Train-the-Trainer: Current Best Strategies to Improve Executive Function Skills, Grades K-12

The Bureau of Education & Research (BER), North America's leading provider of professional development for K–12 educators since 1976, presents this intensive Train-the-Trainer programme on evidence-based strategies for improving executive function skills across Grades K–12, running 23–24 June 2026. Executive function — the set of cognitive processes including working memory, flexible thinking, and self-control — underpins virtually every aspect of student learning, from following multi-step instructions to managing time, organising materials, and regulating emotions. This two-day programme equips participants not only with current best strategies for building these skills in students, but with the tools and confidence to train their colleagues back at their schools and districts. It is a multiplier model: attend once, then lead professional learning for your entire team. BER's Train-the-Trainer programmes are renowned for their practical, classroom-ready approach. Participants receive comprehensive facilitator materials, presentation resources, and implementation guides designed for immediate use. The programme covers the neuroscience of executive function development, age-appropriate strategy instruction from early primary through secondary, and techniques for embedding executive function support into existing curriculum and classroom routines. Participants can earn State CEUs/Clock Hours or graduate-level PD credits through the University of Massachusetts Global, making this a professionally recognised credential as well as a powerful investment in school-wide capacity building.