504 Coordinators Training for New Hires will begin at 10:00 AM. Opening and Keynote sessions will be streamed live from 8:15-10:00 AM in F203. Required for all newly hired 504 Coordinators.
The Culture of Care training prepares educators to deliver breathing, mindful movement, and relaxation exercises in the classroom, and to train colleagues to do the same. With a little practice, the exercises are simple for educators to learn and share. Participants in the training will learn and be able to communicate how this approach promotes social-emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom. Opening and Keynote sessions will be streamed live from 8:15-10:00 AM in the WMS Media Center; CoC PD will begin at 10:00 AM. Applicable teams were designated by principals.
Day 1: ‘Glimpse of GLAD’ training is being offered by NC DPI English-Learners division. Participants are introduced to the theoretical and research base of the model. They will engage in dialogue around current pedagogy and learn strategies that promote academic discourse and literacy success for all students. This is a hands-on workshop in which learners will leave with laminated classroom materials. Participants were pre-registered by their principals.
Helping students become musically literate is central to the school music curriculum. This workshop will focus on implementing a sound before symbol approach to teaching music literacy resulting in independent musicians rather than savvy symbol decoders. The TAKADIMI rhythm-pedagogy system, a beat-oriented system whose originators see it as evolving from Gordon’s syllables, will be incorporated. The rhythm syllables can easily be applied in the elementary music classroom, instrumental and choral rehearsal and collegiate aural skills courses. Opening and Keynote sessions will be streamed live from 8:15-10:00 AM in the WMS Media Center; DIM PD will begin at 10:00 AM in WMS's Band Room.
Tobacco products and issues around youth and tobacco. "The use of vaping products or electronic cigarettes has taken off among our youth. The most popular product that is easy to hide and is now 47% of the e-cig market is JUUL."
Participants will gain information on how to use hands-on activities to enhance student engagement through interdisciplinary literacy. In this session you will have the chance to explore a variety of learning opportunities related to curriculum-based texts. Topics that will be discussed include: constructing a roller coaster to enhance forces and motion in science, creating a structure to enhance the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk, and understanding fractions using the text “The Lion’s Share.”
Middle School ELA teachers will explore the new state standards and resources provided by the NCDPI ELA Team. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
This session will provide an overview of the phonics/word study instructional plan in grades K-2. The UCPS word study guides include the planning of daily 15 minute lessons. We will discuss how the principles taught in word study cannot be taught only in isolation but also need to be transferred, practiced and reinforced in Interactive Writing and Shared Reading. All three components are included in the guides to ensure that students transfer these phonics principles to reading and writing in continuous text. Participants will also view video clips of sample lessons. Required for all NEW teachers in that grade/content area.
Explore instructional practices to conceptually teach the work of fractions and decimals in 5th grade classrooms. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Explore instructional practices to conceptually teach multiplication and division in 3rd and 4th grade classrooms. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Let's look at ways to encourage students to have a growth mindset in mathematics, while encouraging them to see math in a visual, creative way. We will work through Jo Boaler's week of inspirational math activities and discuss how to best incorporate them into your curriculum this year.
Becoming more "student-centered" has become the new big buzz word in education. But research clearly shows that students learn mathematics at higher levels when they are the ones doing the thinking, the talking, the persevering, and the connecting - or simply put, when they are the center of their learning. In this session, we will look at some practical strategies to help make your students the center your classroom and thus the center of their learning.
Participants will explore and construct a number of creative assessments that can be used in the science classroom. These assessments will help the teacher to know more than just if the student knows a concept or not; it will show the teacher what that child’s level of understanding of the concept is. Participants will also explore what type of data is useful and how to analyze and track it to best reach and grow all students in the 5th grade science classroom.
Teachers will share information on updates to the resources, pacing and common assessments for this specific course. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Introducing… our NEW units of study for Social Studies! Come participate in a lesson and explore the new units for 2nd Grade! A representative in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
Participants will engage in various empowered activities in the social studies classroom. Presenters will demonstrate a digital gallery walk and the creation of an argument tower that will help foster inquiry and writing in the social studies classroom. Participants will be able to practice and engage in the resources and the process of both activities.
This session will focus on activities that can be done in AP courses that release responsibility to the students while still keeping the focus on developing AP skills. I will go through some of the activities I have done with my AP classes sharing rubrics and project descriptions. I'd like for at least part of the session to be focused on brainstorming and sharing ideas in addition to the activities that I present.
We all struggle with "covering" the required content in the allotted time frame. During this session we will look at strategies and resources to help alleviate this issue for social studies teachers. We will also discuss various updates to middle school social studies in UCPS.
Destiny is much more than a library online catalog. Come and see how to do one search and find books, e-books, vetted websites and database resources to build digital bins of resources on any topic and share them with colleagues or even the world.
We will describe how to make flexible seating a lifestyle in your class to ensure that your students acheive their best learning. The following sub topics will be discussed: 1. Commitment to learning- if your students are comfortable and have choice they achieve greater things. They become in charge if their learning 2. Less is More- Less stimulation and distraction for students 3. Student centered- The class is more centered around my students and what they need. 4. Comparing Data- With flexible seating/ without flexible seating
We’ve all heard our students talk about how they want to level up in their favorite video game, but how do we get them to be just as passionate about leveling up in their academics? We believe one way is to offer solid support through guided instruction. In this session, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the core values of guided instruction, ways to encourage academic growth and deeper thinking through this important practice, and why it is important in every K-12 classroom. As a bonus, we will unpack the instructional moves in this workshop that encourage EmpowerED teaching and learning. For those who attended the Summer Instructional Leadership Institute, this session was formerly titled “Transforming Learning through Guided Instruction
As a former classroom teacher, curriculum specialist, and instructional coach, my passion is supporting teachers in growing students' success in and love of learning.
TeachingBooks.net – a suite of instructional resources that enrich the fiction and nonfiction books read by children and young adults. Included are: book guides & lesson plans, build-your-own custom reading lists, diverse books, literature-based vocabulary lists, Meet-the-Author videos and book readings, and resources for award-winning books.
Cultural norms influence classroom education. Identify US cultural norms. Identify your own cultural norms. What is expected to succeed with classroom management in UCPS and the US?
I have the honor of working with teachers, principals and students that value being multilingual. What fun it is to watch teachers shine and students language abilities grow!
Wednesday August 15, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
F202Weddington High School: 4901 Weddington Rd Matthews, NC 28104
Struggling to get kids writing? Wondering how to encourage young writers to better demonstrate their thinking on paper? Does the phrase “written response to text” give you nightmares? We will explore structure and organization, tools and strategies, rubrics and differentiated support for helping students become confident, prolific writers who know how to demonstrate their thinking in writing. Written comprehension only works if students have the words to use and the tools to comprehend text. Examine methods for developing strong reading comprehension skills in your students and discover how those methods can be utilized to develop strong writers as well.
