2008-2009 Fall Calendalogue

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The Academy for Teaching and Learning 2008 - 2009 Fall Spring Workshops

DRA2 SMART Board NJASK English Language Learners Guided Reading

Center for Effective School Practices

Welcome to the 2008-2009 catalog of professional development offerings from the Center for Effective School Practices at the Rutgers University Graduate School of Education.

The Center for Effective School Practices provides a critical connection linking education research and education practice to improve teaching and learning in New Jersey. Our new schedule of workshops and other professional development experiences is based on the expressed needs of schools, districts, and individuals.

Richard De Lisi

Dean Graduate School of Education

We provide professional development experiences that present the common core of teaching knowledge, skills, and dispositions essential for New Jersey educators to lead their students to meet high standards.

We present high-quality workshops covering a wide range of instructional strategies, in the various content areas, and for educators teaching at all grade levels.

Our schedule includes Understanding by Design, one of several new workshops aligned with initiatives of the NJ Department of Education and State Board of Education.

On April 3, 2009, we will present the 41st Rutgers Conference on Reading and Writing, under the direction of Dr. Lesley Mandel Morrow. The program will feature keynote speakers, New York City administrator Shelley Harwayne and children’s book author Mo Willems, and more than 20 workshops.

Additional workshops will be announced during the school year. Planned but not yet scheduled will be workshops on Response to Intervention, among other topics.

You will notice that our 2008-2009 schedule of workshops begins later this year to accommodate the 60-day waiting period required for board approval.

Consult our redesigned and updated website at http://cesp.rutgers.edu to find out about the full array of 2008-2009 offerings.

Please join us in a continuing journey that allows you to learn from our expert Claudia Burzichelli practitioner-presenters as you reflect on your educational practice.

Founder and Executive Director Center for Effective School Practices

Best wishes for a wonderful school year.

Richard De Lisi

Claudia Burzichelli

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Rutgers Technology in Education Conference

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Academy for Teaching and Learning Michelle Rosen Assistant Director Irving Roman Program Coordinator, Registrar Janet Lupo Assistant Registrar

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Rx for Improving Standardized and State Test Scores Introduction to the Developmental Reading Assessment NJASK and Language Arts: Balancing Authentic Learning and Testing Brain Based Learning Getting Started with Writing Workshop SMART Master’s for Educators Extensions and Challenges for Advanced Learners of Mathematics Motivating the Reluctant Reader ELLS and Special Education

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Mini-Lessons to Enhance Reading and Writing Skills Guided Reading Differentiated Instruction for All Learners Connecting Reading, Writing, and Mathematics Digging Deeper into the DRA2s Preparing for Algebra ELLS and Special Education Podcasting and Digital Storytelling in the Classroom Learner-Focused Instruction Teaching Outside the Box Math + Literature + Technology = Success SMART Master’s for Educators

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41st Annual Rutgers Conference on Reading and Writing Developing Professional Learning Communities: Using Critical Friends ... CESP Reader’s Workshop: Using Literature Circles and Independent Reading CESP Preparing Students for the Writing Part of the SAT BURL Discovering Discrete Math in the Elementary Classroom CESP Understanding By Design CESP The Resilient Teacher CESP

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The 3 L’s: Language, Literacy, and Listening in the Classroom Project Based Learning Managing Central Auditory Processing Disorders

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Mini-Lessons to Enhance Reading and Writing Skills Guided Reading Differentiated Instruction for All Learners Connecting Reading, Writing, and Mathematics Digging Deeper into the DRA2s Preparing for Algebra ELLS and Special Education Podcasting and Digital Storytelling in the Classroom Learner-Focused Instruction Teaching Outside the Box Math + Literature + Technology = Success SMART Master’s for Educators

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Engaging Education Stakeholders in the Mid-Atlantic REL Mid-Atlantic, along with the nine other labs in the National Lab Network, is responsible for conducting high-quality research, locating and disseminating critical evidence-based information of immediate interest to our stakeholders, and simultaneously fostering the development of a culture that understands, respects, and values this approach to education. We employ a multidisciplinary team of state coordinators and laboratory extension specialists (LESs) composed of former regional and local school administrators, educators, student support practitioners, and researchers. LESs are the human link between REL Mid-Atlantic and education stakeholders throughout the region, expanding and improving communication among researchers, educators, policymakers, parents, legislators, business leaders, and community organizations.

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Graduate Programs for Educators

The Rutgers Graduate School of Education offers a nationally-ranked education, expert instructors and the convenience of evening and online classes. Our renowned faculty and lecturers take pride in encouraging the development of caring and dedicated teachers.

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Master of Education (Ed.M.) programs with no state certification for practitioners who are already licensed or who do not wish to be.

Master of Education (Ed.M.) programs with state certification ) postbacalaureate for bachelor’s-degree holders who wish to earn a state license as a teacher, educational services provider, or administrator while earning master’s degree.

Combined Five-Year B.A./B.S./Ed.M. programs for Rutgers undergraduates who wish to pursue New Jersey teacher certification.

Non-degree certification programs for practitioners who wish to earn a state license in a given field without earning a degree.

Come and check us out at http://www.gse.rutgers.edu Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Jersey Roots, Global Reach

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Rutgers Technology in Education Conference featuring

Dr. Tim Tyson Dr. Tim Tyson, named one of Georgia’s High Performance Principals by State Governor Sonny Perdue, served as the principal of Mabry Middle School in Cobb County, Georgia. The School Library Journal has referred to Dr. Tyson as the “Pied Piper of Educational Technology,” and his innovative use of technology to maximize student achievement has been featured in a variety of national education magazines.

