**This course is SELF_PACED and occurs prior to Summer Academy. No classes will occur on-site at JL Mann.** ESOL Teachers will work through self-paced modules from June 20-July 19 in preparation for the 2022-2023 school year. They will review procedures for identifying Multilingual Learners, expectations for servicing and delivering instruction through the use of the new curriculum, and coding & compliance. On June 20th, the link to the modules will be sent to those who have registered prior to June 20, 2022. Teachers will receive 8 PD credits for completing the self-paced modules. There will be an additional face-to-face session held during the week of Summer Academy on July 20th to be registered for separately.
**This course is SELF_PACED and occurs prior to Summer Academy. No classes will occur on-site at JL Mann.** This introductory training will be self-paced modules running from June 20-July 17, 2022. Each module could take approximately 1-2 hours to complete. Participants are from identified schools who have agreed to Co-Teach for the 2022-2023 school year and will receive a total of 10 PD credits. On June 20th, the link to the modules will be sent to those who have registered prior to June 20, 2022. School administrators and ESOL teachers with their Co-Teaching partners will begin the process to prepare for a year of co-teaching as structured by Honigsfeld and Dove's book, Co-Teaching for English Learners. Participants will learn specific strategies and models to set up a learning environment to meet the needs of their Multilingual Learners (MLs). They will learn how to collaborate, co-plan, co-teach, and reflect on their teaching to help their MLS thrive. There will also be a face-to-face session held during Summer Academy on July 18th to debrief and review to be registered for separately.
The goal of the Adult, Child and Infant, Pediatric CPR/AED & First Aid course is to help participants gain the knowledge and skills necessary to provide First Aid and lay rescuer level CPR until more advanced help is available. The techniques will cover adult, child, and infant skills in 1 person CPR, conscious choking, unconscious choking, AED, and First Aid. The course will combine short video segments, skill practice and demonstration on manikins, teaching sessions, and a written test. Each successful participant’s ProFirstAid certification will be valid for a period of 2 years and meets the requirements for GCS First Responders and coaches. This course is not intended and does not meet the requirements for GCS school nurses.
Grade 6 Carnegie Learning - Experience task-based math lessons, an introduction to Math 6 print and digital curricula, and orientation to planning resources (long-term, short-term, and lesson level).
In day one of Reading Horizons training, participants will gain an understanding of the insructional content to be taught, specifically with a focus on the early chapters of Reading Horizons in addition to learning how to teach a Reading Horizons Lessons. In addition, participants will explore and learn tools to support instruction and differentiation, understand how to use connected text for transfer of skills, learn best practices for Most Common Words lessons, and review resources for ongoing professional learning.
During the 2 day academy, participants will explore the systems and infrastructure that support UDL implementation, review practice protocols that support the scaling of UDL, determine areas for growth in your own setting, set short- and long-term goals, and design an implementation plan.
**This is a series. Participants must attend all three days. This is a 3 day workshop for Elementary Special Education Teachers in ID-Mod classrooms. **This comprehensive 3-day workshop provides educators with detailed examples and practice activities on how to implement the evidence-based practices. Appropriate standards-based content is presented using evidence-based strategies. Participants will learn to implement these strategies through structure lesson plans and a curriculum scope and sequence.
Are you having trouble figuring out how to store your classroom materials? This session will provide a variety of tips and tricks to help you utilize/organize your classroom materials in an efficient way to help your classroom run more smoothly. These tricks are great for first year teachers or veteran teachers!
Although the pandemic has widened achievement gaps and, at times, threatened the existence of public education, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is our lifeline back to rich educational experiences and increased student achievement! Learn to triage your instructional practices and use the principles of UDL to ensure all students ENGAGE, REPRESENT, and take ACTION in their learning. Together we will save education by empowering students to be motivated, knowledgeable, and strategic through the UDL framework!
In this session teachers will explore the purpose, structure, and essential characteristics of interactive read- aloud. Teachers will learn how to plan interactive read-alouds that support student talk and comprehension.
Attendees will get a deeper and more practical understanding of how to work in a trauma-informed lens. We first discuss brain states and how our state impacts behavior, then look at concrete ways to implement this knowledge in an educational setting.
This session will provide an introduction to Conscious Discipline, an adult-first, trauma-informed, brain-based, and evidence-backed approach that integrates discipline, school culture, and social-emotional learning into one seamless process. Conscious Discipline builds resilience by using the every day conflict that arises in group settings as an opportunity to teach missing skills, leading to long-term change. Participants will gain understanding of the neuroscience beneath behavior and will learn practical strategies for creating optimal learning and teaching environments that are rooted in safety and connection, essential building blocks for academic success.
Participants are encouraged to attend as a collaborative team (alongside a co-teacher counterpart and/or with colleagues from their school location). In this workshop, participants will reflect on current inclusive practices, evaluate best practice for inclusive classrooms, and develop realistic, actionable co-teaching plans for the upcoming school year.
Would you like to build your fluency to navigate Instructure's MasteryConnect platform and utilize the student data provided within the system to better support your teaching staff? Participants will explore the tools and data available in the MC system to support their teaching staff with 1) progress monitoring in real time, 2) designing instructional plans based on student data, and 3) creating valid assessments.
Tired of teaching English the same old way? Learn how Mrs. Ritchie and Ms. Klein flipped traditional lessons upside down using simple technology and innovation to increase engagement and inquiry skills. List of topics covered: teaching research, elements of the argument, book clubs, QR codes, Book Creator, and cartoonizing photos. Time for participant creation will be provided.
Combine art and genetics as your students “create” dragons using the principles of Mendelian Genetics. Students use models of parent chromosomes to create genotypes of an offspring. Then, students draw the offspring phenotypes based on the genetic makeup of their parents. We will conduct the entire project and you will have exemplars to take into your classroom in the fall.
Every ELA teacher (really every teacher) wants students in classrooms who love to read, are curious, and are highly skilled at reading and writing, but how do we build those skills in our students from day one? Join this session to learn how to ignite curiosity, raise engagement, and deepen critical thinking and reading skills by employing all the juicy elements of current best ELA practice. Attendees will leave with arms full of digital resources, sore cheeks from laughing, an email address of a new friend, and a new way to launch class on Monday morning.
Participants will receive updates on HR practices most commonly administered by secretaries and principals. This session will incorporate situational examples to provide additional training and updates on the GHR system, hiring practices, and the Leave of Absence process.
Teachers will walk away with a deeper understanding of learning expectations for their students for the first two math units by collaborating with other kindergarten teachers and using the district's curriculum maps.
GCSource provides real-time, easily accessible data to support student-centered decision-making. The Intervention Connection System (ICS) is a GCS application for documenting all student interventions. Participants will learn to navigate multiple dashboards that report analyses of data at the student, school, and district levels. They will also learn to upload student support documents, student-centered discussions, and monitor student progress.
The Zones of Regulation is a curriculum that teaches a variety of social-emotional skills to children, starting with early emotional skills and advancing on to self-regulation and navigating social situations. This training will give access to curriculum and a google drive folder of resources for all participants.
This workshop includes a 2-part training, with part 3 offered in the fall. Participants will explore technologies related to data collection as well as various tools that can be used for progress monitoring. Participants will be guided in selecting the appropriate tools based in individual student need.
Participants will explore a vertical progression rigor map of the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) as well as look at classroom examples of how the SEPs are integrated into a 3 Dimensional Science Classroom. All participants will leave with actionable next steps and resources to support students in the science classroom.
Create a one-time hyper-document that your students can visit throughout the day to access their assignments and resources seamlessly. Allow students to become more independent and encourage them to take ownership of their learning. Teachers will leave this workshop with several templates to create digital student resources that house all the links they will need (accessing SEL assignments, Google Classroom assignments, daily exit tickets, and District-provided websites).
