BISD Summer 2013 Sessions

Advanced AcademicsGT Courses for Initial 30 Hours

and 6-Hour Updates

Laughing Yourself Smart: Creativity and Instructional

Strategies

Feeling So Right: Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted

Apart and Away: Differentiation in the Real World

Inside the Brainiac Brain: The Nature and Needs of the Gifted

Advanced AcademicsPre-AP/AP Vertical Teams

Pre-AP/AP Vertical Work

Forethought: PLCs in Action

Content Area Sessions

Elementary ELA/RLiteracy Academy (by invitation only)

How to Conduct A Guided Reading Lesson

How to give a DRA2 Assessment

Teaching Writing w/ Rubric

Book Study-Katie Wood Ray

LLI Kit Training

Secondary ELA/RABYDOS Writing Institute

Open Ended Response

Socratic Seminar

Interacting with Text

Holistic Scoring

Elementary Math

Texas ASCD Elementary Academy: "Rigorous Assessment Strategies for

Elementary Mathematics: Before, During and After Instruction"

Math 2012 TEKS - Revised Focal Points and Alignment

Math 2012 TEKS: What's New in . . . ?

Secondary MathResponse to Curriculum Focal

Points Training

Texas ASCD Secondary Academy: "Rigorous

Assessment Strategies for Secondary Mathematics: Before, During and After

Instruction"

Elementary ScienceBasics of STEMScopes

Digital Science Program

STAAR Science Grades 3-5: Focus on Success

Science Inquiry Institute

ELPS Academy for Science

K-4 Science Academy

Secondary ScienceReading with Science

Instructional Strategies for Struggling Science Students

STAAR Science for Grades 6-8 Focus on Success

Science Academy for Grades 5-8

STAAR Biology Focus on Success

Biology End of Course Success

Flipped Science Classroom

Science Notebooking for the Secondary Classroom

STAAR Chemistry Focus on Success

Chemistry End of Course

STAAR Physics Focus on Success

Physics End of Course

Elementary Social Studies Writing Across the

Curriculum

TCI History Alive Training

TCM Primary Sources and Reader’s Theatre Training

Kindergarten Atlas Training

DBQ Training at Region XI

Secondary Social StudiesEconomics Training with the Dallas

Federal Reserve

Mini-DBQ Writing Training- sign up through Region XI

Relevant Consumption of Political Information and icivics.com

TCI Academy: Levels 1 and 2 (History Alive!, World Cultures Alive!,

and World Geography Alive!)

eduphoria!Aware 101 - Basic Reporting

Aware 201 - Assessments

Advanced Forethought: PLCs in Action

Advanced Forethought: General Sessions

Instructional TechnologyInteractive Content that Supports the Curriculum

SMART Content Creation

Teaching with Tablets

EPALS

Edmodo

Storytelling in the Content Areas

What's New with Google?

Microsoft Office 365 -- Bringing the Cloud to

the Classroom

Cooperative LearningFormative Assessment

using Technology

Google Chromebook & App Store

Windows Tablets & Marketplace

Project Share --Why am I hearing more about it?

Special ServicesUsing CLASS to Write Standard-Based IEPs

Best Practices in Working with Students with Disabilities

Pathways to LiteracyLanguage Differences vs. Learning

Disabilities

Bilingual Institute

Boys Town Specialized Classroom Management

Co-Teaching : Initial Training

Summer Speech Camp

Behavior Strategies that Work

…and more!• Fine Arts• PE/Health• CPR• Schoolwires• Suggested Region XI Sessions• ASCD Ignite13 Summer conference

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1. I can get out of the heat and into the cool!2. I will increase my knowledge of planning for learning3. I will get content knowledge that I can apply in my classroom4. I can get a break from my kids who are home for the summer!5. I will learn new strategies to make my classroom the hotspot

for learning next year6. I can collaborate with my brilliant colleagues 7. I can earn flex time to use next school year8. I can earn my GT hours9. It’s free! Why not?10.The trainers are GREAT!

Top Ten Reasons to Attend Summer PL