Visit him online at http://drtimtyson.com

@ the Liberty Science Center RTEC Workshops Keynote: The HyperConnected Student in the Accountability-Driven Classroom

Digital natives are living with podcasting, YouTube, TeacherTube, Flickr, Zoomr, RSS, the Social Web, mp3 players, FaceBook, My Space, Blogger, Twitter, Tweet, Skypecasting, Slideshare, photocasting, Second Life, online gaming, (the list could go on and on), and every other “new” and exciting Web 2.0 technology that was “just announced today.” But the reality of school is that we work, teach, and learn in the Age of Accountability. This presentation reflects on the continuous partial attention of the students in what is now becoming a hyper-connected classroom. What is the teacher to do?

Dr. Tyson will explore learning beyond minimum standards but within the grasp of limited resources.

ACTIVboard for Interactive Learning This workshop is a beginner session for the ACTIVboard interactive whiteboard.

View sample lessons and other examples of classroom use. During this session the fundamental features of the ACTIVboard and the accompanying ACTIVstudio software will be taught.

Participants will design an interactive activity during hands-on time with the resources.

Workshop selection will be done onsite. are particularly useful in organizing the SMART Board for Interactive classroom and communicating with Learning parents. Particular attention will be paid to basics and ease of use.

This workshop will introduce educators to the SMART Board interactive iSafety whiteboard. View sample lessons and examples of classroom use that According to recent survey data, 9% of encourage active student participation. online 5th grade boys have actually met During this session the fundamental a stranger from online! Cyber-bullying is features of the SMART Board and on the rise. Online identity theft is among accompanying software will be the most rapid growing crimes in the US. demonstrated. Participants will have Thousands of pedophiles were identified the opportunity for hands-on time with on MySpace. What are some of the real the technology. versus the imagined issues surrounding online safety? How do we effectively teach Using Online Discussions to students appropriate online behavior?

What practical resources are available Teach Writing (Grades 4-8) to parents and schools? This session will This session will introduce various types explore these issues and more. of technologies that can be used while teaching writing through the use of Thinkfinity - Free, Fast, Firstonline discussions. Specific strategies Rate Web Resources will be given for improving students’ writing skills while using technologies Thinkfinity.org makes it easy for educators such as blogs and online discussion to enhance their classroom instruction forums. Emphasis will also be placed on with FREE lesson plans, interactive the types of scaffolding that is needed activities and other online resources. to develop both in-class and online Thinkfinity.org also provides a wealth learning communities. of educational and literacy resources for students, parents and after-school Creating and Enhancing a programs. Partnering with the Kennedy Center, National Geographic, the National Classroom Website using Councils of Teachers of Mathematics and Web 2.0 English, just to name a few, Thinkfinity. org strives to include K-12 content from The Web 2.0 describes both the all subject areas. The cornerstone of the improved usability and collaborative Verizon Foundation’s literacy, education nature of the web today. In this session, and technology initiatives, Thinkfinity. the presenter will focus on using these org’s goal is to improve student new tools as they can be of use to achievement by providing high-quality the PreK-3 teacher. Web 2.0 tools content and training.

Fee: $170 per person, $150 for groups of four or more Includes:1 Keynote Speaker, 1 Workshop, Exhibits, Meals, 5 Professional Development Hours

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ASSESSMENT NJASK for the Middle School Did you know that there are many changes associated with the NJASK this year? This comprehensive workshop includes an overview of the Language Arts and Math portions of the NJAsk, including sample questions and their scores. Also includes mini-lesson ideas in reading, writing and math in order to ensure students are set up for success next spring. All participants will leave with a resource packet full of great strategies.

Preparing students for the writing part of the SAT

Nicole Pepe & Darlene Prott, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price 01/13/2009 5-8 cesp $170

Find out what the new SAT is really looking for in student writing and prepare your students to make the most of this pivotal assessment. In a full-day workshop classroom teachers will analyze the new SAT, take portions of the sample test, examine and apply rubrics to their own writing, and discover a variety of ways to prepare their students across the curriculum to make the most of the SAT?s. Participants are encouraged to bring and share a sample activity or lesson that has worked well in the past to develop higher level writing skills for their students.

Rx for Improving Standardized and State Test Scores

Frank Livoy, Rutgers University Date Grades Location Price 04/17/2009 5-12 burl $170

During this workshop, experienced presenters will discuss and model many strategies and ideas that are designed to boost Language Arts scores in the ASK test to a higher level.Participants will be given proven techniques and tips for responding to multiple choice and openended questions and for constructing well-written essays.

Watch your students’ scores soar! Classroom followup demonstrations are also offered.

Helpful handout packets accompany this workshop.

DID YOU KNOW? Mr Magoo’s creators and voice, Jim Backus, weren’t Rutgers Alumni.

The Developmental Reading Assessment (Second Edition)assists teachers in differentiating their instruction based upon the needs of the students in their classroom. This introductory workshop provides instruction on implementation of this assessment.

Additionally, management techniques for completing the assessments will be presented.

Furthermore, the workshop will assist teachers in translating the data into guided reading, literature circles, and reader’s workshop lessons for their students.

