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Education Sessions
MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2010 | |
| Education Session #1 - 10:40 AM - 11:35 AM | |
| HS & ML | Fear Factor- The Impact of State and Federal Turbulence on Secondary Schools Presented by Kevin Mower, Principal, Manchester High School, Board of Directors, MASSP |
| Overview: Participants will investigate the pros and cons for fear as a motivator for employees. With that foundation, a discussion will be facilitated about the turbulence at the federal and state level with a focus on how to use state and federal initiatives at the local level. Participants will build strategies for best utilizing the reform action to increase student achievement in their schools. | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 2. | |
| HS & ML | Interventions for the Transition Years: 6th and 9th Grades Presented by Herve Dardis, Principal, Otsego High School |
| Overview: Take a look at a successful after-school program to support assignment completion and achievement for students in grades 6 and 9. The program is being implemented in grades 7 and 10 for the upcoming school year due to its growing success with helping struggling students. | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 2. | |
| HS & ML | How To Use Data To Make Decisions Presented by Chris Rugh, Consultant, Red Cedar Solutions Group |
| Overview: Learn a process for using data driven decision making in your staff meetings, department meetings, and professional development days or even prep periods. Systematic data inquiries and analysis can take the guesswork, emotion, and politics out of the tough decisions a principal must make when increasing student achievement is demanding and budgets are disappearing. | This workshop is also offered in Session 3. |
| HS | The Total Student Athlete Presented by Mike Kostoff, Author, Win All Four |
| Overview: Consider how the high school transcript is the student-athletes "resume" to college athletics. This "resume" can determine if an athlete will be a college recruit. The NCAA academic standards can be a motivational tool for all young athletes; instilling within them the importance of GPA, explaining how the sliding scale works and emphasizing how poor school attendance can have a negative impact on potential recruitment. | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 3. | |
| HS | Mastery Learning for Earning Credit in the MMC Presented by Ric Seager, Director of Assessment & School Improvement Kalamazoo Public Schools |
| Overview: Get insight into how one high school determines mastery of MMC standards, how they grant credit, and how they plan for and deliver individualized credit recovery. By using Data Director to track mastery of content expectations on a battery of sensitive assessment, staff are able to determine precisely what students know and are able to do and what they need more work on. | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 3. | |
| ML | Strategies for Dealing With Student Misbehavior and Improving the Classroom Environment Presented by Dave Foley, Consultant |
| Overview: Do you have teachers who struggle with misbehavior? Are you constantly having students sent to the office for problems that could have been easily solved in the classroom? Learn how to enable staff to improve their classroom management skills and minimize teacher-student conflict. Dave Foley will offer techniques he learned as a career junior high teacher and wrote about in the Ultimate Classroom Control Handbook. | This workshop is also offered in Session 2. |
| HS & ML | The Pros and Cons of IB Presented by Sue Meyer, Special Projects Facilitator, Macomb ISD |
| Overview: No overview at this time. Check back later! | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 3. | |
| Education Session #2 - 1:30 PM - 2:25 PM | |
| HS & ML | Fear Factor- The Impact of State and Federal Turbulence on Secondary Schools Presented by Kevin Mower, Principal, Manchester High School, Board of Directors, MASSP |
| Overview: Participants will investigate the pros and cons for fear as a motivator for employees. With that foundation, a discussion will be facilitated about the turbulence at the federal and state level with a focus on how to use state and federal initiatives at the local level. Participants will build strategies for best utilizing the reform action to increase student achievement in their schools. | |
| This Workshop is also offered in Session 1. | |
| HS & ML | Interventions for the Transition Years: 6th and 9th Grades Presented by Herve Dardis, Principal, Otsego High School |
| Overview: Take a look at a successful after-school program to support assignment completion and achievement for students in grades 6 and 9. The program is being implemented in grades 7 and 10 for the upcoming school year due to its growing success with helping struggling students. | |
| This Workshop is also offered in Session 1. | |
