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    Literacy and The School Family:
    Building Connections to Increase Learning and Self-control

    Jill Molli


    Presenter: Jill Molli
    Workshop Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (both days)
    Registration time: 8:30 am
    Registration fee: $349 two-day non member
                             $299 two-day Texas ASCD member
                           


    Dates and Locations:
    Please contact our office to schedule this academy at your location.

    Summary: 
    Learn the importance of creating connections student to student and teacher to student to enhance literacy instruction in your classroom. In this workshop participants will learn how to use their literature block in ways that promote both school family and literacy.

    Participants will:
    • Learn practical skills and activities that enhance literacy learning in classrooms.
    • Learn how to develop a classroom environment that enhances emotional and academic literacy at the same time.
    • Learn ways to build shared language, literature, reading and writing activities that promote cooperation, literacy, self-control and self-discipline.
    • See how trained teachers use developmentally appropriate literature as well as incorporate literacy skills in building their school family.
    • Learn how to use the Shubert books to promote literacy skills as well as Social Emotional Learning (character development, conflict resolution, social skills and self control).
    • Discover how to create a School Family
    • Learn a variety of "I Love You Rituals" and ideas for how to create Literacy Centers using "I Love You Rituals"

    Jill Molli
    Jill is a “connector” for family needs. She began her teaching career in a behavior disabilities classroom, moved into a regular third grade classroom, and then completed her requirements as a guidance counselor.

    As the guidance counselor, Jill helped implement Conscious Discipline® school-wide using the 3 year
    implementation plan. She has a Master’s Degree in Counseling, a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary
    Education and 15 years of working with children with behavior problems. Since 2003, she has been the owner and operator of Connecting with Kids, a business whose mission is to build connections in families and classrooms. In an effort to stay current and up to date with recent issues in the classroom, Jill volunteers weekly in preschool and elementary settings and quarterly in an alternative high school.

    Jill also teaches a 6-week evening class to help parents build a connected family through Loving
    Guidance. She has taught hundreds of Conscious Discipline® parenting classes ranging in attendance
    from mothers in the Missouri Department of Corrections Facility to “Soccer Dads.”

    At her many programs, Jill proves herself a contagious source of enthusiasm and energy. It is with a
    heart full of joy that Jill shares the experiences, knowledge and guidance that Dr. Bailey’s techniques
    have afforded her in all areas of her life.

    Who Should Attend: Pre-Kindergarden, Kindergarden and 1st grade Teachers.

    Register by credit card.

    To register by purchase order or a check, download a registration form (PDF) or call 1-800-717-2723 ext. 10 for assistance.

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