October 3rd, 2011 |
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SIM Workshop Series 2012-2013, Workshop
Description: This two-day workshop will introduce teachers to the foundations of the Strategic Instruction Model® (SIM®) and will prepare them to implement research-based interventions to help students acquire strategies for writing and editing sentences for effective written communication. The Sentence Writing Strategy series, a two-part program that includes the Fundamentals and Proficiency levels, is targeted towards students in grades 4 through 12 who struggle with written expression. In addition to a writing strategy, students can be taught 14 sentence patterns with four types of sentences: • simple • compound • complex • compound-complex
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Instructor: Kathy Boyle-Gast, Communication Sciences & Special Education, SIM® Professional Developer
Location: UGA Gwinnett Campus
Cost: $275 (includes refreshment breaks, 2 instructor’s manuals, 2 student lessons books, packets of training materials, as well as supplemental handouts and power points sent electronically following the workshop to augment instruction)
Successful completion of this workshop will provide 1 PLU for eligible participants.
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October 3rd, 2011 |
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Description: Are you interested in learning more about the potential benefits of strong school-university partnerships? Or are you interested in forming or strengthening a Professional Development School (PDS) partnership between your school district and your local college or university? The University of Georgia, College of Education and the Clarke County School District formed a partnership in 2009, which has grown to include seven active Professional Development School sites. College of Education courses are taught on-site at the schools and university faculty work with school-based teachers and administrators on a variety of initiatives. In this 2-day workshop, faculty and administrative representatives from the University of Georgia College of Education and Clarke County School District will lead participant teams through Professional Development School (PDS) school visits (preK through 12th grade) and working sessions on how to build sustainable partnerships, create a model that serves both institutions, and maximize the benefits of PDSs for all stakeholders. Participant teams are encouraged to include both school district members (principals, teachers, administrators) and university pre-service teacher faculty and administrators.
Presented by: University of Georgia College of Education Office of School Engagement and Clarke County School District (CCSD)
Location: UGA Hotel and Conference Center, Athens, GA
Cost: $200 on or before December 15, 2012. After December 15, 2012: $225
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For more information about the workshop: contact Erica Gilbertson, Project Manager, University of Georgia College of Education Office of School Engagement, ericag@uga.edu or Dr. Janna Dresden, Director, University of Georgia College of Education Office of School Engagement, jdresden@uga.edu
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October 3rd, 2011 |
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SIM Workshop Series 2012-2013, Workshop
Description: The Fundamentals of Paraphrasing andSummarizingStrategy Workshop is designed to systematically teach the fundamental skills students need to be able to identify and paraphrase main ideas and details. Fundamentals contains lessons on paraphrasing words, phrases, and sentences, as well as lessons on identifying main ideas and details in paragraphs and short essays. Specific instruction includes paraphrasing passages where main ideas are not clear, as well as generalizing to Standardized tests.
This one-day workshop will introduce teachers to the foundations of the Strategic instruction Model® (SIM®) and will prepare them to implement research-based interventions to help students acquire skills for effectively comprehending reading passages.
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Cost: $125 (includes parking pass, refreshment breaks, instructor’s manuals, packets of training materials, as well as supplemental handouts and PowerPoint presentations sent electronically following the workshop to augment instruction.)
Instructor: Kathy Boyle-Gast, Communication Sciences & Special Education, SIM® Professional Developer
Location: River’s Crossing, 850 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605
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October 3rd, 2011 |
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Description: Have you wanted to improve your Spanish abilities but find yourself stuck in the same limited range of vocabulary? Work with Dr. Misha Cahnmann-Taylor on reading and writing in Spanish using authentic, inspiring children’s literature. Participants will learn to use L2 reading and writing strategies to enhance Spanish language acquisition and how to access and use high interest Spanish language literacy materials. From nursery rhymes to illustrated books for young children, participants in this course will learn how to use children’s materials to enhance their own Spanish language and support K-12 ESOL students’ emerging (bi) literacy. This workshop assumes participants have some novice-intermediate Spanish knowledge and/or have taken Part I.
Participants will:
- Experience creative practices for Spanish language acquisition (e.g. songs, movement, group work, reading circles, creative writing and dramatic play)
- Apply knowledge about second language learning to classroom instruction with ESOL students
- Learn how to find and use compelling children’s literature in Spanish for adult Spanish language learning
- Become role models for ALL students by continuing a lifelong, literacy-rich, language learning journey
All students will receive a certificate of completion.
