Summer 2015 Professional Learning Offerings · A Message from Dr. Al Hambrick As we close one year and look forward to the next, I want to thank each of you for your continued dedication

Summer 2015

Professional Learning Offerings

Empowering Students Through Teacher Learning

Effective Instruction

Positive Relationships

Interactive Learning

Metacognition

Differentiation

Fo r m at i v e assessment Process

“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.”

- Nelson Mandela

Who dares to

TEACH must never cease to

LEARN

A Message from Dr. Al Hambrick

As we close one year and look forward to the next, I want to thank each of you for your continued dedication to our students. Within this brochure, you will find various opportunities that will allow you to enhance your ability to teach our students. Our staff has worked incredibly hard to provide you with these opportunities that directly align to the SISD Vision and Mission. I encourage you to attend trainings that will allow you to continue to engage with our students so that they may achieve at their highest potential. With that said, I want to reiterate to each of you to

HAVE A PRODUCTIVE

and ENJOYABLE SUMMER!

Positive Relationships


Metacognition

Differentiation

Interactive LearningLEADING,

LEARNING,INSPIRING.Sherman ISD is committed to a culture of continued professional learning for all staff. This summer we will offer several opportunities to engage in content-specific and pedagogical training to support you in the delivery of quality instruction for our students. Through campus and district level leadership teams we have built an infographic that embodies what we believe to be Research-based, Proven Effective, Instructional Strategies. These include: Interactive Learning, Metacognition, The Formative Assessment Process and Differentiation. These sound educational strategies are build on the solid foundation that builds positive relationships by making students and staff feel safe, secure and valued as we deliver a guaranteed and viable curriculum to every learner.

We strived to maintain that focus and listen to staff feedback as we put together the array of learning opportunities for Summer Professional Learning 2015. Thank you for your dedication to students and your continued desire to be a lifelong learner. All courses are located in Eduphoria and all classes will be from 8:30-3:30. Please check Eduphoria for class locations.

Amy Porter, Director of Elementary EducationLori Seeling, Director of Secondary Education

MetacognitionComprehension Connections

June 9, 2015 Presented by: Margaret Newman

This book by Tanny McGregor shows teachers how to help learners develop concrete thinking skills. Prepare to recharge your reading focus with new tools, deep discussion, and lesson demonstrations to make your students become strategic thinkers and readers. SISD participants will receive a copy of the book.

K-3

The Daily FiveJune 9, 2015

Presented by: Pam Slaughter & Janna Taylor Do you want to spend less time on classroom management and more time teaching? Do you want to help students develop independence, stamina, and accountability? In this session teachers will learn everything they need to launch and sustain the Daily 5 in their classroom. SISD participants will receive a copy of the book.

K-4

Building a Math MindsetJune 10, 2015

Presented by: Sabrina McCullough Gain a deep understanding of the progression of Math skills in grades 5-8. Learn to build deep conceptual math knowledge in students and help them learn to persevere in problem solving.

5-8

Analyzing Primary Sources the Library of Congress Way

June 10, 2015 Presented by: Stacy Branam

Primary sources grab student interest, encourage questioning, & bring people, places, and events to life. Learn techniques developed for studying and analyzing primary sources. Be prepared to interact with a variety of primary sources and learn ways to use them effectively in your own classroom.

K-12

4th Grade UBD Math PlanningJune 8, 2015

Presented by: Sabrina McCullough Looking to get a jump start on the year in math? If yes, you don’t want to miss this session! Working with THE math expert and other teachers across the district, this session will allow you to utilize the Unit 1 IFD and performance indicators to plan your lessons. You will leave with Unit 1 completely planned. Please bring your IFD and any relevant ancillary materials.

4th

The Daily Five: Digging DeeperJune 10, 2015

Presented by: Pam Slaughter & Janna Taylor It is imperative to engage ALL stuents in daily literacy instruction and assessment. Digging deeper into the Daily 5 the Café is the perfect compliment. It provides a structure for conferring with students, a language for talking about reading development, and a system for tracking growth and fostering student independence.

