Centers & Stations Workshops the EASY Way for
Secondary Reading + Writing Teachers
with Laura Kebart, M.Ed.
Book your on-site professional development workshop for the hands-on implementation experience that Laura Kebart leads for teachers in the US. She focuses on routines and procedures for empowering confident student-centered learning in ELA reading and writing classrooms. Laura teaches these strategies through her proprietary “Centers & Stations the Easy Way” workshops which guide teachers step-by-step in implementing effective and enjoyable small group learning to increase student engagement and to allow teachers to meet the needs of their learners.
WHAT HAPPENS DURING A WORKSHOP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION?
LOTS OF TALKING
WHILE I TEACH THROUGH BITE-SIZED, EASILY DIGESTIBLE MODULES OF 'HOW-TO' STRATEGIES, TEACHER ATTENDEES WILL ALSO BE TALKING, QUESTIONING, AND PLANNING WITH EACH OTHER AS THEY PREP FOR STATIONS THE EASY, REALISTIC WAY.
BUILT-IN PLANNING
IN THE WORKSHOP-STYLE TRAININGS I HOST, WE STOP TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT THE LEARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE DAY SO TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO GET SUPPORT FROM ME AND COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER TO ENSURE CONFIDENT CLASSROOM IMPLEMENTATION.
RESOURCES
I PROVIDE THE MATERIALS AND RESOURCE HANDOUTS TEACHERS NEED (BOTH DIGITAL & PRINT COPIES) SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON LEARNING, PLANNING, AND TRANSFORMING THEIR STUDENTS' GROWTH INSTEAD OF SCRAMBLING TO CREATE MATERIALS THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO CREATE.
What is it like to experience a professional development workshop with Laura?⤵
Teachers can run productive, effective stations despite class time limitations:
"I just completed the Centers & Stations PD. It is fabulous. The information you shared is indispensable to time management, productivity, student engagement, accountability, and my most daunting deficit, timing. Thank you!"
-- Gloria W.
Teachers now meet their students' needs in ways they couldn't before:
"This training was PERFECT and exactly what I needed. Very timely! I also see how stations will actually help me reach more students personally each week and cover/re-teach more concepts than I've had time for!"
-- Leslie S.
Teachers are confident, excited, and prepared to run stations:
"Thank you for an insightful and helpful training! I will shortly be entering my third year of teaching, and I have been wanting to implement centers in my classroom for over a year. I now finally feel prepared to do just that."
-- Michelle P.
Teachers love the organization of information and materials shared:
"Wow! This stations training was phenomenal. It was well-planned with good strategies and handouts! I can walk into my classroom next week and actually start doing this. I've never been to such an organized PD workshop before where I got real materials and plans done. I'm ready to do this!"
— Terri O.
Laura Kebart, M.Ed.👋
Need hands-on real-life support in the form of a live done-with-you workshop at your campus?
I've got you covered. It's what I do to serve.
I host in-person trainings for departments, campuses, and districts in the US. Whether it's a half-day, full day, or multi-day workshop experience with follow-up coaching you prefer, I'll tailor my workshop PD services to meet your unique goals while exceeding your expectations.
Laura Kebart leverages her 20 years of classroom teaching and instructional coaching experience to serve busy middle school English Language Arts teachers throughout the US. Laura specializes in curriculum and instruction design that incorporates both differentiation and small group learning to actively engage students. Creatively teaching reading and writing to students between 5th and 12th grade over the years has developed Laura’s passion for crafting relevant, accessible learning experiences for students while ensuring user-friendly methods of lesson planning and delivery for teachers. Laura trains teachers to meet the varied needs of their students without sacrificing personal time outside the classroom. Through educational consulting, curriculum development, and hands-on workshops, Laura helps teachers run their classrooms with confidence while increasing student engagement and still going home at a decent time each day. Laura hosts the annual MSELA Summit every summer, which is the back-to-school virtual conference designed to support the unique instructional needs of Middle School ELA teachers as they plan and organize their school year. When she’s not teaching, training, or tackling her own curriculum projects, Laura can be found racing up and down mountain trails or through city streets depending on which marathon or trail race is next on her calendar.