| Title: |
Therapy for Bilateral Implantation |
| Date: |
Monday, September 8, 2008
; 8:15 AM
- 4:15 PM
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This fully loaded one day workshop, presented by Acoustic Achievements, will focus on the benefits and strategies for the early stages of therapy related to bilateral implantation. A brief overview of the Auditory-Verbal philosophy will be presented as a refresher or basic intro. Auditory-Verbal Therapy strategies will be shared with specific areas to look at diagnostically to evaluate and monitor functional listening. |
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Instructor: |
Pam Talbot of Acoustic Achievements |
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Audience: |
Teachers of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, Teachers of Speech |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Classroom Walkthroughs: Increasing the Value of Informal Classroom Visits |
| Date: |
Monday, September 22, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$125 for subscribers and $175 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Classroom Walkthroughs have the potential to help schools understand their current reality and plan for continuous improvement. Learn how you can make use of various protocols for classroom walkthroughs in order to get more value from informal classroom visits. Participants will explore several models, consider readiness issues, identify the learning demands of different models, and determine how structured walkthroughs may be a match for specific districts and schools. |
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Instructor: |
Dr. Joan Daly-Lewis |
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Audience: |
Grades K-12 building and district administrators |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Unraveling Racism Training I - CORE |
| Date: |
September 23 - 24, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 5:00 PM (MUST ATTEND BOTH DAYS!!)
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| Location: |
Timber Point Country Club, Great River Road, Great River, NY, 11739 |
| Cost: |
$330 for subscribers and $355 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Come and spend two full days exploring, understanding and identifying how institutional
and structural racism affect you. The workshop:
(1)Provides a framework and common language for genuine dialogue about racism in an open and conducive environment (2)Clarifies the historical, political and social context for racism in the United States; (3)Uncovers the systemic linkages among racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, ableism, anti-Semitism, ageism, etc. For more information download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Cultural Bridges Training Institute |
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Audience: |
Teachers, staff |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Reading in the Middle School |
| Date: |
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
If teachers just assign reading and test students on the reading, they are not teaching students how to read. We will discuss various techniques that aid student comprehension such as frontloading, mental tableaux, probable passage, directed reading and thinking activities, making inferences, syntax surgery, literature circles, responding to poetry in groups, annotating a text, paraphrasing and so on. |
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Instructor: |
Jerry Matovcik |
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Audience: |
Grades 6-8 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Key Words in ELA Assessment Questions |
| Date: |
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM (Teachers are requested to bring one of each of the following: fiction/non-fiction/poem)
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
By focusing on the key words used in ELA Assessments, students will be able to understand what the question is asking. Strategies will be modeled. A variety of genres will be used. Teachers will develop their own follow-up questions for lessons they plan on teaching. By being able to identify the key words in multiple choice, short response and extended response questions, students will become comfortable with the ELA style of questioning and be able to achieve with ease. |
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Instructor: |
Virginia Nolan |
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Audience: |
Grades 3-8 ELA teachers and English department heads |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Special Education Collegial Circle - Year 4 |
| Date: |
September 24, 2008 - May 27, 2009
; 4:15 PM
- 7:15 PM (MUST ATTEND ALL SESSIONS: 9/24/08; 10/22/08; 11/19/08; 1/28/09; 2/25/09; 3/25/09; 4/22/09; 5/27/09)
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$235 for all sessions |
| Details: |
Goal of the Collegial Circle: To provide special education administrators or aspiring directors an opportunity to share their concerns, ask their questions and assist each other in being successful directors of special education. Some topics include: RTI, ABA, Inclusion Models, Best Practices, SED Focus Reviews, Transition Planning, writing grants and districts plans. |
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Instructor: |
Debra Winter |
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Audience: |
New special education administrators, aspiring special education administrators and assistants or coordinators |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Real Geometry |
| Date: |
September 25 - December 5, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM (MUST ATTEND BOTH DAYS (9/25/08 AND 12/5/08))
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$190 for subscribers for both days and $300 for non-subscribers for both days |
| Details: |
Proof is back, are you ready? These sessions have been designed to walk you through the new N.Y.S. geometry standards by demonstrating a number of lessons and strategies that will help you plan your new geometry course. This session is appropriate for anyone responsible for planning and teaching the new geometry standards. Attendees should bring any text that they have selected or are planning to select for the course. DOWNLOAD FLYER FOR WHAT EACH DAY WILL CONSIST OF. |
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Instructor: |
Dr. Peter Garrity |
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Audience: |
