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SUMMER 2014 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CATALOG

Leadership, Curriculum, and Instruction Family, School, Community and Partnerships

05.5.14 11:00pm Community Schools, Thriving Students

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

Navigating the Catalog .................................................................................... 3

Using the On—Track Registration System .......................................................... 4

Professional Learning Content Area at a Glance ............................................ 5—7

BTSA Coach .................................................................................................... 8

Classroom Management ............................................................................ 9—10

Common Core Mini Institute .................................................................... 10—11

Community and Culture ................................................................................. 11

Educating for Democracy in Digital Age .......................................................... 11

English Language Arts Secondary ............................................................. 12—13

English Learners ..................................................................................... 13—15

History ................................................................................................... 15—16

Linked Learning ...................................................................................... 16—17

Literacy Elementary................................................................................. 17—19

Mathematics Elementary ......................................................................... 19—21

Mathematics Secondary ........................................................................... 21—22

New Hire ...................................................................................................... 23

Physical Education ........................................................................................ 23

Principal Induction ........................................................................................ 24

Principal Mentoring Program .......................................................................... 24

Science Elementary ....................................................................................... 24

Science Secondary ........................................................................................ 25

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) ..................................................................... 26

Special Education .......................................................................................... 26

Teacher Growth & Development System ......................................................... 27

Teaching & Learning in the Digital Age ..................................................... 27—29

Transitional Kindergarten......................................................................... 29—31

Visual and Performing Arts ...................................................................... 31—33

World Languages .......................................................................................... 33


Navigating the 2014 Summer Catalog Audience Please read the audience line carefully; the audience information is listed below the title for each Professional Learning session. Not all sessions are open to every teacher, if teachers are not sure if they can attend a session, please contact [email protected].

Registration using the On-Track Registration System Please read page 4 of this catalog to learn about how to register

Acronyms CCSS (Common Core State Standards), NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards), PL (Professional Learning), EDDA (Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age), CTE (Career Technical Education), VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts), CDE (California Department of Education)

Finding Information – Preparing & Organizing for the Summer There is a Table of Contents and Content Area at-a-Glance to help teachers plan for the summer.

Location Updates At this time, many of the sessions do not have information about location. There are 2 ways to keep informed about changes.

1. OUSD Employee Intranet: There will be an up—to—date catalog posted on the Leadership, Curriculum, & Instruction site on the OUSD employee intranet.

Go to www.ousd.k12.ca.us, click on the employee intranet on upper right side of page, scroll down to the Knowledge Center and click on Leadership, Curriculum, and Instruction (LCI); once on LCI page, go to 2014 Summer Professional Learning Catalog.

2. On-Track Registration System: Go to the course listed in On-Track and all information about the session will be stated.

OUSD Professional Growth Units OUSD Professional Learning Growth forms will be available at the sessions for those participants who would like to earn the OUSD Units in lieu of the stipend.

Questions about Summer Professional Learning Please contact [email protected], Director, Leadership, Curriculum, and Instruction (LCI), with any questions, 510.545.6752.

mailto:[email protected]

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Using the On-Track Registration System

Registering for a Professional Learning Session/Class

STEP ONE: Open the OUSD web page (www.ousd.k12.ca.us) and locate the Employee Intranet icon near the top right of the screen.

STEP TWO: Press the Employee Intranet icon. If asked to log in, please enter your OUSD email address

([email protected]) and password. If you are unable to log into the intranet, contact the Technology Services

Help Desk at 879-8178.

STEP THREE: Under the first row of applications near the top of the page, click the “See all apps” button and locate the link to On-Track. It should be a yellow icon in the fourth row.

STEP FOUR: Click on the On-Track icon and log into On-Track using your OUSD user name (first.last without the

“@ousd.k12.ca.us”) and password.

From this point, directions will give two options for enrolling.

Option 1 – by subject

STEP FIVE: From the Main Menu, click on the “Certificated Catalog” button. This will open a list of certificated subject areas. Click on the subject in which you are interested and scroll through the list of classes in that area

until you find what you are looking for.

STEP SIX: Click on the title of the training for which you would like to register. Scroll down to find the date(s) you’re looking for and press the “Register” button next to the listed date(s). You should receive an automated

confirmation to your OUSD email address upon completing enrollment.

Option 2 – by PDID number

STEP FIVE: From the Main Menu, click the “Full Catalog” button. In the search window at the top of the list of

classes, enter the PDID number (it should consist of two letters and four numbers such as PD1234) and hit

search. This will open the class detail screen for that class where you will find the available dates and “Register” buttons. Press the button to enroll in the appropriate date(s). You should receive an automated confirmation to

your OUSD email address upon completing enrollment.

Registration Confirmation There are three ways that a teacher’s registration will be confirmed.

1. Once a teacher registers for a class/session, the screen will state, “You have successfully been registered.”

2. A class/session confirmation email from On-Track will be sent to the teacher’s ousd email.

3. Once in the On-Track Registration system, click on the, “My Profile” button near the top of the screen, scroll down the My Profile page to the Current/Class Registration section and the courses that have been registered for

will be listed.

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OFFERINGS – CONTENT AREA AT A GLANCE

COURSES PAGE BTSA COACH Learning Focused Relationships — Day 1 — August 12 .................................................................. ...8

Learning Focused Relationships — Day 2 — August 13 ..................................................................... 9

Learning Focused Relationships — Day 3 — August 14 ..................................................................... 9

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT No-Nonsense Nurturer Online Course – May 10 — August 22 ........................................................... 9

Essentials of Classroom Management in School-Wide Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support

(SWPBS) — Part I – August 18 .................................................................................................... 10 De-esclating Problem Behavior with School-wide Positive Behavioral Intervention and

Support – Part II – August 19 ...................................................................................................... 10

COMMON CORE MINI INSTITUTE Common Core Mini Institute — June 16 — 17 ................................................................................ 10

COMMUNITY AND CULTURE Intro to School Based Restorative Practices — August 15 ............................................................... 11

EDUCATING FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age (EDDA) — August 11 — 13 ........................................... 11

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS SECONDARY HWT Scoring (History and ELA teams) — June 16 ......................................................................... 12

Secondary ELA and History Summer Curriculum Institute — June 17 — 20 ...................................... 12 Secondary Literacy Collaborative — August 4 — 8 .......................................................................... 12

ELA Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute — August 6 — 8 ..................................................... 12 Curriculum Planning for New ELA Teachers — TBD ........................................................................ 13

ENGLISH LEARNERS Dual Language Curriculum Development Institute — June 18 — 20 ................................................. 13

Lesson Study in Text-Based Academic Discussion (Grounded in RALLI) — Group 1: August 12, 13, September 23, and November 6, Group 2: August 21, 22, October 9, and November 20 ............. 14

Secondary ELL Collaborative — August 12 — 13............................................................................. 14

HISTORY HWT Scoring (History and ELA teams) — June 16 ......................................................................... 15 Secondary ELA and History Summer Curriculum Institute — June 17 — 20 ...................................... 15

