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This document provides information about the Teacher Symposium taking place on May 7, 2016 at Abraham Lincoln High School. It includes the schedule, location details, and instructions for registering for sessions through SchoolNet. The symposium will consist of teacher-led professional development sessions across various subject areas and topics. Teachers must register and sign in/out of sessions to receive compensation and Act 48 credits.

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  Teacher Symposium May 7, 2016 Session Catalog Registration opens in PD Planner Monday, March 28th and closes Friday, April 15th. Follow us on Twitter @SDPtchnglrng and use #TS2016 to promote the event on social media.
  Before you begin… The Teacher Symposium is a day of primarily teacher-led professional development open to all teachers in the School District of Philadelphia. This event is an excellent opportunity to learn from colleagues, network, and celebrate the incredible work you do on behalf of our students. All participants will self-select into the sessions that are most interesting and relevant to their professional growth. We are only able to compensate employees in the role of a teacher. Participants must sign in and out of every session for compensation; however, there is no compensation for the lunch hour. Please note that it may take 6-8 weeks for payment to be received. We will issue 1.5 Act 48 credits for each session attended. Location Abraham Lincoln High School 3201 Ryan Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19136 Schedule Overview 8:00am – 9:00am Registration 9:00am – 10:30am Session 1 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 2 12:15pm – 1:15pm Lunch 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 3 3:00pm – 4:30pm Session 4 Session Registration Registration for all sessions will be done through SchoolNet. Please see the next page for directions on how to do this. Nearly every session is offered four times throughout the day with a maximum of 25 participants per session. If you notice that one session is full, check if there are openings during other times of the day. There will not be waiting lists for sessions given the size of this event. If you register and then are no longer able to attend, please unregister yourself so that a space will be made available for another teacher. Questions Please address any questions regarding this event to effectiveness@philasd.org. We will respond to you within one business day.
3   Step 1 Read through all of the sessions and identify the ones you wish to attend. Nearly every session is offered four times. Step 2 Log into PD Planner through www.philasd.org. (Follow the illustrated steps below) Step 3 Register for your session by searching with the activity# -- this may be a phrase. (Follow the illustrated steps below) 1 2 3 0 Click the Educator Development header Type the activity# in here and click “Go” Click the title to view details and see what sections are available. After you click the activity title to view details, choose from the available open section(s) in the right column and click Register. You will receive an email confirmation. 12 3 0 4
4   Table of Contents Category Suggested Grade Levels Session Title Page # Classroom Management K - 5 Positive Behavior for Learning: Managing student behavior with practical positive behavior support strategies 6 Classroom Management 3 - 8 How Do you Effectively Create a Classroom that Runs Itself? 10 Classroom Management 3 - 8 Building Positive Student/Teacher Relationships: Management strategies that rebuild relationships instead of punish students 15 Classroom Management K - 12 Inspire, Motivate, and Engage: Building classroom community 16 Classroom Management K - 12 To Thy Own Self Be True: Strategies for building 2-way relationships with your students 16 Classroom Management K - 4 A Journey to "Distinguished": Join me to establish a practical culture of learning in your classroom while managing classroom procedures. 17 Classroom Management K - 3 Gain 3 to 4 Hours of Instructional Time 19 Classroom Management K - 12 Love and Logic Skills to Reduce Stress & Increase Cooperation 24 CTE 9 - 12 Making Projects Pop: The art and science of project-based learning in CTE 20 General Pedagogy 6 - 12 Student Engagement Through Higher Level Thinking 7 General Pedagogy 3 - 7 The Busy Teacher’s Guide to Student-Centered Learning 11 General Pedagogy 1 - 8 Budding Brains will Bloom: Utilizing higher order questioning with Bloom’s Taxonomy 17 General Pedagogy K - 8 Investigate Design Improve IDI 101 18 General Pedagogy 9 - 12 EVERYday Engagement 21 General Pedagogy K - 12 Building Toward Project-Based Learning 21 General Pedagogy 9 - 12 Developing Higher-Order Thinking Questions 23 History 6 - 12 Historical Fiction: Building creative writing skills by embracing the past 7 Literacy K - 2 Boosting Comprehension in Nonfiction Reading 6 Literacy 3 - 5 Growing Readers: Cultivating students’ love for literacy through Guided Reading 9 Literacy 7 - 12 Bringing them Back: Strategies for engaging our most disinterested readers and writers. 10 Literacy K - 2 Beyond Reading: How to encourage kids to do more than just read! 13 Literacy 9 - 12 Making it Pop (Culture)! 14 Literacy K - 3 Guiding Teachers to Glide Through Guided Reading K-3 14 Mathematics 8 - 12 The Standards and Beyond: Ensuring vertical alignment within your mathematics classroom 9 Mathematics K - 6 Engaging Students Using Centers in Math 12 Mathematics 3 - 6 Jump Into the Depths of Fractions! Fractional Reasoning in the Common Core 20 Mathematics & Science 6 - 12 How to Estimate Everything: Using context to build number sense 11 Family/Community Connections K - 12 Effective Communication: Building trust between families and teachers 21 Family/Community Connections K - 12 Eliciting Student Voice: Connecting the classroom to the community through student driven service-learning. 25
5   Category Suggested Grade Levels Session Title Page # Science K - 4 Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall: Looking at children's literature for science concepts and reflecting on questioning techniques 18 Science 3 - 6 The Variable Universe 24 Self/Student Organization K - 12 The Together Teacher TM: Create a personal organization system 15 Self/Student Organization K - 12 Organized Binder: Getting your students organized, independent and ready for learning 22 Special Education/ELL K - 9 Maximizing the Co-Teaching Environment 7 Special Education/ELL 1 - 5 Tiered Lessons Without Tears 12 Special Education/ELL K - 3 Co-Teaching in an English Language Learner Classroom 13 Technology 6 - 12 Be a Techno Teacher: Exploring QR codes and formative assessment tools in education 8 Technology K - 12 Blended Learning Strategies for Engagement 22 Technology K - 12 Student Centered, Student Empowered Learning 23 Writing K - 2 From Drawing a Picture to Writing a Focused Paragraph: Writing in grades K-2 8 Writing 3 - 12 Seamless & Smiling Success with Writer’s Workshop 16 Writing K - 2 10 Mentor Texts to Ignite Your Writing Instruction 19 Classroom Management K - 5 Positive Behavior for Learning: Managing student behavior with practical positive behavior support strategies 18 Classroom Management 3 - 8 How Do you Effectively Create a Classroom that Runs Itself? 24
  Session Descriptions TITLE Boosting Comprehension in Nonfiction Reading TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY# Teachers of grades K-2 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm BoostingComprehension DESCRIPTION Participants will learn how to lift their students’ nonfiction comprehension during read-alouds and small groups. Teachers will practice extending their students’ thinking beyond what is on the page by pushing their students to do more than regurgitate information. Additionally, participants will practice teaching for transference. Participants will design and walk away with teaching points that are transferrable rather than ones that are text or child-specific. We will also explore the link between comprehension and text structure. TITLE Positive Behavior for Learning: Managing student behavior with practical positive behavior support strategies TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-5 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm PositiveBehaviorForLearning DESCRIPTION Managing difficult and diverse student behaviors is one of the greatest challenges we face as educators. This session will introduce practical positive behavior support strategies designed to improve the academic and social skills of our students. These individual and class-wide strategies have been research-proven to be highly effective in managing challenging behaviors while motivating student achievement. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the importance of utilizing positive behavior support strategies and learn how to implement these strategies in their own classrooms. Specific strategies that will be covered include the use of token boards, classroom economies and correlating clip charts, which have all been thoroughly tested and highly successful in my own classrooms. Systems for tracking and graphing data on student performance resulting from the use of these strategies will also be introduced.