Math coordinators, math chairpersons, math teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
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| Title: |
Africa 101: Mask and Masking |
| Date: |
Monday, September 29, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
What is a mask? What is a masquerade? What are the roles of masks and masquerades in traditional and contemporary West African society? Answer these questions and more in an exciting and informative workshop that helps teachers to discover (or re-discover) masks and masking in West Africa. Participants learn to create standard-based lessons and receive a map of Africa, a teacher’s guide and a selection of slides. |
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Instructor: |
Heidi Holder |
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Audience: |
Grades K-8 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Unpacking the LOTE Standards: Curriculum and Assessment Design for Performance |
| Date: |
Monday, September 29, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$125 for subscribers and $175 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
How do I design from the Standards with performance as the goal? This project guides participants through a model protocol, aligning backward design specifically with the ACTFL Standards (5Cs). Instructors, methods faculty, curriculum developers, and K-12 world language administrators will learn how to design an articulated, thematic world language curriculum, develop transfer tasks within the communicative modes, and plan instruction with performance in mind. |
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Instructor: |
Dr. Jennifer Eddy |
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Audience: |
Grades 6-12 world language teachers and administrators |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
MathCamp for Grades 5 & 6 - Day 1 |
| Date: |
Thursday, October 2, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM (Probability and Statistics; Numbers and Operations, and Measurement)
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers per day and $150 for non-subscribers per day |
| Details: |
MathCamp is a two-day hands-on workshop approach to professional development for today’s upper elementary teachers developed by Dr. Peter Garrity of Teachers College, Columbia University. We combine math content from the grade 5 and 6 strands, best pedagogical practices, applications, and manipulatives to model activity-based math classroom lessons. This is a very collaborative workshop, reflecting the process oriented approach to your learning. |
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Instructor: |
Dr. Peter Garrity |
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Audience: |
Grades 5-6 teachers and administrators |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Functions, Statistics and the Graphing Calculator |
| Date: |
Thursday, October 2, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$150 for subscribers and $195 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This workshop is designed to help students master the concepts of statistics and functions using calculator based instruction. Emphasis will be placed on the graphing calculator as a tool to streamline methods of solution to model problems. Participants will learn to use the calculator to connect graphical and algebraic solutions. Their students will ultimately have a deeper understanding of underlying mathematical concepts by making this connection. |
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Instructor: |
Rose D'Angelo and Karen Sharif-McLeod |
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Audience: |
Grades 9-10 teachers of statistics and pre-calculus |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Expanding Content Literacy Through Principled Practices: Meeting the Needs of Struggling Readers |
| Date: |
Friday, October 3, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$150 for subscribers and $195 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
In this session, Dr. Brozo will demonstrate a variety of proven strategies teachers can employ for meeting the literacy & learning needs of students. The strategies he shares derive from successful school & classroom practices & are based on evidence-based principles of effective literacy instruction. Participants will discover ways of integrating literacy across the curriculum, with a focus on narrowing the achievement gap for struggling readers by increasing engagement & building competence. |
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Instructor: |
Dr. William G. Brozo |
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Audience: |
Grades 6-12 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Vocabacize(c) Exercising with Words |
| Date: |
Friday, October 3, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM (Please bring a collegiate dictionary to this workshop)
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This innovative program is designed to make word study fun and meaningful. Its objective is to help students build their vocabulary by learning and retaining many words in a relatively short period of time. The focus of this approach is the belief that students learn best from each other. Words are learned and reinforced by use of flash cards and vocabulary games. For a list of what skills will be learned at this workshop download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Bob Budd |
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Audience: |
Grades 7-12 English teachers, science teachers, social studies teachers, department chairpersons, LOTE teachers, SAT teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
"Teaching for the Test" |
| Date: |
Monday, October 6, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room # 310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Teaching for the test is not teaching to the test. This workshop will focus on a variety of time tested classroom procedures and teaching methods that have enabled students to meet with success on state assessments. How do social studies teachers develop interest in topics that are completely foreign to the teenage mind? This workshop will explore a variety of lessons and instructional strategies that attempt to make history less “ancient” and more human to students. |
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Instructor: |
Robert Flinn |