Participants will explore a vertical progression rigor map of the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) as well as look at classroom examples of how the SEPs are integrated into a 3 Dimensional Science Classroom. All participants will leave with actionable next steps and resources to support students in the science classroom.
Encourage your World Language Students to "play" with their new language. This workshop will showcase realia, manipulatives, games, and toys that can be used in the World Language classroom to teach and keep your students engaged.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
Opening up journals for a new adventure in learning! 4K Teachers will be provided with ideas and resources on ways to use journaling to enhance and document student learning in the areas of literacy, math, science, and planning. Examples will be provided along with ideas and ways to differentiate journaling with all students.
Do you ever wonder how to meet all of the needs of your Kindergarteners when they enter your classroom with such a wide range of skills and abilities? This workshop will explore how to use data to plan and monitor whole-group, small-group, and intervention instruction to ensure ALL students grow, no matter what their level of skill and ability.
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming 3rd grade Unit 2: Playground Forces.
Participants will gain an understanding of the 3 Dimensions of Science in the 2021 SC Science Standards. Participants will also explore the elements of effective science teaching and walk away with resources to support students in the 3D Science Classroom.
Work within the ABC model of effectively communicating your visions during the interview process and when speaking to audiences of all sizes. The goal is to provide a framework to eliminate the nerves associated with public speaking while also setting you up for success!
Participants will get an overview on co-teaching fundamentals. We will discuss the 6 Models of Co-Teaching, planning with a co-teacher, and how to differentiate in an inclusive setting.
Unit Plans? How can I implement unit plans when I’m working day to day on one lesson at a time? How many times have you heard this conversation in your building? This course will show that effective, strategic planning can help teachers guide the sequence and pace of skills and allow teachers the ability to reference and use unit plans to map the educational process which allows students to meet standards and grow.
Become a part of a nerve impulse path that demonstrates the flow of energy through the body. We will have fun with bubbles and ropes and you will have a plan to fully engage every student in the learning process this fall. This activity reinforces the value and importance of practice and perseverance in the learning process.
The "Voice of the Black Boy" addresses the needs of African-American male students through engaging texts, building their creative writing fluency, and providing a safe place to express their creativity within a community of mutual understanding.
Participants will take an in-depth view of how to score the new F&P benchmark system. We will look at using the F&P word list as a starting point; practice and norm multiple benchmark levels; determine when a miscue is a MSV; discuss why we should record MSV for self-corrections; and examine the comprehension piece. Attendees should bring the new F&P Assessment Guide and will leave with a digital file of information from the session along with resources for practice to develop a deeper understanding.
Would you like to build your fluency to navigate Instructure's MasteryConnect platform and utilize the student data provided within the system to better support your students? Participants will explore the tools and data available in the MC system to support 1) progress monitoring in real time, 2) designing instructional plans based on student data, and 3) creating valid assessments.
As educators we can all agree that proficient reading breeds possibility. This session offers an introduction to the purpose, structure, and essential characteristics of a reading workshop. Participants will also explore resources to support instruction and a literacy-rich environment.
What is March Mammal Madness? Rather than picking basketball teams, students learn about an exciting list of animals and then complete their own March Mammal Madness Bracket. Classroom research can align with your particular content standards, time limitations, and student abilities. After students complete their brackets, they score their brackets as new videos are released through March and April. Through the scientific information embedded in the bout descriptions, participants are educated about inter-species interactions, the importance of ecological context, how natural selection has shaped adaptations, and conservation management of endangered species..
This workshop will guide 5th grade teachers in planning and preparing a math unit on decimal operations. 6th Grade teachers are invited to join to see the vertical progression of decimal operations. During the unit, students will use concrete models and drawings to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to the hundredths.
Tired of teaching English the same old way? Learn how Mrs. Ritchie and Ms. Klein flipped traditional lessons upside down using simple technology and innovation to increase engagement and inquiry skills. List of topics covered: teaching research, elements of the argument, book clubs, QR codes, Book Creator, and cartoonizing photos. Time for participant creation will be provided.
Participants will receive updates on HR practices most commonly administered by secretaries and principals. This session will incorporate situational examples to provide additional training and updates on the GHR system, hiring practices, and the Leave of Absence process.
Join with other 1st grade teachers as we work through Math Units 1 and 2 to create unit plans. Participants will learn how to access resources on the Elementary Curriculum Landing Page to use in their planning and will collaborate with teachers across the district as they plan.
Bring a colleague you know or one you’ve just met to this interactive session where we will play “Taught” putting interdisciplinary learning theory into practice. Based upon the work of Julie Stern et al. and "Learning that Transfers," we will take a long look at planning for interdisciplinary instruction - how, what, when? Connections, giggles, and cool resources will ignite your creativity!
Interactive writing is an instructional practice that builds foundational literacy skills for students in the K-2 classroom. During this workshop we will explore the purpose and benefits of interactive writing and learn how to use different forms of data and the interactive writing plans on the GCS landing page to effectively implement interactive writing in a K5 classroom during Language & Word Study.
In the science classroom a carefully chosen phenomenon can drive student inquiry. Phenomena add relevance and shared experiences to the science classroom showing students science in their own world. All participants will leave with actionable next steps and resources to support students in the science classroom.
Participants will first review Access levels and student abilities based on these levels. Participants will then learn how to alter and create classroom content assessments for Multilingual Learners.
Determining the difference between a student struggling with a disability or language acquisition is difficult without knowing what to look for. Teaching the ML or ELL students is a challenge most teachers face. This workshop will offer tools for educators to use when faced with the decision of referrals to SPED. In addition, tools to teach this population of students will be provided.
Participants will get an overview on co-teaching fundamentals. We will discuss the 6 Models of Co-Teaching, planning with a co-teacher, and how to differentiate in an inclusive setting.
This session is based around the text, Unlocking the Power of Classroom Talk by Shana Frazin and Katy Wischow. Learn practical strategies for teaching talk across the school day through a unique “cycle” for talk.
In this session, participants will learn how to utilize the Staff Backpack - Truancy Program, and how to complete effective attendance Intervention plans. Participants will also learn more about attendance laws and GCS attendance policies / practices related to truancy. Participants will be taught how to run truancy reports and chronic absenteeism reports in Powerschool for students at their school.
In this workshop, teachers will be introduced to several strategies on how to make practice problems more engaging. Participants will learn what these strategies are, what content works best with them, and be given templates that will help teachers easily apply these methods. The second half of the workshop will give teachers time to apply these activities to their lessons with feedback/help as needed.
The "Voice of the Black Boy" addresses the needs of African-American male students through engaging texts, building their creative writing fluency, and providing a safe place to express their creativity within a community of mutual understanding.
In this session, participants will focus on developing lesson plans that support UDL strategies, incorporative adaptive learning environment (ALE), and maximize student performance outcomes as related to ACTFL standards and SC WL performance indicators.
The goal of the Adult, Child and Infant, Pediatric CPR/AED & First Aid course is to help participants gain the knowledge and skills necessary to provide First Aid and lay rescuer level CPR until more advanced help is available. The techniques will cover adult, child, and infant skills in 1 person CPR, conscious choking, unconscious choking, AED, and First Aid. The course will combine short video segments, skill practice and demonstration on manikins, teaching sessions, and a written test. Each successful participant’s ProFirstAid certification will be valid for a period of 2 years and meets the requirements for GCS First Responders and coaches. This course is not intended and does not meet the requirements for GCS school nurses.
Grade 7 Carnegie Learning - Experience task-based math lessons, an introduction to Math 7 print and digital curricula, and orientation to planning resources (long-term, short-term, and lesson level).
