This series of after-school webinars will allow participants to interact with other educators from a variety of locations in a virtual workspace as they learn about select online resources and issues of 21st Century learning and citizenship.

9/23/09 - Best of the Web 2009 CANCELLED!

10/26/09 - Online Bookmarking Basics
CANCELLED!
Online bookmarking allows people to save links to commonly visited websites on the Internet rather than on a specific computer. The benefits include having access to all of your bookmarks from anywhere, anytime you can get online and sharing your bookmarks with others. Learn how to set up an account and begin using features of online bookmarking.

10/29/09 - What´s Acessible Online in Lenawee County? Discovery, netTrekker & Gale 101 for Teachers
CANCELLED!
Discovery United Streaming has video and multimedia, netTrekker d.i. provides a search engine for online resources organized by readability level, and the Gale databases include periodicals and reference materials. This webinar will provide participants with computer time to gain a better understanding of how to access these resources.

11/4/09 - Digitized Primary Source Documents
CANCELLED!
The digitization of primary source documents and distribution over the Internet has been expanding and getting easier. This workshop will assist educators in finding relevant documents and planning for their use with students. They will also learn about exciting opportunities for local digitization projects.

12/1/09 - Information Literacy: What Students & Teachers Need to Know - Your Media Specialist Online

12/7/09 - Digital Citizenship, Part I (Social Networking)
The concept of Digital Citizenship relates to the idea we are individuals with rights and responsibilities participating in connected global community. To help prepare students for their digital futures we must learn about and teach Digital Citizenship ourselves. This session will focus on issues of privacy and safety using a backdrop of online social networking and media.

1/13/10 - Digital Citizenship, Part II (Cyberbullying)
This session will focus on the prevalence and prevention of cyberbullying.

Notes: Participate from your school, office or home! A link to the workshop learning space will be emailed to participants.

Please register for each session you want to participate in separately. Thank you!

As students move into the Intermediate Grades, the challenge of comprehending texts across the curriculum becomes more complex.

Come join a community of educators of students in Grades 3 – 5 as we discuss ways to organize for success. We will consider topics such as:

• developing background knowledge
• vocabulary
• higher order thinking
• profundity for comprehension
• literature circles
• assessment
• writing, and
• differentiation

Each participant will receive a copy of the book: Teaching Reading Beyond the Primary Grades by Marjorie Lipson.

Audience: For All General & Special Education Teachers and Administrators across the content areas.

Students’ ability to understand and use words with ease plays a major role in determining their academic success. Building vocabulary muscles, therefore, provides students with added strength as they pursue their school and life careers. Come join us as we share vocabulary exercises.

Each participant will receive a copy of Word Power: What Every Educator Needs to Know about Teaching Vocabulary.

This workshop is one of eight (8) workshops approved by Siena Heights University for TED599 -"MS/HS Comprehension Café Literacy Series." You can earn 1 graduate credit for every 2 workshops you attend (total of 4 graduate credits!). The decision and payment regarding the number of graduate credits you plan to earn will have to be made at the first workshop you attend for credit. For more information please contact Kathy Campbell at 517-265-1619.

This workshop supports the LISD county-wide initiative on K-12 Literacy.

           Co-Teaching Network Meetings (2009-10)

These meetings are of a NEW Lenawee county-wide network of teachers who are interested in collaborating, sharing and learning from each other on the topic of "Co-Teaching!"

           Co-Teaching: It Takes Two to Tango [A]

Please Note: This workshop has been rescheduled from the original date and is now being offered April 28, 2010.

Whether you are just starting co-teaching or if your co-teaching partnership has been in place for a while, discover timesaving strategies and techniques for building a teaching partnership, co-planning lessons and working together effectively in the co-taught classroom.

In this one day overview you will learn

• How to handle Communication Issues and Build Relationship with your Co-Teaching Partner
• Create Parity using Level One and Level Two Co-Teaching Models
• Work in Scheduling and Finding Planning Time
• Build Relationship and Community in the Inclusive Classroom
• Co-Plan Lessons

           Differentiated Instruction: Inspiring ALL Learners [A]

Audience: General Education teachers and administrators, Special Education teachers, and teachers who attended Kathleen’s workshops on Co-teaching or Gifted Education.

