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ILT Training for School TeamsSave the Date: Saturday, April 11, 20158:00am-3:00pm. Location: TBD.Strategies for finishing the year strong and planning for next year. More information forthcoming from your Director.

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Growing Educators - Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop with Books for your Classroom• A Closer Look at Explicit Teaching in Writing

Workshop Through Mini Lesson, March 30th• A Closer Look at Teaching Reading

Comprehension and Speaking and Listening Through Read Aloud, March 31st

• I’ve Taught the Mini-Lesson, Now What? (experienced workshop users only), April 6th

See page 3 for detailed information.

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Kagan Cooperative Learning Structuring for Active EngagementMonday, April 6, 2015, (School Holiday) 8:30am-3:00pmWebster Middle SchoolCreate full student engagement with Kagan Structures—simple yet powerful cooperative learning instructional strategies. Supported by a large body of scientific research, and proven effective in countless classrooms.Kagan Manual and tuition provided.

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Out of the Trash and into the Class!Thursday, March 19, 2015, 3:15-5:00 pmESC West, Training Room 1Andrea FerberUse trash to think like an engineer. Come prepared to use your ingenuity with common recycled materials and make connections to NGSS performance expectations.  Materials will be provided.

Water, Water Everywhere! Lessons to integrate Science Through the CoreThursday, April 16, 3:15-5:00 pmESC West, Training Room 1Andrea FerberUse hands-on activities to integrate science through core content areas.  Learn how to plan integrated units and lessons.

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Talking Outside the Text: Elementary Arts/History PDThursday, March 26, 3:30-5:30 p.m.ESC West, Training Room 1Maria Shepherd and Jessica Williams Gain a deeper understanding of Visual Thinking Strategies through the use of primary and secondary sources. Participants will also be introduced to Historians Tools to examine historical photographs and build on close reading strategies. There will be an emphasis on history and CCSS ELA standards, alongside arts standards.

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Register on the Common Core page of escwest.net

INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAMS

K-8 LITERACY

K-12 ALL SUBJECTS

ELEMENTARY SCIENCE

ELEMENTARY ARTS INTEGRATION

To request salary payment for any workshop, check with your administrator before registering.

Payment is NOT provided by ESC West.

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Secondary Math Unit Planning Sat. Feb. 28,  and Sat. Mar. 21 from 8-3 at Pio Pico MS.The ESCW Secondary Math TeamUnpack the standards from the upcoming unit in order to plan standards-aligned instruction.

Content PD  8th grade Statistics Standards: Mon. Mar. 9, from 4-6 pm at Webster MS Facilitator:  Daniela Roman6th & 7th grade Statistics Standards:  Wed. Mar 11, from 4-6pm at Webster MS Facilitator: Angela McNeal and Firoza KanjiThis after-school PD is designed to build teacher understanding of content standards that are new to the grade level. 

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NGSS Lesson Unit Planning Saturday, March 21, 8:00am-3:00pmPio Pico Middle SchoolGlendar Haskin, NBCT - FacilitatorThis workshop is designed for middle school science teachers who desire to create amazing NGSS lesson units with other teachers in their content area. Teachers will be supported with technology, lesson template, and other tools to accomplish their goals. Collaborate and brainstorm to plan cross-curricular projects, that use the arts, and CCSS.

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iPad 101Wednesday, March 25, 3:30pm-5:00pmTraining Room 1, ESC WestNew to iPad? Learn the basics and leave empowered. Presented by Apple Computer and Dave Douglas.

Getting Started with MacbookWednesday, April 22, 3:30pm-5:00pmTraining Room 1, ESC WestLearn some of the most essential tips needed to get the most out of your MacBook. Presented by Apple Computer and Dave Douglas.

Apple TVWednesday, May 6, 3:30pm-5:00pmLearn how to use Apple TV with your projector to wireless stream content from iPads and MacBooks. Presented by Apple Computer and Dave Douglas.

