Executive functioning skills serve as the brain's management system, helping students organize materials, initiate tasks, manage time, sustain attention, regulate behavior, solve problems, and complete responsibilities. Students who struggle with executive functioning often appear unmotivated, disorganized, forgetful, inattentive, or resistant to learning when, in reality, they may lack the skills necessary to effectively manage academic demands and daily responsibilities.

This 10-hour CTLE course provides educators with practical, research-informed strategies for supporting the development of executive functioning across a variety of educational settings. Participants will explore the core components of executive functioning while learning evidence-based approaches for improving organization, attention, planning, task initiation, working memory, time management, self-monitoring, and student independence.

Throughout the course, participants will examine:

• The foundations of executive functioning and brain development

• Organization and planning strategies that support academic success

• Improving task initiation and reducing procrastination

• Time management and prioritization skills

• Strengthening working memory and sustained attention

• Self-monitoring, self-regulation, and metacognitive strategies

• Executive functioning supports for students with ADHD, learning disabilities, and anxiety

• Visual supports, routines, and organizational systems

• Promoting student independence and reducing learned helplessness

• Developing intervention plans that strengthen executive functioning skills across educational settings

Participants will reflect on their current instructional practices while developing practical executive-functioning supports, intervention strategies, and organizational systems that can be implemented immediately in their classrooms and educational settings. Assignments are designed to be manageable, classroom-focused, and directly connected to real-world educational practice. Special attention is given to helping educators recognize executive functioning challenges while creating supportive learning environments that foster independence, confidence, self-regulation, and long-term student success. ported, challenged, and capable of success. Participants will develop practical strategies that strengthen inclusive teaching practices, increase equitable access to learning, promote student engagement, and build learning environments that recognize diversity as a powerful asset in education.