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Summer Workshops2007

FOCUS ON INSTRUCTIONAdvisory Committee

At this workshop, Advisory Committee members will organize and develop a calendar for the advisory period in order to facilitate a sequential and organized plan for the implementation of the advisor/ advisee initiative for the 2007-08 school year; develop and refine initiating advisory period activities for the first month of the school year; discuss and develop information to distribute and present to the faculty during the August inservice days; and discuss and develop information to be distributed and presented at the new student orientation program in August.

Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Instructor: Brian Gallagher Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Location: High School Library Classroom Time: 8:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Bridging the Gap, Post-Secondary Visits

The South Western High School School-to-Career Steering Committee is hosting two days of faculty visits to local post-secondary schools. Faculty will travel together to various schools in the York area to learn about programs offered to students while still in high school and upon graduation. Faculty will learn about programs that are offered at the schools, entrance requirements, how our students fair in the admissions process, and job placement opportunities offered through the schools. Institutions which will be contacted for visits are Bradley Academy of Art, Consolidated School of Business, Harrisburg Area Community College, Kinsely School of Construction, York College, York County School of Technology, Yorktowne Business Institute, and York Technical Institute. This course will be offered to the high school faculty first; if there are still openings, it will be open to the middle school faculty. You may sign up for one or both days.

NOTE: Space is limited to the first 48 individuals.

Date: Monday, June 18, 2007 (Part I) Instructor: Lisa Dennis Tuesday, June 19, 2007 (Part II) Time: 7:30a.m. - 3:00p.m.

“Bringing Down the House” – Using Drama and Other Creative Arts in the Classroom

During this day long interactive workshop, participants will be learning about drama conventions and how to connect them to all aspects of your curriculum. An emphasis will be on literary connections, but techniques are applicable to any discipline. The workshop will provide participants with a variety of teaching techniques that aid with differentiating your classroom instruction. You will come away with different approaches to teaching and learning using the creative arts that is sure to “bring down the house!”

Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Instructor: Dave Ryer & Shannon ReshTime: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Location: Park Hills Library

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Choices Planner® Training I

Choices Planner® is the Web-based career education and decision-making resource that is used by high school students to complete their graduation project requirement. As students’ graduation project advisors, teachers participating in this workshop will learn how to assist students in the completion of each grade level’s requirements. Participants will learn how to develop Choices Planner® portfolios and how to manage the student portfolios in their advisee cohort.

Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2007 Instructor: Lisa DennisTime: 8:00-11:45 a.m. Location: High School Library

Creating Classroom Materials for Differentiated Instruction

This class provides teachers with time to create various Differentiated Instruction materials for their classrooms. The instructors will review what Differentiated Instruction is as well as provide areas of focus, including vocabulary, before reading, during reading, and after reading activities. Most materials will be created on the computer, using templates already created by the instructors. Teachers will leave this course with plenty of ready-to-use classroom materials.Prerequisite Skills: None. Please bring along teacher materials. (textbooks, worksheets, etc.)

Date: Thursday, June 28, 2007 Instructors: Maggie Hallman, Jennifer Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Bowman & Kasi Buchanan

Location: EHMIS computer lab and one nearby classroom

Fifth Period Stretch: Advisory Activities

This workshop is designed primarily for high school teachers who would like to develop a broader repertoire of activities and discussion techniques to increase confidence and effectiveness within the Advisory Period. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays can, at times, feel a bit overwhelming without the appropriate resources and training. Research and materials will be pulled from multiple sources to match anyone’s comfort level related to Advisory Period. If you have a goal of making the most of fifth period, then this workshop is for you.

Date: Monday, August 6, 2007 Instructors: Kyle KauffmanTime: 12:30 – 4:15 p.m.. Location: High School

Language Arts

From Data to Action

We’ve analyzed the 4 Sight data---now what? The data revealed from the 4 Sight assessments can offer teachers the opportunity to remediate students in specific areas of need. This course will offer educators a variety of strategies and activities to increase students’ performances on the academic standards of reading independently, reading critically to analyze and interpret literature, and reading content area passages.