7   TITLE Student Engagement Through Higher Level Thinking TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 6-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm PromotingStudentEngagement DESCRIPTION This course will model a sample literacy lesson for middle and high school teachers using both a fiction and a nonfiction passage. The lesson will incorporate note-taking strategies, controversial questioning used to promote higher-level thinking, discussion techniques, and much more. Teachers will leave the session with multiple strategies to engage and interest students not only in literacy, but in any content area. TITLE Historical Fiction: Building creative writing skills by embracing the past TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 6-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm HistoricalFiction DESCRIPTION This presentation will focus on the research that suggests that student engagement in content is driven by personal connections combined with creative outlets to illustrate understanding. Specific focus will be placed on the implementation of student driven chapter book writing and the process of developing published material. TITLE Maximizing the Co-Teaching Environment TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-9 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm MaximizingCo-teaching DESCRIPTION This presentation will familiarize the participants with the 5 co-teaching formats: One Teach/One Support, Station Teaching, Team Teaching, Alternative Teaching, and Parallel Teaching. Participants will become aware of the pros and cons of each type of co- teaching. Participants will also learn techniques to use this approach as a way to tier and differentiate instruction and content.
8   TITLE From Drawing a Picture to Writing a Focused Paragraph: Writing in grades K-2 TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-2 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm FromDrawingToWriting DESCRIPTION Teachers will become familiar with the writing standards for K-2 writers. Teachers will examine writing samples in order to determine the developmental writing stages of K-2 writers. Teachers will review the SDP quarterly writing requirements (narrative, persuasive, informational – one piece published per quarter) to ensure alignment. Teachers will use the Pennsylvania Assessment Writing Domain Scoring Guide to score writing samples. Teachers will learn to use a four square writing tool to support K-2 writers as they learn to write a 5- sentence paragraph. Teachers will explore writing portfolio ideas to spark enthusiasm about writing. TITLE Be a Techno Teacher: Exploring QR codes and formative assessment tools in education TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 6-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm BeATechnoTeacher DESCRIPTION In this session, teachers will actively engage with technologies to differentiate and assess lessons for diverse learners via Quick Response (QR) codes and various formative assessment tools. They will try out these novel, engaging and easy to use technologies in the symposium; hence all participants are encouraged to BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). No worries if your classroom doesn’t have many technological devices; there is technology available for differentiation and assessment in such classrooms as well!
9   TITLE The Standards and Beyond: Ensuring vertical alignment within your mathematics classroom TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 8-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16StandardsAndBeyond DESCRIPTION While the standards take us essentially through Algebra 2 and Geometry, how can you be assured that your students are ready for that next course—statistics, discrete math, calculus, and beyond? How do you ensure that you are not repeating the lessons learned last year or the year before? Evaluating your courses through vertical alignment is a tool that assists in establishing that assurance. TITLE Growing Readers: Cultivating students’ love for literacy through Guided Reading TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 3-5 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16GrowingReaders DESCRIPTION This workshop will focus on Guided Reading instruction in the 3-5 class room. Participants will learn how to collect and analyze student data to group and plan for effective small group instruction. They will also explore the reading behaviors to notice, teach, and support during Guided Reading and examine strategies to address them. Teachers will receive ideas for activities and practice in response to text as well as ideas for what the rest of the students are doing during Guided Reading. The overlap between Guided Reading behaviors and the PA Core will be introduced.
10   TITLE Bringing them Back: Strategies for engaging our most disinterested readers and writers. TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 7-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm BringingThemBack DESCRIPTION The objective is to empower teachers with a deeper understanding of student disengagement in the ELA classroom and a set of strategies to employ in order to make their lessons and instruction more engaging to students. Teachers will begin by considering their most challenging or disengaged readers and writers and thinking about class from their perspective. What does class look like for that student? What is it that triggers disengagement? How do they show disengagement? After generating a picture of disengagement, participants will consider strategies to boost engagement and interventions and modifications to existing lessons in order to target the “student on the edge,” while continuing to support all learners in the class. TITLE How Do you Effectively Create a Classroom that Runs Itself? TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grade 5 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16CreatingAClassroom DESCRIPTION This workshop is geared towards preparing a teacher to formulate effective rules, procedures, and routines that will cultivate an independent student-centered learning community. The tools offered in this workshop will enable the teacher to create a classroom atmosphere that fosters student independence and accountability, and that provides foundational supports for the educator to disseminate quality instruction. Teachers will have the opportunity to learn classroom management strategies, routines, and procedures that will minimize classroom infractions, and cultivate proactive parent/student accountability expectations. The workshop will focus on using behavior modification techniques that will allow students to play an accountable role in their own discipline and consequences. The teacher will be able to construct a classroom that will truly run itself.  
11   TITLE The Busy Teacher’s Guide to Student-Centered Learning TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 3-7 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm TheBusyTeacher5_7_16 DESCRIPTION This professional development will support teachers in planning and implementing a student- centered classroom. Participants will learn strategies and skills to engage students and make them active participants in their own learning. During this session, teachers will research the benefits to learner-centered classrooms and will begin planning some simple strategies they can use in their own practice. They will then create a plan to implement one new learner-centered strategy in their own classroom. TITLE How to Estimate Everything: Using context to build number sense TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 6-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm HowToEstimateEverything DESCRIPTION Number sense is a skill that's key to math and science across all grade levels, but it's rarely explicitly taught and developed in students. One way we as teachers can cultivate this in our students is through estimation. Related to this is the Fermi Question, a class of problems that uses careful assumptions and repeated estimation to arrive at an answer. By using specific estimation techniques and answering Fermi Questions, students can develop practical number sense and problem solving skills. This seminar will focus on learning by doing, with time spent developing plans for implementation in our own classes. During the session, we will first develop and practice estimation skills as a group, then follow that with techniques to teach these skills to our students. Afterward, we'll pose and answer Fermi Questions in small groups to practice problem decomposition, estimation, computation using scientific notation and reflecting on solutions. Special attention will be put toward using writing and presentation skills in math and science classes, as well as specific structures for group work and discussion. The topic and session will be most appropriate for grades 6-12, but adaptations can be made for elementary grades.
12   TITLE Tiered Lessons Without Tears TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 1-5 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm TieredLessonsWOTears DESCRIPTION Instructional planning and delivery can pose many challenges within an inclusive co-taught classroom when considering the range of instructional needs. Well-executed tiered lessons serve a dual pupose in that they can assure all students are gaining access to the general education curriculum goal or objective while assuring that all students are engaged in the lesson. This session will focus on planning tiered lessons across a common instructional outcome. In addition, the session will cover designing and modifying assessments in order to fairly and accurately assess a range of students within an inclusive setting. Lastly, this session will provide a framework for delivering tiered lessons and/or assessments within a co- teaching model. TITLE Engaging Students Using Centers in Math TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-6 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm EngagingStudentsInMath DESCRIPTION Math centers provide the opportunity for students to practice and apply skills and strategies taught within the classroom, both independently and in groups. Centers allow students to engage in various activities, which reiterate the skills already taught, while the teacher has the opportunity to work with individuals or small groups on specific topics that prove to be difficult. Centers also allow teachers to enrich and differentiate activities based on the individual needs of each student. This session will focus on having teachers create multi level activities for centers, which are teacher planned tasks that are designed at three different levels: Beginner, intermediate, and advanced—enabling students with diverse learning needs to challenge themselves accordingly. After teachers get a better understanding of why implementing centers is beneficial, teachers will be given time to work on creating their own centers that they can use in the classroom.
