The Teachers' Lounge® has moved!We are now located in Ronnies Plaza across the parking lot from the theater!Click on the map on the left for directions. The Teachers' Lounge is St. Louis' finest Parent/Teacher Store. We pride ourselves on having the best customer service and product selection in the industry. Our team members are happy to assist you in finding the perfect educational product for your classroom or home. We carry over 6,000 of the best educational products on the market and also have a selection of over 30,000 products in our on-line store. Stop by and visit us today! Join Us For a Summer Workshop
Our goal for our workshops is simple-- we want to provide our local teachers with classes that are affordable and full of practical ideas that can be easily incorporated into any classroom to keep students engaged in and excited about their learning. We promise to provide you with a workshop that is worthy of your time. Be sure to check out our summer workshop line-up!
Registration for all of our classes is now OPEN! Call us at 314-843-2227 to register. NEW Common Core Classes With Dr. O'Connell
Dr. O’Connell has been an outstanding teacher in the St. Louis Archdiocese for the past 13 years. Being educated at St. Louis University, she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, a Master’s degree in Special Education, and a Ph.D in Curriculum and Instruction.
Unpacking the Common Core (Repeat Workshop)
Date: Monday, June 24th
Time: 9:00 AM - Noon
Location: The Teachers' Lounge • 21 Ronnies Plaza • St. Louis, MO 63126
Description: If you are hoping to learn more about Common Core, please join us for this hands-on, introductory workshop that will highlight the basics of our new national standards: • Learn what Common Core really is as we explore the basics of the new Language Arts and Math standards. • See how classroom teaching and learning may change as we compare the new Common Core Standards to our current standards. • Discover how to use the Common Core framework to unpack the standards and make them work for your lesson plans. • Explore sample activities for Math and Language Arts that align with Common Core.
Grade Levels: K-8
Cost: $89.00
Teaching and Assessing Language Arts With the Common Core Standards (Repeat Workshop)
Date: Monday, June 24th
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: The Teachers' Lounge • 21 Ronnies Plaza • St. Louis, MO 63126
Description: Gain a deeper understanding of the new Language Arts Common Core Standards • Learn how to work through the Language Arts standards using a backward design approach • Discover how to get your students to meet their Language Arts learning goals • Explore a variety of formative and summative assessments that you can use with your Language Arts students to gauge their understanding of the Common Core standards
Grade Levels: K-8 Cost: $69.00
Teaching and Assessing Math With the Common Core Standards (Repeat Workshop)
Date: Monday, June 24th
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: The Teachers' Lounge • 21 Ronnies Plaza • St. Louis, MO 63126
• Learn how to work through the Math standards using a backward design approach • Discover how to get your students to meet their Math learning goals • Explore a variety of formative and summative assessments that you can use with your Math students to gauge their understanding of the Common Core standards Grade Levels: K-8
Cost: $69.00
Using Best Practices to Teach Common Core in Grades K-3 (BRAND NEW CLASS!)
Date: Tuesday, June 25th
Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Parish Hall • 4900 Ringer Road • St. Louis, MO 63129
Description: Implementing the Common Core doesn’t mean that you have to give up your best teaching practices. Learn how to easily incorporate these new standards into your lesson plans while maintaining your top-notch teaching style. In this hands-on, full day class, we will focus on ideas for the Kindergarten through 3rd grade classroom. • Learn how to use differentiated instruction in your Common Core lesson plans • Explore a variety of assessment ideas including formative and summative assessments • See how professional learning communities can help you maintain your best practices and move your teaching to a higher level • Discover how to implement the English Language Arts standards across the content areas • Learn new ways to focus on rigor, informational texts and critical thinking skills
Grade Levels: K-3
Participants Will Receive: • A Common Core resource book
• A certificate of attendance for 4 hours of professional development
Cost: $129.00 (Register before May 30th to receive Early Bird Pricing of $99.99)
Using Best Practices to Teach Common Core in Grades 4-8 (BRAND NEW CLASS!)
Date: Wednesday, June 26th
Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Parish Hall • 4900 Ringer Road • St. Louis, MO 63129
Description: Implementing the Common Core doesn’t mean that you have to give up your best teaching practices. Learn how to easily incorporate these new standards into your lesson plans while maintaining your top-notch teaching style. In this hands-on, full day class, we will focus on ideas for the 4th through 8th grade classroom. • Learn how to use differentiated instruction in your Common Core lesson plans • Explore a variety of assessment ideas including formative and summative assessments • See how professional learning communities can help you maintain your best practices and move your teaching to a higher level • Discover how to implement the English Language Arts standards across the content areas • Learn new ways to focus on rigor, informational texts and critical thinking skills
Grade Levels: 4-8
Participants Will Receive: • A Common Core resource book
• A certificate of attendance for 4 hours of professional development
Cost: $129.00 (Register before May 30th to receive Early Bird Pricing of $99.99)
It's a Pinterest Party for Teachers!
Inspired By Pinterest: The Best Common Core Ideas for Grades K-3 (BRAND NEW CLASS!)
Date: Tuesday, July 9th
Time: 10:30 AM - Noon
Location: The Teachers' Lounge • 21 Ronnies Plaza • St. Louis, MO 63126
Description: Looking for some inspiration for your K-3 classroom? Want to learn some creative ways to implement the Common Core Standards into your lesson plans? Join us for this hands-on class where we will be exploring the best Common Core ideas found on Pinterest. Take a peek into classrooms across the country and gain valuable insight from real educators. Create several teacher tools that will help you start implementing the Common Core right away.