| HS & ML | 21 Things for the 21st Century Educator Presented by Dr. Jennifer Parker-Moore, Interactive Learning Consultant, Macomb Intermediate School District |
| Overview: ”Just in Time” training through an online interface for K-12 educators based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). These standards are the basic technology skills every educator should possess. In the process, educators will develop their own skills and discover what students need in order to meet the NETS for Students. Participants may learn on their own at their own pace for their personal professional development. However, participants also have the opportunity to earn SB-CEUs or Grad Credits. | |
| This Workshop is also offered in Session 3. | |
| ML | eCYBERMISSION: Science, Math, and Technology Competition for Middle School Students Presented by TBA |
| Overview: A free, web-based, science, math and technology competition for students in grades 6 – 9. The program promotes and enables all students from a diverse range of proficiency levels, interests and background to recognize the real-life applications of science, math and technology. | |
| This Workshop is also offered in Session 3. | |
| HS & ML | Protecting Your Future: Retirement Planning Seminar Presented by Bonnie Carpenter, Executive Director, Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel |
| Description: Learn how to make the rest of your life the best of your life through early and ongoing planning. | |
| ML | Strategies for Dealing With Student Misbehavior and Improving the Classroom Environment Presented by Dave Foley, Consultant |
| Overview: Do you have teachers who struggle with misbehavior? Are you constantly having students sent to the office for problems that could have been easily solved in the classroom? Learn how to enable staff to improve their classroom management skills and minimize teacher-student conflict. Dave Foley will offer techniques he learned as a career junior high teacher and wrote about in the Ultimate Classroom Control Handbook. | This workshop is also offered in Session 1. |
| Education Session #3 - 4:35 PM - 5:30 PM | |
| HS & ML | How To Use Data To Make Decisions Presented by Chris Rugh, Consultant, Red Cedar Solutions Group |
| Overview: Learn a process for using data driven decision making in your staff meetings, department meetings, and professional development days or even prep periods. Systematic data inquiries and analysis can take the guesswork, emotion, and politics out of the tough decisions a principal must make when increasing student achievement is demanding and budgets are disappearing. | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 1. | |
| HS & ML | 21 Things for the 21st Century Educator Presented by Dr. Jennifer Parker-Moore, Interactive Learning Consultant, Macomb Intermediate School District |
| Overview: Calls for innovation, reform and '21st Century' teaching are reshaping the educational landscape. At the same time, green initiatives are reshaping the economy. How are these movements connected? This session will focus on core trends defining life beyond the 21st Century, with an emphasis on the emerging green economy and sustainability. | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 1. | |
| HS | The Total Student Athlete Presented by Mike Kostoff, Author, Win All Four |
| Overview: Consider how the high school transcript is the student-athletes "resume" to college athletics. This "resume" can determine if an athlete will be a college recruit. The NCAA academic standards can be a motivational tool for all young athletes; instilling within them the importance of GPA, explaining how the sliding scale works and emphasizing how poor school attendance can have a negative impact on potential recruitment. | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 1. | |
| ML | Army's eCYBERMISSION: Science, Math, and Technology Competition for Middle School Students Presented by Kim Roth, U.S. Army |
| Overview: A free, web-based, science, math and technology competition for students in grades 6 – 9. The program promotes and enables all students from a diverse range of proficiency levels, interests and background to recognize the real-life applications of science, math and technology. | |
| This Workshop is also offered in Session 1. | |
| HS | Mastery Learning for Earning Credit in the MMC Presented by Ric Seager, Director of Assessment & School Improvement Kalamazoo Public Schools |
| Overview: Get insight into how one high school determines mastery of MMC standards, how they grant credit, and how they plan for and deliver individualized credit recovery. By using Data Director to track mastery of content expectations on a battery of sensitive assessment, staff are able to determine precisely what students know and are able to do and what they need more work on. | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 1. | |