Ed Porowski, Branchburg Schools Date Grades Location Price 11/07/2008 K-8 cesp $170

Digging Deeper into the DRA2s For those teachers who have had some experience with the DRA2, this workshop more closely examines the three components of the assessment, focuses upon instructional goals, and provides instructional strategies for teachers to immediately implement into their classrooms. Specifically, instructional strategies will focus upon the areas of a balanced reading program - read alouds, guided reading, reader’s workshop, and literature circles/book clubs.

Ed Porowski, Branchburg Schools Date Grades Location Price 03/13/2009 K-8 cesp $170

The Beginning Teacher: Creating a Viable Learning Community Workshop Overview: Designed for new teachers, this workshop will reinforce many of the teaching -learning strategies and classroom management techniques needed in the classroom. The workshop will address those issues crucial to beginning teachers in facilitating a viable learning community for their students.

Mary Ann Smorra, Georgian Court University Date Grades Location Price 12/12/2008 k-12 cesp $170

Brain-Based Education and Corresponding TeachingLearning Strategies Participants are invited to explore a variety of strategies that are supported by the latest research in brain-based education.

Part 1 provides a background to the brainbased research as it applies to education.

In Part 2, the emphasis will be on memory strategies that promote retention and understanding. In Part 3, the emphasis is on the use of graphic organizers. Active involvement throughout the session will facilitate application of the strategies to the participants’ classrooms.

Mary Ann Smorra, Georgian Court University Date Grades Location Price 01/30/2009 K-12 cesp $170

Charlotte Jaffe & Barbara Doherty, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price 11/03/2008 3-12 burl $170

Introduction to the Developmental Reading Assessment

BURL= Burlington, NJ • CESP=Somerset, NJ 02/12/2009 K-3 burl $170

INSTRUCTION Lovin’ Learning Centers - Make and Take This workshop encompasses all areas of learning centers. From why they are useful, to how they are implemented, designed and managed. Samples of learning centers will be available and discussions of strategies for assessment and organization of assessment will be included.

Nicole Pepe & Darlene Prott, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price 02/04/2009 k-5 cesp $170

Making Sense of It All: Successful Comprehension Strategies In this interactive workshop, participants will learn how to provide their K-2 students with the keys to unlocking the mysteries of reading comprehension. Through modeling and direct, explicit instruction, novice readers can learn how to employ meaning-making strategies that will enhance understanding of both narrative and informational text. Participants will leave the workshop with a clearer grasp of how to help their students become thoughtful, independent readers by engaging with text using prior knowledge, visualizing, predicting, inferencing, questioning and synthesizing information; the keys to comprehension.

Mary Curtis & Peg Jaeger, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price

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The Resilient Teacher Currently, a focus in the educational literature is on the resilient child. This workshop extends to the resilient teacher.

Based on the premise of “I have…I am…I can….”, this workshop seeks to connect with the inspiration and dedication each participant has brought to the profession.

The underpinnings for the workshop will be the brain and the emotions.

A concurrent application will emphasize strategies intended to promote community building, stress management, and intentional success within the education environment.

Mary Ann Smorra, Georgian Court University Date Grades Location Price 04/24/2009 K-12 cesp $170

Collaborative Pairs: Partnering Up to Increase Learning Learning is a social process. Brain research supports the need for students to “socially-process” new learning. The question that always arises though is how can we arrange for student to engage with each other in meaningful conversations around important work?

This workshop will focus on:strategies for pairing students together,activities to engage students in the content they are

Spiral Review: We Didn’t Learn That Last Year!

Date 05/13/2009

“We didn’t learn that last year!” “I don’t remember that!” How do we insure that students don’t forget important content learned earlier - either last year, last fall, or even last month? If it was important for us to teach it and for students lto learn it, then it must be important enough to review and maintain! This workshop will explore various stratgies for incorporating review throughout the year. It will focus on how to decide what is important to be reviewed and how teachers can work together to develop ideas.

Differentiated Instruction for All Learners

Karen Pinkham, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 02/25/2009 K-12 cesp $170

Learner-Focused Instruction Using a simple template, participants will explore the development of meaningful lessons that answer three key questions: What is it we want students to learn? How will we know they learned it? How will we assist them in learning this content?

Karen Pinkham, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 03/19/2009 K-12 cesp $170

Grades Location Price 4-12 burl $170

This workshop will give an overview of the”nuts and bolts” of differentiation based on the research of leaders in the field.

Instructional strategies will be presented through hands-on, collaborative activites.

Janet Higgins, East Amwell Schools Date Grades Location Price 03/06/2009 K-8 cesp $170

Looking at Student Work This highly interactive workshop will introduce teachers and other interested educators to the tools and practices for thoughtful insights to students’ work.

Participants will observe and participate in protocols such as Collaborative Assessment Conference, Tuning Protocol and others. They will learn introductory facilitation practices to make the protocols most effective. Participants are invited to bring a small collection of average or below average student work William Pollock, Rutgers University Date Grades Location Price 05/08/2009 K-12 cesp $170

Developing Professional Learning Communities: Using the Critical Friends Group Protocols This nationally recognized five day series of workshops is designed to provide school teams with strategies to enhance positive

learning as well as analyzing appropriate times for students to collaborate with each other.

