South East/South Central Educational Cooperative 
Summer-2008 PD Schedule Summary 

 

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DATE	SESSION NUMBER	TITLE	LOCATION
June 11	0801	Designing Units to Improve Student Performance	Pulaski Co. Board
June 12	0802	CHAMPs	Bell Co. Board
June 17-18	0803	Structured Teaching (K-12)	Laurel Co.
June 18	0804	Marcy Cook Math (K-2)	Holiday Inn South
June 19	0805	Marcy Cook Math (3-5)	Holiday Inn South
June 23-24	0806	Principals’ Academy: Building Unique Schedules	Marriott Hotel
July 1-2	0807	Building Professional Learning Communities	EKU Perkins Bldg
July 7	0808	Setting School and Classroom Goals	Pine Mountain St Pk
July 7	0809	Helping All Students Succeed (Middle/High)	Pine Mountain St Pk
July 8-10	0810	Carnegie Mathematics (MS/HS)	Corbin Tech Center
July 11	0811	Helping All Students Succeed	EKU Perkins Bldg
July 14-16	0812	2014 Focus: MS/HS work with Students in Poverty	EKU Perkins Bldg
July 14	0813	How to Be An Effective Teacher….(K-12)	Laurel Co. Health D
July 14	0814	Building Positive Parent Relations (K-12)	Laurel Co. Health D
July 16	0815	“Algebra Tiles”	Laurel Co. Health D
July 17	0816	Development of Appropriate DOK Level Questions	KY Artisan Center
July 17	0817	Helping All Students Succeed	Ctn for Rural Dev
July 21	0818	SBDM Training (initial and update)	Pine Mountain St Pk
July 21	0819	Becoming a Young Writer (K-3)	Ctn for Rural Dev
July 22	0820	SBDM Training (initial and update)	Ctn for Rural Dev
July 22	0821	Becoming a Proficient Writer (4-6)	Ctn for Rural Dev
July 22	0822	A Perfect Match: Science and Language Arts	Corbin Tech Center
July 23	0823	SBDM Training (initial and update)	KY Artisan Center
July 23	0824	Secret Stories: Cracking the Reading Code (K-2)	Corbin Tech Center
July 23	0825	Tools for Successful Transition	G.C. Garland Adm
July 24	0826	Secret Stories: Cracking the Reading Code (3-5)	Corbin Tech Center
July 24	0827	The Aspects of Certification	KY Artisan Center
July 28	0828	Responsive Teaching in the Middle & High School Math Class	Corbin Tech Center
July 30	0829	Collaboration:  Upping Our Game	Corbin Middle Scho

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Session # 0801                                                    

June 11, 2008     FOCUS:  2014

 

In this workshop, teachers will learn how to design a unit.  A unit is any “chunk” of content that teachers organize as it relates to Kentucky’s Curricular Documents.  When teachers frame a unit, it helps students see and understand the “big picture”.  Well designed curriculum and instruction recognizes the diversity of students and how children learn, construct knowledge and acquire skills and concepts of the disciplines.

 

Audience:       Teachers and instructional leaders.

 

Presenter:       Angela L. Bray, UCSEC Literacy/Strategies Consultant

 

When:             Wednesday, June 11, 2008

 

Where:           Pulaski County Board of Education

                        501 University Dr.

                        Somerset, Kentucky  42503

 

Time:              8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

 

Cost:               No cost for employees of the SESC Educational Cooperative or Upper Cumberland Special Education Cooperative

$75 per person for all other participants

 

Note #1:          Light lunch and workshop materials are included in the cost.

 

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Session # 0802                                                    

June 12, 2008     FOCUS:  2014

 

CHAMPs is a modular series of materials designed to help educators develop or refine an effective classroom management plan that is proactive and positive.  CHAMPs is organized into eight modules, each of which focuses on one important aspect of effective classroom management.  The modules are:

 

            Module 1:        Vision

            Module 2:        Organization

            Module 3:        Expectations

            Module 4:        The First Month

            Module 5:        Motivation

            Module 6:        Monitor and Revise

            Module 7:        Correction Procedures

            Module 8:        Classwide Motivation Systems

 

The acronym “CHAMPs” reflects the types of expectations that need to be clarified for students about every activity and transition that occurs in the classroom.  Those expectations include:

           

            C     Conversation

            H     Help

            A     Activity

            M     Movement

            P      Participation

 

This session will cover modules 2, 3 & 4 of the 8 module programs.  This training presents materials developed by Dr. Randall Sprick, Mickey Garrison, and Lisa Howard.

 

Audience:        Regular and Special Education Teachers-all levels and administrators

 

Presenter:       Renee B. Leach

 

When:             Thursday, June 12, 2008

 

Where:            Bell County Board of Education Training Room (211 Virginia Ave.)

 

Time:              9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

 

Cost:               No cost for employees of the SESC Educational Cooperative or Upper Cumberland Special Education Cooperative

$75 per person for all other participants

 

Note #1:          Light lunch and workshop materials are included in the cost.