K-4

Talking About NumbersJune 11, 2015

Presented by: Pam Slaughter & Janna Taylor For some kids numbers are just plain scary! Change the way you and your students look at numbers. Teachers will be introduced to multiple tools for helping students develop computational fluency.

K-5

The Highly Engaged ClassroomJune 11, 2015

Presented by: Margaret Newman & Kimberly Nunn

Want to motivate your students to become involved and engaged in their own learning? Come for an overview of Dr. Robert J. Marzano’s book, The Highly Engaged Classroom, on how to increase student engagement in the classroom. SISD participants will receive a copy of the book.

K-12

3rd Grade UBD Math PlanningJune 11, 2015

Presented by: Sabrina McCullough Looking to get a jump start on the year in math? If yes, you don’t want to miss this session! Working with a math expert and other teachers across the district, this session will allow you to utilize the Unit 1 IFD and performance indicators to plan your lessons. You will leave with Unit 1 completely planned. Please bring your IFD and any relevant ancillary materials.

3rd

The Power of Blogging and Digital Portfolios

June 10, 2015 Presented by: Ann Higginbotham & Mignon Plyler

With an emphasis on literacy & the opportunity to write; participants will learn how to use blogs as a digital portfolio for their students. Blogging can support the strategies, techniques & approaches to facilitate the learning in your classroom no matter what grade level, age group and subject area. Blogging supports reading, writing, reflecting and sharing and is an excellent approach to promote learning!

K-12

Algebra 2 TEKS in ActionJune 16, 2015

Presented by: Beth Loughry

Take an extensive look at the new Algebra 2 math TEKS

Alg2 Interactive Learning

Algebra 1 TEKS in ActionJune 15, 2015


Take an extensive look at the new Algebra I math TEKS.


Alg1

Spelling that SticksJune 15, 2015

Presented by: Nicole Newbold Tired of traditional spelling? Ideas and practices for bringing metacognition and literacy into spelling routines will be explored in this workshop. SISD participants will receive a copy of the book.

K-4

Purposeful Planning in Science using Process Skills

June 15, 2015 Presented by: Michael Milburn

Designed to guide science teachers & administrators through planning meaningful and purposeful lessons using the IFD. Emphasis will be placed on how the science process skills are driving the STAAR & our instruction. Participants will need to bring a copy of the Unit 2 IFD and current unit Assessment to work with during the session.

5-8Interactive Learning

Mentally Healthy ClassroomJune 12, 2015

Presented by:Greg Howse & Rebecca Russell Students arrive in your classroom with a variety of experiences & challenges. Here the general education teacher will receive tools to create a mentally healthy classroom. The focus will be enhancing student learning through relationships, motivation, & the environment. Some of the areas addressed will include anxiety, trauma, impulse control, & other factors students bring with them.

5-8

Choice Words & Opening MindsJune 16, 2015

Presented by: Dafne Stengel Teachers don’t just teach children skills; they build healthy learning communities. Teachers create intellectual environments that promote learning while fostering caring, human beings. This is done through the most powerful learning tool: language. The words teachers choose affect students not only in the classroom but their future as well. SISD participants will receive copies of both books.

K-12

Geometry TEKS in ActionJune 17, 2015


Take an extensive look at the new Geometry math TEKS.

Geo

Purposeful Planning with Process Skills in High School Science

June 18, 2015 Presented by: Michael Milburn

Designed to guide science teachers & administrators through planning meaningful and purposeful lessons using the IFD. Emphasis will be placed on how the science process skills are driving the STAAR & our instruction. Participants will need to bring a copy of the Unit 2 IFD and current unit Assessment to work with during the session.

HS

Mentally Healthy ClassroomJune 18, 2015

Presented by:Greg Howse & Rebecca Russell Students arrive in your classroom with a variety of experiences & challenges. Here the general education teacher will receive tools to create a mentally healthy classroom. The focus will be enhancing student learning through relationships, motivation, & the environment. Some of the areas addressed will include anxiety, trauma, impulse control, & other factors students bring with them.

