October 2, 2013: Public Health Leadership Academy
Description: Join the cohort to continue to focus on the changes you are working to make to be the leader you wish to be. And, explore how you can tap some of the big ideas you’ve learned this year to help teams in your organization make changes for the future.
Who Should Attend: This session is for participants of the 2012-2013 cohort of the Public Health Leadership Academy
Cost: $300 (includes handouts, refreshment breaks, lunch, dinner and lodging on the night of October 2)
Deadline to Register: September 30, 2013
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October 2, 2013: Reading Power Workshop
Description: In this thought provoking one-day workshop, teachers, administrators, instructional coaches, social workers, family engagement specialists, advocates, and educators in community based organizations will:
- Learn about connectional and critical literacy as ways to teach and teach students on the margins;
- Be exposed to research-based findings that examine some of the social, emotional, and psychological aspects of race, class, and gender identities that are connected to literacy and language teaching and learning;
- Analyze representations of race, class, and gender in popular culture and historical trade books commonly used in reading and social studies classrooms;
- Explore recently published books and examples of text sets that can be used in the reading and writing workshop and in disciplinary literacies across the curriculum;
- Design a useful curriculum plan integrating literature, art, and technology that expands critical literacy and close readings of texts that address Common Core Curriculum Standards as well as some of the social, emotional, and psychological gaps in literacy influenced by race, class, and gender;
- Become more confident in facilitating difficult conversations about race, class, and gender when they emerge in the classroom and/or are prompted by curriculum.
Instructor: Dr. Roberta Gardner, an educational consultant and researcher who develops school, family, and community based partnership opportunities, and provides staff development and professional learning seminars for school districts and parent groups.
Cost: $125 (includes instructional materials)
Location: UGA Gwinnett Campus, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
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October 1, 2013: The Reading Turn Around 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. 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
Flyer for More Information!
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September 30, 2013:
The Other Side of Poverty in Schools 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
Instructor: 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
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September 26-27, 2013
Sentence Writing Strategies Workshop (Fundamentals and Proficiency)
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
Instructor: Kathy Boyle-Gast, Communication Sciences & Special Education, SIM® Professional Developer
Location: River’s Crossing, 850 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605
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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Click here to see all upcoming Strategic Instruction Model (SIM) Workshops!
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September 13, 2013
Faculty Diversity Professional Development Day:
Living Our Shared Commitments.
Everyday. Together.
Keynote Speaker: Vanessa Siddle-Walker, Ed.D Graduating with an Ed.D. from Harvard University, Dr. Siddle Walker is currently a Professor of History of American Education and of Qualitative Research Methods at Emory University in Atlanta. Her research centers around Education in African American History, with a focus on segregated schooling in the south. She has written books, numerous articles and book chapters, including a series of manuscripts on the segregated schooling of African American children in the South that have appeared in the Harvard Educational Review, Review of Education Research, and the American Educational Research Journal.
Description: Dr. Vanessa Siddle-Walker will start the day with a keynote address. The keynote will be followed by four workshops to choose from: microaggressions and bullying; creating safe places for conversations; creating a culture of civility, respect and dignity for all; and instructing for social justice. The day will conclude with a lunch focused on sharing our stories related to diversity.
Participants will receive handouts, a morning refreshment break, a boxed lunch and a parking pass. There is no fee for registration.
Location: UGA Hotel and Conference Center
Time: 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM
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August 23, 2013: Reading Power Workshop
Description: In this thought provoking one-day workshop, teachers, administrators, instructional coaches, social workers, family engagement specialists, advocates, and educators in community based organizations will:
- Learn about connectional and critical literacy as ways to teach and teach students on the margins;
- Be exposed to research-based findings that examine some of the social, emotional, and psychological aspects of race, class, and gender identities that are connected to literacy and language teaching and learning;
- Analyze representations of race, class, and gender in popular culture and historical trade books commonly used in reading and social studies classrooms;
- Explore recently published books and examples of text sets that can be used in the reading and writing workshop and in disciplinary literacies across the curriculum;
- Design a useful curriculum plan integrating literature, art, and technology that expands critical literacy and close readings of texts that address Common Core Curriculum Standards as well as some of the social, emotional, and psychological gaps in literacy influenced by race, class, and gender;
- Become more confident in facilitating difficult conversations about race, class, and gender when they emerge in the classroom and/or are prompted by curriculum.
