Events & Workshops
Interested in our workshops or Professional Development for your staff? Read what one Learning Specialist said:
"This was one of the most valuable and hands-on professional development workshops I have attended in a while. If you're looking to learn new methodologies to support students in writing who learn differently, then this workshop is not to be missed. My City School is a wonderful asset to the educational community in San Francisco and makes their materials accessible and easy to use."
Wick De Young
Founder Dynamic Tutoring Solutions
"This was one of the most valuable and hands-on professional development workshops I have attended in a while. If you're looking to learn new methodologies to support students in writing who learn differently, then this workshop is not to be missed. My City School is a wonderful asset to the educational community in San Francisco and makes their materials accessible and easy to use."
Wick De Young
Founder Dynamic Tutoring Solutions
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Here at My City School, we have a unique environment where a child's support team of parents, learning specialists, and tutors can learn together! Our trained specialists conduct parent/educator workshops throughout the year to strengthen skills like Writing, Math, Working Memory, Critical Thinking, Executive Functioning, and even Social Development for our students. At My City School, we also specialize in working with teaching teams to break down learning strategies for procedural and conceptual learners in and out of mainstream classrooms. This leads to a reduction in anxiety in students and adds to an increase in communication and understanding for each child's support team.
Our workshops are limited to 40 people per workshop. Please RSVP if you'd like to attend! We'd love to have you! If you are interested in our Professional Development workshops for your team or have a small parent group interested in a specific workshop, please e-mail [email protected].
MCS offers workshops in Framework Reading, Building Number Sense, Multi-Sensory Math, Reading, Writing, and Anxiety Reduction workshops, and more to give you the skills to help your child succeed in their learning environment.
Some Scholarships are available upon request.
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Our workshops are limited to 40 people per workshop. Please RSVP if you'd like to attend! We'd love to have you! If you are interested in our Professional Development workshops for your team or have a small parent group interested in a specific workshop, please e-mail [email protected].
MCS offers workshops in Framework Reading, Building Number Sense, Multi-Sensory Math, Reading, Writing, and Anxiety Reduction workshops, and more to give you the skills to help your child succeed in their learning environment.
Some Scholarships are available upon request.
To get quarterly info about our program sign up for our newsletter!
Parent Information Sessions
Join us for a deep dive into My City School’s methodology and approach to learning. During our sessions, you will hear about our learning pathways that address foundational skills while reaching grade-level standards. Learn about our rigorous program and how we partner with our families to increase student success and prepare them for high school. We offer information sessions in person as well as via Zoom. Sign up below:
Educator & Parent Workshops
Summer Bridge Information Session, Friday, Feb 2nd, 9 - 10 am
Learn about our Bridge Program which provides remediation, intensive foundational skill-building sessions for students grades 4 - 8, intervention training for educators, to help students close academic gaps in writing, reading, math, visual processing, critical thinking skills, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, working memory, executive functioning and more.
How to Talk To Your Child About LD’s
Friday September 29th, 9 - 11 am (virtual)
Learn about the gifts that come with learning differently. Find out about the hidden effects of shame based language embedded in education and how to refream these experiences for your child. Explore a framework on how to leverage learning differences during a learning journey. Walk away with resources and tools to help parents and build up your child’s self esteem.
Working Memory Workshop
Friday, November 3rd, 2 -3 pm (virtual)
Many learners are faced with challenges in working memory (visual & auditory) which can lead to potential roadblocks in furthering their education. In this workshop, you'll learn what working memory challenges look like, where it comes from, and strategies and resources to support it.
Visual Processing Workshop
Tuesday, December 12, 6- 7 pm - virtual
Become familiar with several different types of visual processing and how they impact learning. During this workshop, you will see strategies, activities, supports, and games that can accelerate learning in and out of the classroom. This is an introductory session. Parents & educators can schedule an in-person training as a follow-up.
Previously Offered Workshops & Events
Working Memory Workshop
Many learners are faced with challenges in working memory, which can lead to potential roadblocks in furthering their education. In this workshop, you'll learn what working memory challenges look like, where it comes from and strategies to help support it.
Classroom Technology - Student Workshop
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Does your student need help navigating technology in the classroom? Join us for an in-depth tech workshop designed specifically for students needing assistance with computers and digital organization. Topics included will be use of Google Drive, Google Docs and Sheets, Word, basic email functions and setup, file organization, and more. Workshop will be held shortly before the start of the new school year to give students the tools they need to work with their tech in class. Please contact Liz Baker for more information at [email protected].