Take the complexity out of differentiating and inspire your learners! In this three-day session, Kathleen Kryza offers a step-by-step plan for creating an inspiring classroom through differentiated instructional practices.

Learn how to honor all learners, build community and design engaging and meaningful lessons that meet standards and benchmarks while keeping the learning in your classroom rigorous and relevant.

Kathleen has a multitude of dynamic, practical strategies and lesson examples for differentiating and for creating 21st century learners. Be prepared to learn deeply, and HAVE FUN!

Teachers will learn how to. . .

• Create a classroom environment (tone and setting) for differentiation
• Collect pertinent student data for differentiating by students’ readiness, interests and learning profiles
• Use two key frameworks to help you embed best practices into your lesson (brain-based, multiple intelligences, choice theory, and more!)
• Foster student independence and self-accountability through apprenticeship instruction
• Design engaging and meaningful lessons based on clear and rigorous learning targets
• Create flexible groupings based on student profiles: learning/expression styles, readiness, interests, varied independence
• Develop formative and summative assessments for the differentiated classroom

           Digging for Deeper Meaning in Content Area Texts [A]

Audience: For All General & Special Education Teachers and Administrators across the content areas.

Oftentimes students will say, “I read it,” but when assessed for comprehension we realize “they didn’t get it!” In this workshop we will explore a procedure for reading and thinking about content area texts.

Each participant will receive a packet of strategies and graphic organizers to assist them in moving their students to higher levels of understanding as they answer questions such as:

• What information does the author tell me?
• What are the author’s important ideas?
• What is the major concept?
• How does this fit with what I already know?
• What should I think or do with this information?

This workshop is the final session of the eight-workshop series approved by Siena Heights University for TED599 -"MS/HS Comprehension Café Literacy Series."

This workshop supports the LISD county-wide initiative on K-12 Literacy.

           Digging for Deeper Meaning in Narrative Text [A]

Audience: For All General & Special Education Teachers and Administrators.

Oftentimes students will say, “I read it,” but when assessed for comprehension we realize “they didn’t get it!” In this workshop we will explore a procedure for reading and thinking about narrative text.

Each participant will receive a packet of strategies and graphic organizers to assist them in moving their students to higher levels of understanding as they answer questions such as:

• What did the character do?
• Why did s(he) act this way?
• Was it right or wrong for the character to act this way?
• What did the character get from acting this way?
• How am I like the character in this story?
• What lesson can be learned from this story?
• How has this lesson learned changed the way I think?

This workshop is one of eight (8) workshops approved by Siena Heights University for TED599 -"MS/HS Comprehension Café Literacy Series." You can earn 1 graduate credit for every 2 workshops you attend (total of 4 graduate credits!). The decision and payment regarding the number of graduate credits you plan to earn will have to be made at the first workshop you attend for credit. For more information please contact Kathy Campbell at 517-265-1619.

This workshop supports the LISD county-wide initiative on K-12 Literacy.

           Enhanced Comprehension Through Classroom Dialogue

Audience: For All General & Special Education Teachers and Administrators Across the Content Areas)

Are you looking for strategies for engaging All students in higher-level thinking skills across the content areas? Participants will be considering ways to:

• prepare for discussions by organizing groups and tailoring questions
• facilitate discussions so students are engaged and take ownership
• follow-up discussions by making meaningful connections
• assess to determine if discussions are making a difference

Participants will be receiving a copy of the book Classroom Discussion by Dixie Lee Spiegel.

This workshop is one of eight (8) workshops approved by Siena Heights University for TED599 -"MS/HS Comprehension Café Literacy Series." You can earn 1 graduate credit for every 2 workshops you attend (total of 4 graduate credits!). The decision and payment regarding the number of graduate credits you plan to earn will have to be made at the first workshop you attend for credit. For more information please contact Kathy Campbell at 517-265-1619.

This workshop supports the LISD county-wide initiative on K-12 Literacy.

           Extending Comprehension Through Writing [A]

Audience: For General & Special Education Teachers and Administrators across the content areas.

