CCS Best Practices June 2

Best Practices Showcase Columbus City Schools

June 2, 2015

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Columbus City Schools Mission Statement

Each student is highly educated, prepared for leadership and service,

and empowered for success as a citizen in a global community.

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Conference At A Glance 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Registration- Great Room Gallery

8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Welcome- Performance Hall Opening Session: Myth-Busting Differentiated Instruction

9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. Session #1 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. Session #2 11:20 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Lunch 12:30 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. Session #3 1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Session #4 2:20 p.m. Sign Out/Evaluation/Parking Passes

Announcements/Reminders

1. Please remember to sign-in and sign-out at the registration table. You will not receive the $10 an hour stipend or CEUs if you forget to sign out.

2. Parking passes will be given at the end of the day in the Great Room Gallery.

3. The Ohio Union has free guest access to internet. Feel free to use your

iPads, laptops or electronic devices.

4. You have a one hour break for lunch. The Ohio Union has several venue options or you can walk to any near by restaurant. If you leave the parking garage, you will need to pay to exit. Parking passes will not be given until the end of the day.

5. Please complete the evaluation at the end of the day. Your feedback is

important.

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Room Floor Session #1 9:30-10:20

Session #2 10:30-11:20

Session #3 12:30-1:20

Session #4 1:30-2:20

Barbie Tootle 3 Putting It All

Together

“Turn Up” Your Small Groups

Sharpening Social Studies Skills

Best Practices for Teaching Boys

Great Hall 1 1 Successfully Using Standards-Based

Grading

Distance Learning to Encourage Critical

Thinking

Social Justice in Action

Great Hall 2 1 Tweet This! How to Use Social Media to

Improve Your Personal Learning

Network (PLN)

Deconstructing the Common Core State Standards – As Easy

as Driving a Car

Great Hall 3 1 Building a Culture for Differentiation

Engaging #Student Voice In Their

Learning

Three Steps to Effective Classroom

Differentiation

Eliminating Assessment Fog

Founders 2 Developing Leaders Through the

Teacher Leadership Initiative

Traditions 2 Learning to Read in the Primary Grades

Teaching Social Emotional Skills in

the Early Childhood Classroom

Rosa Ailabouni 3 The Ups and Downs of Leveled Learning

in a 3-5 Math Classroom

Differentiation Boot Camp

Round Meeting 3 Creating the Balance: Effective

Classroom Management &

Exceptional Differentiated

Instruction

Creating the Balance: Effective

Classroom Management &

Exceptional Differentiated

Instruction

Creating the Balance: Effective Classroom

Management & Exceptional

Differentiated Instruction

Senate Chamber 2 Differentiated Instruction Through

Collaborative Teaching

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Session Snapshot

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9:30 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Putting It All Together! Wendy Jones Barbie Tootle- 3rd Floor Ask the deeper questions sparked by the keynote. Through this interactive session, get customized answers that help leaders foster a rich culture of differentiation where learner needs are placed first.

Successfully Using Standards-Based Grading Tracie Helmbrecht Great Hall 1- 1st Floor Participants will learn the "what", "why", and "how" of successful implementation of Standards-Based Grading. This workshop will allow time for discussion on grading best practices, SBG protocols, and focus on grading paradigm shifts. All participants will leave with a starter kit for implementing Standards-Based Grading in their classrooms as well as several resources to better understand how SBG aligns to OTES, SLOs, and student achievement. Building a Culture for Differentiation: Q&A John McCarthy Great Hall 3- 1st Floor Ask the deeper questions sparked by the keynote. Through this interactive session, get customized answers that help leaders foster a rich culture of differentiation where learner needs are placed first. Developing Leaders Through the Teacher Leadership Initiative Kriston Crombie Stotik Founders Room- 2nd Floor The Teacher Leadership Initiative is a joint venture with the National Education Association, Center for Teaching Quality and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to promote teacher-leadership to advance the profession. The initiative will develop expertise and engage thousands of teachers in leadership work in schools, with NEA affiliates, and in state houses throughout the country. Come hear how the Columbus Education Association is involved and leave wanting to apply.