K-4



21st Century Learning DesignJune 18, 2015

Presented by: Ann Higginbotham & Mignon Plyler How would you like to bring innovation, 21st century teaching & learning to your classroom? Come learn about the 21st Century Learning Design Framework. Attendees will learn the research behind the 21st Century Learning Design framework & be introduced to the 6 learning dimensions within the framework. Teachers will work together to score lessons according to the framework rubric. Each teacher needs to bring two lessons from their curriculum to work on building into the framework.

K-12

Big Bang Theory RewindJune 22, 2015

Presented by: Lori Seelig

What would life have been like for the super-smart characters of TV’s “The Big Bang Theory” as gifted kids in public school? With research and humor, explore the strengths and weaknesses of each character and discuss ways to meet their unique social and emotional needs.

GT

Guided Reading & BeyondJune 23, 2015

Presented by: Dafne Stengel & Regina O’Malley

You asked for it…here it is! Come for a learning-filled day of instruction. The morning will focus on the nuts and bolts of basic Guided Reading. Return for an afternoon which covers more in-depth topics related to teaching Guided Reading including classroom management, grading, and specific skills within the guided reading process.

K-4

Instructional Strategies: A Make & TakeJune 23, 2015

Presented by: Pam Slaughter & Janna Taylor “If students are not engaged, there is little, if any, chance that they will learn what is being addressed in class” (Marzano, 2011). Learn how to create a classroom environment in which engagement is the norm-not the exception

2-6

Building a Math MindsetJune 23, 2015

Presented by: Sabrina McCullough Gain a deep understanding of the progression of Math skills in grades 5-8. Learn to build deep conceptual math knowledge in students and help them learn to persevere in problem solving.

Note: This is a REPEAT session.

5-8

Differentiation

2nd Grade UBD Math PlanningJune 18, 2015


2nd

Literacy LandscapesJune 25, 2015

Presented by: Chandra Shaw While students may be familiar with narrative text structure, they often miss the deeper meaning in literary texts. Drawing from the work of Jeffrey D. Wilhelm & Michael W. Smith, participants will explore ways to analyze elements which are critical to determining meaning and making complex inferences. Learn innovative strategies to engage interactive explorations of these elements.

3-8

Thinking Like a Historian: Document Based Questioning

June 25, 2015 Presented by: Angela Emens

Collaboration is an essential skill for twenty first century learners but too often it becomes a chaotic free-for-all. This course will cover the basic principles of productive group work in a realistic, applicable, and content specific format. This will also include collaborative strategies for teaching using primary sources and document based questions.

5-8

Thinking Like a Historian: Document Based Questioning

June 26, 2015 Presented by: Angela Emens

Collaboration is an essential skill for twenty first century learners but too often it becomes a chaotic free-for-all. This course will cover the basic principles of productive group work in a realistic, applicable, and content specific format. This will also include collaborative strategies for teaching using primary sources and document based questions.

9-12

Running Records and BeyondJune 30, 2015

Presented by: Sebrina Stiggers & Regina O’Malley

Want to improve your reading teaching skills? Come for a day full of hands-on learning about running records. Discover how to use this tool to inform your instruction and analyze the results! Learn all about how meaning, structure and visual cues reveal what information your students are using (or neglecting) in reading.

K-4

Science Labs: Hesitant to ConfidentJune 30, 2015

Presented by: Kenric Davies & Tahni Nichols

Science labs are supposed to be opportunities for students to actually “do” science! This training will focus on ways to help teachers train students on how to perform labs & how to handle data. Also will provide ways to move your science labs away from the “cookbook” and more towards guided inquiry.

K-12



MetacognitionComprehension Connections

July 9, 2015 Presented by: Margaret Newman

This book by Tanny McGregor shows teachers how to help learners develop concrete thinking skills. Prepare to recharge your reading focus with new tools, deep discussion, and lesson demonstrations to make your students become strategic thinkers and readers. SISD participants will receive a copy of the book.

K-3

Spelling that SticksJuly 8, 2015

Presented by: Nicole Newbold Tired of traditional spelling? Ideas and practices for bringing metacognition and literacy into spelling routines will be explored in this workshop. SISD participants will receive a copy of the book.

