You have asked for GI to provide workshops on classroom management, and we are delivering on that request.  Between them, Dakota Hoyt and Diane Roberts have more than sixty years experience in the classroom and in administration.  Their workshops are insightful and practical deep dives into working students who need extra attention.

Join them and all our keynotes and workshops on June 22 – 23 and/or via pre-service recordings available for a week before the event and all recordings after the event.  To learn more and to register, visit https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2024/.  Write us at anytime at info@gurianinstitute.com with any questions.  Now here’s more on Dakota and Diane and their workshops.

Helping Boys and Girls Thrive:  Dealing with Angry Students, and Putting It All Together, with Gurian Institute Managing Director, Dakota Hoyt.  Join Dakota for this concluding workshop in which she will 1) provide essential strategies for managing student anger and aggression, and 2) synthesize the Gurian strategies you have learned during this Institute in an easy “take away” format.  She will clarify any questions that may have come to mind, and she hopes you will share your best “go to” strategy that you will be implementing immediately. Dakota has worked with students PreK-college in the role of a teacher, administrator, Director of Professional Development, and an Independent Contractor.

Solving the Classroom Management Puzzle, with Diane Roberts, Retired Principal and Gurian Certified Trainer

Diane Roberts is trained in restorative practices, AVID, positive behavior intervention and supports, youth mental health first aid, and she serves a member of the Charles County Public Schools Equity Task Force, Superintendent’s Task Force on the African American Employee Experience, and group facilitator and pilot school leader for the Task Force on Achieving Academic Equity and Excellence for Black Boys for the Maryland State Department of Education.  As a Gurian Institute Certified Trainer, she provides Boys and Girls Learn Differently training as well as Classroom Management training for Pilot schools in the Maryland Initiative to Help Children of Color.  Her strategies work in all classrooms and work from a science-based perspective.  A dynamic and inspiring presenter, Diane will explore the challenges teachers face, how to leverage the science and strategies in classrooms and buildings, and how to reach out to parents to ensure parent involvement in student self-management.