Instructional Hours =	8 Hours
CDE Re-Licensure Credit =	.5 Credit
Knowledge Level Advancement =	.5 Credit
CHS Site Based, Technology	CHS Staff Only

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Chaparral Employees

PURPOSE

• Technology Symposium Sessions are designed to provide Chaparral staff with a basic understaning of current tech tools and terms and how they can be useful in teaching or in making every day tasks more efficient.

METHOD

• These trainings are designed to help teachers, administrators and interested staff make progress toward meeting ISTE´s NETS for Teachers and Students (required by CDE and new Federal law).

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PLEASE NOTE:

You must be an employee of Chaparral High School to participate in this Site Based course.

If you have questions about this course content or pre-requisites, please contact the instructor(s) or "Contact" person listed.   If you have questions about registration or transcripts, please contact the Staff Development office.

Certified Instructional Hours=	7.5 Hours
CDE Re-Licensure Credit =	.5 Credit
Site Based	CCE

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Certified Staff who have an Interactive White Board

Participants will learn to use the interactive white board with students to develop collaborative learning activities across the curriculum.

 

This training addresses BOE end statements 1.8 "Students will have an understanding of a core body of knowledge in: (various content applications, including information literacy)

 

 

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PLEASE NOTE:

If you have questions about this course content or pre-requisites, please contact the instructor(s) or "Contact" person listed. If you have questions about registration or transcripts, please contact Staff Development office.

Instructional Hours =	30 Hours
CDE Re-Licensure Credit =	.5 Credit
Knowledge Level Advancement =	TBD
Study Group	Chaparral HS

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Chaparral Sophmore English Teachers

Description:

All sophmore English teachers at CHS will be re-examining our sophmore curriculum and realigning it to board ends statements and essential learnings. WE´;; assess the research paper, American literature adn writing and bocab expectations.

Objectives to be addressed:

• What should sophmores know and be able to do by the end of the year?
• What does sophmore writing look like?
• How do we know a student has learned the material and mastered the essential learnings>

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  PLEASE NOTE:

You must be part of the Chaparral team to participate in this course.

If you have questions about this course content or pre-requisites, please contact the instructor(s) or "Contact" person listed. Carlye Holladay carlye.holladay@dcsdk12.org If you have questions about registration or transcripts, please contact the Staff Development office.

Instructional Hours =	22.5 Hours
CDE Re-Licensure Credit =	1.5 Credit
Knowledge Level Advancement =	TBD
Site Based	CRE

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Castle Rock Elementary Certified Teachers

Description:

This 3-day seminar orients teacher to the literacy practices in place at Castle Rock Elementary. Ths constructs that support literacy knowledge and skills are:

• The Teaching/Learning Cycle
• The Reading Process
• The Writing Process
• The Developmental Stages
• And Brian Cambourne´s Conditions for Learning

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PLEASE NOTE:

You must be part of the Castle Rock Elementary team to participate in this course.

If you have questions about this course content or pre-requisites, please contact the instructor(s) or "Contact" person listed. Mary Freeman, mary.freeman@dcsdk12.org If you have questions about registration or transcripts, please contact the Staff Development office.

Instructional Hours =	7.5 Hours
CDE Re-Licensure Credit =	.5 Credit
Knowledge Level Advancement =	.5 Credit
Site Based	CVHS

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Castle View HS Teacher Leaders

Description:

The Facilitation Skills training is designed for CVHS teacher leaders who are responsible for weekly PLC meetings. Learners will examine the role of a facilitator, how to establish a team and how to facilitate effective PLC meetings.

CVHS teacher Leaders need to be equipped with a basic understanding of a facilitator´s role and elements of and effective meeting.

Upon completing this workshop, learners will:

• understand the role of a facilitator
• understand the steps for establishing a team
• be able to describe the critical components of an effective team
• exasmine strategies for working with teams and facilitating conflice situatesion
• increase their confidence level in being able to facilitate and effective PLC meeting.

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PLEASE NOTE:

You must be part of the CVHS team to participate in this course.

If you have questions about this course content or pre-requisites, please contact the instructor(s) or "Contact" person listed. Carolyn Ayars 303-387-9099 carolyn.ayars@dcsdk12.org If you have questions about registration or transcripts, please contact the Staff Development office.