Date: Monday, July 30, 2007 Instructors: Kathryn Bortner, Kristine Strausbaugh, Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. Location: Board Room (Admin. Office)

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Handwriting Hassles with Intermediate Writers

This hands-on, interactive workshop designed for second, third, and fourth grade teachers will focus on answers to questions such as: What can I do about poor handwriting when bad habits have already been established? How can I help students become efficient writers, when they can’t even hold their pencil correctly? What’s the best way to help kids transition between print and cursive writing? How much should I push cursive writing in daily work? Participants will learn ways to teach handwriting all through the day in the midst of a packed instructional schedule. Teachers will learn to do simple handwriting checks in order to figure out what’s hindering a student’s handwriting progress. Fun easy strategies to improve trunk stability, motor memory, pencil grip and visual-perceptual skills will be explored.

Date: Thursday, July 12, 2007 Instructor: Chris OwensTime: 8:00 – 11:45 a.m. Location: Park Hills

Handwriting Helps and Hindrances for Early Writers

This hands-on, interactive workshop is designed for kindergarten, transition, first grade and learning support teachers. It will provide a sequential, developmental, multisensory, and most of all fun approach to handwriting that will yield significant results. Participants will learn how to evaluate student needs by identifying developmental stages for handwriting and recommended activities for each stage. By doing informal “readiness checks” teachers will be able to discern what is hindering a student’s handwriting progress and differentiate their instruction for each student. Practical strategies will also be given to address common challenges such as posture, hand control, crayon/pencil grip and visual-perceptual difficulties.

Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 Instructor: Chris OwensTime: 8:00 – 11:45 a.m. Location: Park Hills

How Do I Develop Fluency With My Struggling Readers?

Educators and administrators in grades K-3 will learn which language cues facilitate children’s oral reading fluency. Specifically, participants will focus on the ways visual and oral prompts draw upon the oral language system to support children’s ability to read with prosody and expression. Participants will learn various strategies to build word recognition, fluency, and ultimately comprehension. Participants will have opportunities to try and revise various fluency rubrics as they investigate students’ oral reading skills.

Date: Thursday, July 19, 2007 Instructor: Mrs. Divonna Stebick, Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Gettysburg College

Location: Board Room (Admin. Office)

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Making Sense of Informational Texts

Effective readers make decisions about how they will read a text before they begin. In this seminar, based on Linda Hoyt’s Make It Real, discover the importance of frontloading for students who are dealing with new and increasingly complex informational texts. Learn how to use a range of reading supports to equip your students with a tool belt of content-area reading strategies. Participants will receive the text, Make It Real:Strategies for Success with Information Texts by Linda Hoyt if the registration deadline is met. Intended Audience: K-6 classroom teachers, reading specialists, IST, learning support teachers, and administrators.

Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Instructor: Dr. Jil MangaTime: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS, Room 119

Motivating Even the Most Reluctant Readers

The intended audience of educators and administrators grades 4-12 will learn the critical impact motivation has on student achievement. Participants will learn the most critical motivating elements to include in classroom instruction. Engaging narrative and informational texts will be shared as participants learn how to integrate motivation within instruction to develop an engaging classroom. Motivation strategies which can be implemented across content areas and grade levels will be modeled.

Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Instructor: Divonna Stebick, Gettysburg CollegeTime: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Location: Board Room (Admin. Office)

Reading on the Run: How to Administer, Score, and Analyze a Running Record

Kindergarten through grade 5 participants will learn how to administer, score, and interpret running records, as well as how they can be used in the classroom for diagnostic purposes. This workshop will provide participants the ability to use a running record to diagnose and check on the strategies that the students are effectively using when they read.

Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Instructor: Judy PorowskiTime: 8:00 a.m.–4:15 p.m. Location: Board Room (Admin. Office)

Summarization Savvy: Secrets of Summarizing Success

To sum it up, summarization is one of the most underused teaching techniques we have today, yet research has suggested that it yields some of the greatest leaps in comprehension and long-term retention of information.