Instructor: Dr. Melisa “Misha” Cahnmann-Taylor, Associate Professor of Language and Literacy Education, University of Georgia; Featured Speaker at the 2012 Georgia TESOL Conference.
Cost: $100 (includes workshop materials, parking pass and refreshment break)
New Location: Aderhold Hall, Room 308, 110 Carlton Street, Athens GA 30602
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 PM
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October 3rd, 2011 |
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Description: This one-day workshop is designed to enhance a teacher’s ability to understand and to work effectively with Spanish-speaking students and their families. No prior knowledge of Spanish is necessary. Workshop topics may include: writing letters to the Hispanic students’ parents; family customs and how they can relate to welcoming school and classroom environments; Mexican celebrations and holidays, and working with translation. Participants will:
- Take away key Spanish language and cultural knowledge for use in the classroom
- Apply knowledge about second language learning to classroom instruction
- Acquire strategic Spanish language abilities to nurture meaningful relationships with Latino students and their families
- Visit an authentic local Latino setting & use Spanish for authentic purposes
- Learn how to find and use materials in Spanish for use in the English language classroom
- Become role models for ALL students by starting a lifelong language learning journey
All students will receive a certificate of completion.
Instructor: Dr. Melisa “Misha” Cahnmann-Taylor, Associate Professor of Language and Literacy Education, University of Georgia; Featured Speaker at the 2012 Georgia TESOL Conference.
Cost:
$250 on or before November 1, 2012
After November 1, 2012: $275
Send 10 or more from your school and receive a discounted registration fee of $225 per person.
Bring $10 cash for lunch for the Spanish Emersion luncheon to be held at an authentic restaurant.
Time: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
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October 3rd, 2011 |
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Description: Research studies suggest that opportunity and achievement gaps exist between students of color and White students. Additionally, research studies contend that opportunity and achievement gaps persist between students born into impoverished families and those who are born of privilege. While these gaps exist before students enter school, teachers play a pivotal role in students’ academic trajectories. Thus, the purpose of this full-day professional development session is to provide teachers with an opportunity to think about how their unobserved classroom practices influence the ways in which they interact with students. The first part of the day includes a session in which teachers begin to recognize and think about the inherent biases and stereotypes they might hold. The second half of the day includes developing strategies to overcome inherent biases and stereotypes, thus developing strategies to better engage and educate students. It is believed that once teachers are able to reach students, then they are able to teach students effectively. This, in turn, leads to improved academic achievement, regardless of students’ ethnicity, race, or socio-economic status.
Instructor: Sheneka Williams, Assistant Professor, Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy, University of Georgia
Cost: $150 (includes a copy of the book Start Where you are but Don’t Stay There by Richard Milner, workshop materials and refreshment breaks)
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October 3rd, 2011 |
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The CLASSroom Project at UGA Workshop, Workshop
Description: This one day workshop is designed for teachers in the elementary grades, instructional coaches, literacy coaches, administrators, after school specialists, tutors, administrators, and anyone else concerned with providing the highest quality reading instruction and literacy contexts for all children. In this terrific workshop participants will:
• Learn about the social class-sensitive, five-part framework for differentiated instruction in reading;
• Examine how social class and poverty play a role in reading and language in the classroom;
• Analyze social class and poverty in popular culture, media, and literature through critical reading practices;
• Design learning opportunities around working-class children’s literature;
• Create a concrete plan for individualizing reading instruction for “struggling” readers and enhancing literacy for all students.
Instructors:
Dr. Mark Vagle, University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development
Dr. Stephanie Jones, Associate Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Cost: $175 (includes workshop materials, refreshment breaks and a copy of the book The Reading Turn-Around, A Five Part Framework for Differentiated Instruction)
Location: Macon Centreplex, 200 Coliseum Drive, Macon GA
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
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Come a day early and attend the Other Side of Poverty in Schools Workshop scheduled for December 6, 2012!_______________________________________________________________________________________
October 3rd, 2011 |
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The CLASSroom Project at UGA Workshop, Workshop
Description: In this exciting, stimulating, and intensive one-day workshop at the University of Georgia, teachers, administrators, counselors, and teacher educators will:
• Learn about the five principles for change to better meet the needs of working-class and poor students
• Develop research-based teaching practices sensitive to working-class and poor children and families
• Reflect on formative assessment of working-class and poor students across the curriculum
• Take away powerful classroom ideas for incorporating social class-related content
• Get ideas for establishing positive relationships with working-class and poor families
Instructors:
Dr. Mark Vagle, University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development
Dr. Stephanie Jones, Associate Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Cost: $175 (includes workshop materials and refreshment breaks)
Location: Macon Centreplex, 200 Coliseum Drive, Macon GA
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
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Stay an extra day and attend the Reading Turn-Around Workshop scheduled for December 7, 2012!