| HS & ML | The Pros and Cons of IB Presented by Sue Meyer, Special Projects Facilitator, Macomb ISD |
| Overview: No overview at this time. Check back later! | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 3. | |
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| Education Session #4 - 9:00 AM - 9:55 AM
HS & ML School CSI: Investigating Incidents with Love, Logic, and the Law Presented by Kevin Mower, Principal, Manchester High School Overview: Participants will learn bout ho to approach incidents inside and outside of school with a focus on student learning and improving student behavior. A basis will be set with the love and logic philosophy of school management with real life strategies and protocols for transitioning intense student discipline situations into lower impact learning opportunities. |
This workshop is also offered in Session 5. |
HS & ML |
Educator Sexual Misconduct | Presented by Jeff Thoenes, Principal, Mount Pleasant High School Overview: An increasingly relevant topic that is critically important as more cases are discovered each day. |
This workshop is also offered in Session 5. |
HS |
How Formative Assessment Moves Toward Standards-Based Learning | Presented by Amy Hodgson, Principal, Dansville High School Overview: Participants will learn how a high school has progressed from traditional grading and assessment to a student-centered philosophy that is motivational for all students to succeed. Participants will learn about the process the staff embarked upon and how this philosophy shift has improved student achievement. |
HS |
Data Reference Points for the Michigan School Data Profile | Presented by Dale Moore, Principal, Marlette High School Overview: This school administrator and the authors share how this school utilized the manual for school improvement and state reporting. The manual, now being used statewide by all 57 ISDs, provides step-by-step instructions on how to mine data using a variety of platforms. |
HS Connecting Education Reform and the Green Economy | Presented by Susan Santone, Executive Director and Founder, Creative Change Educational Solutions Overview: This session will present a model for using sustainability and green economy sectors as a platform for reframing curriculum and courses in ways that support existing reform and achievement initiatives. Case studies of model high school programs in MI will be highlighted. |
This workshop is also offered in Session 6. |
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| Education Session #5 - 10:05 AM - 11:00 AM | |
HS & ML |
School CSI: Investigating Incidents with Love, Logic, and the Law Presented by Kevin Mower, Principal, Manchester High School |
| Description: Participants will learn bout ho to approach incidents inside and outside of school with a focus on student learning and improving student behavior. A basis will be set with the love and logic philosophy of school management with real life strategies and protocols for transitioning intense student discipline situations into lower impact learning opportunities. | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 4. | |
| HS & ML | Educator Sexual Misconduct Presented by Jeff Thoenes, Principal, Mount Pleasant High School |
| Description: An increasingly relevant topic that is critically important as more cases are discovered each day. | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 4. | |
| HS | How Formative Assessment Moves Toward Standards-Based Learning Presented by Amy Hodgson, Principal, Dansville High School |
| Description: Participants will learn how a high school has progressed from traditional grading and assessment to a student-centered philosophy that is motivational for all students to succeed. Participants will learn about the process the staff embarked upon and how this philosophy shift has improved student achievement. | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 4. | |
| HS | Data Reference Points for the Michigan School Data Profile Presented by Dale Moore, Principal, Marlette High School |
| Description: This school administrator and the authors share how this school utilized the manual for school improvement and state reporting. The manual, now being used statewide by all 57 ISDs, provides step-by-step instructions on how to mine data using a variety of platforms. | |
| This workshop is also offered in Session 4. | |
| Education Session #6 - 11:10 AM - 12:05 PM | |
HS |
21 Things for the 21st Century Educator Presented by Dr. Jennifer Parker-Moore, Interactive Learning Consultant, Macomb Intermediate School District |
| Overview: Calls for innovation, reform and '21st Century' teaching are reshaping the educational landscape. At the same time, green initiatives are reshaping the economy. How are these movements connected? This session will focus on core trends defining life beyond the 21st Century, with an emphasis on the emerging green economy and sustainability. | This workshop is also offered in Session 4. |
