Bring more connection, fun, & social emotional growth to your school this year with GATA!

PLEASE SHARE ABOUT GATA (Gold Arrow Teacher Academy) WITH THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR AT YOUR SCHOOL!

The webinars are great reminders of super valuable information that I’ve heard/read over the years. I love the chance to apply this information in a new teaching role. I’m grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow with like-minded people.

-Abbey, Teacher & GATA Member

This school year, GAC Directors are bringing the trainings we do with counselors each summer to educators all across the country through GATA (Gold Arrow Teacher Academy) and through custom professional development webinars for schools. Gold Arrow’s entire director team has children of their own (currently ranging in age from 4-26), and most of us were teachers before or while working at camp. Supporting children by providing teachers with training and support to create positive, connected classrooms is a natural use of our skills and experiences (and is super fun for us).

If you’re looking for a personalized, engaging professional development workshop for your school team, get in touch. We’d love to create an upbeat workshop geared specifically to the needs of the students and teachers at your school. Contact us and let us know what you’re interested in.

GATA resources have been developed based over years of training our counselors and have been implemented successfully by GATA members over first half of this school year to support students’ social and emotional well-being.

The topics we’re covering in GATA include:

Creating Connections
Celebrating Strengths
Cultivating Character

You – or your whole school – can join GATA to have immediate access to the engaging and easily implementable SEL activities that address the social and emotional well-being of students and teachers.

New GATA members have immediate access to our past resources, can join live (or access later) all of our upcoming webinars, and receive weekly PDFs with low or no-prep activities that work virtually or live.

Join GATA

Join GATA now for only $65 (individual members – can be gifted to teachers) or $750 for a school membership (up to 20 educators, plus a 60-minute custom professional development training).

GATA WEBINARS NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND FOR MEMBERS
(Non-members can purchase single webinar access.)

8+ Activities to Foster Online Classroom Connections (Watch this webinar for FREE to get an idea of the style of our webinars).

• Creating a Positive Classroom Culture

• Coaching Students to Better Collaboration & Communication

• Personal Growth & Connection Activities for Students

• Creating a Strengths-Focused Classroom

ACTIVITIES &  RESOURCES NOW AVAILABLE IN THE MEMBER LIBRARY

Activities to Foster Online Classroom Connections (FREE sample PDF)

Questions for Classroom Connection

Creating a Positive Classroom Culture

Songs & Videos

Build Positivity & Optimism in Your Students

Guess Who

Jokes & Riddle

Teaching Kids Better Communication & Collaboration

Rules & Language of Collaboration

Create an Animal

Chill Music for Your Class

Coaching Students to Better Listening

SMART Goals

Autonomy & Problem Solving

Kindness Bingo

Filling Buckets

Personal Growth & Connection Activities

Friendship Bingo

Creating a Strengths-Focused Classroom

Inner Strengths

Encourage the educators at your school to join GATA for support, connection and fun SEL resources for teachers and students!

Questions? Get in touch with us to discuss your school’s SEL professional development needs!

Why Can’t School Be More Like Camp?

“Camp forever shaped me as an educator.”

Kristi Tanner, Teacher and former GAC Counselor

Why can’t school be more like camp? It can!

For years we’ve heard testimonials from our counselors about how they get life-changing training at camp that helps them become fantastic parents and amazing teachers who create positive classroom communities.

Camp counselors master connecting with and forming positive relationships with their campers – and they learn to coach campers on the friendship skills they need to make and keep friends.

The GAC Director team is thrilled to be bringing fun, engaging “camp counselor”-style trainings to educators through GATA – the Gold Arrow Teacher Academy.

The library of GATA resources is growing, with three webinars and 11 PDF resources of no-prep and low-prep connection activities now available on demand for GATA members.

GATA WEBINARS NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND FOR MEMBERS

8+ Activities to Foster Online Classroom Connections

Creating a Positive Classroom Culture

Coaching Students to Better Collaboration & Communication

GATA PDF RESOURCES NOW AVAILABLE IN THE MEMBER RESOURCE LIBRARY

Questions for Classroom Connection

Creating a Positive Classroom Culture

Songs & Videos

Build Positivity & Optimism in Your Students

Guess Who

Jokes & Riddle

Teaching Kids Better Communication & Collaboration

Rules & Language of Collaboration

Create an Animal

Chill Music for Your Class

Coaching Students to Better Listening

Our November 11 live webinar is on Coaching Students to Autonomy and Problem Solving. 

Learn more about GATA

Join GATA

Resources

Why Can’t School be More Like Camp?

10 Fun Ways Teachers Can Help Kids Connect with Other Kids

4 Ways to Make School more like CAMP