MWISD Professional Learning 2016

MWISD Professional
Learning 2016
Course catalog for June, July, August
Multiple opportunities are listed in the catalog for MWISD employees to meet professional
learning requirements. There are in-district, out-of-district, online, face-to-face, and blended
sessions to meet the needs of a variety of learners. Comp day credit should align with campus
and/or district goals and improvement plans.
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Mineral Wells ISD
MWISD Mission Statement: Mineral Wells ISD is committed to building a community of
life-long learners in a student-centered climate emphasizing character and responsibility.
SUMMER UNIVERSITY
Most professional development opportunities will be listed in Eduphoria Workshop and some require
ADDITIONAL registrations. Certificates and proof of completion from professional development will
need to be turned in to each campus principal or designee. The campus principal or designee will turn in
a campus roster to Shelia Crabtree for credit in Eduphoria. REGISTRATION OPENS 5/20/16.
CPE credit key:
MWISD Comp Time
Gifted and Talented
Texas SBEC CPE
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) Team Training for K-12 Campuses
Description: The mission of PBIS is to build the capacity of schools to educate all students, especially
students with challenging behaviors, by adopting a sustained, positive, preventative, and effective
instructional approach to schoolwide discipline and behavior management. Campus teams will be
provided the PBIS research-based schoolwide implementation training. This three-day session will
focus on using data to identify and create guidelines for success and schoolwide behavior rules,
expectations, and positive reinforcement systems. During the first two days the campus PBIS team
will create a comprehensive action plan tailored to specific campus needs. The follow-up day will help
with problem solving the process of implementation of PBIS.
Facilitator: Becky Yarborough, Region 11
Date(s): July 25-26
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Audience: MWISD Campus Teams
CPE Credit: 12 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop
Location: MWISD Board Room
PE Curriculum
Description: SPARK has expert trainers that travel the globe to conduct effective teacher workshops
in the SPARK research-based programs. SPARK Certified Trainers bring SPARK to you, working with
a single site in an effort to improve the quantity and quality of physical activity/eduction. SPARK
workshops are FUN, “hands-on,” and designed to meet the needs of our district. Participants learn by
doing, and become motivated by SPARK’s dynamic staff of professional presenters.
Facilitator: SPARK Personnel
Date(s): July 25
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Audience: PE Teachers
CPE Credit: 6 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop
Location: MWHS
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Effective Math Instruction & Strategies Grades PK-6
Description: Elementary math session will include topics such as understanding the need for
differentiated instruction that includes academic conversations. Learners will develop opportunities
that lend to classroom discussion around math, identify good questioning and problem solving
strategies, and work with peers to develop a framework for structuring math time so students develop
deep conceptual understanding and mathematical proficiency.
Facilitator: Lindsey Wells
Date(s): July 25
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Audience: PK-6 Math Teachers
CPE Credit: 6 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop
Location: MWHS
Gifted and Talented Update
Description: Review district framework, procedures, timelines, and access for Gifted and Talented
and Advanced Academics. Learn about resources available to use in your classroom for the
advanced learner like, Texas Performance Standards Project, GT Teachers Toolkit, and resources
available from TAGT. Three hours of face-to-face time and three hours for lesson design using the
tools and resources.
Facilitator: Kelly Wilkerson
Date(s): July 25
Time: 8:30 am – 11:30 am and Location: MWHS
self-paced
Audience: PK-12 Teachers
CPE Credit: 6 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop
Coding for Teachers
Description: Taught by Code.org Affiliates who are experienced computer science educators, our free
workshops will prepare you to teach the Code Studio courses for grades K-8. It is critical for students
to gain a computer science foundation prior to middle and high school. You MUST BYOT (Bring Your
Own Technology)... Laptops, iPads, Tablet, Chargers. Teachers will receive FREE CPEs for educator
re-certification, free copies of the Code.org printed curriculum guide, free computer science resources,
a free Code Studio teacher online account and student online coding accounts, a free teacher kit to
teach the computer science fundamentals courses, and even some free Code.org swag/goodies.
Middle school educators may also participate in the workshops. Courses 2 , 3, and 4 would be
appropriate for middle school students who have no prior exposure to computer coding.
