SESSION 2
Teacher Workshops
THURSDAY | 30 MARCH 2017
11:15-12:30
ROOM
AARON ALLEN K-12 General Education PS Function Room I Target Audience: Administrators and K-12 Teachers A School-Wide Framework for Implementing Data-Driven Instruction Discover the proven framework for taking data-driven instruction to the next level. Uncover the details of developing assessments, the process of analyzing the results, the accountability of creating action plans, and the method of reassessment. Find out how this process personalizes learning, improves differentiation, and elicits the conversations needed to improve your team and school while still having a 100% approval rating from teachers. MICHAEL BALDWIN K-12 Science PS Function Room IX Target Audience: K-12 Teachers Questioning Strategies to Encourage Student Thinking in Science and Other Subjects This workshop focuses on developing questioning strategies to guide and foster productive group interactions. We will learn the types of questions and combinations of questions that promote student thinking and facilitate classroom discussion leading to content acquisition. We will also develop skills in fielding and sequencing questions as well as utilizing student responses to increase students learning and interest.
SESSION 2
ERIC BURNETT MS/HS Humanites/ Technology MS - First Floor - Orchid Room Target Audience: MS and HS Social Studies/Humanities Teachers Using GoogleDocs to Teach Speaking and Writing in the Social Studies/Humanities Classroom This session will explore how Middle School and High School Teachers can use GoogleDocs to teach students to actively and thoughtfully engage in classroom discussions (small and large), and also how to write organized, detailed expository pieces. Strategies will be shared for how to track student performance and also differentiate for different skill levels. JUDYE BYRUM MS General Education PS Ballroom II & III Target Audience: Middle School and General Education Teachers Get Up & Move Research has shown that taking a few minutes for well orchestrated movement enhances student focus and concentration. These are ideas learned from Loucks & Loucks, Serious Fun: Practical Strategies to Motivate and Engage Students (ASCD Conference, 2015 and activities from Minute To Win It). Middle school students become disengaged in learning after sitting for over 40- 45 minutes. The idea is to re-engage pupils by taking 5-10 minutes of class to participate in something that involves moving around and interacting with classmates. These exercises are just a few we use to keep students actively engaged and motivated while promoting higher level thinking skills and stimulating creativity. ROSEMARY BOARDMAN K-12 Science MS - First Floor - Rose Garden Room Target Audience: All Science Teachers Modeling in the Science Classroom Gain a working knowledge of how to use modeling in the science classroom as a tool for developing student understanding of complex scientific concepts. We will see examples of how modeling is used at different levels and disciplines coupled with my experience in the classroom. CHRIS CAPADONA / NEL CAPADONA MS/HS Humanities MS Ballroom II Target Audience: 4-12 Social Studies Teachers ELL Crosswalks- Targeting Historical Literacy in the ELL Classroom Missing Connectors, abstractions, passive voice, hidden agency, the language of the history textbook is challenging. Imagine how challenging reading in history is for our ELL students! This presentation will guide participants through the common obstacles found in history text,s while providing practical, accessible strategies to help our ELLs think historically without ‘dumbing down’ the content. NICHOLAS CHRISTEN K-12 Humanities PS First Floor - Hibiscus Room Target Audience: Elementary, Middle and High School Teachers Hands-on History This workshop covers a variety of hands-on projects to teach, reinforce, and assess historical topics and themes through easy-to-use ideas and simple materials. Where possible, it uses authentic cultural practices appropriate to the setting. SUJI DEHART MS/HS Service Learning MS Meeting Room V Target Audience: Grade 5-12 Teachers Library and Literacy Service Trips- Lessons Learned Suji has traveled to Bali with three trips (G5, G9, Gll) to serve Bali Children’s Project by building a library and providing related literacy materials and training. Sharing what she has learned from her mistakes, she’d like to open a discussion about how or whether “voluntourism” can be effective. DENNIS GRICE AND JAN AUSTIN K-12 S.T.E.M. / Assessment PS Function Room X Target Audience: ES, MS and HS Teachers 6 Ways to Show What You Know Testing isn’t the only way to assess students. Learn practical, concrete ways to give students ownership of their own learning and allow them to use their creativity to make something to ‘show what they know.’
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