In this workshop, educators will learn specific practices that can help our students restate the essence of a text or experience in as few words as possible or in a new, yet efficient, manner. Educators will participate in easy, varied, and effective summarizing activities that can be done not only in writing but also orally, dramatically, artistically, visually, physically, musically, and in groups, or individually. Come explore how much fun summarizing can be!Targeted audience will be educators grades 3-12 and administrators.

Date: Friday, June 22, 2007 Instructor: Dr. Jil MangaTimes: 8:00 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS Room 119

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The SSR Handbook: How to Organize and Manage a Sustained Silent Reading Program for Grades 4 – 12

It comes as no surprise that the students who read often are the students who read well. An effective Sustained Silent Reading program supports good readers and ensures all students are engaged in their reading and that they do it on a regular basis for the pleasure of it.

In this session, participants will learn eight essential factors that ensure a successful SSR approach. Participants will come away with an understanding of what SSR is, why it’s important, and how to implement it in their classrooms. The session will feature lots of resources, book lists, motivational tips, and lower level reading suggestions for upper grade readers. Great literature to share with students will be highlighted. Participants should plan to bring three books to share that are popular choices with their students.

Date: Thursday, June 14, 2007 Instructor: Dr. Jil MangaTime: 8:00 a.m.–4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS Room 119

Math & Science

Assessment in the Science Classroom

Research indicates that the appropriate use of quality formative assessment can increase achievement across all levels of student learners. This workshop is designed to help teachers incorporate the latest research and philosophy into their own assessment system. A wide range of topics will be covered including the role of authentic assessment, student self-assessment, appropriate use of rubrics, assessment during inquiry learning, and connecting assessment to evaluation and grading. Although most of the examples will involve science standards, the workshop would be valuable to all curriculum areas.

Date: Monday, July 30, 2007 Instructor: Kyle KauffmanTime: 8:00 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Location: High School

Creating Instructional Materials for Differentiation in the Everyday Mathematics ClassroomEveryday Mathematics emphasizes the use of games, manipulatives, and visual aids to teach math at a more conceptual level. This workshop is designed to give teachers of the Everyday Mathematics program an opportunity to create instructional materials to assist them in differentiating instruction. The focus will be on creating materials that will allow teachers to incorporate the strategies from Part 3 of each lesson, and the projects in the back of the teacher’s manual.

Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 Instructors: Rina Iati/Michelle CoolTime: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Location: Baresville

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Everyday Mathematics: Methods and Algorithms

The goal of the Everyday Mathematics program is to develop a deep understanding of mathematical concepts. The program achieves this goal by using non-traditional methods and alternative algorithms. This workshop will focus on an overview of the methods Everyday Math uses to teach important mathematical concepts from kindergarten through grade 5, and a discussion of the “focus” algorithms presented as alternatives to the traditional algorithms. This workshop is designed for middle and high school teachers who want to familiarize themselves with the Everyday Math methods and algorithms, and for elementary teachers who would like to gain a deeper understanding of the program.

Date: Thursday, June 21, 2007 Instructors: Rina Iati Time: 8:00 – 11:45 a.m. Location: Board Room (Admin. Office)

Statistics Refresher

This half-day workshop is designed to review the essential elements of statistics as they relate to teaching. Interpreting PSSA and 4Sight reports will be the focus of the workshop. Teachers will also learn how to analyze and interpret classroom data from common assessments. This workshop is designed for teachers who want to reacquaint themselves with the vocabulary and concepts of basic statistics.

Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Instructor: Dee HertzogTime: 8:00-11:45 a.m. Location: SWHS Room 102

The Nature of Science – (hey, it’s half the test!)

Although the science PSSA is still in its early stages of development, it’s clear that “The Nature of Science” is going to make up half the questions on the exam. This workshop will help teachers prepare lessons that infuse information about the nature of science and allow students to better grasp the grander picture of science’s role in our world. The “What, Why, and How” of science will be explored and then connected to our district’s science curriculum content in order to make the most efficient use of science instructional time.

Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Instructor: Kyle KauffmanTimes: 8:00 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Location: High School

Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners

Co-Teaching in the Inclusion Classroom

This training will educate teachers, administrators and classroom aides on the various disabilities and health impairments that students may possess and strategies that may be utilized in the classroom to assist each student to be successful in the regular education environment. The training will present models of co-teaching along with the opportunity to explore ways to create a positive co-teaching environment in a co-teaching setting. Additionally, this training will also educate the staff on the outcomes of the Gaskin’s Case Settlement and its’ implications on the school district.

Date: Thursday, August 2, 2007 Instructors: Lisa Gerber-Eckard &Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. Toshia Brodbeck

Location: Board Room (Admin. Office)

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Instructional Strategies for Working with Students with Disabilities in a Co-taught Classroom

The focus of this half-day workshop for teachers, clinicians, administrators, and classroom aides will be on various strategies that educators can use in order to effectively teach and adapt materials for students with various disabilities. Roles of the regular educator vs. the special educator will also be discussed. Participants will leave with a folder full of strategies along with ideas as to how to implement them.

Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Instructors: Toshia BrodbeckTime: 8:00-11:45 a.m. Location: Board Room (Admin. Office)

Learning and the Brain and Students with Disabilities

The focus of this half-day workshop for teachers, clinicians, administrators, and classroom aides will be on students with various disabilities and difficulties in learning from a brain-based perspective. Instructional strategies for use with these students will be given this perspective.

Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Instructors: Frank Stanko & Dr.Dion BettsTime: 8:00-11:45 a.m. Location: Board Room (Admin. Office)

Progress Monitoring

Progress monitoring is a research based simple method of collecting ongoing data on individual student performance. It is a necessary practice for use with students in special education. Computer software and supporting materials will be utilized during the training. Teachers will review data, charts, and graphs to determine how to adapt lessons to meet individualized needs of students. Targeted audience will be learning support teachers, alternative education teachers and administrators.

Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Instructor: Lisa Gerber-EckardTime: 8:00 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS Lab 140

Project Read: Phonology Program (K-4)

The invited audience will include teachers, speech therapists, classroom aides and administrators. Project Read Phonology is designed for students with disabilities. This research based program helps students with severe learning problems to understand sound-symbol relationships and forms a solid foundation for future learning of reading skills. The program is currently being used in elementary learning support classrooms and regular education teachers have begun to use some of the techniques given in the program.

Date: Friday, June 22, 2007 Instructor: Deborah KuhnsTime: 8:00 a.m.-4:15 pm. Location: Board Room (Admin. Office)

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FOCUS ON SAFETY

American Heart Association CPR

This is a one day class that will include American Heart Association training in infant/child/adult CPR and use of AED (Automatic External Defibrillator). A two-year certification will be given to all participants who successfully pass the skill components.

Date: Tuesday, June 12 OR Instructor: Caryn Flaherty Thursday, June 14, 2007 OR Location: SWHS Performing Arts Center Wednesday, June 20, 2007Time: 8:00 a.m.–4:15 p.m.

FOCUS ON CURRICULUM

High School Business Department Curriculum Update

The business department will meet and make necessary updates to current curriculum as it relates to the individual teaching strategies of the newest members of the department within the course they teach and co-teach.

Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Facilitator: Pat HenryTime: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS Labs 140, 141

High School English Department Curriculum Writing

English 9 AcademicDate: Monday, June 18 & Tuesday, June 19, 2007Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.Location: SWHS Room 404

English 9 PracticalDate: Thursday, June 14 & Friday, June 15, 2007Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.Location: SWHS Room 404

English 10A: American Literature – 1Date: Tuesday, June 12 & Wednesday, June 13, 2007Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.Location: SWHS Room 404

English 10 PracticalDate: Thursday, June 28 & Friday, June 29, 2007Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.Location: SWHS Room 404

English 11 A: American Literature – 2Date: Wednesday, June 20 & Thursday, June 21, 2007Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.Location: SWHS Room 404

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English 11 PracticalDate: Date: Tuesday, June 26 & Wednesday, June 27, 2007Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.Location: SWHS Room 404

English: Honors TeamDate: Tuesday, June 12 (p.m.) & Wednesday, June 13, 2007Time: 8:00 -11:45 a.m. (6/12) & 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. (6/13)Location: SWHS Room 404

Internet Safety in the Library

Elementary librarians will work to incorporate internet safety activities into the K-5 library curriculum.