Grade Levels: K-3
Cost: $35.00
Inspired By Pinterest: The Best Preschool Ideas(BRAND NEW CLASS!)
Date: Wednesday, July 10th
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: The Teachers' Lounge • 21 Ronnies Plaza • St. Louis, MO 63126
Description: Looking for some inspiration for your preschool classroom? Join us for this hands-on class where we will be exploring the best preschool ideas found on Pinterest. Take a peek into classrooms across the country and gain valuable insight from real educators. Create several teacher tools that will help you review several preschool skills with your students.
Grade Levels: PreK
Cost: $35.00
Inspired By Pinterest: The Best Common Core Ideas for Grades 4-8 (BRAND NEW CLASS!)
Date: Tuesday, July 16th
Time: 10:30 AM - Noon
Location: The Teachers' Lounge • 21 Ronnies Plaza • St. Louis, MO 63126
Grade Levels: 4-8
Cost: $35.00
A Workshop With The St. Louis Learning Disabilities Association
Learning Disabilities Simulations (BRAND NEW CLASS!)
Date: Wednesday, July 17th
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: The Teachers' Lounge • 21 Ronnies Plaza • St. Louis, MO 63126
Description: Join us for this interactive workshop hosted by the St. Louis Learning Disabilities Association. This class is designed for both teachers and parents to give them a greater awareness of various learning disabilities. This full-participation workshop will have adults completing activities designed to make them feel as if they have a learning disability and/or ADHD and will simulate the fear, anxiety and tension struggling students experience in the classroom.
Grade Levels: K-8
Cost: $35.00 Learn Tips and Tricks from a Real Teacher and Author
The Secret to Successful Social Studies (BRAND NEW CLASS!)
Date: Tuesday, July 23rd
Time: 10:30 AM - Noon
Location: The Teachers' Lounge • 21 Ronnies Plaza • St. Louis, MO 63126
Description: Struggling with implementing the Common Core Standards? Join Kendra Corr, author and vice-president of the InspirED Educators book series-- they were Common Core before the Common Core was cool! In this minds-on, hands-on session, participants will be introduced to a powerful, yet practical teaching method that infuses critical and creative thinking, reading and writing in the content area, and research and test preparation into daily instruction. Their method is tried and true, producing positive results for all levels of students. Several activities will be shared and participants will walk away with lots of creative ideas and free lesson plans.
Grade Levels: 3-12
Cost: $35.00 Help Your Students Be 21st Century Learners with iPads
Teaching with iPads in the K-3 Classroom (BRAND NEW CLASS!)
Date: Wednesday, July 24th
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: The Teachers' Lounge • 21 Ronnies Plaza • St. Louis, MO 63126
Description: iPads are beginning to make their way into our schools. Learn how this little piece of technology can be used to transform your teaching in the K-3 classroom. We will discuss the best educational apps, how to use iPads as learning centers, ways to facilitate student assessment with iPads, and how this tool can help you incorporate best teaching practices including Common Core State Standards, differentiated instruction and a flipped classroom approach. Whether you are a teacher with one iPad or thirty, you’ll learn valuable tips and resources to make this teaching tool work for you.
Grade Levels: K-3
Cost: $35.00
Teaching with iPads in the 4-8 Classroom (BRAND NEW CLASS!)
Date: Wednesday, July 31st
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: The Teachers' Lounge • 21 Ronnies Plaza • St. Louis, MO 63126
Description: iPads are beginning to make their way into our schools. Learn how this little piece of technology can be used to transform your teaching in the 4-8 classroom. We will discuss the best educational apps, how to use iPads as learning centers, ways to facilitate student assessment with iPads, and how this tool can help you incorporate best teaching practices including Common Core State Standards, differentiated instruction and a flipped classroom approach. Whether you are a teacher with one iPad or thirty, you’ll learn valuable tips and resources to make this teaching tool work for you.
Grade Levels: 4-8
Cost: $35.00 Our Most Popular Class Every Summer
Organizing Your School Year (Repeat Workshop)
Date: Tuesday, July 30th
Time: 10:30 AM - Noon
Location: The Teachers' Lounge • 21 Ronnies Plaza • St. Louis, MO 63126
Description: Want some great ideas for getting everything organized this school year? Join us as we discuss ways to keep teacher tools, classroom decoratives, student work, and all that paper work neater and easier to find. We’ll also discuss ways to make a general plan for the year and how to stay ahead of the game to keep from doing things at the last minute.
Grade Levels: K-8
Cost: $35.00 |
School is almost out-- and summer will be here before you know it!!!! Plan on joining us at The Teachers' Lounge this summer for a teacher workshop!
We are thrilled to have Dr. Mary O'Connell back with us this summer! She will be presenting her previous Common Core classes for those of you who may not have been able to join us in the last few months and will be teaching two BRAND NEW full-day workshops about the Common Core!
Want to know what the Pinterest buzz is all about? Hoping to find some great ideas from real teachers that will work in your classroom? Want to make some sensational projects to take back to your school? Join us for our Pinterest inspired workshops!
We are partnering with the St. Louis Learning Disabilities Association to bring you a great new class that will help you feel what it is like to be a student with a learning disability in the classroom.
Kendra Corr from InspirED Educators will be joining us to teach a Common Core class that focuses on Social Studies, but her expert teacher tips and tricks could be applied to a variety of subject areas.
Join us as we explore ways to implement more technology into your lesson plans with iPads. This smart classroom tool is being adopted by a growing number of schools and can allow you to work more efficiently and keep your students engaged and learning in new ways.
Get off to a great start this school year with an organized classroom! Learn quick tips and tricks that will help you stay on track all year!