Differentiating Insttruction: Meeting the Needs of All Students

Karen Pinkham, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 01/26/2009 6-12 cesp $170

Teachers struggle daily to meet the diverse needs of their students as they work to learn concepts and skills in multiple content areas. Differentiated instruction is a proactive approach for improving the learning for all students and for assisting teachers in meeting the students’ individual needs.This workshop will focus on: Developing a clear understanding of what differentiated in struction is and is not, Examining a range of instructional and management strategies & exploring several low-prep strategies that can be implemented the next day in the classroom!

school culture while improving achievement.

Critical Friends Groups (CFGs) represent the basic unit for educators engaged in improving their school and increasing student achievement through very efficient respectful methods of working together.

Our interactive series of workshops leads teams through the process and allows them to provide on-going support to guarantee success. Group members learn how to lead discussions, use protocols, and work in small groups.

The result is a true professional learning community that values excellence. This workshop is designed for K-12 educators, administrators, and curriculum developers.

Participants should register in small teams from the same school or district.

Karen Pinkham, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 12/17/2008 K-8 cesp $170

William Pollock, Rutgers University Date Grades Location Price 04/06-08/2009 K-12 cesp $850

Explicit instruction of comprehension strategies: A proven path to improved student learning and autonomy

Ah, the Life of a Literacy Coach Made Easy

This workshop introduces teachers to seven strategies proven to enhance student comprehension and learning.

These strategies are intertwined and synergistic with content area and language arts goals and include comprehension monitoring, activating background knowledge, summarization, text structure, question generation, instructional graphics, and inference. Explicit methods that enhance metacognition and facilitate autonomous learning will be applied.

Dana Korin, Educational Consultant

Explore and experience how a thematic approach to coaching makes your work that much easier to plan and implement.

The presenter will share what she has

DID YOU KNOW? Hannes Sarkuni, is the youngest person to graduate from Rutgers at the age of 14.

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successfully done in various classrooms in different school districts. Learn how the use of a theme made it easier to plan for the lessons while simultaneously building a common background of experiences for the pupils. You will have the opportunity to plan a theme for the upcoming year that will purposefully include the writing prompts that are part of the NJASK i.e. the picture prompt, the poetry prompt, the speculative prompt and the persuasive prompt.

Dr. Hope Blecher & Maryellen Moffitt, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price 01/09/08 K-8 CESP $170

Understanding By Design Participants in this introductory workshop to Understanding by Design will explore answers to these essential questions through both large and small group discussions. We will look at the do’s and don’ts of using UBD to design curricula across the content areas as well as examine sample UBD units. Finally, participants will have the opportunity to sketch out a plan for an upcoming unit using UBD.

LITERACY Donna Mehle, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 05/01/2009 6-12 CESP $170 04/23/2009 6-12 cesp $170

Brain Based Learning What does the literature say about how the brain learns? What do teachers do that stimulate and encourage learning and memory? What teacher behaviors interfere with learning? What is the relationship between emotions and learning?

Brain research has been shedding new light on how students learn (or don’t learn)! During this interactive workshop learn about what goes on in the brain and strategies to boost motivation and enhance learning and memory Elaine Mendelow, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 11/11/2008 K-12 burl $170

Differentiating Instruction: Improving Learning for All Students The “one size fits all” classroom just doesn’t work!

What is compacting and how can it be used to maximize potential?

How will learning centers and project-based learning free you to work more effectively with your students? What, how and when to assess?

In what areas can you differentiate and when is it appropriate? During this interactive workshop you will learn practical strategies to improve learning for all students.

Extensive handouts will be provided.

Elaine Mendelow, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price

02/23/2009

2-5 burl $170

Teaching Outside the Box How can you foster creativity and critical thinking in your students? How can you develop higher level thinking skills and incorporate this into your daily plan?

This program will provide you with ideas you can implement immediately, contests your students can enter, and a wealth of resources you can utilize to help students develop these skills.

Elaine Mendelow, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 03/24/2009 2-5 burl $170

Project Based Learning (2 sessions) Are you searching for ways to encourage students in your class or school to become more engaged in the learning process and more motivated to succeed by challenging themselves to work beyond their immediate threshold? Perhaps it’s time to investigate PBL. Project Based Learning (PBL) combines curriculum, authentic work on real-life skills and exhibitions of mastery. By engaging students immediately in work that develops imagination, resourcefulness, organization, socialization and perseverance, PBL turns around the old learn-first-produce-later paradigm.

Students are moved along by the urgency of completing work on a product that they have largely chosen/designed themselves. The research clearly demonstrates marked improvement in retention of what is learned and even suggests the ability to learn more as reflected on standardized tests.

Frank Livoy, Rutgers University Date Grades Location Price 05/19-20/2009 5-12 burl $375

NJASK and Language Arts: Balancing Authentic Learning and Testing Success When did “picture prompt” become a genre? Where does test prep begin end and instruction begin?

How can we emphasize both content and conventions? If you ask these questions, this workshop is for you! Topics include: striking a balance between authentic writing instruction and test preparation; when it\’s necessary to teach the test; and how to address both needs. You’ll leave with a framework and strategies that support the development of both highly literate individuals and successful test takers!

Rosemary King, Educational ConsultantDate Grades Location Price 11/10/2008 3-7 cesp $170 02/20/2009 3-7 BURL $170

Getting Started with Writing Workshop Writing workshop is an authentic, engaging, and downright fun way to teach writing, but getting started can be daunting. This workshop is designed for teachers at the early stages of implementing a writing workshop. Topics include: the components of the workshop approach, planning units and lessons, establishing expectations and routines, the importance of social learning, balancing the “art” vs. the “rules” of writing, and assessing student growth. Participants will leave this workshop with the inspiration

and information necessary to implement an exciting writing workshop.

