Institute Breakout Sessions - 10Oct2014
All sessions will be repeated unless otherwise indicated.
This schedule is subject to change. Check back frequently for updates!
This schedule is subject to change. Check back frequently for updates!
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Workshop: Lessons for Lively Learners (Session 1 only)
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Kim Bearden, The Ron Clark Academy
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In this session, Kim will focus on ways to teach rigorous concepts through songs, kinesthetic games, and unique teaching strategies that will motivate and engage even the most restless of learners.
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Auditorium
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RCA Team Panel Discussion (Session 2 only)
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D205 RCA Team
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Learn about our Team's Visit to the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, GA, June 2014, and how you can be a part of implementing some of the amazing culture-building techniques we witnessed in your own classroom! Anyone staying for Kim Bearden's Workshop is welcome to stay for this presentation!
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Auditorium
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What can I do to better meet the Next Generation Science Standards?
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Heather Galbreath, LMS
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This session will cover the many ways in which the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are very different from our traditional methods of science instruction. There are three dimensions to instructing and learning in NGSS that must be carefully blended together including: scientific practices, disciplinary core ideas and cross cutting concepts. This session will give science teachers a place to begin to make the transition into blending these three dimensions to best meet the Next Generation Science Standards. During this session there will also be some clarification of some commonly misinterpreted terms written in the NGSS,
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39
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Freshen Up Your Centers
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Ashley Shinn, Bailey Cavanah, Nielson
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Ashley Shinn and Bailey Cavanah will share the many benefits of using daily centers in your room! Centers are engaging and educational! Ideas will be geared towards K-2 learners and will include ideas for Daily 5 and student-based centers.
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34
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ELL Support for Elementary Classroom Teachers
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Scott Rasso, ELL
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Several strategies to help the elementary classroom teacher differentiate his/her instruction to accommodate the diverse needs of English Language Learning students will be presented. Legal requirements surrounding the education of those students, as well as current research in the field will also be discussed. Q/A session if time allows.
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36
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Using GoAnimate to Create Videos
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Dawn Malcolm, CJHS
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Learn how to create fun informational and instructional animated videos using GoAnimate. You can use the videos for classroom instruction, orientations, information, or just for fun. Bring your Chromebook.
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218
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Google Docs & Sheets for Math
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Amanda Aberle, Melissa Patterson, GHS
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Using Google Docs and using the Equation Toolbar in a math (or science)class. Using Google Sheets to enter data and create charts in a math (or science) class. Attendees should bring their Chromebook or laptop - unless this presentation can be held in a computer lab.
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236
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GHS Program Attendants Rules & Procedures
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Luan Statham, GHS
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GHS Program Attendants will discuss rules/procedures for assisting in the classroom. GHS Program Attendants are required to attend this session.
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198
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Graded Assessments with Google Forms & Flubaroo!
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Corinne Wascher, GHS
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Learn how to create tests and quizzes using Google Forms, and then use Flubaroo to score student responses instantly!
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190
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Assessments Using Chromebooks & Google Tools
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TC Michels, Tara Michels, LMS
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Using Google Chromebooks to create assessments for students. Quizzes, tests, and review games will be introduced.
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37
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Collaborative Discourse for Middle School
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Cary Elliott, Mary Keith, LMS
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Gab! Discuss! Collaborate! Let's talk about students engaging in meaningful conversations centered around literature and informational texts. Strategies, organizational tips, and some take-aways will be available. Come join our snack and chat!
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28
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Virtual Field Trips
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Leanne Hinton, King
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This session will show you a huge variety of virtual field trips and tours to use in every classroom. You can discover how to use virtual field trips to enhance your science and social studies instruction. We will also create a new Google Drive document that session members will be able to create and use in their classrooms.
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219
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Understanding and Accommodating Students' Vision Problems
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Kristin Shumann, KWSED
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Here are the answers to your educational vision questions. Learn about common vision problems and how to help your students who have them. Learn how to help students who have vision in only one eye or are eye-patching, and where to get help if a student isn't "visually impaired" but has vision issues.
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227
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Becoming an National Board Certified Teacher
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Carole Allert, GHS
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Are you interested in becoming a National Board Certified Teacher? This presentation will provide you incite into becoming an accomplished teacher. Going through the National Board Certification process is one of the best Professional Development opportunities for educators in our nation. Because the process is focused on the educator and his/her practices within the classroom, the NB process benefits the educator, students, and the school.
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215
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3-D Printing
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Lonny Miller, GHS
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This presentation will show how 3D printing works. I will demonstrate how it can be used in the classroom to enhance instructional time or with students of special needs.
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182
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Wake Up! It's Time for Morning Meeting!
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Colleen Noonan, Heather Hellenga, Steele, et al
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Give your students the chance to "wake up on the right side of the classroom" with this powerful and positive start to your day. Morning Meeting is a 20-minute daily meeting that involves a greeting, sharing, activity and morning message. The meeting is designed to create a warm, welcoming, stable environment in which social-emotional and academic learning can thrive. Participants in this session will take part in an actual Morning Meeting led by the instructors.
