CSI 2013 Program

Current as of August 1, 2013

Pi t t County Schoo ls

Curr icu lum Summer Ins t i tute

2013

Sess ion Of fer ings

August 13-‐15, 2013

DH Conley High School

Greenville, North Carolina

Table of Contents Welcome ............................................................................................................................................. 7

Presenter Bios ...................................................................................................................................... 9

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 .................................................................................................................. 21 Full Day Sessions: 8:30-‐5:30 .................................................................................................................... 23 Half-‐Day Sessions 8:30-‐2:30 .................................................................................................................... 26 Break Out Sessions: 8:30-‐10:00 ............................................................................................................... 26 Extended Sessions: 1:00-‐4:15 .................................................................................................................. 29 Break Out Sessions: 1:00-‐2:30 ................................................................................................................. 29 Break Out Sessions: 2:45-‐4:15 ................................................................................................................. 32 Half-‐Day Sessions: 2:45-‐5:30 ................................................................................................................... 34

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 ............................................................................................................. 35 Full Day Sessions: 8:30-‐5:30 .................................................................................................................... 37 Half-‐Day Sessions 8:30-‐2:30 .................................................................................................................... 39 Break Out Sessions: 8:30-‐10:00 ............................................................................................................... 39 Extended Sessions: 1:00-‐4:15 .................................................................................................................. 42 Break Out Sessions: 1:00-‐2:30 ................................................................................................................. 43 Break Out Sessions: 2:45-‐4:15 ................................................................................................................. 45 Half-‐Day Sessions: 2:45-‐5:30 ................................................................................................................... 48

Thursday, August 15, 2013 ................................................................................................................. 49 Full Day Sessions: 8:30-‐5:30 .................................................................................................................... 51 Break Out Sessions: 8:30-‐10:00 ............................................................................................................... 53 Extended Sessions: 1:00-‐4:15 .................................................................................................................. 56 Half-‐Day Sessions: 1:00-‐5:30 ................................................................................................................... 58 Break Out Sessions: 1:00-‐2:30 ................................................................................................................. 58 Break Out Sessions: 2:45-‐4:15 ................................................................................................................. 60

Session Planning Matrix ..................................................................................................................... 63

Selected Index ................................................................................................................................... 65

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Welcome to the Curriculum Summer Institute 2013 session offering catalog! This year’s conference is the most comprehensive one we’ve ever offered, and we’re excited to welcome nationally recognized experts and speakers such as Manuel Scott, Dr. Judy Willis, and Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education Dr. Robert Pasternack (and that’s just a sample) to Pitt County Schools!

Perhaps even more impressive than the list of distinguished presenters and keynote speakers, however, is the number of sessions facilitated by teachers from within Pitt County Schools. Over 30 sessions this year will be conducted by your colleagues from within the district, all sharing what they’ve done in the classroom this past year as we have moved into full implementation of the new Common Core Standards and NC Essential Standards. You won’t want to miss these sessions where teachers from right here in our own backyard tell you their struggles, challenges, and successes – learn from them! And, as always, we’ve still got sessions on district initiatives such as Thinking Maps, SIOP, Professional Learning Communities, Critical Thinking Skills, and Technology Integration.

DH Conley High School will once again host CSI this year on August 13-‐15. While this document offers an overview of all sessions scheduled as of May 9, 2013, as new sessions are added and current sessions updated the most current version of this document will be available at http://www.successforeverychild.com. The most up-‐to-‐date session information can be found by logging into My Learning Plan after May 20, 2013.

For those who do not want to leave DH Conley High School during the day a catered lunch will be provided for participants who want to eat on site; registration for lunch in MLP will be required.

Registration for all sessions will open on Monday, May 20, 2013 for teachers in Pitt County Schools. Registration for teachers outside of Pitt County Schools will open on Monday, June 10, 2013.

Attendance at CSI 2013 is voluntary; for employees of Pitt County Schools, the $30 per session registration fee will be paid by the Race to the Top Grant; teachers and administrators outside Pitt County will be charged the $30.00. Additionally, PCS schools will be charged the registration fee for any no-‐shows. To register for sessions teachers must use My Learning Plan. An alternative registration format will be available for new teachers to the county who do not have MLP accounts and for anyone outside the county via by a link published on http://www.successforeverychild.com

Planning for this year’s institute began many months ago, and the people listed below each had a part in the development of CSI 2013; without their support this event could not take place.

Preston Bowers,K-‐12 Social Studies Specialist Connie Cheston, K-‐12 Math Specialist

Thomas Feller, Race to the Top Coordinator Marie Lee, K-‐5 ELA Specialist

Sandra Morris, Federal Programs Director Cheryl Olmsted, Assistant Superintendent for EPS

Karen Quick, K-‐12 Science Specialist Courtny Reason, Secretary of Transcripts & Records

Kim Taybron, 6-‐12 ELA Specialist Chris Wheeler, Administrative Assistant to Cheryl Olmsted

Robin Wright, EC Director

A special thank-‐you to Mary Carter, the Principal at DH Conley High School, and her staff for hosting us again this year.

We look forward to seeing you in August!

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Presenter Bios Carolyn Belson Educational Consultant

Now retired, Carolyn previously served as an Educational Specialist in Mathematics and Science from 2001–2008 for Chesapeake Public Schools. She taught 6th grade from 1997–2001at Hugo Owens Middle School. Prior to 2001, Carolyn taught 5th grade at Sparrow Road Intermediate School for 25 years.

Carolyn has extensive experience in staff development including conducting staff development in-‐services for math interactive notebooks, math problem solving, and the mathematics/literature connection. She conducted math manipulative workshops for Chesapeake Public Schools and Suffolk Public Schools as well as SOL Science training workshops. In addition, she has conducted calculator workshops for administrators and staff, and developed mathematics curriculum for grades 5 and 6. Since 2004, Carolyn has presented at several conferences including NCTM, NCTM Regional, VCTM, VASCD, and VEMA.

A recipient of various awards and nominations including Chesapeake Public Schools Teacher of the Year Finalist, Carolyn has also served as a member of the Virginia DOE Content Review Committee for the SOL mathematics test and Plain English version of the mathematics SOL test. She served as a member of the Virginia DOE Standards Setting Committee for 5th grade mathematics.

Carolyn received her Masters Degree from Old Dominion University, and her B.S. Ed. from Longwood College.

Carolyn will be presenting on sessions on Guided Math as well as Integrating Literacy and Mathematics.

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Beth Edwards Professional Development Consultant

Beth is a National Board Certified teacher who has been a North Carolina Educator for 25 years. She currently serves as a Regional Professional Development Consultant for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. In this role, she designs and implements professional development for teachers and administrators and assists district leaders with the implementation of local and state initiatives. Prior to this position, she served as the NCDPI National Board Certification State Coordinator, the founder and leader of the first National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Caucus, a local and district NCAE President, an adjunct instructor for East Carolina University, and most importantly, a special educator for Pitt County Schools and Martin County Schools.

Beth will be presenting trainings on Academic Vocabulary aligned to the new standards, creating common formative assessments, and using data in PLCs.

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Susan Edwards Mary Susan Edwards has been a consultant for Thinking Maps Inc., since 2005, after

retiring from Wayne County Public schools as a Teacher/Lead Teacher for the entire county. She has conducted numerous writing and reading workshops at the school and district level in three states, predominantly North Carolina. She continues to tutor at-‐risk students because she recognizes the importance of applying everything that she teaches teachers, with her students. She has taught Education classes at Wesleyan College and supervised interns through the Education Department of East Carolina University. She holds an undergraduate degree from Greensboro College in 4-‐9 Language Arts, a Special Education Certification from East Carolina University, as well as a Masters in Arts of Education (Reading) from East Carolina University. She has conducted workshops at the Mary Lois Staten Conference and served on the State Department Committee on Systematic Phonics. She is passionate about sharing her 40 years of reading and writing instruction with both teachers and students. Current Training Seminars include: Language for Learning, Write From the Beginning and Beyond -‐ Narrative/ Expository, Draw, Show & Map Your Thinking, Response to Literature and Comprehension Strategies.