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4th Grade Integrated Unit Monday, April 6, 2015 (School Holiday) 8:00am-3:00pmWebster Middle SchoolMaria Shepherd and Andrea Ferber The 4th grade integrated unit is grounded in the principles of project-based learning and provides the opportunity to evaluate the summative growth of a student in the strands of ELA (speaking and listening, reading, writing, language), the current ELD standards, and content standards in science, history/social science, and arts. Teachers will be introduced to the structure, lessons, and hands-on activities found in the unit. Scholarships available. E-mail mfs1307@lausd for scholarship info.  

SECONDARY MATH

SECONDARY SCIENCE

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INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

INTEGRATED UNIT

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A Closer Look at Explicit Teaching in Writing Workshop through the Mini Lesson.

Monday, March 30th, 2015 (Spring Break)

8:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Daniel’s Den, Webster Middle School

How do I know what to teach next? We’ll study efficient protocols for researching students, understanding text types of the common core through genre studies and thinking about the process of writing in order to effectively design mini lessons that are geared toward the needs of your specific students in order to have an authentic, student-centered curriculum. We’ll also consider how this particular structure of teaching supports learning and memory, as evidenced by recent neurological studies. Finally, we’ll learn practical tips for supporting language learners by using this structure of whole group teaching as a first step in helping all students experience success in workshop classrooms. Participants will leave with templates to help them plan in their classrooms, several drafts of mini lessons they can apply in their classrooms this spring.

Materials: Handout, starter kit of texts as possible mentor text selections to be used across the year paid for by ESC West.

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Closer Look at Teaching Reading Comprehension and Speaking & Listening Through Interactive Read Aloud.

Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 (Spring Break)

8:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Daniel’s Den, Webster Middle School

This component of a balanced literacy classroom is an essential part of a well-designed English Language Arts curriculum. We’ll begin with an overview of all the components of a balanced literacy philosophy, we’ll define various aspects of the teaching of reading, we’ll study the speaking and listening standards of the common core, experience interactive read aloud first hand, and learn how to plan efficiently and effectively for this daily component as a means to support all students in your classroom. We’ll consider researching students so that our plans are geared to what students need support in. We’ll look across the year in strategic curriculum mapping to consider how this component supports work in the fall, winter and spring as your curriculum calendar progresses through each text type of the common core and genre studies to support each. Finally, we’ll learn how this component supports language learners in our classrooms as one of the many parts of a balanced literacy classroom.

Materials: Handout, starter kit of texts as possible read aloud selections to be used across the year.

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ESC West Benchmark: Students will collaborate on rigorous

Common Core aligned tasks, answering purposeful

questions,using academic language and citing evidence.

Register on the Common Core page of escwest.net

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I’ve taught the mini lesson, now what? (for experienced Workshop practitioners only)

Monday, April 6th (School Holiday)8:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Daniel’s Den, Webster Middle School

*Note: This day is designed for educators already teaching a balanced literacy approach and have well-designed workshops running in their classrooms.

Workshop is designed to have differentiated instruction at its heart. On this day, we’ll begin with an overview of various structures we can choose to design the most strategic differentiated instruction for our students including: strategy lessons, book introductions, guided reading and component work. We’ll consider the research we conduct in order to know our students as individuals (running records, assessment tools, etc.). We’ll begin a study on knowing the characteristics of leveled texts so that we can support readers as they progress through levels of our classroom libraries. Participants will study several “case study” students as a way of designing a variety of small group structures to help students experience success in our classrooms. Participants are invited to bring with them their independent reading levels and conferring notes so they can apply the information from this day directly to students in their classrooms this spring. Participants will leave with a variety of note taking tools, planning templates and draft plans they can utilize in their classrooms this spring.

Materials: Teachers who are already implementing Reader’s Workshop in their classroom will be able to order $500 worth of literature to enhance your classroom library. Books will be delivered to your school.

How to Register1. Visit escwest.net

2. Click on the words Common Core on the left menu or in the red banner at the top of the page.

3. Follow the links at the top of the Common Core page for the workshop you wish to register for.

4. Registration will close when a workshop is full or by March 23rd.

Questions? Please contact the instructor listed for each workshop.

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To request salary payment for any workshop, check with your administrator before registering.

Payment is NOT provided by ESC West.

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It’s All About Engagement!It’s All About Engagement!It’s All About Engagement!