Small group reading instruction is a powerful way to reach the wide range of readers within a class. Join me as we explore resources and structures supportive of effective small group instruction.
Are you having trouble figuring out how to store your classroom materials? This session will provide a variety of tips and tricks to help you utilize/organize your classroom materials in an efficient way to help your classroom run more smoothly. These tricks are great for first year teachers or veteran teachers!
This workshop will review how to Search for Student Information using filter options in Staff Backpack. Notifications will also be reviewed, as how a Teacher can send a Notification to a single Student/Parent or to an entire class section.
The session will focus on engaging students in the Carnegie Learning curriculum. The presenter will share games and other strategies that help engage students daily in the math classroom.
Completing this product-based professional learning will allow teachers to uncover connections and extensions between Social Studies Techbook and Discovery Education resources and strategies while solidifying the use of its tools and resources to engage students in critical thinking as well as disciplinary and civil discourse in order to connect the past and present. Anytime, anywhere teaching and learning connections are made throughout the session in order to transfer content and strategies to practice
*This course is primarily targeted for Read180 teachers.* Participants to gain an understanding of how to use Read180 data to make instructional and placement decisions.
We will revisit the purpose and potential impact of collaborative data-driven Professional Learning Communities (PLCs.) The workshop will share how PLCs can be used to determine targeted short-term interventions that support long-term goals in the development of the whole child. You will leave the workshop with a plan that includes protocols for collaborative goal setting and progress monitoring that ensure teams act to close gaps and increase rigor for ALL students more effectively and efficiently.
This session covers the Lexia Core 5 software program utilized in Elementary schools. It covers how to access and utilize data and resources in the program platform.
In this session teachers will explore the use and purpose of resources and practices that support Guided Reading, Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Kits and Literacy Footprints.
Attendees will get a deeper and more practical understanding of how to work in a trauma-informed lens. We first discuss brain states and how our state impacts behavior, then look at concrete ways to implement this knowledge in an educational setting.
PowerSchool is changing the look for the upcoming school year. We want attendees to gain confidence and have the knowledge to take back to share with others at their schools on the new version. Attendees will also learn tips and tricks for searching data within PowerSchool in order to help with their daily task as well as looking at different reports PowerSchool has to offer.
Participants in this course will learn basic UDL concepts, identify basic strategies for the engagement, representation and expression of instruction and develop action steps for implementing UDL strategies in the classroom or school.
Would you like to build your fluency to navigate Instructure's MasteryConnect platform and utilize the student data provided within the system to better support your teaching staff? Participants will explore the tools and data available in the MC system to support their teaching staff with 1) progress monitoring in real time, 2) designing instructional plans based on student data, and 3) creating valid assessments.
Math is logical, beautiful, and...fun? How many students have asked you where will I use this in the real world? During this workshop we will discuss how to merge the real world and math in a way that is interesting for both the teacher and student.
Participants will leave the session with an understanding of district/state alternative exit outcomes for individuals with disabilities, including requirements for obtaining the SC High School Credential, procedures for implementation, and where to find instructional resources.
Participants will receive updates on HR practices most commonly administered by secretaries and principals. This session will incorporate situational examples to provide additional training and updates on the GHR system, hiring practices, and the Leave of Absence process.
The Enrich Processes course will provide participants with a deep dive into the IEP, reevaluation, eligibility and reporting processes in the system. Particular emphasis will be placed on the areas that provide the most difficulty for users such as completing eligibility determinations and eligibility worksheets, transfer paperwork, and transportation services. Participants will have the opportunity to ask specific questions related to program components not mentioned above.
Teachers will walk away with a deeper understanding of learning expectations for their students for the first two math units by collaborating with other second grade teachers and using the district's curriculum maps.
This session will present math strategies focused on strong primary skills for use in the Multi-Cat Special Education classroom. Teachers will be guided in choosing and implementing appropriate tools based on individual student needs.
Learn how to leverage Newsela’s auto-differentiation tools and instructional strategies to support all learners in building skills and knowledge as they access diverse content, engage with new information, and express the new knowledge they have built. Learn how to leverage Newsela features to ensure all students can effectively access meaningful and engaging content Learn best practices on how to apply Newsela features to engage students in interacting with text to make meaning and build knowledge Evaluate and plan learning experiences that invite students to make choices about their reading and the ways they share their new understandings
How well do our assessments do their jobs? How can data from assessments be used to optimize feedback for learners? This session will demonstrate strategies for designing strategic interpretive and interpersonal tasks. The data from these tasks then become prompts for reflection and revisions in the learning process.
The participants will be able to identify students that may be protected under Section 504, describe their rights and protections, and understand local processes and procedures regarding students with disabilities under Section 504.
Reading Horizons Discovery teachers who have received Initial Training will gain a deeper understanding of the Reading Horizons instructional content and methodolgy to enhance and refine their Daily Core 4 instruction and to gain a deeper understanding of using both software and direct instruction data to support instructional planning and decision making to accelerate and promote student growth and success.
**This is a series. Participants are required to attend both sessions.** The 1st part of this classroom management course will focus on structure of your classroom, expectation, schedules, and routines. We will dive in on creating a highly responsive classroom in order to increase appropriate behaviors. After creating structure, expectations, and routines, the second part of this series is setting up reinforcement schedules based on all needs of students. We will also provide specific tools and strategies for corrective response systems to decrease unwanted behavior.
**This series is held at MT Anderson Lecture Hall all three days. ** Teachers and administrators will be trained on how to serve as an evaluator on formal PAS-T evaluation teams. ADEPT/PAS-T Training is three days and participants must attend all three days. Teachers attending this training must have at least three years of teaching experience, reached a continuing contract status, and will need a recommendation from their principal.
Participants will explore a vertical progression rigor map of the Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) as well as look at classroom examples of how the CCCs are integrated into a 3 Dimensional Science Classroom. All participants will leave with actionable next steps and resources to support students in the science classroom.
Teachers will learn what makes a quality assessment that aligns to their math unit expectations. Teachers will create and/or analyze assessments to determine what changes need to be made for a quality assessment.
This session will give a wide range of cross-curricular lesson recapping strategies and activities that address a variety of student learning styles. You will be given the opportunity to learn from a menu of options and explore which activities they can use in their own classroom. Such examples include mannequin challenge, mind mapping challenge, round robin 1 word recapping, 360° Words, & AEIOU.
Administrators are not only informational leaders, they are instructional leaders, too! This session will explore tools and strategies every administrator can use to model effective teaching practices for their staff, students, and parents.
This course will focus on how best to navigate all time and attendance tasks in Kronos. Topics will include Time Entry Approval, CompReg and CompOT review, Change Requests, and other general reports. The class will conclude with a valuable Q&A session.
Approach learning from a new perspective with science one-pagers! Learn how to design your own outlines and watch your students read, write, and draw their way to a better understanding of science standards. Two free templates will provided for attendees.
The Question Formulation Technique is a strategy that places questioning in the hands of the students. With a teacher-selected focus, students formulate their own questions to develop ownership in their research.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
This training is designed to help employees learn about the most common mental health issues and how to be supportive if someone they know has a mental health concern.
In this workshop you will explore a variety of structures, practices, and routines that create a classroom physical environment, culture, and community that promote active engagement in content-related authentic talk, collaboration and rigourous tasks. You will leave with an action plan of how you will build your classroom environment with routines, resources and structures that support risk-taking, build confidence, and encourage student ownership of learning in the K-2 Classroom.
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming K5, 1st, and 2nd grade Unit 1: Intro to SEPs and CCCs.
Engaging multilingual students in text talk is essential for their reading success! In this workshop we will share not only the social conventions of conversation that can be explicitly taught, yet how to use stems and frames to support talk about texts. Discourse not only strengthens comprehension; it strengthens community as well.
