Professional Development Opportunities

Wired Wednesdays: Teaming Up with Tech Tools on Mobile Devices
April 17, 2013 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
MSUB College of Education Building, Room 122

Explore iTunes and Google Play Apps to foster digital storytelling and classroom collaboration. Collaboratively learn how to use apps on your device to create video or audio podcasts, design animated puppet shows, develop an augmented reality video, and build interactive treasure hunts using QR codes.  Download the brochure or register for this workshop.

Implementing a Successful RTI Program: Scheduling that Supports the RTI Process in Secondary Schools
April 24, 2013- 5:30-8:00pm
MSUB College of Education Building, Room 160

Scheduling is considered a common barrier to effective RTI implementation in secondary schools. This interactive session will share findings from a nationwide investigation of effective scheduling approaches in middle and high schools. Participants will have an opportunity to gain familiarity with several National Center on Response to Intervention planning tools designed to facilitate discussions about the scheduling and implementation of interventions in secondary settings. Download the brochure or register for this workshop.

Singapore Math
June 4 & 5, 2013- 9:00am-4:00pm
MSUB College of Education Building, Room 427
Co-sponsored with Laurel Public Schools

Day 1: What are Singapore Math strategies and how do they fit into common core expectations and current and/or new materials? The day will be spent exploring activities and games that model the Singapore Math philosophy. Time will be spent focusing on the four operations beginning with "ten-ness" in Kindergarten and moving up to division in intermediate grades.  Strategies will be presented that are grounded in place value and scaffolded to allow   students multiple entry points into addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Participants will gain a firm foundation about the concrete-pictorial-abstract approach to teaching.

• Learn about Singapore Math instruction and how it supports common core math instruction
• Experience multiple methods for teaching the four operations
• Play games that support instruction of the four operations
• Reflect and plan for classroom implementation

Day 2: Model Drawing is one of the most powerful Singapore Math strategies. The day will be spent building understanding about the progression of Model Drawing from early concrete experiences to more in-depth problem-solving tasks.  Participants will be asked to solve multiple problems to practice this powerful strategy.

• Learn about the steps for solving problems using the strategy of Model Drawing
• Learn about and experience problems at the various progression levels of Model Drawing
• Reflect and plan for classroom implementation

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Family Coaching: Bringing the Pyramid Model Home
June 13 & 14, 2013 - 9:00am-4:00pm
MSUB College of Education Building, Room 122

The Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children is a conceptual framework of evidence-based practices developed by two national, federally-funded research and training centers: The Center for the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) and The Technical Assistance Center for Social Emotional Intervention (TACSEI). Most recently, TACSEI developed a family coaching approach for implementing the Pyramid Model with caregivers in homes. This approach was developed to support home visitors who are working with caregivers of infants and toddlers with or at-risk for disabilities. The approach focuses on supporting home visitors in the use of evidence-based family coaching strategies to enhance caregivers’ capacity to promote their infant or toddlers’ social emotional competence. This presentation will describe the family coaching approach to implementing the pyramid model.

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Professional Learning Communities
June 19 & 20, 2013
MSUB Library Building, Room 148

Day One: Overview and background on Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and their role in carrying out the work of achieving district goals and initiatives.

Day Two: Work with school teams to help understand how to set time within the school day for PLCs, establish strong teams, and other logistics of implementing Professional Learning Communities in your district. Must attend day one to attend day two.

Register for Day One Overview or both days.

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