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Audience: |
New social studies teachers and/or those new to curriculum area of global history and geography |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
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| Title: |
Teaching High School Geometry with Cabri Jr. and TI-84 |
| Date: |
Monday, October 6, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM (Participants need to bring a graphing calculator)
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This workshop will introduce ways of incorporating Cabri Jr. and TI-84 calculators into geometry lessons to enrich instruction and extend students’ comprehension. Examples will include essential topics of the NY curriculum such as Intersecting Lines, Angles and Transversals, Transformations, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Area Relationships, Chords, Secants, and Tangents and Circles. |
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Instructor: |
Dr. Irina Lyublinskaya |
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Audience: |
Grades 9-10 teachers of geometry |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Grappling with Graphics |
| Date: |
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$150 for subscribers and $195 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This workshop meets the needs of understanding & implementing the role of graphics in classroom instruction. By examining various forms of graphics, teachers will identify the relevance of the information different graphics present & how to use this information to create exciting, informative & applicable instructional lessons. For more information download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Claire Machosky and Virginia Nolan |
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Audience: |
Grades 4-8 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Science Activities to Support the Intermediate Level Science Assessment |
| Date: |
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Bring excitement to your science instruction with student centered activities. This workshop will enhance your science lessons with discovery activities and also provide reinforcement of student skills.
The participants of this workshop will be involved in activities necessary to prepare students for the Intermediate Level Science Assessment. Through a series of five laboratory experiences, teachers will be able to help students refine skills needed on the performance portions of the ILA. |
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Instructor: |
Richard Vultaggio |
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Audience: |
Grades 5-8 teachers, science administrators |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
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| Title: |
Introduction to Reading Workshop: Grades 3-6 |
| Date: |
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM (For important information regarding the series of workshops related to this topic download flyer)
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
In this workshop, we will explore implementing a rigorous Reading Workshop into the classroom where students can develop the habits of lifelong learners who actively read, think and write about authentic texts. Topics will include:(1)Effective Reading Minilessons and Conference;(2)Helping students find “Just Right” books;(3)Reading Lists and Homework Logs;(4)Written Response to Literature;(5)Assessment |
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Instructor: |
Kristina Seeley |
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Audience: |
Grades 3-6 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Integrate Geometry, "PROVE IT" |
| Date: |
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This session will provide the opportunity for participants to examine and discuss proofs relative to the NYS curriculum for Integrated Geometry. We will begin by discussing various types of proofs (all required by NYS) from the informal proof and its purpose through the paragraph proof, flow chart proof and formal column proof. The group will then examine notebook usage and evaluation coupled with exercises to use at the start of proving. For more information download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Lawrence Farrell |
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Audience: |
Grades 9-10 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Power and Poetry: Best Practices for High School Classrooms |
| Date: |
Friday, October 10, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Poetry is one of the most powerful ways that people communicate their ideas & emotions. Poetry can also be a powerful way to fully engage students in reading, writing, and thinking. This workshop will show you how to integrate poetry into the curriculum so you can help students uncover powerful, personal meaning in the form and lead students into creating poems of their own. We will explore writing Gift Poems, Memory Poems, Extended Metaphors, Nature Poems, Poems in Response to Art and more. |
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Instructor: |
Jerry Matovcik |
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Audience: |
Grades 9-12 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
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| Title: |
Including Students with Special Needs in the Classroom |
| Date: |
Friday, October 10, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Students with special needs are increasingly being included in typical classroom settings. However, a clear definition of what constitutes successful inclusion has yet to be established in many schools. This training will present the existing literature on effective inclusion supports, including curricular adaptation, behavior management, and social skill strategies for the classroom. Data collection tools and hands-on materials will be presented. |
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Instructor: |
Dr. Sanja Cale |
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Audience: |
Grades K-12 special education teachers, administrators, classroom assistants |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
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| Title: |
Preparing English Language Learners for Standardized State Assessments |
| Date: |
Friday, October 10, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