13   TITLE Beyond Reading: How to encourage kids to do more than just read! TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-2 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm BeyondReading DESCRIPTION Participants will learn how to teach note-taking skills to K-2 students using sticky notes in order to facilitate conversations around monitoring comprehension. Participants will also examine effective procedures for introducing and managing sticky note note-taking with their students. In addition, participants will discuss the use of sticky notes in promoting reading partner discussion in order to promote accountable language within the classroom. TITLE Co-Teaching in an English Language Learner Classroom TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-3 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm Co-TeachingInEnglish DESCRIPTION During the session, presenters (a regular classroom teacher and an ELL teacher) will share their experience co-teaching in a first grade class of 30 English language learners. They will give an overview of the advantages of co-teaching to instruct ELLs and will share several possible models to use in a co-teaching classroom. Facilitators will discuss the role of the ELL teacher and the classroom teacher in planning, instructing and assessing students, with a focus on using the Can-Do descriptors. We encourage ELL teachers and their co-operating classroom teacher to attend together.
14   TITLE Making it Pop (Culture)! TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 9-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16MakingItPop DESCRIPTION When used correctly, infusing pop culture into your classroom can create engaging lessons that tap into your students' interests. But beyond this, utilizing pop culture texts in your classroom can help students make connections between course concepts and the world around them, and help them begin to evaluate the media they passively consume daily. In this session we will identify Do's and Don'ts for using pop culture texts in your classroom, discuss literacy strategies for teaching your students to analyze pop culture texts, and explore sample lessons that incorporate pop culture texts. Then, we will work in small groups to create and share lessons and activities that incorporate pop culture texts for use in our classrooms. Participants will leave this session with concrete ideas of how to incorporate pop culture into their classrooms, and a toolbox of resources for implementation. TITLE Guiding Teachers to Glide Through Guided Reading K-3 TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-3 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm GuidingTeachersToGlide DESCRIPTION This training will provide information on how guided reading fits into the Balanced Literacy Block for K-3. Information will be presented on how to plan for the Guided Reading lesson and what the other students are doing during that time. Teachers will participate in a “fish bowl” Guided Reading lesson. Participants will analyze what type of data to record and a variety of ways to keep records.
15   TITLE Building Positive Student/Teacher Relationships: Management strategies that rebuild relationships instead of punish students TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 3-8 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16BuildingPositive DESCRIPTION A strong, positive, student/teacher relationship is one of the best ways to manage and control a classroom environment, yet it is still a struggle for many. In this session, we will talk about and share ways to help build these relationships so that the students start taking responsibility for their choices in order to feel appreciated and feel they are integral members of the classroom community. The objective for this lesson is to allow teachers to reflect on what it is students really need, assess if they are giving their students the space and ability to achieve success, and create ways to help within their classrooms. TITLE The Together Teacher TM: Create a personal organization system TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm TheTogetherTeacher DESCRIPTION Finding yourself overwhelmed with papers and struggling to keep yourself organized? Haven’t been able to find a personal organization system that you can stick with on a consistent basis? Using real-life examples, humor, and guided practice, we will take participants on a journey to create an “adult” Trapper Keeper. You will receive an interactive note-taking sheet, sample packets featuring tools from teachers, blank electronic templates to customize for personal use, and an actual folder for keeping it all together. We will look at actual samples of many teachers’ organization systems—both paper and electronic-based—and everything in between! There will be frequent checks for understanding and plenty of opportunities for applying skills.
16   TITLE Inspire, Motivate, and Engage: Building classroom community TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm InspireMotivate DESCRIPTION In this session, participants will learn how to create an effective classroom community that will revolutionize teaching and learning in any subject area. Participants that attend this session will learn specific activities and strategies that get students excited about learing. From lesson planning to assessment, Jacob Clifford has the strategies that will engage your students and get them to work collaboratively. TITLE Seamless & Smiling Success with Writer’s Workshop TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 3-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16SeamlessAndSmiling DESCRIPTION This presentation and training will empower teachers as they learn about and participate in hands-on lessons embodying text rendering of a pertinent academic article, write a bit to hone their own craft and then partake in team Writer’s Workshop in order to “learn and live” what their students will be learning and living as authentic writers. TITLE To Thy Own Self Be True: Strategies for building 2-way relationships with your students TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm ToThyOwnSelfBeTrue DESCRIPTION Establishing strong, two-way relationships with students is a necessary foundation for academic growth and achievement. In this session we will learn about, practice and plan for implementing three specific strategies for relationship building. Participants will receive resources on the “Who Am I” activity “Silencing the Noise” activity and the Jigsaw Interview. By the end of this session you will plan for implementing one of these strategies in your classroom.
17   TITLE A Journey to "Distinguished": Join me to establish a practical culture of learning in your classroom while managing classroom procedures. TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-4 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm AJourneyToDistinguished DESCRIPTION The intent of the course is to share innovative and teacher-created strategies that are designed to establish a meaningful culture for learning while managing classroom procedures. We will specifically learn and apply some concrete strategies that have met success in a similar urban Philadelphia classroom environment. It is important to note that the strategies are strictly teacher-created. By the end of the session, you will leave with a great deal of practical knowledge that can readily be implemented. TITLE Budding Brains will Bloom: Utilizing higher order questioning with Bloom’s Taxonomy TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 1-8 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm BuddingBrains DESCRIPTION Transform questions from ordinary to extraordinary. During this session, we will look at questions asked during everyday instruction and “bump” them up for more effective student engagement. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy, we will examine current questioning techniques and discuss classroom dynamics as related to questioning. Participants will work collaboratively to develop questions that can be immediately implemented into classroom practice.
18   TITLE Investigate Design Improve IDI 101 TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-8 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16InvestigateDesign DESCRIPTION In this session, participants will explore cognitive research to better understand how children learn. We will examine the patterns of direct instruction that are most effective for producing gains in student achievement. Participants will leave this session with new ideas and opportunities to apply strategies to improve the direct instruction portion of their lesson. TITLE Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall: Looking at children's literature for science concepts and reflecting on questioning techniques TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-4 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm MirrorMirrorOnTheWall DESCRIPTION This session will be focused on facilitating science investigations in the elementary classrooms through the use of children's literature. Various children's books and fairy tales lend themselves well to addressing science concepts. For examples, teaching wind, force, motion, building, and design using The Three Little Pigs; teaching light, mirrors, and reflections using Snow White and Seven Drawfs; and teaching the states of matter and dissolving in The Gingerbread Boy. The session will also address the importance of leveled questions in science and will review the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy to classify leveled questions. Teachers will be given the opportunity to begin lesson planning using children's literature and leveled questions.