Writing and reading go hand in hand for learning. How can writing help your students make deep and permanent connections in their learning? Join us as we explore writing strategies that will help move your students toward higher levels of comprehension.

This workshop is one of eight (8) workshops approved by Siena Heights University for TED599 -"MS/HS Comprehension Café Literacy Series." You can earn 1 graduate credit for every 2 workshops you attend (total of 4 graduate credits!). The decision and payment regarding the number of graduate credits you plan to earn will have to be made at the first workshop you attend for credit. For more information please contact Kathy Campbell at 517-265-1619.

This workshop supports the LISD county-wide initiative on K-12 Literacy.

           Identifying Priority Expectations/Standards Work Session [A]

Audience: Pre-identified Lenawee County Educators.

This class is a follow-up session to the October 19 & 20, 2009, initial training on Priority Standards.

           Integrating Algebra into the Elementary Curriculum (Gr. K-4) [A]

By integrating algebra skills in the K-4 classroom, teachers can help students build a solid foundation of understanding for the more sophisticated algebra work in middle and high school.

Come and learn how activities you may already be doing can be used to extend the ideas of algebra and learn new ideas and skills to increase student learning.

           It´s a Small(er) World: Beyond the Blue Horizon. . .What´s Next?

"It´s a Small(er) World" Technology Integration Series is especially designed for Elementary Teachers.

           It´s a Small(er) World: Digital Storytelling w/ PhotoStory - Getting It Write! [A]

"It´s a Small(er) World" Technology Integration Series is especially designed for Elementary Teachers.

           It´s a Small(er) World: Toys as Tools! Which Way to the North Pole? [A]

"It´s a Small(er) World" Technology Integration Series is especially designed for Elementary Teachers.

           It´s a Small(er) World: Traveling the Globe with Google Earth & Lit Trips [A]

"It´s a Small(er) World" Technology Integration Series is especially designed for Elementary Teachers.

           It´s a Small(er) World:The World is Flat!Global Projects & Collaborations w/Wikis&Other WebResources [A]

"It´s a Small(er) World" Technology Integration Series is especially designed for Elementary Teachers.

           Laying the Literacy Foundation (Gr. K - 3) (2009-10)

Come join a community of educators of students in Grades K - 3 as we discuss a comprehensive approach to literacy success for all students. Keys topics of discussion include:

• Assessment
• Oral Language
• Comprehension
• Writing
• Vocabulary
• Word Study
• Intervention Plans, and
• Teaching that Works

Each participant will receive a copy of the book: When Readers Struggle: Teaching That Works by Gay Su Pinnell and Irene Fountas, as well as a Fountas and Pinnell Stopwatch/Calculator for use with calculating running record Assesment Data.

           Lenawee Summer Writing Institute Follow-up Sessions (2009-10) [A]

For participants of the 2008 and 2009 Lenawee Summer Writing Institutes held at Adrian College.

Please register individually for each session you plan to attend.

This workshop series supports the LISD county-wide initiative on K-12 Literacy.

           Literacy and Augmentative Communication [A]

"Literacy and Augmentative Communication: Providing a Window for ALL Students to Access Literacy" is designed for Teachers, Speech Language Pathologists, Paraprofessionals, Parents and other Support Staff.

This workshop will explore key literacy principles and how they relate to providing a balanced approach to literacy instruction for students who use Augmentative Communication and/or are emergent readers and writers.

Participants will learn how to integrate the four critical components of a balanced literacy curriculum as they are embedded across examples of classroom learning activities.

A continuum of communication devices, interactive software (IntelliTools Classroom Suite) and adapted book materials will be shared. Numerous examples will be provided on how to adapt materials that can be easily integrated with reading and writing activities to provide meaningful access to literacy for all students, regardless of their entry-level skills. An Activity CD will be provided.

           Middle School/High School Lenawee Literacy Learning Team meetings (2009-10) [A]

Please note: Participants for this workshop are pre-identified educators from Lenawee County local districts.

In order to continue the expansion of the Response to Literacy Initiative into middle schools and high schools during 2009–2010, representatives from each middle and high school are invited to attend two networking meetings.

