Professional Development Workshops

Implementing Self-Regulated Learning starts with professional development for teachers and school staff. This critical phase provides teachers with the knowledge, skills, and tools they need to get started. The workshops also enables the Studyo team to learn about your specific school and teachers’ needs so we can shape your plan to make students more self-directed and build their executive function skills.

This workshop series has been designed as a two-part program. Participants begin with Workshop 1, followed by Workshop 2, scheduled over the course of 3–6 months to support implementation, iteration, and reinforcement of classroom routines. Each session blends a focused research-based lens on self-regulated learning (SRL) and executive function (EF) with concrete, classroom-ready routines that teachers can immediately apply using Studyo. With each workshop, participants are pre-surveyed in order to customize the facilitation, build upon prior knowledge, and directly address current classroom needs—ensuring the approach is both sustainable and scalable across a school.  

Workshops are delivered by Dr. Kelsey Losenno who’s research is focused on self-regulated learning. The workshops are co-designed with Pure & Applied, a learning and development organization with expertise in evidence-based instructional design and K12 professional development.

Workshops

This workshop series has been designed as a program whereby participants can begin with workshop 1, followed by workshop 2 and 3.

Workshop 1: Task Definition → Planning & Goal Setting (EF + SRL) with Studyo

In this workshop, teachers learn how to explicitly teach the “before you start” phase of self-regulated learning: defining the parameters of a task first, then planning and setting goals based on those parameters. The focus is on building repeatable classroom routines that reduce cognitive load, strengthen executive function, and make planning visible and coachable—using Studyo as the day-to-day scaffold.

Learning Objective:

• Understand why task definition must precede planning and goal setting in effective SRL instruction.
• Recognize common middle school patterns when students struggle to interpret tasks, estimate effort, or get started.
• Learn and practice 1–2 classroom routines that guide students through task definition → planning → checkpoints/goals, with immediate classroom applicability.
• Use Studyo intentionally to support these routines (capturing task parameters, chunking into subtasks/checkpoints, planning dates, prioritization/workload cues).

Who Should Take This Course:

Middle school teachers and support staff who want students to be more consistent with organization, planning, and follow-through—especially when students struggle with task initiation, time management, or completing multi-step assignments.

Duration: 2.5–2.75 hours (remote, includes a short break)

Value Proposition:

Teachers leave with ready-to-run routines and a rollout script they can implement the next week. Students gain clearer task understanding and more realistic plans—leading to stronger follow-through, fewer last-minute crises, and more teachable moments for EF and SRL skill growth.

Workshop 2: Monitoring & Evaluation Routines (Metacognition) (EF + SRL) with Studyo

This workshop focuses on the phase where metacognition becomes explicit: monitoring progress during work and evaluating strategy effectiveness after the task. Teachers build routines that help students assess strengths and weaknesses, identify which strategies worked (and when they didn’t), and make concrete adjustments for next time—supported by Studyo artifacts (progress tracking, checkpoints, notes) and optional teacher-facing insights.

Learning Objective:

• Understand monitoring and evaluation as the SRL phase where students evaluate strengths/weaknesses and strategy effectiveness, and learn to adapt.
• Build and practice 1–2 routines for monitoring cadence (checkpoints, progress signals, help-seeking triggers) and evaluation (strategy audit + adjustment plan).
• Learn how to use Studyo to make monitoring and evaluation observable (progress tracking, checkpoints, short metacognitive prompts/notes).
• Develop a 4–6 week integration plan for a real unit, including a lightweight evidence loop to refine practice.

Who Should Take This Course:

Middle school teachers who want students to sustain effort across longer tasks, become more strategic, and develop better self-assessment—particularly when students struggle with attention, persistence, or learning from feedback.

Duration: 2.5–2.75 hours (remote, includes a short break)

Value Proposition:

Teachers gain a practical system for building student metacognition without adding heavy workload. Students become more adaptive: they monitor earlier, adjust sooner, and learn which strategies help them succeed—improving completion, confidence, and independence over time.