Brain Basics for Teachers

What do the best teachers do? The best teachers teach in ways that are brain-compatible. How? Mostly through intuition and lots of practice ... but ti doesn't take years of practice to learn key principles that can transform teaching and learning in your classroom.

Learn not just what to do, but why. in Brain Basics for Teachers, participants will explore the three most important lessons of brain research for reaching and teaching students.

"Very inspiring to continue exploring this topic."

"It is invaluable to have gained insight into which areas of the brain are activated for different learning and the variety of tools we now have to strengthen learning in the classroom."

"The staff left the workshop excited and engaged, determined to put what was learned to immediate use."

This one-hour workshop will provide you with an understanding of how the brain learns and what that means for classroom practice (at any level).

Brain Basics for Teachers will help you reach a deeper understanding of why students forget most of what they've learned after the test is over, and how we can use basic principles of brain function, such as the role of emotion, and different types of memory, to hold and keep our students' attention and help them retain more of what they learn.

Participation in this workshop is limited to 30 because attendees will be actively engaged during the workshop, interacting with each other as well as with the instructor. Participants will receive a certificate of participation to use for continuing professional development credit.

If the workshop registration has reached its limit, but you would be interested in participating in a future workshop, please email bhill@mybrainware.com so we can let you know when other workshops are offered.