Meeting Pattern

• Meet June 17th from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. @ Gigi's Playhouse, 3224 20th Street South, Fargo, ND

Description

Reconnect with your purpose, revive your teacher joy, and knock out a few items from your teacher to-do list.

Let’s create more JOY in teaching and learning. That may sound “silly,” but joy is critical to your well-being in the classroom. This Joy Lab is designed for special education teachers to connect, collaborate, and refresh. Gigi’s Playhouse will provide a few practical strategies; you provide the implementation. You’ll identify something you’d like to do to make teaching and learning more joyful then earn continuing education credit for doing it.

You will:

• Reflect on the 2024-25 school year;
• Identify frustrations limiting your (& student's) ability to thrive;
• Brainstorm resources, tools, and strategies that can help;
• Tap into the expertise of fellow educators for inspiration & feedback;
• Design a lesson, activity, unit, or system to improve teaching & learning for 2025-26;
• Earn continuing education credit for rethinking, redesigning, or creating something new for your classroom.

Come solo or with a team to tackle a shared goal! Teaching is hard. PD shouldn’t be.

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

Objectives:

You will:

• Outline a vision for the 2024-25 school year that maximizes JOY while providing work/life balance;
• Identify frustrations that are limiting your (& student's) ability to thrive;
• Brainstorm resources, tools, and strategies that can help;
• Tap into the expertise of fellow educators for inspiration & feedback;
• Design a lesson, activity, unit, or system to improve teaching & learning.

Materials:

Text:  The Joy Lab Journal (will be provided)

Required Student Resources:

1. Computer
2. Access to our Google Classroom - email darbakkegard@gmail.com to be added.
3. Reliable Wifi connection.

4. Complete preworkshop questionnaire & Reflection activities (in questionnaire).