Susan will present a session on Comprehension Strategies using Thinking Maps on August 13.

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Abbey Askew Futrell Professional Development Consultant

Abbey has been a North Carolina Educator for 14 years and currently serves as a Professional Development Consultant for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in the northeast region (Region 1). Some of the work she does with district leaders and teachers includes providing professional development needs and facilitating training and support for state and local initiatives which include, but are not limited to the North Carolina Educator Evaluation System and 21st Century Teaching and Learning. Before joining DPI, she served in the field of education as a secondary and middle grades English/Language Arts teacher, 6-‐12 Instructional Coach, District Technology Facilitator and Adjunct Instructor for Roanoke Chowan Community College.

Abby will be presenting trainings on Academic Vocabulary aligned to the new standards and 21st Century Skills.

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James Thomas Mader Music Educator, Percussionist, Clinician

James Mader received his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree in music education from Florida Atlantic University in 1989. He also holds a Certificate in Percussion Performance from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. James began his music education career in 1990 at Conniston Middle School in Palm Beach County, where he was band director and general music teacher. Mr. Mader transferred to the Broward County School system in 1991. He taught chorus at Stanahan High School in 1991-‐92 and band at Lauderdale Lakes Middle School in 1992-‐1998. While at Lauderdale Lakes Middle School, James was selected as one of twenty music teachers from the United States and Canada to pilot Will Schmid’s WORLD MUSIC DRUMMING CURRICULUM. This innovative cross-‐cultural curriculum is aimed at raising student’s life skills (listening, respect, cooperation, teamwork, and communication) through African, Caribbean, and Latin drumming, movement, and song. He studied with Sowah Mensah, musician, composer, and Ghanaian Master Drummer. These studies continue to present day. James was recruited to Parkway Middle School of the Arts, where he presently resides as music educator/director of the World Music Drumming Ensembles. He teaches 230+ “at risk” students in seven classes a day, five days a week utilizing the World Music Drumming Curriculum to raise student’s academics and self-‐esteem.

James Mader frequently serves as clinician in the implementation of the World Music Drumming Curriculum and is in part responsible for the success in schools throughout the United States and Canada. He has conducted or assisted in clinics and workshops in Florida, Wisconsin, North Carolina, South Carolina, Nevada, New York, Texas, Oregon, Louisiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Virginia, California, Washington, Connecticut, Delaware, Tennessee, Texas, South Dakota, Wyoming and Maryland. James conducts workshops in cooperative teamwork and multiculturalism through music and drumming throughout South Florida.

James has composed and arranged numerous pieces of music which music educators have found to be instrumental in the development of their music students. James Mader continues his teaching of the World Music Drumming Curriculum for the School Board of Broward County at Parkway Middle School of the Arts in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and is a nationally sought after clinician.

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Dianne Meiggs Professional Development Consultant

Dianne has been a North Carolina Educator for thirty years. She has worked as a science teacher, science department chair, assistant principal and special projects director for the Elizabeth City Pasquotank County Schools for her first 20 years in education. Dianne was the Principal Investigator for a three state Math and Science partnership and has been a visiting professor in the Physical Science Department at Elizabeth City State University. She served in Perquimans County as an Elementary School Principal when she was named 2010 Region 1 Principal of the Year. In 2011 Dianne joined the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction as a Regional Professional Development Consultant for the Race to the Top Grant.

Dianne will be presenting trainings on Academic Vocabulary aligned to the new standards and developing critical thinking skills.

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Jennifer Morrison

Jen Morrison is a teacher leader and consultant specializing classroom data and assessment. She is a regular presenter across North America and has published in journals like Educational Leadership and Teacher Magazine. In 2006, Jen was featured in ASCD’s Best Practices in Action video, Using Visualization to Enhance Background Knowledge. In addition to being a district finalist for Teacher of the Year in Charlotte-‐Mecklenburg Schools early in her career, Jen was ASCD’s international Outstanding Young Educator Award winner in 2004 and Teacher of the Year for Mid-‐Carolina High School in 2009. Links to her work can be found at http://artofeducating.pbworks.com.

Currently, Jen is Chair of the Department of Teacher Education and Sport Professions at Newberry College and is finishing her doctoral research at the University of South Carolina on teacher and administrator data literacy. She also advises and helps lead the North Carolina Seize the Data initiative, focused on teachers helping teachers become more data literate in our current accountability context. For more information, see http://seizethelearningdata.com.

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Laura Robb Author, teacher, coach, and speaker, Laura Robb has completed

43 years of teaching in grades 4-‐8. She presently coaches teachers in reading and writing workshops at Powhatan School in Virginia. She also coaches teachers in grades K-‐10 in Staunton, VA, Amherst, VA, Lebanon, OH, and Long Island, NY. Each year Robb returns to the classroom for several weeks.

She has written more than 18 books for teachers -‐-‐ her most recent Scholastic titles are a second edition of her best selling book, Teaching Reading in Middle School and a short, focused book for content teachers, Reading Strategy Lessons for Science & Social Studies. Her three books on differentiating reading instruction—Differentiating Reading Instruction, Assessments for Differentiating Reading instruction, and her 476 page binder, Teaching Reading: A Differentiated Approach for Grades 4 and Up, support teachers as they try to meet the needs of diverse levels of readers. In addition, Robb has written a big book for teaching reading strategies, Teaching Reading With Think Aloud Lessons, a book on teaching expository writing, Teaching Nonfiction Writing, and a best selling book on content reading, Teaching Reading in Social Studies, Science, and Math.

Robb has published three books with Heinemann. Her most recent book is based on a National Survey of 1,500 middle school students in twelve states: Teaching Middle School Writers: What Every English Teacher Needs to Know. At the back of this book is a DVD with Robb teaching writing and conferring with and interviewing students. In the spring of 2012 Robb’s First Hand curriculum, published by Heinemann, became available: Smart Writing: Practical Teaching Units for Middle School Writers. Smart Writing is totally aligned with the Common Core State Writing Standards. The curriculum also includes a handbook written to and for students, Smart Writing: A Student Handbook. Robb’s two other Heinemann books are Redefining Staff Development: A Collaborative Model for Teachers and Administrators, and Literacy Links: Strategies That Develop the Emergent Literacy Needed for Success in Reading and Writing.

Robb has designed classroom libraries for Scholastic. Presently, Robb has classroom libraries for grades 3-‐9. She also works with Scholastic to customize classroom libraries when school districts request tailoring purchases to their specific needs. Robb is working on the teaching materials for XBooks, a nonfiction library for students in grades six and seven, published by Scholastic.

Co-‐author for The Great Source's Daybooks and Sourcebooks, Grades 2, 3, 4, and 5, Robb also co-‐authored The Great Source's Summer Success Reading Program for Grades K-‐8, their Reading Handbook for grades 6-‐8, one for grades 4-‐5, and one for grade 3. Presently, Robb is the senior author of Reading Advantage, a Great Source program for middle and high school students who read two to eight years below grade level.

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Robb completed a three-‐year term on the National Council of Teacher’s of English Commission on Reading. Robb and commission colleagues each wrote a chapter for a book on literacy for NCTE, What Research REALLY Says about Teaching and Learning to Read, edited by Stephen B. Kucer. She also served on the editorial review board for Language Arts magazine. Robb wrote the “Motivating Readers'” Column for Instructor Magazine for 1996-‐1998. She also collected two poetry anthologies: Snuffles and Snouts illustrated by Steven Kellogg (Dial, 1995), and Music and Drum illustrated by Deborah Lill (Philomel, 1997).

Robb is a keynote speaker at conferences all over the country and in Canada; she trains teachers on differentiating reading instruction, inferential thinking and text dependent comprehension, content area reading, and on writing workshop.

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LEE V. STIFF Lee V. Stiff is a professor of mathematics education in the College of Education at North Carolina State University, a position he has held since 1983. Prior to this position, Dr. Stiff taught mathematics in middle grades and high school. He was also a professor of mathematics and mathematics education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 1978 to 1983. During his academic career he has been recognized for his work via the Reginald V. Blackmon Award for Excellence in Teaching (1980), the W. W. Rankin Memorial Award for Excellence in Mathematics Education given by the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM) (1992), the Provost's African-‐American Professional Development Award (NCSU, 1993), a Fulbright Scholar Award to the Department of Mathematics of the University of Ghana (1995-‐1996), and membership in the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (NCSU).