Explore instructional practices to conceptually teach addition and subtraction in 1st and 2nd grade classrooms. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Explore instructional practices to conceptually teach perceptual subitizing and conceptual subitizing in kindergarten classrooms. Required for all teachers in that grade & content area.
How to help educators develop digital scientific practices in the science classroom. Digital media tools and resources are increasingly integral to engaging in scientific practices. These tools and supports are needed for learners to engage in practices, such as analyzing and interpreting data, modeling, and other relevant skills in science.
Are your students researching historical topics or current issues and events? Then the ABC-Clio Social Studies databases are the perfect place for them to look! Educators even have a special login to access additional resources. Come and find out more.
During this 3-hour session, high school counselors will receive training on the Naviance suite of College Application tools, including eDocs. All high school counselors should plan to attend.
Tobacco products and issues around youth and tobacco. "The use of vaping products or electronic cigarettes has taken off among our youth. The most popular product that is easy to hide and is now 47% of the e-cig market is JUUL."
We will describe how to make flexible seating a lifestyle in your class to ensure that your students acheive their best learning. The following sub topics will be discussed: 1. Commitment to learning- if your students are comfortable and have choice they achieve greater things. They become in charge if their learning 2. Less is More- Less stimulation and distraction for students 3. Student centered- The class is more centered around my students and what they need. 4. Comparing Data- With flexible seating/ without flexible seating
TeachingBooks.net – a suite of instructional resources that enrich the fiction and nonfiction books read by children and young adults. Included are: book guides & lesson plans, build-your-own custom reading lists, diverse books, literature-based vocabulary lists, Meet-the-Author videos and book readings, and resources for award-winning books.
The road to achieving biliteracy in a dual language/immersion classroom takes a lot of work and most importantly, takes a lot of collaboration. This session will highlight the importance of the DL/I and English Language Arts teachers sharing the same vision and working together as a unified front to achieve biliteracy in a DL/I classroom.
Participants will gain information on how to use hands-on activities to enhance student engagement through interdisciplinary literacy. In this session you will have the chance to explore a variety of learning opportunities related to curriculum-based texts. Topics that will be discussed include: constructing a roller coaster to enhance forces and motion in science, creating a structure to enhance the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk, and understanding fractions using the text “The Lion’s Share.”
Looking for a new lesson, unit, or resources for your middle school ELA classroom? Come learn more about the course written by teachers, for teachers, for middle school teachers to use as a resource! For veterans and BTs alike – we would love you to see what we’ve created and share your input to make it an even better resource! A representative in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
Explore instructional practices to conceptually teach addition and subtraction in 1st and 2nd grade classrooms. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Explore instructional practices to conceptually teach the work of fractions and decimals in 5th grade classrooms. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Explore instructional practices to conceptually teach multiplication and division in 3rd and 4th grade classrooms. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Explore instructional practices to conceptually teach perceptual subitizing and conceptual subitizing in kindergarten classrooms. Required for all teachers in that grade & content area.
Participants will take a look at changes made over the summer to the UCPS Pacing Guide and will have an opportunity to get more familiar with instructional resources that were added. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
This session focuses on strategies to help students model and understand fraction division as it progresses from 5th to 7th grade in the revised NC math standards. Strategies such as using the common denominator, naming fraction remainders, and deriving the standard algorithm will be modeled and discussed.
Do your students struggle with analytical and critical thinking skills? Come experience several different warm ups specifically designed to provoke thought and discussion for our young mathematicians at any level.
Participants will explore and construct a number of creative assessments that can be used in the science classroom. These assessments will help the teacher to know more than just if the student knows a concept or not; it will show the teacher what that child’s level of understanding of the concept is. Participants will also explore what type of data is useful and how to analyze and track it to best reach and grow all students in the 5th grade science classroom.
Teachers will share information on updates to the resources, pacing and common assessments for this specific course. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Making student learning visible is a key element to an inquiry based science lesson. Come learn how Interactive Science Notebooks and Interactive Word Walls help students and teachers stay organized and support retention of complex content.
Introducing… our NEW units of study for Social Studies! Come participate in a lesson and explore the new units for 1st Grade! A representative in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
Are your students researching historical topics or current issues and events? Then the ABC-Clio Social Studies databases are the perfect place for them to look! Educators even have a special login to access additional resources. Come and find out more.
This session will highlight the need to imbed culture within the World Language Classroom in the target language rather than viewing culture as something to be taught as a separate entity in English. This session will give the audience an overview and explanation of the 2017 NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements and how these statements can help guide instruction in the classroom. There will be time to collaborate and create.
Participants will engage in various empowered activities in the social studies classroom. Presenters will demonstrate a digital gallery walk and the creation of an argument tower that will help foster inquiry and writing in the social studies classroom. Participants will be able to practice and engage in the resources and the process of both activities.
Introducing… our NEW units of study for Social Studies! Come participate in a lesson and explore the new units for Kindergarten! A representative in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
We all struggle with "covering" the required content in the allotted time frame. During this session we will look at strategies and resources to help alleviate this issue for social studies teachers. We will also discuss various updates to high school social studies in UCPS.
The brain, like all other organs, is vulnerable to disease. People with mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities ore substance use issues often exhibit behaviors which others may not understand. Instead of receiving compassion and acceptance, people with disabilities may experience hostility, discrimination and stigma. The people experiencing the issues often label and stigmatize themselves. They may put up barriers which can prevent proper attention and treatment. This presentation explores issues of stigma and ways to overcome it.
How to plan your curriculum to fit your school's needs. We’ll discuss best practices and share ideas to promote student success in all areas through the arts.
Destiny is much more than a library online catalog. Come and see how to do one search and find books, e-books, vetted websites and database resources to build digital bins of resources on any topic and share them with colleagues or even the world.
Spread the word and lead the way with resources that directly enrich the literacy work in your school. Perpetuate leadership and support school-wide collaboration with colleagues, students, families, and administrators.
Presenters’ goal is to create a positive mindset about co-teaching through the connection between the best practices of this type specially designed instruction and the tenants of an EmpowerED classroom. The teachers will be provided with summary overviews of these best practices and video footage from a co-taught English II classroom at Cuthbertson High School where collaboration and creation are highlighted. Teachers will share their perspectives on planning and implementation of effective strategies that meet the needs of their students. The participants will collaborate in learning teams in order to evaluate scenarios that will help them guide their buildings in implementing model co-taught classrooms within an EmpowerED framework.
Examine the seven strands of the Guiding Principles of Dual Language Education from Center of Applied Linguistics in order to reflect on and improve their DLI program.
I have the honor of working with teachers, principals and students that value being multilingual. What fun it is to watch teachers shine and students language abilities grow!
Wednesday August 15, 2018 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
F202Weddington High School: 4901 Weddington Rd Matthews, NC 28104
Middle School ELA teachers will explore the new state standards and resources provided by the NCDPI ELA Team. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Struggling to get kids writing? Wondering how to encourage young writers to better demonstrate their thinking on paper? Does the phrase “written response to text” give you nightmares? We will explore structure and organization, tools and strategies, rubrics and differentiated support for helping students become confident, prolific writers who know how to demonstrate their thinking in writing. Written comprehension only works if students have the words to use and the tools to comprehend text. Examine methods for developing strong reading comprehension skills in your students and discover how those methods can be utilized to develop strong writers as well.
