Stewart County Schools
Professional Development
Opportunities
2008-2009
Central Office Copy
Professional Development Registration Form
For the 2008-2009 School Year
Name ____________________________________________Date________
Please list all professional development activities you wish to participate in during the summer months. Return this form to the Stewart County Board of Education through the courier service or by mail. Please make a photocopy for your records.
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School-Based Curriculum Training (Dates TBA - Summer) |
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Follow-up Curriculum Meetings Six 1-hour Sessions (Dates Attached) |
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July 31 |
System-Wide Professional Development Opening Session (SCMS) |
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Aug. 4 or 5* |
6 + 1 Trait Writing (Session Groups TBA) |
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Nov. 10* |
6 + 1 Trait Writing – Follow-Up Curriculum Standards Training – Follow-Up |
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* = Stockpile Day
Total of all hours (should be a minimum of 42 hours consisting of 30 required hours and 12 hours from the August 4 or 5 and November 10 stockpile days).
I verify that the above information is correct to the best of my knowledge.
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Signature Date
Employee Copy
Professional Development Registration Form
For the 2008-2009 School Year
Name ____________________________________________Date________
Please list all professional development activities you wish to participate in during the summer months. Return this form to the Stewart County Board of Education through the courier service or by mail. Please make a photocopy for your records.
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School-Based Curriculum Training (Dates TBA - Summer) |
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July 31 |
System-Wide Professional Development Opening Session (SCMS) |
6 |
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Aug. 4 or 5* |
6 + 1 Trait Writing (Session Groups TBA) |
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Follow-up Curriculum Meetings Six 1-hour Sessions (Dates Attached) |
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Nov. 10* |
6 + 1 Trait Writing – Follow-Up Curriculum Standards Training – Follow-Up |
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Total Hours_______ |
* = Stockpile Day
Total of all hours (should be a minimum of 42 hours consisting of 30 required hours and 12 hours from the August 4 or 5 and November 10 stockpile days).
I verify that the above information is correct to the best of my knowledge.
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Signature Date
Follow-Up Curriculum Meetings
(One Hour Each – After School Hours)
SCHS
August 28
September 25
October 23
January 28
February 25
March 25
SCMS
August 26
September 23
October 21
January 27
February 24
March 24
DES
August 26
September 23
October 21
January 27
February 24
March 24
NSE
August 27
September 24
October 22
January 28
February 25
March 25
Date:
Time:
Location:
Designed For: Pre-K-5
Teachers and Support Staff
Credit Hours: 3
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Presenter:
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Topic: BOOST
– UP ROOMS
SMART - Stimulating Maturity for Accelerated Readiness
Training
This session will give participants a basic description of the Curriculum Guide for SMART and how it is utilized in the BOOST – UP room as well as how a classroom teacher or assistant can utilize the room. If participants have a SMART book, they are encouraged to bring it to the session. SMART is a multi-sensory approach to learning designed to develop and enhance the physiological and neurological readiness skills children need to succeed in school. The curriculum generally consists of activities for developing and or enhancing children’s large and fine muscle skills, visual perception and eye-hand coordination. This session will be interactive so dress accordingly.
Date:
Time:
Location: North Stewart
Elementary – Room 10
Designed For: Grades
K – 5 Teachers
Credit Hours: 3
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Presenters:
· Topic: Integrating Technology/SMART Boards in the Classroom
Do you want to utilize technology in the classroom, but
aren’t tech savvy? Would you like to
learn of some excellent websites to use in the classroom? This professional development session will
enable teachers to have a better understanding of how to incorporate technology
into the classroom. We will demonstrate
the usage of some of these websites to enhance the learning process. We will also incorporate the demonstrating
and usage of SMART Board equipment and the document camera. If you have always wanted to learn more about
technology, or if you are just curious to learn a few more ideas, then this is
the professional development session for you!
Date:
Time:
Location: Stewart County
Middle School- Room 108
Designed For: Grades
Pre-K – 12 Teachers, Support Staff, Bus Drivers, Cafeteria
Personnel and Parents
Credit Hours: 3
Presenter:
Topic:
Building Safety Nets to Help Children and Youth Succeed
(What does support really look like?)
“Have you every wondered why some kids are more likely to be successful
in school, their community, and in their relationships with others, while
others are more likely to struggle, and even fail?”
You may be surprised to find that the answer is simpler than you ever thought it could be. This informal, interactive session will use the concept of a dream catcher to give a visual of how we can provide support to the children and youth that we come in contact with each day. Participants will discuss the Forty Developmental Assets and how we can provide support for students so that they can be successful.
Dress Comfortably!!!!
Date:
Time:
Location:
Designed For: Grades
K – 5 Teachers
Credit Hours: 3
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Presenters:
· Topic: Teaching with Technology
This workshop concentrates on the use of technology to teach curriculum objectives. This session is geared specifically for K-5 teachers and will cover the following topics:
Date:
Time:
Location: The Center for
Teaching and Learning
Designed For: Grades
Pre-K-12 Teachers and Support Staff
Credit Hours: 12
RE-CERTIFY ON JUNE 5 FOR 4 HOURS PD
CREDIT
Presenter:
Topic: CPI Non-Violent
Crisis Intervention Training
The Crisis Prevention Institute’s Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training is a physically interactive session that will give the participants improved communication and active listening skills as well as certification on proper restraint.
