Evidence-based methods of improving educational achievement and identifying and addressing mental health concerns specifically for students with low general mental ability. Emphasis on providing improved instruction for students with low general mental ability as it is applied in a heterogeneous regular education classroom; how to prevent, identify and provide interventions for students with a variety of issues that negatively affect schooling and academic achievement.

Individual and organizational factors that affect the productivity of talent in an organization; effective management and deployment of learning solutions in the industry. Focus on competency-based training (CBT) to help achieve better organizational results with high levels of knowledge-transfer consistency and criteria for acceptable performance.

Concrete strategies to help administrators and teachers be more sustained, and in turn, more satisfied in their education careers. Explore and understand trends and tendencies in research surrounding teacher attrition. Teacher induction and mentorship strategies to sustain teachers, administrators. Explore strategies for negotiating unsustainable environments and creating sustainable working environments.

Promote learning-centered teaching, and understand how knowledge development within a subject area influences teaching practice. Enable teachers to put into practice appropriate ideas about teaching and focus more on student learning than on presenting subject matter content. Encourage reflection on personal teaching style and learn from their own practice, and focus on the outcome and sustainability of higher education and the knowledge, skills and competencies required of graduates.

Introduce and clarify the notion of Inclusive Education and explore Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Design inclusive environments and Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and practice the strategies that form the basis of inclusion.

Exploration of various types of motivation, examination of why some students are unmotivated, and consideration of strategies teachers can implement in their classrooms to address motivational issues. Several activities will be embedded which will end with an hour-long role-playing activity wherein teachers will have the opportunity to implement various strategies learned throughout the day.

A theoretical look at pedagogy. Explore and draw on pre-service teachers’ knowledge and experiences to provide concrete steps to infuse personal value orientations and productivity styles into pedagogy. Strategic sessions around instruction, curriculum and assessment will provide participants hands on opportunities to include themselves, and their students, in their pedagogy.

Explore the importance and value of making connections in the mathematics classroom, namely through cross-curricular approaches and real-world connections. Experience activities that can be used in the classroom that encourages students to see that mathematics is all around them. Time will be allotted for group planning and discussion such that participants may consider how the ideas and activities presented may be adapted to meet the needs of their students and their teaching context.

Review of factors contributing to educator well-being using a positive psychology framework. Introduction to recognized core elements of best-practice programs for educator well-being with a focus on overcoming common challenges at the individual, classroom, school, and system level. Practice of skills and strategies for use by educators and schools to ensure educator resilience and well-being in today’s stressful classroom/school environment.


Covers essentials of internationally recommended guidelines for school response to student self-injury. Uncovers myths and misconceptions about the prevalence, gender differences and underlying causes of self-injury. Framework for school response is provided with specific training on identification, first response, early assessment, effective referral, school appropriate intervention and support. Recommendations are provided for managing common challenges such as student disclosure of scars, spread/contagion, parental notification and social media and self-injury.