~ Disarm ~ Disagree
Productively
 
8 am - 2 pm   ~   5 PDPs ~ $250
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Instructor: Dr. Terri Sullivan

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  • Master the art and science of conflict management

  • Workshop the strategies of Sinek’s F-B-I, Judy Ringer, Fisher, R-A-I-S-E, and Stoic.

  • Develop communication skills to navigate difficult people.  

  • Employ de-escalating techniques to common scenarios.

  • Practice difficult conversations for mediations, complaints, and evaluation conferences

** Intended for adult-to-adult interactions

July 31, 2026

Business Meeting Discussion

Supervision, Documentation, and Difficult Decisions

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5 PDPs   ~   8 am - 2 pm  ~  $250

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Instructor: Dr. Terri Sullivan

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  • Examine supervision and evaluation practices and develop confidence in your supervisory role.

  • Is it a reprimand, a letter in personnel file, a warning, a day without pay, a recommendation to dismiss, or included in the performance evaluation?

  • Manage teacher misconduct, attendance issues, insubordination, weak performance, and 'bad attitudes'

  • Explore best practices for moving people to directed growth plans and improvement plans.

  • Share personnel issues and examine strategies to avoid litigation.

  • Be provided with letters of reprimand and sample improvement plans.

  • Aligned to Massachusetts DESE Educator Evaluation Standards I, II, and IV and grounded in 603 CMR 35.00 regulation.

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BRANDING 

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5 PDPs   ~   8 am - 12 pm  ~  $200

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Instructor: Dan Riley, Media and PR Coordinator, Sandwich Public Schools

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  • Add fresh energy and pride to your school’s identity

  • Take your posts from basic to brilliant

  • Easy tricks to boost your school's visibility online

  • Make every message pop with style and purpose

  • Craft creative communications parents will love to read

  • Your Brand, Your Rules – Build a shareable school logo and color palette everyone can use

  • Make bold banners and posters tailored to YOUR school’s message

August 5, 2026

Team Meeting Room

The Crisis Ready Leader
Through the unthinkable with confidence, compassion, and proven protocols

5 PDPs in Leadership/Administration
  8 am  - 12 pm  ~  $200
Instructor: Michaela Gill, Principal, SLRHS

  • Navigate high-stakes school threats

  • Manage grief and loss with compassion

  • Build clear, actionable workflows for physical site emergencies such as gas leaks, fires, or natural disasters

  • Access tools to control the digital narrative

  • Coordinate multi-agency collaboration

  • Establish "Return to Learn" frameworks that address long-term trauma and operational recovery after the immediate danger has passed.

August 6, 2026

Study Groups

High Impact Academic Support

5 PDPs in Special Education

  8 am  - 12 pm  ~  $200 

Instructor: Terri Sullivan

  • Map IEP service delivery to Academic Support instruction

  • Apply proven strategies to improve subgroup achievement 

  • Incorporate tier one skill building into tier two services 

  • Design high impact routines to maximize skill building and engagement

  • Create menus of SEL skills (self-advocacy, task initiation, self-regulation, independence, goal setting) to embed into your practice

  • Marry UDL (Universal Design for Learning) principles with IEP principles

August 7, 2026

Scrabble Tiles

Strategies and Tools for Supporting Multilingual Learners

15 PDPs  in SEI 
Two full days  ~  8 am  - 2 pm  ~  $450
Instructor: Erin Fisher, Technology Integrationist, EBPS

  • Explore instructional approaches that support multilingual learners while strengthening learning for all students.

  • Examine the characteristics of the silent period and design instructional supports that use visuals, gestures, modeling, repetition, and strategic translation to make content comprehensible for learners who are not yet speaking.

  • Develop structured opportunities for safe speaking practice and implement research-based vocabulary strategies and digital tools that build confidence and increase expressive language skills.

  • Design scaffolded lessons, leveled texts, and interactive fluency activities that support students as they move from conversational language toward academic language across content areas.

  • Create opportunities for student voice, academic expression, and bilingual development through higher-order tasks, project-based learning, and flexible assessment options.

August 10th and August 11th

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