November 9th, 2011 |
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November 8th, 2011 |
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Workshop
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 include: greetings (more than just saying hola!); authentic conversational practice, home-school communication with and without an interpreter, and language learning strategies for all ages. The afternoon is fi lled with engaging small group talleres (workshops) where participants acquire Spanish through folk art-making, play a Mexican variety of bingo, compete in fun rounds of “Latino USA” trivia, and salsa dance!
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.
Location: Georgia Museum of Art, 90 Carlton Street, Athens, GA 30602
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Cost: $200 on or before April 5, 2013; After April 5, 2013: $250
(includes workshop materials, parking pass, morning coffee and afternoon refreshment breaks)
Registration Extended! Deadline to Register: April 24, 2013
Workshop Flyer
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November 8th, 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, Associate Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Dr. Stephanie Jones, Associate Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Cost: $125 (includes workshop materials)
Location: UGA Gwinnett Campus, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Stay an extra day and attend the Reading Turn-Around Workshop scheduled for May 3, 2013!
Informational Flyer
Registration Now Open! Click here to register! Registration Deadline: April 29, 2013
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November 8th, 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, Associate Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Dr. Stephanie Jones, Associate Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Cost: $150 (includes workshop materials and a copy of the book “The Reading Turn-Around: A Five-Part Framework for Differential Instruction”)
Location: UGA Gwinnett Campus, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Come a day early and attend the Other Side of Poverty in Schools Workshop scheduled for May 2, 2013!
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Registration Now Open! Click here to register! Registration Deadline: April 29, 2013
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November 8th, 2011 |
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Institute Workshops, Workshop
2013 Institute Workshop Series
Description: This 3-day workshop on the design, implementation and analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) is designed as an introductory session for people with an interest in trials, but with limited experience in undertaking them in educational settings. The goal is to increase the capacity of researchers to develop and conduct rigorous evaluations of the impact of education interventions. The workshop will provide intensive training on planning, implementing and analyzing data from an RCT, enabling participants to:
- Describe the principles underlying randomized experiments and their advantages for making causal inferences.
- Understand when it is, and when it is not, appropriate to propose an RCT design
- Design an RCT taking into account the practical limitation of the field, as well as the hierarchical structure of populations in education.
- Adequately describe the treatment and counterfactual, and measure implementation fidelity.
- Understand many of the common pitfalls in implementing RCTs in the field.
- Appropriately analyze the data from an RCT, and provide adequate context to the results.
- Acquire knowledge about how educational evaluations are reviewed and rated.
The workshop will be interactive, with individual and small group assignments, and will include real-world examples from both the literature and the presenters own experience.
Instructor: Jennifer Hamilton, Westat
Location: UGA Hotel and Conference Center
Cost: $799 (includes workshop materials, refreshment breaks, lunch and parking passes each day)
Register Now! Registration Deadline: May 15, 2013
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November 8th, 2011 |
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Institute Workshops, Workshop
2013 Institute Workshop Series
Description: In this exciting and engaging three-day workshop, qualitative researchers, instructors of qualitative research methods, and graduate students will learn about the philosophical and methodological foundations of phenomenology; practice some of the core methodological techniques commonly used in descriptive and interpretive phenomenological research; and engage deeply in the presenter’s post-intentional phenomenology. This workshop is designed to be primarily application-oriented.
Instructor: Mark Vagle, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota
Location: UGA Hotel and Conference Center
Cost: $625 (includes workshop materials, refreshment breaks, lunch and parking passes each day)
Register Now! Registration Deadline: May 22, 2013
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November 8th, 2011 |
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Conference
The 2013 CSSE Summer Institute:
Current Topics and Trends in Communication Sciences and Special Education
Description: The 5th Annual CSSE Summer Institute is a comprehensive 2-day seminar covering multiple areas of education that are of particular interest to teachers, speech-language pathologists, administrators, parents, related service providers, and specialists in public and private schools. The Communication Sciences and Special Education Department is proud to present national and local speakers on the topics of:
- Asperger’s Disorder;
- Reading Disabilities;
- Medical Issues of Children in the Schools;
- Data Collection and Behavior Management;
- Legal Issues Pertaining to Classroom Teaching and Children with Disabilities; and
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication Solutions in the Classroom
All sessions offered address current topics and trends for special educators, general educators, and speech-language pathologists. In addition, this conference will address the administrative issues, parental concerns, and perspectives of Individuals with Disabilities on each of these topics.
For those interested in continuing education, participants may earn 1.0 PLU from the Georgia Department of Education and up to 1.075 CEUs from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association for attendance on both days.
Location: UGA Hotel and Conference Center, Athens, GA
Save the Date Flyer!
Registration is now open! Click Here to Register!
