Welcome to the 2025 Pretzel Winter Institute! Please select sessions appropriate to your role! Most sessions will be held at Freeport Middle School and Freeport High School while a few will be at Empire Elementary School and Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School. Remember to check session descriptions the night before the Institute to confirm times and locations. If you have any questions, please contact Alex T. Valencic, our Professional Learning Coordinator, at alex.valencic@fsd145.org. Thank you!
Students who shout out, wander around the room, take forever to start an assignment, and struggle with writing are most likely from communal cultures. In this session, we will learn about individualistic and communal cultures and why communal behaviors are often mislabeled as problem behaviors in our classroom. Learn how to differentiate between cultural behavior and problem behavior. Walk away with 5 strategies you can use in your classroom to engage communal learners turning their behavior into academic achievement.