19   TITLE 10 Mentor Texts to Ignite Your Writing Instruction TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-2 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 10MentorTexts DESCRIPTION Most of us have tons of great read alouds to model narrative writing; but, have you ever been at at loss for a great read aloud that shows information/expository writing or opinion/argument? Participants will be introduced to ten read alouds that can be used as mentor texts in order to make writing instruction more powerful. TITLE Gain 3 to 4 Hours of Instructional Time TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-3 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm Gain3to4Hours DESCRIPTION This professional development will explore positive techniques and strategies suggested by educational theorist. The PD will offer Level 3 research-based articles to guide discussion. Elementary school teachers, especially Grades K - 3, will discover ways to redirect students’ attention to gain valuable instructional time. Educators will have opportunities to examine their personal teaching philosophy, collaborate with colleagues, participate in activities and reflect on their own learning. The PD will require open-mindedness, extensive participation, realistic and task-focused discussions, and a willingness to incorporate techniques and strategies into the classroom with fidelity. The goal of the PD is for teachers to gain 3 to 4 hours of instructional time. Participants will model "pro-social" behavior and explore ways to help develop students’ "pro-social" skills, which are necessary in the classroom, as well as in society.
20   TITLE Jump Into the Depths of Fractions! Fractional Reasoning in the Common Core TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 3-6 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm JumpIntoTheDepths DESCRIPTION Teach fractions on a deep, conceptual level…sounds great. BUT HOW?? Common Core shifts in math are designed to move us away from a “mile-wide and inch- deep” approach so we can significantly narrow and deepen the way we spend time and energy in the classroom. In terms of fractions, this means teaching fractional reasoning rather than just procedures for calculating with fractions. In this session, we will explore how visual models build students’ conceptual understanding of fractions. We will examine how understanding the concept of equivalence builds problem solving capacity. We will also delve into the concept of decomposing fractions and how it dramatically improves students’ fractional reasoning ability. When students develop strong fractional reasoning, they are far more likely to experience future success in mathematics at all grade levels. In this workshop we will see how a few small changes in approach can have powerful results for your students! TITLE Making Projects Pop: The art and science of project-based learning in CTE TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 9-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm MakingProjectsPop DESCRIPTION CTE teachers have the ability to easily incorporate project and inquiry-based assessment into their curriculum, and we should! Get and share ideas for successful project building that will engage your students, attract community resources and even get you a grant. Participants will leave feeling confident about creating a classroom project that addresses industry task lists, grabs student attention and improves retention of our material. Participants will be encouraged to consider how projects can cross curricula and bring in concepts students are learning in other classrooms.
21   TITLE EVERYday Engagement TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 9-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm EVERYdayEngagement DESCRIPTION Teachers will learn about various methods for engaging students. Some specific strategies to be discussed include the following: all-answer, class discussion techniques, and partner/group work. Specific examples of how these are used in a high school science class will be demonstrated. Teachers will spend time applying what they learned to add engagement strategies to their own upcoming lessons. TITLE Effective Communication: Building trust between families and teachers TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm EffectiveCommunication DESCRIPTION Participants in this session will examine the role that communication plays in dealing with parents and families. This training will highlight both verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that will maximize parent/teacher relationships in order to increase student achievement and share strategies to use with parent interaction. TITLE Building Toward Project-Based Learning TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 12:15pm Session 2 1:15pm – 4:30pm ProjectBasedLearning DESCRIPTION Project Based Learning (PBL) is a multi-disciplinary approach to inquiry, which connects directly to real-world authentic tasks. Participants will explore examples of robust, multidisciplinary projects to understand the process, the planning, and the goals for this type of inquiry. Participants will begin to plan for next steps in creating an integrated student project.
22   TITLE Organized Binder: Getting your students organized, independent and ready for learning TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16OrganizedBinder DESCRIPTION Through parallel-process, attendees will experience this system in action as we engage in group discussions and review classroom videos of Organized Binder in action. Attendees will learn how Organized Binder explicitly supports non-cognitive skills on a daily basis to help students master behaviors such as goal-setting, time management, maintaining a personal calendar, strategies for organizing assignments, developing effective study habits, practice with metacognition and reflective learning, and more. In addition, we will review data on Organized Binder’s positive impact on student grades and school standardized test scores. Attendees will receive a copy of Organized Binder: Teacher and the Organized Binder Guide for Educators and will leave ready to implement the next day in their classrooms TITLE Blended Learning Strategies for Engagement TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7BlendedLearning DESCRIPTION Blended Learning is a formal education program in which a student learns –at least in part – through online delivery of instruction and content, with some element of student control over time, place, path and/or pace. Online content needs to be more than a recorded lecture or PowerPoint presentation available for download. It needs to be engaging and interactive and complimentary with in-class learning. Consistency is crucial when blending different types of learning. Things that will be discussed are: *Setting guidelines to encourage interaction, such as requiring learners to reply to at least three discussion posts. *Leveraging the flexibility of where students can learn, having them learn outside the four classroom walls. Using scavenger hunts, Twitter, and back-channel chats to engage students in a variety of mobile-learning activities to support your blended-learning model.
23   TITLE Student Centered, Student Empowered Learning TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 12:15pm Session 2 1:15pm – 4:30pm StudentCentered5_7_16 DESCRIPTION Twenty-first century education is about empowering students to take more ownership over their learning as they create, solve problems, communicate, collaborate, explore, and lead. Educators will experience facilitation of learning through a centers-based approach to build student content knowledge, collaboration and communication skills, and personal responsibility for learning. Educators will begin to create their own centers using planning templates and a variety of digital and non-digital resources. TITLE Developing Higher-Order Thinking Questions TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 9-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm DevelopingHigherThinking DESCRIPTION The main focus of this session is to engage students in higher order thinking strategies. Teachers will learn how to incorporte critical thinking into the overall course and into their daily lessons. The ultimate goal of this session is to encourage students to become more autonomous learners. The audience will also learn some strategies that will help students develop higher-order questioning techniques. During this session, teachers will work together on open-ended activities and communicate with others in a variety of ways. This is a very useful session for high school math and science teachers.
24   TITLE The Variable Universe TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 3-6 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm VariableUniverse DESCRIPTION Variables are all around us in our everyday life -- things that we change that might affect an outcome. During this hands-on professional development, you'll explore variables with a simple science investigation creating a pendulum. You'll learn what a standard is, what variables are and most importantly you'll understand the need for a controlled experiment as you collect data. You will make multiple pendulums as you change variables using everyday, simple materials such as tape measures, paper clips, pennies, and pencils -- all of which you probably have in your classroom! This investigation will be easily transferred to your classroom no matter what the grade is, teaching children the importance of scientific inquiry and carrying out fair tests. You will also leave with two other simple lessons that will have a big impact on students’ understanding of how to think like a scientist. TITLE Love and Logic Skills to Reduce Stress & Increase Cooperation TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16 DESCRIPTION Laugh as you learn practical skils to allow you to spend more time teaching and less time dealing with distractions and misbehavior. 21-year veteran working with troubled teens and national Love and Logic speaker Jedd Hafer will share ideas to help deal with your most difficult students and difficult situations. Participants will learn the basic principles of Love and Logic and then dive into specific classroom skills such as the Love and Logic 1-Sentence Intervention.
25   TITLE Eliciting Student Voice: Connecting the classroom to the community through student driven service-learning. TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm ServiceLearning DESCRIPTION Need in Deed's mission is to use the classroom to prepare young people for civic responsibility and service to others, enabling them to become capable, contributing members of society. Working in Philadelphia public schools, we train and support teachers as they adopt a teaching and learning strategy known as service-learning. This workshop will briefly introduce participants to the My Voice framework for service-learning, a framework that serves as a guide to help teachers implement service-learning strategies in their classrooms. Workshop participants will take part in a sample activity that demonstrates a window into students' perspectives and begins to build awareness and shared vocabulary around community assets and challenges. A Need in Deed Teacher Network Member will then share their own strategies for building classroom community and integrating social justice issues into the curriculum.