Instructor: Dr. Roberta Gardner, an educational consultant and researcher who develops school, family, and community based partnership opportunities, and provides staff development and professional learning seminars for school districts and parent groups.
Cost: $125 (includes instructional materials)
Location: UGA Gwinnett Campus, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Flyer for More Information!
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July 22, 2013: Reading Power Workshop
Description: In this thought provoking one-day workshop, teachers, administrators, instructional coaches, social workers, family engagement specialists, advocates, and educators in community based organizations will:
- Learn about connectional and critical literacy as ways to teach and teach students on the margins;
- Be exposed to research-based findings that examine some of the social, emotional, and psychological aspects of race, class, and gender identities that are connected to literacy and language teaching and learning;
- Analyze representations of race, class, and gender in popular culture and historical trade books commonly used in reading and social studies classrooms;
- Explore recently published books and examples of text sets that can be used in the reading and writing workshop and in disciplinary literacies across the curriculum;
- Design a useful curriculum plan integrating literature, art, and technology that expands critical literacy and close readings of texts that address Common Core Curriculum Standards as well as some of the social, emotional, and psychological gaps in literacy influenced by race, class, and gender;
- Become more confident in facilitating difficult conversations about race, class, and gender when they emerge in the classroom and/or are prompted by curriculum.
Instructor: Dr. Roberta Gardner, an educational consultant and researcher who develops school, family, and community based partnership opportunities, and provides staff development and professional learning seminars for school districts and parent groups.
Cost: $125 (includes instructional materials)
Location: UGA Gwinnett Campus, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
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July 19, 2013: Southeast Moodle Mini Moot Learning Management System for K-12
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!
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June 24-27, 2013: Teaching Analytic Geometry and Coordinate Algebra: Mathematical Practices and the CCGPS
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.
Instructors:
AnnaMarie Conner, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
Kevin C. Moore, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
Location: Hotel Indigo, Athens, GA
Cost: $500 (includes workshop materials, 3 PLU’s, refreshment breaks and lunch each day)
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June 18-21, 2013: Structural Equation Modeling
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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June 12-14, 2013: Longitudinal Data Analysis Workshop
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)
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June 6-7, 2013: 5th Annual CSSE Summer Institute
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 1.05 CEUs (Intermediate Level, Professional Area) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association for attendance on both days.
Location: UGA Hotel and Conference Center, Athens, GA
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June 5-7, 2013: Introduction to Phenomenological Research
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)
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May 29-31, 2013: The Design, Implementation, and Analysis of Randomized Experiments in Education
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
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May 6, 2013: Service-Learning in P-12 Classrooms: Connecting Curriculum to Community
Elementary, Middle and High School Classrooms
Description: “Why do we have to learn this?” This question is asked daily in countless Georgia classrooms by students who seek connections between their classroom learning and the “real world.” If you’re looking for ways to make curriculum more relevant to students, engage students in meaningful learning, and help students make a difference in their community, join us for an interactive, introductory session on service-learning. Servicelearning is a teaching and learning approach that has been documented to result in positive academic, social, civic, and skills development for young people. Well-designed service-learning experiences can also serve as a bridge between school and community as students see how they can make a difference in their communities by applying their learning to address local issues, needs, and concerns.
Location: UGA Hotel and Conference Center, Athens, GA
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $175 (includes the text and companion CD, The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, and Social Action by Cathryn Kaye as well as a resource binder with additional materials, refreshment breaks, lunch and a parking pass)
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May 3, 2013: The Reading Turn-Around 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
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May 2, 2013: The Other Side of Poverty in Schools 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
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April 29, 2013: Learn Spanish Through Reading Children’s Books
Description: Have you wanted to improve your Spanish abilities but find yourself stuck in the same limited range of vocabulary? Spend a half-day reading and writing Spanish using authentic, inspiring children’s literature. Participants will learn to use L2 reading and writing strategies to enhance Spanish language acquisition, and better serve ESOL students’ needs. From nursery rhymes to illustrated books for young children, participants in this course will learn how to acquire a second language through the pleasure of reading!
