Speakers
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Ms. Somer Lewis: lewiss@uncw.edu
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Dr. Shelby Morge: morges@uncw.edu
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Dr. Denise Ousley-Exum: ousleyd@uncw.edu
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Dr. Janna Siegel Robertson: robertsonj@uncw.edu
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Dr. Rajni Shankar-Brown: brownrs@uncw.edu
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Dr. Jeff Ertzberger: ertzbergerj@uncw.edu
Examining and
Reflecting our
Practices
Professional Learning Day
March 8, 2012
8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m.
Room 162
Sponsored by:
UNCW Watson School of Education
Professional Development System Office
Agenda
8:30 –9:00 am
Registration and Breakfast
9:00 –9:10 am
Welcome and Introductions
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Dean Kenneth Teitelbaum,
Dean of the Watson School of Education
Dr. Robert Smith,
Secondary Program Coordinator
Dr. Donyell Roseboro,
Professional Development System Director
9:10 –10:00 am
Group 1:
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Classroom Initiatives
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Virtual Learning in Science and Foreign
Languages,
Brunswick County Early College
Project K-Nect (using Smartphones in
Algebra 1), Onslow County
Group 2:
Human Rights Project , New Hanover High
School
Service Learning, Laney High School
Group 3:
Teaching American History Grant, Grant
Project Director
Globalizing the Curriculum through
International Partnerships, Onslow County
Group 4:
10:00 –11:30 am
Using Facebook in Class (with county
permission), Topsail High School
Standing Ovations Program, Charter Day
School
Session 3:
Using Informational Texts to Inspire Inquiry
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Dr. Denise Ousley
Session 4:
Choosing Choice to Challenge Children’s
Achievement
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Dr. Janna Siegel Robertson
Session 5:
Celebrating Diversity: Cultural Arts
Integration in the 21st Century
EB:
Dr. Rajni Shankar-Brown
11:30-11:40 am
Break
11:40-12:15 pm
Teacher Leadership: Panel Discussion
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Emily Black, New Hanover High School
Daniella Stamm, Ashley High School
Rhonda Benton, Principal, Cedar Grove Middle
12:15 –12:45pm
Lunch
12:45 -1:30 pm
Drop Out Prevention
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YouthBuild Students: Panel Discussion
Dropout Coalition, Dr. Janna Robertson
1:30-2:15 pm
Technology Integration: QR Codes
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Dr. Jeff Ertzberger
2:20 –3:20 pm
Meeting in Discipline Groups: Common Core
and Essential Standards
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3:20 -3:30pm
Wrap-up/evaluations
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Breakout Sessions
Session 1:
Understanding Complex Relationships
through Sociograms
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Ms. Somer Lewis
Session 2:
Using Squeak Etoys in the Classroom
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Dr. Shelby Morge