Date: Monday, July 9, 2007 Facilitator: Shannon ReshTime: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Location: Park Hills Library

Kindergarten Curriculum Work/Common Assessments

Kindergarten teachers will be working on curricular issues, focusing on common benchmark assessments. This full day will ensure that all kindergarten teachers across the district are using common assessments when completing benchmark testing at the end of each marking period.

Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Facilitator: Mary Kay KellyTime: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Location: Park Hills Library

Science Curriculum Revision (Elementary)

Attendance to this will be by invitation.

Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Facilitator: Barbara Kehr Thursday, June 14, 2007 Location: EHMIS, Lab 140, 141Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Technology Curriculum Revision (Elementary)

Attendance to this will be by invitation. It’s time for the K-5 technology curriculum to be revised. The current curriculum is very skill based and needs to be transformed with a curricular focus. Participants are needed from each elementary school and all grade levels for this important task.

Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 Facilitator: Barbara Kehr Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Location: EHMIS Lab 140, 141 Thursday, June 14, 2007Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.

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World Language Curriculum Revision

World language teachers will prepare documents for all levels of each language. The focus will include development of scope and sequences, essential content, elements of grammar, and vocabulary lists. The creation of integrated performance assessments and related activities will be included.

Date: Monday, August 13, 2007 Facilitator: Doug Wolfe Tuesday, August 14, 2007 Location: SWHS Wednesday, August 15, 2007 Thursday, August 16, 2007 Friday, August 17, 2007Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.

FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY

Blogging in the Classroom

Blogs are running message boards or journal type webpages where the author posts their ideas, thoughts, and reflections on nearly any topic. Of particular interest to teachers are blogs dealing with cutting edge information related to best teaching practices or to their subject area. Readers of the blog usually have the ability (and are encouraged) to join in and add their insights and opinions to the conversation. In this session, attendees will learn how to create, manage, and utilize a blog in their classroom.

Date: Friday, June 15, 2007 Instructor: T. J. BuchananTime: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS Lab 140

Did You Google Today?

This half-day workshop will teach the teacher to effectively use those monster search engines (like Google) to locate appropriate content driven websites. Additionally, teachers will be trained to effectively use smaller, professionally reviewed website subject directories such as netTrekker to locate information with greater proficiency. In turn, teachers would use these skills to instruct students to more efficiently search online. Are you ready for the challenge of the Google Game?

Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Instructor: Shannon ReshTime: 12:30 – 4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS Lab 141

Digital Storytelling with PhotoStory

PhotoStory is a free XP application where the students can make movies of their very own. Come to this half day workshop and learn the basics of making movies in your classroom. Create a family movie adding still images from a recent vacation using music and your voice. Think about the endless possibilities of similar projects you can do in your classroom. Be sure to bring digital images of your vacation to get the most out of this workshop. PhotoStory can be found in the tools folder on all SW computers!

Date: Friday, June 29, 2007 Instructor: Erik WittmerTime: 8:00 – 11:45 a.m. Location: Park Hills Lab

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Jeopardy with PowerPoint

Come to this summer workshop to learn how to use a Jeopardy PowerPoint template to create a fun, digital version of the classic review game for your classroom! The template includes introductory jeopardy music, daily doubles, daily double music, and final jeopardy music and would apply to any subject area. It also is a method which can be used by students to create their own review games.

Date: Monday, June 18, 2007 Instructor: Sharon MarvonTime: 12:30 – 4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS Lab 140

K-12 Systems Train the Trainers

This training is designed for faculty members who will be responsible for training others in the use of K-12 Systems. Training for elementary super users is one day only. Middle and high school super users need to attend both days of training.

Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Presenter: K-12 Systems Thursday, July 12, 2007 Location: EHMIS Lab 140 Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.

K-12 Systems Training All faculty members are required to participate in this half-day workshop in K12 Systems Training. This training will include an overview of K12 Systems, attendance and grade reporting.