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.
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Location: Aderhold Hall, Room 308, 110 Carlton Street, Athens GA 30602
Cost: $100 (includes workshop materials, parking pass and refreshment break)
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April 26, 2013: Spanish for Non-Spanish Speakers, What Every Georgia Educator Should Know
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)
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March 22, 2013: The Reading Turn-Around 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: $150 (includes sessions, workshop materials and a copy of the book The Reading Turn-Around, A Five Part Framework for Differentiated Instruction)
Location: Country Inn & Suites, 2809 Nottingham Way, Albany, Georgia
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Workshop Flyer!
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March 21, 2013: The Other Side of Poverty in Schools 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: $125 (includes sessions and workshop materials)
Location: Country Inn & Suites, 2809 Nottingham Way, Albany, Georgia
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
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March 1, 2013: Safe and Welcoming Schools Conference
“Using Free and Low-Cost Resources to Prevent and Respond to Bullying”
Description: This one-day conference is designed to help participants locate and effectively use free and low-cost resources for preventing and responding to bullying. Researchers and practitioners from the fields of education, counseling, law, and public health will provide information on using a wealth of resources, including websites, videos, books, and surveys. Presentations will be interactive, with hands-on demonstrations of how to use each resource. Participants will receive a compendium of the highlighted resources to assist in their own bullying prevention and intervention efforts.
Invited Speaker Announced: Emily Bazelon is a senior editor at Slate, a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, and the Truman Capote Fellow at Yale Law School. Before joining Slate, she worked as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Each conference participant will receive a copy of her book, Sticks and Stones, Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy.
Other Speakers to Include:
Andy Horne, Dean Emeritus, College of Education
Pamela Orpinas, Professor, Department of Health Promotion & Behavior, College of Public Health
Corey Johnson, Associate Professor, Department of Counseling & Human Development, College of Education
Anneliese Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling & Human Development, College of Education
John Dayton, Professor, Lifelong Education, Administration & Policy, College of Education
Kat Raczynski, Director, Safe and Welcoming Schools Project, College of Education
Location: UGA Gwinnett Campus, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Cost: $149 (includes conference materials, lunch, two refreshment breaks and a copy of Emily Bazelon’s book: Sticks and Stones, Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy)
Click here to view the flyer for more information!
Interested in on-site trainings on topics related to preventing bullying and promoting positive school climate? Visit http://www.coe.uga.edu/sws/services/ for information about additional services offered through the Safe and Welcoming Schools project.
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February 22, 2013: The Reading Turn-Around 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.
Instructor:
Jaye Thiel, University of Georgia College of Education; former elementary school teacher, educational consultant, and graduate teaching assistant
Cost: $150 (includes workshop materials, refreshment breaks and a copy of the book The Reading Turn-Around, A Five Part Framework for Differentiated Instruction)
Location: UGA Hotel and Conference Center, Athens, Georgia
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
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February 21, 2013: The Other Side of Poverty in Schools 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: $125 (includes workshop materials refreshment breaks and parking pass)
Location: UGA Hotel and Conference Center, Athens, Georgia
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
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February 15, 2013: 8th Annual UGA Counseling and Diversity Conference
“Follow Us: Advocacy & Competency in a Social Age”
Description:
Join us at the 8th Annual UGA/Counseling Diversity Conference as we explore issues diversity in counseling and student affairs along the P-12 and higher education spectrum in an era of unprecedented sociological and technological changes. This conference will inform counseling professionals about current issues and nuanced approaches for ways to integrate social justice, social media, and social collaboration ideals in everyday practice.
Cost: $49 (includes conference materials, continental breakfast, lunch and a refreshment break)
Location: UGA Gwinnett Campus, Lawrenceville, Georgia
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February 7-8, 2013: Sentence Writing Strategies (Fundamentals and Proficiency)
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
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.
Click here to view the complete flyer!
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January 28-29, 2013: Professional Development Schools (PDS) Workshop
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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January 25, 2013: Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing 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.
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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