From 2000 to 2002, Dr. Stiff served as President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the largest organization of mathematics teachers with more than 100,000 members from all over the world. As a leader in mathematics education, Dr. Stiff served on the Boards of Directors of NCTM (1990-‐1993, 1999-‐2003), the Benjamin Banneker Association (1989-‐1993), and NCCTM (1982-‐83, 1989-‐1991). He was a member of the Task Force on Mathematics Education for Diverse Racial, Ethnic, and Linguistic Groups of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board, National Research Council (1992-‐1993); the Instrument Development Panel for the 1994 NAEP Mathematics Assessment (1991-‐1994); the Mathematical Sciences Education Board of the National Research Council (1993-‐1995); the Education Advisory Committee of the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) (2003-‐2005); and the National Advisory Board of PBS’ CyberChase produced by Thirteen/WNET New York and Nelvana (2007-‐2009).

He is a co-‐founder and President of EDSTAR Analytics, Inc., a consulting firm that provides school districts with the capacity to use data-‐driven decision models to improve student success and teacher effectiveness. Since 1989, Dr. Stiff has been a co-‐author of elementary, middle grades, and high school textbooks in mathematics currently published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Holt McDougal.

Dr. Stiff was awarded a B.S. degree in mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1971, an M.A. degree in mathematics from Duke University in 1974, and a Ph.D. in mathematics education from North Carolina State University in 1978.

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Judy Willis, M.D., M.Ed. Dr. Judy Willis is an authority on brain research regarding learning

and the brain. With the unique background as both a neurologist and classroom teacher, she writes extensively for professional educational journals and has written six books about applying the mind, brain, and education research to classroom teaching strategies, including an ASCD top seller, Research-‐Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning.

After graduating Phi Beta Kappa as the first woman graduate from Williams College, Willis attended UCLA School of Medicine where she was awarded her medical degree. She remained at UCLA and completed a medical residency and neurology residency, including chief residency. She practiced neurology for 15 years before returning to university to obtain her teaching credential and master's of education from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She then taught in elementary and middle school for 10 years.

Currently, Dr. Willis is on the adjunct faculty of the Graduate School of Education, University of California, gives neuroeducation presentations, and conducts professional development workshops nationally and internationally about educational strategies correlated with neuroscience research. In 2011, she was honored by Edutopia, as the 16th person included in their website video interviews with, “Big Thinkers on Education”. Here website is www.RADTeach.com

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Opening Session: Helping Every Child Succeed

Location: Auditorium

Time: 10:10-‐11:45am

Presenter: Robert H. Pasternack, Ph.D. is the Senior Vice President of Special Education for Voyager Learning Company. Dr. Pasternack served as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) at the U.S. Department of Education from 2001 to 2004. During his tenure, he was responsible for the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the implementation of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). In addition, Dr. Pasternack served on two Presidential Commissions, including the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education and the President's Mental Health Commission. Dr. Pasternack also served as the Chair of the Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee during his appointment as the Assistant Secretary.

Prior to being appointed by President Bush to this position, Dr. Pasternack was the State Director of Special Education for the State of New Mexico. During his distinguished career in New Mexico, Dr. Pasternack was a teacher, a superintendent of schools, the director of the state's first residential treatment center for children with serious emotional and behavioral problems, and Chief Executive Officer of New Mexico's first licensed Comprehensive Children's Community Mental Health Center. His work in New Mexico included improving outcomes and results for children with disabilities, implementing full day Kindergarten with mandatory use of scientifically based reading interventions, training of teachers on the signs and symptoms of mental health problems, parent-‐professional partnership, resiliency in juvenile delinquents, and a number of innovative efforts to serve ALL students.

Dr. Pasternack is a nationally certified school psychologist, a certified educational diagnostician, a certified school administrator, and a certified teacher (K-‐12). Recipient of numerous honors and awards, he is a frequent presenter at local, state, regional, national, and international conferences.

Audience: Teachers, Administrators, District Staff

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Full Day Sessions: Tuesday 8:30-‐5:30

Title: A Time to Teach Effective discipline and classroom management begins with (1) teaching procedures and routines and (2) immediately correcting low level student behaviors that interfere with the teaching-‐learning process. Proactive classroom management information and strategies will be introduced that teachers can use to prevent minor inappropriate student behaviors from exploding into major time consuming ones. Participants will learn five (5) key components that can reduce student discipline referrals by 70% or more and increase student achievement by creating more Time to Teach!

Presenter: Dr. Deborah E. Jones has spent over 30 years working with children and adults. She's fondly known as "dj" among her colleagues, friends, and members of the educational community. Her list of extensive experiences, background and education have prepared her to work with-‐in diverse school settings, but she has an interest and strong commitment to working with children of poverty and in schools in "Title I School Improvement". Dr. Jones has also been recognized by her peers and colleagues for her service to children and the community.

Note: Registration in this session requires the approval of both the building level principal and the Federal Programs Director.

Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 50

Recognizing Rigor When You See It (Day 1 of 2)

This session focuses on how school leaders can identify and support rigorous teaching and learning in their schools. Close examination of both the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (RBT) and Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (DOK) will be paired with evaluation of teaching practices best matched to the rigor of new Common Core State Standards.

During this interactive session, participants will engage in critical video analysis of teaching episodes and collaborative dialogue around essential elements of rigorous instruction. Participants will leave the session with tools, strategies and resources for distinguishing rigorous teaching and learning.

Please note this is a two day training presented by NCPAPA and QTL and is open to principals, assistant principals, and district-‐level administrators. Day 2 of the training is scheduled for Thursday, September 26, 2013.

Audience: Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 30

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Thinking Maps: Comprehension Skills

In this workshop, teachers will understand the major comprehension strategies supported by research and demonstrate how to connect these strategies and acquire in-‐depth knowledge of the specific comprehension strategies: prediction, visualization, making connections, summarizing and synthesizing, questioning, and inference. They will also be able to couple these strategies with Thinking Maps. They will learn when and how to use each strategy. Participants must be Thinking-‐Maps trained in order to participate Presenter: Susan Edwards, Thinking Maps Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 60

Language! A-‐C Refresher

Refresher course for Language! In order to participate in this session teachers must have received Language! Training in the past and be scheduled to teach a session of Language! this year. Participation requires the approval of the building principal and EC Director. Audience: Middle School and High School Language! Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

TransMath Initial Training

Required training for any new teacher using the TransMath program; participants should bring a laptop with them to the training. Participation requires the approval of both the building principal and EC Director.


Reading Foundations

The purpose of the course is to develop the instructional competencies of school personnel to effectively teach students with persistent reading problems as well as to select and implement comprehensive reading programs within their schools. Participation requires the approval of both the building level principal and EC Director Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

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Read 3D: New Teacher Training

Required of all new K-‐5 teachers to Pitt County Schools who are not already trained in Read3D, this is the first day of a two-‐day training teachers how to administer and understand Read3D assessments and data. Day 2 will be held on August 20; participants must attend both days.


Write from the Beginning for K-‐2 CARE Teachers

CARE teachers who teach at schools utilizing the Write from the Beginning Program are invited to participate in this two-‐day training to learn the components of an effective writing lesson. Note that this is a two-‐day training, with day two to be provided in the fall after school starts. Audience: CARE Teachers at WFTB Schools ONLY Enrollment Maximum: 30

SIOP Training for New Teachers

SIOP is a district-‐wide initiative for Pitt County Schools and offers an empirically-‐validated approach to teaching that helps prepare all students—especially English learners –to become college and career ready. As a framework for organizing instruction, The SIOP® Model supports teachers in planning and delivering high-‐quality instruction for all students. This session is for new teachers to PCS. Audience: New Teachers in PCS Enrollment Maximum: 30

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Half-‐Day Sessions: Tuesday 8:30-‐2:30 Guided Math

Teachers will develop a framework for mathematics instruction by using a practical approach to teaching mathematics; session will provide innovative and effective research-‐based literacy strategies to utilize instruction with whole-‐group, small group, and math workshop.