Middle School/High School LevelDate: Monday, August 6, 2007 Instructor: Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Wednesday, August 15, 2007 Thursday, August 16, 2007 Tuesday, August 21, 2007 (a.m. only) Location:

Time: 8:00 – 11:45 a.m. or 12:30 – 4:15 p.m. Location:

Elementary LevelDate: Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Instructor: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Time: 8:00 – 11:45 a.m. Location:

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Keyboarding

With our hectic schedules and everyday use of email, word processing, and grade book software, it is more important than ever to be a fast typist! The middle school will have approximately 300 licenses available for an online typing program over the summer. Come to this 1 hour session after-school to learn how to access and use the program so you can improve your typing skills over the summer. Please note, you will not be paid or receive any contract hours for this session, it is strictly for personal interest/development.

Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 Instructor: Bryan Tayman Time: 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Location: EHMIS Lab 141

Online Quizzes

HotPotatoes is an easy to use and FREE interactive webpage maker! Use this program to create customizable online crossword puzzles, matching activities, sentence jumbles, multiple choice quizzes, and more! Once completed, post them on your webpage to give students something interactive to do when visiting your site. Great for "digitizing" your study guides, practice quizzes, etc. Bring along curriculum materials so you create webpages for your school web site!

Date: Friday, June 15 2007 Instructor: Bryan Tayman Time: 12:30 – 4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS Lab 141

PhotoStory

Adding sounds, movies, and animated picture files to presentations can be a great enhancement to any presentation. Learn how to record and then insert the file into a PhotoStory slide. (This is a great way to prompt, ask a question, read text or just narrate a slide.) Learn how to spice up your presentations by having control over which musical track plays during a slide show. Also, learn how to develop an interactive story or how to animate chart elements.

Date: Friday, June 22, 2007 Instructor: Pat HenryTime: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS 141

PhotoStory-Beyond the Basics

Add new skills to your PhotoStory bag of tricks. Highlight the images you include in your projects by setting transitions, motion paths and using other advanced features. Learn how to use this technology with students in the classroom.

Date: Friday, June 29, 2007 Instructor: Steph HolmbergTime: 12:30 – 4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS Lab 141

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Review Quizzes with PowerPoint

Use PowerPoint to create multiple choice review quizzes for your students. Participants will learn how to use PowerPoint to create quizzes and how to make the quizzes available on a teacher webpage. Even if you are not experienced with PowerPoint, a template will be provided to make creating your own review quizzes a snap.

Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 Instructor: John SengiaTime: 8:00 – 11:45 a.m. Location: SWHS Room 113

Spring Cleaning

After years of writing emails, creating work sheets, memos, letters and tests, most of us have quite a few (or maybe even a long list!) of items that are not organized or filed. Just as most of us don’t like having a big stack of papers on our desk, we should not have a big stack of documents all in a single folder. In this workshop, you will learn how to create folders and have the chance to file your documents. Organizing email cabinets and archiving files will be another focus of this practical, hands-on workshop.

Prerequisite Skills: Open only to individuals who have not attended prior sessions, although teachers are welcome but no pay or Act 48 credits will be given for participation in this workshop.

Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Instructor: Pat Henry Tuesday, August 14, 2007 Location: SWHS Room 408 Time: 8:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Technology Integrators

Last year, SWSD began a new program called Tech Integrators. The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity for teachers to work collaboratively over the summer on developing technology infused lesson plans that focus on student achievement. The program is held for four days each summer and then the "integrators" come together one day each marking period of the following school year to attend follow up activities, i.e. guest speakers, training sessions, sharing, etc. It is pretty painless and a fun opportunity to develop that great lesson idea we never have time for. While SWSD is already full of integrators, we can never be content with the status quo. We can always add a little more to our bag of tricks. Please contact your building level technology coordinator for more information on this program.

Date: Monday, July 2, 2007 and Instructor: Michelle Krill, Bryan Tayman & Tuesday, July 3, 2007 OR Fred Hawthorne Monday, July 9, 2007 and Location: EHMIS Lab 141 Tuesday, July 10, 2007Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Turning Point

Turning Point puts a small remote control "clicker" in the hands of every student in your class so they become active participants in assessing what they know! As a teacher, you will instantly collect valuable data on your students and it’s easy to learn because the software is integrated within PowerPoint! Come find out how to set up the "clickers" to work with your computer and create a few PowerPoint quizzes for your class. Bring a few curriculum materials and/or existing PowerPoint files.

