2011-12+Professional+Development

Click here to register **Agenda** 7:30-8:30 Registration and Sign in 8:30-8:45 First General Session: Overview of the Day 9:00-10:00 Concurrent Session 1 10:15-11:15 Concurrent Session 2 11:15-12:15 Lunch Curriculum Meetings 12:30-1:30 Concurrent Session 3 1:45-2:45 Concurrent Session 4 2:50-3:00 Second General Session: Closing
 * Blue River Cohort Professional Development Day**  **Effective Instruction**   Wednesday January 4, 2012   8:30-3:00

**First General Session** **8:30-8:45** Gymnasium Introductions Focus: Effective Instruction

**Concurrent Session 1** **9:00-10:00**  //__**MRL Academy Action Research Work Session**__// //What will I do to develop effective lessons?// Presenter: Toby Boss Room: Media Center Description: This session will assist ESU 6 MRL Academy participants in the set up and implementation of action research projects. Participants will have access to templates and survey instruments developed for this project. Resources can be downloaded from the ESU6 MRL Wiki. [|ReflectivePrac(05).pdf] //__**iPad Basics**__// //What will I do to engage students?// Presenter: Lynne Herr Room: 9 Description: New to the ipad2? Start here to learn all of the basic operations, tips and tricks for the ipad and ipad2.

__//**Elementary Academic Games**//__ //What do I typically do to use academic games?// Presenter: April Kelley Room: Music Description: Academic games and inconsequential competition can help you maintain student engagement. Join us to learn about games that you can use to practice and deepen previously taught concepts.

__//**Using Videos in the Classroom**//__. (upside down teaching, creating student interest, student created) //What do I typically do to preview new content?// Presenter: Lenny VerMaas Room: 6 Description: Videos can be used to create student interest in a topic or to get them to investigate a problem. Students can create a video to demonstrate a concept and develop a better understanding through the process. Teachers can use videos they create or use available videos to “flip” their classroom. In a “flipped” classroom student’s homework is to watch a video and class time is available to work on homework with teacher support. Learn how to use these strategies in your class.

__//**NeSA-W Update**//__ //What do I typically do to track student progress?// Presenter: Jen Madison Room: 13 Description: Jen will provide updates regarding NeSA-Writing for 2012 and beyond.

__//**Interacting with New Content - Questioning**//__ //What do I typically do to help students elaborate on new information?// Presenters: Mitzi Hoback and Suzanne Whisler - ESU 4 Room: 17 Description: Do you purposefully plan and ask questions that require students to engage in higher-level thinking? Research indicates that effective questioning techniques promote student learning. Join Mitzi and Suzanne for tips on how to take questioning to a higher level in your classroom.

**Concurrent Session 2** **10:15-11:15**  __//**MRL Academy Action Research Work Session**//__ //What will I do to develop effective lessons?// Presenter: Toby Boss Room: Media Center Description: This session will assist ESU 6 MRL Academy participants in the set up and implementation of action research projects. Participants will have access to templates and survey instruments developed for this project. Resources can be downloaded from the ESU6 MRL Wiki. __//**Intro to Google Docs**//__ //What do I typically do to organize students to interact with new knowledge?// Presenter: Lynne Herr Room: 9 Description: This session will provide an overview of the word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and form functions in Google Apps. If your school has hopped on the Google bandwagon, grab a seat come along for the ride!

** __// How to use your iPad2 Effectively (or new ipod Touch with built in camera) //__ **  //What will I do to engage students?// Presenter: April Kelley Room: Music Description: Participants new to the ipad2 (or ipod touch with built in camera) will rotate through three stations focused on effectively using the camera, downloading and using apps (Contacts, Bump, Dragon Dictation, and Scan), and web browsing tips and tricks. Please bring your own ipad2 or ipod Touch with built in camera.

__//**Engagement Strategies for Vocab Acquisition II**//__ (new) //What do I typically do to help students process new information?// Presenter: Lenny VerMaas Room: 6 Description: In September Lenny demonstrated engaging activities to provide multiple opportunities for students to practice and deepen their understanding of vocabulary. Lenny will add new strategies to take back to use with your students.