The goals of these Middle School/High School Literacy Learning Network Days for 2009 – 2010 are to:

• Continue to strengthen the Middle School/High School Literacy Learning Network
• Discuss how the Response to Intervention and Literacy Initiatives can better assist local buildings in enhancing learning for all students
• Provide updates on county, state, and national initiatives

Please note: You must register separately for each date you plan to attend. Thank you!

This workshop series supports the LISD county-wide initiative on K-12 Literacy.

           Preparing for the Elementary Science Olympiad

Learn about the 2010 Science Olympiad events, rules, and Coaches manual. Experienced coaches will share tips for team preparation and management during the Olympiad. Don´t miss this great opportunity for networking with colleagues and learning to make the most of your school´s Science Olympiad experience this year.

Audience 3rd-5th grade teachers who are interested in sending a team to the Elementary Science Olympiad on March 23, 2010.

           Preparing for the Middle School/High School Science Olympiad

Learn about the 2010 Science Olympiad events, rules, and Coaches manual. Experienced coaches will share tips for team preparation and management during the Olympiad. Don´t miss this great opportunity for networking with colleagues and learning to make the most of your school´s Science Olympiad experience this year..

Audience 6-12th grade teachers who are interested in sending a team to the Elementary Science Olympiad on March 6, 2010.

           Reader´s Workshop/Literature Circles [A]

Audience: For General & Special Education Teachers and Administrators.

Do your students enjoy reading? Reader’s Workshop is a model for classroom instruction that leads students down the path of becoming life-long readers. In this workshop we will explore the major components and structure of Reading Workshop. We will also discuss and practice using literature circles as a way of engaging readers in discussion using high levels of thinking.

This workshop is one of eight (8) workshops approved by Siena Heights University for TED599 -"MS/HS Comprehension Café Literacy Series." You can earn 1 graduate credit for every 2 workshops you attend (total of 4 graduate credits!). The decision and payment regarding the number of graduate credits you plan to earn will have to be made at the first workshop you attend for credit. For more information please contact Kathy Campbell at 517-265-1619.

This workshop supports the LISD county-wide initiative on K-12 Literacy.

           S.A.L.T.T. Workday #2: Voice Thread; CLEAR [A]

Audience for this Voice Thread and CLEAR training is limited to participants in the 2008-09 S.A.L.T.T. Cohort #1.

           S.A.L.T.T. Workday #3: Videoconferencing/Collaboration/Wikis [A]

Audience for this Videoconferencing/Collaboration/Wikis training is limited to participants in the 2008-09 S.A.L.T.T. Cohort #1.

           S.A.L.T.T. Workday #4 [A]

Audience for this training is limited to participants in the 2008-09 S.A.L.T.T. Cohort #1.

The topic for this workday will be determined by the participants.

           START Intensive Training Series (2009-10)

Please note: Registration for this training series is by invitation only to pre-identified LISD and local district staff from Lenawee, Branch, Calhoun, Hillsdale and Jackson Counties. Please contact your supervisor for more information.

This six-day training series is designed to provide participants with in-depth knowledge and strategies regarding working with individuals who have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Multi-disciplinary teams are selected to focus upon a particular student with ASD. The team will participate in module trainings which support the philosophies of the Statewide Autism Resources and Training (START). The mission of the intensive training is to give professionals and parents the knowledge and skills to support individuals with autism spectrum disorder in reaching their greatest potential.

Four training modules will be taught in the six days:

• Module 1: Building Foundations: Understanding Autism and the Universal Supports
• Module 2: Educational Strategies
• Module 3: Peer-to-Peer Supports
• Module 4: Behavior Supports for Students with ASD

NOTE: You only have to register once to register for all 6 days of the series.

           VAEL - M.A.E.A. Conference Recap (December 3, 2009) [A]

VAEL´s "Conference Recap" has been one of the most popular and productive sessions year after year.

Back by popular request, Linda Hooker will facilitate the annual MAEA Conference Recap. She will be joined in the afternoon by Annie Howard who will lead a discussion on “Sub Plans: Classroom Management and Organization.”

For the afternoon session, it will be helpful to bring ideas for management, organization and sub plans. We can share an awesome collection of these items. Please bring copies so ideas can be easily shared.