News of the death of a student's close family member can feel overwhelming. Death is a hard topic to face in any situation, when loss touches a child's life, it can lead to feelings of helplessness and anxiety in those responsible for the child's educational wellbeing. This workshop will help you understand the particular needs of your grieving students and give you helpful ways to interact with them, support them, promote their learning in a difficult time, and make your classroom an inclusive place for every person who has experienced major loss.
This session will outline the opportunities for growth and advancement through formal and informal leadership programming in GCS. Participants will explore their readiness to lead beyond the classroom and the in-place activities that will prepare them for an administrative role.
This workshop teaches about community groups that support families and children affected by disabilities, what the groups offer, and how to refer to or navigate these groups. Staff will learn how to use these resources to connect families with the appropriate community group. These resources will allow staff to include community members in family support, empower parents to pursue additional support for themselves and their children, and promote social and emotional well being beyond just the school setting.
Completing this product-based professional learning will allow teachers to uncover connections and extensions between Social Studies Techbook and Discovery Education resources and strategies while solidifying the use of its tools and resources to engage students in critical thinking as well as disciplinary and civil discourse in order to connect the past and present. Anytime, anywhere teaching and learning connections are made throughout the session in order to transfer content and strategies to practice
Administrators are not only informational leaders, they are instructional leaders, too! This session will explore tools and strategies every administrator can use to model effective teaching practices for their staff, students, and parents.
This course will focus on how best to navigate all time and attendance tasks in Kronos. Topics will include Time Entry Approval, CompReg and CompOT review, Change Requests, and other general reports. The class will conclude with a valuable Q&A session.
This session will focus on brain-based management abilities that encompass a range of skills necessary for building a better graduate such as planning, organizing, self-regulation, learning, and memory. Educators should teach executive functioning to all learners, not just those with deficits. When educators assist students with identifying their executive functioning strengths and areas of need, they also teach them how to advocate for their owns needs beyond school environment.
Teachers often feel that choice reading programs are too vague and time consuming to implement, and yet defaulting to the class novel or assigned reading leads to lethargic and disengaged students. Learn ways to engage your students in a choice reading program that is easy to manage for teachers, engaging for students and will have your students begging to read "one more chapter."
Learn about the NGSS and phenomena with this crash course on the new science standards! This session will focus on how to read the new standards, how to craft phenomena-based lesson plans, and what their implementation looks like in the science classroom.
PowerSchool is changing the look for the upcoming school year. We want attendees to gain confidence and have the knowledge to take back to share with others at their schools on the new version. Attendees will also learn tips and tricks for searching data within PowerSchool in order to help with their daily task as well as looking at different reports PowerSchool has to offer.
This sessions will explore the basic administration of Google Sites as well as website best-practices teachers should know. Incorporating tools like Google Slide, Calendar, docs, images, and videos will be discussed as well as a basic understanding of website style.
What is March Mammal Madness? Rather than picking basketball teams, students learn about an exciting list of animals and then complete their own March Mammal Madness Bracket. Classroom research can align with your particular content standards, time limitations, and student abilities. After students complete their brackets, they score their brackets as new videos are released through March and April. Through the scientific information embedded in the bout descriptions, participants are educated about inter-species interactions, the importance of ecological context, how natural selection has shaped adaptations, and conservation management of endangered species.
Addressing the mental health needs of adults who work in our schools is necessary for delivering both high quality education and for establishing a healthy school climate. Faculty and staff are experiencing greater stressors than ever, and addressing their mental health needs with practical strategies is vital. This session will help school leaders to identify the stressors affecting faculty and staff, to understand the impact of those stressors on school climate and employee retention, and to develop strategies that support the mental health needs of faculty and staff. Participants will learn about brain states, self-care strategies that maintain mental health, and strategies for creating a community of care that supports the mental health of employees, especially during times of stress. This session will include both didactic information and practical strategies that school leaders could implement immediately.
This session covers the Lexia English software program utilized in Elementary schools. It covers how to access and utilize data and resources in the program platform.
Math is logical, beautiful, and...fun? How many students have asked you where will I use this in the real world? During this workshop we will discuss how to merge the real world and math in a way that is interesting for both the teacher and student.
Would you like to build your fluency to navigate Instructure's MasteryConnect platform and utilize the student data provided within the system to better support your students? Participants will explore the tools and data available in the MC system to support 1) progress monitoring in real time, 2) designing instructional plans based on student data, and 3) creating valid assessments.
Every ELA teacher (really every teacher) wants students in classrooms who love to read, are curious, and are highly skilled at reading and writing, but how do we build those skills in our students from day one? Join this session to learn how to ignite curiosity, raise engagement, and deepen critical thinking and reading skills by employing all the juicy elements of current best ELA practice. Attendees will leave with arms full of digital resources, sore cheeks from laughing, an email address of a new friend, and a new way to launch class on Monday morning.
Participants will receive updates on HR practices most commonly administered by secretaries and principals. This session will incorporate situational examples to provide additional training and updates on the GHR system, hiring practices, and the Leave of Absence process.
The Enrich Processes course will provide participants with a deep dive into the IEP, reevaluation, eligibility and reporting processes in the system. Particular emphasis will be placed on the areas that provide the most difficulty for users such as completing eligibility determinations and eligibility worksheets, transfer paperwork, and transportation services. Participants will have the opportunity to ask specific questions related to program components not mentioned above.
Teachers will walk away with a deeper understanding of learning expectations for their students for the first two math units by collaborating with other third grade teachers and using the district's curriculum maps.
Dive into Newsela content, tools, and strategies to help you design and leverage inquiry learning experiences to facilitate questioning, student-driven exploration of content, synthesis, and informed action. Explore strategies to embed inquiry across the curriculum Learn how to leverage Newsela content and features to guide students through the inquiry process Plan learning experiences that invite students to develop questions, evaluate sources for evidence, and communicate conclusions
With many behaviors that can escalate quickly to verbal or physical aggression, this training will help support staff to recognize brain states, understand the cycle of escalation, utilizing preventative strategies, and common language.
How well do our assessments do their jobs? How can data from assessments be used to optimize feedback for learners? This session will demonstrate strategies for designing strategic interpretive and interpersonal tasks. The data from these tasks then become prompts for reflection and revisions in the learning process.
This training will provide Advanced Smartfind content to secretaries/administrators to include entering absences, vacancies, time reporting, modifications and payroll questions.
**This is a series. Participants are required to attend both sessions.** The 1st part of this classroom management course will focus on structure of your classroom, expectation, schedules, and routines. We will dive in on creating a highly responsive classroom in order to increase appropriate behaviors. After creating structure, expectations, and routines, the second part of this series is setting up reinforcement schedules based on all needs of students. We will also provide specific tools and strategies for corrective response systems to decrease unwanted behavior.
New curriculum map design and implementation of activities with intentional focus on crosscutting concepts, science and engineering practices as well as performance tasks for High School Science Teachers
Participants will explore a vertical progression rigor map of the Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) as well as look at classroom examples of how the CCCs are integrated into a 3 Dimensional Science Classroom. All participants will leave with actionable next steps and resources to support students in the science classroom.
In this session, participants will review elementary literary standards and analyze how to scaffold read aloud questions based on grade level and student ability. Participants will then have time to create their own engaging read aloud questions.
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade Unit 1: Intro to SEPs and CCCs.
Don't let virtual teaching put you in a panic! In this workshop, you'll be given the tools to make sure your students don't miss a beat in your vitural classroom. Presented by two first grade virtual teachers, you'll learn tips and tricks to make virtual teaching easy & fun for you and your students!