Curriculum Planning for New History Teachers — August 12 — 13................................................... 15 History Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute — August 14 — 15 ............................................. 17

LINKED LEARNING Communities of Practice — June 23 — 24 ...................................................................................... 16

OUSD Senior Project Bay Area Performance Assessment Network (BAPAN) — June 25 — 27 ............ 16 Linked Learning 101 — June 26 — 27............................................................................................ 17

LITERACY ELEMENTARY Balanced Approach to Literacy 101 (K – 2nd grade) — June 23 — 27 ............................................... 17

Balanced Approach to Literacy 101 (3rd – 5th grade) — June 23 — 27 .............................................. 17 Literacy Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute — August 6 — 8 ............................................... 18

Balanced Approach to Literacy 101 (K – 2nd grade) — August 11 — 15 ............................................ 18

Balanced Approach to Literacy 101 (3rd – 5th grade) — August 11 — 15 .......................................... 18 Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Training — August 18

(Session repeats on August 19 & 21) .......................................................................................... 19


MATHEMATICS ELEMENTARY Curriculum Production: Elementary Mathematics Curriculum Revision Week 1 — June 16 — 20 ......... 19

Curriculum Production: Elementary Mathematics Curriculum Revision Week 2 — June 23 — 27 ......... 19 Designing Groupwork: Complex Instruction in Mathematics Institute — July 28 — August 1 ............ 20

Mathematics Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute — August 6 — 8 ........................................ 20 Math Content & Curriculum Institute — August 11 — 15 ................................................................. 20

Math Core Curriculum With Math Expressions, Session #1 — August 13 — 15 .................................. 20 Math Core Curriculum With Math Expressions, Session #2 — August 18 — 20 .................................. 21

MATHEMATICS SECONDARY Assessment for Learning — June 16 — 19 ..................................................................................... 21

Core Curriculum Production: Secondary Math Common Core Unit Revision — June 16 — 20 ............ 21 Designing Groupwork: Complex Instruction in Mathematics Institute — June 23 — 27 .................... 22

Mathematics Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute — August 6 — 8 ........................................ 22 Secondary Math Content & Curriculum Institute — August 11 — 15 ................................................ 22

NEW HIRE INDUCTION New Hire Induction — TBD .......................................................................................................... 23

PHYSICAL EDUCATION SPARK for PE — August 18 ........................................................................................................... 23

NASP – Archery Instructor Course — August 22 ............................................................................ 23

PRINCIPAL INDUCTION New Administrator Induction — August 4 ...................................................................................... 24

PRINCIPAL MENTORING PROGRAM OUSD Principal Mentor Program End of Year Mini Retreat — June 18 .............................................. 24

SCIENCE ELEMENTARY Science Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute — August 6 — 8 ............................................... 24

SCIENCE SECONDARY Science in Action Institute — June 16 — 20 ................................................................................... 25 Science Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute — August 6 — 8 ............................................... 25

NGSS Curriculum Institute — August 11 — 15 ................................................................................ 25

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL) Caring School Community — August 6 — 8 .................................................................................... 26

SPECIAL EDUCATION Leading the PEC Alignment to CCSS (Elementary Level) — June 23 — 27 ........................................ 26

TEACHER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM Teacher Growth and Development System Pilot Schools Training — June 24 — 26 ........................... 27

Teacher Growth and Development System Pilot Schools Training — July 14 — 16 ............................ 27

TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE DIGITAL AGE Theme: Going Deeper with District supported Digital Tools — June 23 — 27 ................................... 27

Theme: Google Apps for Education — June 25 ............................................................................. 28 Theme: Preparing you and your students to be ‘community ready’ in the

digital age — June 26 ..................................................................................................... 28 July GooruLearning 3—Day Learning Institute — July 30, 31, August 1 .......................................... 28

Instructional Technology Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute — August 6 — 8 ...................... 29


TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN “School Readiness” Transitional Kindergarten Teacher Induction — June 16 — 20 ............................ 29 “Nuts & Bolts” — June 16 ............................................................................................................ 29

Child Development & Complex Play — June 17 .............................................................................. 30 Environmental Influences on Behavior — June 18 ......................................................................... 30

Early Mathematical Thinking, Block-play, Common Core, and Next Generation Science — June 19 ... 30

Teacher Led Mini–Workshops & Curriculum Planning — June 20 .................................................... 31 SEEDS of Early Learning — August 11 — 16 .................................................................................. 31

VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS Summer Arts Institute — June 17 — 20 ................................................................................. 31 — 33

Visual Art with the Museum of Children’s Art

Visual Art with Attitudinal Healing Connection

Puppetry & Storytelling with Debbie Koppman

Stop Motion Animation with Trena Noval

Dance with Luna Dance Institute

Elementary Classroom Music with Sarah Willner

Theatre in the classroom with Eric Engdahl

VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

WORLD LANGUAGES World Language Alignment and Articulation — August 14 — 15 ...................................................... 33


BTSA COACH

Learning Focused Relationships - Day 1 Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: McClymonds Room 107

Audience: New BTSA Induction Coaches Presenters: Kafi Payne

Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5347 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Based on the best selling book, Mentoring Matters: A Practical Guide to Learning-Focused Relationships, this training explores the important relationship between Coaches and the beginning teachers they support. The sessions move BTSA Coaches from simply handholding and advice dispensing to becoming skillful growth agents. The materials and learning experiences offer practical tools, specific templates, and technical tips for BTSA Coaches to increase the effectiveness of their practice.

Topics Include:

Establishing learning-focused relationships

Examine three critical functions of learning-focused relationships; offering support, creating challenge and facilitating professional vision. Learn how to balance the three functions by addressing the immediate needs of beginning teachers with a longer-term view of growth.

Navigating a continuum of interaction

Explore three stances of learning-focused interaction: consulting to offer expertise and provide technical resources, collaborating for shared planning and problem-solving, and coaching, a nonjudgmental interaction that develops decision-making skills and supports reflection. Learn specific strategies related to each stance and skills for flexibly moving between stances.

Inviting Thinking

Refine a toolkit for increasing willingness, confidence and skill in the thinking that drives instructional decision-making and reflection on practice. Learn to apply verbal and nonverbal skills to learning-focused conversations that support the growth and development of beginning teachers.

Applying templates for learning-focused conversations

Employ templates to guide mentor/novice conversations about instructional planning, reflecting and problem solving. Learn to use time-effective structures in one-to-one and small group interactions that focus conversations, maintain momentum and develop targeted thinking skills.

Providing feedback

Develop methods for standards-driven conversations that provide feedback to improve instructional decision-making. Learn how to foster teachers' capacities for analyzing gaps between learning standards and present levels of performance by using data to focus the conversation.