Want to learn more about the Desmos graphing calculator and all that it can do? Come to this session for hands-on learning for any level: beginner, intermediate, or advanced.
Explore instructional practices to conceptually teach addition and subtraction in 1st and 2nd grade classrooms. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Explore instructional practices to conceptually teach the work of fractions and decimals in 5th grade classrooms. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Explore instructional practices to conceptually teach multiplication and division in 3rd and 4th grade classrooms. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Explore instructional practices to conceptually teach perceptual subitizing and conceptual subitizing in kindergarten classrooms. Required for all teachers in that grade & content area.
Participants will be introduced to some new Math 1 instructional resources that were added over the summer and will have an opportunity to give feedback on those and potential future resources. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
This session focuses on strategies to help students model and understand fraction division as it progresses from 5th to 7th grade in the revised NC math standards. Strategies such as using the common denominator, naming fraction remainders, and deriving the standard algorithm will be modeled and discussed.
Teachers will share information on updates to the resources, pacing and common assessments for this specific course. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
How to help educators develop digital scientific practices in the science classroom. Digital media tools and resources are increasingly integral to engaging in scientific practices. These tools and supports are needed for learners to engage in practices, such as analyzing and interpreting data, modeling, and other relevant skills in science.
Making student learning visible is a key element to an inquiry based science lesson. Come learn how Interactive Science Notebooks and Interactive Word Walls help students and teachers stay organized and support retention of complex content.
Come and preview the new unit format for 3-5 Social Studies! Get a sneak peek at Social Studies resources and learn best practices to follow in your Social Studies classroom. We will take time to explore primary resources and discuss how to make Social Studies purposeful and engaging in your classroom this year! A representative in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
Participants will engage in various empowered activities in the social studies classroom. Presenters will demonstrate a digital gallery walk and the creation of an argument tower that will help foster inquiry and writing in the social studies classroom. Participants will be able to practice and engage in the resources and the process of both activities.
We will introduce teachers to the concept of sketchnoting, help them brainstorm how it can be used in their classrooms, and provide them the opportunity to practice this skill.
The goal of the session would be to present teachers with information about the games in ICIVICS and other simulations, as well as the six-week projects I generally do on political parties, budgets and building a city. I would also cover the H&R Block Personal finance simulation. It would be blended as some things can be done individually, such as ICIVICS. Other items would be more lecture/discussion to show teachers the resources I use and that can be adapted to their classes.
Trauma and other adverse life events significantly impact mental health and well-being. This training will help increase your understanding of trauma and the resources for those experiencing trauma related difficulties.
UCPS in partnership with Union County System of Care Community Collaboration will give participants the unique opportunities to learn about available community resources that may serve the emotional, well-being, and social service needs of students in UCPS. Participants will be given student scenarios to solve with their team that will require active listening, team building, problem-solving and thinking outside of the box.
Continuation from Day 1. The Culture of Care training prepares educators to deliver breathing, mindful movement, and relaxation exercises in the classroom, and to train colleagues to do the same. With a little practice, the exercises are simple for educators to learn and share. Participants in the training will learn and be able to communicate how this approach promotes social-emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom. Opening and Keynote sessions will be streamed live from 8:15-10:00 AM in the WMS Media Center; CoC PD will begin at 10:00 AM. Applicable teams were designated by principals.
Join us as we discuss the unique adaptive engine that is DreamBox Learning. We will focus on how DreamBox impacts your students, how the tools you have access to can help you drive instruction, and some tips on getting the most out of the product and allowing it to save you time in the classroom.
If you're interested in creating friendly competition in your classroom, then this session is for you! Come learn how to play my Smartgames, format new games, and share some of your own tips. This session is applicable to all content areas. While many of the games are math related, most of the resources in this session are immediately transferable to any classroom. Several of the games I have created have no connection to math specifically and can be used with any review sheet or worksheet. All resources and materials will be shared electronically and handouts will be provided. Bring your "A" game!
Come learn about the new teacher experience, new user-face, and new student growth model for 2018-2019! 2-3 representatives in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
IXL Foundations I is your induction into IXL's innovative community of educators. Highly recommended for every school, this professional learning experience goes beyond the basics and empowers teachers to use IXL effectively in their individual classrooms. In addition, this session invites you to: • Explore the IXL curriculum and how it can support any lesson or standard you’re teaching in the classroom. • Discover how to drive progress faster with the Continuous Diagnostic’s up-to-the-minute analysis of every student. • Learn how IXL’s personalized guidance supports every student at just the right level.
What are best practices for creating projects that align with curriculum? In this session participants will learn how using projects in myON can be used across content area instruction. Participants will develop a myON project that includes assigned texts, close reading tasks, graphic organizers, and writing activities. Topics include: tips for specific content searches, review of projects and tasks in myON, search and modify tasks from the cloud, how and when to utilize Lexile assessment task, assign tasks to students and monitor progress, and discuss best practices for using projects to meet the needs of the diverse learners. Note: the goal of this session will be to create a new project using a current unit of study. It is recommended that participants bring resources such as pacing guide, scope and sequence or unit of study. This session will support elementary teachers and topics. 2-3 representatives in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
Equip educators with tools and strategies to facilitate staff trainings using the digital resources and tools at TeachingBooks.net. Participants will leave with staff development options to help support literacy outcomes.
This presentation will offer ideas and specific strategies to help engage students to find their motivation and to engage in creative exploration and professional development activities.
Rubrics were restructured this year to establish clearer expectations for students through specific outcomes in writing. We based our rubrics on those used in Camey's doctorate classes at Gardner Webb and on our own professional observations. These outcomes helped us construct coaching support for specific writing skills in teacher led small groups and in collaborative peer review. Teachers will have the option to import the outcomes we've designed into their canvas courses and will have time to collaborate with one another on restructuring their own rubrics to follow our format.
Casey Zvanut graduated from Mississippi State University with a B.A. in English Education. She has worked in Union County Public Schools for 19 years as an English teacher and as an Instructional Technology Facilitator. In 2016, Casey returned to the classroom to apply all she had... Read More →
What do we do with students who already know what we are teaching? Effective educators provide quality instruction that not only aligns to the standard course of study, but focuses on high level thinking skills, differentiated practices, authentic assessment, increasing levels of rigor, and is student-centered. Come find out how to do all this at this session. Strategies and planning materials will be shared with participants of all content areas to use in all classrooms.