Instructional Hours =	7.5 Hours
CDE Re-Licensure Credit =	.5 Credit
Knowledge Level Advancement =	.5 Credit
Site Based	CVHS

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Castle View HS Teacher Leaders

Description:

The goal of this course is to train teachers that are new to the SIMMS Integrates Math program and who will be teaching the SIMMS Intergrate Mat I & III Modules in the 2009 - 2010 school year.

The teachers will :

• become familiar with the scope and sequence of the math modules
• understand the philosophy of the small-group, inquire-based approaches to learning that the SIMMS curriculum uses
• have som training in the effective us of the small-group, inquire-bassed approaches
• understand the essential learnings for each module
• examin the advantages and challenges of the SIMMS curriculum

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  PLEASE NOTE:

  You must be part of the CVHS math team to participate in this course.

If you have questions about this course content or pre-requisites, please contact the instructor(s) or "Contact" person listed. Carolyn Ayars 303-387-9099 carolyn.ayars@dcsdk12.org If you have questions about registration or transcripts, please contact the Staff Development office.

Certified Instructional Hours =	up to 9 Hours
CDE Re-Licensure Credit =	.5 Credit
Knowledge Level Advancement =	.5 Credit
Flagstone Elementary School	Site Based

TARGET AUDIENCE:

• Flagstone Elementary Probationary Teachers

DESCRIPTION:

• This annual training address the complex needs of intern teachers as fas as content is concerned. Each topic is timely and necessary for interns to successfully complete the requirements of teaching at Flagstone as well as within Douglas County School District.

Course Info:

• Session 1 - Infinite Campus and First Class Resources, Flagstone Server access, resources available
• Session 2 - Elementary Progress Report Grading Practices: grade books, policies Parent Communication : email, voicemail, newsletters, student planners
• Session 3 - Concerns about Students: Student assistance Team process, referral to ISS ILP and logistics
• Session 4 - Elementary Progress Reports and Student-Parent-Teacher conferences: time frame, what to expect, how to have students present their learninhg
• Session 5 - CSAP expectations and preparation: best practices in assessment
• Session 6 - End of Year procedures: gathering student portfolio data, EPRs, retention policy, etc.

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PLEASE NOTE:

If you have questions about this course content or pre-requisites, please contact the instructor(s) or "Contact" person listed. Ann Herrell (303-387-5243) ann.herrell@dcsdk12.org If you have questions about registration or transcripts, please contact the Staff Development office.

           SB-FSE: Reading Book Study [A]

Certified Instructional Hours =	15 Hours
CDE Re-Licensure Credit =	1 Credit
Knowledge Level Advancement =	1 Credit
Flagstone Elementary School	Book Study

TARGET AUDIENCE:

• Flagstone Elementary Teachers

DESCRIPTION:

Intermediate teachers will read, reflect upon, and discuss Still Learning to Read and Day to Day Assessment in the Reading Workshop by Franki Sibberson and karen Szymusiak.

Course Info:

• The study group will support teachers in their first three years of teaching reading to intermediate grade students as well as challenging more experienced teachers´ practice with transitional readers.

 

• Learners will participate in 10 hours of face to face discussions. Participants will also be responsible for responding on-line by writing 10 reflections on our study group site. Time spent on reflections will a minimum of five hours. Participants who are off-track during the scheduled morning meetings at school will make up their time by doing additional on-line reflections and responses.

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PLEASE NOTE:

If you have questions about this course content or pre-requisites, please contact the instructor(s) or "Contact" person listed. If you have questions about registration or transcripts, please contact the Staff Development office.

           SB-FVE: New Teacher Orientation, Part 1

Certified Instructional Hours =	7.5 - 15 Hours
CDE Re-Licensure Credit =	.5 - 1 Credit
Knowledge Level Advancement =	.5 - 1 Credit
Frontier Valley Elementary School	Site Based

TARGET AUDIENCE:

• Frontier Valley Elementary Probationary Teachers

DESCRIPTION:

• All members of this Study Group are new to FVE and will need to learn the routines and especially the FVE philosophies around literature. There will be book studies and trainings at each meeting that will support their understandings.

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PLEASE NOTE:

If you have questions about this course content or pre-requisites, please contact the instructor(s) or "Contact" person listed. Christine Harris (303-387-8488) christine.harris@dcsdk12.org If you have questions about registration or transcripts, please contact the Staff Development office.

