Professional Learning Catalog
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i Contents st 21 Century Classroom Tools................................................................................................................ 2 Accelerated Math - New Teacher Training ........................................................................................... 2 Accelerated Reader - New Teacher Training ........................................................................................ 2 Accountability ....................................................................................................................................... 2 ACE-ing Constructed Response ............................................................................................................. 3 Afterschool Curriculum ......................................................................................................................... 3 Assertive Discipline ............................................................................................................................... 3 Brain Research ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Breaking News! Improve Reading and Writing Skills with NewsMaker Software ............................... 4 Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) ................................................................................................. 4 Career and Technical Education Teachers Update ............................................................................... 4 Classroom Assessment and Data Analysis with Achievement Series ................................................... 5 Classroom Management ....................................................................................................................... 5 Classroom Management ....................................................................................................................... 5 Classroom Performance Systems (CPS): Basics..................................................................................... 5 Classroom Performance Systems II: Beyond the Basics ....................................................................... 6 Communicating with Parents ................................................................................................................ 6 Concept Mapping for HOTS .................................................................................................................. 6 Constructed Response .......................................................................................................................... 7 Co-Teaching Models for General Education and Special Education Teachers ..................................... 7 Counselors Update ................................................................................................................................ 7 Crisis Prevention and Intervention ....................................................................................................... 7 Crisis Prevention and Intervention for Paraprofessionals .................................................................... 8 Crisis Prevention and Intervention - Refresher..................................................................................... 8 Crisis Prevention and Intervention – Refresher for Paraprofessionals................................................. 8 DIBELS Interventions ............................................................................................................................. 9 DIBELS Next ........................................................................................................................................... 9 DIBELS Next ........................................................................................................................................... 9 DIBELS Next Update .............................................................................................................................. 9 Differentiated Instruction ................................................................................................................... 10 Differentiating Instruction to Accommodate Learning Styles ............................................................ 10 ii Document Cameras............................................................................................................................. 10 EAGLE .................................................................................................................................................. 11 EAGLE .................................................................................................................................................. 11 EasiTeach Dance Mat .......................................................................................................................... 11 EBSCO .................................................................................................................................................. 12 Employee Leave Options..................................................................................................................... 12 Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Librarians .................................................................... 12 ExamView ............................................................................................................................................ 12 Formative Assessment ........................................................................................................................ 13 Free Tools for Visual Literacy - EDU Glogster ..................................................................................... 13 Global Positioning Systems (GPS) ....................................................................................................... 13 GoAnimate! ......................................................................................................................................... 14 Google Documents.............................................................................................................................. 14 Google Docs and Forms ...................................................................................................................... 14 Google Earth ....................................................................................................................................... 14 Google Earth ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Google Earth: Creating Tours .............................................................................................................. 15 Homeless Education District Dispute Resolution Process for Immediate Enrollment ....................... 15 Improving Reading and Writing in the Content Area ......................................................................... 16 Individualized Education Program (IEP) Training ................................................................................ 16 Instructional Strategies for Paraprofessionals .................................................................................... 16 Instructional Strategies for Struggling Learners ................................................................................. 16 INTEL Project Based Approaches ........................................................................................................ 17 iPAD for Administrators ...................................................................................................................... 17 iPADs in Special Education .................................................................................................................. 17 Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Essentials ................................... 18 LEAP Alternative Assessment (LAA) 1 Testing .................................................................................... 18 Literacy Strategies ............................................................................................................................... 18 Low Incidence Teacher Training ......................................................................................................... 19 LPB CyberChannel ............................................................................................................................... 19 McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Youth Education Act at a Glance ...................................... 19 Microsoft Powerpoint ......................................................................................................................... 20 iii Microsoft Publisher ............................................................................................................................. 20 Microsoft Publisher: Creating Newsletters ......................................................................................... 20 Microsoft Word: Project-based Activities ........................................................................................... 20 Moodle ................................................................................................................................................ 21 NEOs .................................................................................................................................................... 