clinton county school district instructional strategies ......presenters: ashley hardin, april...

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Clinton County School District

Instructional Strategies Mini-Conference

May 24, 2013

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Instructional Strategies Mini-Conference SESSIONS AT A GLANCE

All Day Sessions (8:00—3:00)

Introduction to the Next Generation Science Standards

Morning Sessions (8:00—11:00) *Denotes session repeats in afternoon.

Effective Classroom Management* Engaging Your Students with KET Resources in Your Classroom* Introduction to Using Excel in the Classroom Kentucky Links to American History Math RTI Strategies for Grades K-2 Teachers Motivating Positive Student Behavior in the Classroom* Reading Recovery Strategies for Elementary Teachers* Strategies and Resources to Improve Language Usage and Mechanics for ALL Classroom

Teachers* Strategies for Helping Preschoolers with Developmental Delays Student Engagement in the Math Classroom* Teaching Common Core Literacy Strategies in Social Studies Content* Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System* The Science of Exercise and its Effect on Learning* Using Extended Response in the Classroom Using Short Answer in the Classroom

Afternoon Sessions (12:00—3:00) *Denotes session repeats from morning.

Closing the Disability Gap Effective Classroom Management* Engaging Your Students with KET Resources in Your Classroom * Everyday Science for Preschoolers Higher-Level Multiple Choice Internet Safety/Cyberbullying Math RTI Strategies for Grades 3-5 Teachers More Effective Powerpoint Presentations in the Classroom (Level II) Motivating Positive Student Behavior in the Classroom* Reading Recovery Strategies for Elementary Teachers* Strategies and Resources to Improve Language Usage and Mechanics for ALL Classroom

Teachers* Student Engagement in the Math Classroom* Teaching Common Core Literacy Strategies in Social Studies Content* Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System* The Science of Exercise and its Effect on Learning* On-Demand Writing: Strategies to Increase Student Achievement

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Key: Colors denote that the particular workshops sessions would be most

appropriate for the following groups:

Early Childhood Math

Elementary Science

Middle School Reading/Language Arts High School Social Studies

Alternative Education Related Arts All Levels All Content Areas

NOTE: All sessions will be capped at 15 participants. To ensure that you get to

attend the session of your choice, please arrive at the room early.

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Clinton County School District

Instructional Strategies Mini-Conference

May 24, 2013

Introduction to the Next Generation Science Standards Presenter: Susan Mayo, Consultant, PIMSER Location: CCMS Room 114 This in-depth session will provide an overview of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and offer time to work on examples and strategies. Participants will receive an overview of the Framework for K-12 Science Education and learn specific similarities and differences between the NGSS and the Program of Studies/Core Content for Assessment. Participants will leave this session with:

A vision of science education for NGSS;

The ability to identify program and instructional implications; and

A map of next steps, prioritized and differentiated to prepare for implementation in 2013-14.

Effective Classroom Management for Elementary Classrooms Presenter: Jane Harris, Safe and Civil Schools Location: CCMS Room 110

All teachers want their students to be orderly, responsive, engaged, and motivated. According to the most current research on teacher effectiveness, putting a successful behavior management system in place is a sure way of achieving these goals. Safe & Civil Schools can help you get there! This three-hour session will focus on practical techniques to help teachers improve classroom behavior (on-task, work completion, cooperation); establish clear classroom behavior expectations with logical and fair responses to misbehavior; motivate students to put forth their best efforts (perseverance, pride in work); and reduce misbehavior (disruptions, disrespect, non-compliance). Teachers should be able to spend less time disciplining students and more time teaching them!





Morning Sessions (8:00—11:00) *Denotes session repeats in afternoon.




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Engaging Your Students with KET Resources in Your Classroom* Presenter: Kathy Davis, KET Education Consultant Location: CCMS Room 217 Get a hands-on experience with using KET resources in your classroom. We will explore KET EncycloMedia’s Discovery Education, PBS Learning Media, and many more KET resources that you can go back to your classroom and start using immediately (well, the 2013-14 school year)! You will discover resources for all curriculum areas (including the Arts and Humanities) that are correlated to state standards and are easy for you and your students to use. KET resources are engaging and made to meet the needs of the 21st –century learners and teachers.