Rosemary King, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 11/12/2008 1-8 cesp $170

Working With Words K-5 Lifelong spellers are those who learn about words, not who memorize them.

Educators become more effective when teaching spelling skills thus producing students who become word-builders.

Activities will include use high frequency words, word patterns, rhyming and hands-on word building lessons.

Nicole Pepe & Darlene Prott, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price 01/21/2009 K-5 cesp $170

Guided Reading This workshop will provide techniques for organizing, managing, and evaluating students during guided reading. It will also includes instructions and materials for conducting running records in the classrooms. Presenters have designed the materials based on the successfulness of the activities conducted in their own classroom.

Activities are based on the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards.

Nicole Pepe & Darlene Prott, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price 03/04/2009 K-5 cesp $170

Creating Active Readers in the Middle and High School Classrooms This workshop is filled with dozens of research-based reading strategies that will help your students become better readers and writers of nonfiction material.

Participants will learn how to implement strategic reading and writing skills into their daily reading instruction periods and standardized test responses. Strategies to use before, during, and after reading and writing will be demonstrated in this handson workshop presentation. Participants will leave with a handbook of fun and engaging activities that are easy to use Nicole Pepe & Darlene Prott, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price 12/09/2008 6-8 cesp $170

Reader’s Workshop: Using Literature Circles and Independent Reading Strategies This workshop is designed for the independent readers in grades 3-6.

Organizing Independent Reading time will be discussed as well as assessment in reading.

A description of Using Literature Circles in the Classroom will also be included, as well as strategies for classroom management during independent reading time.

Nicole Pepe & Darlene Prott, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price 04/08/2009 3-6 cesp $170

Establishing and Managing a Writing Workshop This interactive workshop will equip participants to teach a productive, well17

managed writing workshop. The workshop will include strategies for planning and organizing minilessons and techniques for conferences and assessment that support and extend children’s writing.

Through the use of quality children’s literature and educational media, various genres of writing will be explored Peg Jaeger & Mary Curtis, Educational Consultantss Date Grades Location Price 01/15/2009 K-3 burl $170

Connecting Reading, Writing, and Mathematics Designed for the primary grade teacher, this workshop will introduce participants to strategies for incorporating childrens’ literature and childrens’ writng into their math program. These developmentally appropriate strategies can enhance learning and increase students understanding of the skills and concepts taught in primary mathematics programs.

Karen Pinkham, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 03/11/2009 K-5 cesp $170

Motivating the Reluctant Reader This workshop will explore how to reach the reluctant reader in today’s world of technology. Yes, students are enthusiastic users of text messaging, the internet, electronic games, etc., but it is still possible to make reading exciting and relevant to their lives by using read alouds and comprehension strategies that are

engaging, challenging, and rewarding.

There will be hands-on activities and opportunities to plan lessons during the workshop.

Janet Higgins, East Amwell Schools Date Grades Location Price 11/19/2008 5-8 cesp $170

Mini-Lessons to Enhance Reading and Writing Skills

Balancing the Block: Balanced Literacy Instruction

In this valuable interactive workshop, teachers will learn how to incorporate reading and writing mini-lessons into their language arts instruction. These successful classroom-proven lessons can easily be applied to guided reading, reader’s workshop, writer’s workshop,and literature circles. They are an integral part of any balanced literacy program.

Examples of mini-lessons include: expectations, routines, rules,motivational lessons, making inferences, drawing conclusions,and more.

Participants will review the essential components of Balanced Literacy, and then focus upon strategies to implement this model within the classroom.

Attention will be given to both reading and writing instruction in grades 4-8, with an emphasis on guided reading, literature circles/book clubs, guided writing, reader’s workshop, and writer’s workshop. Strategies for implementation, classroom management, and instructional activities will be reviewed. Participants will leave with ideas that can be directly implemented into their classrooms.

Charlotte Jaffe & Barbara Doherty, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price 03/02/2009 3-8 burl $170

Guided Reading

MATH The 3 L’s: Language, Literacy, and Listening in the Classroom This course is designed for Speech/ Language Specialists and classroom/ special education teachers who collaborate within classroom settings.

It provides an overview of programming that can be used to address student IEPs within self-contained or mainstreamed classes on a limited or an ongoing basis.

Original and commercially available programs and materials will be shared and modeled for seminar participants.

Susan Levine & Susan Good, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price 05/13/2009

K - 8 cesp

Ed Porowski, Branchburg Schools Date Grades Location Price 01/16/2009 K-8 cesp $170

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Readers are the center of reading instruction. Depending on the individual needs of their students, teachers can guide their reading instruction through small group work, focused lessons, student conferences and supportive classroom libraries. Participants will learn how to plan focused lessons, engage in effective student conferences and create libraries that support readers. Participants will also explore how to guide instruction through small group work. They will learn when it makes sense to group students, what steps to include in small group instruction, and how to select appropriate books.