Presenter: Carolyn Belson from Teacher Created Materials

Audience: Math Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Break Out Sessions: Tuesday 8:30-‐10:00 Capturing and Sustaining the Brain’s Attentive Focus

Multimedia access has changed the way students attend to their environment. The digital age presents a new set of challenges, but neuroscience has revealed the stimuli and circumstances that grab and sustain the brain’s attention. Expanding on strategies you already use and adding ones that are neuro-‐logical for the brain’s processing, you’ll work smarter not harder, as you hook and hold students attention and increase their engaged participation.

After experiencing the power of the “alien” that controls what sensory information gets into your brain, and the brains of learners, you’ll have greater awareness of what interventions are needed to get input accepted by the involuntary attention filter.

You’ll learn why your best strategies are successful and new applications of these and other strategies for “buy-‐in”. Using the correlations from neuroscience research, you’ll increase your toolkit for sustaining students’ attentive focus, motivation, and memory because their brains want to know what you have to teach.

Presenter: Judy Willis, M.D., M.Ed.

Audience: Teachers, Coaches, Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 30

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So You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks!

Come here this 27 year veteran share how she overcame her fear of a new requirement implemented at South Greenville Elementary School for 1:1 iPad use in the classroom and learn to integrate technology into the culture of her class. The purpose of the presentation is to show veteran teachers or any teacher that is not tech smart/confident how to use an iPad for student independent practice.

Presenter: Julia Jones, South Greenville Elementary School

Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30 Flubaroo

Flubaroo is a free grading script using Google forms to quickly and easily collect and analyze student performance data, and it is especially useful for PLCs. Come experience how teachers can create forms, install flubaroo, and grade their assessments electronically.

Presenter: Julian Carter, CM Eppes Middle School

Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30 Common Core Math: Building on Student Understanding K-‐2

Come join your Pitt County Schools’ Lead Math Educators as they share their trials of the first year of Common Core Math implementation. They will share the shifts in their teaching, best practices, most useful resources, using the Pitt County and NCDPI wikispaces, using the 8 mathematical practices to support new content development, and so much more. Come join your grade span to learn about the Major Work and supporting/additional clusters for your classroom use. Let's Gear up for Year 2 of Common Core!!!

Presenter: Connie Cheston, K-‐12 Math Resource Specialist

Audience: K-‐2 Math Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

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Integrating Content in the 3-‐5 Classroom with Studies Weekly resources

Teachers in 3rd to 5th grades will preview the new Studies Weekly resources available for Pitt County Schools for 2013-‐14. ELA Common Core Standards will be blended with Social Studies and Science content to create integrated lessons.

Presenters: Marie Lee, K-‐12 ELA Resource Specialist; Preston Bowers, K-‐12 Social Studies Resource Specialist; Karen Quick, K-‐12 Science Resource Specialist

Audience: 3-‐5 Math Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Academic Vocabulary (K-‐2)

Wondering what academic vocabulary is? This interactive session will provide a clear understanding of why academic vocabulary is important and will help teachers to identify tier 1, 2 and 3 words. Teachers will collaborate to identify words in sample texts and locate resources that will deepen their knowledge of academic vocabulary and assist with their planning and instruction.

Presenters: Beth Edwards, NC DPI PD Consultant

Audience: K-‐2 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Student and Teacher Data Conversations If we’re not talking about it, it isn’t really happening. We all know there’s more to the assessment process than writing objectives on the board and giving back grades. In this session we’ll address ways of changing the focus in classrooms from scores and grades to real learning, and how to engage students – and ourselves – with data that make a difference. Presenter: Jen Morrison, Newberry College Audience: Teachers, Administrators, Coaches Enrollment Maximum: 30

Lunch Break 11:50-‐1:00 Location: Cafeteria

Lunch provided on-‐site for those who pre-‐register in My Learning Plan

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Extended Sessions: Tuesday 1:00-‐4:15 Creating Common Formative Assessments

This session will provide teachers an in-‐depth understanding of the process in designing common formative assessments. The session will focus on understanding how quality assessments are created and provide time for teachers to design these assessments. Teachers are encouraged to register for this session with their team or PLC members.

Note: This session as offered at CSI 2012 and is being offered again this year due to high demand.

Presenters: Beth Edwards, NC DPI PD Consultant Audience: Teachers, Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 30

Managing Your Reading Block with the Daily Five

The Daily 5 is a way to manage your reading block so that you get the best use of time. For Lauren Rothwell that meant saving time by no longer having create "center" activities each week. With the Daily 5 students are engaged in actually READING books that are on their level and that they are interested in. It also gives them choice and ownership of that choice so in most cases they stay engaged for increments of 25 minutes and during that time I can pull for guided reading. Teachers will understand the reasoning behind using Daily 5 and how to get started and what to do the first 25 days.

Presenter: Lauren Rothwell, GR Whitfield School and Susan Warren, Stokes School

Audience: Reading Teachers Grades 2-‐4 Enrollment Maximum: 30

Break Out Sessions: Tuesday 1:00-‐2:30 A Conversation with Robert Pasternack

In this break-‐out session administrators and coaches will have time for a more detailed look and extended conversations with the morning’s keynote speaker. The focus of the conversation will be specifically on how to better support all students at the school through the RtI process Audience: Administrators, Coaches Enrollment Maximum: 30

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The Brain’s Responses to Emotion and the Strategies that Promote Perseverance, Growth Mindset, & Self-‐Motivated Learners

Some students come to us already discouraged, with negative baggage about their own potential, school in general, or the subjects we teach. Other students, who have already mastered the material, are bored. When boredom or frustration occurs frequently, consequences include fixed mindset, reduced effort, and increasing “behavior” problems.

When stress is high the brain’s emotional filter (the amygdala deep in the limbic system) becomes hyperactive. This “emotional switching station” determines whether information flows up to the highest thinking prefrontal cortex to become memory or down to the lower “reactive” brain, where memory is not constructed. In addition, if high stress causes this structure to block access to the higher brain (prefrontal cortex) the brain’s output in terms of behavior is involuntary and limited to reactive responses.

This session will give you the keys that reduce the stressors that cause the blocked flow into and out of the prefrontal cortex such that students’ involuntary behaviors are to “act out” or “zone out”.


Audience: Teachers, Coaches, Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 30 Which Data? When? Are you inundated with data? Is it dumped on you at certain points of the school year with an expectation that you make magic? The truth is that teachers swim in all kinds of relevant, useful data every day. In this session we’ll examine a framework of four types of data that are critical for seeing and reaching learners, and reframe which data you need when. During this session the presenter will share samples from her own classroom work to inspire your thinking. Presenter: Jen Morrison, Newberry College Audience: Teachers, Administrators, Coaches Enrollment Maximum: 30

Tuesday Sessions 31

Using Youtube and Movie Maker to Engage Students Learn to incorporate technology based on the Common Core State Standards into your lesson. The sessions will show you how to empower students to use Windows Movie Maker and Youtube to create engaging interactive projects for students. Ms. Bateman will share how her students have created music videos and movie to show their depth of understanding in ELA. While the presentation examples will be from a Language Arts class, teachers in any content area can use this in their classrooms. Presenters: Hessy Bateman, Ayden Middle School Audience: Teachers, Enrollment Maximum: 30 Common Core Math: Building on Student Understanding Accelerated Math 8



Audience: Accelerated Math 8th Grade Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30 Common Core: Games Galore

The Common Core doesn't have to be boring! This session will show participants how to use games within their classrooms and still accomplish the demands of the new curriculum. Come prepared to compete and be involved!

Presenter: Kim Taybron, 6-‐12 ELA Resource Specialist

Audience: 6-‐12 ELA Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

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NC History, Geography, & Cultural Resources

Participants will observe a brief demonstration of online resources by NCPedia, Scenic Byways, and LearnNCs digital textbook. Discussion will be based on how best to integrate these resources into the classroom.