Facilitator: Dr. Phillip Eaglin
Date(s): July 26
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: MWHS
Audience: K-8 Teachers, Librarians, Technology (Limited Spacing)
CPE Credit: 6 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND https://code.org/professional-developmentworkshops/5569749
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Working with Students with Struggling Behaviors (Part 1)
Description: Presenters will provide strategies and interventions for challenging behaviors in the
classroom based on a series of webinars from Texas ESC Collaboration. Presenters will share ideas
on topics including: proactive approaches through Tier I, II, and III initiatives, barriers for learners with
ADHD, classroom management supports, and academic strategies.
Facilitator(s): David Wells, Martha Diaz, Randa Seargeant, Arinda Crawford, Skipper Bennett
Date(s): July 26
Time: 8:30-11:30 am
Location: MWHS
Audience: PK-6 Teachers and Paraprofessionals
CPE Credit: 3 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop
Understanding Poverty and Students in the Classroom
Description: Learners will participate in a blended opportunity of face-to-face learning and book
study, article review, and best practices based on current and relevant research focused on
understanding students from poverty. Participants will determine best academic strategies,
relationship strategies, and tools for student success.
Facilitator: Kelly Wilkerson
Date(s): July 27
Time: 8:30-11:30 am (face-to
face)
Research: self-paced
Location: MWHS
Audience: PK-12 Teachers
CPE Credit: 3-6 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop
Working with Students with Struggling Behaviors (Part 2)
Description: This is Part 2 of a series. Part 1 was presented on July 26. Presenters will provide
strategies and interventions for challenging behaviors in the classroom based on a series of webinars
from Texas ESC Collaboration. Presenters will share ideas on topics including: proactive approaches
through Tier I, II, and III initiatives, barriers for learners with ADHD, classroom management supports,
and academic strategies.
Facilitator: David Wells, Martha Diaz, Randa Seargeant, Arinda Crawford, Skipper Bennett
Date(s): July 28
Time: 8:30-11:30 am
Location: MWHS
Audience: PK-6 Teachers
CPE Credit: 3 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop
Building Reading Comprehension Grades K-2
Description: In this session primary reading teachers will explore comprehension strategies and
TEKS for Grades K-2, as well as, look at how to teach comprehension skills. In addition, participants
will get an overview of the Comprehension Toolkit to assist in the understanding and implementation
of the curriculum. Please bring your Comprehension Toolkit to the session.
Facilitator: Missy Allen
Date(s): July 28
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Audience: K-2 Reading Teachers
CPE Credit: 6 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop
Location: MWHS
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Building Reading Comprehension Grades 3-6
Description: In this session elementary reading teachers will explore comprehension strategies and
TEKS for Grades 3-6, as well as, look at how to teach comprehension skills. In addition, participants
will get an overview of the Comprehension Toolkit to assist in the understanding and implementation
of the curriculum. Please bring your Comprehension Toolkit to the session.
Facilitator: Missy Allen
Date(s): July 29
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Audience: Grades 3-6 Reading Teachers
CPE Credit: 6 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop
Location: MWHS
Effective Math Instruction & Strategies Grades 7-12
Description: Secondary math session will include topics such as understanding the need for
differentiated instruction that includes academic conversations. Learners will develop opportunities
that lend to classroom discussion around math, identify good questioning and problem solving
strategies, and work with peers to develop a framework for structuring math time so students develop
deep conceptual understanding and mathematical proficiency.
Facilitator: Rebecca Bennett
Date(s): July 28
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Audience: Grades 7-12 Math Teachers
CPE Credit: 6 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop
Location: MWHS
Google Boot Camp
Description: Fall in!! Google Boot Camp will get you in shape to lead a classroom where
collaboration, creativity, communication and critical thinking are the plan of attack!
Join us to fill your pack with tools and ideas for battle!
Facilitator: Menielle Donahoo & Jodie McClintock
Date(s): July 29
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Audience: PK-12 Teachers
CPE Credit: 6 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop
Location: MWHS
Teach Like a Rock Star
Description: Looking for strategies to positively impact student knowledge, emotions, actions, and
character? Teach Like A Rock Star provides educators with the most powerful tools, strategies, and
resources available for creating an extraordinary learning environment – one where teachers have a
an educational and personal impact on the lives of students. Come see what we took away from
Teach Like a Rock Star, and how we have used it in a powerful way. This will be a blended learning
opportunity with three hours of face-to-face and three hours of self-paced assignment.
Facilitator(s): Monica Barrick, Rebecca Bennett
Date(s): July 27
Time: 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Self-paced
Audience: PK-12 Teachers
CPE Credit: 6 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop
Location: MWHS
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OUT OF DISTRICT OPPORTUNITIES
The following out of district opportunities have been approved for comp time credit and align with
campus and/or district plans. Campus principals have course offerings for participating
consortium districts: Weatherford, Aledo, and Millsap.