Date: Friday, June 15, 2007 Instructor: Bryan TaymanTime: 8:00 – 11:45 a.m. Location: EHMIS Lab 141

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Unitedstreaming

Refresh your memory at this Unitedstreaming workshop or come to try some more advanced ways to use Unitedstreaming! The morning will consist of an overview of navigating through the resources available in this software. Search by topic, grade level, media type and more to pinpoint the exact resources to match your curricular objectives. Review the process for saving the materials for later use in projects and by your students. After finding relevant media resources, participants will pick one or more to identify and develop ways of incorporating it into the classroom, strategies for troubleshooting the things that may go wrong, and finding and modifying the student resources that accompany each video. Come with an open mind and leave with classroom solutions.

Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Instructor: Steph Holmberg Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS Lab 141

Updating Teacher Webpages

No time during the school year to update your teacher Web pages? This half day workshop is the perfect opportunity to get those pages in tiptop shape for the beginning of the new school year. Come prepared with your schedule and any other information you may wish to post and take a few hours to get your pages as ready as your classroom! Instructors will be standing by to assist with any software issues, as well as offering a few new tips to improve upon your existing website. Prerequisite Skills: A basic understanding of web design using Microsoft Front Page Express.

Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Instructor: Michelle Krill (am) Fred Hawthorne (pm)

Thursday, August 16, 2007 Bryan Tayman (am)Time: 8:00-11:45 a.m. OR 12:30-4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS Lab 141

Using Moodle as a Technology Integration Tool

Moodle is a free course managing system that allows the teacher to easily set up and manage their class. But it is more than just a fancy webpage in that it allows users to not only read information contained on the site but to add to that information. As such, it is great for facilitating class discussions, cooperative learning and diversifying instruction. This workshop will show the participant what Moodle is and develop ideas on how it can be effectively put to use in their South Western classroom. Participants will be shown how to develop and maintain a Moodle site and ample time will be provided to put what they’ve learned into practice to begin to set up their own class site for use in the fall.

Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 Instructor: Fred Hawthorne Time: 8:00 a.m.– 4:15 p.m. Location: SWHS Room 113

Virtual Field Trips

Participants will explore existing virtual field trips for their contents areas. They will also learn how to create their own virtual field trips incorporating Google Earth or United Streaming. Come with possible field trip locations you wish to explore.

Date: Monday, June 25, 2007 Instructor: Kathy StetterTime: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Location: EHMIS Lab 140

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EDW 597: Meeting Standards in Environment and Ecology

Experiencing environmental education is a workshop designed to expand a teacher’s background in environmental education through an interdisciplinary approach emphasizing awareness, knowledge and skills, and movement toward informed decision making as inhabitants of a finite planet. Depending upon the workshop site, a minimum of two days are spent in an environmental facility within driving distance of the original location. Training is provided in such activity-based programs as Project Wild, Project Learning Tree, and REEP )Regional Environmental Education Program), an excellent K-9 program that may be used as a supplementary program or as an environmental education curriculum sequence. Plenty of “hands-on” and free materials come with the course. Recommended for K-9 science educators.

Date: July 23-27, 2007 Instructor: Matt CooperLocation: EHMIS Room 135

EDW 727: Differentiating Instruction: Providing All Students Access to the General Education Curriculum

The purpose of this course is to help teachers address the needs of diverse learners in the regular classroom setting. Teachers will learn characteristics of students with mild disabilities or learning difficulties. Participants also will learn to plan instruction on various levels, adapt content, implement elements of effective instruction, and monitor student progress to facilitate academic gains for children with mild disabilities or learning difficulties in the general education setting. Recommended for K-12 educators.

Date: July 9 – 13, 2007 Instructor: Anne Papalia-BerardiLocation: EHMIS Room 135

Millersville UniversityGraduate Courses

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