Aili Pogust, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 01/21/2009 4-8 burl $170

Introduction to Writing Workshop This workshop offers the opportunity to experience an effective Writing Workshop from a student’s perspective. Participants will engage in writing workshop activities while simultaneously observing instructional techniques modeled by the presenter. The following workshop components will be addressed: minilessons, independent activities, guided writing, teacher/student conferences, closure.Extended time will be provided for observation and discussion of

SPECIAL EDUCATION the classroom arrangement, management techniques, the use of portfolios and the literacy rich environment.

class

Aili Pogust, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 01/22/2009 k-5 burl $170

Reading Across the Curriculum Every teacher is a teacher of reading!

Without reading skills beyond the basic level, many secondary students fail to engage with key concepts and skills in each subject area. Whether a word problem, lab directions, passage from a text book or primary source, or article from a local newspaper, the printed word provides every student an opportunity to construct knowledge and think deeply 18

about a topic. It also opens whole worlds of discovery, whether independently or as a member of a learning group, for every student at the secondary level.

Frank Livoy, Rutgers University Date Grades Location Price 01/06/2009 5-12 burl $170

Writing Across the Curriculum Learn and share ideas about how students can deepen their understanding of concepts in each subject area through a variety of writing activities and projects.

Bring with you some examples of how you ask students to write in your classroom to increase learning; and be prepared to take with you several other examples of proven and emerging best writing practices with secondary level students. The presenter has taught writing to students at all levels of learning from Advanced Placement to Special Needs and will facilitate a rich exchange of practices among all attendees.

Frank Livoy, Rutgers University Date Grades Location Price 05/05/2009 5-12 burl $170

Making Math Manageable NJASK 2009 Presentation of hands-on math activities and lessons to help build awareness and focus on the NJCCCS in Math. Updates and changes in NJASK will be explored, in order to best prepare students for the NJ ASK. Teachers will walk away with a tool-kit of activities, including sample m/c

TECHNOLOGY and open-ended questions and practice activities.

Nicole Pepe & Darlene Prott, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price 02/10/2009 K-4 cesp $170

Discovering Discrete Math in the Elementary Classroom Probability, Problem Solving and Discrete MathFun, manipulative Games and Activities introducing young children to the concepts of probability, problem solving, and data analysis in the math classroom as well as in the world they live in. Activities align with the NJ CCCS, specifically standard 4.4 Nicole Pepe & Darlene Prott, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price 04/22/2009 k-5 cesp $170

Math + Literature + Technology = Success Discover activities which integrate quality children’s literature and technology to foster mathematical understanding.

Make mathematics accessible and understandable for all students including ELL and those with disabilities.

Explore activities designed to support collaboration and problem solving while addressing standards Margaret Jaeger& Mary Curtis, Educational Consultants

Date 03/24/2009

Grades Location Price P - 3 burl $170

Engaging Students with Hands-on Math Activities This workshop will train teachers to use basic math manipulative materials such as Tens Frames, base-10 materials, pattern blocks, color tile and multi-link cubes.

Multi-link cubes will be used for activities focusing on patterns and volume. You will learn ways to use hands-on activities to help your students develop better math skills and strategies.

Join us for a day of fun, exploration and learning!

Kathy Adleman, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 12/15/2008 P-4 cesp $170

Extensions and Challenges for Advanced Learners of Mathematics Often teachers are challenged to provide alternate activities for advanced students in mathematics. Since the goal is to deepen student understanding rather than advance students into the next grade, finding appropriate tasks is often difficult. This workshop will provide a grade appropriate range of challenges and extensions that can be given to advanced students. These will include websites, games, puzzles and tasks and will address multiple math content areas.

Kathy Adleman, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 11/18/2008 K-2 cesp $170 02/19/2009 3-5 cesp $170

Preparing for Algebra One of the four content strands of the NJCCS for Math is Algebra, Patterns and Functions. This workshop will provide grade appropriate activities for important algebraic concepts and skills such as the concept of variable, uses of variable, and integer operations.

Come and work on the puzzles, function machines and hands-on activities to teach these important concepts and skills Kathy Adleman, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 03/16/2009 4-8 cesp $170

Managing Central Auditory Processing Disorders This course is designed for Speech/ Language Specialists and team members and/or special/regular education teachers who work with this population.

It will cover formal and functional assessments appropriate in school settings and discussions of auditory attention, auditory memory, phonemic awareness, and temporal and sequential patterning. Included will be strategies for intervention, materials, and overviews of specialized programs to remediate specific auditory processing deficits.

Sharing by participants will be welcome.

Susan Levine & Susan Good, Educational Consultants Date Grades Location Price 05/21/2009 K - 8 cesp $170

Practical Strategies for Teaching the Gifted Child in the Regular Classroom During this interactive workshop, you will learn about the special needs of this population as well as how to engage these students in meaningful activities which encourage higher order thinking skills and independent learning. Suggestions for differentiated activities as well as teaching strategies will be shared. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and work on solving problems that you face in your own classroom.

Elaine Mendelow, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 12/03/2008 K-8 burl $170

ELLs and Special Education: An Overview to Determine Language Difference from Learning Disability The presenter will provide an overview of the features to be considered when responding to the question - Does the learner have a learning disability or is it just a language difference? Information will be discussed which will be helpful to I&RS (Intervention and Referral Services) committees. Child Study team members, ELL teachers, mainstream, and resource teachers will benefit from this informative workshop.