The purpose of this workshop is to offer helpful strategies and useful materials to prepare ELLs to meet this challenge both linguistically and academically. In this highly interactive, hands-on workshop, participants will explore opportunities for scaffolding and differentiating test preparation activities to match ELLs readiness level. Testing accommodations approved by N.Y.S. will also be discussed. Download flyer for what participants should bring. |
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Instructor: |
Andrea Honigsfeld |
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Audience: |
Grades 3-8 ESL, mainstream teachers, administrators |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Center Learning as a Means of Offering Strategic Differentiated Instruction to Meet Student Needs |
| Date: |
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM (Teachers should bring appropriate curriculum texts to develop a thematic unit)
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
In this one day workshop teachers in grades 3-6 will explore student learning through the use of literacy and thematic centers. Some topics include:(1)The value of using centers in the classroom;(2)The concept of center learning in both literacy development and thematic units;(3)Behavior management and time on task; (4)Types of centers and center managements; (5)Designing center activities/materials that are engaging to students. For more information download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Georgette Bowling |
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Audience: |
Grades 3-6 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Data and The New Tenure Rules |
| Date: |
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Schools are now required to include teachers “using data to inform instruction” in the tenure process. What data could new teachers use? What kind of information will they need? How can data inform instruction? This workshop will explore all these issues and prepare teachers to implement this requirement. Representatives from the RIC (Regional Information Center) will demonstrate the types of data available to teachers and how to access that data for instructional purposes. |
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Instructor: |
Dr. Robert Bedford |
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Audience: |
Grades K-12 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
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| Title: |
Center Learning as a Means of Offering Strategic Differentiated Instruction to Meet Students Needs |
| Date: |
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM (Teachers should bring appropriate curriculum texts to develop a thematic unit)
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
In this one day workshop teachers in grades K-2 will explore student learning through the use of literacy and thematic centers. Some topics include:(1)The value of using centers in the classroom;(2)The concept of center learning in both literacy development and thematic units;(3)Behavior management and time on task; (4)Types of centers and center managements; (5)Designing center activities/materials that are engaging to students. For more information download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Georgette Bowling |
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Audience: |
Grades K-2 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Best Practices for Working with Struggling English Language Learners and Other At-Risk Students |
| Date: |
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$150 for subscribers and $195 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
The presenters will demonstrate the implementation of a three pronged model for struggling ELLs and other at-risk students. The model consists of: (1) research-based literacy and content instruction, (2) systematic interventions, and (3) differentiation of instruction. Participants will explore how to infuse Sheltered Instruction (SIOP), Response to Intervention (RTI), and differentiated instruction by way of content, process and product. |
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Instructor: |
Andrea Honigsfeld and Audrey Cohen |
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Audience: |
Grades K-12 mainstream special education and ESL educators and administrators |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
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| Title: |
Beyond Balance: Incorporating the Tenets of Balanced Literacy Into the Adolescent Classroom |
| Date: |
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room # 310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This course will review the philosophy of balanced literacy & illuminate the ways that this pedagogical approach can be transferred to the secondary classroom. The focus will be on increasing students’ abilities to utilize literacy in profound ways. Topics of interest will include(1)Management of classroom setup & design(2)Reading & writing strategies that really work(3)Ways to engage the disenfranchised learner(4)Genre study as a framework for class design. For more information download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Kelly Russell-Donner |
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Audience: |
Grades 6-12 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Cultural Awareness: A Key for Student Success |
| Date: |
Thursday, October 16, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 11:30 AM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$50 for subscribers and $75 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Participants will be identifying the roadblocks of communication between schools and their multicultural communities. Their will be an overview of the different cultural groups with regard to customs, language and religion. In addition there will be case studies of parent, school meetings with specific cultural groups to assist in identifying cultural nuances. Participants will also be identifying strategies to bridge the gap between schools, parents and students. |
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Instructor: |
Bridging Cultures LLC |
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Audience: |
Grades K-12 teachers and administrators |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Seeing Stars (R) - For Reading and Spelling |
| Date: |
October 16 - 17, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM (Must attend both days!!)