EdCamp
Description: Edcamp has an agenda that’s created by the participants at the start of the event.
Instead of one person standing in front of the room talking for an hour, people are encouraged to have
discussions and hands-on sessions. All of the space and time are reserved for the things the people
there want to talk about. Edcamp will be designed by the learners at the event, organized with other
learners, and on topics important to the people in attendance.
Facilitator: Various Participants
Date(s): July 26
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Location: Aledo
Audience: K-12 Teachers & Librarians in Mineral Wells, Aledo, Weatherford, Millsap
CPE Credit: 6 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop
Bass Hall Teacher’s Institute – First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege
Description: Teachers’ Institutes are a strategic component of the Children’s Education Program.
These professional development workshops, featuring outstanding clinicians, provide a variety of
creative teaching techniques and methods to assist teachers when introducing our programs in the
classroom curriculum prior to attending performances.
Facilitator: Featuring Dr. John Feierabend
Date(s): August 8-9
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: Bass Hall McDavid
Studio
Audience: Elementary & Middle School Music Teachers
CPE Credit: 12 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND Bass Performing Hall
Fees: None
Kimbell Art Museum – Teacher Summer Institute
Description:
Daily sessions will feature staff-led presentations, gallery discussions, and studio-art activities
connecting to the Museum’s permanent collection and the special exhibition The Brothers Le Nain:
Painters of Seventeenth-Century France. Participants will create lesson plans to be shared on the last
day. This program is open to all local educators, but is especially designed for studio art, language
arts, and social studies. The total fee for this twenty-hour program is $225 ($180 for Kimbell
members); educators must register for all four days. CPE credits are available.
Please call 817-332-8451, ext. 351, or e-mail [email protected].
Facilitator:
Date(s): June 14-17
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Kimbell Art Museum
Audience: Art Teachers
CPE Credit: 24 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND https://www.kimbellart.org/learn/school-teacherprograms
Fees: (Principal approval for payment) $225
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Kimbell Art Museum – Museum Forum for Teachers – Modern and Contemporary Art
Description: An immersive week-long summer program for educators features sessions at The
Warehouse, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas Museum of Art, Kimbell Art Museum, and Modern Art
Museum of Fort Worth. Participating middle and high school teachers are invited to deepen their
understanding of contemporary and modern art and architecture; develop strategies for interpreting
and teaching about artworks in the classroom or museum galleries; and connect with collections,
resources, and colleagues at each institution. Tuition is $250. This cost includes all instruction,
materials, and lunch each day. The Early Application deadline is April 1, 2016 (discounted rate $225).
Regular Application deadline is May 27, 2016 ($250). Program sessions are held at each of the
participating institutions and CPE credits are available. Please call 817-332-8451, ext. 351, for more
information.
Facilitator:
Date(s): July 25-29
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Kimbell Art Museum
Audience: Art Teachers
CPE Credit: 24 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND https://www.kimbellart.org/learn/school-teacherprograms
Fees: (Principal approval for payment) $250
ELEM CON
Description: Join elementary teachers and leaders for Elementary Con featuring Angela Maiers. You'll
learn with master elementary teachers and leaders in active, hands-on sessions focusing on literacy,
mathematics, and leadership. Space is limited; EDventure awaits!
Facilitator: Featuring Angela Maiers with Various Speakers & Breakout Sessions
Date(s): June 23 & 24
Time: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: White Settlement
Audience: PK-5 Teachers
CPE Credit: 6 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND http://www.esc11.net/elementarycon
Fees: (Principal approval for payment) $75
iCreate
Description: Develop your understanding of how to leverage innovative tools and strategies to
intentionally target learning objectives and student skills. CODING * ROBOTICS * EMERGING
TECHNOLOGY * ART * THINKING * ENGAGEMENT
Facilitator: Region 11 and Features Speakers
Date(s): June 20, 21, 22
Time: Varies ½ day full day
Audience: PK-12 Teachers
CPE Credit: 3-18 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND
https://sites.google.com/a/esc11.net/icreate2016/home
Fees: (Principal approval for payment) $50-125
Location: Region 11
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1:World Conference
Description: Why attend the 1:World Conference? Don't miss the opportunity to be a part of this
transformational conference! You will walk away with vetted strategies from experts in the field with
proven results. This conference redefines the professional development experience.