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Session # 0803                                                    

June 17 & 18, 2008        FOCUS:  2014

 

To effectively teach students with autism, a teacher must provide structure, i.e., set up the classroom so that students understand where to be and what to do.  The following four components of structured teaching are Physical Arrangement of the Classroom, Daily Schedules, Visual Organization of Materials and Individual Work System.  This session will address all four components and provide opportunities for “Hands On” development of activities.  Registered participants may be required to bring a list of items used for the Make and Take session.

 

Audience:       Teachers Instructional Assistants, Related Service Providers, and Parents.

 

Presenter:       Melissa Reynolds, Classroom Teacher, North Laurel High School

                        Carla Jordan, Assistive Technology/Complex Needs Consultant, UCSEC

 

When:             Tuesday & Wednesday June 17 & 18, 2008

 

Where:           Laurel County Health Department, 525 Whitley Street, London, KY

 

Time:              9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

 

Cost:               No cost for employees of the SESC Educational Cooperative or Upper Cumberland Special Education Cooperative

$75 per person for all other participants

 

Note #1:          Light lunch and workshop materials are included in the cost.

 

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Session # 0804                                                    

June 18, 2008           FOCUS:  2014

 

In this workshop, teachers at the primary level will learn how to: Create a math class for their students by setting up a math menu with starters, mental math, and independent task time; involve all students with number sense, place value and logical thinking tasks; combine basic computation with problem solving and see how “hands-on” activities provide constant assessment in the classroom; focus on the language of mathematics and on active involvement by every student; provide center tasks to differentiate, and meet the needs of all by challenging each child to his/her potential.  Marcy Cook’s approach to teaching math is endorsed by Rafe Esquith in his book, TEACH like Your Hair’s on Fire.

 

Audience:       Teachers and instructional leaders of P-2 students.

 

Presenter:       Marcy Cook, a master educator, author, and math specialist who has presented workshops and seminars for teachers throughout the United States of America as well as in over two dozen foreign countries.

 

When:             Wednesday, June 18, 2008

 

Where:           Holiday Inn at the 104 Athens-Boonsboro Exit of I-75 near Lexington

 

Time:              8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

 

Cost:               No cost for employees of SESC member districts or EKU students in the pre-service teacher education program

$75 per person for all other participants

 

Note #1:          Continental breakfast, light lunch and workshop materials are in-cluded in the cost.

 

Note #2:          If hotel accommodations are desired, mention the SESC workshop when making reservations (by June 7^th) to receive a discounted rate.

                        Holiday Inn – (859) 263-5241

 

 

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Session # 0805

June 19, 2008        FOCUS:  2014

 

In this workshop, teachers at the intermediate level will learn how to: Create a math class for their students by setting up a math menu with starters, mental math, and independent task time; involve all students with number sense, place value and logical thinking tasks; combine basic computation with problem solving and see how “hands-on” activities provide constant assessment in the classroom; focus on the language of mathematics and on active involvement by every student; provide center tasks to differentiate, and meet the needs of all by challenging each child to his/her potential.  Marcy Cook’s approach to teaching math is endorsed by Rafe Esquith in his book, TEACH Like Your Hair’s On Fire.

 

Audience:       Teachers and instructional leaders of 3-5 grade students.

 

Presenter:       Marcy Cook, a master educator, author, and math specialist who has presented workshops and seminars for teachers throughout the United States of America as well as in over two dozen foreign countries.

 

When:             Thursday, June 19, 2008

 

Where:           Holiday Inn at the 104 Athens-Boonsboro Exit of I-75 near Lexington

 

Time:              8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

 

Cost:               No cost for employees of SESC member districts or EKU students in the pre-service teacher education program

$75 per person for all other participants

 

 

Note #1:          Continental breakfast, light lunch and workshop materials are in-cluded in the cost.

 

Note #2:          If hotel accommodations are desired, mention the SESC workshop when making reservations (by June 7^th) to receive a discounted rate.

                        Holiday Inn – (859) 263-5241

 

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Session # 0806

June 23-24, 2008

EILA Credit Approved                    FOCUS:  2014

 

This Academy is designed as a follow-up to the workshop by the same title that was held on the EKU campus in February.  However, it is open to all leaders, whether they were able to attend the first workshop or not.  The two days will be broken down into 5 focus groups which will allow participants to attend the sessions that are most beneficial to their own responsibilities.  Those focus groups will be: (1. Building the Master Schedule for K-8; (2. Building the Master Schedule for 6-12; (3. Organizing and Sustaining Small Learning Communities for K-8; (4. Organizing and Sustaining Small Learning Communities for Grades 6-12; and (5. Teaching in Variable Time Periods for All Grades.

 

Audience:       Principals and Instructional leaders in P-12 settings.

 

Presenters:     Elliot Merenbloom, Owner and consultant for Merenbloom Seminars, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland.

                        Barbara Kalina, national consultant from Batavia Illinois.

 

When:             Monday & Tuesday, June 23-24, 2008

 

Where:           Marriott Griffin Gate Resort Hotel in Lexington

 

Time:              Monday - 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

                        Tuesday – 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

 

Cost:               $225 per person for employees of SESC member districts