Barbara Tedesco, Educational Consultant Date Grades Location Price 11/20/2008 K-12 cesp $170 3/17/2009 K-12 CESP $170

SMART Board Lesson Ideas for Experienced Users This session will provide teachers with ideas for SMART Notebook lessons that maximize the exciting new features found in the latest version of the software. Sample lesson activities will be shared that include the use of tables, object animation, new Gallery items, and much, much more! Teachers will have hands-on time to create SMART Notebook lessons to take back to the classroom. This is a workshop well-suited for those who are comfortable with the software and are looking for fresh ideas.

Kristine Scharaldi, Education Consultant Date Grades Location Price 01/23/2009 K-12 cesp $170

SMART Board Lesson Ideas for Novice Users This workshop will provide a vision for using the SMART Board as something much more than an ”electronic whiteboard.”

Educators who are new to the technology will learn basic features of the SMART Notebook software and will use these tools to create lessons that allow students to touch and interact with the Board.

Participants will have hands-on time to work with the technology and to create their own curriculum-based lesson activities for classroom use. This session is best suited for those with little or no experience with the SMART Board software.

Kristine Scharaldi, Education Consultant Date Grades Location Price 01/09/2009 K-12 cesp $170

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Convenient Career-Advancing Programs

Offered each semester by the State University of New Jersey Whether working toward achieving a NJ Supervisor Certification or a Teaching of Writing specialization, taking classes next door or online, Rutgers Graduate School of Education students enjoy the benefits and resources of a nationally-ranked school of education with the convenience of evening and online classes, nearby locations, and local instructors.

At Rutgers Graduate School of Education our renowned faculty and lecturers are dedicated to encouraging the development of caring and enthusiastic teachers.

Our career-enhancing programs are offered at more than 20 locations throughout the state. You can learn more about the courses being held near you by visiting www.gse.rutgers.edu/cegp or calling 732.932.7496 ext. 8300.

Non-Degree Continuing Education Programs

Reading Specialist Endorsement Program

Special Education Endorsement Program

This 30-credit program enables NJ-certified educators to take coursework that leads to NJ DOE Reading Specialist certification.

This program’s 10 courses are offered at our partner locations throughout the state at convenient evening or weekend hours.

Additionally, three courses may be applied to the 12-credit Teaching of Writing program, and one course may be applied to the Supervision and Special Eduction Certification programs.

This 21-credit program enables NJ-certified educators to take coursework that leads to NJ DOE certification as Teacher of Students with Disabilities.

This program’s six courses are offered at our partner locations throughout the state. Additionally, four of the courses are offered online in a rotating schedule, and three of the courses may also be applied to the 21-credit Reading Specialist Certification program.

Supervisor Endorsement Program

Teaching of Writing Program

Leading to NJ Reading Specialist Certification

Leading to NJ Supervisor Certification

This 12-credit program enables NJ-certified educators to take coursework that leads to NJ DOE Supervisor certification.

This program’s four courses are offered at our partner locations throughout the state at convenient evening or weekend hours.

Additionally, two of the courses may be applied to the 21-credit Reading Specialist Certification program.

Leading to NJ Teacher of Students with Disabilities Certification

This 12-credit program enables NJ-certified educators to take coursework that is designed to enable teachers to utilize research and theory to foster a vision of literacy learning as an active social process in which students become engaged writers.

This program’s four courses are offered at our partner locations throughout the state at convenient evening or weekend hours.

Additionally, it is possible to apply all 12 credits of the coursework to the 21-credit Reading Specialist Certification program.

2008-2009 Schedule of Offerings September

2 - Fall semester begins

November

3 - Spring semester registration begins 6-7 - NJEA Convention in Atlantic City 19 - South Africa Study Tour Evening of Reflections 22 - Conference on Struggling Readers and Writers (Reading Recovery)

December

12 - Fall Semester Ends

January

20 - Spring Semester Begins

February

7 - National Writing Project@Rutgers Mid-Winter Writing Conference 23 - Summer semester registration begins

May

5 - Spring Semester Ends 21 - GSE Convocation 25 - Registration for First Summer Session Ends 26 - First Summer Session Begins

June

TBD - Summer Registration for 2nd term ends TBD - Summer Session 2nd Term Begins

TBD - Fall Semester Registration Begins TBD - South Africa Initiative Kickoff Event

July

TBD - Summer Semester Third Term Registration Ends TBD - Summer Semester Third Term Begins 22 - 8th Annual Study Tour to South Africa Begins

August 9-

Study Tour to South Africa Returns 12 - Summer Session Ends TBD - Fall Semester Registration Ends

Find out more and learn how to register today by visiting: www.gse.rutgers.edu/cegp or calling: 732.932.7496 ext. 8300

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Shocked by your Professional Development Budget?

All of the workshops in this catalog can be brought to your district or school. In addition to the current offerings in this catalog we can offer the following onsite:

Differentiation of Instuct. Evaluation •Strategies, e.g. Tiering •Flexible Grouping •Pre-Assessment Strategies

Leadership •New Administrator and Teacher Mentoring and Induction •Leadership Focus Groups •Executive Coaching •School/Topic-Specific Leadership Seminars •Collaborative Assessment •Planning for Achievement •Strategic Planning •Critical Friends Group Training

•Data Analysis and Reporting •Program Evaluation •Research Studies •Survey Design and Analysis

Teaching and Learning •ELL and Special Education •Using DRA in the Classroom •Reading/Writing in the Content Areas •Reader’s/Writer’s Workshop •Mathematics and Technology •Early Childhood

Professional Development Academies Let CESP design and implement your profesional development academies. Based on the districts’ goals and professional improvement plans, we will tailor a program for you. Contact us to see what we can do for you.

