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Erika has been a proud educator for over twenty years, serving in a variety of roles. Erika is currently the Assistant Superintendent for the Ashland School District in beautiful Southern Oregon. She grew up in Portland, OR, graduating from the University of Oregon with a Master’s in Education in 2001. She dove head first into her career as a special education teacher at the middle school level, and then continued with equal passion as a teacher on special assignment serving K-12 students. She earned her administrative credential in 2012 at Southern Oregon University and transitioned to an administrative role at award winning Ashland High School as assistant principal and then principal serving for seven joy-filled years. She then spent one awesome year as an elementary principal in a neighboring district before returning to Ashland in her current role.
Erika has developed and led workshops and professional development activities addressing a multitude of topics in education, communication, and leadership. These include School Improvement Science; Special Education; Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Orientation and Training for Administrators; Leadership; Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment; Family Outreach and Engagement, and of course- how to connect through conversation in schools.
Erika lives in Southern Oregon with her supportive husband, two incredible high school aged children, and a very mischievous cat. She feels especially fortunate to live in the special community she serves.
SESSIONS
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM Thu, Apr 20, 2023 Anderson
Let Them Catch Your Calm: A Playbook for Educators
Cultivate connection and transform culture through effective communication with students. Improve behavior through effective, equity focused communication with kids. Educators will leave this session inspired and equipped with immediately applicable strategies to build connected relationships for learning, avoid power-struggles, and apply communication as a universal support for all students.Apply formula for connected relationships for learning, avoid power struggles, use communication to transform behavior.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will apply the formula for building Connected Relationships for Learning.
- Participants will apply strategies and sentence stems to avoid power struggles.
- Participants will apply principles for using communication to transform student behavior.
Participant Outcomes
- Utilize specific strategies to get to know students and show care.
- Apply the 7 principles to building a culture of connection.
- Utilize specific strategies and sentence stems to avoid power struggles.
- Utilize some conversation tools to support support positive student behavior after they have an unexpected behavior.
- Thoughtfully plan conversations utilizing a planning tool to maximize success.