Presenter: Preston Bowers, K-‐12 Social Studies Resource Specialist

Audience: 4th and 8th Grade Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Break Out Sessions: Tuesday 2:45-‐4:15

Using Brain Research to Help Students Develop Their Highest Cognitive Potentials for 21st Century Success

The last part of the human brain to “mature” (well into the late teens and early 20s) is the prefrontal cortex (PFC). This is the control center of what neurology has long defined as the executive functions including judgment, critical analysis, prioritizing, risk assessment, and delay of immediate gratification for long-‐term goal attainment.

The executive functions are now the essence of the required competencies for the Common Core Standards. They are also the skillsets, rated as most important qualifications for employees in the global market, that are necessary for successful participation and fulfillment in 21st century.

As caretakers of the networks of the executive functions as they undergo their most rapid rate of change during the school years, educators can and must provide the opportunities for these neural networks to be activated and thus strengthened.

In this session, neuroscience research-‐correlated strategies will be provided to incorporate executive function application and network activation into instructional units of study.


Audience: Teachers, Coaches, Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 30

Tuesday Sessions 33

From Questions to Data to Grades

Does it sometimes seem like the words in this title usually follow a different order? Well, they should not, and this session will show you why. Get ready for an interactive journey to effective practice. By the end of this session you will be able to ask the important questions you need answered to be more effective, identify all four types of data in order to make effective instructional decisions, explain the difference between assessment and grading, and revise your current grading practices to make them more effective.

Presenter: Jen Morrison, Newberry College Audience: Teachers, Administrators, Coaches Enrollment Maximum: 30

Edmodo and the Common Core

This session will introduce elementary teachers to resources on Edmodo that correlate with the Common Core State Standards. The apps Edmodo offers will add rigor and relevance to lessons as well as engage students. This session will also demonstrate a plethora of ways to use Edmodo in the classroom (data, student discussion, higher ordered thinking etc.) Presenters: Kristin Justice, South Greenville Elementary School Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Standard 6 for "Encore" Classes

The 2013-‐2014 school year will see the implementation of Standard 6 for Encore classes. (Healthful Living, Band, Orchestra, Chorus, General Music, Dance, Foreign Language) This presentation will help teachers prepare for this process. Presenter: Burt Jenkins, EB Aycock Middle School Audience: K-‐12 Encore Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

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Work Session

This session will allow teachers to collaborate and network to design new lesson plans and/or assessments aligned with the new standards. Registration is NOT required to participate in this session and CEUs will not be awarded for participation. Location: Media Center Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: Unlimited

Half-‐Day Sessions: Tuesday 2:45-‐5:30 Integrating Mathematics & Literacy

Mathematics Readers combine nonfiction texts, problem solving, and real-‐world connections to help all students explore mathematics in a meaningful way. Hands-‐on problem solving experiences in each pair of readers offer a deeper exploration of the mathematical skills and concepts. Mathematics Readers support Response to Intervention (RTI) models through diagnostic assessments and differentiated content and process. Presenter: Presenter: Carolyn Belson from Teacher Created Materials Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30 Literacy Learning in the K-‐3 Classroom

Repeat Session; see page 56 for details Presenter: Marie Lee, K-‐5 ELA Resource Specialist Audience: K-‐3 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Wednesday Sessions 35

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 Opening Session: Transforming School Culture


Time: 10:10-‐11:45am

Presenter: Anthony Muhammad is one of the most sought after educational consultants in North America. As a practitioner of nearly twenty years, Dr. Muhammad has served as a middle school teacher, assistant principal, middle school principal, and high school principal. Dr. Muhammad’s tenure as a practitioner has earned him several awards as both a teacher and a principal. His most notable accomplishment came as principal at Levey Middle School in Southfield, Michigan, a National School of Excellence, where student proficiency on state assessments was more than doubled in five years and he was named the Michigan Middle School Principal of the Year in 2005. Dr. Muhammad and the staff at Levey used the Professional Learning Communities at Work (PLC) model of school improvement, and they have been recognized in several videos and articles as a model, high-‐performing PLC. As a researcher, he has published articles in several publications in both the United States and Canada.

Dr. Muhammad is a best-‐selling author. He is the author of the books The Will to Lead and the Skill to Teach; Transforming Schools at Every Level (2011); Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division (2009); and a contributing author to the book The Collaborative Administrator: Working Together as a Professional Learning Community (2008).

Audience: Teachers, Administrators, District Staff

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Full Day Sessions: Wednesday 8:30-‐5:30 Performing Music Concepts through the Study of World Cultures and Peoples

In this hands on workshop participants will learn how to teach drum and xylophone ensembles while addressing the national standards of music. Through the study of the ensembles presented the participant will develop an understanding of the influence of foreign cultures to our understanding of music and music education. Though there will be integration of other disciplines or academic curriculum, the participant will be able to define how the study of music for the sake of learning music is integral in the development of the whole child in any school system. Presenter: James Thomas Mader, Parkway Middle School of the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Language! Initial Training

Teaches Language Training to eachers that have not been trained in Language! Participation requires the approval of both the building-‐level principal and EC Director. This is a two-‐day training (August 14-‐15) and participants must attend both days.


Language! D-‐F Refresher

Refresher course for Language! In order to participate in this session teachers must have received Language! Training in the past and be scheduled to teach a session of Language! this year. Participation requires the approval of the building principal and EC Director. Audience: Middle School and High School Language! Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30



Repeat session – see page 25 for details


Thinking Maps Training for New Teachers

Visualizing our thinking allows us to have a concrete image of our abstract thoughts. Visual representations enhance the brain's natural ability to detect and construct meaningful patterns. Thinking Maps reduce anxiety by providing familiar visual patterns for thinking and working with complex ideas and situations. This session, designed for new teachers to PCS, will train them in the basics of using Thinking Maps in their classroom. Thinking Maps training is required for all new teachers in PCS Audience: New Teachers in PCS Enrollment Maximum: 30 Improve Comprehension and Vocabulary in Social Studies and Science and Apply Common Core

In this hands-‐on active learning workshop, teachers will practice strategies that build students' tier three vocabulary of words related to various topics in social studies and science. Vocabulary learning strategies will include using roots and affixes that relate to specific content, teacher supported vocabulary strategies such as concept mapping and list, group label, and vocabulary builders for students such as the synonym/antonym chart and semantic mapping. In addition, Robb will have teachers use easy-‐to-‐teach reading and informal writing strategies to use before, during, and after reading in order to accelerate students achievement in social studies and science. Reading strategies will include teach students to activate their own prior knowledge, how to find big ideas and make logical inferences, teaching students to ask high order questions that stimulate meaningful discussions, and self-‐monitoring and fix-‐up strategies. Strategy lessons are geared to the belief that students need time to understand and learn content and that is the goal of all the easy-‐to-‐teach lessons. Presenter: Laura Robb Audience: 4-‐12 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 60


Half Day Sessions: Wednesday 8:30-‐2:30 Guided Math

Repeat session; please see page 26 for description

Presenter: Carolyn Belson from Teacher Created Materials

Audience: Math Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Break Out Sessions: Wednesday 8:30-‐10:00 PLCs Got You In a Pickle?

Focus on best practices implemented by a 6th grade ELA PLC has implemented and found successful for student growth. The session will include how to conduct PLC meetings, with sample agendas and scenarios. It will also feature a step-‐by-‐step guide for how to go from Common Core standards all the way through to remediation/enrichment. The session will model how to analyze pretest/posttest data and base decisions for differentiated and student driven instruction based on current student need. Finally, presenters will model how to implement a PLC notebook to organize and house all data so that student needs/deficits can be seen at a glance. Presenters: Kim Russell, Chuck Branch, Angela Chandler, and Jackie Cayton, AG Cox Middle School Audience: Teachers, Administrators, Coaches Enrollment Maximum: 30

Academic Vocabulary (3-‐5)


Presenters: Dianne Meiggs, NC DPI PD Consultant

Audience: 3-‐5 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30




Presenters: Abby Futrell, NC DPI PD Consultant

Audience: 9-‐12 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Student Interactive Notebooks

This session will introduce teachers to using Interactive Notebooks as a tool in their classroom. Interactive notebooks enable students to be creative, independent thinkers and writers. Interactive notebooks are used for class notes and content as well as for other activities where the student will be asked to express his/her own ideas and process the content presented in class. Teachers will learn what an Interactive Notebook is, and methods for using them in the classroom as a strategy for engagement, a student learning tool, and a type of assessment. Presenters: Lesley Dwyer, Karen Thompson, GR Whitfield School Audience: Teachers, Administrators, Coaches Enrollment Maximum: 30

Common Core Math: Building on Student Understanding 3-‐5



Audience: 3-‐5 Math Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30


Studies Weekly Resources for 6th Grade -‐ Science & Social Studies

Teachers will preview the Studies Weekly resources available for Pitt County Schools in 2013-‐14. Strategies for implementation will be discussed.