For more information contact Michelle Rosen at 732-564-9100 x23 mlrosen@rci.rutgers.edu

Center for Literacy Development Created to support literacy development from birth through adulthood. The center continues to develop literacy support systems throughout its network of school districts, school leaders and teachers.

Co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Education and the Center for Effective School Practices

Charter public schools are the fastest growing reform effort to improve public education. The Charter School Resource Center (CSRC) supports charter school developers along with operating charter schools.

Open A Charter School

Achieve your vision as a charter school pioneer.The Charter School Resource Center will help you obtain the skills you need to develop a charter school through its specialized training designed specifically for potential charter school applicants, current applicants, and individuals and teams involved with planning-year and first-year schools.

Operate Your School

Join the Network Today Professional Development Opportunities

• A learning community network of literacy leaders and teachers • On site professional development workshops • Ongoing training and professional development

Research Opportunities

•Participation in literacy research projects •Assistance in planning and implementing research and evaluation studies

Resource Center

•Website for On-Line Support •Curriculum Preview Site

For More Information Contact: Michelle Rosen 732/564-9100 x23 mlrosen@rci.rutgers.edu

We have expanded our technical assistance team to better serve the charter school community and are able to provide support in the following areas.

•Board Training & Retreats •Teacher Professional Development •New Teacher Support Services •School-Wide Staff Retreats •Grant Writing •Curriculum Development •Teacher Observations & Evaluations For more information, please contact: Heather Ngoma Phone: 732-564-9100 x 14 Email: hngoma@rci.rutgers.edu Web: http://www.njcharterschools.org/

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4/3/09 Mo Willems

Author/illustrator Mo Willems began his career as a writer and animator for television, where he garnered six Emmy awards for his writing on Sesame Street, created Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City and head-wrote Codename: Kids Next Door. Mo turned his attention to picture books in 2003 with Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, which was awarded a Caldecott Honor, and became a New York Times Bestseller.

Since then, Mo has won two more Caldecott Honors for Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity.

Shelly Harwayne

photo by Marty Umas

Shelley Harwayne has been affiliated with the New York City public schools for over thirtyfive years as a teacher, staff developer, co-director of the Teachers College Writing Project, founding principal of the Manhattan New School and Superintendent of Community School District # 2. She is the recipient of the 2006 NCTE Outstanding English Language Arts Educator Award.

41st Annual Conference on Reading and Writing

to receive a registration packet please call 732-564-9100 x23

The Public Education Institute At the Center for the Effective School Practices

The Public Education Institute (PEI) was established in 1985 and creates a neutral forum where citizens, community leaders, scholars, and policymakers can debate local and state educational issues and recommend policies on the basis of information that is unbiased, timely, and grounded in sound theory and research.

Topics examined by PEI have direct and immediate bearing on major educational issues being considered by New Jersey’s state and local policymakers. For example, this past year’s topics included: •

Equalizing Educational Opportunity in New Jersey

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Special Review Assessment: Loophole or Lifeline?

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Providing the Tools Towards Quality: The Status of P-3 Teacher Preparation Programs in New Jersey

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A View from the Top: A Conversation with Former Governors about Abbott v. Burke

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Expanding Opportunities for Early Childhood Education

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Registration Policies & Procedures

Registration

To expedite processing, complete a separate form for each participant.

Once registration and payment are received, confirmation and directions will be mailed to you.

All registrations received without a payment or payments received with out a registration will be held and only entered when we receive the missing information.

Seats will not be held for registrants who mail in registration forms without a payment.

Cancellation

Refunds are not issued for cancelled registrations. If you are unable to attend a workshop, you may either send someone in your place or receive credit toward a future CESP workshop provided that you notify us in advance by mail, fax, or e-mail.

If you notify us at least 5 business days in advance, you may either send someone in your place or receive credit toward a future CESP workshop offered in the same school year.

If you notify us less than 5 business days in advance, you will not receive credit toward a future workshop, but you may still send someone in your place.

No refunds or credit will be issued if you fail to show up for a workshop.

If we must cancel a workshop due to insufficient enrollment, inclement weather, or any other reason, you may choose to receive either a full refund or credit towards a future CESP workshop offered in the same school year.

All refunds will be in the form of a check from the University regardles of method of payment.

Pricing

Unless otherwise indicated, the price of a daytime workshop is $170 per day for each participant registering individually.

For groups of 4 or more that register for the same daytime workshop, the group discount price is $150 per day for each participant, unless otherwise indicated. In order to receive this group discount rate, you must submit all registrations at the same time.

The workshop fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, and materials.

Please make checks payable to “Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.”

Acceptable forms of payment are Check, Purchase Order or Credit Card (online only).

Workshop Hours

Unless otherwise indicated, all daytime workshops are held 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with registration/breakfast starting at 8:30 a.m.

Contact Us

Mail: Center for Effective School Practices

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

80 Cottontail Lane - Suite 410

Somerset, NJ 08873 Phone:732-564-9100 Fax: 732-564-9099 Web:

http://cesp.rutgers.edu/

Mail both registration form and payment (purchase orders accepted) together.

DO NOT SEND THEM SEPARATELY Register online today with a credit card at http://ce1766.rutgers.edu (Do not complete this form if registering online) To expedite processing, please complete a separate form for each participant.

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