In Book love: Developing depth, stamina, and passion in adolescent readers (2013), Penny Kittle explores the various reason adolescent students do not read and shows the effects of decreased reading quantities. Kittle (2013) argues, through providing appropriate texts, along with structured class time, teachers can create a culture that leads to more complex reading. She provides strategies to increase the quantity, capacity, and complexity over time, to create a balance of independent reading, text study, and novel study, to help students deepen their thinking through writing about reading, and to build a school culture focused on the love of reading (2013). Book Love (2013) advocates for independent reading; the ultimate goal is to clearly establish a culture where students long to read all types of literature, thus use literature as an avenue of growth and reflection. We will share how the Book Love Initiative works in my classroom, along with data supporting its effectiveness.
I am what some would call a "hybrid" educator. My degree is in secondary education with a focus on history. I have been a social studies educator longer than a language arts educator but love both and currently teach both. I love to share ideas and collaborate to better serve my... Read More →
Thursday August 16, 2018 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G204Weddington High School: 4901 Weddington Rd Matthews, NC 28104
Using Kylene Beers & Bob Propst's approach to close reading, participants in this session will learn the basics of Notice and Note for both fiction and non-fiction. We will discuss applications of the approach across different curricula as well as different student-ability groups.
This session is highly recommended for all middle school and high school math teachers. We will look at various mathematical concepts and see how they are introduced and developed through middle and high school courses. If you are a 6-12 math teacher, please try to attend one of these sessions!
This session will facilitate learning for teachers to grow their understandings of inquiry based instruction and the 3E model. Teachers will have opportunities to discuss methods for purposeful task selection, questioning strategies to facilitate discussion, and explore meaningful extension activities.
Use of Gizmos simulations provides a progression of inquiry that helps to develop students’ scientific inquiry skills. Start the school year with a new perspective on using inquiry methods of instruction, which encourage students to ask questions, make observations, and construct reasonable explanations.
What does an inquiry based science lesson look like? Come experience this through the eyes of your students to better understand why this structure is so important. Then use what you have learned to implement it into your classroom!
In this session we will review Explore Learning's Gizmo activities. The basics will be covered, but we will also dive deeper and explore how to customize lessons to help meet the needs of your learners, and how to align these lessons with GRR and EmpowerED frameworks. Bring questions or advice for beginners as we work together to enhance our usage of this awesome tool for teachers and students!
Learn how trauma and other adverse life events significantly impact mental health and well-being. Increase your understanding of trauma and learn about resources for those experiencing trauma-related difficulties.
Explore the Administrator Guides created by the DPI NC World Languages Collaborative Team to the UCPS WL Modern Languages teachers, Heritage teachers, DLI teachers and Administrators with DLI/WL/Heritage programs.
Required for all Title I Pre-K Teachers. Pre-K teachers and assistants will receive information and materials needed to begin the Title I Pre-K school year.
Stories are cognitively privileged, more likely to be remembered, and invite students into the content of primary sources. Stories generate a natural curiosity for reading and can be leveraged as a framework for inquiry. This workshop offers participants short texts and instructional strategies for supporting students' development of disciplinary literacies that generate pathways to inquiry in the social studies.
This session is invite only for kindergarten Dual Language Immersion teachers and co-teachers in the DLI program. During the first 3-hour session, we will go over the basics, including the assessment, instruction, reports overview and resources overview, navigating through the Istation website and App. We will use the second 3-hour session, after lunch, to dig deeper into reports for grouping students and discuss small-group Teacher Directed Lessons, as well as looking for and saving lessons that will be useful for the upcoming first six weeks of class.
Continued, Day 2: ‘Glimpse of GLAD’ training is being offered by NC DPI English-Learners division. Participants are introduced to the theoretical and research base of the model. They will engage in dialogue around current pedagogy and learn strategies that promote academic discourse and literacy success for all students. This is a hands-on workshop in which learners will leave with laminated classroom materials. Participants were pre-registered by their principals.
In this session, teachers will learn different ways to incorporate engaging activities within their current curriculum such as creative warm-ups, logic puzzles, technology tools, PBLs, activating/summarizing strategies - all while increasing curiosity and promoting inquiry among their students. Teachers will experience strategies first hand, watch videos of implementation in real classrooms, and walk away with handouts of a variety of ideas to implement in their classroom for the new school year.
Join us as we discuss the unique adaptive engine that is DreamBox Learning. We will focus on how DreamBox impacts your students, how the tools you have access to can help you drive instruction, and some tips on getting the most out of the product and allowing it to save you time in the classroom.
We will show how to use 2 different technology tools (Edpuzzle & Quizlet Live) to increase student engagement and provide students with opportunities to show what they have learned as well as for them to create products for the classroom.
IXL Foundations II is a must for those looking to uncover meaningful insights that allow teachers to make the best instructional decisions every day. This professional learning experience highlights ways that IXL can help teachers respond to individual needs more quickly and use limited class time more effectively. In addition, this session invites you to: • Dive deeper into the IXL curriculum and its embedded opportunities for remediation and enrichment. • Explore strategies for using insights from IXL Analytics to differentiate instruction and correct misconceptions before they become trouble spots. • See how to use IXL’s robust data offerings to optimize instruction and personalize learning for your students.
We’ve all heard our students talk about how they want to level up in their favorite video game, but how do we get them to be just as passionate about leveling up in their academics? We believe one way is to offer solid support through guided instruction. In this session, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the core values of guided instruction, ways to encourage academic growth and deeper thinking through this important practice, and why it is important in every K-12 classroom. As a bonus, we will unpack the instructional moves in this workshop that encourage EmpowerED teaching and learning. For those who attended the Summer Instructional Leadership Institute, this session was formerly titled “Transforming Learning through Guided Instruction.
As a former classroom teacher, curriculum specialist, and instructional coach, my passion is supporting teachers in growing students' success in and love of learning.
TeachingBooks.net – a suite of instructional resources that enrich the fiction and nonfiction books read by children and young adults. Included are: book guides & lesson plans, build-your-own custom reading lists, diverse books, literature-based vocabulary lists, Meet-the-Author videos and book readings, and resources for award-winning books.
What the POL National Recitation Contest is, how to run the contest at the classroom and school levels, how to use the contest to teach many different standards, and how to tailor it to fit your classroom needs.
Quick debates (3-person debates) to help kids build their debating skills. They are in 90-second rounds and rotate three times through, then debate as a class, and then construct an argument.
How often do we label a child with a reading level? Why not expose them to books within their text band? Through this session, teachers will get an understanding of what a text band is, how to collect data as they teach into text bands (acknowledging "sticky" levels too), how to use a continuum to teach into bands in small groups and lastly what a library looks like when it is set up by text band rather than reading level.
In this session we will identify contemporary "vulnerable populations" and discuss best practices for educating these students. Teachers will be given strategies for addressing difficult topics with students. There will be a focus on poetry, spoken word, art and podcasting as methods of empowering our students to use their voices, tell their stories, and ultimately create a more humane world.