Introduction to Using Excel in the Classroom (Level I) Carol Whitson, Center for Rural Development Location: CCMS Room 107 Teachers will acquire a basic working knowledge of Excel in this session. Topics Include:

Create a basic worksheet by entering text, values, and formulas. Move and copy data Change the appearance of worksheet Prepare a document for printing

Kentucky Links to American History Presenter: Tim Talbott, Kentucky Historical Society Location: CCMS Room 218 Get involved in this workshop to learn strategies for teaching students about the important role Kentucky has played during key periods of American history. In a presentation that involves both content and historical thinking skills, the focal points will be frontier history and the Civil War. Participants in this session will work with primary sources supplied by the Kentucky Historical Society.

Math RTI Strategies for Grades K-2 Teachers Presenter: Tonda Thompson, AES Math Recovery Teacher Location: CCMS Room 213 What is math fluency? How does fluency impact student learning? Teachers will discuss fluency in detail and will be given strategies to help students master the Common Core Standards associated with fluency. Session participants will also develop a deeper conceptual understanding of how children learn math. These strategies will benefit the whole continuum of RTI (below, above, and behavior).

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Motivating Positive Student Behavior in the Classroom* Presenters: Kathleen Gregory & Allison Thrasher, ESSC Counselors, & Dannielle Wheat, SW Location: CCMS Room 204 Explore strategies for improving student behavior in your classroom. In the interactive session, participants will gain knowledge of how to motivate the unmotivated student, increase the level of respect in the classroom, and reduce those unfortunate trips to the principal’s office.

Reading Recovery Strategies for Elementary Teachers* Presenters: Sabra Albertson and Teresa Guffey, AES Reading Recovery Teachers Location: CCMS Room 210 Participants in this session will learn how to determine a child’s instructional reading level, and, if time allows, delve into Tony Stead’s strategies for improving reading comprehension. Facilitators will discuss the importance of using the instructional reading level to drive individual instruction for RTI purposes. Teachers will review how to take a running record and how to analyze the running record. Come and learn proven techniques for getting your struggling students back to grade level in reading!

Strategies and Resources to Improve Language Usage and Mechanics for ALL Classroom Teachers* Presenter: Connie Gregory, AES Curriculum Specialist Location: CCMS Room 201 Explore ways to incorporate grammar and language mechanics into your curriculum painlessly and successfully. You will learn strategies for immediate use in the classroom and have opportunity to plan ways to make those fit into your lesson plans. Time will be allowed for exchange of ideas on what works in your classroom along with other resources and/or activities for you to consider.

Strategies for Helping Preschoolers with Developmental Delays Presenters: Ashley Hardin, April Speck, and Stacia York, Early Childhood Specialists Location: CCMS Room 211 Come participate in an in-depth discussion of developmental delays in preschool students from A to Z. In this session, teachers will gain insight into interventions for each specific developmental delay. The session will also include hands-on activities, a demonstration of play therapy techniques, and practical applications for the preschool classroom.

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Student Engagement in the Math Classroom* Presenter: Debbie Lowhorn, CCMS Math Specialist Location: CCMS Room 205 Active engagement by students is necessary for optimal learning to occur. This session will provide proven strategies and practical techniques for keeping students engaged in classroom work. Learn ways to prevent discipline problems and improve achievement by keeping ALL students involved and participating in daily instruction.

Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System* Presenter: Brenda McGown, KEA Location: CCMS Room 116 Wondering what's new about the Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System? This session will provide an overview of PGES, an in-depth look at the Danielson Framework and supporting measures, and an opportunity for participants to express their concerns and question its implementation.

Teaching Common Core Literacy Strategies in Social Studies Content* Shane Decker, Social Studies Teacher, Grayson County Middle School Location: CCMS Room 207 By asking students to engage in the reading, writing, and thinking of social studies content, students investigate content through relevant projects and tasks. In this session, social studies teachers will be provided templates, strategies, and quick access to articles for designing literacy-intensive units. Learn how to use Literacy Design Collaborative tools to help students with critical aspects of learning: engaging in a task, understanding a prompt, active reading and note-taking, transitioning to writing, and writing.

The Science of Exercise and its Effect on Learning* Presenter: Paul Zientarski, Nationally Recognized Consultant Location: CCMS Room 103 Compelling research has shown that exercise builds new brain cells. Fit students have been found to be more academically alert following bouts in intense cardiovascular workouts. Using this research, Naperville Central High School created a program called Learning Readiness PE. The program includes pairing of Physical Education classes that incorporate cardiovascular exercise, core strength training, and cross-lateral movements with Math and Literacy classes. The academic classes utilize “Brain Breaks” to enhance and improve achievement. This program was written about in the book Spark by Dr. John Ratey and has been featured on numerous television shows such as “Need to Know” on PBS, ABC’s “World News,” “The Early Show,” and “Good Morning America.” Come learn what the buzz is all about.

