Planning and implementing innovative instruction. Bring your laptops and a spiral.

American Heart Association Heartsaver AED Course to satisfy Texas and UIL requirements.

American Heart Association Heartsaver AED Course to satisfy Texas and UIL requirements.

this is a sample course. PLEASE DO NOT OVERRIDE a course by choosing update. You ADD a new course.

Beginning Sign Language class using Signing Exact English. Participants will learn new signs every week and are responsible for practicing material. Participants are expected to attend all classes as vocabulary and content is cumulative with each week of class. Copies of signs learned will be provided. Open to teachers, staff, parents and community members. There is a fee required of $10 for IISD staff and $20 for community members.

The Second District Diversity Module, Different Understandings, Different Approaches: Our Community, will examine diversity in such a way that will help individuals recognize their differences and appreciate the collective of wonderfully diverse backgrounds that makeup our district and community. Bring a spiral notebook and if you have one a laptop computer.

This workshop is for teachers newly hired who have not had the 6 hour required training on the PDAS evaluation instrument.

Learn techniques to effectively respond to and overcome stress. Participants will learn breathing exercises, positive reinforcement, journaling and other stress management techniques. Learn a healthy approach to managing the stress in your life. Presenter: Patricia Marez - BCBS

Elementary counselors will explore issues and accountability practices applicable to elementary school in the first full day session. Updates will be done quarterly and topic will vary by session. Audience: Elementary Counselors

High School counselors updates will be done quarterly and topic will vary by session. Audience: High School Counselors

Middle School counselors updates will be done quarterly and topic will vary by session. Audience: Middle School Counselors

Secondary counselors will explore issues and accountability practices applicable to Middle and High school. Audience: Secondary Counselors

Using play therapy with children in order to maximize counseling outcomes. Please register with the institute at http://cpt.unt.edu/news/summer-institute-online-registration-now-available/ and in CourseWhere. Location: Silver Eagle Suite A in the University Union on the UNT campus at 1155 Union Circle, Denton, TX, 76203. A copy of your certificate will be needed for attendance purposes after the Institute. Approved for Counselors, LSSPs, and Psychologists for District Exchange Credit.

offered by The Society for Bioenergetic Analysis

offered by UT Arlington

hosted by Argosy University

offered by Texas Tech for High School and Community College counselors.

offered by UTA

Audience: Secondary ESL Teachers Level 1&2 and LOTE Teachers. Day One- Hands-on demonstration of the method, Pedagogical underpinnings of the method, overview of steps and hands-on practice of a core questioning strategy. Learn how repetition, context and emotional engagement set students up for success and how to apply specific strategies for ultra effective instruction. Day Two: Hands-on application and practice of various crucial questioning strategies, including Personalized questions for student engagement, scaffolded questions for differentiated language instruction and differentiated grammar instruction, leading questions for creating a guided story. Learn how reading impacts the rate of acquisition and practice specific techniques and activities to make FL reading even more powerful!

held at Austin Convention Center

From computers to ceramics and crayons to coffee, many media and outcomes are explored as a faculty of highly respected presenters offer many different sessions for area art educators. IISD cannot pay for this event, but it will award staff development credit for those participating. Please provide proof of attendance for each session and turn into the staff development office for credit. Register with TAEA.

Numerous workshop opportunities

Instructional Specialists and Coaches will meet to learn strategies in helping teachers and implementing district Elementary programs.

This course is Middle School and High School Math resource teachers. MS Math resource teachers will learn strategies to move students from simple whole number operations to algebraic equations. Presenter: Susan Rampp

The participants will review the components of the Trans math program and its implementation. Audience: MS Resource Math Teachers. Presenter: Math Coaches.

Teachers that were trained with MTA during the summer of 2009 will receive their update trainings.

For Social Studies and Inclusion teachers with 4+ years of teaching experience. Lay a foundation which enables more students to be successful. Determine best practices and learn common strategies to give students more opportunities to engage in active questioning, analysis, and the construction and communication of oral and written arguments. Maximize your instruction and student success as you eliminate duplication of efforts and omission of materials by scaffolding curriculum from one grade level to the next. Bring your laptop.

Presenter: Michael Shea. This training will be divided into two portions. The morning session will provide teachers with strategies and activities to enhance their ability to teach Level 1 and 2 ELL students writing and speaking skills. The second portion the participants will learn how to use technology combined writing and grammar to enhance students´ achievement in these classes. Both sessions will include practical demonstrations and hands-on training.

For Social Studies and Inclusion teachers with 1-3 years of teaching experience. These sessions will explore new avenues for planning and implementing innovative instruction through technology.

While acquiring a brief foundational framework for cooperative learning, participants will experience strategies for implementing cooperative learning and managing flexible groups. In addition, participants can utilize these strategies to actively engage their students in th4e learning process to lead to their academic success. This workshop will be beneficial to those teachers who aspire to meet the challenges of working with students in flexible and cooperative groups.

Dr. Ball is returning by popular demand to repeat the August presentation. Dr. Ball is a nationally recognized presenter on students with cognitive disabilities including students with autism and developmental disabilities. He will present best practice instructional and behavioral strategies for use in the classroom.

HIPPY Home Instructors will be trained on MIS

In October we will be Beginning our Journey on the Numeracy Trail. In February we will Continue the Journey of Numeracy Through Acquisition and Adaptation. In June it will be Numeracy-Your Plan With The End in Mind. Audience: Administrators and leadership team.

An opportunity for middle school sponsors to share and develop ideas for their cheerleading squads, including budget management, discipline procedures, effective communication with parents and cheerleaders, and conducting productive practices for use with the 2009-2010 squads and in preperation for the 2010-2011 squad tryouts.

Instructor: Shannon Trejo Science teachers will be exposed to the literacy framework model of gradual release in the area of science as well as the key components for this framework

Literacy with Shannon Trejo. The Ups and Downs of Implementing a Literacy Framework. This class will examine metacognition throughout the reading classroom. When: October 5; January 25 Time: 8:00-11:00 Where: Professional Library

Literacy with Shannon Trejo. The Ups and Downs of Implementing a Literacy Framework. This class will examine metacognition throughout the reading classroom. When: October 5; January 25 Time: 1-4pm Where: Professional Library

Teachers will participate in hands on learning activities to promote math and scence careers in students. By invitation only. K-8 teachers. Contact Jennifer Burchfiel for more information.

SSS Program is study skills course to help mainstreamed students with special needs maintain passing grades in the general education classroom and prevent failure. Teachers will learn the scope and sequence of this innovative program. Teachers will learn how to meet the needs and support their students functioning in the general ed environment. Audience: SSS Program Teachers

Training on Child Care Providers in Irving compiling of information and documentation of TAPPS, training on electronic record keeping of TAPPS information and other related training as needed. Audience: PRS Campus Coordinators and staff

Training for new and the seasoned Campus Textbook Custodian to start the school year out. The course will present a brief TIPWeb tutorial as well as a detailed look at the Administrative Textbook Procedures Guidelines.

During the session, attendees will develop skills and confidence necessary to teach others. They will have a number of hands-on opportunities to create a number of different types of QUICKchecks™ and given materials suitable for the on-campus training. Audience: Administrators, ITS, Principal’s designee.