Sessions
Thursday | March 29, 2007 |
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| 1:00 - 4:30 P.M. | In-depth Preconference Sessions |
Friday | March 30 |
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| 9:00 - 10:15 A.M. | Session A |
| 9:00 - 11:45 A.M. | Session AB |
| 10:30 - 11:45 A.M. | Session B |
| 1:45 - 3:00 P.M. | Session C |
Saturday | March 31 |
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| 8:30 - 9:45 A.M. | Session D |
| 8:30 - 11:15 A.M. | Session DE |
| 10:00 - 11:15 A.M. | Session E |
Session C — Friday | March 30
C Sessions are from 1:45 - 3:00 P.M.
C1
Communication Skills for Educators
Kim Thoman, Instructional Strategies Coach, Professional Development Exchange, Manhattan Beach USD
This session explores strategies for skillful communication to support positive collaborations, mediations, and coaching. Mentors, coaches, consulting teachers, and support providers will learn ways to develop credibility, ways to use essential communication skills to support relationships promoting professional as well as personal growth, and techniques to work effectively with seven types of difficult people. If you are interested in enhancing your effectiveness with administrators, colleagues, and parents, then join us for an interactive session sure to provide you with tools you can implement immediately.
Strands: New Session! | Coaching and Mentoring
C2
Active Teaching for California’s New Teachers
Dr. Ruth Yopp-Edwards, Ph.D., CSU Fullerton Professor and Director; Andrea Guillaume, Professor and Program Associate, CSUF Dept. of Elem. & Bilingual Ed., CSUF and N. Orange County BTSA; Hallie Yopp, Professor, CSUF Dept. of Elem. & Bilingual Ed.
This session is designed for support providers and program leaders, to help new teachers assess their classroom practices and build on their skills and abilities to actively engage students who represent a range of English language proficiency levels and special needs. A treasure trove of active teaching strategies that teachers can implement tomorrow will be modeled.
Strands: New Session! | Advanced Content Standards 15–20
C3
What Do New Special Educators Need?
Jan Barrett, Teacher Development Staff, Capistrano USD
What do new special education teachers need? In this differentiated training workshop for special education support providers, participants will examine the diverse needs of new special education teachers and explore effective strategies for supporting them. Also included is a review of the California state standards and competencies for level I and level II education specialists and ideas for assisting new teachers with credential requirements and coursework.
Strands: New Session! | Advanced Content Standards 15–20
C4
Advanced Content Standards 15–20
Jacqueline Anderson, Seminar Trainer for MCOE-BTSA, Monterey County Office of Education
Understanding and completing the Advanced Content Standards 15–20 can be challenging for both new teachers and support providers. Could you use some ideas and techniques to help that process along? Monterey County Office of Education BTSA Induction Program will show how they integrate these standards into the formative assessment process in a user-friendly and productive way. This session would be most productive for those who use the CFASST program.
Strands: New Session! | Advanced Content Standards 15–20 | Good for New Support Providers
C5
Rigor & Differentiation: What’s the Connection?
Daniel Moirao, Senior Consultant, Silver, Strong & Associates
This workshop will focus on linking rigor and challenging work with differentiation and state standards. Three major components will be addressed in this workshop: First, participants will examine rigor and rigorous work and identify the skills and attitudes that support them. Next, participants will experience research-based strategies to increase rigor and thought. The session will conclude with a discussion of differentiation and rigor for all.
Strands: New Session! | Best Practices
C6
English Language Development for Structured English Immersion Classrooms through Hands-on Science, Literature, and Poetry
Jazmine Tucker, Reading Instructor, Montebello USD/Cerritos College
Participants will perform hands-on science activities using different modalities of learning to motivate students to read, write, and think critically. They will integrate science lessons in various disciplines to motivate students to develop oral language using thinking maps, literature, and poetry. Participants will make a display board on the metamorphosis of coal.
Strands: New Session! | Best Practices
C7
The Power of Impulse Control
Pamela Golden, Owner, Can-Do Kids
This 75-minute workshop will provide participants with methods for teaching elementary school children one of the most valuable skills they will ever have—impulse control. Children who have self-control have been proven to get better grades, have fewer conflicts in life, be more socially competent, and have dramatically higher SAT scores.
The course will provide background information and the key elements of impulse control. Participants will do a hands-on exercise where they get the personal experience of the power of impulse control. In small groups they will have an opportunity to teach a segment of a course on impulse control. And in paired sharing they will discover the benefits that teaching impulse control will produce in their classroom. In addition, there will be networking time for participants to plan how they can bring this valuable skill to their schools.
Strands: New Session! | Best Practices
C8
Managing Difficult Conversations
Ernest Mendes, Author, Keynote Speaker & Consultant, Mendes Training & Consulting
There are four keys to managing difficult coaching conversations: be proactive; understand emotions; have composure; and minimize resistance. This session will uncover the techniques and strategies that support each key. Walk away with a dozen ideas to facilitate interactions with other adults who may or may not be aligned with your program.
Strands: New Session! | Leadership (Program Leaders & Administrators)
C9
National Board Certification for Teacher Leaders
Ronarae Adams, Director; Stacy Begin, Assistant Professor, National University
Obtaining National Board Certification is a job-embedded professional growth experience that aligns with research on best practices. The goal of this presentation is to provide information and resources and offer an opportunity for teacher leaders to ask questions about National Board Certification, graduate-level support programs, and leadership opportunities.