__//**(Short) Writing Tasks for Thinking and Learning**//__ //What do I do to help students practice and deepen their understanding of new knowledge?// Presenter: Jen Madison Room: 13 Description: Writing effectively is itself a critical skill; it is also a means to process information and deepen understanding. Often, we believe that we can’t reinforce writing in our content areas because we don’t have time for “the big paper.” This session will provide teachers with the frameworks for short writing tasks that promote content understanding and reinforce writing skills.

__//**Summarizing and Note Taking Strategies**//__ //What do I typically do to help students record and represent knowledge?// Presenters: Mitzi Hoback and Suzanne Whisler - ESU 4 Room: 17 Description: Summarizing is a difficult task for students at all levels. This session will provide teachers with instructional strategies they can take back and use in their classrooms to help their students develop summarizing skills.

**Lunch Curriculum Meetings**

**11:15-12:15**

**Concurrent Session 3** **12:30-1:30**   __//**Engaging Students in Content with Web 2.0 Tools**//__ //What do I typically do to help students record and represent knowledge?// Presenter: Toby Boss Room: Media Center Description: Learn how to use tools such as Voicethread and Go Animate to help students work with content in new and creative ways. Participants will have the opportunity to create accounts and projects during this session. ESU 6 Engagement Wiki

__//**Google Forms**//__ //What do I typically do to help students reflect on their learning?// Presenter: Lynne Herr Room: 9 Description: This session will to into more depth in using google forms to collect and analyze data, and show folks how to create and grade quizzes with the Flubaroo script.

**//__ iPod/iPad App Swap __//** What do I typically do to help students practice skills, strategies, and processes? Presenter: April Kelley Room: Music Description: Make learning fun...there’s an app for that! Join us during this session to learn about other educators’ favorite apps and how they use them in their classroom. Please be prepared to share your favorite app with the group in about 3-5 minutes. I’ll have a document camera ready for you to showcase your favorite app. If you have an ipod Touch or ipad, bring it with you with your app previously downloaded. __//**Learning with Brain in Mind for Student Engagement II (new)**//__ //What will I do to engage students?// Presenter: Lenny VerMaas Room: 6 Description: In September Lenny looked at brain based strategies that will help engage students and enhance students’ learning in you classroom. Lenny will add new brain based strategies to engage students in your classes.

__//**Video Rounds I**//__ (participants watch videos, discuss & share using reflective questions) //What will I do to develop effective lessons?// Presenter: Jen Madison Room: 13 Description: In this session, participants view video clips of real teachers in real classrooms and engage in self-reflection and strategy sharing. Just as medical students make rounds with experienced doctors to study cases and learn the practice, we will make “rounds” of classrooms via video to study and reflect on our practice. Rookies and veterans alike will be encouraged to give and receive effective strategies from one another throughout our discussion!

__//**Cooperative Learning Strategies**//__ //What do I typically do to organize students to practice and deepen knowledge?// Presenter: Mitzi Hoback and Suzanne Whisler - ESU 4 Room: 17 Description: Cooperative learning is more than just putting students in groups. Learn how implementing cooperative learning in your classroom can greatly enhance student participation, motivation, engagement, and deepen processing of curriculum content.

**Concurrent Session 4** **1:45-2:45** __//**Using Video from the Web to Enhance Your Classroom**//__ //What do I typically do to present unusual or intriguing information?// Presenter: Toby Boss Room: Media Center Description: Streaming video has the potential to engage students in new and creative methods. Participants in this session will learn how to manage tools such as YouTube as learning resources.

__//**To Powerpoint and Beyond!**//__ (joint session in same room) //What will I do to help students effectively interact with new knowledge?// Presenter: Lynne Herr and April Kelley Room: 9 Description: This session will explore new presentation tools such as Prezi and SlideRocket while showing dos and don’ts of powerful presentations.

__//**Engagement Strategies for Vocabulary Acquisition II (new)**//__ //What do I typically do to help students process new information?// Presenter: Lenny VerMaas Room: 6 Description: In September Lenny demonstrated engaging activities to provide multiple opportunities for students to practice and deepen their understanding of vocabulary. Lenny will add new strategies to take back to use with your students.

