1. Staffing Practices (part 1) (outline) (powerpoint)

• Misuse of Teachers Time
• Picking Teachers
• Increasing Standardization
• Cutting Edge
• Open Door to Feedback
• Back Up Option

2. Staffing Practices (part 2) (outline) (powerpoint)

• Teachers vs Administrators
• Out of Pocket Expenses
• Beginning Teacher = the Hardest Assignment
• Teaching as a Full Time Profession
• Concluding Comments

3. Staffing Practices (part 3) (outline) (powerpoint)

• Definition of Differentialted Staffing
• Professional Hierarchy
• Horizontal Differentiation Skills
• Evaluation Skills and Grading Systems
• Professional Relationships
• Implementing Systems for Staff Differentiation

4. Brain Research (part 1) (no outline) (powerpoint)

• Rat Brains
• Controversy in Brain Resaerch
• Non-Linear Processing
• Parallel Processing
• Brain Connections
• Brain Maturation Rates

5. Brain Research (part 2) (no outline) (powerpoint)

• Left/Right, Girl/Boy, Thinking/non-Thinking Brains
• Threats that Make You Stupid
• Icons and Rituals of the Brain
• Brain-Based Behaviours that Teachers Try to Stop
• Reinforcing the Brain
• Subliminal Learning