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November 8th, 2011 |
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Institute Workshops, Workshop
2013 Institute Workshop Series
Description: Multilevel models are widely used statistical methods with names such as hierarchical linear models and random or mixed effects models. This workshop presents an introduction to multilevel models featuring their use in longitudinal analyses. By attending the workshop, participants will gain a basic understanding of the modeling approach and will be able to conduct basic longitudinal analyses. Topics covered include analyses for basic repeated measures data, analysis of growth curves, within-person fluctuation, and simultaneous prediction of multiple sources of variation. The course will feature example handouts and syntax from SAS.
Instructor: Jonathan Templin, University of Georgia
Location: UGA Hotel and Conference Center
Cost: $650 (includes workshop materials, refreshment breaks, lunch and parking passes each day)
Register Now! Registration Deadline: May 29, 2013
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November 8th, 2011 |
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2013 Institute Workshop Series
Description: This workshop will provide a foundation in structural equation modeling by introducing participants to the basics of model estimation, evaluation of model fit, and model interpretation for basic structural equation models. The models to be covered included path models, confirmatory factor analysis models, and full structural models. Instruction will consist of lectures and hands-on activities. As part of the workshop, participants will be instructed in the use of the LISREL computer package. Afternoon activities will involve conducting analyses using the LISREL package. If
time permits, participants will also be provided help in analyzing their own data.
Instructor: Deborah Bandalos, James Madison University
Location: UGA Hotel and Conference Center
Cost: $1,099 (includes workshop materials, refreshment breaks, lunch and parking passes each day)
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November 8th, 2011 |
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Workshop
Description: This 4-day workshop will focus on implementing the standards from the first two years of the CCGPS with emphasis on the Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP), particularly argumentation and quantitative reasoning.
Participants will:
- Learn about the role of the SMP in teaching and learning mathematics;
- Engage in classroom activities designed to utilize the SMP;
- Analyze their own participation in terms of mathematical content and the SMP;
- Receive a set of resources and activities that are ready to implement in high school classrooms.
Instructors:
AnnaMarie Conner, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
Kevin C. Moore, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
Dates: June 24-27, 2013
Location: Hotel Indigo, Athens, GA
Cost: $500 (includes workshop materials, 3 PLU’s, refreshment breaks and lunch each day)
Hotel Rooms: A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Indigo at a special rate of $109 per night. Contact the hotel at 706-546-0430 to make your reservation. Please make your reservation by May 27, 2013 in order to receive the special rate.
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Registration is now open! Click here to register. Deadline: June 17, 2013
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November 8th, 2011 |
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Conference
Description: This one-day interactive conference is designed to enhance participants’ understanding of Moodle, a free Learning Management System, and how school systems can use it for blended and online learning of Common Core standards, organizing a 1:1 initiative, flipping a classroom, and more. Administrators, curriculum directors, technology coordinators, and teachers will want to attend this conference to learn practical, personal perspectives on how to initiate, implement and maintain Moodle for a variety of purposes and audiences, large and small. Session topics will include: introduction to Moodle; installing, updating, and backing up; site, category, and course organization; K-12 innovative uses; professional development; and more. Participants will engage with speakers to discuss practical considerations of implementing a Learning Management System.
Speakers:
David Millians, Moodle Administrator
UGA Educational Technology Center, Moodle PD Providers
K-12 Moodle Users
Cost: $125 (includes conference materials, two refreshment breaks, lunch and a parking pass)
Location: UGA Hotel and Conference Center
Registration starts at 8:00, Sessions are from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Call for Proposals: If you would like to present at the conference, click here for more details!
Informational Flyer
Register Now! Registration Deadline: July 5, 2013
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October 3rd, 2011 |
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NEFE High School Financial Planning Program
Description: This seminar will assist high school teachers who teach personal finance education. This seminar will be useful for teachers in several content areas (i.e. family and consumer sciences, economics, and/or math). The materials in this High School Financial Planning Program are peer reviewed, current, and are an excellent resource for both teachers and their students. Although limited content areas were specifically identified as benefactors of this seminar, personal finance education is desperately needed for all age groups.
Proposed activities:
1. View the video on the NEFE High School Financial Planning Program
2. Introduce the High School Financial Planning Program’s website.
3. Provide an overview of the seven units of instruction and how they may be integrated into existing curriculum.
4. Examine the Georgia Performance Standards in selected content areas.
Objectives of the Workshop:
1. Explain the High School Financial Planning Program’s origin and importance in educating high school students about financial management in economic situations.
2. Identify and describe the content of the seven units of instruction offered in the program.
3. Identify and examine Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) that will be addressed in selected content areas.
Workshop Series Information:
Location: On-site at your school!
Cost: $5,000 includes one-day workshop on-location at your school for up to 50 participants; workshop materials, book and student guide for each participant.
Instructor: Bettye P. Smith, Professor, University of Georgia, College of Education, Program of Workforce Education
Click here to view the complete flyer!
To schedule this workshop at your location contact Melanie Baer: mbaer@uga.edu, 706-542-4556
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