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TeacherSymposium.SessionCatalog.vFINAL

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      Teacher Symposium May 7,2016 Session Catalog Registration opens in PD Planner Monday, March 28th and closes Friday, April 15th. Follow us on Twitter @SDPtchnglrng and use #TS2016 to promote the event on social media.
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      Before you begin… TheTeacher Symposium is a day of primarily teacher-led professional development open to all teachers in the School District of Philadelphia. This event is an excellent opportunity to learn from colleagues, network, and celebrate the incredible work you do on behalf of our students. All participants will self-select into the sessions that are most interesting and relevant to their professional growth. We are only able to compensate employees in the role of a teacher. Participants must sign in and out of every session for compensation; however, there is no compensation for the lunch hour. Please note that it may take 6-8 weeks for payment to be received. We will issue 1.5 Act 48 credits for each session attended. Location Abraham Lincoln High School 3201 Ryan Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19136 Schedule Overview 8:00am – 9:00am Registration 9:00am – 10:30am Session 1 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 2 12:15pm – 1:15pm Lunch 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 3 3:00pm – 4:30pm Session 4 Session Registration Registration for all sessions will be done through SchoolNet. Please see the next page for directions on how to do this. Nearly every session is offered four times throughout the day with a maximum of 25 participants per session. If you notice that one session is full, check if there are openings during other times of the day. There will not be waiting lists for sessions given the size of this event. If you register and then are no longer able to attend, please unregister yourself so that a space will be made available for another teacher. Questions Please address any questions regarding this event to effectiveness@philasd.org. We will respond to you within one business day.
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    3   Step 1 Readthrough all of the sessions and identify the ones you wish to attend. Nearly every session is offered four times. Step 2 Log into PD Planner through www.philasd.org. (Follow the illustrated steps below) Step 3 Register for your session by searching with the activity# -- this may be a phrase. (Follow the illustrated steps below) 1 2 3 0 Click the Educator Development header Type the activity# in here and click “Go” Click the title to view details and see what sections are available. After you click the activity title to view details, choose from the available open section(s) in the right column and click Register. You will receive an email confirmation. 12 3 0 4
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    4   Table ofContents Category Suggested Grade Levels Session Title Page # Classroom Management K - 5 Positive Behavior for Learning: Managing student behavior with practical positive behavior support strategies 6 Classroom Management 3 - 8 How Do you Effectively Create a Classroom that Runs Itself? 10 Classroom Management 3 - 8 Building Positive Student/Teacher Relationships: Management strategies that rebuild relationships instead of punish students 15 Classroom Management K - 12 Inspire, Motivate, and Engage: Building classroom community 16 Classroom Management K - 12 To Thy Own Self Be True: Strategies for building 2-way relationships with your students 16 Classroom Management K - 4 A Journey to "Distinguished": Join me to establish a practical culture of learning in your classroom while managing classroom procedures. 17 Classroom Management K - 3 Gain 3 to 4 Hours of Instructional Time 19 Classroom Management K - 12 Love and Logic Skills to Reduce Stress & Increase Cooperation 24 CTE 9 - 12 Making Projects Pop: The art and science of project-based learning in CTE 20 General Pedagogy 6 - 12 Student Engagement Through Higher Level Thinking 7 General Pedagogy 3 - 7 The Busy Teacher’s Guide to Student-Centered Learning 11 General Pedagogy 1 - 8 Budding Brains will Bloom: Utilizing higher order questioning with Bloom’s Taxonomy 17 General Pedagogy K - 8 Investigate Design Improve IDI 101 18 General Pedagogy 9 - 12 EVERYday Engagement 21 General Pedagogy K - 12 Building Toward Project-Based Learning 21 General Pedagogy 9 - 12 Developing Higher-Order Thinking Questions 23 History 6 - 12 Historical Fiction: Building creative writing skills by embracing the past 7 Literacy K - 2 Boosting Comprehension in Nonfiction Reading 6 Literacy 3 - 5 Growing Readers: Cultivating students’ love for literacy through Guided Reading 9 Literacy 7 - 12 Bringing them Back: Strategies for engaging our most disinterested readers and writers. 10 Literacy K - 2 Beyond Reading: How to encourage kids to do more than just read! 13 Literacy 9 - 12 Making it Pop (Culture)! 14 Literacy K - 3 Guiding Teachers to Glide Through Guided Reading K-3 14 Mathematics 8 - 12 The Standards and Beyond: Ensuring vertical alignment within your mathematics classroom 9 Mathematics K - 6 Engaging Students Using Centers in Math 12 Mathematics 3 - 6 Jump Into the Depths of Fractions! Fractional Reasoning in the Common Core 20 Mathematics & Science 6 - 12 How to Estimate Everything: Using context to build number sense 11 Family/Community Connections K - 12 Effective Communication: Building trust between families and teachers 21 Family/Community Connections K - 12 Eliciting Student Voice: Connecting the classroom to the community through student driven service-learning. 25
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    5   Category Suggested Grade Levels Session Title Page # ScienceK - 4 Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall: Looking at children's literature for science concepts and reflecting on questioning techniques 18 Science 3 - 6 The Variable Universe 24 Self/Student Organization K - 12 The Together Teacher TM: Create a personal organization system 15 Self/Student Organization K - 12 Organized Binder: Getting your students organized, independent and ready for learning 22 Special Education/ELL K - 9 Maximizing the Co-Teaching Environment 7 Special Education/ELL 1 - 5 Tiered Lessons Without Tears 12 Special Education/ELL K - 3 Co-Teaching in an English Language Learner Classroom 13 Technology 6 - 12 Be a Techno Teacher: Exploring QR codes and formative assessment tools in education 8 Technology K - 12 Blended Learning Strategies for Engagement 22 Technology K - 12 Student Centered, Student Empowered Learning 23 Writing K - 2 From Drawing a Picture to Writing a Focused Paragraph: Writing in grades K-2 8 Writing 3 - 12 Seamless & Smiling Success with Writer’s Workshop 16 Writing K - 2 10 Mentor Texts to Ignite Your Writing Instruction 19 Classroom Management K - 5 Positive Behavior for Learning: Managing student behavior with practical positive behavior support strategies 18 Classroom Management 3 - 8 How Do you Effectively Create a Classroom that Runs Itself? 24
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      Session Descriptions TITLE Boosting Comprehensionin Nonfiction Reading TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY# Teachers of grades K-2 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm BoostingComprehension DESCRIPTION Participants will learn how to lift their students’ nonfiction comprehension during read-alouds and small groups. Teachers will practice extending their students’ thinking beyond what is on the page by pushing their students to do more than regurgitate information. Additionally, participants will practice teaching for transference. Participants will design and walk away with teaching points that are transferrable rather than ones that are text or child-specific. We will also explore the link between comprehension and text structure. TITLE Positive Behavior for Learning: Managing student behavior with practical positive behavior support strategies TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-5 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm PositiveBehaviorForLearning DESCRIPTION Managing difficult and diverse student behaviors is one of the greatest challenges we face as educators. This session will introduce practical positive behavior support strategies designed to improve the academic and social skills of our students. These individual and class-wide strategies have been research-proven to be highly effective in managing challenging behaviors while motivating student achievement. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the importance of utilizing positive behavior support strategies and learn how to implement these strategies in their own classrooms. Specific strategies that will be covered include the use of token boards, classroom economies and correlating clip charts, which have all been thoroughly tested and highly successful in my own classrooms. Systems for tracking and graphing data on student performance resulting from the use of these strategies will also be introduced.