Learning Focused Relationships - Day 2 Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 Time: 8:30 — 3:30


Audience: New BTSA Induction Presenters: Kafi Payne


Learning Focused Relationships - Day 3

Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014

Time: 8:30 — 3:30


Audience: New BTSA Induction Coaches Presenters: Kafi Payne


CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

No-Nonsense Nurturer Online Course

Date: May 10 — August 22

Time: Online course takes approximately 4-5 hours. Location: N/A

Audience: Teachers Presenters: N/A

Teacher Stipend: none

Please Note: For this course, there is a 2-part registration, one with OUSD and one with No Nonsense Nurturer. Once teacher enrolls through OUSD, the New Teacher Support Office will send other registration information. On-track PD ID code: PD5414

Course Description: Lee Canter and his research team coined the term ‘No Nonsense Nurturer’ to describe the persona of highly effective teachers. These teacher’s students achieved at least 1.5 years growth and were deemed effective by stakeholders (parents, students, colleagues, administrators etc.) In essence, No-Nonsense Nurturers have a no-nonsense attitude when it comes to having high expectations for their students’ classroom behavior and academic achievement that is motivated by a desire to ensure every student’s success. At the same time, No-Nonsense Nurturers recognize that they will never be able to reach many of their students unless they make it a top priority to go out of their way to “nurture” strong relationships with all students, especially those who are challenging. This online course teaches research-based strategies of No-Nonsense Nurturers to support the development of safe and effective classrooms.


Essentials of Classroom Management in School-Wide Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support (SWPBS) - Part I

Date: August 18, 2014

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Lakeview Auditorium

Audience: Teachers and Site Administrators Presenters: Jessica Sprick, CHAMPS

Teacher Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5373 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: SWPBS refers to a systems change process for an entire school or district. The underlying theme is teaching behavioral expectations in the same manner as any core curriculum subject. Consistency from class to class and adult to adult is foundational for achieving equity through successful implementation of SWPBS by defining what the behavioral expectations look like, sound like, and feel like

in all classroom and non-classroom settings. This training will focus on strengthening classroom systems and provide practical strategies that address the behaviors that interfere with engaged instruction. Participants will create a plan of action that identifies the conditions we can effectively modify with SWPBS to prevent disruptions and positively impact student learning.

De-escalating Problem Behavior with School-wide Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support - Part II Date: Aug 19, 2014 Time: 8:30 — 3:30


Audience: Teachers and Site Administrators Presenters: Jessica Sprick, CHAMPS


Course Description: This training will provide effective systems for de-escalating behavior in both classroom and non-classroom settings. Presenters will unpack the escalation cycle for behavior and model how to effectively de-escalate students using positive behavioral intervention and support. Presenters will share an evidence-based model for de-escalation and prepare us to respond to disruptions with Prevention - increasing the likelihood that students will be productively and successfully engaged in classroom activities; Intervention - catching problem behavior at onset & interrupting behavior chain before it escalates; Crisis Response - having a practiced plan in place for de-escalating unsafe behavior in the classroom; and Reflection - reviewing responses to strengthen future prevention and intervention plans.

COMMON CORE MINI INSTITUTE

Common Core Mini Institute

Date: June 16 — 17

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Asilomar in Monterey

Audience: Teams from each school will be pre-registered by LCI. Confirmation email will be sent to each

Principal and Instructional Leadership Team member through OUSD email. Korematsu, Frick MS,

Redwood Heights, Oakland Tech, Fremont, MLA, Roosevelt, Prescott, Laurel, East Oakland Pride, Global Family, Lincoln, ICS, Sequoia, CUES, NHA, UFSA, Fruitvale, Futures, Alliance, MLK, Jr., REACH, Brookfield,

West Oakland MS, Lafayette, ROOTS,TCN, Skyline HS, Glenview, Joaquin Miller, Crocker Highlands



Course Description: The Common Core Mini Institute is a culmination of the work done during monthly mini institutes. The team will formalize and present their Common Core Implementation Professional Development Plan for academic year 2014-15. Teams will participate in work sessions such as RTI (others TBD). They will have the opportunity to reflect on their learning as a team and how they will work as an ILT to implement rigorous instruction. Finally, the retreat will give teams an opportunity to develop stronger relationships with their colleagues to create conditions for teamwork.

COMMUNITY AND CULTURE

Intro to School Based Restorative Practices

Date: Aug 15, 2014

Time: 8:30-3:30


Audience: OUSD Teachers and Site Administrators Presenters: OUSD Restorative Justice Team


Course Description: Learn about and experience school-based restorative practices in this interactive professional learning opportunity. Restorative practices can be used in the classroom to create shared values and guidelines, and help build an environment conducive to learning. RJ is currently being used as a strategy at OUSD to eliminate racially disproportionate discipline and lower suspensions overall, while helping to create a safe and positive school climate.

EDUCATING FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age (EDDA) Date: Aug 11 — 13 Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Mills College, School of Education, Room 101

Presenters: Young Whan Choi, Steven Moreno, Paul Oh Audience: Only teachers who are invited by the EDDA may register for this session. EDDA Teachers (History, English, CTE, SpEd) Stipend: $200/day: $600 total. Attendance is expected at all three days. On-track PD ID code: PD5385 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Teachers will learn about the efforts to improve civic engagement in the district. There will be inputs on digital media and civic action. Teachers will have most of the time to develop curriculum materials for their courses in support of the goal of preparing students to take informed action in the community.


ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS SECONDARY

HWT Scoring (History and ELA teams)

Date: June 16, 2014

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Frick

Audience: History, ELA, and Humanities/CORE Teachers Presenters: Jeannie Kohl, Steven Moreno, Lydia Moore, Cheryl Ousley, Jody Talkington, Nancy Lai Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5409 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Teachers will collaboratively calibrate and score student Spring History Writing Tasks, and determine next instructional steps based on student writing data.

Secondary ELA and History Summer Curriculum Institute


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Frick

Audience: History,ELA & Springboard ELA Teachers Presenters: Lydia Moore, Cheryl Ousley, Jody Talkington, Nancy Lai, Steven Moreno, Jeannie Kohl Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5410 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: ELA teachers will map the arc of learning for the 2014-15 school year and design and/or edit units of study with Common Core State Standards, aligned tools and strategies, and the collaborative support of OUSD colleagues. History teachers will develop and revised History Writing Tasks and develop Common Core-aligned curriculum to supplement the HWTs. Mini-workshops on topics such as digital research (EDDA), Creative Arts Inquiry, and Chromebooks in the Classroom will also be provided.

Secondary Literacy Collaborative Date: August 4 — 8

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD (based on location of Cross-Disciplinary Teacher Leader Institute) Audience: Secondary Literacy Specialists Presenters: Nancy Lai, Lydia Moore, Cheryl Ousley


Course Description: Secondary Literacy Specialists will review data, roles, and responsibilities of the Secondary Literacy Collaborative and plan for the 2014-15 school year.

