2025 Summer Professional Development
- Conscious Discipline - Powers of Resilience
- Responding to Anger & Rage
- From Overwhelmed to Empowered
- Classroom Management That Works!
- Mental Health First Aid
- ASIST - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
- The Anxious Generation Book Study & Discussion
- Managing Emotional Mayhem Book Study & Discussion
- Canva 1 - Create, Teach, and Connect Like A Pro!
- Canva 2 - Elevate Your Creations, Instruction, & Connections!
- New Panel
Conscious Discipline - Powers of Resilience
June 3-5
8am - 4pm
Hageman MPR
409 W. Cloud St.
This course is for both Elementary & Secondary certified staff serving a Salina Public School.
Space is limited to 50 participants!
Please register by May 5.
Trainer: Karas Fairchild, Heartland Mental Health Consultant
This is a three-day Conscious Discipline course that blends an E-learning platform with in-person facilitated sessions. Dive into a learning experience that is designed to help educators at any grade level develop their inner resources and create purposeful positive change in their lives!
Optional: Two graduate credit hours are available from MidAmerica Nazarene University for $150. *Participants must attend all three training days.
To enroll, click on Registration Form.
Questions? Contact the Professional Learning Office at 785-309-4748.
Responding to Anger & Rage
July 7-9
8am-4pm
Hageman MPR
409 W. Cloud St.
This course is for both Elementary & Secondary certified staff serving a Salina Public School.
Space is limited to 50 participants!
Register by May 5.
Trainer: Karas Fairchild, Heartland Mental Health Consultant
This is a three-day Conscious Discipline course that blends an E-learning platform with in-person facilitated sessions. Learn how to apply the Five Steps for Self-Regulation in the context of anger and make a plan for implementing them in you workplace.
Optional: Two graduate credit hours are available from MidAmerica Nazarene University for $150.
*Participants must attend all three training days.
To enroll, click on Registration Form.
Questions? Contact the Professional Learning Office at 785-309-4748.
From Overwhelmed to Empowered
Session I - June 30
8am - 3pm
Session II - July 14 8am - 3pm
SEC at BOE
1511 Gypsum St.
This course is for both Elementary & Secondary certified staff serving a Salina Public School.
Participants will receive a $50 stipend, supported by Kansas Stronger Connections Grant
Facilitator: Jennifer Taylor, Education Behavioral Consultant, Greenbush Specialized Learning
This one-day workshop will equip you with practical, research-based strategies to support all students, including those with disabilities, with-in the general education setting.
Optional: 0.5 credit hour is available from MidAmerica Nazarene University for $37.50.
To enroll, click on Registration Form.
Questions? Contact the Professional Learning Office at 785-309-4748.
Classroom Management That Works!
Elementary Only Session - July 15-16 8am - 3pm
SEC at BOE 1511 Gypsum St.
Secondary Only Session - July 23-24 8am - 3pm
SEC at BOE
1511 Gypsum St.
Participants to receive $100 stipend supported by Kansas Stronger Connections Grant. *Must attend both days of training session to receive stipend.
Facilitator: Jennifer Taylor, Education Behavioral Consultant, Greenbush Specialized Learning
In this interactive two-day workshop (separate for elementary and secondary), educators will explore effective classroom management through the lens of Visible Learning and the ICEL framework - Instruction, Curriculum, Environment, Learner.
Optional: One graduate credit hour is available from MidAmerica Nazarene University for $75. *Participants must attend all both training days.
To enroll, click on Registration Form.
Questions? Contact the Professional Learning Office at 785-309-4748.
Mental Health First Aid
June 11 8am-4pm
June 12 8am-12pm
SEC at BOE
1511 Gypsum
Register by May 5.
Participants will be notified by May 9 if they are a course member or on the wait list.
Each registrant provided a $100 stipend to participate in this training!
Register now to take advantage of this opportunity - space is limited to 25 participants!
* Participants must attend both days to receive the stipend.
Optional: One graduate credit hour is available from MidAmerica Nazarene University ($75) and/or 12 CEUs.
* Must attend both training days.
To enroll, click on Registration Form.
Questions? Contact the Professional Learning Office at 785-309-4748.
ASIST - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
June 16-17
8am-4pm
Hageman MPR 409 W. Cloud St.
Register by May 5.
Registrants will be notified by May 9 if they are a course member or on a wait list.
Each registrant provided a $100 stipend to participate in this training!
Register now to take advantage of this opportunity.
* Participants must attend both days to receive the stipend
One graduate credit hour is available from MidAmerica Nazarene University ($75) and/or 14 CEUs.
* Must attend both training days.
To enroll, click on Registration Form.
Questions? Contact the Professional Learning Office at 785-309-4748.
The Anxious Generation Book Study & Discussion
Read the book! Each participant will receive a copy. Then come together on two summer dates for discussion.
Discussion 1 - June 12 3:30pm - 5pm
Discussion 2 - July 10 3:30pm - 5pm
SEC at BOE 1511 Gypsum St.
Space is limited to 15 participants!
Please register by May 5.
You will be notified by May 9 if you are in the book study or on a wait list.
Join us in a book study and discussion group to uncover four simple rules author Jonathan Haidt believes will set us free from the epidemic of mental illness cause by the "Great Rewiring of Childhood".
Optional: One graduate credit hour is available from MidAmerica Nazarene University for $75. *Participants must attend both discussion days.
To enroll, click on Registration Form.
Questions? Contact the Professional Learning Office at 785-309-4748.
Managing Emotional Mayhem Book Study & Discussion
Read the book. Each participant will receive a copy. Then come together on two summer dates for discussion.
Discussion 1 - June 18
3pm-5pm
Discussion 2 - July 23 3pm-5pm
SEC at BOE
1511 Gypsum St.
Space is limited to 15 participants!
Please register by May 5.
You will be notified by May 9 if you are in the book study or on a wait list.
Join us in a book study and discussion to learn about five transformative steps to guide children in their social-emotional growth.
Optional: One graduate credit hour is available from MidAmerica Nazarene University for $75. *Participants must attend both discussion days.
To enroll, click on Registration Form.
Questions? Contact the Professional Learning Office at 785-309-4748.
Canva 1 - Create, Teach, and Connect Like A Pro!
June 17-18
8am - 3pm
SEC at BOE
1511 Gypsum St.
Instructor: Elizabeth Burke
For any certified staff serving a Salina Public School.
Canva is an easy-to-use design and publishing tool with a mission to empower everyone to design anything, publish anywhere, and collaborate with others. It provides a platform for students to create and display their learning and educators to integrate technology with purpose.
Optional: One graduate credit hour is available from MidAmerica Nazarene University for $75. *Participants must attend both training days.
To enroll, click on Registration Form.
Questions? Contact the Professional Learning Office at 785-309-4748.
Canva 2 - Elevate Your Creations, Instruction, & Connections!
July 21-22
8am-3pm
Lakewood Middle School Library
1135 Lakewood Circle
Instructor: Elizabeth Burke
For any certified staff serving a Salina Public School.
Completion of Canva 1 course prior to taking Canva 2 is strongly encouraged!
Optional: One graduate credit hour is available from MidAmerica Nazarene University for $75.
*Participants must attend both training days.
To enroll, click on Registration Form.
Questions? Contact the Professional Learning Office at 785-309-4748.