Learn How Class Composer Can Help You Create Elementary Classes Simply

The importance of equitable class lists on student achievement, teacher performance, and the overall classroom culture can't be denied. Using sticky notes, blue and pink paper cards, or speadsheets will inevitably lead to data overload where something will fall through the cracks to create an inequitable class. It doesn't have to be this way.

Join elementary class lists expert Mike Cronley for a complimentary, live webinar where you'll be shown how simple it can be to make well-informed student placement decisions using Class Composer.

In this webinar you'll learn how to:

• Score students on the Student Card.
• Compose classes on the Digital Data Wall.
• Customize Class Composer for your school.
• Import your roster of students.

Who should attend this webinar?

Elementary school administrators and teachers who are considering switching from their current class list creation process to Class Composer.

Meet the presenter

While some big ideas are born in the boardroom, others are born in the lunchroom.

In his 12 years teaching third grade near Denver, Colorado, Mike shared the frustrations of many colleagues enduring inequitable classes – for example, classes having an imbalance of low readers or students with challenging behavior. These imbalances weren’t surprising, given the student placement process was done with pink and blue paper cards.

Over lunch one day in 2007, the school’s music teacher was venting to Mike about some unruly students who mistakenly ended up in her class together, even though they were supposed to have been separated based on their disruptive behavior the year before. Wouldn’t it be great, they mused, if there were some software to create class lists and avoid these basic errors?

As a self-professed technology geek, Mike started dreaming about the possibility of creating his own solution. That dream grew into an obsession, and he found himself spending evenings and weekends consumed by research – driving his wife crazy. The result was Class Composer, software built on Mike’s tech savvy, his teacher’s perspective, and his commitment to creating positive learning environments.

Mike, who received his B.S. in Psychology from the Ohio State University and an elementary teaching certificate from the University of Colorado Denver, is no longer in the classroom, but is an educator at heart who loves making a positive impact on the lives of teachers and students. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and two poodles, and he loves to ski, bike, and camp with his family, including his college-age son and daughter.