Session Descriptions

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9:30 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

Learning to Read in the Primary Grades Beth Taylor Traditions Room- 2nd Floor After being awarded the Performance Advancement System in Math for two consecutive years, I decided to design a program that helps elementary students excel in reading. That program has now helped me win the PAS award for 4 consecutive years in Reading/Language Arts. I want to share my best practices which have helped all of my students reach grade level in a school year, while most students start the school year below level. I will be discussing how both assessment data and differentiation will help students progress in their reading skills so that they will be on a path to help them pass the necessary test for the 3rd Grade Reading Guarantee. Using data notebooks, I set up data points that are aligned to reading/language arts concepts. I incorporate various techniques that support and motivate young students in learning how to read using any reading program. I plan on presenting a brief lecture then lead a discussion on my techniques and providing examples of my notebooks. Differentiating Instruction Through Collaboration Teresa Heck Senate Chamber- 2nd Floor Co-Teaching is not a new phenomenon, but applying it to your classroom might be. Each teacher has a variety of people who they work with on a daily basis (ie. gifted/special education specialists, field placements, student teachers and other staff members). The focus of this session will be to examine how collaborative teaching can support differentiated instruction, engage students, and support collaboration.


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10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.

"Turn Up" Your Small Groups Shannon Holland Barbie Tootle-3rd Floor One of my goals for the 2014-15 school year was to make some serious changes in my guided reading and math instruction. This might sound silly, but I wanted my students to be really excited to learn at my small group table. I mean like knocking each other over! Well, not really, but you get the point! In this session, participants will learn how to make their own guided reading and guided math tool kits. These kits contain fun ideas to use during reading and math small group work. Your students will be fully engaged while having fun. Each participant will walk away with a plethora of small group ideas that can be used to differentiate learning and help students develop a love for reading and math. Come on….let’s “turn up” your small groups! Tweet This! How to Use Social Media to Improve Your Personal Learning Network (PLN) Marisa Keith Great Hall 2- 1st Floor This presentation will explain how teachers can utilize social media to grow their own personal learning network with colleagues across town, across the state, and across the country. Engaging #Student Voice In Their Learning Shannon Holland Great Hall 3- 1st Floor Explore how student learning profiles and interests lead to powerful learning experiences. Examine various strategies supported by quality instructional tools to collect data and empower student voices. The Ups and Downs of Leveled Learning in a 3-5 Math Classroom Marsha Burkholder Rosa Ailabouni Room- 3rd Floor In this presentation the participants will be exploring the use of leveled learning during the districts required math APSS lesson. CCSS and math practices will be explored to write questions that meet the needs of learners at multiple levels. They will explore how this information can be used to inform instruction.


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10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.

Creating the Balance: Effective Classroom Management & Exceptional Differentiated Instruction Dru Tomlin Round Meeting Room- 3rd Floor How do we motivate, engage and manage young adolescents in the middle grades --with differentiated instruction in mind? The recipe for successful teaching and learning begins when we balance four key ingredients: environment, behavior, instructional strategies, and response for learning. Discover strategies that will help you build motivation, create focus, and construct solid relationships with your students every day in your middle grades classroom. Differentiating Instruction Through Collaboration Teresa Heck Senate Chamber- 2nd Floor Co-Teaching is not a new phenomenon, but applying it to your classroom might be. Each teacher has a variety of people who they work with on a daily basis (ie. gifted/special education specialists, field placements, student teachers and other staff members). The focus of this session will be to examine how collaborative teaching can support differentiated instruction, engage students, and support collaboration.

Lunch is 11:20-12:30


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12:30 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.

Sharpening Social Studies Skills Matt Doran and Lynda Ray Barbie Tootle Room-3rd Floor Ohio’s New Learning Standards for Social Studies identify four skills “Topics” within the social studies strands: Historical Thinking and Skills (History), Spatial Thinking and Skills (Geography), Civic Participation and Skills (Government), and Economic Decision Making and Skills (Economics). Content and skills are not mutually exclusive, and should be taught together using an inquiry-based approach. This will session will help teachers at all grade levels assess prior learning and prepare students for the next level of social studies thinking. Participants will receive hands-on activities ready for classroom use. Distance Learning to Encourage Critical Thinking Mike Mirarchi and Jenny Meade Great Hall 1- 1st Floor Attend this session to learn about the district resources available to bring rich experiences into your classroom. The session will highlight content providers and give you tips and suggestions to help you use distance learning to promote higher levels of questioning and discussion within your classroom.

Deconstructing the Common Core State Standards - As Easy as Driving a Car Amy Jones and Rae Ronny Great Hall 2- 2nd Floor Teachers will be given a clear and concise method to determine what the critical attributes are of the Common Core State Standards in order to develop learning targets. They will be able to identify prerequisite skills students need in order to achieve the standard through a hands-on engaging activity. Teachers will also learn how to present the learning in a variety of context to meet the learning needs of students. Three Steps to Effective Classroom Differentiation John McCarthy Great Hall 3- 1st Floor Differentiation is a critical lens for instructional planning. Explore how teachers and leaders can help foster intentional differentiation by following three key steps. Learners win.