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Inclusive Schools Group Resource Fair
Come join us and over 30 schools and specialists as we share what we can offer in the world of gifted education. The event is FREE and ALL families are welcome!
For more information about this resource fair, contact the ISG at [email protected]
For more information about this resource fair, contact the ISG at [email protected]
Executive Functioning Workshop
Learn about organizational approaches to make the school tasks easier. See many parts of the executive function process that increases learning in Math, Writing, STEM work, and how to help your child build the critical thinking skills necessary to prepare for high school. Walk away with valuable tools and resources to support your student(s).
Executive Functioning - Writing Workshop
Learn about executive function approaches to make the writing process easier and successful. Learn about procedural and conceptual learner's approach to writing that connect to building critical thinking skills. Walk away with valuable tools and resources to support your student(s).
Summer Math Camp - Student Workshop
Looking for ways to for your student to practice hands on math this summer? Check out our Math Camp where students will practice building equations using the Four Pillars of Learning. Through Building, Drawing, Explaining, and Writing, we will explore new ways of approaching math for each and every kind of learner! Contact Jennifer Larson at [email protected] for more info.
Rock to Recovery - Event for Heads of Schools and Organizations
Are you looking for additional SEL programming that is engaging to all and serves at-risk students? Experience the hottest intervention to help your students thrive -- rock and roll!
Rock to Recovery brings the healing power of music to NON-musicians. They are a weekly "plug and play" program that allows participants to form a band, write a song, and perform it -- no matter what their level of musical ability. The lyrics of the song come directly from student experiences and the catchy chorus leaves them with an inspiring message stuck in their heads!
Rock to Recovery brings the healing power of music to NON-musicians. They are a weekly "plug and play" program that allows participants to form a band, write a song, and perform it -- no matter what their level of musical ability. The lyrics of the song come directly from student experiences and the catchy chorus leaves them with an inspiring message stuck in their heads!
How To Avoid The Summer Slide Workshop
Looking for ways to help your child keep the gains they acquired over the school year? Learn about resources, approaches, and techniques that can help your child not only hold on to the knowledge they built during school, but add to the their academic skills.
Writing Workshop
Do you have a student or child that struggles with writing? Do they find it difficult to learn the writing process in depth? Are you searching for ways to bring the joy back to the creative writing process? Learn the detailed, sequential process of brainstorming, creative ways to engage your student in outlining, drafting, and learn how to make the editing process less painful.
Transforming Math Class
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MCS has been changing the way math is delivered and we're excited to share a taste of it with the community. In this experiential workshop, you will discover what it's like to learn math as a creative and social endeavor. You will leave with an understanding of what it is like to learn math differently and a wealth of information on where you can find out more about new ideas in mathematics education.
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Differentiation Workshop
Educating students at different levels of learning, can be challenging. Learn how to address teaching students who come into your environment at multiple levels, and how to cater your classroom structure to the skills of each child simultaneously.
Anxiety Reduction Workshop
Anxiety in students is increasing at record levels today. Learn to identify anxiety in your student(s), as well as identify and practice healthy coping skills to reduce anxiety. Walk away with language to calm and center your child and get to the roots of the issue.
Building Number Sense from Counting to Pre-Algebra
Join us for an overview of the My City School math curriculum. Discover how to present Pre-Algebra in a cohesive and meaningful progression. Activities include multiple entry points for non-traditional learners using flexible and creative problem solving techniques.
Framework for Reading Intervention (for Educators and Parents)
We will explore how to break apart reading into categories and learn specific multi-sensory techniques to address processing weakness for each step in becoming a confident reader. The format will include hands-on activities and lecture.
Multisensory Math Workshop
Learn what multi-sensory mathematics is and how it can help support struggling learners. Find out how executive function strategies can support working memory in math. Understand who your learner is - Procedural or Conceptual - and why this is critical to math success. Word Problems - identify where the breakdown in learning happens and how to build it back up.
Determining Motivational Factors in Learning
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Experience Five activities, with sentence stems that will help you determine a child's reason for doing things. Learn about why the child likes the sport they play, why they like the special board game time at home, or why they like math. These identifying markers are the key to building perseverance when the learning get tough. Used successfully, for five years at MCS, for grades 5 and up. A 4 hours workshop
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Our Community Service Projects
SAVE THE BAY SEED PROGRAM
Every year My City School invites other small groups to join us as we work with Save The Bay on their SEED program. We have worked at the MLK and Corte Madera tidal marsh and shorelines restoring the bay, observing nature, transplanting native seedlings, learning about and removing invasive plant species and so much more!