Create an environment to foster natural curiosity of children through math! This includes mathematicians with a mindset to problem solve, respect a variety of thinking and methods of others, and believe in their own abilities. Building a math community is essential to growing students who believe they can do math. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Tiered mastery builds a solid foundation that focuses on the most heavily tested standards found within the grade level curriculum. The analysis of mastery data allows teachers to build focused strategy groups, remediate, and reassess. This design meets the student where they are, scaffolds their learning, and supports individual growth.
Introducing… our NEW units of study for Social Studies! Come participate in a lesson and explore the new units for 2nd Grade! A representative in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
If you're interested in creating friendly competition in your classroom, then this session is for you! Come learn how to play my Smartgames, format new games, and share some of your own tips. This session is applicable to all content areas. While many of the games are math related, most of the resources in this session are immediately transferable to any classroom. Several of the games I have created have no connection to math specifically and can be used with any review sheet or worksheet. All resources and materials will be shared electronically and handouts will be provided. Bring your "A" game!
Come learn about the new teacher experience, new user-face, and new student growth model for 2018-2019! 2-3 representatives in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
Discourse driven classrooms become a reality when students are enabled to think critically, collaborate to solve problems, and critique the reasoning of others. This session will focus on strategies for facilitating and enhancing mathematical discussions that will develop deeper conceptual understanding. Discourse best practices outlined in former NCTM Board of Director Dr. Gladis Kersaint’s whitepapers will be analyzed. Participants will vet student work, making decisions about how they would select and sequence the students’ solutions for best learning outcomes. Attendees will receive tools and techniques they can immediately use to boost and manage conversations.
What are best practices for creating projects that align with curriculum? In this session participants will learn how using projects in myON can be used across content area instruction. Participants will develop a myON project that includes assigned texts, close reading tasks, graphic organizers, and writing activities. Topics include: tips for specific content searches, review of projects and tasks in myON, search and modify tasks from the cloud, how and when to utilize Lexile assessment task, assign tasks to students and monitor progress, and discuss best practices for using projects to meet the needs of the diverse learners. Note: the goal of this session will be to create a new project using a current unit of study. It is recommended that participants bring resources such as pacing guide, scope and sequence or unit of study. This session will support elementary teachers and topics. 2-3 representatives in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
Teachers will explore a variety of practical activities and strategies to promote language development and academic learning for English Learners across content areas. This interactive session will provide teachers with essential strategies they can implement in their classes to support English Learners as they work to meet linguistic and academic challenges in school.
This presentation will offer ideas and specific strategies to help engage students to find their motivation and to engage in creative exploration and professional development activities.
Rubrics were restructured this year to establish clearer expectations for students through specific outcomes in writing. We based our rubrics on those used in Camey's doctorate classes at Gardner Webb and on our own professional observations. These outcomes helped us construct coaching support for specific writing skills in teacher led small groups and in collaborative peer review. Teachers will have the option to import the outcomes we've designed into their canvas courses and will have time to collaborate with one another on restructuring their own rubrics to follow our format.
Casey Zvanut graduated from Mississippi State University with a B.A. in English Education. She has worked in Union County Public Schools for 19 years as an English teacher and as an Instructional Technology Facilitator. In 2016, Casey returned to the classroom to apply all she had... Read More →
What do we do with students who already know what we are teaching? Effective educators provide quality instruction that not only aligns to the standard course of study, but focuses on high level thinking skills, differentiated practices, authentic assessment, increasing levels of rigor, and is student-centered. Come find out how to do all this at this session. Strategies and planning materials will be shared with participants of all content areas to use in all classrooms.
This session will provide an overview of the phonics/word study instructional plan in 3rd grade. The UCPS word study guides include the planning of daily 15 minute word study focused lessons. We will discuss how the principles taught in word study cannot be taught only in isolation but also need to be transferred, practiced and reinforced in real application. Participants will also view video clips of sample lessons. Required for all 3rd grade Teachers.
Using Kylene Beers & Bob Propst's approach to close reading, participants in this session will learn the basics of Notice and Note for both fiction and non-fiction. We will discuss applications of the approach across different curricula as well as different student-ability groups.
This session is highly recommended for all middle school and high school math teachers. We will look at various mathematical concepts and see how they are introduced and developed through middle and high school courses. If you are a 6-12 math teacher, please try to attend one of these sessions!
New to Gizmos? This session provides introductory instruction and hands-on practice with Gizmos. Learn the major features and functions of the ExploreLearning Gizmos website. Walk away with everything you need to start the school year using Gizmos simulations and best teaching practices to support your Science instruction.
Experience how Gizmos can be used to create and support thematic units of study in your Science classroom. Design your unit for deeper understanding using phenomena in the world around your students. Example Topics: Upcoming Lunar Eclipse, Climate Change, etc.
Come learn about the new teacher experience, new user-face, and new student growth model for 2018-2019! 2-3 representatives in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
Discourse driven classrooms become a reality when students are enabled to think critically, collaborate to solve problems, and critique the reasoning of others. This session will focus on strategies for facilitating and enhancing mathematical discussions that will develop deeper conceptual understanding. Discourse best practices outlined in former NCTM Board of Director Dr. Gladis Kersaint’s whitepapers will be analyzed. Participants will vet student work, making decisions about how they would select and sequence the students’ solutions for best learning outcomes. Attendees will receive tools and techniques they can immediately use to boost and manage conversations.
How does myON support special populations? In this session, participants will learn how to provide opportunities for high-success reading for various types of learners. Topics include: • Explore scaffolds and supports to help diverse learners • Practice finding books to address specific needs • Understand how to apply Lexile® measures with special populations • Identify appropriate modifications for assessments
What are best practices for creating projects that align with curriculum? In this session participants will learn how using projects in myON can be used across content area instruction. Participants will develop a myON project that includes assigned texts, close reading tasks, graphic organizers, and writing activities. Topics include: tips for specific content searches, review of projects and tasks in myON, search and modify tasks from the cloud, how and when to utilize Lexile assessment task, assign tasks to students and monitor progress, and discuss best practices for using projects to meet the needs of the diverse learners. Note: the goal of this session will be to create a new project using a current unit of study. It is recommended that participants bring resources such as pacing guide, scope and sequence or unit of study. This session will support middle teachers and topics. 2-3 representatives in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
I have been working in the field of education for almost two decades and have experience as an elementary classroom teacher and a reading specialist with experience spanning K-12. Currently I am working as a literacy coach in a diverse, urban elementary school in Providence, Rhode... Read More →
Teachers will explore the importance of vocabulary teaching in content areas, use Marzano's Six Steps of Vocabulary Instruction to plan a content area vocabulary weekly unit, review vocabulary-building games and activities, design vocabulary assessment for students and plan and create an academic word wall.
A walkthrough of the new Extended Content Standards and curriculum guides to support your teaching. Required for all EC teachers that teach Extended Content Standards.
Rubrics were restructured this year to establish clearer expectations for students through specific outcomes in writing. We based our rubrics on those used in Camey's doctorate classes at Gardner Webb and on our own professional observations. These outcomes helped us construct coaching support for specific writing skills in teacher led small groups and in collaborative peer review. Teachers will have the option to import the outcomes we've designed into their canvas courses and will have time to collaborate with one another on restructuring their own rubrics to follow our format.