           SB-LTE: Exploring Autism Spectrum Disorders

Certified Instructional Hours=	7.5Hours
CDE Re-Licensure Credit =	.5 Credit
Knowledge Level Advancement =	N/A
Site Based	LTE

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Certified & Classified employees who work in the classroom

The group will be able to: identify students needing additional social support impracting classroom performance; develop positive behavior support plans as a team to address needs of individual students; provide resources and support to parents on the topic of austism spectrum disorders (ASD); recognize potential characteristics related to ASD.

 

 

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PLEASE NOTE:

If you have questions about this course content or pre-requisites, please contact the instructor(s) or "Contact" person listed. Lori Vareldzis If you have questions about registration or transcripts, please contact Staff Development office.

           SB-PE: Technology Academy at Pioneer (TAP) [A]

Classified Instructional Hours=	15 Hours
Pioneer Elementary	Site Based

TARGET AUDIENCE:

• Pioneer Elementary Teachers

DESCRIPTION:

Staff will be trained in a variety of technology tools they can use in their classroom to increase student engagement and learning. Each session will contain a 20 minute training and a 25 minute work session. During the work session there will be three "experts" to assist class particiapants with their work.

Implementation:

This Technology training will transfer knowledge Pioneer Digital Educators have learned in the past several years to other staff members. The technology skills obtained will increase student learning through the use of technology across all content areas.

 

Date                               AM                                           PM

August 12	ILS’s	School Center
August 19	School Center	United Streaming
August 26	Digital Storytelling (Keynote)	Timeliner
September 9	Read/Write/Think	School Center (student blogs)
September 16	Google Earth/Graph Club	Primary Sources #1
September 30	Garage Band #1	Primary Sources #2
October 7	Kidspiration/Spellingcity.com	Read/Write/Think
October 21	United Streaming	Digital Storytelling (Keynote)
October 28	Kidpix	iTunes/Edutopia
November 11	Skype	Garage Band/Podcasts #2
December 9	Wordle/Photobooth	ILA’s
December 16
For credit you need to attend at least 10 sessions at 45 minutes each.

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PLEASE NOTE:

You must be an employee of Pioneer Elementary School to participate in this Site Based Course.

If you have questions about this course content or pre-requisites, please contact the instructor(s) or "Contact" person listed. Course Contact: Cindy Morris 303-387-8419,cynthia.morris@dcsdk12.org If you have questions about registration or transcripts, please contact the Staff Development office.

           SB-SCE: Implementing RtI

Classified Instructional Hours=	15 Hours
Sand Creek Elementary	Site Based

TARGET AUDIENCE:

• Sand Creek Elementary Teachers

 

DESCRIPTION:

In this course we will review the foundations of RtI and develop strategies for implementation of the components of RtI here at Sand Creek.

Implementation:

Participants will increase their understanding of RtI and the law, what RtI is and the 3 Tier Model. Teachers will learn how to recognize potential barriers to learning and identify or create possible solutions. Teachers will increase their understanding of learning disabilities, ESL learners, and low performing students and identify instructional strategies and progress monitoring tools to assist these students.

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PLEASE NOTE:

You must be an employee of Sand Creek Elementary School to participate in this Course.

If you have questions about this course content or pre-requisites, please contact the instructor(s) or "Contact" person listed. Course Contact: Tomi Stage 303-387-6611, tomi.stage@dcsdk12.org If you have questions about registration or transcripts, please contact the Staff Development office.

           SG-BCE:Differentiation of Instruction for Writing

Classified Instructional Hours =	7.5
CDE Re-Licensure Credit =	.5
Knowledge Level Advancement =	.5
Bear Canyon Elementary	Study Group

Description:

The group will learn and begin utilizing a writing software product with students who have IEP writing goals. In addition to the use and evaluation of the product, the group will prepare writing lessons, use a Smart Board with instruction, apply techniques to differentiate instruction, and analyze the effectiveness of the lessons with students. The group will research and review several well known writing programs and determine what part(s) of these programs are worth including in our instruction of students at Bear Canyon. (Writer´s Workshop, Write Tools, Six Traits, etc.)

 

 

Learner Objectives:

This study group will give participating teachers an opportunity to receive training on the writing software. We´ll learn and incorporate the use of the Smart Board with our instruction. We´ll research and apply techniques, and adaptations that will improve writing instruction at Bear Canyon.

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Please Note:

 

If you have questions about this course content or pre-requisites, please contact the instructor(s) or "Contact" person listed. If you have questions about registration or transcripts, please contact the Staff Development office.