Presenters: Karen Quick, K-‐12 Science Resource Specialist; Preston Bowers, K-‐12 Social Studies Resource Specialist

Audience: 6 Grade Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Opinion Writing... How Do You Really Feel About It?

Common Core Standards came with an umbrella of writing genre… narrative, argumentative, and informational. Under argumentative… there is persuasive and opinion. This session will put you at ease with how to teach Opinion Writing not just during writing workshop, but throughout the day.

Presenter: Marie Lee, K-‐5 ELA Resource Specialist

Audience: K-‐5 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30 Standard 6 for "Encore" Classes

Repeat session, please see page 33 for details. Presenter: Burt Jenkins, EB Aycock Middle School Audience: K-‐12 Encore Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Lunch Break 11:50-‐1:00

Location: Cafeteria



Extended Sessions: Wednesday 1:00-‐4:15 Managing Your Reading Block with the Daily Five

This is a repeat session; please see page 29 for a description

Presenter: Lauren Rothwell, GR Whitfield School and Susan Warren, Stokes School

Audience: Teachers Grade 2-‐4 Enrollment Maximum: 30 Literacy Learning in the 4th and 5th Grade Classroom

This "Continuous" professional development will take a closer look into effective literacy teaching in the 4th and 5th grade classroom that will promote literacy learning that meets the needs of all of our students. Throughout the year, we will take a closer look at the ELA Common Core Standards, the components of the PCS Literacy Tools, Comprehension Strategies, Literacy Routines/Schedules and Rigorous Literacy Learning Activities The CSI session is an intro into the year long professional development that you will become a part of. In addition to this session we will meet 6 more times... the remaining sessions will be full day sessions. Presenters: Marie Lee, K-‐5 ELA Resource Specialist Audience: 4-‐5 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Developing Critical Thinking Skills

Learn how to teach students to develop critical thinking skills and raise the rigor in your classroom. The session will focus on understanding and implementing the Critical Thinking Skills called for by the North Carolina New Teacher Evaluation System.

Presenters: Dianne Meiggs, NC DPI PD Consultant Note: This session as offered at CSI 2012 and is being offered again this year due to high demand.

Audience: Teachers, Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 30


21st Century Skills…More Than Technology

21st Century skills stretch beyond technology integration and usage to skills students must have to be successful in today’s and tomorrow’s world .This session provides clarity for 21st century skills, as well as discussion and student activities to foster the development of these valuable skills

Presenter: Abbey Askew Futrell, NC DPI PD Consultant

Audience: Teachers, Administrators

Enrollment Maximum: 30

Integrating STEM into Middle School Science Classrooms

Camp Focus teachers "focused" on incorporating the Engineering Cycle (The "E" in STEM) into camp activities. These science lead teachers will provide an overview and sample lessons from camp. Participants will do some of these hands-‐on activities in the session and will walk away with some materials to use in their own classrooms! Presenters: Karen Quick, K-‐12 Science Resource Specialist Audience: 6-‐8 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Break Out Sessions: Wednesday 1:00-‐2:30 A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Muhammad

This break-‐out session with the keynote speaker is reserved for principals, assistant principals, coaches, and district-‐leaders to have a chance to hear specific strategies to support PLCs in their schools.

Presenter: Dr. Anthony Muhammad

Audience: Administrators, Coaches, District Leaders Enrollment Maximum: 30


Using EVAAS and Formative Assessment to Raise Achievement, Close Gaps, Reduce Dropout Rates, and Identify Effective Practices (for Teachers)

The Pro-‐Equity Model is a replacement for the At-‐Risk Model of student achievement. It uses data to make critical decisions affecting all students. This session will present and examine the Pro-‐Equity Model and illustrate how its use can improve the performance of students, teachers, and administrators.

Note: Participants must know their EVAAS login information to participate

Presenter: Dr. Lee Stiff, North Carolina State University

Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30 Emotional Kells

This session will provide information/tools to use in an exploration of Irish culture and the Book of Kells. Students learn to express emotion using organic, geometric, and other colorful shapes. They must also write their own manuscript. This lesson is appropriate for all age groups. You can further the experience by comparing/contrasting Irish Catholic art with Middle Eastern Islamic art. It can also break stereotypes by discussing terrorism(for older students) in the two areas. And exploration of the Caucasus region (Islamic Caucasian peoples) helps break stereotypes. Google Doc Presentation and physical evidence will be provided.

Presenter: Daniel Niece, EB Aycock Middle School

Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30 Googlefolios

Teachers will learn how to guide students through the process of creating electronic portfolios with Googlesites to share their products. Teachers will learn how to choose templates and format websites. In addition teachers will learn how to include shared documents, hyperlinks, sideshows, and embedded videos.

Presenter: Katherine Toriello, Julia Crippen, GR Whitfield School



Common Core Math: Building on Student Understanding 6-‐8



Audience: 6-‐8 Math Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30 World History Digital Resources

Participants will preview the following digital resources and discuss strategies for implementation: World History for Us All, Stanford History Education Group -‐ Beyond the Bubble, & Fordham University's Internet History Sourcebook Project. Presenter: Preston Bowers, K-‐12 Social Studies Resource Specialist Audience: 6th, 7th, and 9th Grade SS Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30 Microscopes for 3-‐8 Classrooms!

Participants will learn proper care and instruction on the use of microscopes in their classrooms. Participants will play the role of students and they engage in science investigations that help them dive deeper into the standards addressing single celled organisms and cellular components. All participants that "pass the test" on using microscopes will be eligible to sign up for using 15 microscopes in their classrooms. Presenter: Karen Quick, K-‐12 Science Resource Specialist Audience: K-‐5, 6-‐8 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30


Break Out Sessions: Wednesday 2:45-‐4:15

Palette Poetry

The Palette Poetry project is designed to integrate art, poetry, and recycling into a single project that allows students to express themselves using English and art. Students choose or write their own poems, then illustrate them on re-‐pourposed wood from shipping palettes. The finished projects are then posted on the palette poetry website to inspire others. www.palettepoetry.weebly.com Presenters: Ira Varney, Charetta Walls, South Central High School Audience: 9-‐12 Art and English Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Creating “Study Stations” and “Quick Checks” with Google Drive

In this session participants will be guided in designing two student tools with Google drive: "Study Stations" (in Google presentation) and "Quick Checks" (in Google forms). Both are tools that can be used as formative assessments or during independent practice, and both give students immediate feedback on their responses. Participants can bring their own materials to use to create the tools (such as content-‐related multiple choice questions or vocabulary words) or can use the materials provided by the presenter. The session will conclude with a discussion on practical applications in the classroom. Presenter: Leona Mason, DH Conley High School Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30


Using EVAAS and Formative Assessment to Raise Achievement, Close Gaps, Reduce Dropout Rates, and Identify Effective Practices (for Administrators)

The Pro-‐Equity Model is a replacement for the At-‐Risk Model of student achievement. It uses data to make critical decisions affecting all students. This session will present and examine the Pro-‐Equity Model and illustrate how its use can improve the performance of students, teachers, and administrators.

Note: Participants must know their EVAAS login information to participate

Presenter: Dr. Lee Stiff, North Carolina State University

Audience: Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 30 Tools for Inquiry in Science Classrooms: Grades 6-‐12

Participants will participate in active inquiry during this session. The presenter will model how to use Formative Assessment Classroom Practices in engaging students in their own learning of various science content. Literacy components will be incorporated and include strategies for teaching students to be "science journalists".