__//**Video Rounds II**//__ //What will I do to develop effective lessons?// Presenter: Jen Madison Room: 13 Description: In this session, participants view video clips of real teachers in real classrooms and engage in self-reflection and strategy sharing. Just as medical students make rounds with experienced doctors to study cases and learn the practice, we will make “rounds” of classrooms via video to study and reflect on our practice. Rookies and veterans alike will be encouraged to give and receive effective strategies from one another throughout our discussion! (The videos will be different from those studied in the Video Rounds I session.)

__//**Using Technology to Enhance the Six Traits**//__ //What do I typically do to help students practice skills, strategies, and processes?// Presenters: Mitzi Hoback and Suzanne Whisler - ESU 4 Room: 17 Description: Are you looking for ways to enhance six trait writing instruction in your classroom? This session will feature the incorporation of instructional strategies and technology tools to engage students in the six trait writing process in order to strengthen their writing skills. This session is designed for K-12 teachers.

__//**SPED Presentation **//__ What do I typically do to help students practice skills, strategies, and processes in Reading? Presenter: Nancy Meyer Room: 14 Students with disabilities often struggle with different aspects of reading. This session will offer SPED teachers a variety of strategies to use with students who have difficulty with the process, from sound/symbol relationship to comprehension.

**Second General Session** **2:50-3:00** Gymnasium

**Blue River Cohort Professional Development Day** **Focus on Engagement** Tuesday September 6, 2011 8:30-3:00 Exeter School

7:30-8:30 Registration and Sign in 8:30-8:45 First General Session: Overview of the Day 9:00-10:00 Concurrent Session 1 10:15-11:15 Concurrent Session 2 11:15-12:15 Lunch Curriculum Meetings 12:30-1:30 Concurrent Session 3 1:45-2:45 Concurrent Session 4 2:50-3:00 Second General Session: Closing
 * Agenda**

**First General Session** **8:30-8:45** Gymnasium Introductions Why Engagement?

**Concurrent Session 1** **9:00-10:00**

__**//Engaging Students with Treasures Instructional Routines (Part 1)//**__ //Presenter: April Kelley// //Room: Elementary Library// The reading program //Treasures// provides us with effective instructional routines that are often overlooked when thinking about engaging students. Come to this session to learn about the built-in instructional routines from //Treasures// that will help you use the program more effectively. Routines discussed during this session will be centered around these big ideas: phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, phonics, and high frequency words.

__**//Google Forms//**__ //Presenter: Mitch Kubicek// //Room: Science (Nicholas)// Google forms can be a way to create self-grading quizzes, gather information from your students, provide structure for a book review or report, and for many other applications. Learn the basics of Google forms, see examples, and consider you might apply this interactive tool.

__**//Engaging Students through Web 2.0 Tools//**__ //Presenter: Lynne Herr// //Room: Computer Lab// Spend time exploring free Web 2.0 tools to engage students in your content area. Learn and use new tools for presentations, projects and practice that are all online and allow students to continue engagement with content beyond the classroom.

//Presenter: Toby Boss// //Room: Social Studies (main floor)// This session will review the Marzano Research Laboratory instructional training from the summer MRL Academy. A refresher on the three lessons segments: Routines, Content, and Enacted on the Spot will be provided, as well as training on an interactive support tool: MRL Base Camp.
 * __//Remembering Marzano//__**

//Presenter: Lenny VerMaas// //Room: HS Music Room// Students need to hear or use a word correctly up to 30 times before it becomes a part of their vocabulary. We will experience several engaging activities to provide multiple opportunities for students to practice and deepen their understanding of vocabulary.
 * __//Engagement Strategies for Vocabulary Acquisition//__**

**Concurrent Session 2** **10:15-11:15**

__**//Engaging Students with Treasures Instructional Routines (Part 2)//**__ //Presenter: April Kelley// //Room: Elementary Library// Continue learning about more //Treasures// instructional routines that are built into the program to keep students engaged. Routines discussed during this session will be centered around these big ideas: fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and general classroom management.