1:World Conference, where innovation, integration and instruction intersect with practical
implementation through teacher led professional development.
Facilitator: Various Presenters
Date(s): July 27-28
Time: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Northwest ISD
Audience: PK-12 Teachers
CPE Credit: 6-12 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND http://conference.nisdtx.org/attend.php
Fees: (Principal approval for payment) $100 for one or both days
PRIMEd Digital Learning Experience
Description: Education Service Center Region 11 is excited to host the PRIME Digital Learning
Experience 2016 for schools across the North Texas Region 11 area, bringing together teachers,
librarians, technologists, and administrators to experience the latest future-ready learning strategies,
tools, and resources in a future-ready learning environment. This conference will also provide
powerful networking opportunities as you are PRIMEd to embark on an awesome new school year.
Facilitator: Kayla Steiner ESC Region 11, Debra Reiling ESC Region 11
Date(s): August 4
Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Location: White Settlement
Audience: Instructional Technology Personnel, Librarians, Teacher - General Education, Instructional
Leaders
CPE Credit: 6 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND http://www.esc11.net/
Fees: none
ESC 11 OPPORTUNITIES
Description: Multiple course offerings are available at Region 11 that align with campus and district
goals. The Region 11 opportunities are online for viewing. Principal approval must be secured as
well as approval for payment. Below are a few of the courses with descriptions. For further
information and registration go to www.esc11.net.
Close Reading Re-examined in Secondary ELAR Classrooms (Grades 7-12) – 010934
This session will explore key ideas and lesson topics from leading experts on close reading strategies.
Secondary English Language Arts and Reading teachers will learn about the process and purpose of
close reading and analyze text complexity. The ultimate goal of teaching students about close reading
strategies is to allow them to develop a meaningful relationship with various texts so that they will
grow their future-ready skills in academic readiness and communication.
A Journey to Writing Success: Guiding Student Writers from Ideas to Essays for Grades 7-12 –
012273
This learning experience will provide participants with strategies to guide students from the
brainstorming process to a complete essay through development of ideas and purposeful revision.
Participants will learn how to guide students through the entire writing process to become
accomplished secondary writers.
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Reading with a Purpose - Online – 011258
In order to reach our diverse student population, educators need multiple tools. Setting a purpose for
reading supports comprehension and increases motivation. Teachers often report that poor reading
skills hinder many students' ability to learn and therefore prevent their success. Using the clear
instructional technique of setting a purpose for reading is a scaffold for your students, especially those
who are struggling. This online course is designed for all grade levels and content areas. What you
learn will enable you to help more students become independent, successful readers. This course is
free for districts/charters that purchased the Instructional Services contract and offers three hours of
continuing professional education.
Use Shorter Texts to Dive Deeper in Secondary ELAR Classrooms (Grades 7-12) – 012072
Too often, secondary English language arts teachers get caught up in the cycle of reading novels and
long pieces of fiction while at the same time needing to reinforce higher-order thinking, vocabulary,
writing, and grammar skills. This session will highlight a variety of short texts across multiples genres
with the goal of saving time while going deeper. Pieces of literary nonfiction and shorter texts can
pack the same punch as novels and long short stories, and they can spur students to be thoughtful
readers. Cut your prep time in half by teaching shorter texts and engaging your students with multiple
genres!
Beyond the DBQ – 010960
Reading, writing, and critical thinking are imperative skills in the Social Studies classroom. Successful
implementation of DBQs in the classroom is dependent on the capacity of the teacher. Once participants have
gone through a completed essay, questions and concerns arise. Reviewing the process, calibrating essay
scoring, and focusing on point of view and inference will enhance teaching the DBQ. Extended Learning is
expected.
Sheltered Instruction: Supporting English Language Learners in the Content-Area Classrooms
In this workshop, participants will gain a basic understanding of how to design instruction that focuses on
providing accessibility for English language learners (ELLs) to grade-level content curriculum and concepts while
they continue to improve their academic language proficiency. Participants will learn to use second-language
acquisition strategies as they teach content-area knowledge and skills and differentiate instruction for ELLs.
ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES
Gifted and Talented
Description: Multiple course offerings online and face-to-face are available through Region 11 for 6
hour updates and 30 hour initial compliance credit.