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October 3rd, 2011 |
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Archived, The CLASSroom Project at UGA Workshop, Workshop
Description: This one day workshop is designed for teachers in the elementary grades, instructional coaches, literacy coaches, administrators, after school specialists, tutors, administrators, and anyone else concerned with providing the highest quality reading instruction and literacy contexts for all children. In this terrific workshop participants will:
• Learn about the social class-sensitive, five-part framework for differentiated instruction in reading;
• Examine how social class and poverty play a role in reading and language in the classroom;
• Analyze social class and poverty in popular culture, media, and literature through critical reading practices;
• Design learning opportunities around working-class children’s literature;
• Create a concrete plan for individualizing reading instruction for “struggling” readers and enhancing literacy for all students.
Instructors:
Dr. Mark Vagle, Associate Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Dr. Stephanie Jones, Associate Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Cost: $175 (includes refreshment breaks, instructional materials and a copy of the book The Reading Turn-Around, A Five Part Framework for Differentiated Instruction)
Location: The Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia 31419
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Come a day early and attend the Other Side of Poverty in Schools Workshop scheduled for September 6, 2012!
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October 3rd, 2011 |
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Archived, The CLASSroom Project at UGA Workshop, Workshop
Description: In this exciting, stimulating, and intensive one-day workshop at the University of Georgia, teachers, administrators, counselors, and teacher educators will:
• Learn about the five principles for change to better meet the needs of working-class and poor students
• Develop research-based teaching practices sensitive to working-class and poor children and families
• Reflect on formative assessment of working-class and poor students across the curriculum
• Take away powerful classroom ideas for incorporating social class-related content
• Get ideas for establishing positive relationships with working-class and poor families
Instructors:
Dr. Mark Vagle, Associate Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Dr. Stephanie Jones, Associate Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Cost: $175 (includes instructional materials and refreshment breaks)
Location: The Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia 31419
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Stay an extra day and attend the Reading Turn-Around Workshop scheduled for September 7, 2012!
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October 3rd, 2011 |
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Description: A one-day training designed to provide up to date information specific to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender youth in Georgia, better understand the intersections of LGBT youth in communities of color and communities of faith, learn to advocate for LGBT youth with other members of the community (fellow school officials, politicians, parents, etc.), implement anti-bullying policies that support LGBT youth, create trainings for staff, and support Gay/Straight Alliances in the school.
Instructors:
Dr. Anneliese Singh, Counseling and Human Development Services, University of Georgia
Dr. Corey Johnson, Counseling and Human Development Services, University of Georgia
Cost: $225 (includes GSSC notebook, workshop materials, refreshment breaks and lunch)
Location: UGA Gwinnett Campus: 2530 Sever Road, Lawrenceville GA 30043
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October 3rd, 2011 |
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Description: This one-day interactive conference is designed to enhance participants’ understanding of strategies for implementing 1:1 educational environments. Administrators, curriculum directors, technology coordinators, and teachers will provide practical, personal perspectives on how to initiate, implement and sustain a 1:1 initiative. Session topics will include: options for a 1:1 initiative including BYOT, Netbooks/Macbooks/Laptops, and iPads; community engagement, policies, pedagogies, technology infrastructure, professional development, funding, and organization. Participants will engage with speakers to discuss practical considerations of implementing 1:1 policies and programs.
Speakers:
Mooresville Graded School District, 1:1 Macbooks for Five Years
Forsyth County School District, State Leader in BYOT
Elbert County High School, 1:1 Netbooks and eTextbooks
Greene County High School, 1:1 iPads
Cost: $125 (includes workshop materials, lunch, refreshment breaks and parking pass)
**Note New Location: UGA Hotel and Conference Center (The Georgia Center)
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