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12:30 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.

Teaching Social Emotional Skills in the Early Childhood Classroom Rhonda Childs, Kristin Foster and Raylene Polchow Traditions Room- 2nd Floor The presentation, Teaching Social Emotional Skills in the Early Childhood Classroom, will focus on the book, The Power of Guidance: Teaching Social Emotional Skills in Early Childhood Classrooms by Dan Gartrell as a framework with applicable techniques provided by Pre-K teachers on best practices used in their classrooms. We will discuss the meaning of social emotional skills, why this is an important topic to be addressed in early childhood classrooms, as well as provide applicable and useful techniques that teachers can implement in their own classrooms.

Creating the Balance: Effective Classroom Management & Exceptional Differentiated Instruction Dru Tomlin Round Meeting Room- 3rd Floor How do we motivate, engage and manage young adolescents in the middle grades --with differentiated instruction in mind? The recipe for successful teaching and learning begins when we balance four key ingredients: environment, behavior, instructional strategies, and response for learning. Discover strategies that will help you build motivation, create focus, and construct solid relationships with your students every day in your middle grades classroom. Differentiating Instruction Through Collaboration Teresa Heck Senate Chamber- 2nd Floor Co-Teaching is not a new phenomenon, but applying it to your classroom might be. Each teacher has a variety of people who they work with on a daily basis (ie. gifted/special education specialists, field placements, student teachers and other staff members). The focus of this session will be to examine how collaborative teaching can support differentiated instruction, engage students, and support collaboration.


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1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

Best Practices for Teaching Boys Aaron Bahe, Elliott Dobelle and Chris Ross Tanya Rutner Room- 3rd Floor We have worked in an all-male environment for 5 years. We have learned about the best ways to engage male learners as well as best ways to diffuse situations. We are all encore teachers, and our presentation will cover both encore and core classes. Some of our presentation will include power point, videos, and some hands on activities. We will have different resources listed for teachers as well. We presented something similar to this at the MS conference a couple years ago and it was well received. Social Justice In Action Jimmie Beall Great Hall 1- 1st Floor Using an interactive and collaborative approach, this session facilitates the development of practical strategies aimed at fostering equity and access for all students including those who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Questioning (LGBTQ). In addition to providing foundational knowledge regarding what it means to identify as LGBTQ, participants will engage in activities designed to foster social justice. Through the use of culturally responsive practices, educators will be able to successfully enhance their current pedagogical practice using their current course curriculum while creating safe, inclusive, and empowering spaces. Implementing strategies designed to promote social justice does not require additional work but a purposeful approach, which this session aims to assist educators in developing. Eliminating Assessment Fog John McCarthy Great Hall 3- 1st Floor Effective Differentiation begins with quality assessments that provide clear data. Unpack how formative assessments can make student data hazy and how to clear the air for truly knowing what students understand and do not understand.


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1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

Differentiation Boot Camp Devan Jordan Rosa Ailabouni Room- 3rd Floor This presentation is about meeting each students individual needs within the same standard. I will show you different ways to accommodate students within the same subject area. The workshop format is hands-on, with make and take stations and handouts for sight words and fact fluency. You will leave with more resources and ideas to increase your students' engagement and motivate them to achieve! Creating the Balance: Effective Classroom Management & Exceptional Differentiated Instruction Dru Tomlin Round Meeting Room- 3rd Floor How do we motivate, engage and manage young adolescents in the middle grades --with differentiated instruction in mind? The recipe for successful teaching and learning begins when we balance four key ingredients: environment, behavior, instructional strategies, and response for learning. Discover strategies that will help you build motivation, create focus, and construct solid relationships with your students every day in your middle grades classroom.


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The Ohio Union Map

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Second Floor

Third Floor

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Starring the Following CCS Presenters

* Tracie Helmbrecht * Beth Taylor * Wendy Jones *

* Marsha Burkholder * Shannon Holland * * Marisa Keith * Matt Doran * Lynda Ray *

* Rhonda Childs * Kristin Foster * Raylene Polchow * * Amy Jones * Rae Ronnie * Jenny Meade *

* Mike Mirarchi * Jimmie Beall * Devan Jordan * * Aaron Bahe * Elliot Dobelle * Chris Ross *

* Kriston Crombie Stotik *

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