ACEs research has found that the number one protective factor for children with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is a positive relationship with a caring adult. As teachers, we have a golden opportunity to be that adult in a student's life every day. But how do we build those positive relationships when we are stretched thin with job demands and high teacher-student ratios? In this highly interactive workshop, we will learn and practice basic listening/response techniques (derived from the counseling discipline) in a nonjudgmental setting; these techniques can become a foundation for more positive and meaningful relationships with students.
This workshop teaches about community groups that support families and children affected by disabilities, what the groups offer, and how to refer to or navigate these groups. Staff will learn how to use these resources to connect families with the appropriate community group. These resources will allow staff to include community members in family support, empower parents to pursue additional support for themselves and their children, and promote social and emotional well being beyond just the school setting.
In this workshop, teachers will be introduced to several strategies on how to make practice problems more engaging. Participants will learn what these strategies are, what content works best with them, and be given templates that will help teachers easily apply these methods. The second half of the workshop will give teachers time to apply these activities to their lessons with feedback/help as needed.
Hexagonal thinking is a way for students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of material. In this workshop, we will discuss multiple uses for hexagonal thinking as well as do a hands on activity that will give participants a better understanding of how this looks in the classroom. Participants are asked to bring 20 items to use during the session: images, terms to know, academic vocabulary, phrases, sentences, quotations, key ideas, and concepts that goes with one unit of study.
Introduction to the New 6th Grade Science State Adopted Online Textbook and Correlated Science Kits to teachers. Teachers will leave with an understanding of how to access all of the online materials associated with the new text as well how it connects to 3D learning of the SC State Standards
Elementary Multi-Catergorical Self-Contained teachers and paraprofessionals will receive brief introduction the the pedagogy of Sounds Sensible with an emphasis on Phonological Awareness . Participants learn how to plan a Sounds Sensible lesson and the five-step lesson structure with additional focus on correct sound production.
Grade 8 Carnegie Learning - Experience task-based math lessons, an introduction to Math 8 print and digital curricula, and orientation to planning resources (long-term, short-term, and lesson level).
During the 2 day academy, participants will explore the systems and infrastructure that support UDL implementation, review practice protocols that support the scaling of UDL, determine areas for growth in your own setting, set short- and long-term goals, and design an implementation plan.
This product-based professional learning will allow teachers to explore both the mini and core lessons within Mystery Science and locate additional resources to support student learning.
This workshop will review how to Search for Student Information using filter options in Staff Backpack. Notifications will also be reviewed, as how a Teacher can send a Notification to a single Student/Parent or to an entire class section.
*This course is primarily targeted for Read180 teachers.* Participants to gain an understanding of how to use Read180 data to make instructional and placement decisions.
Research shows that student-to-student dialogue increases engagement, reduces discipline problems, and assists in long-term retention. In this workshop, teachers of all content areas will learn several easy to incorporate strategies for encouraging student discussions, even for the most reluctant learners.
Teachers will participate in a unit planning approach that supports inquiry and allows for integration and application of literacy skills into Social Studies.
To ensure students' success, it is critical that educators deeply understand the standards they teach. Using the standards, teachers can write learning targets and craft success criteria to help students gauge their progress. Join us in a vertical articulation around key ELA standards and in the creation of a roadmap for explicit and powerful instruction. If possible, join this session as a school-based team consisting of teachers from varied grade levels.
This workshop will focus on integrating science, social studies, and history with the visual arts. Participants will learn a hands-on, self-care strategy while learning to gather, prepare, and use the readily available, free, resource; kudzu to create a basket or wall hanging. This has been very popular with visual arts teachers, locally and on the state level.
Are you a dreamer who envisions innovative ways to deliver classroom instruction but lack the funding to make it happen? This course will offer an interactive approach to finding corporate and foundation grants and building the skills necessary for writing and submitting strong grant applications. Classroom instruction will involve activities for preparing an application draft, so attendees should arrive with project ideas and tools for writing.
Attendees will get a deeper and more practical understanding of how to work in a trauma-informed lens. We first discuss brain states and how our state impacts behavior, then look at concrete ways to implement this knowledge in an educational setting.
PowerSchool is changing the look for the upcoming school year. We want attendees to gain confidence and have the knowledge to take back to share with others at their schools on the new version. Attendees will also learn tips and tricks for searching data within PowerSchool in order to help with their daily task as well as looking at different reports PowerSchool has to offer.
Addressing the mental health needs of adults who work in our schools is necessary for delivering both high quality education and for establishing a healthy school climate. Faculty and staff are experiencing greater stressors than ever, and addressing their mental health needs with practical strategies is vital. This session will help school leaders to identify the stressors affecting faculty and staff, to understand the impact of those stressors on school climate and employee retention, and to develop strategies that support the mental health needs of faculty and staff. Participants will learn about brain states, self-care strategies that maintain mental health, and strategies for creating a community of care that supports the mental health of employees, especially during times of stress. This session will include both didactic information and practical strategies that school leaders could implement immediately.
In this session, participants will be introduced to the amazing resource, Goalbook Toolkit, an online instructional design tool that empowers special educators to apply research-based best practices throughout the entire IEP process. Session facilitators will share how to access an unbelievable amount of teacher resources and templates, such as Strengths and Areas of Need statements, Current Levels of Performance assessments and results statements, instructional strategies, and MUCH MORE! This is one tool teachers will be HAPPY to add to their list of favorites…we guarantee it!
Teachers will walk away with a deeper understanding of learning expectations for their students for the first two math units by collaborating with other fourth grade teachers and using the district's curriculum maps.
With many behaviors that can escalate quickly to verbal or physical aggression, this training will help support staff to recognize brain states, understand the cycle of escalation, utilizing preventative strategies, and common language.
This training will provide Advanced Smartfind content to secretaries/administrators to include entering absences, vacancies, time reporting, modifications and payroll questions.
Ellevation Strategies is a platform that connects best practice strategies to multilingual learners based on their English Proficiency Level. The program provides sample lesson plans and videos on how to implement the strategies.
Special Education teachers who have received Initial Reading Horizons training will enhance and refine their knowledge of the instructional content and methodology of Elevate and explore best practices related to using software and direct instruction data to make instructional decisition to accelerate and promote student success.
Participants will learn about the Social Thinking Methodology and gain evidence-based strategies to help students improve their social competencies, including self-regulation, social-emotional learning, executive functioning, perspective taking, and social problem solving. Social thinking is the process by which we interpret the thoughts, beliefs, intentions, emotions, knowledge and actions of another person along with the context of the situation to understand that person’s experience.
Help your students find an authentic voice by giving them the choice and opportunity to express themselves through reading and technology use. Learn how to effectively facilitate the book selection process for your students in order to help them find a book that will engage them. Explore Adobe Spark and how it can be used as a digital presentation tool for students to express their voice and share what they have read with their classmates.
Interactive writing is an instructional practice that builds foundational literacy skills for students in the K-2 classroom. During this workshop we will explore the purpose and benefits of interactive writing and learn how to use different forms of data and the interactive writing plans on the GCS landing page to effectively implement interactive writing in a K5 classroom during Language & Word Study.
Participants will use a 3 Dimensional Assessment Rubric while exploring GCSD Authentic Science Assessment for the intermediate grade levels. All participants will leave with actionable next steps and resources to support assessing and providing feedback to students in the 3D Science Classroom.
Teachers will learn what makes a quality assessment that aligns to their math unit expectations. Teachers will create and/or analyze assessments to determine what changes need to be made for a quality assessment.
Teachers will walk through a process of setting proficiency levels based on a learning target. Next, teachers will analyze student work to determine student misconceptions to design small group instruction.
Participants will gain an understanding of how to use and navigate the new elementary science textbook in order to use it as a resource in the classroom when teaching the 2021 SC Science Standards.
