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Event Organizer

Lapeer County ISD
Website
https://www.lapeerisd.org/
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Location
Attica, MI
Attica, MI

Format

Date
Sep 22 2026
Time
8:00 am - 3:00 pm

CE Credits

6.5 CEs
CE Type
General

Framework For Understanding Poverty

This training gives you in-depth information to help you understand class differences and 10 actions you can implement the next day in the classroom to achieve impact. You will learn that the rules of survival and instability often interfere with time and opportunities to learn. This workshop will give you in-depth strategies and understandings to reduce your own frustration and better serve your students and parents. The workshop is based on the book A Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.

After participating in this workshop, you will:

  • Use concrete strategies that impact the achievement of students from poverty
  • Better understand how economic class affects behaviors and mindsets
  • Develop stronger relationships with their students to impact behavior and achievement
  • Identify key instructional strategies that meet the needs of the under-resourced learner
  • Understand the hidden rules of economic classes and how they apply to their classrooms
  • Reduce their discipline referrals

10 Actions to Educate students include: Resources

Location: 690 N Lake Pleasant Rd, Attica, MI 48412