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Using Extended Response in the Classroom

Presenter: Lynne Keen, KASC Location: CCMS Room 203 Constructed-response questions should be part of instruction in every classroom. This session covers understanding and designing extended-response, as well as designing scoring guides. The workshop also includes time to think through what additional help teachers need and to look at resources your school can use for assessment and instruction, and teacher modification of instruction.

Using Short Answer in the Classroom Presenter: Tim Crook, KASC Location: CCMS Room 206 Short answer questions are more than response categories on the KPREP, they are a powerful learning tool. This session covers understanding and designing effective short answer questions. It also includes techniques for teaching students how to tackle short-answer questions.

Lunch will be provided for everyone in the CCMS cafeteria.

Closing the Disability Gap Presenter: Tim Crook, KASC Location: CCMS Room 206 Many schools statewide have closed the achievement gap for students with disabilities! Explore strategies from successful schools and respected research. This workshop, a six-hour professional development session, includes hands-on learning and step-by-step instruction, and provides teaching strategies that will help all students achieve.

Afternoon Sessions (12:00—3:00) *Denotes session repeats from morning.




Lunch (11:00 – 12:00)




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Effective Classroom Management in the Middle and High School Classroom Presenter: Jane Harris, Safe and Civil Schools Location: CCMS Room 110

All teachers want their students to be orderly, responsive, engaged, and motivated. According to the most current research on teacher effectiveness, putting a successful behavior management system in place is a sure way of achieving these goals. Safe & Civil Schools can help you get there! This three-hour session will focus on practical techniques to help teachers improve classroom behavior (on-task, work completion, cooperation); establish clear classroom behavior expectations with logical and fair responses to misbehavior; motivate students to put forth their best efforts (perseverance, pride in work); and reduce misbehavior (disruptions, disrespect, non-compliance). should be able to spend less time disciplining students and more time teaching them!

Engaging Your Students with KET Resources in Your Classroom * Presenter: Kathy Davis, KET Education Consultant Location: Room 217 Get a hands-on experience with using KET resources in your classroom. We will explore KET EncycloMedia’s Discovery Education, PBS Learning Media, and many more KET resources that you can go back to your classroom and start using immediately (well, the 2013-14 school year)! You will discover resources for all curriculum areas (including the Arts and Humanities) that are correlated to state standards and are easy for you and your students to use. KET resources are engaging and made to meet the needs of the 21st –century learners and teachers.

Everyday Science for Preschoolers Presenter: Amanda Wright, KET Early Childhood Consultant Location: CCMS Room 115 How do young children learn about science? They learn it best by living it every day. Get involved in this in-depth, hands-on workshop to learn about KET’s Everyday Science for Preschooler, a toolkit with lesson plans and multimedia resources that will enable early childhood professionals to incorporate fun, hands-on science activities into the daily preschool curriculum. The literacy-infused lesson plans and the video segments and online interactives are aligned to early childhood learning standards and support the learning styles of all children, including those with special need. The activities are built on young children’s natural sense of curiosity, wonder and discovery, creating an interest in science that will build a foundation for school success and encourage young scientists of tomorrow.

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Higher-Level Multiple Choice Presenter: Lynne Keen, KASC Location: CCMS Room 203 Learn more about high-level multiple choice questions so you will be able to judge the quality of questions from other sources and/or develop your own questions. In this 3 hour session we will review models of high-level questions and provide specific examples of ways to raise the level and quality of the questions. Since multiple-choice questions make up the largest part of student assessments, it is especially important to keep those questions at the highest-level possible!

Internet Safety/Cyberbullying Presenter: Scott Harvey, Kentucky Center for School Safety Location: CCMS Room 216 This workshop is designed to help school personnel with maintaining a safe and orderly learning environment for all students that includes preventing the victimization of students by cyber bullies. This training will assist you with understanding cyber bullying, the emotional and physical threat it poses to the safety of children, how children and teens can avoid risky behaviors, what to do if confronted with cyber bullying on-line, and recommended policies and procedures for schools and districts.

