Susan Kovalik, Inc. - Educational References and Materials



		3 Day Overview

A Three-Day Workshop
Developed by Susan Kovalik & Associates
(Recommended for up to 100 participants)

While expectations of educators rise, so does the knowledge base upon which we build our craft. Scientific research makes it clear that the body and brain work as partners in the learning process. Knowing more about learning than at any other time in human history, we acknowledge that we truly do live in an exciting time. So, you've made the commitment to implement bodybrain-compatible learning using ITI. The first steps are to

make certain that you share a common language and vision of what that commitment means for your school and/or district, and
have specific strategies for implementing Stage 1 of the ITI Stages of Implementation.

During the three days you spend together with an associate, you'll establish a common understanding of how ITI helps you reach school and district goals as you build the sense of community to support forward progress. You'll gain the ability to articulate why you are doing what you are doing as it relates to the research about bodybrain-compatible learning. You'll leave with an action plan for getting started.

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Specific content for the workshop will include:
	Bodybrain Basics: You'll get a summary of the current research base that underlies the ITI model. Emphasis is on the role of emotions in learning, the importance of providing direct experiences that are meaningful, and on orchestrating such experiences so that students build patterns and mental programs that are stored in long-term memory.
	Bodybrain-Compatible Elements: All nine will be explained. Numerous specific strategies for implementing absence of threat, enriched environment, meaningful content, and adequate time will be shared and practiced.
	Participants will experience bodybrain-compatible learning themselves as the associate uses many of the recommended strategies. Veteran teachers can begin to assess which of their approaches are already bodybrain-compatible while incorporating additional strategies into their repertoire. Less experienced teachers can develop solid new habits that release their capacity to engage their students in learning that makes a constructive difference in their lives now.

Required Texts:

Exceeding Expectations:
A User's Guide to Implementing Brain Research in the Classroom
by Susan Kovalik and Karen D. Olsen

This exciting book describes the brain research base for the ITI model and provides hundreds of curriculum and instruction practices for acting on it. Organized by the ITI Learning Principles and the ITI Stages of Implementation, it is designed to be used as a handbook to guide a step-by-step implementation of ITI. The book replaces ITI: The Model, which is no longer in print. (419 pages.)

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Your Personal Handbook
for Implementing the ITI Model
by Karen D. Olsen

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