Restraint techniques are to be utilized as a last resort and only on someone that is physically smaller than the person implementing the restraint.
Participant will be able to identify the levels of crisis and the proper response to each level.
This session will be interactive so dress accordingly.
Date:
Time:
Location: The Center for
Teaching and Learning
Designed For: Past
Participants for Re-Certification
Pre-K-12
Teachers and Support Staff
Credit Hours: 4
Presenter:
Topic: CPI Non-Violent
Crisis Intervention Training
Past participants may attend on this date for re-certification
This is a refresher course for The Crisis Prevention Institutes Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training. The session will be a physically interactive session that will review the communication and active listening skills as well as re-certify the participant on proper restraint.
Participant will be able to identify the levels of crisis and the proper response to each level.
This session will be interactive so dress accordingly.
Date:
Time:
Location: North Stewart
Elementary – Room 10
Designed For: Grades
1– 5 Teachers
Credit Hours: 3
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Presenters:
· Topic: Using the Scott Foresman Reading Website Efficiently
Would you like
to learn more about the Scott Foresman website?
Are you confused about how to utilize the Scott Foresman website? This staff development will enable you to
have a basic understanding of how to maneuver the website. This staff development will include how to
enter students/classes data, how to assign unit tests, how to read the
students’ scores, and much more. This
knowledge will give you an advantage to the start of the next school year. You will need to bring your online access
pack you received to the staff development to enable the set up process.
Date:
Time:
Location:
Designed For: Grades
3 – 5 Social Studies Teachers
Credit Hours: 3
· Presenter: Cheryl Ellis – Harcourt Representative
· Topic: New Social Studies Textbooks
This session will provide information about the new textbook
series adopted for social studies in grade 3 – 5. This workshop will be invaluable for teachers
of social studies in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th
grades.
Date:
Time:
Location: The Center for
Teaching and Learning
Designed For: Healthy
School Team Members
Credit Hours: 6
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Presenters:
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Topic: Healthy
School Team & Completing School Health Index
Congress recognizes that schools play a critical role in promoting student health, preventing childhood obesity, and combating problems associated with poor nutrition and physical inactivity. To formalize and encourage this role, Congress has also passed a law (P.L. 108 - 265). It states that each local educational agency participating in a program authorized by the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq) or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq) shall establish a local school wellness policy by School Year 2006.
This session will give an overview of the two laws and Center for Disease Control’s (CDC’s) School Health Index (SHI): A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide that must be utilized by the Healthy School Teams that is a mandate of these laws. The session will also describe how this tool can be used to assess and improve school health policies and programs. The primary components to this policy include:
1. All Local Education Agencies (LEA’s) must have representative School Health Advisory Councils or Healthy School Teams which will be responsible for instigating healthy changes in their school districts.
2. Each Healthy School Team must take the lead in implementing the SHI with schools within their district. During the first year, each school must complete Modules 1, 3, and 4 at a minimum. In subsequent years, they should complete the other 5 modules. Having completed these modules in FY 06-07, they will be reviewed and others completed for a more complete plan of action for the school year 07-08.
3. After a brief overview the group will be slit into school groups to complete the above modules and action plans.
Date:
Time:
Location:
Designed For: Grades
Pre-K – 12 Teachers
Credit Hours: 3
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Presenter:
· Topic: School Safety and Danger Abatement
This session is a basic
course designed to inform all school staff and personnel about the history,
problems and precursors of Targeted School Violence. The principals of danger abatement are
discussed and “hands-on” training is provided.
This session is limited to 24 participants.
Date:
Time:
Location:
Designed For: Grades
Pre-K – 12 Teachers
Credit Hours: 3
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Presenter:
· Topic: School Safety Threat Assessment Fundamentals
The information presented in
this course provides a framework in how to set up and operate a School Threat
Assessment Team. Team membership, proper communication among stakeholders,
violence precursors and legal issues are discussed. Time will be provided for a question and answer
session. This session is limited to 24
participants.
Date:
Time:
Location: Stewart County
Middle School- Room 109
Designed For: Grades
3 – 8 Teachers and Support Staff
Credit Hours: 3
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Presenters:
· Topic: Inclusion – “What Works”
Teaching diverse learners is often difficult – from keeping the learner engaged to keeping yourself motivated! This session will challenge the teacher to implement some “what works” strategies in their classrooms. You will walk away with additional teaching strategies, technology tools, and tips on how to collaborate with resource teachers (i.e. SPED, ELL).
Date:
Time:
Location: Stewart County
Middle School- Room 109
Designed For: Grades
Pre-K - 12 Teachers and Support Staff
Credit Hours: 3
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Presenters:
· Topic: “What Did You Say?” – Working with English Language Learners
What did you say? Working with English Language Learners: From conveying basic ideas to analyzing