Sign up to join us on the dates below to learn, give back, make some new friends and experience how you can make a difference to our local world.
Every year My City School invites other small groups to join us as we work with Save The Bay on their SEED program. We have worked at the MLK and Corte Madera tidal marsh and shorelines restoring the bay, observing nature, transplanting native seedlings, learning about and removing invasive plant species and so much more!
Sign up to join us on the dates below to learn, give back, make some new friends and experience how you can make a difference to our local world.
Working at the Alemany Farm, SF
January, 2016
SFSU CAD Student's Exchange
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My City School (MCS) students visited the San Francisco State University (SFSU) campus to attend a customized learning opportunity provided by the Child and Adolescent Development Department (CAD) students. Over the course of the semester, under the direction of Dr. Nadine Agosta and Founder Jennifer Larson, SFSU students worked with MCS staff and created customized learning experiences for each child that tied to the NGSS standards unit ‘The Human Impacts on Earth’. The individualized lesson plan topics included: The Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch, Water Conservation, Carbon Footprint, Water Pollution, and Deforestation. CAD students prepared individualized lessons and learning activities based on the MCS students' interests and abilities. The culmination of this project was a presentation on SFSU's campus, where MCS students got to experience, learn and return to their classroom, and re-create their own moments of peer, group instruction. Following this experiential opportunity, the CAD students conducted an observation in the MCS classroom to further pursue hands on, experiential learning methods and reflect on their own experiences and practice. SFSU students were fascinated by the immense amount of scaffolding that supports each moment in learning. Equally important to the SFSU students was the vast amount of support tools used in the classroom to deliver instruction.
Thank you SFSU! We look forward to your return next semester!
Thank you SFSU! We look forward to your return next semester!
Educational Evening - For Educators and Parents
Featured Speaker: Dr. Nadine Agosta
Join us and hear from Dr. Agosta of SFSU’s Child and Adolescent Development Department speak about the different aspects of education and how they support child development and learning. Hear about:
Meet our Learning Specialists and:
RSVP to http://www.mycityschool.org/inquiries.html
- The different intelligence's children have and how to foster children on an individual basis to ensure successful academic experiences.
- Educational environments that support the development of healthy adolescence and help children adjust to the demands of learning new skills, and developing comfort with risk taking.
- Key elements in environments that support the foundation for achieving a sense of identity in adolescents and children.
Meet our Learning Specialists and:
- Experience how learning through multi-sensory techniques can increase understanding and recall.
- See how remediation is woven into Math, Language Arts and Science with exercises that help comprehension, written expression, executive functioning, math logic, and reasoning etc.
- Learn about games you can use at home to increase learning, and skills such as, executive functioning, expressive writing, visual and spatial development, math logic and so much more!
- Check out our Executive Functioning class and examine the skills that are the building blocks to thriving in school.
- Walk through a wellness class session, and begin to see personal themes that show up in your child, which is the path to building of self-esteem.
RSVP to http://www.mycityschool.org/inquiries.html
Giving Tuesday
My City School (MCS) opens its classroom and provides an opportunity for 50 San Francisco State University (SFSU) students to conduct an observation of a middle school environment. The SFSU class is an upper division applied child and adolescent development class which allows students to apply theory to real life. As a final project every semester, the SFSU students are required to create lesson plans that individualize instruction in a group setting. Previous to visiting MCS, the students would deliver the projects to their peers. However, now they are able to implement the lessons to the MCS students. The SFSU students are provided tools to incorporate into their individual instruction, observe how to provide individualized attention to each student through rotations, and learn about best practices and techniques that teach to different learning differences. Here are some of their reflections after their experience with us…
“I think this observation is very important for future teachers because it shows different approaches to learning.”
“Something that I really enjoyed was learning how well the students get multiple ways of learning, rather than your typical classroom.”
“There was so much attention placed on students being able to recognize their differences and abilities in learning styles...”
Join us next year for Giving Tuesday and see how you can join us in giving back!
“I think this observation is very important for future teachers because it shows different approaches to learning.”
“Something that I really enjoyed was learning how well the students get multiple ways of learning, rather than your typical classroom.”
“There was so much attention placed on students being able to recognize their differences and abilities in learning styles...”
Join us next year for Giving Tuesday and see how you can join us in giving back!