Instructor/Facilitator: Sonja Brandt

Sonja Brandt
Biography: Dr. Sonja Brandt joined the Teaching and Leadership faculty here at UND in 2019. She is a member of the Elementary Education program, teaching preservice teachers in early childhood and elementary programs as well as graduate students in literacy education. Her work focuses on teachers' awareness of their nonverbal behaviors during instruction to increase and positively impact student learning as well as incorporating active learning strategies into her teachings and as a guide for her undergraduate and graduate students.

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This professional development course focuses on the integration of social-emotional learning (SEL) and writing instruction for multilingual students in grades 5-8. Participants will explore essential elements and processes common to all genres of writing and examine key differences among narrative, expository, and reflective writing.
June 1, 2026 to August 1, 2026