The Brain and Reading: Why Learning to Read Is Hard and What to Do About It

A look at The Nation’s Report Card reveals that there has been no improvement to the low reading rates of our students for the past 30 years, despite increases in special education, Title I, and school improvement grant dollars, technology, and the influx of countless intervention programs. This webinar will explore the underlying causes of literacy failure and how understanding the connections between the brain, reading, and the English language will help. In this presentation, you will learn about: The complexities of the English language The brain and reading – understanding cognitive load and orthographic mapping Willingham’s cognitive model and Stanislas Dehaene’s neuronal recycling hypothesis Readable English, a solution to address the intrinsic problems of learning to read English

The 5 Mindset Shifts

Lesson 1: The Happiness Mindset Description: You have a job, but you’re not living your dream. Your inner voice is telling you it's time to take a leap, but your self-doubts are preventing you from making the move. You are on the hamster wheel of life feeling both underwhelmed and overwhelmed and you don't know how to get off. And somehow happiness and true aliveness keeps escaping you. Yet you know you are made for more. Do you want to be happy, successful and fulfilled in every area of your life and whatever challenge you might face? Do you want to claim a vision and direction for your life and get the tools needed to help you achieve your goals, follow your passion, and find yourself again? If so, it all starts for learning to bring your happiness to the forefront. Lesson 2 The Self Care Mindset Mini Course Description: Women are expected to have a career as if they don't have children and they are expected to raise children as if they don't have a career. And because of this women are suffering. The invisible workload of working mothers is suffocating us. We’ve been raised by generations of women who didn’t know they were allowed to count WHILE they were raising their children. That they don't have to completely lose themselves to everyone and everything. My friend and marriage coach Maggie Reyes says, “The best thing for your child is to prioritize your marriage. The best thing for your marriage is to prioritize yourself as a woman.” Lesson 3 The Belief Mini Course Description: What do you think is the key to achieving our goals, our success? Most people believe that it's talent, IQ, put in long hours, work hard, work even harder and you will finally arrive at success. But it's actually our thoughts and our beliefs that determine our success. And a belief is simply a repeated thought. Famous researcher, Dr. Carol Dweck states, "The view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life." What she means by this is your limiting beliefs about your abilities and what you can and cannot achieve are affecting your ability to do big things. Your thoughts create your beliefs, your beliefs create you actions, and your actions create your reality. Lesson 4: Manifester Mindset Did you know that our subconscious mind is responsible for 95 percent of our actions, experiences and thought? And your conscious mind is only responsible for 5% of what you experience and create in your life. If you don’t reprogram your subconscious mind to work for you, it will always be a product of your environment, habits, your past memories, and your programming and beliefs. Einstein said, "Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality." Lesson 5 The Systems Mindset James Clear says, “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” A system is a set of processes along with your environment that set you up to win. Most of us thing we just don't have the willpower to make powerful changes in our life, but it's really our lack of a system that is the problem. A system might be that you always end each workout with 25 pushups. A system for healthy eating might be that you don't have snacks in the house or you place them in hard-to-reach locations. You might have a marketing system in your business.

Slay the Dragon: Part 2 Take Back Your Kingdom from Educator Burnout

n this sequel to Part 1, Kim Strobel and Steve Bollar take a deep dive into understanding the underlying issues that prevent you from being able to shift your district, school, or even your life. They give you a specific blueprint for increasing staff and student engagement, strategies and tools to begin to make 'the shift" happen, as well Social and Emotional Wellbeing practices that truly transform your schools.

In this mini-course, you will learn a sustainable approach to enhancing productivity and improving the climate and culture at the district, school, staff, and classroom levels.

You will learn: 

• Specific tools to shift climate and culture in your district or classroom
• The 4 Islands of People operating within the system
• People you can't help and how to deal with them
• Steve's amazing FLOW CHART for dealing with difficult parents
• Kim's #1 happiness tip for improving employee and student happiness by up to 40%
• Create a system-wide blueprint and plan for truly changing the way everyone shows up.

Slay the Dragon: Part 1 Take Back Your Kingdom from Educator Burnout

It's no secret that educator burnout is real. As an educational leader, you are the defender of the kingdom. The time has come to gather your knights and transform everything from your well-being to your employees' happiness and engagement levels. As happiness researcher, Shawn Achor says, "Happiness is one of the greatest competitive advantages you can give a brain… raising creativity, test scores, and productive energy, as well as buffering against stress, anxiety, and depression.
 
In this mini-course, Kim Strobel and Steve Bollar teach:
 

• The science of burnout and what you can do about it.
• The characteristics of positive school cultures and how to transform them through commitment.
• Why positive environments enhance performance, even during challenging times.
• Why healthy, happy, and engaged employees are more 31% more productive.
• Obtain tips for creating a positive school culture and producing synergy.
• How a positive school climate and school culture promote students' ability to learn.
• Obtain tips for creating a positive school culture and producing synergy.

Slay the Dragon: Part 2 is the sequel to this training.

The Systems Mindset: Creating an Infrastructure that Supports Your Dreams

James Clear says, “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” A system is a set of processes along with your environment that set you up to win. Most of us think we just don't have the willpower to make powerful changes in our life, but it's really our lack of a system that is the problem. A system might be that you always end each workout with 25 pushups. A system for healthy eating might be that you don't have snacks in the house or you place them in hard-to-reach locations. You might have a marketing system in your business. In this mini-course, you will learn that systems are the vehicles that will steer you towards your goals and why creating an inner infracture is critical to getting results.