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    7   TITLE Student EngagementThrough Higher Level Thinking TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 6-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm PromotingStudentEngagement DESCRIPTION This course will model a sample literacy lesson for middle and high school teachers using both a fiction and a nonfiction passage. The lesson will incorporate note-taking strategies, controversial questioning used to promote higher-level thinking, discussion techniques, and much more. Teachers will leave the session with multiple strategies to engage and interest students not only in literacy, but in any content area. TITLE Historical Fiction: Building creative writing skills by embracing the past TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 6-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm HistoricalFiction DESCRIPTION This presentation will focus on the research that suggests that student engagement in content is driven by personal connections combined with creative outlets to illustrate understanding. Specific focus will be placed on the implementation of student driven chapter book writing and the process of developing published material. TITLE Maximizing the Co-Teaching Environment TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-9 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm MaximizingCo-teaching DESCRIPTION This presentation will familiarize the participants with the 5 co-teaching formats: One Teach/One Support, Station Teaching, Team Teaching, Alternative Teaching, and Parallel Teaching. Participants will become aware of the pros and cons of each type of co- teaching. Participants will also learn techniques to use this approach as a way to tier and differentiate instruction and content.
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    8   TITLE From Drawinga Picture to Writing a Focused Paragraph: Writing in grades K-2 TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-2 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm FromDrawingToWriting DESCRIPTION Teachers will become familiar with the writing standards for K-2 writers. Teachers will examine writing samples in order to determine the developmental writing stages of K-2 writers. Teachers will review the SDP quarterly writing requirements (narrative, persuasive, informational – one piece published per quarter) to ensure alignment. Teachers will use the Pennsylvania Assessment Writing Domain Scoring Guide to score writing samples. Teachers will learn to use a four square writing tool to support K-2 writers as they learn to write a 5- sentence paragraph. Teachers will explore writing portfolio ideas to spark enthusiasm about writing. TITLE Be a Techno Teacher: Exploring QR codes and formative assessment tools in education TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 6-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm BeATechnoTeacher DESCRIPTION In this session, teachers will actively engage with technologies to differentiate and assess lessons for diverse learners via Quick Response (QR) codes and various formative assessment tools. They will try out these novel, engaging and easy to use technologies in the symposium; hence all participants are encouraged to BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). No worries if your classroom doesn’t have many technological devices; there is technology available for differentiation and assessment in such classrooms as well!
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    9   TITLE The Standardsand Beyond: Ensuring vertical alignment within your mathematics classroom TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 8-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16StandardsAndBeyond DESCRIPTION While the standards take us essentially through Algebra 2 and Geometry, how can you be assured that your students are ready for that next course—statistics, discrete math, calculus, and beyond? How do you ensure that you are not repeating the lessons learned last year or the year before? Evaluating your courses through vertical alignment is a tool that assists in establishing that assurance. TITLE Growing Readers: Cultivating students’ love for literacy through Guided Reading TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 3-5 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16GrowingReaders DESCRIPTION This workshop will focus on Guided Reading instruction in the 3-5 class room. Participants will learn how to collect and analyze student data to group and plan for effective small group instruction. They will also explore the reading behaviors to notice, teach, and support during Guided Reading and examine strategies to address them. Teachers will receive ideas for activities and practice in response to text as well as ideas for what the rest of the students are doing during Guided Reading. The overlap between Guided Reading behaviors and the PA Core will be introduced.
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    10   TITLE Bringing themBack: Strategies for engaging our most disinterested readers and writers. TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 7-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm BringingThemBack DESCRIPTION The objective is to empower teachers with a deeper understanding of student disengagement in the ELA classroom and a set of strategies to employ in order to make their lessons and instruction more engaging to students. Teachers will begin by considering their most challenging or disengaged readers and writers and thinking about class from their perspective. What does class look like for that student? What is it that triggers disengagement? How do they show disengagement? After generating a picture of disengagement, participants will consider strategies to boost engagement and interventions and modifications to existing lessons in order to target the “student on the edge,” while continuing to support all learners in the class. TITLE How Do you Effectively Create a Classroom that Runs Itself? TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grade 5 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16CreatingAClassroom DESCRIPTION This workshop is geared towards preparing a teacher to formulate effective rules, procedures, and routines that will cultivate an independent student-centered learning community. The tools offered in this workshop will enable the teacher to create a classroom atmosphere that fosters student independence and accountability, and that provides foundational supports for the educator to disseminate quality instruction. Teachers will have the opportunity to learn classroom management strategies, routines, and procedures that will minimize classroom infractions, and cultivate proactive parent/student accountability expectations. The workshop will focus on using behavior modification techniques that will allow students to play an accountable role in their own discipline and consequences. The teacher will be able to construct a classroom that will truly run itself.  
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    11   TITLE The BusyTeacher’s Guide to Student-Centered Learning TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 3-7 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm TheBusyTeacher5_7_16 DESCRIPTION This professional development will support teachers in planning and implementing a student- centered classroom. Participants will learn strategies and skills to engage students and make them active participants in their own learning. During this session, teachers will research the benefits to learner-centered classrooms and will begin planning some simple strategies they can use in their own practice. They will then create a plan to implement one new learner-centered strategy in their own classroom. TITLE How to Estimate Everything: Using context to build number sense TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 6-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm HowToEstimateEverything DESCRIPTION Number sense is a skill that's key to math and science across all grade levels, but it's rarely explicitly taught and developed in students. One way we as teachers can cultivate this in our students is through estimation. Related to this is the Fermi Question, a class of problems that uses careful assumptions and repeated estimation to arrive at an answer. By using specific estimation techniques and answering Fermi Questions, students can develop practical number sense and problem solving skills. This seminar will focus on learning by doing, with time spent developing plans for implementation in our own classes. During the session, we will first develop and practice estimation skills as a group, then follow that with techniques to teach these skills to our students. Afterward, we'll pose and answer Fermi Questions in small groups to practice problem decomposition, estimation, computation using scientific notation and reflecting on solutions. Special attention will be put toward using writing and presentation skills in math and science classes, as well as specific structures for group work and discussion. The topic and session will be most appropriate for grades 6-12, but adaptations can be made for elementary grades.
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    12   TITLE Tiered LessonsWithout Tears TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 1-5 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm TieredLessonsWOTears DESCRIPTION Instructional planning and delivery can pose many challenges within an inclusive co-taught classroom when considering the range of instructional needs. Well-executed tiered lessons serve a dual pupose in that they can assure all students are gaining access to the general education curriculum goal or objective while assuring that all students are engaged in the lesson. This session will focus on planning tiered lessons across a common instructional outcome. In addition, the session will cover designing and modifying assessments in order to fairly and accurately assess a range of students within an inclusive setting. Lastly, this session will provide a framework for delivering tiered lessons and/or assessments within a co- teaching model. TITLE Engaging Students Using Centers in Math TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-6 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm EngagingStudentsInMath DESCRIPTION Math centers provide the opportunity for students to practice and apply skills and strategies taught within the classroom, both independently and in groups. Centers allow students to engage in various activities, which reiterate the skills already taught, while the teacher has the opportunity to work with individuals or small groups on specific topics that prove to be difficult. Centers also allow teachers to enrich and differentiate activities based on the individual needs of each student. This session will focus on having teachers create multi level activities for centers, which are teacher planned tasks that are designed at three different levels: Beginner, intermediate, and advanced—enabling students with diverse learning needs to challenge themselves accordingly. After teachers get a better understanding of why implementing centers is beneficial, teachers will be given time to work on creating their own centers that they can use in the classroom.