ELA Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute Date: August 6 — 8

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: ELA Teacher Leaders

Presenters: Nancy Lai, Lydia Moore, Cheryl Ousley, Jody Talkington



Course Description: ELA Teacher Leaders will have opportunities throughout the week to collaborate with ELA teacher leaders from other sites and other content area teacher leaders from their own sites to develop plans for professional learning around the Common Core Instructional Shifts. Teacher Leaders will also reflect on and set goals for their own leadership growth for the year.

Curriculum Planning for New ELA Teachers Date: TBD

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Tilden, Portable 14

Audience: ELA and History New teachers using Springboard, other Pilot Curriculum and History Data Based Questions (DBQs) Presenters: Jody Talkington, Nancy Lai, Cheryl Ousley, Jeannie Kohl and Steven Moreno


Course Description: New Teachers will be introduced to OUSD History and ELA writing tasks and instructional shifts related to the Common Core State Standards. Also, teachers will develop curriculum to align to the standards and support their work with OUSD History Writing Tasks or Performance Writing Tasks.

ENGLISH LEARNERS

Dual Language Curriculum Development Institute Date: June 18 — 20 Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Only teachers who are invited by the EL staff may register for this session. PreK-5 teachers from CUES, Esperanza, Global Family, Manzanita SEED and MLA Stipend: $22.99 On-track PD ID code: PD5343 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: This institute will provide time for teachers to collaborate and plan content-based inquiry units to support full biliteracy as each teacher team produces and posts the following on the OUSD Dual Language website:

An overview and calendar of their content-based inquiry unit At least one week of fully detailed lessons A complete summative task for the unit

The starting point will be the Common Core Standards with a focus on Quality Academic Discussions, Close Readings of Complex Text, and Evidenced Based Writing in support of developing students as bi-literate individuals and critical thinkers. FOSS units of study will provide a shared but not exclusive content area focus.

Framing and visioning for dual language in OUSD will create shared understandings around bi-literacy across sites as we plan to leverage the resource of dual language instruction for all our students.


Lesson Study in Text-Based Academic Discussion (Grounded in RALLI) Dates: Group 1: Tues., 8/12, Wed. 8/13, Tues. 9/23, Thurs. 11/6

Group 2: Thurs., 8/21, Fri., 8/22, Thurs., 10/9, Thurs. 11/20

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: 81st Ave. Community Room

Audience: Only teachers who are invited by the EL team may register for this session. Grade level teams, K-5, at new or continuing RALLI Lesson Study sites. Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5344 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: RALLI stands for Results: Academic Language and Literacy Instruction K-6. This 4-Day institute provided by the California Reading and Literature Project is paired with OUSD ELL Office supports to facilitate a RALLI lesson study that deepens learning and puts the focus on student outcomes and collaborative teacher reflection and craft. An ELL Specialist will facilitate a minimum of two half-day planning and peer observation sessions for two grade-level teams at each participating site. Grade level teams will take the base training in RALLI beginning in August.

The instructional goals of OUSD’s Lesson Study in Text-Based Academic Discussion are closely aligned with OUSD’s three instructional shifts, the new CA ELD Standards and OUSD’s Balanced Approach to Literacy. Specifically, teachers will:

Apply a research-based and well-articulated system of supports for ELLs, including carefully calibrated scaffolding to facilitate rich thinking and expression around complex texts while promoting language development

Master of a clear and thorough routine for backwards planning complex text Acquire fluency with an effective BEFORE, DURING and AFTER READING instructional

routine to ensure all students productively engage with complex content text across the curriculum as they engage in Quality Academic Discussions

Secondary ELL Collaborative Dates: Newcomer ELD Focus: Tuesday 8/12

LTEL ELD Focus: Wednesday 8/13

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBA

Audience: Only Secondary ELD teachers who are invited by the EL team may register for this session Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5344 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Purpose: The Collaborative is designed to identify commonalities in the ongoing work of secondary ELD teachers including those that teach Newcomers and Long Term English Learners (LTELs). Through a collaborative process of inquiry, teachers will identify and refine best practices to support ELLs during ELD instruction.

Session topics will include:

A focus on connections between the new California ELD Standards and the Common Core Standards

Identifying best assessment practices for placement and progress monitoring of ELL Integration of Quality Academic Discussions into instruction.


Collaborative Learning will involve:

Sharing problems of practice, essential questions, and potential solutions in cross site PLCs and lesson study group

Shared resources and curriculum development will be collected and shared on a Google Site.

HISTORY

HWT Scoring (History and ELA teams)

Date: June 16, 2014

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Frick

Audience: History, ELA, and Humanities/CORE Teachers Presenters: Jeannie Kohl, Steven Moreno, Nancy Lai Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5409 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Teams of history teachers will work on developing/revising History Writing Task Data Based Questions (DBQs) for grades 6-8 and 10-12. Additional teams will develop Common Core-aligned curriculum to supplement the History Writing Tasks to help build students’ skills and content knowledge. Lastly, another group of teams will work on creating grade-level checklists and revising the district-wide HWT rubric . Mini-workshops on topics such as digital research (EDDA), Creative Arts Inquiry, and Chromebooks in the Classroom will also be provided.

Secondary ELA and History Summer Curriculum Institute


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Frick

Audience: History and Humanities/CORE Teachers Presenters: Jeannie Kohl and Steven Moreno


Course Description: Teams of history teachers will work on developing/revising History Writing Task DBQs for grades 6-8 and 10-12. Additional teams will develop Common Core-aligned curriculum to supplement the History Writing Tasks to help build students’ skills and content knowledge. Lastly, another group of teams will work on creating grade-level checklists and revising the district-wide HWT rubric . Mini-workshops on topics such as digital research (EDDA), Creative Arts Inquiry, and Chromebooks in the Classroom will also be provided.

Curriculum Planning for New History Teachers Date: Aug 12 — 13

Time: 9:00 — 12:00


Audience: 6th – 12th grade New history teachers Presenters: Jeannie Kohl and Steven Moreno



Course Description: New Teachers will be introduced to OUSD History Writing Tasks document-based questions and instructional shifts related to the Common Core State Standards. Also, teachers will develop curriculum to align to the standards and support their work with OUSD History Writing Tasks.

History Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute Date: August 14 — 15

Time: 8:30 — 3:30


Audience: 6th – 12th History Teacher Leaders Presenters: Jeannie Kohl, Steven Moreno


Course Description: History Teacher Leaders will further develop their leadership capacity in preparation for being the spokesperson for history teaching and learning at each school site.

LINKED LEARNING

Communities of Practice Date: June 23 — 24 Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: McClymonds High School, Room 107 Audience: Secondary teachers in College and Career Pathways and Academies Presenters: New Teacher Center Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5376 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Pathway teams will deepen their understanding of the characteristics of highly effective teams and the potential for Communities for Practice. They will learn and practice facilitation skills and protocols that foster trust, active listening, developing norms and creating effective agendas. Explore phases for team development including collaborative decision making, consensus building and how to recognize and discuss the role of conflict and the root causes of difficult team dynamics. Team members will practice effective prevention and intervention facilitation strategies to address difficult team dynamics and collaborate with colleagues to plan next steps on the full implementation of a Community of Practice centered on a common vision of pathway student support and achievement.