K-4

Instructional Strategies: A Make & TakeJuly 8, 2015

Presented by: Karen Reddell & Lori Salmond “If students are not engaged, there is little, if any, chance that they will learn what is being addressed in class” (Marzano, 2011). Learn how to create a classroom environment in which engagement is the norm-not the exception

2-6

The Power of Blogging and Digital Portfolios

July 14, 2015 Presented by: Ann Higginbotham & Mignon Plyler

With an emphasis on literacy & the opportunity to write; participants will learn how to use blogs as a digital portfolio for their students. Blogging can support the strategies, techniques & approaches to facilitate the learning in your classroom no matter what grade level, age group and subject area. Blogging supports reading, writing, reflecting and sharing and is an excellent approach to promote learning!

K-12

Vocabulary Development with Content Word Walls & Beyond

June 30, 2015 Presented by: Dawn Osborne

Increased level of vocabulary in STAAR, it is more important than ever to prepare students to problem solve words as they read. This workshop will focus on helping teachers in all content areas to acquire teaching strategies that will support students to become independent word solvers across the curriculum. Come see how it can make your teaching more effective in all subjects!

K-12

Science Labs: Hesitant to ConfidentJuly 14, 2015

Presented by: Kenric Davies & Tahni Nichols

Science labs are supposed to be opportunities for students to actually “do” science! This training will focus on ways to help teachers train students on how to perform labs & how to handle data. Also will provide ways to move your science labs away from the “cookbook” and more towards guided inquiry.Note: This is a REPEAT session.

K-12

Choice Words & Opening MindsJuly 14, 2015

Presented by: Dafne Stengel Teachers don’t just teach children skills; they build healthy learning communities. Teachers create intellectual environments that promote learning while fostering caring, human beings. This is done through the most powerful learning tool: language. The words teachers choose affect students not only in the classroom but their future as well. SISD participants will receive copies of both books.

K-12

The Highly Engaged ClassroomJuly 16, 2015

Presented by: Margaret Newman & Kimberly Nunn

Want to motivate your students to become involved and engaged in their own learning? Come for an overview of Dr. Robert J. Marzano’s book, The Highly Engaged Classroom, on how to increase student engagement in the classroom. SISD participants will receive a copy of the book.

K-12


1st Grade UBD Math PlanningJuly 15, 2015


1st

21st Century Learning DesignJuly 16, 2015

Presented by: Ann Higginbotham & Mignon Plyler How would you like to bring innovation, 21st century teaching & learning to your classroom? Come learn about the 21st Century Learning Design Framework. Attendees will learn the research behind the 21st Century Learning Design framework & be introduced to the 6 learning dimensions within the framework. Teachers will work together to score lessons according to the framework rubric. Each teacher needs to bring two lessons from their curriculum to work on building into the framework.

K-12

Bilingual Learning CentersJuly 20, 2015

Presented by: Myrna Castillo This make and take workshop is designed to help you create bilingual learning centers that you can implement in your classroom within the first week! All items will be aligned to the SLAR IFD. This session will help you to have that “leg-up” to ensure a successful start to the school year!

K-2

Guided Reading & BeyondJuly 21, 2015

Presented by: Dafne Stengel & Regina O’Malley

You asked for it…here it is! Come for a learning-filled day of instruction. The morning will focus on the nuts and bolts of basic Guided Reading. Return for an afternoon which covers more in-depth topics related to teaching Guided Reading including classroom management, grading, and specific skills within the guided reading process.

K-4

The Daily FiveJuly 21, 2015

Presented by: Karen Reddell & Lori Salmond Do you want to spend less time on classroom management and more time teaching? Do you want to help students develop independence, stamina, and accountability? In this session teachers will learn everything they need to launch and sustain the Daily 5 in their classroom. SISD participants will receive a copy of the book.

K-4

Kindergarten UBD Math PlanningJuly 20, 2015


KG

Knowing the Game: Deep Understanding of STAAR Writing Rubrics

July 20, 2015 Presented by: Sharon Runge

This workshop combines two R10 workshops to give teachers a deep understanding and insight into the scoring process for STAAR and EOC. “Scoring STARR Essays: Narrative, Expository, and Persuasive” and “Using the SAQ to Develop Prompts, Score Responses and Move Instruction Forward”

7-12


Essential & Leveled Questions + Socratic Seminar in ELAR

July 21, 2015Presented by: Sharon Runge

Critical thinkers employ a series of questions to explore an issue, an idea, or something intriguing. In this workshop, participants will learn how essential questions impact the focus and direction of a lesson, discuss how to instruct students to develop quality questions, and explore how to use proper questioning to drive a Socratic seminar in the classroom.