Math RTI Strategies for Grades 3-5 Teachers Presenter: Tonda Thompson, AES Math Recovery Teacher Location: CCMS Room 213 What is math fluency? How does fluency impact student learning? Teachers will discuss fluency in detail and will be given strategies to help students master the Common Core Standards associated with fluency. Session participants will also develop a deeper conceptual understanding of how children learn math. These strategies will benefit the whole continuum of RTI (below, above, and behavior).

More Effective Powerpoint Presentations in the Classroom (Level II) Presenter: Carol Whitson, Center for Rural Development Location: CCMS Room 107 This session is designed for teachers who have a basic knowledge of PowerPoint and want to take advantage of the program’s many options. The session will cover customizing the interface, template design, using SmartArt and how to share a presentation on the web.

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Motivating Positive Student Behavior in the Classroom* Presenters: Kathleen Gregory and Allison Thrasher, ESSC Counselors, and Danielle Wheat, SW Location: CCMS Room 204 Explore strategies for improving student behavior in your classroom. In the interactive session, participants will gain knowledge of how to motivate the unmotivated student, increase the level of respect in the classroom, and reduce those unfortunate trips to the principal’s office.

Reading Recovery Strategies for Elementary Teachers* Presenters: Sabra Albertson and Teresa Guffey, AES Reading Recovery Teachers Location: CCMS Room 210 Participants in this session will learn how to determine a child’s instructional reading level, and, if time allows, delve into Tony Stead’s strategies for improving reading comprehension. Facilitators will discuss the importance of using the instructional reading level to drive individual instruction for RTI purposes. Teachers will review how to take a running record and how to analyze the running record. Come and learn proven techniques for getting your struggling students back to grade level in reading!

Strategies and Resources to Improve Language Usage and Mechanics for ALL Classroom Teachers* Presenter: Connie Gregory, AES Curriculum Specialist Location: CCMS Room 201 Explore ways to incorporate grammar and language mechanics into your curriculum painlessly and successfully. You will learn strategies for immediate use in the classroom and have opportunity to plan ways to make those fit into your lesson plans. Time will be allowed for exchange of ideas on what works in your classroom along with other resources and/or activities for you to consider.

Student Engagement in the Math Classroom* Debbie Lowhorn, CCMS Math Specialist Location: CCMS Room 205 Active engagement by students is necessary for optimal learning to occur. This session will provide proven strategies and practical techniques for keeping students engaged in classroom work. Learn ways to prevent discipline problems and improve achievement by keeping ALL students involved and participating in daily instruction.

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Teaching Common Core Literacy Strategies in Social Studies Content* Shane Decker, Social Studies Teacher, Grayson County Middle School Location: CCMS Room 207 By asking students to engage in the reading, writing, and thinking of social studies content, students investigate content through relevant projects and tasks. In this session, social studies teachers will be provided templates, strategies, and quick access to articles for designing literacy-intensive units. Learn how to use Literacy Design Collaborative tools to help students with critical aspects of learning: engaging in a task, understanding a prompt, active reading and note-taking, transitioning to writing, and writing.

Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System* Presenter: Brenda McGown, KEA Location: CCMS Room 116 Wondering what's new about the Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System? This session will provide an overview of PGES, an in-depth look at the Danielson Framework and supporting measures, and an opportunity for participants to express their concerns and question its implementation.

The Science of Exercise and its Effect on Learning* Presenter: Paul Zientarski, Nationally Recognized Consultant Location: CCMS Room 103 Compelling research has shown that exercise builds new brain cells. Fit students have been found to be more academically alert following bouts in intense cardiovascular workouts. Using this research, Naperville Central High School created a program called Learning Readiness PE. The program includes pairing of Physical Education classes that incorporate cardiovascular exercise, core strength training, and cross-lateral movements with Math and Literacy classes. This program was written about in the book Spark by Dr. John Ratey and has been featured on numerous television shows such as “Need to Know” on PBS, ABC’s “World News,” “The Early Show,” and “Good Morning America.” Come learn what the buzz is all about.

On-Demand Writing: Strategies to Increase Student Achievement Presenter: Melissa Tallent, CCHS AP Language and Literature Teacher Location: CCMS Room 215 On-demand writing is a component of the statewide testing system that measures students’ writing skills. This three-hour session offers thought-provoking information, strategies, tools, and a chance to reflect about writing instruction. Learn proven methods for increasing student writing ability and KPREP on-demand scores. Become better prepared to instruct the craft of writing in all content area classrooms.

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