Casey Zvanut graduated from Mississippi State University with a B.A. in English Education. She has worked in Union County Public Schools for 19 years as an English teacher and as an Instructional Technology Facilitator. In 2016, Casey returned to the classroom to apply all she had... Read More →
Can you survive the island? Game-based instruction is an instructional strategy aimed at engaging and motivating students to learn. This session will focus on whole-class novel study of Lord of the Flies and provide examples of two different types of game-based instruction aligned to the standard course of study, role-playing simulation and electronic breakout challenge. Planning guides and additional resources will be shared for use in all content areas to develop these strategies for classroom use.
In Book love: Developing depth, stamina, and passion in adolescent readers (2013), Penny Kittle explores the various reason adolescent students do not read and shows the effects of decreased reading quantities. Kittle (2013) argues, through providing appropriate texts, along with structured class time, teachers can create a culture that leads to more complex reading. She provides strategies to increase the quantity, capacity, and complexity over time, to create a balance of independent reading, text study, and novel study, to help students deepen their thinking through writing about reading, and to build a school culture focused on the love of reading (2013). Book Love (2013) advocates for independent reading; the ultimate goal is to clearly establish a culture where students long to read all types of literature, thus use literature as an avenue of growth and reflection. We will share how the Book Love Initiative works in my classroom, along with data supporting its effectiveness.
This session will provide an overview of the phonics/word study instructional plan in 3rd grade. The UCPS word study guides include the planning of daily 15 minute word study focused lessons. We will discuss how the principles taught in word study cannot be taught only in isolation but also need to be transferred, practiced and reinforced in real application. Participants will also view video clips of sample lessons. Required for all 3rd grade Teachers.
Use of Gizmos simulations provides a progression of inquiry that helps to develop students’ scientific inquiry skills. Start the school year with a new perspective on using inquiry methods of instruction, which encourage students to ask questions, make observations, and construct reasonable explanations.
In this session we will review Explore Learning's Gizmo activities. The basics will be covered, but we will also dive deeper and explore how to customize lessons to help meet the needs of your learners, and how to align these lessons with GRR and EmpowerED frameworks. Bring questions or advice for beginners as we work together to enhance our usage of this awesome tool for teachers and students!
Psychosis Simulation involves an interactive learning simulation of hearing voices. Participants will learn the symptoms and signs of psychosis, as well as the risk factors, incidence and treatment options. Participants will need to bring their own smartphone and ear buds. Please visit the following links in advance of the session: Simulation 1 - http://view.vzaar.com/10524157/player Simulation 2 – http://view.vzaar.com/10524390/player.
What adolescent students find interesting leads them to wonder. Students relish a good story, particularly in the social studies. Stories that evoke interest facilitate the natural development of questions. Teachers can leverage learner's curiosity as an invitation into texts and use short texts to initiate inquiry. This workshop provides examples of short texts and methods that facilitate inquiry in social studies. Participants will receive a collection of short texts and instructional methods for scaffolding inquiry.
UCPS in partnership with Union County System of Care Community Collaboration will give participants the unique opportunities to learn about available community resources that may serve the emotional, well-being, and social service needs of students in UCPS. Participants will be given student scenarios to solve with their team that will require active listening, team building, problem-solving and thinking outside of the box.
Join us as we discuss the unique adaptive engine that is DreamBox Learning. We will focus on how DreamBox impacts your students, how the tools you have access to can help you drive instruction, and some tips on getting the most out of the product and allowing it to save you time in the classroom.
Participants in this session will discover creative and interactive ways to help students visualize vocabulary and see connections between words, concepts, and topics.
The idea of flexible seating is to create a more comfortable and personable environment that helps students be their best learning selves. Flexible seating gives students a sense of ownership and enables them to become invested in their own education. Being comfortable allows students to stay engaged in a task resulting in more positive behaviors. Come and learn more about how to implement and manage flexible seating in the 21st century classroom on a budget.
In this session I will define and illustrate what impactful teaching is: instruction that leads to positive, measurable, lasting and immediate change in students. I will provide illustrations of what this looks like in the classroom. I will offer self-reflecting questions that help guide instructional decisions. This session will outline and describe the conditions of learning necessary for impactful teaching to occur: 1. Learner must know where they are in relation to the learning target. (Where am I?) 2. Student buy in (Why should I change?) 3. The steps to reach the goal. (How do I get there?)
Finally, I will share specific, tested techniques that teachers can immediately implement in their classrooms that support impactful instruction. This will include artifacts from Rock Rest classrooms- rubrics, data collection forms, feedback templates, student checklists, learning trajectory graphs and anchor charts.
IXL Foundations II is a must for those looking to uncover meaningful insights that allow teachers to make the best instructional decisions every day. This professional learning experience highlights ways that IXL can help teachers respond to individual needs more quickly and use limited class time more effectively. In addition, this session invites you to: • Dive deeper into the IXL curriculum and its embedded opportunities for remediation and enrichment. • Explore strategies for using insights from IXL Analytics to differentiate instruction and correct misconceptions before they become trouble spots. • See how to use IXL’s robust data offerings to optimize instruction and personalize learning for your students.
How to engage learners to meet rigorous expectations through chants, drumming, music, tracking, goal setting, consistency, accountability, and peer relationships.
Teachers will learn how to create a PBL project by integrating SS, R, and W standards. We will be showing an example of a project that we implemented in our classrooms called Shark Tank. This is an opportunity for students to enhance their curiosity, creativity, and passion for developing an innovation or invention. First, students conduct research about a city located in the United States (or global city), which aligns with informational reading and writing. Then, students use their research to inspire and guide them to create their own innovation or invention that would successfully thrive in their selected city. Students will persuade a panel of "Shark Tank" judges to "invest" in their product. Included in their final presentation, students are required to write a persuasive speech and create a model. This is where their creativity comes to play! This is a great opportunity for all students to shine in front of their classmates.
We will be giving teachers different resources that we used; such as parent letters, leveled reading resources, suggested layout and format, invitations, rubrics, possible lessons, google slides and student packet.
TeachingBooks.net – a suite of instructional resources that enrich the fiction and nonfiction books read by children and young adults. Included are: book guides & lesson plans, build-your-own custom reading lists, diverse books, literature-based vocabulary lists, Meet-the-Author videos and book readings, and resources for award-winning books.
Students use Canvas to participate in flipped instruction with video lessons and quick checks for understanding (quizzes). Students then use hands-on application of the lessons by understanding how to read blueprints, connecting math skills to determine proportions, and designing blueprints for their own 'personal space’.
What the POL National Recitation Contest is, how to run the contest at the classroom and school levels, how to use the contest to teach many different standards, and how to tailor it to fit your classroom needs.
Quick debates (3-person debates) to help kids build their debating skills. They are in 90-second rounds and rotate three times through, then debate as a class, and then construct an argument.