OUSD Senior Project Bay Area Performance Assessment Network (BAPAN)


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: McClymonds High School, Rooms 107 Audience: Invitation only. Teachers will be pre-registered for this course by the Linked Learning staff. Teacher will receive email confirmation of registration through OUSD email.

Presenters: Envision Learning Partners, Young Whan Choi, Donna Wyatt Stipend: Per grant contract On-track PD ID code: PD5377 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: OUSD Senior Project BAPAN teams (Fashion Arts and Design Academy, Mandela Academy, Green Energy Academy, EDDA, Education Academy, HRT Academy) will continue their work refining the senior project criteria of research, civic engagement, writing, and defense. Work products from these three days will include rubrics, student product description, tools for data collection, and outreach to community and industry partnership.


Linked Learning 101


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: McClymonds High School Room 116 Audience: Any secondary teacher currently teaching or planning to teach in a College and Career Pathway who want to learn more about Linked Learning Presenters: Linked Learning Office, OUSD Linked Learning College and Career Pathway OUSD teachers and principals. Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5404 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: You’ve heard the term “Linked Learning” or you might even be teaching in a Linked Learning College and Career Pathway but you really aren’t sure what that means. This two-day session will provide an overview of Linked Learning principles, explain why OUSD is expanding current College and Career Pathways and introduce you to the Behaviors of Learning and Teaching that make Linked Learning College and Career Pathways so successful at increasing student achievement. An introduction to ConnectEd studios and Exploring College and Career Options will also be included. You will leave this two day session with understanding and resources.

LITERACY ELEMENTARY

Balanced Approach to Literacy 101 Date: June 23 — 27

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Kindergarten – 2nd grade teachers Presenters: Fountas and Pinnell Trainers, Elementary Literacy Team

Stipend: $22.99/hour Note: This same session will be offered again August 11 — 15 On-track PD ID code: PD5397 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: The focus of this training will be on assessing, instructing and accelerating student reading levels. Participants will be trained in how to set up and manage the components of Balanced Literacy, with an emphasis on the Reading and Writing Workshop. In addition, teachers will get training on implementing the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System. Collaborative planning time will also be provided to prepare the launching units for both Reading and Writing Workshop.

Balanced Approach to Literacy 101 Date: June 23 — 27 Time: 8:30 — 3:30 Location: TBD Audience: 3rd – 5th grade teachers Presenters: Fountas and Pinnell Trainers, Elementary Literacy Team Stipend: $22.99/hour Note: This same session will be offered again August 11 — 15 On-track PD ID code: (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: The focus of this training will be on assessing, instructing and accelerating student reading levels. Participants will be trained in how to set up and manage the components of Balanced Literacy, with an emphasis on the Reading and Writing Workshop. In addition, teachers will get training


on implementing the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System. Collaborative planning time will also be provided to prepare the launching units for both Reading and Writing Workshop.

Literacy Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute Date: August 6 — 8 Time: 8:30 — 3:30 Location: TBD Audience: Site Math Teacher Leaders and TSAs Stipend: $30.12/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5367 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: This is a 3—day institute for Teacher Leaders from each elementary school site to support their leadership development and plan for the school year. Teacher Leaders continue to lead site collaborative work through the school year, and attend monthly Teacher Leadership Collaborative meetings.

Balanced Approach to Literacy 101 Date: August 11 — 15

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Kindergarten — 2nd grade teachers Audience: Fountas and Pinnell Trainers, Elementary Literacy Team

Stipend: $22.99/hour Note: This same session will be offered June 23 — 27 On-track PD ID code: PD5398 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)


Balanced Approach to Literacy 101 Date: August 11 — 15 Time: 8:30 — 3:30 Location: TBD Audience: 3rd – 5th grade teachers Presenters: Fountas and Pinnell Trainers, Elementary Literacy Team Stipend: $22.99/hour Note: This same session will be offered June 23 — 27 On-track PD ID code: PD5415 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)



Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Training

Date: August 18 (session repeats on August 19 and August 21)

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: K — 5th grade teachers Presenters: Fountas and Pinnell Trainers


Course Description: Participants will be trained on the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System in preparation for assessing, instructing and accelerating student reading levels. This training will also be offered on Day 2 of the BAL 101 course on June 24th and August 12th.

MATHEMATICS ELEMENTARY

Important Note: In Fall of 2014 OUSD will roll out our revised Core Curriculum units with Math Expressions as the lesson series. In order for this transition to be successful, we are offering two three-day professional learning sessions in August; we encourage all elementary teachers to attend.

Core Curriculum Production: Elementary Mathematics Curriculum Revision Week 1 Date: June 16 — 20

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Application required through the elementary math team. For an application and information contact [email protected] Stipend: $30.12/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5364 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Week 1 of 2. Teachers will revise OUSD Core Curriculum math units aligned to Common Core, based on feedback from the field, and develop the lesson series’. Preparations will begin in the Spring. Revisions will cover all core curriculum units, grades K-5. Work will continue the week of June 23-27.

Core Curriculum Production: Elementary Mathematics Curriculum Revision Week 2


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Application required through the elementary math team. For an application and information contact [email protected] Stipend: $30.12/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5365 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Week 2 of 2. Teachers will revise OUSD Core Curriculum math units aligned to Common Core, based on feedback from the field, and develop the lesson series’. Preparations will begin in the Spring. Revisions will cover all core curriculum units, grades K-5.


Designing Groupwork: Complex Instruction in Mathematics Institute Date: July 28 — August 1

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Teachers and TSAs. Space is limited to the first 15 teachers, others will be placed on a waitlist and admitted as space permits. Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5366 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Complex Instruction is a research-based instructional approach to learning that promotes equal-status interactions amongst students as they engage with tasks that have high cognitive demand within a cooperative learning environment. In particular, Complex Instruction addresses the central features of classrooms: curriculum, instruction, and classroom organization, which can construct failure for students or alternately change the situation so that more students are academically successful.

Mathematics Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute Date: August 6 — 8 Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Site Math Teacher Leaders and TSAs Stipend: $30.12/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5367 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: This is a 3-day institute for Teacher Leaders from each elementary school site to support their leadership development and plan for the school year. Teacher Leaders continue to lead site collaborative work through the school year, and attend monthly math Teacher Leadership Collaborative meetings.

Math Content & Curriculum Institute

Date: August 11 — 15

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Only teachers who are invited by the elementary math team may register for this session. For teachers at schools focused specifically on mathematics. Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5368 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Participants from school sites across the district will begin to build a Community of Practice, deepen their understanding of the mathematics in the K-5 Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and gain familiarity with curricular materials. They will also plan instructional units within the context of a Collaborative Instructional Planning Cycle. Participants will also deepen their understanding of instructional strategies that support student learning in CCSS-M.