|
| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This two-day Seeing Stars® (SI™) workshop introduces techniques to stimulate the ability to create mental representation (symbol imagery) for sounds and letters within words. The SI™ techniques develop symbol imagery for consonants and vowels and extend through single and multisyllable words as a means of processing both sounds and letters within words. For more information download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Lindamood Bell - Learning Processes |
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Audience: |
Grades K-6 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Power and Poetry in the Middle School Classroom |
| Date: |
Friday, October 17, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
|
| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Poetry is one of the most powerful ways that people communicate their ideas and emotions. Poetry can also be a powerful way to fully engage students in reading, writing, and thinking. This workshop will show you how to integrate poetry into the curriculum so you can help students uncover powerful, personal meaning in the form and lead students into creating poems of their own. For more information download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Jerry Matovcik |
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Audience: |
Grades 6-8 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Helping Teachers Meet the Needs of Students Diagnosed with Autism in Public Schools: Grades K-5 |
| Date: |
Friday, October 17, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This presentation will focus on understanding the unique needs of children with autism and related disabilities and how to facilitate their success in the classroom. Assessment of the students’ strengths and areas of need will be discussed with specific strategies designed to promote and target these skills. Related areas such as behavior management, deficits in language, writing, attending, and social and emotional development will be covered. For more information download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Ruth Donlin |
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Audience: |
Grades K-5 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
Paraeducator Teacher Training |
| Date: |
Monday, October 20, 2008
; 4:00 PM
- 7:00 PM (Day 1 of 4: Roles & Responsibilities)
Monday, November 17, 2008
; 4:00 PM
- 7:00 PM (Day 2 of 4: Communication & Team Building)
Monday, November 24, 2008
; 4:00 PM
- 7:00 PM (Day 3 of 4: Behavior Management)
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$47.50 per session or $190 for all sessions |
| Details: |
This program consists of four modules. These include: Roles & Responsibilities (10/20/08): Communication & Team Building (11/17/08): Behavior Management (11/24/08): Human Growth & Development (12/1/08). For information on each session download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Arlene Barresi |
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Audience: |
Administrators, teachers, paraeducators, paraprofessionals |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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| Title: |
HOW TO HIT THE BULLSEYE THROUGH FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT - Differentiated Assessment |
| Date: |
Monday, October 20, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
There is a twenty (20) to forty (40) percent variance among humans, meaning the real numbers vary by billions from one person to another. This workshop will focus on how to reach all learners within a classroom. This workshop will focus on content, the process of how to create lessons that are differentiated, and meaningful projects that reflect what students have learned from unit plans. This workshop will show teachers how to keep students alert and involved. |
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Instructor: |
Audrey Gottlieb |
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Audience: |
Grades 6-12 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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|
| Title: |
Implementing Writing Workshop: A Beginner's Course - Part 1 |
| Date: |
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM (This is a two part workshop. Part 2 is on 12/2/2008;You may sign up for Part I only but not Part II only)
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
We read about the importance of a Writing Workshop – where students get to choose the topics they write about & where children learn to manage themselves as writers. How does a teacher get started? This is a beginner’s course for those who are looking to begin the journey into workshop teaching, but need the tools to get started. Topics include: using a writer’s notebook, the writing process, students’ choice, effective mini-lessons, & assessment. |
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Instructor: |
Kristina Seeley |
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Audience: |
Grades 3-6 classroom teachers, reading teachers, special education teachers and administrators |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Helping Teachers Meet the Needs of Students Diagnosed with Autism in Public Schools: Grades 6-12 |
| Date: |
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
|
| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This presentation will focus on understanding the unique needs of children with autism and related disabilities and how to facilitate their success in the classroom. Assessment of the students’ strengths and areas of need will be discussed with specific strategies designed to promote and target these skills. Related areas such as behavior management, deficits in language, writing, attending, and social and emotional development will be covered. For more information download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Ruth Donlin |
|
Audience: |
Grades 6-12 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Real Differentiation: What it is...What it is NOT - PART I |
| Date: |
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
; 12:00 PM
- 2:30 PM (PM session)
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$125 for subscribers and $175 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
The focus of this half-day workshop will be:
(1)Understanding the key components of a differentiated classroom;(2)Recognizing evidence of differentiated instruction during observation/what to look for;(3)Learning what resistance to expect when adopting a differentiated instruction philosophy in your department or school;(4)Dispelling myths about differentiated instruction;(5)Avoiding pitfalls and making it work |
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Instructor: |
Judy Dodge |
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Audience: |
Grades K-12 building and district administrators |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Overview Reader's Workshop |
| Date: |
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room # 310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This interactive workshop is designed to get teachers involved in setting up a Reader’s Workshop in their classroom. The focus will be to understand the components of the Workshop Model. Practical ideas for mini-lessons, conferencing, and management strategies will be shared. |
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Instructor: |
Lauren Meyers |
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Audience: |
Grades 4-6 teachers – for teachers who are not working in a departmentalized system |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Real Differentiation: What it is...What it is NOT - PART 1 |
| Date: |
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 11:00 AM (AM session)
|
| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$125 for subscribers and $175 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
The focus of this half-day workshop will be:
(1)Understanding the key components of a differentiated classroom;(2)Recognizing evidence of differentiated instruction during observation/what to look for;(3)Learning what resistance to expect when adopting a differentiated instruction philosophy in your department or school;(4)Dispelling myths about differentiated instruction;(5)Avoiding pitfalls and making it work |
|
Instructor: |
Judy Dodge |
|
Audience: |
Grades K-12 building and district administrators |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Writing Test Items That Parallel the Grades 6-8 and HS and NYS ELA/SS Assessments & Regents |
| Date: |
Thursday, October 23, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Learn to write test items (multiple choice, short and extended constructed response) like the ones used on New York State ELA/S.S. tests. Discover what inferential multiple choice questions are, how the state uses them, & what a large percentage of the available points on NYS exams they represent. Learn & practice how to word multiple choice & constructed response items so they require students to demonstrate the knowledge & skills presented in the NYS Core Curricula. |
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Instructor: |
Dr. Robert Bedford |
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Audience: |
Grades 6-8 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Positive Behavior Intervention Techniques for Working with "Emotionally Unpredictable & Defiant Kids |
| Date: |
Friday, October 24, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$125 for subscribers and $175 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Students who are chronically angry or confrontational can easily disrupt an entire classroom. In this workshop, educators learn how students and teachers can easily become caught up in power- struggles -- escalating through phases of the “anger curve” until they are enmeshed in full-scale confrontations. This training is intended to teach the core concepts of good behavior management and provide educators with research-based strategies. |
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Instructor: |
Jim Wright |
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Audience: |
Grades K-12 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Social Skills Training for Students with Autism |
| Date: |
Friday, October 24, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
|
| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room # 310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders present unique social challenges across the lifespan. This presentation will focus on the assessment of such social deficits as well as data-based intervention development of social skills programs across varying age groups. It will involve a comprehensive review of approaches including best practices and empirically supported models of social skill development. Data collection tools and tracking forms relevant to social behaviors will also be shared. |
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Instructor: |
Dr. Sanja Cale |
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Audience: |
Grades K-12 special education teachers, administrators, classroom assistants |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
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|
| Title: |
Grant Seeking Basics |
| Date: |
Monday, October 27, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point high School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This course is an excellent way for program staff and administrators to gain a general understanding of what grants are all about and the elements required for success. Equal attention is given to the needs and interests of both your organization and grant makers. Participants receive Word and Excel templates to help them develop grant proposals. For more information download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Paul Mastrodonato |
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Audience: |
Managers, program directors, persons wishing to learn about grant seeking (entry to mid-level) |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Bring Your PLANS to LIFE |
| Date: |
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room: #310 |
| Cost: |
$150 for subscribers and $195 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This workshop will provide participants with a set of tools they can use to write or revise action plans, strategic plans, long-range plans, school improvement plans or any of the many short or long-term plans that they need to prepare. Come and learn how to write plans that actually focus and guide the work of the people on your team. Practice writing goals, strategies, action plans, and professional development plans that are aligned with state and district priorities. |
