Professional  Learning

NEI’s course catalog of professional development offers over 54 workshops and trainings on various topics. We also have the ability to customize trainings in order to best meet the needs of your school. Below is a sample of offerings.

2nd & 3rd Grade ELA Teaching Strategies

Do you teach 2nd or 3rd graders, or support those that do? You had teaching reading and writing down to an art and science in your classroom - from mini-lessons to guided practice, from differentiated centers to guided reading and writing conferences. You were at the helm of moving your students from learning to read to reading to learn. But how do you translate that to the virtual world? Collaborate with others just like you for help with reading and writing ideas in our new digital environment.

4th & 5th Grade ELA Teaching Strategies

You've been teaching 4th and 5th graders the nuances of reading and writing for three quarters of this school year. Now that we are in this new climate, how do we continue to support our students as they dive into the deeper elements of the English Language Arts? Be prepared to come with ideas, questions, concerns, and suggestions as we work together to improve our virtual teaching and your students' virtual learning.

Kindergarten & 1st Grade Virtual Teaching Strategies

Are you a Kinder or 1st grade teacher (or support those that are)? Are you wondering how best to virtually connect with and teach these youngest of our students? How do we support the parents of these children who are left with a big responsibility? Join other educators just like you in a collaborative session to share ideas, questions, and solutions to teaching our littlest of learners. This is welcome to experts and novices alike. Come prepared to share and learn!

Engagement Strategies

Carefully planned engagement strategies lead to increased classroom communities, highly developed social skills, improved retention of information, and higher order thinking opportunities.  This workshop will allow participants to gain first-hand experience and knowledge in the benefits of incorporating engagement strategies into the classroom.

Classroom Management in a Mobile Learning Environment

This training will offer strategies on how you can make your mobile or hybrid classroom pleasant and rewarding. We will discuss how to use virtual classroom managements kills that entail building a climate and culture virtually that is conducive to learning. Finally, we will discuss the use of effective classroom management strategies and the use of virtual positive behavior incentives.