Presenter: Karen Quick, K-‐12 Science Resource Specialist

Audience: 6-‐8 Teachers, 9-‐12 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30 Social Studies Competitions

Teachers will be presented with an overview of multiple Social Studies competitions. The focus will be on National History Day, but other competitions will be included as options. Other competitions include the National Geography Bee as well as several economics competitions from the Council for Economic Education. The session will include time for sharing ideas for implementation and management.


Audience: 6-‐8 Teachers, 9-‐12 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30


Work Session


Half Day Sessions: Wednesday 2:45-‐5:30

Integrating Mathematics & Literacy

Repeat session; please see page 34 for description Presenter: Presenter: Carolyn Belson from Teacher Created Materials Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Thursday Sessions 49

Thursday, August 15, 2013 Opening Session: The Manuel Scott Story


Time: 10:10-‐11:45

An original Freedom Writer whose story is told in part in the 2007 hit movie, Freedom Writers, Manny Scott has energized over a million leaders, educators, volunteers, and students worldwide with his authentic, inspiring messages of hope. Speaking to over 125 groups a year for the past decade, he is the speaker of choice for conferences, conventions, schools, fundraisers, and banquets. Manny has a gift: the ability to connect with, hold the attention of, and energize all kinds of audiences. From inner-‐city youth to business executives, Manny has learned to speak, and command, the language of his audiences with relevant, riveting, and compelling messages, moving them from cheers, to laughter, to tears, and go-‐forward determination. By age 16, Manny’s story was almost over: His father was incarcerated, he missed 60-‐90 days of school annually from 4th to 9th grade, he dropped out of school at age 14, he lived in 26 places by age 16, and his best friend was brutally murdered. Sensing that the end of his life was near, Manny sat down on a park bench, and considered how he would make others feel the depth of despair and anger roiling in his soul. He says, "When I look back, I now see that I was heading down a path that would have destroyed me." Then, a man-‐ a complete stranger-‐ took a risk, and sat down beside Manny. That man connected with him, encouraged him, and inspired him to write a different story-‐ to create a new life. Manny heard that man say, in essence, “Just because you live in the hood, the hood doesn’t have to live in you;” “You can’t control what happens to you, but you can control your response;” “You can become the father you never had, and the man you’ve never met;” and, “You can create a future better than your past.” That day, on a park bench, Manny Scott turned the page. He returned to school with a new attitude and purpose, and ended up in the back of Erin Gruwell’s English class-‐ a group now known worldwide as the Freedom Writers, portrayed in the 2007 hit MTV movie. In his journal, Manny began writing-‐ and dreaming about-‐ new, more fulfilling chapters in his life-‐ chapters filled with healing, hope, perseverance, and possibility.

50 Thursday Sessions

Through very hard work, and with the help of others, Manny has achieved many of those journaled dreams. He is now happily married, a doting father of three, a successful entrepreneur, a PhD student, and one of the nation’s most sought after speakers. "I do not speak to impress people," Manny explains, "but to impress upon them some invaluable lessons that could literally change the quality of their lives forever. When I speak, I try to make sure audiences are crystal clear about how to ‘turn the page’-‐ to transform their lives. Whether I'm in Houston or Hong Kong, Kansas City or Cairo, Los Angeles or London, I carry a torchlight of inspiration into the recesses of dormant potential, and show the gems that are sparkling there." Manny Scott is helping people change their lives all over the globe. Audience: Teachers, Administrators, District Staff


Full Day Sessions: Thursday 8:30-‐5:30 TransMath Refresher Training

Refresher training for those who went through the initial training prior to the 2012-‐2013 school year. Participation requires the approval of both the building principal and EC Director.


Unlocking Complex Texts: An Instructional Reading Curriculum That is the "How-‐To-‐Do" of the CSS

There has been a lot of discussion about what the common core standards mean and how the standards will affect ELA teachers' practice. Using Robb's new book, Unlocking Complex Texts, teachers will experience the CCSS aligned reading curriculum that starts with the teacher modeling Common Core comprehension standards and strategies and students practicing them, then moves to pairs of students practicing the skills and strategies, and finally to students working on their own to demonstrate their understanding. Lessons take about 15 minutes so teachers can return to their required curriculum to provide students with extra practice. Robb will also discuss text complexity, how to use the complexity grids for each selection, as well as using the grids for reading selections teachers choose. Teachers will have access to seven genres: informational texts, biography, memoir, texts that argue, myths, short story, and poetry. For each genre, there are two selections for partner work and two selections for independent work: one for at or above grade level readers and a second for students reading one to two years below grade level

Teachers will practice using an anchor text selection for the teacher modeling lesson, interpreting the quiz and writing about reading assessments, enlarging vocabulary through concept mapping, and using the extensive scaffolding suggestions to support students.

In addition, teachers will explore the rich contents of the Resources-‐CD that includes extra teaching selections, forms for summarizing fiction and nonfiction, guidelines for analytical writing, T-‐Charts for higher order thinking, conference forms for each Common Core reading standard, and much more.

Presenter: Laura Robb Audience: 4-‐12 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30



This is a repeat session, please see page 25 for details.


Write from the Beginning for K-‐2 Teachers

Come participate in this two-‐day training to learn the components of an effective writing lesson – with all materials provided. Note that this is a two-‐day training, with day two to be provided in the fall after school starts. Audience: K-‐2 Teachers at any school pending principal approval Enrollment Maximum: 30 Math Foundations

Math Foundations is an extensive course of mathematical content to improve the content knowledge of its participants and to give teachers a better understanding of the foundation to mathematics in order to better prepare students for the 21st century.

Training is 5 full days with mandatory attendance for all participants; day 1 will be offered during CSI with follow-‐up days in the fall of 2012 school year.

Homework assignments and presentations are expected to provide teachers application to the content that is taught in the classroom



How to Effectively and Efficiently Write a K-‐5 Music Lesson

This session would show K-‐5 music educators how to effectively and efficiently plan lessons to meet NESS. They will learn strategies for implementing solfege, rhythm practice, and assessments throughout the curriculum. Participants will also learn how to embed RBT throughout lessons to support higher level thinking. By the end of this session, participants will be able to compose and carry out an effective lesson plan from start to finish.

Presenter: Melissa Coxe, Eastern Elementary, Joy Carter, Elmhurst, Robin Loy, Wintergreen Primary, and Courtney Brown, Lakeforest Elementary


Break Out Sessions: Thursday 8:30-‐10:00

Counselor’s Tool Box

This session will cover areas that all school counselors deal with on a regular basis, and offer support to fellow counselors. We will discuss how to develop and use a Needs Assessment to target the needs of your students, staff, and school. Data Collection is a valuable tool that we will cover in this session, to decide what information is important to gather and how to use what you learn. Another area that will be covered is utilizing resources within our community. Pitt County has many resources that can be used when working with students and families... sometimes we just need to know where to go! Finally, we will share counseling materials and books that we have found to be helpful.

Presenter: Olivia Salter, Ridgewood Elementary, Laura McCarter, Diane Hendrix, and Laura Bennett

Audience: K-‐8 School Counselors Enrollment Maximum: 30

Discover National Board Certification

Presentation of National Board basics: expectations of National Board candidacy, application process and fees, state loan, eportfolio, impact on student learning and improved teaching practice as aligned with the North Carolina Educator Evaluation System, pay differential

Presenter: Donna Matthews, South Central High School

Audience: K-‐8 School Counselors Enrollment Maximum: 30


Preparing Students for Constructed Response Questions

In this session, Mary White will share how she is preparing her students for the constructed response portion of the state common assessment in science. The presentation will include a presentation, samples of constructed responses questions, and opportunity to work to formulate constructed response questions for students aligned with Revised Blooms and engaging higher thinking skills. Grade level Essential Standards and the assessment type by objective will be used to focus on those objectives for which constructed response questions are possible.

Presenter: Mary White, AG Cox Middle School

Audience: 6-‐8 Science Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30



Presenters: Beth Edwards, NC DPI PD Consultant

Audience: 6-‐8Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Honors Implementation Guides: Math

High School teachers who teach honors courses should participate. The new honors implementation guides are a collaborative effort and there is some pre-‐work that needs to be done. This session will look at the format of the guide and the preliminary work that can be done.