Gifted and Talented ONLINE:
Nature and Needs of GT Students
Assessing the Needs of GT Students
Setting Standards for Success of GT Students
Differentiating Instruction for GT Students
Designing Curriculum for GT Students
Research Skills for GT Teachers (12 hour course)
Facilitator: Various Speakers & Breakout Sessions
Date(s): June 13-August 8
Time: self-paced
Audience: PK-12 Teachers
CPE Credit: 6-30 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND www.esc11.net
Fees: (Principal approval for payment) $50 per course
Location: online
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TEXAS GATEWAY
The Texas Gateway, a free online resource library for educators and parents provided by the Texas
Education Agency (TEA), is now available. Visitors to the Gateway are able to search for resources by
grade level, subject, TEKS, and keywords. Educators may also search and self-enroll in online
professional development courses. To learn more about the Texas Gateway and the available
resources, visit www.texasgateway.org, check out the Getting Started Guide, or contact TEA at
[email protected].
Texas Gateway – Revised Fine Arts TEKS
Description: The course provides an overview of the revised Fine Arts TEKS. Teachers of fine arts
content and courses and administrators responsible for fine arts implementation are eligible to
participate. Participants may select any of the 16 modules to complete. Those who successfully
complete all modules and the assessment will earn eight continuing professional education (CPE)
credits.
Facilitator: TEA
Date(s): complete prior to
Time: self-paced
Location:
August 10, 2017
Audience: PK-12 Teachers
CPE Credit: 8 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND http://www.texasgateway.org/
Fees: none
Texas Gateway – CTE 101
Description: The CTE 101: Career and Technical Education course returns to the Texas Gateway.
This course provides an overview of Career and Technical Education in Texas and how it is
implemented at the state and local levels. Teachers who are not certified in CTE and have been
assigned to teach one of the CTE courses for mathematics or science credit must complete CTE 101.
CTE-certified teachers may complete CTE 101, but it is not a requirement.
Facilitator: TEA
Date(s): complete prior to
Time: self-paced
Location:
August 10, 2017
Audience: CTE Teachers
CPE Credit: 4 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND http://www.texasgateway.org/
Fees: none
Texas Gateway – Science Safety for Elementary
Description: Science Safety for Elementary School is available on the Texas Gateway. This course is
a self-paced foundational training module for science safety at the elementary school level. The
course provides elementary school science teachers an opportunity to review safety policies,
procedures, and responsibilities that pertain to instructional settings. (This course meets the
Science Safety Requirement for Science Teachers.)
Facilitator: TEA
Date(s): complete prior to
Time: self-paced
Location:
August 10, 2017
Audience: PK-6 Science Teachers
CPE Credit: 3 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND http://www.texasgateway.org/
Fees: none
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Texas Gateway – Science Safety for Secondary
Description: This self-paced course is a foundational training module for science safety at the high
school level. The course provides high school science, science elective, and CTE teachers an
opportunity to review safety policies, procedures, and responsibilities that pertain to instructional
settings. This course is designed to supplement a district or campus-led safety training that also
includes hands-on training with safety equipment such as eye wash stations, fire blankets, lab
equipment, etc. Teachers who are not certified in science and who wish to teach one of the CTE
courses for science credit must complete this online course. (This course meets the Science Safety
Requirement for Science Teachers.)
Facilitator: TEA
Date(s): complete prior to
Time: self-paced
Location:
August 10, 2017
Audience: 7-12 Science Teachers
CPE Credit: 3 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND http://www.texasgateway.org/
Fees: none
Texas Gateway – Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies
Description: The Online Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA) prepare middle school
teachers to design appropriate instruction for all students, including those who struggle with reading
due to limited English proficiency, learning disabilities, dyslexia, and other risk factors for reading
difficulties. This online course (TALA Tier I) is designed for all teachers and includes a set of training
modules on cross-curricular vocabulary, comprehension strategies, and academic writing.
Teachers who successfully complete all units are eligible for 9 continuing professional education
(CPE) credits. There are a total of three quizzes (one per unit) in this course.
Facilitator: TEA
Date(s): complete prior to
Time: self-paced
Location:
August 10, 2017
Audience: Grade 6-8 Teachers
CPE Credit: 9 hours
Registration: MWISD Eduphoria Workshop AND http://www.texasgateway.org/
Fees: none
This catalog is designed to offer a comprehensive list for your professional development
needs. If there is something you need for your PD not listed in the catalog, please talk
to your campus principal for approval.
Other courses in surrounding districts will come available. Registration for these
courses through Northwest Consortium (Aledo, Weatherford, or Millsap) will be made by
emailing Kelly Wilkerson at [email protected].
Information regarding the required Compliance Training Bundle will be in a separate
document.
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