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Implementing a Framework for Understanding Poverty - A Day with Dr. Ruby Payne

February 01, 2017

Dr. Ruby Payne will be in Kansas on March 8th. Register today and make plans to hear one of the nation's leading experts explain her work on poverty.

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Dr. Ruby Payne will be in Kansas on March 8th. Register today and make plans to hear one of the nation's leading experts explain her work on poverty.

A Day with Dr. Ruby Payne
Implementing a Framework for Understanding Poverty – Research Based Strategies

Explore class differences and 10 actions you can implement in the classroom to improve the success of low socioeconomic status students. This workshop is based on Ruby Payne’s book A Framework for Understanding Poverty, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies.

Participants in this training will:

•  Use concrete instructional strategies to help students from poverty
•  Understand hidden rules of economic class and effects on behaviors and mindsets
•  Develop stronger relationships with students to impact behavior
•  Reduce discipline referrals

Topics include resources, mental models, family structure, language patterns, and more. The goal is to give new and veteran teachers tools to help students from poverty today.

For more information or to register visit http://events.brightfuturesusa.org/adwrp2017/wichita

Event Location:
Wichita State University
Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex
5015 E. 29th Street
Wichita, KS 67220

Event Date:
March 8, 2017
9:00am-4:00pm

Event Price:
$125