The Manifester's Mindset: Reprogram Your Mind for Success

Did you know that our subconscious mind is responsible for 95 percent of our actions, experiences, and thought? And your conscious mind is only responsible for 5% of what you experience and create in your life. If you don’t reprogram your subconscious mind to work for you, it will always be a product of your environment, habits, your past memories, and your programming and beliefs. Einstein said, "Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality." In this mini-course, you will learn key concepts of the most powerful law in the universe and how to apply them to create the life you desire. I will teach you how you can raise your vibrational levels and begin to attract and create a life that you love.

The Belief Mindset: 3 Tools to Shift Towards Success

The Belief Mini-Course Description: What do you think is the key to achieving our goals, our success? Most people believe that it's talent, IQ, put in long hours, work hard, work even harder and you will finally arrive at success. But it's actually our thoughts and our beliefs that determine our success. And a belief is simply a repeated thought. Famous researcher, Dr. Carol Dweck states, "The view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life." What she means by this is your limiting beliefs about your abilities and what you can and cannot achieve are affecting your ability to do big things. Your thoughts create your beliefs, your beliefs create your actions, and your actions create your reality. In this mini-course, Kim gives you the three tools to shift towards success and fuel our happiness.

The Self-Care Mindset: Why Self Love is the Secret to Happiness

The Self Care Mindset Mini Course Description: Women are expected to have a career as if they don't have children and they are expected to raise children as if they don't have a career. And because of this women are suffering. The invisible workload of working mothers is suffocating us. We’ve been raised by generations of women who didn’t know they were allowed to count WHILE they were raising their children. That they don't have to completely lose themselves to everyone and everything. In this mini-course, Kim teaches why prioritizing your self-care might be the most important thing you do for yourself. After all, YOU are your most valuable asset and if you want to be your best for others, you better move yourself to the top of your list. You are not selfish for putting yourself first some of the time. Kim also teaches you exactly how to start creating daily time in your schedule for YOU! You will learn tips for creating a daily self-care practice, create an understanding for valuing yourself, and truly being to take steps towards creating a life that you deserve. My friend and marriage coach Maggie Reyes says, “The best thing for your child is to prioritize your marriage. The best thing for your marriage is to prioritize yourself as a woman.”

The Happiness Mindset: Increasing Your Happiness Levels by 40%

The Happiness Mindset Description: You have a job, but you’re not living your dream. Your inner voice is telling you it's time to take a leap, but your self-doubts are preventing you from making the move. You are on the hamster wheel of life feeling both underwhelmed and overwhelmed and you don't know how to get off. And somehow happiness and true aliveness keep escaping you. Yet you know you are made for more. Do you want to be happy, successful, and fulfilled in every area of your life and whatever challenge you might face? Do you want to claim a vision and direction for your life and get the tools needed to help you achieve your goals, follow your passion, and find yourself again? If so, it all starts with learning to bring your happiness to the forefront. In this mini-course, Kim will get you the mind-blowing research on happiness and teach you exactly how you can begin to increase your happiness by up to 40%. She also shares her #1 tip for doing so! It is a game-changer!

The Perfectionism Trap: Cultivate Self-Acceptance, Practice Self-Compassion, and Tame Your Inner Critic.

Do you ever feel like you are falling apart inside, but you're trying to hold it together? Let's face it...you can never meet the crumbling mountain of expectations that are placed upon you by yourself, your job, your family? The constant banter of negative self-talk (your inner critic) and perfectionism (unrealistic expectations) can feel like a two-ton set of bricks on our chest. Perfection is an illusion. Social media sells us the idea of perfection, and what, when, and how should we achieve it. This is enough to trigger a deep sense of inadequacy in us. Will we ever be enough? We learn how to tam the voice in your head that says you are never good enough because "enoughness" is exhausting. It’s time for us to let go of who we were told to be and instead embrace our flawsome selves. But in order to do this, we have to retrain our brains and begin to think and behave differently than we have in the past. We have to have the courage to truly step into our true selves. So, let’s do this!

Rewire Your Anxious Brain: Tips for Mindfulness and Well-being

In this mini-course, you'll discover the neuroscience of the brain and how stress affects your body and brain. Believe it or not, I’m going to show you how to create more peace in your life. You will learn evidence-based solutions to overcoming your anxiety and freeing yourself from the unending cycle of stress and worry. Plus, I’m going to share my top secret stress remedy with you! This is an excellent course if you have children who suffer from anxiety and overwhelming thoughts. You'll discover not only how anxiety affects your brain, but how it affects the brains of children. Remember approx. 26% of children have experienced a traumatic event by age 4. Understanding how their brain (and ours) works is important!

Choosing Gratitude: Your Journey to Joy

 In this mini-course, I’ll show you a powerful practice that will help you rewire your brain towards positive, while also attracting all forms of abundance.

You’ll eliminate limiting beliefs that are holding you back and grow in your ability to experience more joy, love, and abundance.  You have no idea yet the limiting beliefs you are holding onto, but once you become aware of them, you can change them. And that in itself is a game-changer for you. I’m going to show you how powerful your thoughts and words are in creating a daily habit that pivots you towards positive.  This is my #1 happiness habit for shifting your life!