When classroom communities are challenged by disruptive, defiant, and/or passive-resistant student behaviors, joy in learning is diminished and coming to work with a positive outlook gets harder and harder. This interactive workshop will focus on practical ways to support and respond to student behavior. Participants will deepen knowledge and skills to manage the ever-changing classroom environment in ways that promote behavioral competency over compliance. Megan Williams, behavioral specialist, will focus with participants on how to prevent behavior issues from occurring in the first place as well as how to intervene when behavioral issues begin to escalate.

This workshop is designed to provide practical strategies that will help you to:

1. Create a safe learning environment for all learners that maximizes a caring learning community 2. Coordinate and participate in Problem Solving Conferences/ Negotiations
2. Be consistent in your expectations, communication, and follow through with students as it relates to co-crafted mutual values and goals
3. Learn to Push into challenging student behaviors that are approaching limits to create mutually desired outcomes
4. Find the POSITIVE!

Participants will leave with a goal to use strategies and come to follow up virtual sessions to continue knowledge and skill building with the group. Workshop activities will be differentiated appropriate to upper elementary, middle, and high school students.

Session #1 (date to be determined)
Session #2(date to be determined)

Teachers Grades 3 -12, Novice Teachers, Special Education Teachers, School Administrators, Instructional Coaches

The registration deadline is February 6, 2023.

In the registration form below, required fields are indicated with a red asterisk. Once you have submitted the registration, the person or people whom you have registered will receive a confirmation email (with registration information included) within 24 hours.

If a participant is unable to attend the workshop please let Alison Dwier-Selden This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. know as soon as possible and also if you will provide a substitute to attend in your place. She will need to know the person’s name and an email address for confirmation.

The workshop fee is $149 for each participant who is a member of a school division that is a member of VaSCL. You can check here for member divisions.

The registration fee for participants from Non-Member school divisions is $199.

VaSCL has a no refund policy for workshop registrations. In the event that a workshop is canceled by VaSCL, refunds will be made in full.

If you would like to pay now by credit card or through a PayPal/credit account, you will be given an opportunity to do so below.

If payment is not made by credit card/PayPal account at registration, the person whom you identified as the Billing Contact will be sent an invoice for payment of your registration fee.