This session will be an overview of the writing workshop within a balanced literacy classroom. We will cover the purpose and essential characteristics of a writing workshop in grades kindergarten - fifth grade. Ideas and strategies to set up, organize, and get your writing workshop up and running will be discussed.
Have you ever wondered how you can create a growth mindset for the students in your classroom? Would you like to create an environment in which students take academic risks, accept failures as data to chart a path to success, and challenge themselves and each other in their own learning? If so, this session will give you tips, strategies, and digital resources to foster a growth mindset for your students.
Participants will hear about the successes and failures in creating a Freshman Success class from scratch using the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens as a framework. We will highlight some key strategies as well as some units including: dream job, financial planning, the whole school service project, and how we embedded the IGP process into the class.
What does Comprehensible Input sound like, look like and feel like in middle school World Language classes? This presentation explores the various instructional strategies under the CI umbrella and presents concrete examples in relationship to the GCS WL Curriculum for 6th and 7th grade Beginner Classes, Spanish I and Spanish II for grades 6-8.
This course will focus on how best to navigate all time and attendance tasks in Kronos. Topics will include Time Entry Approval, CompReg and CompOT review, Change Requests, and other general reports. The class will conclude with a valuable Q&A session.
Approach learning from a new perspective with science one-pagers! Learn how to design your own outlines and watch your students read, write, and draw their way to a better understanding of science standards. Two free templates will provided for attendees.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
Introduction to the New 7th Grade Science State Adopted Online Textbook and Correlated Science Kits to teachers. Teachers will leave with an understanding of how to access all of the online materials associated with the new text as well how it connects to 3D learning of the SC State Standards
The goal of the Adult, Child and Infant, Pediatric CPR/AED & First Aid course is to help participants gain the knowledge and skills necessary to provide First Aid and lay rescuer level CPR until more advanced help is available. The techniques will cover adult, child, and infant skills in 1 person CPR, conscious choking, unconscious choking, AED, and First Aid. The course will combine short video segments, skill practice and demonstration on manikins, teaching sessions, and a written test. Each successful participant’s ProFirstAid certification will be valid for a period of 2 years and meets the requirements for GCS First Responders and coaches. This course is not intended and does not meet the requirements for GCS school nurses.
Participants will use a 3 Dimensional Assessment Rubric while exploring GCSD Authentic Science Assessment for the primary grade levels. All participants will leave with actionable next steps and resources to support assessing and providing feedback to students in the 3D Science Classroom.
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming 2nd grade Unit 2: Landscape Shapes.
Do you ever wonder how to meet all of the needs of your Kindergarteners when they enter your classroom with such a wide range of skills and abilities? This workshop will explore how to use data to plan and monitor whole-group, small-group, and intervention instruction to ensure ALL students grow, no matter what their level of skill and ability.
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming 4th grade Unit 2: Forms of Energy - Light and Sound.
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming 5th grade Unit 2: What is Matter Made Of.
This workshop will provide an overview of several digital tools which can be used to engage and assess students in the virtual and regular classroom setting. Jamboard, PearDeck, Google Classroom questions, and Flipgrid will be used to show how students can actively engage to demonstrate understanding of the curriculum. The participants will have the opportunity to begin creating their own lesson which will include one of the tools presented in the workshop.
This course is appropriate for educators of any grade who are interested in learning more or collaborating on the topic of classroom environment and alternative seating. Science and theories supporting alternative seating use in the classroom will be discussed. Collaboration opportunities to resolve problems, share successes, and how to fund alternative seating will be provided.
Have you ever wondered how you can create a growth mindset for the students in your classroom? Would you like to create an environment in which students take academic risks, accept failures as data to chart a path to success, and challenge themselves and each other in their own learning? If so, this session will give you tips, strategies, and digital resources to foster a growth mindset for your students.
Enhance your lessons and classroom with our greatest tools of engagement - our 5 senses! Learn to "imprint" knowledge with tools students find impossible to forget. Bring in your toughest, lowest-scoring lessons and assessments, and together we will find ways to make memories in the classroom! You will enjoy teaching and your students will enjoy learning!
Re-vamp traditional projects through 3-D design. In this workshop, we will introduce TinkerCAD, an online 3-D digital design software. After taking some time to familiarize ourselves with the capabilities of the software, we will work together to set up our teacher pages, then create a class and a project for that class. Teachers will leave with several ideas for 3-D design projects and receive a brief introduction to taking 3-D design to the next step with 3-D printing. Please bring your laptops with you.
In this workshop we will be going through all of the components required for the SC Employability Credential Portfolio. We will be walking through accessing available resources, collecting components, organizing components for individual students, and uploading the final product for seniors within Enrich.
The session will focus on engaging students in the Carnegie Learning curriculum. The presenter will share games and other strategies that help engage students daily in the math classroom.
In this presentation, World Language Assessment takes center-stage. Are we assessing for proficiency, performance or skills? What does critical-thinking and higher-order thinking skills look like in World Language assessments? This workshop is less theory and more action with concrete examples of assessment and its role on the road to proficiency.
This course will focus on how best to navigate all time and attendance tasks in Kronos. Topics will include Time Entry Approval, CompReg and CompOT review, Change Requests, and other general reports. The class will conclude with a valuable Q&A session.
Technology is often used to provide educational equity and increase student engagement. It can also be used to build social-emotional skills which are essential for success in school and in life. This session will review five tech-based activities that encourage students and staff to "feel the wheel" of the CASEL Core Competencies (Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, Responsible-Decision Making).
Teachers often feel that choice reading programs are too vague and time consuming to implement, and yet defaulting to the class novel or assigned reading leads to lethargic and disengaged students. Learn ways to engage your students in a choice reading program that is easy to manage for teachers, engaging for students and will have your students begging to read "one more chapter."
Participants will get an overview of the following features of Achieve 3000 Literacy: Class Management, Lexiles & Level Set, Lessons & Collections, Instructional Planning Resources, Data & Reports, and Motivation & Goal Setting.
This product-based professional learning will allow teachers to locate resources to support making connections to Anchor Phenomena, curiosity, and real-world problem solving when planning. Anytime, anywhere teaching and learning connections are made throughout the session in order to transfer content and strategies to practice.
Participants will learn how a few minutes of purposeful, responsive teaching can have a big impact on student growth. We will discuss student goals, finding patterns in your class, and creating groups for maximum effectiveness and efficiency. This session is based around Jennifer Serravallo's text, Teaching Writing in Small Groups.
Learn about the NGSS and phenomena with this crash course on the new science standards! This session will focus on how to read the new standards, how to craft phenomena-based lesson plans, and what their implementation looks like in the science classroom.
PowerSchool is changing the look for the upcoming school year. We want attendees to gain confidence and have the knowledge to take back to share with others at their schools on the new version. Attendees will also learn tips and tricks for searching data within PowerSchool in order to help with their daily task as well as looking at different reports PowerSchool has to offer.
Participants in this course will learn basic UDL concepts, identify basic strategies for the engagement, representation and expression of instruction and develop action steps for implementing UDL strategies in the classroom or school.
This sessions will explore the basic administration of Google Sites as well as website best-practices teachers should know. Incorporating tools like Google Slide, Calendar, docs, images, and videos will be discussed as well as a basic understanding of website style.
Teachers will walk away with a deeper understanding of learning expectations for their students for the first two math units by collaborating with other fifth grade teachers and using the district's curriculum maps.
This session will present math strategies focused on strong primary skills for use in the Multi-Cat Special Education classroom. Teachers will be guided in choosing and implementing appropriate tools based on individual student needs.
