Mary Morton and Lori Evans will speak about The Power of Language in Building Classroom Community at this year’s Pacific Regional Leadership Conference of the National Education Association. Taking place February 13-15 in Seattle, Washington, this 3-day conference boasts attendance of nearly 1000 educators, educational support professionals and administrators from across the western states. The theme of this year’s conference is “New Ideas, New Leadership, and New Direction”.
This workshop provides tools to help educators, support staff, and students develop an awareness of ownership by familiarizing participants with ownership language. Reasons for teaching the concept of ownership to students, along with practical applications are outlined in this presentation. Participants will receive an introduction to the steps for teaching ownership in their classrooms through problem solving techniques that allow students and teachers to walk away from situations with dignity intact. Participants are guided through effective ways of introducing the idea of impact with students and are given steps to teaching about impact in the classroom. Strategies, activities and resources successfully tested in classrooms will be provided.
Mary Morton and Lori Evans are passionate about using EQ in the classroom and school community. They co-founded Pillar Foundation, which provides education workshops for teachers, support staff, and teacher training programs. Morton and Evans develop curriculum and suggest teacher resources and children’s books which are featured on their website.
Mary has been teaching for over 20 years in grades K-8. She has an ESOL endorsement and is pursuing a Masters of Curriculum. Mary has been the recipient of the Rotary Teacher of the Year Award and a nominee of the Oregon Education Association’s Tell an Education Story Award. She works with college students who are in the final year of their education program, as well as school districts in the state of Oregon on how to create an emotionally intelligent classroom. She is currently working on a plan with her principal to create an Emotionally Intelligent school.
Lori is an emotional intelligence consultant and fifth grade teacher. She is nationally certified in Early Childhood Education with 15 years experience in grades K-5. Ms. Evans has a Reading Endorsement, Early Childhood Specialization, and taught junior high in Amagasaki, Japan. She coaches teachers in creating social and emotional awareness in the classroom, creates curriculum to support this vision, and works with university students in the teacher training program.
To learn more about the NEA Conference please visit:
http://www.nea.org/grants/20873.htm
To learn more about the Pillar Foundation please visit:
http://pillarfoundation.com/501.html
To see what Mary has accomplished watch this 4-minute video:
Six Seconds