//Presenter: Lynne Herr// //Room: Computer Lab// This session will allow participants to prepare web 2.0 tools showcased during Concurrent Session 1 for their specific classroom use.
 * __//Web 2.0 Tool Implementation//__**

//Presenter: Toby Boss// //Room: Social Studies (main floor)// Games such as Taboo, the $10,000 Pyramid, and Jeopardy can be great ways to help students practice and deepen content knowledge. Participants will play the games and have access to templates for use in their classroom.
 * __//Engaging Students through Academic Games//__**

//Presenter: Phyllis Severson// //Room: Math Room (Phyllis')// Learn how to best use interactive whiteboards in the classroom.
 * __//Smartboard Training//__**

//**__Learning__ __With the Brain in Mind Equals Student Engagement and Improved Student Achievement__**// //Presenter: Lenny VerMaas// //Room: Music Room// Looking at how the brain works reveals several characteristics that will enhance students’ learning in you classroom. We will look at several of these and see how they can engage students in your classes.

**Lunch Curriculum Meetings** **11:15-12:15**

**Concurrent Session 3** **12:30-1:30**

//Presenter: April Kelley// //Room: Elementary Library// During this session we learn about various apps you can use to make learning fun and engage more of your students. Walk away from this session with an updated list of April’s Favorite Apps. If you have an ipod or ipad, bring it with you. Otherwise, we’ll have a few available for anyone to use that does not have one.
 * __//Ipods & Ipads Make Learning Fun//__**

//Presenter: Lynne Herr// //Room: Computer Lab// Spend time exploring free Web 2.0 tools to engage students in your content area. Learn and use new tools for presentations, projects and practice that are all online and allow students to continue engagement with content beyond the classroom.
 * __//Engaging Students through Web 2.0 Tools//__**

//Presenter: Toby Boss// //Room: Social Studies (main floor)// Games such as Taboo, the $10,000 Pyramid, and Jeopardy can be great ways to help students practice and deepen content knowledge. Participants will play the games and have access to templates for use in their classroom.
 * __//Engaging Students through Academic Games//__**

//Presenter: Lenny VerMaas// //Room: Music Room// Looking at how the brain works reveals several characteristics that will enhance students’ learning in you classroom. We will look at several of these and see how they can engage students in your classes.
 * __//Learning With the Brain in Mind Equals Student Engagement and Improved Student Achievement//__**

**Concurrent Session 4** **1:45-2:45**

//Presenter: April Kelley// //Room: Elementary Library// Are you looking for simple ways to engage 100% of your students? Join us during this session to learn how to get all students to respond in class. We’ll learn about the basic types of student responses (choral, partner, written, and individual) and important tips on using them effectively.
 * __//Increasing Student Engagement Through Responses//__**

//Facilitators: Curtis Cogswell, Mitch Kubicek// //Room: Lunchroom// Come listen to a panel of elementary teachers talk about what they learned after using the Treasures reading program their first year. They’ll share the ins and outs of engaging students with the program as well as answer questions.
 * __//Treasures// Tips__**

//Presenter: Lynne Herr// //Room: Computer Lab// This session will allow participants to prepare web 2.0 tools showcased during Concurrent Session 3 for their specific classroom use.
 * __//Web 2.0 Tool Implementation//__**

//Presenter: Toby Boss// //Room: Social Studies (main floor)// Google tools such as Google Docs, Google Forms, and Google Maps have great potential for both collaboration and engagement. This session will address how to use and implement these tools.
 * __//Using Google Tools to Increase Student Engagement//__**

// Presenter: Jen Madison // // Room: Science (Nicholas) // This session will provide resources for structuring projects that encourage student ownership ** and ** fulfill educational objectives. We will explore resources and project examples to help you get started or to make existing projects more effective.
 * __// Resources for Designing Effective Projects //__**

//Presenter: Lenny VerMaas// //Room: Music Room// Students need to hear or use a word correctly up to 30 times before it becomes a part of their vocabulary. We will experience several engaging activities to provide multiple opportunities for students to practice and deepen their understanding of vocabulary.
 * __//Engagement Strategies for Vocabulary Acquisition//__**

**Second General Session** **2:50-3:00** Gymnasium