Math Core Curriculum with Math Expressions, Session #1


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Recommended for all Elementary teachers, grades K-5 Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5403 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)


Course Description: Participants will gain familiarity with the math core curriculum units with Math Expressions, and deepen their understanding of the mathematics in the K-5 Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Participants will also deepen their understanding of instructional strategies that support student learning in CCSS-M.

Math Core Curriculum with Math Expressions, Session #2 Date: August 18 — 20 Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Recommended for all Elementary teachers, grades K-5 Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5369 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Participants will gain familiarity with the math curriculum units with Math Expressions, and deepen their understanding of the mathematics in the K-5 Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Participants will also deepen their understanding of instructional strategies that support student learning in CCSS-M.

MATHEMATICS SECONDARY

Assessment for Learning

Date: June 16 — 19, plus public lessons in fall (dates TBD)

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: All teachers and TSAs who have not participated in an Assessment for Learning Institute Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5389 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Participants will build strategies and strengthen their practice around the three major instructional shifts of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: using non-routine math tasks, supporting students in productive struggle that leads to learning, and building students’ capacity to engage in academic discourse. Participants will gain experience with research-based instructional strategies and formative assessment practices adapted to the mathematics classroom. This course is strongly recommended for all teachers in support of building classroom instruction around the Standards for Mathematical Practice and developing academic discussion with students. Participants will also engage in public lessons in the fall to extend and apply summer learning. Assessment for Learning is a pre-requisite for Teacher Leaders and recommended for Common Core curriculum production team members.

Core Curriculum Production: Secondary Math Common Core Unit Revision


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Teachers who are currently using the OUSD Core Curriculum Units and teachers who want to develop CCSS-aligned Algebra 2 curriculum. Application process required. To apply, please contact [email protected]. Stipend: $30.12/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5390 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)



Course Description: Teachers will revise OUSD Core Curriculum math units aligned to Common Core, based on feedback from the field. Preparations will begin in the Spring. Revisions will cover Math6, Math 7, Math8, Algebra 1, and Geometry. New Algebra 2 units will be produced.

Designing Groupwork: Complex Instruction in Mathematics Institute Date: June 23 — 27

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Teachers and TSAs who have completed Assessment for Learning Presenters: Carlos Cabana


Course Description: Complex Instruction is a research-based instructional approach to learning that promotes equal-status interactions amongst students as they engage with tasks that have high cognitive demand within a cooperative learning environment. In particular, Complex Instruction addresses the central features of classrooms: curriculum, instruction, and classroom organization, which can construct failure for students or alternately change the situation so that more students are academically successful.

Mathematics Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute Date: August 6 — 8

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Site Math Teacher Leaders and TSAs Stipend: $30.12/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5392 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: This is a 3-day institute for Teacher Leaders from each secondary school site to support their leadership development and plan for the school year. Teacher Leaders continue lead site collaborative work through the school year, and attend monthly math Teacher Leadership Collaborative meetings.

Secondary Math Content & Curriculum Institute


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Tilden Auditorium

Audience: All secondary math teachers and resource specialists supporting mainstreamed students. Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5393 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Participants will deepen understanding of the mathematics content in OUSD mathematics courses aligned to Common Core State Standards (CCSS), look closely at the grade-level mathematics within particular content trajectories, and gain familiarity with curricular materials. Participants will have time to individually and collaboratively plan instructional units. Participants will also deepen understanding of instructional strategies that support student learning in CCSS-M.


NEW HIRE INDUCTION

New Hire Induction Date: TBD Time: TBD

Location: TBD

Audience: Teachers who are new to Oakland Unified School District Please Note: A separate document for new hires will be distributed by June 30. On-track PD ID code: PD5346 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: The series of induction events and trainings is intended for teachers new to Oakland Unified. The induction series will provide an orientation to OUSD, including our mission/vision, curriculum overview, available resources & support, classroom management training and new teacher cohort/work groups led by a OUSD master teacher.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

SPARK for PE


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD Audience: K — 12th Physical Education Teachers Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5394 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Advanced instruction in standards-based lessons, to show physical educators how incorporate a variety of teaching styles and strategies, and provide instructional analysis and reflection through the use of videotape and lesson quality assessment tools.

SPARK PE workshops consist of the following modules/themes: Building a Foundation/Instructional Alignment

Cooperation/Trust and Teaching and Assessing Social Skills Making Fitness Fun Wonderful World of Dance High Activity Skills Progression Modifying Traditional Sports Inclement Weather/Large Class Size Activities

NASP- Archery Instructor Course


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: K — 12th Physical Education Teachers Presenters: National Archery in Schools Program—Wendy Feist Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5395 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: This day long course certifies teachers to teacher archery in school. Through this program, the NASP safety record is second only to ping pong in injuries per sport played in PE. Curriculum will be aligned with California State Standards and the Common Core. Archery equipment is available for check out through OUSD’s PE Equipment Library (must be certified through this course).


PRINCIPAL INDUCTION

New Administrator Induction Date: August 4, 2014 Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Broadway

Audience: New Principals and Assistant Principals Stipend: Per diem

Audience: New Administrators

On-track PD ID code: PD5384 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: This session will focus on supporting the transition of new administrators into their roles and into the district by familiarizing them with the district vision, priorities, leadership, and central office.

PRINCIPAL MENTORING PROGRAM

OUSD Principal Mentor Program End of Year Mini Retreat

Date: June 18, 2014

Time: 2pm — 5pm

Location: Tilden Auditorium

Audience: All Principal mentors and mentees On-track PD ID code: PD5401

Course Description: This is the final time to gather and reflect on the year. There will be some special surprises for mentees and a large chunk of time devoted to one on one time for mentors and mentees.

SCIENCE ELEMENTARY

Science Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute Date: August 6 — 8 Time: 8:30 — 3:30 Location: TBD Audience: Site Science Teacher Leaders and TSAs Stipend: $30.12/hour On-track PD ID code: (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: This is a 3—day institute for Teacher Leaders from each elementary school site to support their leadership development and plan for the school year. Teacher Leaders continue to lead site collaborative work through the school year, and attend monthly Teacher Leadership Collaborative meetings.


SCIENCE SECONDARY

Science in Action Institute Date: June 16 — 20

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: All 6th – 8th teachers and all High School Biology teachers; teachers who will pilot the new Next Generation Science Standards curriculum in 2014-15 are expected to attend. Presenters: Science Department Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5386 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Teachers will dive deeply into the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) to begin the work of NGSS curriculum development in Oakland. High school Biology teachers will create an NGSS-based Biology course. Middle School teachers will create a 6—8 framework for the integrated CA NGSS progression. Seeking inspiration from science in action, the week will include two trips to science facilities to collaborate with Bay Area scientists.

Science Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute Date: August 6 — 8

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Tilden

Audience: Secondary Science Teacher Leaders Presenters: Science Department Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5388 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Teacher leaders will focus on challenges of implementing the Next Generation Science Standards, Leadership Skills, and Facilitation of Collaborative Inquiry Cycles with their science department.