Special Discount PackageAvailable only to participants. (Limit one per participant No substitutions.). Your materials package includes: 1) Teambuilding book 2) Classbuilding book 3) Cooperative Learning SmartCard 4) Teambuilding SmartCard 5) Classbuilding SmartCard 6) Student Selector Transparency Spinner 7) TeamTools Software Regular Price $101. Your Price $79. Save $22! Code: CCL1D

H Pump up the fun, friendships, and liking for learning and each other with Classbuilding and Teambuilding

H Experience why group work simply doesn’t work for everyone, and why Kagan Structures do

H Save valuable time and energy with easy-to-use structures that make lesson planning a snap

H Keep students on task and effectively manage disruptions with engaging structures

H Master the different types of pairs and teams, how to form them, and when to use them

H Provide students the will to work together and the skills to do so successfully

H Take away hot management tips that will make managing your cooperative class a snap

H Fully understand and implement basic principles that spell success for your students

H Create an environment where all students are accountable for complete engagement, everyday

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Los Angeles, CA April 6, 2015For K–12 Educators

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Teachers Rave!

H Pump up the fun, friendships, and liking for learning and each other with Classbuilding and Teambuilding

H Experience why group work simply doesn’t work for everyone, and why Kagan Structures do

H Save valuable time and energy with easy-to-use structures that make lesson planning a snap

H Keep students on task and effectively manage disruptions with engaging structures

H Master the different types of pairs and teams, how to form them, and when to use them

H Provide students the will to work together and the skills to do so successfully

H Take away hot management tips that will make managing your cooperative class a snap

H Fully understand and implement basic principles that spell success for your students

H Create an environment where all students are accountable for complete engagement, everyday

“We learned many different structures for active engagement and classroom discipline—how to help kids stay on track by stimulating their young minds and molding them into successful and productive members of society.”

—Katie Canar, 4th Grade Teacher“This is the best workshop I’ve ever been to. The practical application is overwhelming, and I love using it. It made my wallflowers bloom and my discipline problems flee.”—Kathy Pickell, ESE Teacher

LocationLos Angeles USD

333 S. Beaudry Ave.—27th FloorLos Angeles, CA 90017

Time7:30 am Check-in

8:00 am–3:00 pm Workshop

Webster Middle School 11330 W. Graham Place

Your $219 tuition including the Kagan binder is paid for by ESC West. Teacher payment, if available, is paid for by your school. Register at escwest.net

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Training of Trainers - Number Talks and Problem Based PlanningMarch 12, 2015, 8 AM - 3 PMLocation of Workshop: TBDFacilitated by: Elementary Math TeamLearn how Number Talks and Problem Based Instruction can help students master the Common Core State Standards in Math. Although not required, this PD will prepare participants to present back at their school site.Limited scholarships available Developing Efficient Computation through Fosnot Mini LessonsApril 9, 2015, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PMLocation of Workshop: TBDFacilitated by Daniel KimDesigned for those who have previously attended the ESCW Training of Trainers on Number Talks, participants will receive an overview of Cathy Fosnot's number strings, practice modeling a few learners' strategies, and observe teachers using number strings. Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Math DiscussionsApril 16, 2015, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PMLocation of Workshop: TBDFacilitated by Daniel KimDesigned for those who have previously attended the ESCW Training of Trainers on Problem Based Planning, participants will receive an overview on how 5 practices (Anticipating, Monitoring, Selecting, Sequencing, and Connecting) can assist teachers effectively engage students with problem based lessons.Prerequisite: TOT - Problem Based Planning

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Thinking Maps Games Elizabeth Lehmann, Common Core FacilitatorMarch 16th, March 25th & April 13thBaldwin Hills PD CenterLimited scholarships are available (contact Elestine Smittick via email)

Save the Dates! Elementary ELA will offer afterschool PDs:Thursday, March 19th and Thursday, April 9th at the ESC West PD Centers*(Limited Scholarships available to pay for teachers whose schools have exhausted their Common Core Budget)Please email Elestine Smittick, Elementary ELA/Literacy Coordinator for additional information

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ELEMENTARY MATH ELEMENTARY LITERACY

To request salary payment for any workshop, check with your administrator before registering.

Payment is NOT provided by ESC West.

Register on the Common Core page of escwest.net

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