◆ MICHIGAN TEACHER SEMINAR · YOU’RE INVITED · THE GREAT LAKES STATE
The full two-day seminar — Rick Dahlgren Friday, Eric Combs Saturday — minutes off the highway at Kent ISD. 3 graduate credits included in the Full Weekend.
FEB 26+27 · 2026 · 8:30A–3:30P · KENT ISD, 2930 KNAPP ST NE, GRAND RAPIDS
EARLY BIRD ENDS FRI FEB 5
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First weekend of December: strategies in hand before break, a calmer January on the other side — and up to a full renewal riding along. SCECHs renew a certificate; these credits renew it and move your lane.
THE TWO DAYS
FRIDAY · CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT · RICK DAHLGREN
A working day with the named tools: Refocus — the respectful consequence that ends repeated warnings; Teach-To’s — one hundred expectation lessons that buy back teaching time; the four diffusers for staying calm with your hardest student; classroom design that works for you; and the authoritative middle path — give the choice, honor the choice.
SATURDAY · ENGAGEMENT & MOTIVATION · ERIC COMBS
Built on Marzano’s four questions — How do I feel? Am I interested? Is this important? Can I do this? — and taught by the 2006 Ohio Teacher of the Year who created this program: human graphing, concentric circles, dice randomizing, three-tier storytelling, the synectic journey, Hot Seat, Extempore, and Matrix Planning, the tool teachers run the very next week. It’s Saturday: no substitute, no permission slip.
Strategies are practiced in the room, not described from the stage.
New teachers, first tools — the habits start here.
Seeing this for your whole staff? We come to you — full-staff on-site trainings and train-the-trainer certifications that put this system in your building for good. Request a quote → or call (800) 641-2068 — answers within two hours, weekdays.
WHAT THIS IS WORTH · IN MICHIGAN
Six semester credits fully renew a Michigan certificate — this weekend can deliver eight.
MDE: 6 CREDITS = FULL RENEWAL → UP TO 8 HERE = RENEWED + 2 TOWARD YOUR LANE
Three come included in the Full Weekend; stack to eight at checkout, four per day. District leaders: the new-teacher induction statute (MCL 380.1526) names classroom management and regional seminars — one Saturday PO covers your cohort with zero substitute days, and state induction grant funds exist for exactly this.
Credits awarded by University of Massachusetts Global — regionally accredited (WSCUC) — with enrollment handled for you, documented on the university’s own Time To Teach partner page. One honest note for HR paperwork: Saturday’s transcript title reads “Differentiated Instructional Strategies” — the university’s name for the Engagement & Motivation course. Full guide: credits by state.
PRICING · EARLY BIRD ENDS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 — PRICES FLIP AUTOMATICALLY
$249 EARLY BIRD
STANDARD $269 · AT DOOR $289
$399 EARLY BIRD
STANDARD $429 · AT DOOR $449
$499 EARLY BIRD
STANDARD $549 · AT DOOR $579
+$110 FIRST
+$100 EACH ADDITIONAL · MAX 4 PER DAY · 8 FOR BOTH DAYS
Bring your team, bring your principal. Put 5+ seats in one cart: $30 comes off every seat automatically at payment — and the principal attends free as our guest. Purchase orders & checks welcome at checkout. Or would you rather we came to you? We bring the full training to your campus — your whole staff, your PD day — or certify your own trainers to deliver it year after year. Ask for an on-site quote → Colleague Credit: after the event, you and each colleague you brought each get $20 back — just reply to your confirmation with their names. Bigger than a group? We also come to you — full-staff on-site trainings and train-the-trainer certifications. Request a quote below →
Your Resource Manuals — included in every seat, never an upsell.
FROM SIGNED SEMINAR EVALUATIONS
“Having the students respond the first time will be nice. Having more time to teach will be great.”
Teacher · Pleasantville, NJ
“After a rough year with many high-needs students, I feel refreshed and inspired… eager to try many new things I learned today.”
Jennifer Horne · Special Education · Ripley, WV
“As a counselor, I am particularly impressed with teaching behaviors and approaching management as a whole school.”
Helene Fullmer · School Counselor · Weymouth Township, NJ
FULL-STAFF TRAININGS · TRAIN-THE-TRAINER · REQUEST A QUOTE
Seminars are how one teacher gets the system. When it’s a whole building that needs it, flip the model — three ways, your pick.
Our on-site 2+1 model brings the training to your campus — every teacher, same playbook, same language. The documented turnarounds on this site started exactly this way.
We certify your own people to deliver the program, so the capacity lives inside your building — new hires, new school years, no re-booking us.
Not ready for campus-wide? Five or more seats from one building takes $30 off every seat — and the principal attends free as our guest.
How it usually starts: one teacher finds this page, one principal asks a question, and one quote later the whole building trains together.
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