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59
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Using Quizlet for Vocabulary Instruction
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Mandy Stegall, GHS
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This session will discuss using Quizlet for vocabulary instruction. This program can be used in different content areas, helping teachers utilize different games and memory activities. Teachers can set up classes with their students, track their activity, and keep up with their progress.
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220
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Intro to the Daily 5
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Jessica Moore, Nielson
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This presentation is a quick and practical look at the Daily 5 and how to use it. It covers how to set up the program, how to adapt to different grade levels, and how it connects to the Danielson method and CCSS.
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41
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Moodle in the Classroom
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David Baxter, Russ Ullrich, GHS
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Would you like to host your classes online with lessons, projects, labs, assignments, quizzes, and tests? Would you like to spend less time at the photocopy machine? Would you like help with grading? Moodle may be the answer for you. Our quick introduction to Moodle will be followed by lots of question and answer time for you.
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208
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Wiki Discussions Outside the Classroom
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Mary Gehring, Mike Miller, GHS
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We will show examples of wikispaces that encourage students to work together outside the classroom. Participants will be given the time to create their own classroom wiki.
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239
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Old Tricks for New Teachers
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Catherine Wiley-Parkin, Stu Schaafsma, GHS
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Teacher survival skills! How to make it through the day without sweating the small stuff. Session will involve sharing ideas for organizing the classroom for maximum efficiency and social learning; setting standards for your students; classroom discipline through humor; and ideas for implementing tech media to engage student interest.
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PARCC Student Growth Model
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Alissa Tucker, Katie Gierhart, Jenifer Robinson
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Student growth will be a part of my evaluation? Come to find out more information about the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA), a law which requires all Illinois schools to fundamentally change how performance is measured by including measures of student growth.
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FIRST LEGO League Robotics Competition
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Jon Bradburn, Gale
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This presentation will introduce interested participants to the FIRST LEGO League competition. Gale has two competition teams that will go to Bradley University in December for the regional tournament. We use the Lego Mindstorms NXT robot kit that is programmed using a laptop. Participants will be shown how to program the robot using the Miindstorm software and given ideas on how to start their own Robotics club.
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199
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Moby Max Introduction
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Jack Dippold, Travis Stecher, Nielson
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A walk through of the basics of Moby Max. There will be a short presentation on the basic functions of Moby including: setting up your class, monitoring progress, assigning lessons, assigning new tests, and more. Please bring your Chromebooks as we will provide time to explore Moby while providing assistant and answering any questions on the basics of the program as we can.
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222
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Skyward Online Assignments and Course Learning Center
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Mike Doney, TLC
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Learn or Review how to use Skyward Course Learning Center and Student Access in your classroom!
NOTE: Please bring a connected device, like a laptop or Chromebook, to this session. |
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What Works in Schools - Teacher Factors
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Kyle James, Michaela Rychener, King
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What is the largest indicator of student success? While technology and Chrome Books are likely a close second, the key predictor of student success is the teacher's instruction. Using the research of Robert Marzano, this presentation will dive into the instructional strategies that are most effective in successful schools. Whether you teach pre-K, Special Ed, AP Calculus or anywhere in between, there is something for everyone in Marzano's teaching strategies! Come see the ingredients to an effective lesson and the strategies that transform good classrooms into exceptional classrooms.
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Active Reading Strategies
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Tim Dougherty, GHS
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Active Reading in the classroom setting: Connecting PARCC and text/reading and test taking strategies. Teach students to interact with the text they are reading and learn strategies to anticipate the possible test questions that align with PARCC.
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35
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Field House Tours
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Roy VanMeter, GHS
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Visit the new Field House facility and tour the Stadium & Baseball/Softball Complex. Learn how this new facility will be used for learning activities throughout the school day as well as for extra-curricular activities beyond school hours.
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Meet at West Doors
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Google Drive and Calendar: A little more than the basics
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Matt Lingafelter, Steele
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Digging into creating, sharing, saving, and finding your GoogleDocs. Uploading Microsoft Office documents and how to update them will also be discussed. I plan to facilitate a conversation and attendees should plan on being hands on with a Chromebook or device running chrome browser.
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29
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De-escalation & Classroom Management Tips for Paraprofessionals
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Toni Swing, KWSED
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Discussion regarding dealing with difficult kids, how to deescalate behaviors and basic classroom management for paraprofessionals.
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Lecture Room A (ISSP)
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Mandatory Meeting for D-205 KWSED Teachers
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Sue O'Flaherty, KWSED
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Topics include, but are not limited to: PARCC & DLM, re-evaluation requirements, Indicator 13, case manager responsibilities and writing a compliant IEP. All KWSED classroom teachers assigned to District #205 must attend this meeting during one of the sessions. Paraprofessionals do not need to attend.
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Lecture C
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Medical procedures/time cards/medicaid (KWSED Paraprofessionals only)
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Dr. Dawn Michaud, KWSED
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Small group discussion regarding recent changes to medical procedures by paraprofessionals. Also discussion on time cards and medicaid forms.
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Lecture B ("Little Theatre")
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