How often do we label a child with a reading level? Why not expose them to books within their text band? Through this session, teachers will get an understanding of what a text band is, how to collect data as they teach into text bands (acknowledging "sticky" levels too), how to use a continuum to teach into bands in small groups and lastly what a library looks like when it is set up by text band rather than reading level.
In this session we will identify contemporary "vulnerable populations" and discuss best practices for educating these students. Teachers will be given strategies for addressing difficult topics with students. There will be a focus on poetry, spoken word, art and podcasting as methods of empowering our students to use their voices, tell their stories, and ultimately create a more humane world.
Struggling to get kids writing? Wondering how to encourage young writers to better demonstrate their thinking on paper? Does the phrase “written response to text” give you nightmares? We will explore structure and organization, tools and strategies, rubrics and differentiated support for helping students become confident, prolific writers who know how to demonstrate their thinking in writing. Written comprehension only works if students have the words to use and the tools to comprehend text. Examine methods for developing strong reading comprehension skills in your students and discover how those methods can be utilized to develop strong writers as well.
Create an environment to foster natural curiosity of children through math! This includes mathematicians with a mindset to problem solve, respect a variety of thinking and methods of others, and believe in their own abilities. Building a math community is essential to growing students who believe they can do math. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Desmos is no longer just a fancy online graphing calculator but also a platform for dynamic interactive learning. In this session, Math teachers will share interactive classroom activities that can be done using Desmos. Participants will experience activities from student perspective as well as seeing the teacher's perspective.
We will explore a percent progression and the role of ratio reasoning using percent bar models and ratio boxes. Participants will work with tasks to introduce percents, work with benchmark percents, and solve problems including percent increase and decrease.
Let's look at ways to encourage students to have a growth mindset in mathematics, while encouraging them to see math in a visual, creative way. We will work through Jo Boaler's week of inspirational math activities and discuss how to best incorporate them into your curriculum this year.
Tiered mastery builds a solid foundation that focuses on the most heavily tested standards found within the grade level curriculum. The analysis of mastery data allows teachers to build focused strategy groups, remediate, and reassess. This design meets the student where they are, scaffolds their learning, and supports individual growth.
Becoming more "student-centered" has become the new big buzz word in education. But research clearly shows that students learn mathematics at higher levels when they are the ones doing the thinking, the talking, the persevering, and the connecting - or simply put, when they are the center of their learning. In this session, we will look at some practical strategies to help make your students the center your classroom and thus the center of their learning.
In this session teachers will be taking a deeper look into ways they can integrate science into the ELA standards in the K-2 classroom. Participants will be given the opportunity to participate in learning activities to support integration of the curriculum in the classroom. This session will provide teachers with a variety of resources to take back and use in their classroom to support the integration of science in the ELA curriculum.
Introducing… our NEW units of study for Social Studies! Come participate in a lesson and explore the new units for 1st Grade! A representative in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
Introducing… our NEW units of study for Social Studies! Come participate in a lesson and explore the new units for Kindergarten! A representative in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
This session will highlight the need to imbed culture within the World Language Classroom in the target language rather than viewing culture as something to be taught as a separate entity in English. This session will give the audience an overview and explanation of the 2017 NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements and how these statements can help guide instruction in the classroom. There will be time to collaborate and create.
In this session, teachers will learn different ways to incorporate engaging activities within their current curriculum such as creative warm-ups, logic puzzles, technology tools, PBLs, activating/summarizing strategies - all while increasing curiosity and promoting inquiry among their students. Teachers will experience strategies first hand, watch videos of implementation in real classrooms, and walk away with handouts of a variety of ideas to implement in their classroom for the new school year.
Join us as we discuss the unique adaptive engine that is DreamBox Learning. We will focus on how DreamBox impacts your students, how the tools you have access to can help you drive instruction, and some tips on getting the most out fo the product and allowing it to save you time in the classroom.
Participants in this session will discover creative and interactive ways to help students visualize vocabulary and see connections between words, concepts, and topics.
The idea of flexible seating is to create a more comfortable and personable environment that helps students be their best learning selves. Flexible seating gives students a sense of ownership and enables them to become invested in their own education. Being comfortable allows students to stay engaged in a task resulting in more positive behaviors. Come and learn more about how to implement and manage flexible seating in the 21st century classroom on a budget.
In this session I will define and illustrate what impactful teaching is: instruction that leads to positive, measurable, lasting and immediate change in students. I will provide illustrations of what this looks like in the classroom. I will offer self-reflecting questions that help guide instructional decisions. This session will outline and describe the conditions of learning necessary for impactful teaching to occur: 1. Learner must know where they are in relation to the learning target. (Where am I?) 2. Student buy in (Why should I change?) 3. The steps to reach the goal. (How do I get there?)
Finally, I will share specific, tested techniques that teachers can immediately implement in their classrooms that support impactful instruction. This will include artifacts from Rock Rest classrooms- rubrics, data collection forms, feedback templates, student checklists, learning trajectory graphs and anchor charts.
We will show how to use 2 different technology tools (Edpuzzle & Quizlet Live) to increase student engagement and provide students with opportunities to show what they have learned as well as for them to create products for the classroom.
How to engage learners to meet rigorous expectations through chants, drumming, music, tracking, goal setting, consistency, accountability, and peer relationships.
Teachers will learn how to create a PBL project by integrating SS, R, and W standards. We will be showing an example of a project that we implemented in our classrooms called Shark Tank. This is an opportunity for students to enhance their curiosity, creativity, and passion for developing an innovation or invention. First, students conduct research about a city located in the United States (or global city), which aligns with informational reading and writing. Then, students use their research to inspire and guide them to create their own innovation or invention that would successfully thrive in their selected city. Students will persuade a panel of "Shark Tank" judges to "invest" in their product. Included in their final presentation, students are required to write a persuasive speech and create a model. This is where their creativity comes to play! This is a great opportunity for all students to shine in front of their classmates.
We will be giving teachers different resources that we used; such as parent letters, leveled reading resources, suggested layout and format, invitations, rubrics, possible lessons, google slides and student packet.
TeachingBooks.net – a suite of instructional resources that enrich the fiction and nonfiction books read by children and young adults. Included are: book guides & lesson plans, build-your-own custom reading lists, diverse books, literature-based vocabulary lists, Meet-the-Author videos and book readings, and resources for award-winning books.
Students use Canvas to participate in flipped instruction with video lessons and quick checks for understanding (quizzes). Students then use hands-on application of the lessons by understanding how to read blueprints, connecting math skills to determine proportions, and designing blueprints for their own 'personal space’.
What the POL National Recitation Contest is, how to run the contest at the classroom and school levels, how to use the contest to teach many different standards, and how to tailor it to fit your classroom needs.
Quick debates (3-person debates) to help kids build their debating skills. They are in 90-second rounds and rotate three times through, then debate as a class, and then construct an argument.