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    13   TITLE Beyond Reading:How to encourage kids to do more than just read! TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-2 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm BeyondReading DESCRIPTION Participants will learn how to teach note-taking skills to K-2 students using sticky notes in order to facilitate conversations around monitoring comprehension. Participants will also examine effective procedures for introducing and managing sticky note note-taking with their students. In addition, participants will discuss the use of sticky notes in promoting reading partner discussion in order to promote accountable language within the classroom. TITLE Co-Teaching in an English Language Learner Classroom TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-3 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm Co-TeachingInEnglish DESCRIPTION During the session, presenters (a regular classroom teacher and an ELL teacher) will share their experience co-teaching in a first grade class of 30 English language learners. They will give an overview of the advantages of co-teaching to instruct ELLs and will share several possible models to use in a co-teaching classroom. Facilitators will discuss the role of the ELL teacher and the classroom teacher in planning, instructing and assessing students, with a focus on using the Can-Do descriptors. We encourage ELL teachers and their co-operating classroom teacher to attend together.
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    14   TITLE Making itPop (Culture)! TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 9-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16MakingItPop DESCRIPTION When used correctly, infusing pop culture into your classroom can create engaging lessons that tap into your students' interests. But beyond this, utilizing pop culture texts in your classroom can help students make connections between course concepts and the world around them, and help them begin to evaluate the media they passively consume daily. In this session we will identify Do's and Don'ts for using pop culture texts in your classroom, discuss literacy strategies for teaching your students to analyze pop culture texts, and explore sample lessons that incorporate pop culture texts. Then, we will work in small groups to create and share lessons and activities that incorporate pop culture texts for use in our classrooms. Participants will leave this session with concrete ideas of how to incorporate pop culture into their classrooms, and a toolbox of resources for implementation. TITLE Guiding Teachers to Glide Through Guided Reading K-3 TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-3 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm GuidingTeachersToGlide DESCRIPTION This training will provide information on how guided reading fits into the Balanced Literacy Block for K-3. Information will be presented on how to plan for the Guided Reading lesson and what the other students are doing during that time. Teachers will participate in a “fish bowl” Guided Reading lesson. Participants will analyze what type of data to record and a variety of ways to keep records.
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    15   TITLE Building PositiveStudent/Teacher Relationships: Management strategies that rebuild relationships instead of punish students TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 3-8 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16BuildingPositive DESCRIPTION A strong, positive, student/teacher relationship is one of the best ways to manage and control a classroom environment, yet it is still a struggle for many. In this session, we will talk about and share ways to help build these relationships so that the students start taking responsibility for their choices in order to feel appreciated and feel they are integral members of the classroom community. The objective for this lesson is to allow teachers to reflect on what it is students really need, assess if they are giving their students the space and ability to achieve success, and create ways to help within their classrooms. TITLE The Together Teacher TM: Create a personal organization system TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm TheTogetherTeacher DESCRIPTION Finding yourself overwhelmed with papers and struggling to keep yourself organized? Haven’t been able to find a personal organization system that you can stick with on a consistent basis? Using real-life examples, humor, and guided practice, we will take participants on a journey to create an “adult” Trapper Keeper. You will receive an interactive note-taking sheet, sample packets featuring tools from teachers, blank electronic templates to customize for personal use, and an actual folder for keeping it all together. We will look at actual samples of many teachers’ organization systems—both paper and electronic-based—and everything in between! There will be frequent checks for understanding and plenty of opportunities for applying skills.
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    16   TITLE Inspire, Motivate,and Engage: Building classroom community TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm InspireMotivate DESCRIPTION In this session, participants will learn how to create an effective classroom community that will revolutionize teaching and learning in any subject area. Participants that attend this session will learn specific activities and strategies that get students excited about learing. From lesson planning to assessment, Jacob Clifford has the strategies that will engage your students and get them to work collaboratively. TITLE Seamless & Smiling Success with Writer’s Workshop TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 3-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16SeamlessAndSmiling DESCRIPTION This presentation and training will empower teachers as they learn about and participate in hands-on lessons embodying text rendering of a pertinent academic article, write a bit to hone their own craft and then partake in team Writer’s Workshop in order to “learn and live” what their students will be learning and living as authentic writers. TITLE To Thy Own Self Be True: Strategies for building 2-way relationships with your students TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm ToThyOwnSelfBeTrue DESCRIPTION Establishing strong, two-way relationships with students is a necessary foundation for academic growth and achievement. In this session we will learn about, practice and plan for implementing three specific strategies for relationship building. Participants will receive resources on the “Who Am I” activity “Silencing the Noise” activity and the Jigsaw Interview. By the end of this session you will plan for implementing one of these strategies in your classroom.
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    17   TITLE A Journeyto "Distinguished": Join me to establish a practical culture of learning in your classroom while managing classroom procedures. TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-4 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm AJourneyToDistinguished DESCRIPTION The intent of the course is to share innovative and teacher-created strategies that are designed to establish a meaningful culture for learning while managing classroom procedures. We will specifically learn and apply some concrete strategies that have met success in a similar urban Philadelphia classroom environment. It is important to note that the strategies are strictly teacher-created. By the end of the session, you will leave with a great deal of practical knowledge that can readily be implemented. TITLE Budding Brains will Bloom: Utilizing higher order questioning with Bloom’s Taxonomy TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 1-8 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm BuddingBrains DESCRIPTION Transform questions from ordinary to extraordinary. During this session, we will look at questions asked during everyday instruction and “bump” them up for more effective student engagement. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy, we will examine current questioning techniques and discuss classroom dynamics as related to questioning. Participants will work collaboratively to develop questions that can be immediately implemented into classroom practice.
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    18   TITLE Investigate DesignImprove IDI 101 TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-8 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16InvestigateDesign DESCRIPTION In this session, participants will explore cognitive research to better understand how children learn. We will examine the patterns of direct instruction that are most effective for producing gains in student achievement. Participants will leave this session with new ideas and opportunities to apply strategies to improve the direct instruction portion of their lesson. TITLE Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall: Looking at children's literature for science concepts and reflecting on questioning techniques TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-4 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm MirrorMirrorOnTheWall DESCRIPTION This session will be focused on facilitating science investigations in the elementary classrooms through the use of children's literature. Various children's books and fairy tales lend themselves well to addressing science concepts. For examples, teaching wind, force, motion, building, and design using The Three Little Pigs; teaching light, mirrors, and reflections using Snow White and Seven Drawfs; and teaching the states of matter and dissolving in The Gingerbread Boy. The session will also address the importance of leveled questions in science and will review the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy to classify leveled questions. Teachers will be given the opportunity to begin lesson planning using children's literature and leveled questions.
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    19   TITLE 10 MentorTexts to Ignite Your Writing Instruction TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-2 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 10MentorTexts DESCRIPTION Most of us have tons of great read alouds to model narrative writing; but, have you ever been at at loss for a great read aloud that shows information/expository writing or opinion/argument? Participants will be introduced to ten read alouds that can be used as mentor texts in order to make writing instruction more powerful. TITLE Gain 3 to 4 Hours of Instructional Time TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-3 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm Gain3to4Hours DESCRIPTION This professional development will explore positive techniques and strategies suggested by educational theorist. The PD will offer Level 3 research-based articles to guide discussion. Elementary school teachers, especially Grades K - 3, will discover ways to redirect students’ attention to gain valuable instructional time. Educators will have opportunities to examine their personal teaching philosophy, collaborate with colleagues, participate in activities and reflect on their own learning. The PD will require open-mindedness, extensive participation, realistic and task-focused discussions, and a willingness to incorporate techniques and strategies into the classroom with fidelity. The goal of the PD is for teachers to gain 3 to 4 hours of instructional time. Participants will model "pro-social" behavior and explore ways to help develop students’ "pro-social" skills, which are necessary in the classroom, as well as in society.