NGSS Curriculum Institute


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: 6th – 8th grade Science teachers and High School Biology teachers. Presenters: Science Department Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5387 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Intensive professional learning around NGSS content and pedagogy for grades 6-8 and for high school Biology. Newly developed first-semester NGSS-based curriculum units will be rolled out for teachers who will implement them in the fall at pilot sites. Teachers at non-pilot sites are welcome to attend if space allows.


SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL)

Caring School Community

Date: August 6 — 8 Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: SEL/CSC Teacher Leaders; 1 stipend for each Teacher Leader from each CSC School site: Bridges, Brookfield, Cleveland, Crocker, CUES, East Oakland Pride, Emerson, Esperanza, Futures, Joaquin Miller, Garfield, Grass Valley, Hillcrest, Hoover, Horace Mann, ICS, KDA, La Escuelita, Montclair, Parker, REACH, Redwood Heights, RISE, Sequoia, TCN, Thornhill

If sites are able to provide a stipend then 1 additional SEL Teacher Leader from CSC, Second Step, or from Climate & Culture team. Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5356 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Join with other Teacher Leaders from across the district for a collaborative Leadership Institute focused on how Social and Emotional Learning is integral to success in all teaching, learning and leading across the content areas. You will be working with other Caring School Community Teacher Leaders as well as teachers using other SEL strategies and practices. This will be an opportunity to deepen your leadership skills as well as your knowledge of SEL in both a programmatic and non-programmatic context.

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Leading the PEC Alignment to CCSS (Elementary Level)

Date: June 23 — June 27

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Chabot Elementary School, 6686 Chabot Rd, Oakland, CA 94618

Audience: Invitation only. Mild/Moderate Elementary Special Education Teacher Leaders will be pre-registered by SPED staff. Confirmation email of registration will be sent to Teacher’s OUSD email. Presenters: The PEC Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator, Laurie Panther Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5396 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: This week of training will prepare Special Education Teacher-Leaders to spearhead the PEC alignment with Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Participants will become familiar with the core principles of CCSS, as well as how to adapt the OUSD elementary general education curriculum to meet the needs of the Mild/Moderate population in the classroom, as well as for Benchmark Testing. Participants will learn how to integrate FOSS Science, ELA, and Math into cross-content project-based units; and how to coach, motivate, and assess other teachers’ progress. This team will lead the training of the PEC Mild/Moderate elementary staff the week before the 2014-15 school year begins.


TEACHER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

Teacher Growth and Development System Pilot Schools Training Date: June 24 — 26 Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD Audience: Teacher Growth & Development System (TGDS) Pilot Schools Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5400 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: This training & orientation is intended for principals, TSAs, instructional coaches and teacher observers whose schools will be participating in the TGDS pilot during the 2014/2015 school year. The training will provide an intensive orientation to TGDS, the online observation tool, observation and feedback best practices and will result in a mandatory certification process for all TGDS observers.

Teacher Growth and Development System Pilot Schools Training Date: July 14 — July 16

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: Teacher Growth & Development System Pilot Schools Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5405 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: This training & orientation is intended for principals, TSAs, instructional coaches and teacher observers whose schools will be participating in the TGDS pilot during the 2014/2015 school year. The training will provide an intensive orientation to TGDS, the online observation tool, observation and feedback best practices and will result in a mandatory certification process for all TGDS observers.

TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Theme: Going Deeper with District supported Digital Tools

Date: June 24, 2014 (Tuesday)

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Cole Training Center Audience: K — 12th grade, recommended for Instructional Technology Teacher Leaders and EDDA teachers. Presenters: Leah Jensen

Stipend: Only OUSD Professional Growth Units available

Note: Please bring laptop. On-track PD ID code: PD5351 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: We will feature at least 5 district supported tools as breakout sessions to bring deeper learning. June Instructional Tech Teacher Leader Institute - Ed Tech Camp. Morning includes breakout sessions that teachers choose as they arrive. Afternoons are coach-supported planning/collaboration time.


Theme: Google Apps for Education

Date: June 25, 2014 (Wednesday)

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Cole Training Center Audience: K — 12th grade, recommended for Instructional Technology Teacher Leaders and EDDA teachers. Presenters: Leah Jensen


Note: Please bring laptop. On-track PD ID code: PD5352 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: A plethora of Google Apps will be featured to learn in breakout sessions, i.e., Google Drive (organizing student work), Google Slides (enhancing student presentations), Google Forms (student feedback and assessment), Google sites (project organization), to name a few.

Theme: Preparing you and your students to be ‘community ready’ in the digital age

Date: June 26, 2014 (Thursday)

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Cole Training Center Audience: 6th — 12th grade, recommended for Instructional Technology Teacher Leaders and EDDA teachers. Presenters: Leah Jensen

Stipend: Only OUSD Professional Growth Units available) On-track PD ID code: PD5353 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: What does it mean to prepare students to be ‘community ready’ in the digital age? Come learn how the Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age (EDDA) initiative articulates a high school vision for preparing students to be community ready. See student work, teacher created project units, the digital tools that supported student learning and remix them to create your own.

July GooruLearning 3 — Day Learning Institute Date: July 30, 2014 (Wednesday)

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Cole Training Center Audience: 6th — 12th grade ELA, EL, Social Studies and SPED Teachers. Highly encouraged to have a partner from your school and grade level. Be expected to share your own skills during these three days and potentially lead a session! Presenters: Leah Jensen



Course Description: Personalize Your Students Learning Experience by Creating Digital ‘Playlists’ Rich with Multimedia Resources. Team Building and introduction to Gooru Learning.


Date: July 31, 2014 (Thursday)

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Cole Training Center Audience: K — 12th grade Instructional Technology Teacher Leaders and EDDA teachers

Presenters: Leah Jensen



Course Description: Personalize Your Students Learning Experience by Creating Digital ‘Playlists’ Rich with Multimedia Resources. Group collaboration and enhancing your digital toolbox.

Date: Aug 1, 2014 (Friday)

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Cole Training Center Audience: K — 12th grade Instructional Technology Teacher Leaders and EDDA teachers




Course Description: Personalize Your Students Learning Experience by Creating Digital ‘Playlists’ Rich with Multimedia Resources. Group presentations.

Instructional Technology Teacher Leadership Collaborative Institute Date: August 6 — 8 Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD Audience: K — 12th grade Instructional Technology Teacher Leaders and EDDA teachers



TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN

“School Readiness” Transitional Kindergarten Teacher Induction


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Mills College, Room 101 (Downstairs) Audience: New and returning TK and TK/K combo teachers-PEC PK, ECE PK teachers, and Kindergarten teachers welcome Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: See below for the specific codes. (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

“Nuts & Bolts”

Date: June 16, 2014

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Mills College, Room 101

Audience: New and returning TK and TK/K combo teachers Presenters: Tanya Harris, Michelle Grant-Groves, and EarlyEdge California



Course Description: This workshop will provide participants an overview of Transitional Kindergarten. Topics will include:

The alignment of California Preschool Learning Foundations and California Common Core Standards for Kindergarten

Curriculum Assessments and Observations Daily Schedule Environment and Classroom Set-Up

Child Development & Complex Play

Date: June 17, 2014

Time: 8:30 — 3:30


Audience: New and returning TK and TK/K combo teachers-PEC PK, ECE PK teachers, and Kindergarten teachers welcome Presenters: Blueskies Children’s Center Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5379 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Participants will be introduced to the developmental stages of play, and the essential role that play has in a child’s social and cognitive development.