In this session we will identify contemporary "vulnerable populations" and discuss best practices for educating these students. Teachers will be given strategies for addressing difficult topics with students. There will be a focus on poetry, spoken word, art and podcasting as methods of empowering our students to use their voices, tell their stories, and ultimately create a more humane world.
Create an environment to foster natural curiosity of children through math! This includes mathematicians with a mindset to problem solve, respect a variety of thinking and methods of others, and believe in their own abilities. Building a math community is essential to growing students who believe they can do math. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Create an environment to foster natural curiosity of children through math! This includes mathematicians with a mindset to problem solve, respect a variety of thinking and methods of others, and believe in their own abilities. Building a math community is essential to growing students who believe they can do math. Required for all teachers in that grade/content area.
Desmos is no longer just a fancy online graphing calculator but also a platform for dynamic interactive learning. In this session, Math teachers will share interactive classroom activities that can be done using Desmos. Participants will experience activities from student perspective as well as seeing the teacher's perspective.
We will explore a percent progression and the role of ratio reasoning using percent bar models and ratio boxes. Participants will work with tasks to introduce percents, work with benchmark percents, and solve problems including percent increase and decrease.
Let's look at ways to encourage students to have a growth mindset in mathematics, while encouraging them to see math in a visual, creative way. We will work through Jo Boaler's week of inspirational math activities and discuss how to best incorporate them into your curriculum this year.
Becoming more "student-centered" has become the new big buzz word in education. But research clearly shows that students learn mathematics at higher levels when they are the ones doing the thinking, the talking, the persevering, and the connecting - or simply put, when they are the center of their learning. In this session, we will look at some practical strategies to help make your students the center your classroom and thus the center of their learning.
In this session teachers will be taking a deeper look into ways they can integrate science into the ELA standards in the K-2 classroom. Participants will be given the opportunity to participate in learning activities to support integration of the curriculum in the classroom. This session will provide teachers with a variety of resources to take back and use in their classroom to support the integration of science in the ELA curriculum.
Come and preview the new unit format for 3-5 Social Studies! Get a sneak peek at Social Studies resources and learn best practices to follow in your Social Studies classroom. We will take time to explore primary resources and discuss how to make Social Studies purposeful and engaging in your classroom this year! A representative in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
This session will focus on using technology specifically in the world language classroom. Participants will learn how to incorporate web-based tools and apps to help their students with interpersonal and presentational communication for both formative and summative assessments.
Come learn about the new teacher experience, new user-face, and new student growth model for 2018-2019! 2-3 representatives in that grade level/content area should attend from each school.
IXL Foundations I is your induction into IXL's innovative community of educators. Highly recommended for every school, this professional learning experience goes beyond the basics and empowers teachers to use IXL effectively in their individual classrooms. In addition, this session invites you to: • Explore the IXL curriculum and how it can support any lesson or standard you’re teaching in the classroom. • Discover how to drive progress faster with the Continuous Diagnostic’s up-to-the-minute analysis of every student. • Learn how IXL’s personalized guidance supports every student at just the right level.
Discourse driven classrooms become a reality when students are enabled to think critically, collaborate to solve problems, and critique the reasoning of others. This session will focus on strategies for facilitating and enhancing mathematical discussions that will develop deeper conceptual understanding. Discourse best practices outlined in former NCTM Board of Director Dr. Gladis Kersaint’s whitepapers will be analyzed. Participants will vet student work, making decisions about how they would select and sequence the students’ solutions for best learning outcomes. Attendees will receive tools and techniques they can immediately use to boost and manage conversations.
How does myON support special populations? In this session, participants will learn how to provide opportunities for high-success reading for various types of learners. Topics include: • Explore scaffolds and supports to help diverse learners • Practice finding books to address specific needs • Understand how to apply Lexile® measures with special populations • Identify appropriate modifications for assessments
I have been working in the field of education for almost two decades and have experience as an elementary classroom teacher and a reading specialist with experience spanning K-12. Currently I am working as a literacy coach in a diverse, urban elementary school in Providence, Rhode... Read More →
Thursday August 16, 2018 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
F205DWeddington High School: 4901 Weddington Rd Matthews, NC 28104
Teachers will explore a variety of practical activities and strategies to promote language development and academic learning for English Learners across content areas. This interactive session will provide teachers with essential strategies they can implement in their classes to support English Learners as they work to meet linguistic and academic challenges in school.
Naviance provides dozens of reports that can be used to analyze student readiness in multiple ways. Hear different scenarios for using Naviance and learn how to monitor the data to see if your initiatives are making an impact!
How do we get beyond the book? This session will focus on To Kill a Mockingbird to provide a model of how to create concept-based units that engage students in higher-level thinking and inquiry-based learning. Strategies and planning materials will be shared with participants to develop their own units.
I am what some would call a "hybrid" educator. My degree is in secondary education with a focus on history. I have been a social studies educator longer than a language arts educator but love both and currently teach both. I love to share ideas and collaborate to better serve my... Read More →
Thursday August 16, 2018 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
G204Weddington High School: 4901 Weddington Rd Matthews, NC 28104
Using Kylene Beers & Bob Propst's approach to close reading, participants in this session will learn the basics of Notice and Note for both fiction and non-fiction. We will discuss applications of the approach across different curricula as well as different student-ability groups.
What does an inquiry based science lesson look like? Come experience this through the eyes of your students to better understand why this structure is so important. Then use what you have learned to implement it into your classroom!
New to Gizmos? This session provides introductory instruction and hands-on practice with Gizmos. Learn the major features and functions of the ExploreLearning Gizmos website. Walk away with everything you need to start the school year using Gizmos simulations and best teaching practices to support your Science instruction.
In this session we will review Explore Learning's Gizmo activities. The basics will be covered, but we will also dive deeper and explore how to customize lessons to help meet the needs of your learners, and how to align these lessons with GRR and EmpowerED frameworks. Bring questions or advice for beginners as we work together to enhance our usage of this awesome tool for teachers and students!
Experience how Gizmos can be used to create and support thematic units of study in your Science classroom. Design your unit for deeper understanding using phenomena in the world around your students. Example Topics: Upcoming Lunar Eclipse, Climate Change, etc.
We can all save lives. Question, Persuade, Refer is an emergency response to someone in crisis. Learn how to ask the right questions about suicide, how to persuade a person to get help and how to refer an individual to the right resource.
All Music-oriented Peforming Arts Educators from all levels will begin in C105 with Kim Morgan facilitating. After lunch, levels will break off to assigned rooms.
All Music-oriented Peforming Arts Educators from all levels will begin in C105 with Kim Morgan facilitating. After lunch, levels will break off to assigned rooms.
Media Center for All and then Business/Mktg, F101--Ag, F102--Auto, F103--Drafting, F014--Public Safety, F118 Technology, G101--FaCS-Foods, G102--FaCS-Interior and Apparel, G114--Health Science
All Music-oriented Peforming Arts Educators from all levels will begin in C105 with Kim Morgan facilitating. After lunch, levels will break off to assigned rooms.