5-12

The Daily Five: Digging DeeperJuly 22, 2015

Presented by: Karen Reddell & Lori Salmond It is imperative to engage ALL stuents in daily literacy instruction and assessment. Digging deeper into the Daily 5 the Café is the perfect compliment. It provides a structure for conferring with students, a language for talking about reading development, and a system for tracking growth and fostering student independence.

K-4

Start the Year RightJuly 23, 2015

Presented by: Sabrina McCullough

You asked for it…here it is! Unit One planning with lessons learned from STAAR using the UbD framework. This session will allow you to use the Unit 1 IFD and performance indicators to plan your lessons. Please bring the Unit 1 IFD and any relevant ancillary materials.

5-8

Bilingual Research CentersJuly 22, 2015

Presented by: Myrna Castillo This make and take workshop is designed to help you create bilingual research centers that you can begin utilizing to set the stage for learning in your classroom! All items will be aligned to IFDs. This session will help you to have that “leg-up” to ensure a successful start to the school year!

K-2

Talking About NumbersJuly 23, 2015

Presented by: Karen Redell & Lori Salmond For some kids numbers are just plain scary! Change the way you and your students look at numbers. Teachers will be introduced to multiple tools for helping students develop computational fluency.

K-5


RTI for the ELLJuly 30, 2015

Presented by: Dawn Osborne You have ELLs in the RtI process, but what specifically should you be doing to teach them differently? If the answer is vague, this is the presentation for you. We will walk you through this process providing you with activities & methods. Are you confused by determining if the child’s issue is in learning content or learning English? This, too, will be addressed in this workshop!

K-2


MetacognitionTeaching for Transfer at the

Metacognitive LevelJuly 29, 2015

Presented by: Dawn Osborne Do your students struggle to apply their learning the next day to other situations? Perhaps the problem is not having mastered the ability of transfer. Come get strategies to teach in the way that the brain naturally learns. These techniques will make it easy for the brain to learn and transfer new material to new situations.

K-12

High School UBD Math PlanningAugust 10, 2015

Presented by: Beth Loughry This year high school math implements new TEKS and has new textbooks. Come to this facilitated planning session to gain a deep understanding of the changes to the IFDs and see how you can incorporate resources from new materials into successful unit planning.

9-12

Vocabulary Development with Content Word Walls & Beyond

July 28, 2015 Presented by: Dawn Osborne

Increased level of vocabulary in STAAR, it is more important than ever to prepare students to problem solve words as they read. This workshop will focus on helping teachers in all content areas to acquire teaching strategies that will support students to become independent word solvers across the curriculum. Come see how it can make your teaching more effective in all subjects!

K-12

Additional Offerings:If the offerings in this booklet do not meet some of your specific needs, please consult with your administrator to find an appropriate offering. Consider these two places when looking for an additional training:

Region 10 Event Registration

Region 10 Online Learning Center

Two Comp DaysWe have ADDED a second comp day to the calendar for the 2015-2016 school year. SISD Instructional Staff will now have TWO Comp Days. Like prior years, your principal will approve the staff development for your comp days. Each campus principal has the form with the specific guidelines and will work with you to complete it.

*Note to New Hires: All staff development opportunties in the booklet are available to you. If there is a training that you are in need of that has already occured, we will work with you to ensure that your needs are met. Please work with your campus principal to obtain the form with the specific guidelines and the required signatures.

All trainings in this booklet are open to teachers outside of Sherman ISD. If you are interested in attending one or more of these trainings, please do the following: -send your name, phone number, school, school district, and e-mail address to Carol McDaniel ([email protected]).

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Summer 2015 Professional Learning Offerings · A Message from Dr. Al Hambrick As we close one year and look forward to the next, I want to thank each of you for your continued dedication