Environmental Influences on Behavior

Date: June 18, 2014

Time: 8:30 — 3:30


Audience: New and returning TK and TK/K combo teachers-PEC PK, ECE PK, teachers and Kindergarten teachers welcome Presenters: Robert Churchill, MS., BCBA

Stipend: $22.99/hour


Course Description: Participants will develop an understanding of how the environment influences behavior, and will be introduced to strategies that both decrease behavioral barriers to learning and support the development of desirable adaptive skills.

Early Mathematical Thinking, Block-play, Common Core, and Next Generation Science

Date: June 19, 2014

Time: 8:30 — 3:30


Audience: New and returning TK and TK/K combo teachers-PEC PK, ECE PK teachers, and Kindergarten teachers welcome Presenters: Michelle Grant-Groves in partnership w/East Bay Early STEM Network


Course Description: The focus of this workshop is to explore complex block play and the relationship to cognitive and social development, as well as the alignment to both Common Core and NGSS.


Teacher Led Mini-Workshops & Curriculum Planning

Date: June 20, 2014

Time: 8:30 — 3:30


Audience: New and returning TK and TK/K combo teachers-PEC PK, ECE PK teachers, and Kindergarten teachers welcome Presenters: Michelle Grant-Groves & TK/K Teacher Leaders


Course Description: Teachers will work in collaborative groups to plan high quality lessons and activities.

SEEDS of Early Learning


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Tilden Portable D

Audience: New and returning TK and TK/K combo, and ECE PK teachers Presenters: Kate Horst, Tanya Harris, Lynne Martin Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: PD5383 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: This week long training will focus on creating safe and supportive literacy rich learning environments, high quality interactions, purposeful read aloud, and oral language development. Collaboration and planning time is included.

Visual and Performing Arts

Summer Arts Institute


Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: Redwood Heights

Audience: K — 12th grade Teachers Stipend: $22.99/hour On-track PD ID code: See below for the specific sessions (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Summer Arts institute: Offering instructional strategies for teachers interested in including arts instruction and arts integration in their classrooms. This year we are offering workshops in:

Visual Art with the Museum of Children’s Art On-track PD ID code (PD5357): This

workshop is designed for classroom teachers and youth development professionals to learn the basis of visual arts and how to integrate the arts into the classroom setting. Participants with little or no art experience are encouraged to attend, as well as the experienced art teacher. This workshop will encompass the basics of art, line, shape, color, space and texture through hands-on practice, documentation, and discussion, lecture, reflection and individual expression. The lessons are taught in a sequential order and participants will be given an opportunity to use the skills learned in the prior days to develop their own art lesson. As a culminating project, participants create a unique piece of art using collage, photography and text that reflects the individual ideas and expressions of the week.


Visual Art with Attitudinal Healing Connection On-track PD ID code (PD5358): The

Self as Super Hero workshop is based on the curriculum, inspired by our current need for heroes for our children, youth and communities. The heroes we need are defined as exceptional individuals or beings that inspire, protect, and serve, standing and taking action for justice and for the well-being of the environment, people, and animals. The hope begins with the process of imagination to envision and create the Self as Super Hero. This workshop will take participants through an abridged journey of recreating themselves as super heroes. This will include identifying personal, local, national and global heroes. It will also ask participants to identify their strengths and talents which will be translated to superpowers to help solve problems they see in the community/world.

Puppetry & Storytelling with Debbie Koppman On-track PD ID code (PD5359):

Participants will create a variety of puppets, masks, and books, using origami, paper sculpture, recycled materials, and paper maché. Teachers will create many hands-on models of puppets and masks of varying degrees of complexity to take back to their classrooms. Additionally, their handmade books will contain ideas for writing, generated by their artwork. We will be guiding teachers towards concrete, practical ways to make visual arts and language arts integration a real possibility in their classrooms. The workshop will include some projects from last years’ workshop, along with many different materials and projects, so teachers who participated last year are welcome to come back!

Stop Motion Animation with Trena Noval On-track PD ID code (PD5360): This

workshop will introduce OUSD classroom teachers and teaching artists to creating simple animation with students in the classroom setting. Participants will start by creating animation process through simple flip books, then explore available classroom tools, how to use a simple digital still camera, drawing strategies, simple editing tools, developing a concept and storyboarding. Working in collaborative teams, participants will create an of their own stop-motion animation of their own design or from curriculum they are teaching and develop discuss and share ideas about how to take what they learned back to their classrooms to create their first animation

in the coming school year!

**You will need to bring a digital still camera and MAC laptop with iMovie for this class. We

will be working in small groups so not everyone needs a laptop.

Dance with Luna Dance Institute On-track PD ID code (PD5361): Teachers are the

dance-makers- that create, perform, and respond to their own dance works and the dance works of their colleagues. Workshop participants will make dances which focus on the body moving in space, energy, and time- the core element of dance. From this foundation, teachers will explore how to work with the dance content at different grade levels and how to integrate dance learning into their classroom.

Elementary Classroom Music with Sarah Willner On-track PD ID code (PD5362):

Teachers will end the workshop having experienced the connection, focus, and awareness of participation in percussion ensembles. They will be more connected and confident with their own singing voices. They will gain familiarity with classroom percussion instruments. They will have a wealth of culturally relevant games, songs, poems, and dances to take back to school with them in the fall, and will have explored making sounds with their body, and music with homemade instruments. Significantly, they will feel confident with the Orff Schulwerk process for working musically in their classroom, especially with literacy.


Theatre in the classroom with Eric Engdahl On-track PD ID code (PD5363): The

activities and exercises are standards based. The basic format of learning is to introduce the activity; do the activity; reflect on the activity; reflect on how the activity can be applied in a classroom setting; reflect on how it can applied for performance; and finally reflect on how the exercise relates to other activities. Ideally a participant also has a chance to lead the activity so s/he can experience it as a teacher, as well. The activities are sequential and build a series of skills. CSU EastBay, and Michelle Roderick, 20 year veteran drama teacher & MA in Theatre Education.

WORLD LANGUAGES

World Language Alignment and Articulation Date: August 14 — 15

Time: 8:30 — 3:30

Location: TBD

Audience: World Language (WL)Teachers

Stipend: $22.99

Audience: Secondary WL Teachers On-track PD ID code: PD5350 (Directions for registering are found on page 4)

Course Description: Instructional Articulation Pre-AP and AP Alignment. Teachers will work collaboratively on curriculum articulation and alignment.

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