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Instructor: |
Ann Delehant |
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Audience: |
School and district administrators, teacher leaders, school team members |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
The Bullying to Hate Crime Continuum |
| Date: |
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Help combat hate in your community by unlocking the power of perspective. Discover how we can replace prejudice and bullying with respect, empathy and compassion. The workshop also discusses and defines the protected classes: race, ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, age, physical/mental difference and sexual orientation. |
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Instructor: |
Alisty Joy Keneth |
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Audience: |
Grades K-12 teachers, administrators and paraeducators |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Overview Writer's Workshop |
| Date: |
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
|
| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This interactive workshop is designed to get teachers involved in setting up a Writer’s Workshop in their classroom. The focus will be to understand the components of the Workshop Model. Practical ideas for mini-lessons, conferencing, and management strategies will be shared. |
|
Instructor: |
Lauren Meyers |
|
Audience: |
Grades 4-6 - for teachers who are not working in a departmentalized system |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
"Engage with the Page" - Content Area Reading Strategies for Science and Social Studies |
| Date: |
Thursday, October 30, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM (Teachers should bring their textbooks to this workshop)
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
Teachers will learn what to do with their students before, during and after reading to intensify interest in reading matter, improve comprehension of material, and increase retention of content in their middle school classrooms. A host of “use-tomorrow” lessons and motivating strategies such as wordspalsh, admit slips, rapid retrieval, wordstorming, anticipation guides, RAFTS, TAGS and many more will be provided in this workshop. |
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Instructor: |
Janet Baron |
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Audience: |
Grades 6-8 science and social studies teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
One Day Refreshers!© Multicultural Education |
| Date: |
Thursday, October 30, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 2:30 PM
|
| Location: |
Bayport-Blue Point High School - Media Room #310 |
| Cost: |
$95 for subscribers and $150 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
This inspiring and informative workshop trains teachers to create curriculum-based lessons that encourage multicultural learning in the classroom. This workshop follows a step-by-step process that takes educators from defining and understanding multiculturalism to creating their own curriculum in an open setting that educators are sure to enjoy. During this workshop, it will include group and individual assignments that are meant to both challenge and inspire participants. |
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Instructor: |
Heidi Holder |
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Audience: |
Grades K-12 teachers and administrators |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Planning a Unit of Study in Reading and Writing |
| Date: |
October 30, 2008 - January 8, 2009
; 4:00 PM
- 7:00 PM (MUST ATTEND ALL SESSIONS: 10/30/08; 11/6/08; 11/13/08; 12/4/08; 1/8/09)
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| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$285 for all sessions |
| Details: |
Reading drives the writer and writing drives the reader. Working under this mindset, our units of study in reading and writing should support each other. Participants in this workshop will plan a unit of study in both reading and writing. Using a planning template, participants of this course will spend time learning what makes a powerful unit of study. They will select a unit from their grade appropriate calendar to develop into a unit plan. |
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Instructor: |
Donna Verbeck |
|
Audience: |
Grades K-8 teachers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Reducing Prejudice: A Matter of Education presented by the Council for Prejudice Reduction |
| Date: |
Friday, November 7, 2008
; 8:00 AM
- 3:15 PM
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| Location: |
Huntington Hilton, Melville |
| Cost: |
$150 per person |
| Details: |
Join the Council for Prejudice Reduction for their 16th Annual Conference on - Reducing Prejudice: A Matter of Education. This conference will feature distinguished keynote speaker: Pedro Noguera, PhD who will be doing a presentation on" Closing the Achievement Gap." For more information download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Council for Prejudice Reduction |
|
Audience: |
Teachers, administrators, pupil personnel, parents, community leaders |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
|
| Title: |
Beyond the Surface Look - Implications for a pedagogy of literacy |
| Date: |
Monday, November 17, 2008
; 8:30 AM
- 1:30 PM
|
| Location: |
Sherwood Corporate Center, Holbrook |
| Cost: |
$125 for subscribers and $175 for non-subscribers |
| Details: |
In this session I will reject this simplistic explanation of "engagement." After briefly describing activities & strategies used in the exemplars I will identify some less obvious, deeply embedded "pedagogical principles" which underpinned & shaped what transpired in each of these settings. These principles will be offered as a framework for helping teachers design, create and maintain learning settings which engage learners in productive literacy learning. For more information download flyer. |
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Instructor: |
Dr. Brian Cambourne |
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Audience: |
Teachers, literacy specialists, literacy coaches, administrators, classroom researchers |
| Offered By: |
Staff and Curriculum Development |
| Contact: |
Ann Shirlow
at (631) 244-4234
|
