BrainTracks helps busy teachers manage their classrooms so students are focused, motivated, and engaged.
What are Executive Function Skills? And why do they matter?
WHAT ARE EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS?
Executive Function skills give students the tools to get started, stay focused, and complete tasks calmly and on time.
DO EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS MATTER?
To succeed in school and beyond, students need to manage their emotions, sustain attention, organize, and plan their work and time.
WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR STUDENTS?
When school demands exceed their capacity, students become stressed, anxious and frequently disengage.
HOW CAN BRAINTRACKS HELP?
We bring proven tools and strategies to your classroom so all students can be more effective at school and beyond.
Research-based Professional Development
Building on the proven track record of our parent company, Beyond BookSmart, we created BrainTracks to bring the Executive Function (EF) success story straight into schools nationwide. We provide mentoring for teachers to add Executive Function skills training into the academic classroom setting, reaching all students, including those with learning disabilities, special needs, and mental health challenges, which also helps reach the growing number of students with ADHD. By infusing EF-based approaches directly into instructional practice, already busy teachers enjoy the benefits of more focused and capable students without changing their curriculum. BrainTracks democratizes access to Executive Function skills that students need to be effective learners today and effective adults in the future.
“The BrainTracks teacher workshops gave educators an incredibly important look into the components of Executive Functions and how to support students of all grade levels. The sessions contain valuable content that is easy to embed into one's teaching practice. The examples are relevant and able to be incorporated into the planning and delivery of instruction.”
— Katherine B. Watts, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Monson Public School District in Monson, MA
Workshop Information & Pricing
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$4,500 total for all 4 workshops and 4 weeks of office hours*
Workshop 1 (Teachers & Staff)
An introduction to Executive Function skills: what they are, why they matter, and a framework for thinking about them as an educator.Workshop 2 (Teachers & Staff)
Learning to implement approaches, tools, and strategies in direct instruction via a case study practice.Workshop 3 (Teachers & Staff)
Executive Function skills to support student self-reflection and assessment outcomes.Workshop 4 (Families & Guardians)
An overview of Executive Function skills and approaches to supporting students outside of the classroom.*Limited to 75 seats per workshop
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$1,000 per workshop
Additional workshops to customize your school's training needs, includes workshops for staff, family members, and students.
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$1,000 per workshop
Additional coaching for administrators and academic leaders looking to establish or support an Executive Functioning classroom environment.
Don’t just take it from us…
Working with Michael can only be described as a powerful thunderstorm of positivity for our community. He and his BrainTracks colleagues learned all about who we are and what we hold dear, and offered practical insights and ideas that immediately energized and impacted the way our staff do things. The guidance and advice he offered them was intellectually appropriate and emotionally poignant. They ate it up!
James Standefer
Director of Lighthouse Point Academy & North Broward Preparatory School
Coconut Creek, Florida
BrainTracks helped teachers to take a step back and look at the broader issues that may be affecting students' success in many areas. Curriculum and instruction are addressed in each of the workshops, allowing teachers to weave tools and strategies directly into the everyday lessons. The workshops provided concrete strategies that teachers can use immediately.
Martha Millison
School Counselor
Green Woods Charter School
Philadelphia, PA
BrainTracks workshops helped teachers create a more supportive and effective learning environment for all students in all curriculum areas. [Workshops] provided ideas for implementation in the classroom and for assisting teachers in learning how to integrate Executive Function support into their classroom instruction.
Mercedes Gonzalez
Lead Interventionist
St. Stephen's Episcopal Day School
Miami, FL