Strands
View a list of sessions for each Stand.
- New Session!
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Advanced Content Standards 15–20
- Best Practices
- BTSA/PAR Basics
- Leadership (Program Leaders & Administrators)
- Good for New Support Providers
Strands — BTSA/PAR Basics
Friday | March 30
A Sessions are from 9:00 - 10:15 A.M.
AB Sessions are from 9:00 - 11:45 A.M.
B Sessions are from 10:30 - 11:45 A.M.
A7
Creating Resilient Teachers
Ernest Mendes, Author, Keynote Speaker & Consultant, Mendes Training & Consulting
Resilient teachers elicit positive emotions in the classroom to ignite learning; they also process negative emotions that interfere with learning. Resilient teachers establish effective learning environments as well as positive relationships with students and all school site personnel. They read emotional states in others for proactive classroom management, accurate anticipation of student learning challenges, and successful collaborative processes with colleagues and administrators. Learn how all this is possible through an emotional intelligence model.
Strands: New Session! | BTSA/PAR Basics
A9
Teacher Performance Assessment or TPA: What is it? What does it have to do with BTSA?
Elizabeth Ellsworth, CTC Lead Assessor, Adjunct Faculty Concordia University, Encore Education Enterprises
As of July 1, 2008, all entering teacher candidates must successfully complete either the state’s TPA process or an alternative approved assessment at their university. New teachers are increasingly entering BTSA with a greater knowledge base as a result of successful TPA completion. There are four TPAs, each designed to measure particular Teacher Performance Expectations (TPE). At this session you will learn the correlation between the standards of TPE, TPA, and CSTP. We will then focus on ways BTSA can build on the TPA process and address the criticism of redundancy—the “been there, done that” complaint.
Strands: New Session! | BTSA/PAR Basics
AB8
Assessment for 21st-Century Skills: Designing Assessments to Prepare Students for Life
Susan Clayton, Senior Consultant, Authentic Education, Teacher, Counselor, Sumona Consulting
This interactive workshop offers participants the opportunity to engage in an assessment strategy called “the six facets of understanding.” The six facets are drawn from “Understanding by Design.” The facets guide teachers to design assessments that effectively challenge students to apply their knowledge and skills in more authentic-type tasks. Students use the skills and abilities that are required in the world of work to accomplish the assessment task. The six facets also provide opportunities for the teacher designer to differentiate assessment tasks that meet the needs of a wide range of learners. Participants working with beginning teachers will be able to use the information and strategies with the beginning teachers.
Strands: New Session! | BTSA/PAR Basics
B7
Support Provider 101
Peggy Chute, BTSA Coordinator, District Office, Fontana USD
This session will give you the BTSA basics—“everything you always wanted to know” as a first-year support provider. Come and learn how to build that trusting relationship, become a better listener, handle the different phases the new teacher experiences, develop questioning techniques, R&R (rules and regulations), and other skills that will help you become an effective support provider.
Strands: New Session! | BTSA/PAR Basics | Good for New Support Providers
Saturday | March 31
DE Sessions are from 8:30 - 11:15 A.M.
E Sessions are from 10:00 - 11:15 A.M.
DE9
Resiliency Skills for New Teachers
Jeff Goelitz, Project Intervention Coordinator, |Institute of HeartMath
To stay the course in today’s complex school environments, new educators need stamina and vision to remain effective and healthy over the long run. Over the last decade, neuroscientists and educators have identified some of the conditions and practices that lead to resiliency. From these insights, the Institute of HeartMath has developed and field-tested a number of practical tools designed to help new educators better respond to stressful or challenging circumstances—key factors in health, career longevity, and overall performance. Come learn skills and concepts that can be passed on to your new teachers. Handouts included.
Strands: New Session! | BTSA/PAR Basics
E8
San Dieguito Union High SD BTSA Program
Donald Hollins, Carol Anschuetz, Teachers, San Dieguito Union High SD
Every teacher has fancied the possibility, “If only he or she would act right, this could be a great year!” Have you noticed these problem students are also the students who never miss a day of school? The challenge: to help educators find more time to teach by eliminating repeated warnings and multiple requests in their classroom. Your teachers will discover that as they increase instructional time, test scores will soar and frustration will diminish. It’s possible!
Strands: New Session! | BTSA/PAR Basics
E10
Firsthand Information: Q&A with Experienced Support Providers
Peggy Chute, BTSA Coordinator, District Office, Fontana USD
Have questions about working as a support provider and/or PAR consultant? This session is for you! New support providers will have an opportunity to ask questions and get candid, real-life answers and perspectives from support providers who have been at this work for a number of years. This session will be highly interactive. Bring your questions! Feel free to come with some answers as well.
Strands: New Session! | BTSA/PAR Basics | Good for New Support Providers
