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THURSDAY | 26 MARCH 2015
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9:45 - 11:00
MICK AMUNDSEN-GEISEL Counseling (for all delegates) MS MEETING ROOM 10 Elements of Effective Intervention for School Problems - A live demonstration, followed by presentation of key elements. Participants will then have a chance to try out the process with colleagues. Resources and an effective behavior improvement plan will be discussed and provided.
EMMA BARNES Counseling (for all delegates) MS ROSE GARDEN Mindset Matters: Guerilla Tactics for Student Success and Happiness! - Do your students have a fixed mindset, or a growth mindset? Why does it matter so much? Based on the research of Dr. Carol Dweck, this workshop will help counselors answer these questions and more! Through interactive activities and video clips, we will explore the concept of mindset, and ways that we can promote the positive growth mindset that will help students, and all of us succeed academically and flourish personally at school and beyond. LORI BOLL SENIA / Open to All MS MEETING ROOM 1 Is There a Cure for the Teenage Brain? - Are you the parent or teacher of a teenager? Do the words exasperated, frustrated, or fed up come to mind when dealing with them? If so, then this is the session for you. Come find out why teenagers act the way they do. Hint: It all has to do with their brain and its executive functioning. Yes, our teenagers have different brains than we do. Is there a cure? No. But, we can work with them on improving their executive functioning skills and providing the structures for their success.
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JILL BROMENSCHENKEL ELL MS MEETING ROOM 6 Let’s Talk: Cooperative Learning & Content Area Conversations - For EAL (and all) students to scale up academic language use and the discourse of our disciplines, we must design and frame even more opportunities for expression, interaction, and critical thinking. We’ll explore strategies for increased student voice and participation in and out of the classroom, including: discussion protocols, academic vocabulary application, critical thinking experiences. language access and acquisition strategies, and collaborative language production. MATTHEW GLOVER Literacy (Writing/Reading) PS FUNCTION ROOM 10 Using Mentor Texts In Writing Workshop - At any age, writers need to have a vision for what they are making. In writing workshop published mentor texts provide this vision. During this session participants will look at how mentor texts are used at three different points in writing workshop: when designing a unit, in mini-lessons, and during conferences. DOUG GOODKIN Early Childhood Education PS FUNCTION ROOM 8 Children’s Games from around the World - Education best begins meeting children in their world. Children’s games—partner claps, beat-passing games, ring plays—are the perfect vehicle for bringing children to musical understanding, technical proficiency, community and cultural appreciation. Come play! JOSEPH JASINA General Education PS FUNCTION ROOM 4 Assessment for Learning in the Secondary English Classroom - This workshop is a synthesis of the work of Grant Wiggins, Jay McTighe, Dylan Wiliam, and John Hattie with a focus on applying formative assessment strategies and targeted feedback in the English language arts classroom. The focus will be on pragmatic strategies for the explicit teaching of reading and writing techniques, the coconstruction of success criteria, the use of exemplar texts, and the use of timely verbal, written, and peer feedback. DOUG JOHNSON Library MS MEETING ROOM 5 Libraries in the Cloud - Discover how libraries can benefit by moving to the cloud and what role librarians can play when staff and student applications become hosted. What are the advantages of moving to a “hosted” school library catalog and circulation system? How can school librarians themselves take advantage of GoogleApps and similar cloud-based productivity tools? And what roles can the school librarian play when a school adopts a program like GoogleApps for Education? https://dougjohnson.wikispaces.com/ Libraries+in+the+Cloud+workshop JON NORDMEYER ELL MS MEETING ROOM 3 Collaboration: Co-teaching, Co-planning and Co-assessing English Language Learners - EAL and content teachers need to work together to support the academic success of English Language Learners. Collaboration is a skill that teachers need to learn, not only to support English language learners but to promote reciprocal professional learning. Without specific models and structures, co-teaching often defaults to EAL teacher as the “language whisperer” or teaching assistant. In this interactive session, you will learn specific ways to initiate collaborative partnerships and strategies for getting the most out of co-planning, co-teaching and co-assessing ELLs. STEVI QUATE Literacy (Writing/Reading) PS FUNCTION ROOM 1 Putting Muscle into Argument: Strengthening the Counterclaim - One difference between robust arguments and less effective ones is attention to the counterclaim. The Structured Controversy is an engaging instructional strategy that develops the skill of finding and attending to the counterclaim. In this highly interactive workshop, participants will experience a Structured Controversy and then reflect on how they can use this tool in their classroom. Designed for teachers of all content areas who teach argument, this workshop promises to be practical and relevant.
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