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    20   TITLE Jump Intothe Depths of Fractions! Fractional Reasoning in the Common Core TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 3-6 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm JumpIntoTheDepths DESCRIPTION Teach fractions on a deep, conceptual level…sounds great. BUT HOW?? Common Core shifts in math are designed to move us away from a “mile-wide and inch- deep” approach so we can significantly narrow and deepen the way we spend time and energy in the classroom. In terms of fractions, this means teaching fractional reasoning rather than just procedures for calculating with fractions. In this session, we will explore how visual models build students’ conceptual understanding of fractions. We will examine how understanding the concept of equivalence builds problem solving capacity. We will also delve into the concept of decomposing fractions and how it dramatically improves students’ fractional reasoning ability. When students develop strong fractional reasoning, they are far more likely to experience future success in mathematics at all grade levels. In this workshop we will see how a few small changes in approach can have powerful results for your students! TITLE Making Projects Pop: The art and science of project-based learning in CTE TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 9-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm MakingProjectsPop DESCRIPTION CTE teachers have the ability to easily incorporate project and inquiry-based assessment into their curriculum, and we should! Get and share ideas for successful project building that will engage your students, attract community resources and even get you a grant. Participants will leave feeling confident about creating a classroom project that addresses industry task lists, grabs student attention and improves retention of our material. Participants will be encouraged to consider how projects can cross curricula and bring in concepts students are learning in other classrooms.
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    21   TITLE EVERYday Engagement TARGETAUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 9-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm EVERYdayEngagement DESCRIPTION Teachers will learn about various methods for engaging students. Some specific strategies to be discussed include the following: all-answer, class discussion techniques, and partner/group work. Specific examples of how these are used in a high school science class will be demonstrated. Teachers will spend time applying what they learned to add engagement strategies to their own upcoming lessons. TITLE Effective Communication: Building trust between families and teachers TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm EffectiveCommunication DESCRIPTION Participants in this session will examine the role that communication plays in dealing with parents and families. This training will highlight both verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that will maximize parent/teacher relationships in order to increase student achievement and share strategies to use with parent interaction. TITLE Building Toward Project-Based Learning TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 12:15pm Session 2 1:15pm – 4:30pm ProjectBasedLearning DESCRIPTION Project Based Learning (PBL) is a multi-disciplinary approach to inquiry, which connects directly to real-world authentic tasks. Participants will explore examples of robust, multidisciplinary projects to understand the process, the planning, and the goals for this type of inquiry. Participants will begin to plan for next steps in creating an integrated student project.
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    22   TITLE Organized Binder:Getting your students organized, independent and ready for learning TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16OrganizedBinder DESCRIPTION Through parallel-process, attendees will experience this system in action as we engage in group discussions and review classroom videos of Organized Binder in action. Attendees will learn how Organized Binder explicitly supports non-cognitive skills on a daily basis to help students master behaviors such as goal-setting, time management, maintaining a personal calendar, strategies for organizing assignments, developing effective study habits, practice with metacognition and reflective learning, and more. In addition, we will review data on Organized Binder’s positive impact on student grades and school standardized test scores. Attendees will receive a copy of Organized Binder: Teacher and the Organized Binder Guide for Educators and will leave ready to implement the next day in their classrooms TITLE Blended Learning Strategies for Engagement TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7BlendedLearning DESCRIPTION Blended Learning is a formal education program in which a student learns –at least in part – through online delivery of instruction and content, with some element of student control over time, place, path and/or pace. Online content needs to be more than a recorded lecture or PowerPoint presentation available for download. It needs to be engaging and interactive and complimentary with in-class learning. Consistency is crucial when blending different types of learning. Things that will be discussed are: *Setting guidelines to encourage interaction, such as requiring learners to reply to at least three discussion posts. *Leveraging the flexibility of where students can learn, having them learn outside the four classroom walls. Using scavenger hunts, Twitter, and back-channel chats to engage students in a variety of mobile-learning activities to support your blended-learning model.
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    23   TITLE Student Centered,Student Empowered Learning TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 12:15pm Session 2 1:15pm – 4:30pm StudentCentered5_7_16 DESCRIPTION Twenty-first century education is about empowering students to take more ownership over their learning as they create, solve problems, communicate, collaborate, explore, and lead. Educators will experience facilitation of learning through a centers-based approach to build student content knowledge, collaboration and communication skills, and personal responsibility for learning. Educators will begin to create their own centers using planning templates and a variety of digital and non-digital resources. TITLE Developing Higher-Order Thinking Questions TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 9-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm DevelopingHigherThinking DESCRIPTION The main focus of this session is to engage students in higher order thinking strategies. Teachers will learn how to incorporte critical thinking into the overall course and into their daily lessons. The ultimate goal of this session is to encourage students to become more autonomous learners. The audience will also learn some strategies that will help students develop higher-order questioning techniques. During this session, teachers will work together on open-ended activities and communicate with others in a variety of ways. This is a very useful session for high school math and science teachers.
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    24   TITLE The VariableUniverse TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades 3-6 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm VariableUniverse DESCRIPTION Variables are all around us in our everyday life -- things that we change that might affect an outcome. During this hands-on professional development, you'll explore variables with a simple science investigation creating a pendulum. You'll learn what a standard is, what variables are and most importantly you'll understand the need for a controlled experiment as you collect data. You will make multiple pendulums as you change variables using everyday, simple materials such as tape measures, paper clips, pennies, and pencils -- all of which you probably have in your classroom! This investigation will be easily transferred to your classroom no matter what the grade is, teaching children the importance of scientific inquiry and carrying out fair tests. You will also leave with two other simple lessons that will have a big impact on students’ understanding of how to think like a scientist. TITLE Love and Logic Skills to Reduce Stress & Increase Cooperation TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm Session 3 1:15pm – 2:45pm Session 4 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5_7_16 DESCRIPTION Laugh as you learn practical skils to allow you to spend more time teaching and less time dealing with distractions and misbehavior. 21-year veteran working with troubled teens and national Love and Logic speaker Jedd Hafer will share ideas to help deal with your most difficult students and difficult situations. Participants will learn the basic principles of Love and Logic and then dive into specific classroom skills such as the Love and Logic 1-Sentence Intervention.
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    25   TITLE Eliciting StudentVoice: Connecting the classroom to the community through student driven service-learning. TARGET AUDIENCE TIMES OFFERED ACTIVITY # Teachers of grades K-12 Session 2 10:45am – 12:15pm ServiceLearning DESCRIPTION Need in Deed's mission is to use the classroom to prepare young people for civic responsibility and service to others, enabling them to become capable, contributing members of society. Working in Philadelphia public schools, we train and support teachers as they adopt a teaching and learning strategy known as service-learning. This workshop will briefly introduce participants to the My Voice framework for service-learning, a framework that serves as a guide to help teachers implement service-learning strategies in their classrooms. Workshop participants will take part in a sample activity that demonstrates a window into students' perspectives and begins to build awareness and shared vocabulary around community assets and challenges. A Need in Deed Teacher Network Member will then share their own strategies for building classroom community and integrating social justice issues into the curriculum.