New curriculum map design and implementation of activities with intentional focus on crosscutting concepts, science and engineering practices as well as performance tasks for High School Science Teachers
This training reviews the nature and scope of the problem of suicide in our country. It informs the audience about common risk factors and warning signs that indicate a person may be planning to harm himself or herself, as well as the link between clinical depression and suicide. It teaches participants how they can assist if they know someone at risk of suicide.
In this workshop you will explore a variety of structures, practices, and routines that create a classroom physical environment, culture, and community that promote active engagement in content-related authentic talk, collaboration and rigourous tasks. You will leave with an action plan of how you will build your classroom environment with routines, resources and structures that support risk-taking, build confidence, and encourage student ownership of learning in the K-2 Classroom.
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming 1st grade Unit 2: Shadows, Light, and Motion.
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming K5 Unit 2: Plant & Animal Needs.
This PD begins with an overview of what it means to be gifted. Differences between high achievers and gifted students are addressed, as well as recognizing common behaviors of gifted children. We will look at the federal and state definitions of giftedness, and outline the qualifications for the gifted program in South Carolina. Strategies for gifted learners will be shared, along with a variety of resources that can be used right away in the classroom.
Participants will first review Access levels and student abilities based on these levels. Participants will then learn how to alter and create classroom content assessments for Multilingual Learners.
A college or university's education program will do their best to prepare you as you enter your role as a first year teacher...what else do you need to know? As a former 1st and 2nd Grade Teacher now turned Administrator, I'll share some helpful hints to better prepare you for working with parents, establishing high expectations and rigor, developing relationships with students, and gaining respect from your older colleagues.
Participants will be invited to recognize their own personal biases through a call and response activity and private thought work followed by an overview of the research and science supporting the Conscious Discipline model. From there we will deep dive into practical take-aways that can be utilized in their own classrooms immediately. The session will close with a repeat of the call and response activity and thought work. Participants will be invited to revisit their previous biases and study how their thoughts have changed with the influence of the Conscious Discipline model understanding that the objective of CD is to teach rather than punish.
This session will try to answer any questions that the audience might have regarding Staff Backpack. Questions could be on any of the modules in Staff Backpack, Student Information, Searches, Notifications, Parent Requests, Student Requests, Incidents, Enrollments,or Reports.
Enhance your lessons and classroom with our greatest tools of engagement - our 5 senses! Learn to "imprint" knowledge with tools students find impossible to forget. Bring in your toughest, lowest-scoring lessons and assessments, and together we will find ways to make memories in the classroom! You will enjoy teaching and your students will enjoy learning!
Re-vamp traditional projects through 3-D design. In this workshop, we will introduce TinkerCAD, an online 3-D digital design software. After taking some time to familiarize ourselves with the capabilities of the software, we will work together to set up our teacher pages, then create a class and a project for that class. Teachers will leave with several ideas for 3-D design projects and receive a brief introduction to taking 3-D design to the next step with 3-D printing. Please bring your laptops with you.
Current users of Goalbook will take a deeper dive into Goalbook Toolkit and explore different tips and tricks for utilizing the resource with fidelity. Participants will learn how to use the present levels wizard to create powerful Present Level statements, how to leverage built-in assessments, how to use instructional strategies to reach IEP goals, and explore the almost 400 UDL strategies within the program.
Technology is often used to provide educational equity and increase student engagement. It can also be used to build social-emotional skills which are essential for success in school and in life. This session will review five tech-based activities that encourage students and staff to "feel the wheel" of the CASEL Core Competencies (Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, Responsible-Decision Making).
Participants will get an overview of the following features of Achieve 3000 Math: Class Management, Quantiles & Level Set, Assigning Lessons, Data & Reports, and Teacher Resources.
Introduction to the New 8th Grade Science State Adopted Online Textbook and Correlated Science Kits to teachers. Teachers will leave with an understanding of how to access all of the online materials associated with the new text as well how it connects to 3D learning of the SC State Standards
Introduction to the New 6th Grade Science State Adopted Online Textbook and Correlated Science Kits to teachers. Teachers will leave with an understanding of how to access all of the online materials associated with the new text as well how it connects to 3D learning of the SC State Standards
Algebra 1 Carnegie Learning - Experience task-based math lessons, an introduction to Algebra 1 print and digital curricula, and orientation to planning resources (long-term, short-term, and lesson level).
In this interactive workshop, Multi-Categorical Self-Contained teachers and paraprofessionals will receive a brief introduction to the characteristics of a struggling reader, and the pedagogy of S.P.I.R.E. and the Structured Literacy Approach. Participants are taught how to give the on-line placement test and to interpret the results. After a model lesson, where participants experience all ten steps of the lesson model, each step of the lesson is practiced, analyzed, and discussed.
Combine the artistic style of Piet Mondrian with multiplication models for a great way to assess student understanding of multi-digit multiplication using area models. Learn how to engage your students in math while spending time creating a piece of art that you can use to demonstrate this standard in your classroom. Come have fun as you create a Mondrian Math Multiplication with Models piece of art.
This product-based professional learning will allow teachers make connections between Mystery Science and Discovery Education. Ready-to-Use Lessons will be leveraged and resources like SOS, and Studio will be explored and highlighted. Anytime, anywhere teaching and learning connections are made throughout the session in order to transfer content and strategies to practice.
Although the pandemic has widened achievement gaps and, at times, threatened the existence of public education, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is our lifeline back to rich educational experiences and increased student achievement! Learn to triage your instructional practices and use the principles of UDL to ensure all students ENGAGE, REPRESENT, and take ACTION in their learning. Together we will save education by empowering students to be motivated, knowledgeable, and strategic through the UDL framework!
If you are looking for ways to engage your students in mathematics, this is the workshop for you. We will look at different ways to build thinking classrooms through engagement techniques and student collaboration.
Research shows that student-to-student dialogue increases engagement, reduces discipline problems, and assists in long-term retention. In this workshop, teachers of all content areas will learn several easy to incorporate strategies for encouraging student discussions, even for the most reluctant learners.
This workshop will help you to set up your math classroom for success. In the workshop, we will cover physical classroom arrangement, setting expectations, classroom management specific to math, anecdotal notes, managing transitions, and more!
We will revisit the purpose and potential impact of collaborative data-driven Professional Learning Communities (PLCs.) The workshop will share how PLCs can be used to determine targeted short-term interventions that support long-term goals in the development of the whole child. You will leave the workshop with a plan that includes protocols for collaborative goal setting and progress monitoring that ensure teams act to close gaps and increase rigor for ALL students more effectively and efficiently.
SEL-MOVE-MIND™: 3 Steps to SEL(f) Regulation in the Classroom This workshop combines the benefits of SEL (social-emotional learning), movement & mindfulness into one simple, effective 3-step process that K-5 educators will be able to easily implement into their daily classroom routine for improving student focus, behavior, self-regulation and learning readiness.
Participants will learn how a few minutes of purposeful, responsive teaching can have a big impact on student growth. We will discuss student goals, finding patterns in your class, and creating groups for maximum effectiveness and efficiency. This session is based around Jennifer Serravallo's text, Teaching Writing in Small Groups.
We will create a detailed unit plan incorporating five evidence based techniques from Doug Lemov's book, Teach Like a Champion. These techniques have been observed in highly successful (high growth) classrooms around the world. Bring your standards and be prepared to leave with a plan for a successful start to the new year.
Attendees will get a deeper and more practical understanding of how to work in a trauma-informed lens. We first discuss brain states and how our state impacts behavior, then look at concrete ways to implement this knowledge in an educational setting.
This session will provide an introduction to Conscious Discipline, an adult-first, trauma-informed, brain-based, and evidence-backed approach that integrates discipline, school culture, and social-emotional learning into one seamless process. Conscious Discipline builds resilience by using the every day conflict that arises in group settings as an opportunity to teach missing skills, leading to long-term change. Participants will gain understanding of the neuroscience beneath behavior and will learn practical strategies for creating optimal learning and teaching environments that are rooted in safety and connection, essential building blocks for academic success.
