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PREVENTING VIOLENCE THROUGH ANGER MANAGEMENT, PART I (PQAS-Certified)
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PART I: THE NATURE, PROPERTIES, & PRINCIPALS OF ANGER Research clearly indicates that student learning is impacted by a classroom environment that is emotionally safe and that all children need to function in a calm brain state in order to learn. This course equips teachers to apply fundamental principles and best practices that promote climates of emotional safety through enhancing their ability to manage anger in the classroom and discipline effectively. The course surveys the myths and perceptions of anger and the connection between anger, aggression, hostility and violence. The presenter, Diane Wagenhals, sheds light on the developmental process of shame and the impact of words. The anger management skills presented promote avoidance of confrontations in the classroom and provides strategies to handle a vast range of emotional dynamics encountered in daily classroom instruction. The speaker will impart essential information regarding the nature of anger and methods to effectively manage one's own anger. Participants will learn how to respond appropriately to anger expressed by students and connect core principles of anger to the principles and best practices of effective discipline in all grade levels and instructional areas.
Anger 101		Diane Wagenhals
Perceptions of Anger		Diane Wagenhals
When I’m Angry I		Diane Wagenhals
Handling Protests		Diane Wagenhals
Who Me? Angry?		Diane Wagenhals
There’s No Shame in Trying		Diane Wagenhals
To Shame or Not to Shame is Not the Question		Diane Wagenhals

PREVENTING VIOLENCE THROUGH ANGER MANAGEMENT, PART II (PQAS-Certified)
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PART II: EFFECTIVE DISCIPLINE & ANGER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES This course provides innovative, preventive modalities and well-researched information, tools and techniques for students, colleagues and parents. Participants will be empowered with the knowledge, skills and principles to better educate students, colleagues and parents to control their own anger. Educators will be encouraged to adopt a healthy philosophy of anger management and to understand the relevance of their own productivity to their student’s ability to learn and conform to a suitable classroom environment. The course applies brain-based research to hands-on classroom management and suggests practical methodologies for building interpersonal relationships and classroom environments that create and maintain safety, prevent violence, and foster effective learning.
Structure vs. Discipline		Diane Wagenhals
This is Your Brain on Anger		Diane Wagenhals
Can I Get a HUG?		Diane Wagenhals
Do Not Pass “No”		Diane Wagenhals
Discipline vs. Punishment		Diane Wagenhals
The Brain is Connected to the…		Diane Wagenhals
The Discipline Report Card for Educators & Parents		Diane Wagenhals
Persistent Problems		Diane Wagenhals

CHALLENGING GIFTED STUDENTS USING THE SCG MODEL, PART 1
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This course will cover an in-depth set of topics that describe the School-wide Cluster Grouping Model to educators, parents, and administrators. The SCGM is a method for providing full-time gifted services without major budget implications. Implementing these strategies has the potential to raise achievement for all students. With the SCGM, all students are purposely placed into classrooms based on their abilities and potential. Participants will learn the responsibility of the SCGM and the training necessary to become an SCGM teacher, administrator, mentor or specialist. There will also be video of primary, intermediate, and middle school classroom demonstrations in which participants will be shown the name card game, various use of questioning, and other differentiated instruction techniques.
Description of the SCGM to Educators		Susan Winebrenner
Description of the SCGM to Parents		Dina Brulles
Description of the SCGM to Administrators		Susan Winebrenner
Teaching Strategies for Students in the Primary Grades		Dina Brulles
Demonstrations in Primary Classrooms		Dina Brulles
Training for Gifted Specialists and Mentors		Dina Brulles
Teaching Strategies for Students in the Intermediate Grades		Susan Winebrenner
Demonstrations in Intermediate Classrooms		Dina Brulles
Demonstrations in Middle School Classrooms		Dina Brulles
Using Effective Questioning Strategies		Susan Winebrenner

CHALLENGING GIFTED STUDENTS USING THE SCG MODEL, PART II
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This is the second course in the School-wide Cluster Grouping Model. This course will cover the meaning and use of effective extension menus. The course will review all aspects of gifted cluster meetings for teachers, mentors, and specialists. There will be two separate panel discussions, one with administrators and one with gifted program coordinators. The panels will discuss the administrators and coordinators’ role in the SCGM. The course will cover methods for monitoring the progress of the SCGM, placing gifted students in cluster groups, and evaluating student growth. Participants will also learn how to create a database for tracking gifted students and how to handle special population gifted students. Participants will also observe classroom demonstrations of differentiated instruction techniques as well as research surrounding the SCGM theories.
Creating and Using Effective Extension Menus		Susan Winebrenner
Gifted Cluster Teacher Meeting		Dina Brulles
Gifted Specialist/Mentor Meeting		Dina Brulles
Panel with Gifted Program Coordinators		Susan Winebrenner
Panel with Administrators