Presenters: Connie Cheston, K-‐12 Math Resource Specialist Audience: 9-‐12 Math Honors Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30


Honors Implementation Guides: ELA


Presenters: Kim Taybron, 6-‐12 ELA Resource Specialist Audience: 9-‐12 ELA Honors Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30 Honors Implementation Guides: Science


Presenters: Karen Quick, K-‐12 Science Resource Specialist Audience: 9-‐12 Science Honors Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30 Honors Implementation Guides: Social Studies


Presenters: Preston Bowers, K-‐12 Social Studies Resource Specialist Audience: 9-‐12 Social Studies Honors Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30 Too Good to Be True?

Free access to 4000 magazines, Britannica and five other encyclopedias, newspapers, atlases, and eBooks -‐ DPI provides these products at no charge for all NC teachers and students.

Presenters: Dan Sparlin, DPI Webmaster Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30


Lunch Break 11:50-‐1:00

Location: Cafeteria


Extended Sessions: Thursday 1:00-‐4:15 Ways to Flip the Classroom

The session will begin with an example of flipping the classroom. Ms. White will share insight on the preparation, the filming, the downloading to you-‐tube, and the students' reactions to its use. Different methods of filming will be explored. We will brainstorm the pros and cons as well. Participants will work on creating their own mini-‐lessons that could be used at the beginning of the school year. Presenter: Mary White, AG Cox Middle School Audience: Coaches, District Leaders, Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 45 Literacy Learning in the K-‐3 Classroom

This "Continuous" professional development will take a closer look into effective literacy teaching in the K-‐3 classroom that will promote literacy learning that meets the needs of our students. Throughout the year, we will take a closer look at the ELA Common Core Standards, the components of the PCS Literacy Tools, Comprehension Strategies, Literacy Routines/Schedules and Rigorous Literacy Workstations The CSI session is an intro into the year long professional development that you will become a part of. In addition to this session we will meet 6 more times... the remaining sessions will be full day sessions." Presenter: Marie Lee, K-‐5 ELA Resource Specialist Audience: K-‐3 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30


Data Driven Professional Learning Communities

This session will provide teachers an in-‐depth understanding how to use data collected from sources such as Common Formative Assessments, Benchmarks, EOGs, or teacher-‐created assignments to inform PLC decision making. Teachers are encouraged to register for this session with their team or PLC members.

Note: This session as offered at CSI 2012 and is being offered again this year due to high demand.

Presenters: Beth Edwards, NC DPI PD Consultant Audience: Teachers, Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 30

Not Projects but Project Based Learning

A little confused about what Project Based Learning (PBL) is? This session will provide a clear understanding of PBL and its advantages for teachers and students. Designed for the PBL newbie, participants will receive resources for getting started with their first project-‐based learning unit for any subject. Presenter: Abby Futrell, NC DPI PD Consultant Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30


Half-‐Day Sessions: Thursday 1:00-‐5:30 Evaluating Professional Development

Have you ever wondered whether the PD you are providing is having an impact? This session will be the first of several offered throughout the course of the 2013-‐2014 school year for coaches and curriculum specialists in the district to learn how to measure the impact of professional development on learning. Presenter: Thomas Feller, RttT Coordinator and Professional Development Specialist Audience: Coaches, District Leaders, Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 45

Break Out Sessions: Thursday 1:00-‐2:30

Manuel Scott Breakout

This session will allow for a more focused conversation with the keynote speaker, with an emphasis on building relationships and reaching hard-‐to-‐reach students.

Audience: Teachers, Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 30

Teaching with Documents & Art

Steve & Randall will be sharing strategies for utilizing art and primary source documents they gathered from a workshop produced by the National Archives and the Smithsonian Institute.

Presenters: Steve Hill, Randall Leach, JH Rose High School



Seize the Data

This is an introduction, for teachers only, on how to empower their instruction using various strategies for collecting multiple data types, creating reliable and valid assessments and making sense of data sets for use in constructive dialogue in their PLCs. This session may be an introduction to a Moodle training offered for the school year through MLP and Learn NC.

Presenter: Karen Quick, K-‐12 Science Resource Specialist

Audience: 6-‐8 Teachers, 9-‐12 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Common Core Math: Building on Student Understanding HS Math I

Come join your Pitt County Schools’ Lead Math Educators as they share their trials of the first year of Common Core Math implementation. They will share the shifts in their teaching, best practices, most useful resources, using the Pitt County and NCDPI wikispaces, using the 8 mathematical practices to support new content development, and so much more. Come join your grade span to learn about the Major Work and supporting/additional clusters for your classroom use. Gear up for Year 2 of Common Core! Presenter: Connie Cheston, K-‐12 Math Resource Specialist Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

No Harm No Foul

Discover sources for copyright-‐free materials to support the curriculum in your classroom. Learn how to use copyrighted material for instructional purposes without having to get permission. We’ll explore using online resources ethically, and applying common sense to copyright issues. Presenter: Dan Sparlin, DPI Webmaster Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30


T-‐PACK Model for Integrating Technology If you're not familiar with the T-‐PACK model or want to learn more about it, this is the session for you. Our focus will be how you can use the T-‐PACK framework to reboot and rethink the way we plan for technology integration. Come prepared to consider how the unique interplay of content knowledge, pedagogy, and technology in your classroom can be blended for better student engagement and learning. Links to further information online will be provided. Presenter: Joanna Gerakios, Media & Technology Specialist Audience: Teachers, Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 30

Work Session


Break-‐Out Sessions: Thursday 2:45-‐4:15 Common Core Math: Building on Student Understanding Accelerated Math 7



Audience: Accelerated Math 7th Grade Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30


US History Digital Resources

Teachers will preview a variety of resources and engage in a vertical alignment dialogue for teaching American History content and strategies including Mission US from Edsitement, LOC -‐ teaching resources, SHEG -‐ Curriculum & Beyond the Bubble, NARA -‐ ourdocuments.gov & docsteach.org, and SAS Curriculum Pathways.


Audience: 5th, 8th, and 11th Grade SS Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

Research Models

Adopting an established research process can provide consistency and structure that enhances learning at all levels. This session will provide an overview of research models, including the Big6, and offer practical tips on using models effectively and conducting online research with better results. We will cover research techniques, as well as tools and resources essential to the process. Presenter: Dan Sparlin, DPI Webmaster Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30

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Session Planning Matrix Use the matrix below to outline the sessions for which you want to register. Registration will open on May 15 for all teachers. Except for specific sessions notated in this guide, registration does not require the approval of principals or

district-‐level administrators to participate. Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Session Name

8:30-‐10:00 10:10-‐11:45 Keynote 11:50-‐1:00 Lunch (requires registration in MLP) 1:00-‐2:30 2:45-‐4:15

4:15-‐5:30 (Some sessions end at 5:30) Wednesday, August 14, 2013 Session Name


4:15-‐5:30 (Some sessions end at 5:30) Thursday, August 15, 2013 Session Name


4:15-‐5:30 (Some sessions end at 5:30)

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Selected Index Academic Vocabulary ............. 28, 38, 39, 40, 54 Brain .................................................... 26, 30, 32 Classroom Management .................................. 23 Common Core ............. 27, 31, 33, 40, 44, 59, 60 Comprehension ............................................... 38 Critical Thinking ............................................... 42 Data ......................................... 28, 30, 33, 57, 59 EVAAS ........................................................ 43, 46 Formative Assessment ........................ 29, 43, 46 Inquiry ............................................................. 46 Integration ..................................... 28, 34, 43, 47 Literacy ...................................................... 42, 56

Math .................................. 26, 27, 31, 39, 52, 59 Music ......................................................... 37, 53 Opening Session .................................. 21, 35, 49 PLC ....................................................... 29, 39, 57 Read 3D ............................................... 25, 38, 52 Reading .......................................... 24, 29, 41, 51 Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy ............................ 23 Rigor ................................................................ 23 SIOP ................................................................ 25 Thinking Maps ........................................... 24, 38 Webb’s Depth of Knowledge .......................... 23 Write .................................................... 25, 41, 52

CSI 2013 Program

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