In this session, participants will be introduced to the amazing resource, Goalbook Toolkit, an online instructional design tool that empowers special educators to apply research-based best practices throughout the entire IEP process. Session facilitators will share how to access an unbelievable amount of teacher resources and templates, such as Strengths and Areas of Need statements, Current Levels of Performance assessments and results statements, instructional strategies, and MUCH MORE! This is one tool teachers will be HAPPY to add to their list of favorites…we guarantee it!
The participants will be able to identify students that may be protected under Section 504, describe their rights and protections, and understand local processes and procedures regarding students with disabilities under Section 504.
The Zones of Regulation is a curriculum that teaches a variety of social-emotional skills to children, starting with early emotional skills and advancing on to self-regulation and navigating social situations. This training will give access to curriculum and a google drive folder of resources for all participants.
Participants will complete a pre-course inventory. Operational definitions will be reviewed with specific focus on the Blueprint Elementary Multi-cat Model. Students will review key concepts to establish a strong classroom foundation including classroom organization, effective scheduling, managing staff supports, and IEP notebook development. Students will develop a classroom organization plan, draft schedule including student grouping, teacher planning, team planning, and staff breaks, staff roles and procedures contract, communication plan for classroom team and grade level teams, and IEP notebooks for each student in their class. Simple data collection systems will be provided for use for the first few weeks of school.
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming 1st grade Unit 3: Animal Sounds.
Do you KNOW your multilingual learners? This session works through language acquisition basics, the use of English proficiency data, and how to differentiate content to make it accessible and achievable for Multilingual Learners
This session will try to answer any questions that the audience might have regarding Staff Backpack. Questions could be on any of the modules in Staff Backpack, Student Information, Searches, Notifications, Parent Requests, Student Requests, Incidents, Enrollments,or Reports.
Are you trying to navigate an effective way to design learning experiences that meet the needs of all students without spreading yourself too thin? Personalizing learning sounds great, but where do I begin? Join us to learn HOW to personalize learning by leveraging learning progressions to make learning more meaningful for students and manageable for teachers.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
This 15-session is designed to SPARK your interest. There will be a variety of topics offered. Three sessions attended equals one hour of PD credit. Come join daily from 11-12.
Introduction to the New 7th Grade Science State Adopted Online Textbook and Correlated Science Kits to teachers. Teachers will leave with an understanding of how to access all of the online materials associated with the new text as well how it connects to 3D learning of the SC State Standards
The goal of the Adult, Child and Infant, Pediatric CPR/AED & First Aid course is to help participants gain the knowledge and skills necessary to provide First Aid and lay rescuer level CPR until more advanced help is available. The techniques will cover adult, child, and infant skills in 1 person CPR, conscious choking, unconscious choking, AED, and First Aid. The course will combine short video segments, skill practice and demonstration on manikins, teaching sessions, and a written test. Each successful participant’s ProFirstAid certification will be valid for a period of 2 years and meets the requirements for GCS First Responders and coaches. This course is not intended and does not meet the requirements for GCS school nurses.
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming 2nd grade Unit 3: Materials from the Land.
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming 3rd grade Unit 3: Life Cycles for Survival.
This session will be an overview of the writing workshop within a balanced literacy classroom. We will cover the purpose and essential characteristics of a writing workshop in grades kindergarten - fifth grade. Ideas and strategies to set up, organize, and get your writing workshop up and running will be discussed.
Learn how to setup a school robotics club for Elementary, Middle, or High School. The course will discuss best practices for team organization, budgeting, and fundraising. Content is suitable for beginners and experienced coaches preparing for team registration, hosting competitions and team strategies.
This training will provide an opportunity for school administrators, teachers, and other support staff to take a deeper look into some of the additional capabilities of GCSource, not covered in the overview training geared towards the Early Warning Response System and OnTrack programs. Attendees will learn how to utilize and navigate to Graduation Rate, School Performance, and other systematic data that will allow them to make data-based decisions for their school.
Are you trying to navigate an effective way to design learning experiences that meet the needs of all students without spreading yourself too thin? Personalizing learning sounds great, but where do I begin? Join us to learn HOW to personalize learning by leveraging learning progressions to make learning more meaningful for students and manageable for teachers.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to optimize teaching and learning for ALL learners based on research into how people learn. While the suggestions and guidelines of UDL make learning more inclusive and transformative for our students, they can often be overwhelming to implement consistently. This session will explore how to use technology to successfully implement the guidelines of UDL to ensure all students can access and participate in meaningful learning opportunities.
Unit Plans? How can I implement unit plans when I’m working day to day on one lesson at a time? How many times have you heard this conversation in your building? This course will show that effective, strategic planning can help teachers guide the sequence and pace of skills and allow teachers the ability to reference and use unit plans to map the educational process which allows students to meet standards and grow.
In this session, participants will learn how to utilize the Staff Backpack - Truancy Program, and how to complete effective attendance Intervention plans. Participants will also learn more about attendance laws and GCS attendance policies / practices related to truancy. Participants will be taught how to run truancy reports and chronic absenteeism reports in Powerschool for students at their school.
Current users of Goalbook will take a deeper dive into Goalbook Toolkit and explore different tips and tricks for utilizing the resource with fidelity. Participants will learn how to use the present levels wizard to create powerful Present Level statements, how to leverage built-in assessments, how to use instructional strategies to reach IEP goals, and explore the almost 400 UDL strategies within the program.
We will explore and practice using five evidence based techniques to foster high academic expectations from Doug Lemov's book, Teach Like a Champion. These techniques have been observed in highly successful (high growth) classrooms around the world. Techniques include, “No Opt Out”, “Right is Right”, and “Stretch It”. Come try these techniques out and work with colleagues to find ways to incorporate these great techniques into your teaching.
Do you KNOW your multilingual learners? This session works through language acquisition basics, the use of English proficiency data, and how to differentiate content to make it accessible and achievable for Multilingual Learners.
SEL-MOVE-MIND™: 3 Steps to SEL(f) Regulation in the Classroom This workshop combines the benefits of SEL (social-emotional learning), movement & mindfulness into one simple, effective 3-step process that K-5 educators will be able to easily implement into their daily classroom routine for improving student focus, behavior, self-regulation and learning readiness.
Participants will learn about the Social Thinking Methodology and gain evidence-based strategies to help students improve their social competencies, including self-regulation, social-emotional learning, executive functioning, perspective taking, and social problem solving. Social thinking is the process by which we interpret the thoughts, beliefs, intentions, emotions, knowledge and actions of another person along with the context of the situation to understand that person’s experience.
Introduction to the New 8th Grade Science State Adopted Online Textbook and Correlated Science Kits to teachers. Teachers will leave with an understanding of how to access all of the online materials associated with the new text as well how it connects to 3D learning of the SC State Standards
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming K5 Unit 3: Living Things & the Environment.
In this session, participants will review elementary literary standards and analyze how to scaffold read aloud questions based on grade level and student ability. Participants will then have time to create their own engaging read aloud questions.
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming 4th grade Unit 3: Stars and the Solar System.
Participants will use a unit planning template to explore standards, pacing, assessments, activities, and resources for the upcoming 5th grade Unit 3: From Matter to Organisms.
We will explore and practice using five evidence based techniques to promote high classroom engagement from Doug Lemov's book, Teach Like a Champion. These techniques have been observed in highly successful (high growth) classrooms around the world. Techniques include “Cold Call”, “Break it Down”, and “Everybody Write”. Come try these techniques out and work with colleagues to find ways to incorporate these great techniques into your teaching.
