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Boost Engagement, Belonging, and Regulation with Music and Movement
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT
Presented by Alexia Pendleton, Kindergarten Teacher, New York Avenue School, Atlantic City Public Schools (NJ)
Sponsored by ESGI, a Riverside Insights Solution
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Start your school year with purpose, energy, and confidence! In this engaging edWebinar, educator and movement enthusiast Alexia Pendleton shares research-informed and joy-infused strategies for launching a successful school year with music and movement—without burning out by October.
Through real-life examples, viewers explore ways to build strong academic and emotional connections with students from day one, including:
- Implementing simple, sustainable classroom routines that reduce stress later
- Collecting meaningful baseline data in developmentally appropriate ways
- Integrating movement and music to support engagement, regulation, and belonging
- Tracking growth to streamline differentiation and save time
You walk away with tangible strategies, a renewed sense of purpose, and a playlist of go-to classroom moves that make teaching (and learning) more joyful. This recorded edWebinar is of interest to PreK-5 educators.
About the Presenter
Alexia Pendleton, also known as The Dancer Teacher, is a dynamic educator, award-winning choreographer, and national speaker who infuses joy, movement, and community into everything she does. With a foundation in hip-hop pedagogy and trauma-informed practices, Alexia empowers educators to build culturally responsive classrooms where students feel safe, seen, and celebrated. She is a host of Rules to Engagement, a talk show for educators, and a featured presenter at conferences like Elevate Your Classroom, NJEA, Born to Teach, and KnowlejCon. Whether she’s leading kindergartners or coaching teachers, Alexia leads with rhythm, love, and purpose.
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ESGI is a comprehensive solution designed to support early elementary educators in assessing and monitoring foundational skill development. With an intuitive interface, ESGI provides real-time data, empowering teachers, specialists, and administrators to track student performance, intervene early, and tailor instruction to individual needs. ESGI seamlessly integrates with the MTSS framework, offering targeted progress monitoring and common formative assessments aligned with curriculum standards. By simplifying intervention strategies, ESGI helps improve outcomes for students from Pre-K through 2nd grade and beyond, supporting both general and specialized instructional goals.