21 New Special Education Teacher Training ............................................................................................ 21 Not Just a Speckled Book Anymore….................................................................................................. 22 OnCourse Lesson Plan Manager ......................................................................................................... 22 OnCourse Web Pages for Teachers..................................................................................................... 22 PASCO Probeware ............................................................................................................................... 23 PhotoStory .......................................................................................................................................... 23 Picture This! ........................................................................................................................................ 23 Podcasting?? In My School?................................................................................................................ 23 Preventing Fights ................................................................................................................................ 24 Professional Learning Communities: Transform your Group to a Team ............................................ 24 Project Based Learning (PBL) .............................................................................................................. 24 Reading Strategies .............................................................................................................................. 25 Response to Intervention (RTI) ........................................................................................................... 25 Response to Intervention (RTI) ........................................................................................................... 25 Rubrics Rock!....................................................................................................................................... 26 School Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (SWPBIS) ................................................ 26 Sexual Harassment .............................................................................................................................. 26 Sexual Harassment .............................................................................................................................. 27 Smart Board I - Beginners ................................................................................................................... 27 Smart Board II - Intermediate ............................................................................................................. 27 Smart Board III - Advanced ................................................................................................................. 27 Special Education Discipline Law ........................................................................................................ 28 Special Students in Regular Classrooms: Technology, Teaching, and Universal Design ..................... 28 Spring IEP Training .............................................................................................................................. 28 Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action ............................................................................... 29 Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) ........................................................................................................... 29 Successful Reader ............................................................................................................................... 29 iv Supporting Student Centered Learning .............................................................................................. 30 Teacher Evaluation/Observation and New Teacher Assessment ....................................................... 30 Teaching American History ................................................................................................................. 30 Technology Enhancing Curriculum in the 21st Century (TEC21) ......................................................... 30 Test Security ........................................................................................................................................ 31 TetraData for Classroom Teachers...................................................................................................... 31 Thinkfinity ........................................................................................................................................... 31 Transforming the Classroom with Project-based Learning (PBL) ....................................................... 32 Transportation Personnel and Custodian Training ............................................................................. 32 TurnItIn.com........................................................................................................................................ 32 Using Achievement Series for Data Analysis....................................................................................... 33 Using Card Sorts for Student Assessment........................................................................................... 33 Using Math Trade Books as Teaching Tools ........................................................................................ 33 Using Virtual Field Trips and Experiments to Enhance Curriculum and Engage Learners .................. 33 Using VoiceThread for Classroom Collaboration ................................................................................ 34 Using Wordle for Visual Literacy ......................................................................................................... 34 Voki! .................................................................................................................................................... 34 Webcams and Avatars in the Classroom ............................................................................................ 35 What Educators Need to Know about Child Abuse ............................................................................ 35 Windows MovieMaker ........................................................................................................................ 35 WorldBook Advanced ......................................................................................................................... 35 WorldBook Digital Libraries ................................................................................................................ 36 WorldBook Discover ........................................................................................................................... 36 WorldBook Dramatic Learning ............................................................................................................ 36 WorldBook Early World of Learning ................................................................................................... 37 WorldBook Student............................................................................................................................. 37 Writing Effective IEPs .......................................................................................................................... 37 Writing Extended Standard Based IEPs for Elementary Students with Significant Disabilities .......... 38 v Introduction Monroe City Schools is committed to the promotion of professional learning and encourages lifelong learning and professional growth for all employees. Professional development is designed to align best practices with classroom instruction and to build capacity for effective, research-based, content-focused teaching and learning that positively impacts student achievement. The sessions in this catalog have been developed and are facilitated by MCS department/division personnel and approved contractors/vendors. Schools are encouraged to use this catalog to plan and coordinate professional development sessions that are aligned with district learning goals, school improvement goals, and district/state/federal requirements. District personnel will be issued Continuing Learning Units (CLUs) for completing professional learning activities. A CLU quantifies an educator’s participation in high quality professional development aligned with an educator’s individual professional growth plan. Educators may earn one CLU for each hour of active engagement in high quality professional development. The district uses CourseWhere, a professional development management system, for online registration and evaluation. The system maintains a record of attendance for all courses, conferences, seminars, workshops, or any training-related services offered by the district. CLUs are issued by the system when the participants have completed the evaluations and attendance has been verified and marked by the instructor. If questions arise concerning CLUs for an activity, the instructor should be contacted. PD 360 In addition to the professional development opportunities listed in the catalog, the district provides PD 360, an online, on-demand library of professional development resources that makes professional learning more effective, convenient, and sustainable. With over 250 hours of research-based strategies, expert opinion and real classroom examples, PD 360 allows district personnel to access individualized support on relevant topics such as differentiation, minority student achievement, common core standards, classroom instruction that works, leadership, assessment, and more. PD 360’s content can be accessed 24/7 from multiple devices and is divided into hundreds of indexed and searchable segments that make it easy for teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, and professional learning communities to find the information and strategies needed to improve teaching and learning. CLUs will also be issued for PD 360 activities and resources. MCS Professional Learning Catalog 1 21st Century Classroom Tools Description: Do you have a MCS 21st century classroom with a SMARTBoard, document camera and CPS? This workshop will show you how these interactive tools can work together to help you create engaging, rigorous activities that challenge students and promote critical thinking and collaboration. (Designed for users who have already had training in the basic use of these tools.) Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 6 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Accelerated Math - New Teacher Training Description: This session provides advanced training for Accelerated Math for new teachers. The session will include the use of libraries within the program, setting objectives, mastering objectives, Math Facts in a Flash, and classroom management techniques to accommodate this program. Trainer: Margie Godwin Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: Math teachers grades 2-6 Duration: 6 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Accelerated Reader - New Teacher Training Description: This session provides advanced training for Accelerated Reader for new teachers in the district. The session will include setting goals based on ZPD, the importance of percent correct, daily practice, and reading logs. Trainer: Margie Godwin Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All ELA teachers Duration: 6 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Accountability Description: This workshop is an overview of Louisiana’s accountability system including testing. Trainer: Teresa Foreman Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F MCS Professional Learning Catalog 2 Target Teachers/Subjects: All teachers grades 3-12 Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Assessment ACE-ing Constructed Response Description: Teachers will receive pre-made resources (PPT & handouts) for teaching students to respond to CRQs/Extended Response items. These resources are general in nature and not related to the English, math, science, or social studies content. Trainer: Valerie Batley, Mary Miles Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All teachers Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction/ Assessment Afterschool Curriculum Description: This workshop will provide an overview of state approved curriculum for the extended day programs including Math and Science as well as ELA and K-12. The workshop will also include DORA/DOMA and ASCEND Math. Trainer: 21st Century Grant Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: After school Teachers Duration: 2 ½ hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Assertive Discipline Description: Assertive discipline is a structured, systematic approach designed to assist educators in running an organized, teacher-in-charge classroom environment. The foundations of assertiveness training and applied behavior analysis enables staff to develop a common sense, easy-to-learn approach to become the captains of their classrooms, buses, hallways, cafeteria, etc. and to become a positive influence on their students' behavior. Trainer: Jacqueline Matthews Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 1-2 hours Area of Concentration: Classroom Management and Environment MCS Professional Learning Catalog 3 Brain Research Description: Classroom practices supported as effective by brain research. Trainer: ISS Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 to 4 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Breaking News! Improve Reading and Writing Skills with NewsMaker Software Description: With NEWSMaker software and a web cam, students will learn content while improving reading and writing skills as they create perfect copy and report the news. All participants will receive a software license and web camera. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 4 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Description: In this training, school faculty and staff will become familiarized with the proper handling of students who need first aid. This training will be conducted by Mary Anne Toft, certified American Red Cross Instructor. Trainer: Mary Anne Toft Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 7 hours Area of Concentration: Classroom Management and Environment Career and Technical Education Teachers Update Description: This workshop will update CTE Teachers on upcoming mandates, filling out forms, and deadlines for submission, and Career and Technical Education (CATE) Data Reporting, etc. Trainer: Bettye Chisley Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All CTE Teachers Duration: 1.5 hours MCS Professional Learning Catalog 4 Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction, Classroom Management and Environment Classroom Assessment and Data Analysis with Achievement Series Description: Using Achievement Series, teachers upload classroom tests for administration in print or online. Teachers receive handouts to assist with applying data analysis concepts to classroom assessments. Trainer: Valerie Batley Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All 5-12 ELA teachers Duration: 1 day Area of Concentration: Assessment Classroom Management Description: This workshop will train teachers how to deal with classroom behavior problems and provide discipline options. Trainer: Andrew Hill Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 1.5 hours Area of Concentration: Classroom Management and Environment Classroom Management Description: This workshop provides tools for managing a roomful of students with different interests, agendas, and attention spans. Tried and proven practices will be shared that target new and experienced teachers. Trainer: Jacque Matthews, Dana Mullins, Phedra Agency: MCS Brantley Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Classroom Management and Environment Classroom Performance Systems (CPS): Basics Description: Also known as "Clickers," CPS provides instant feedback by allowing all students to answer questions at once and generate reports to help teachers customize instruction. For the beginning user, MCS Professional Learning Catalog 5 this workshop will focus on how to set up classes, create and/or import quizzes, and general operation. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Classroom Performance Systems II: Beyond the Basics Description: This workshop focuses on how to create interactive games and design detailed assessments. Prerequisite: CPS Basics Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Communicating with Parents Description: This workshop is a new teacher induction informational PD on Title I and MCSD Parental Involvement initiatives. Shenita Sumlin, Parent Trainer Coordinator for Louisiana PROMISE PIRC will present “Effective Tips on Communicating with Parents.” Trainers: Shenita Sumlin, Nydia Walker-Sims, Agency: Consultant and MCS Mamie Williams Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Relationship with Stakeholders Concept Mapping for HOTS Description: Concept mapping has never been easier than with the free online tool, Text2MindMaps. Teachers will learn to move up the Bloom ladder of higher order thinking and walk away with classroom activities and templates to use in the classroom. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours MCS Professional Learning Catalog 6 Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Constructed Response Description: This workshop will present instruction on how to address constructed response items for state testing. Trainer: Valerie Batley Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA grades 5-10 Duration: 2 to 4 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction and Assessment Co-Teaching Models for General Education and Special Education Teachers Description: This training will introduce elementary school staff to the various Co-Teaching Models and will train staff to recognize and implement these models in the inclusive classrooms. Trainer: Mary Anne Toft Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: Elementary Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction and Classroom Management and Environment Counselors Update Description: This session will update all counselors in the district on new state guidelines and innovations. Trainer: Bettye Chisley Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Counselors Duration: 1 ½ hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction and Classroom Management and Environment Crisis Prevention and Intervention Description: The workshop will address how to deal with aggressive behaviors in students and how to respond to those behaviors. Participants will learn non-violent crisis intervention strategies as approved by CPI. Non-violent physical restraint techniques will be covered and practiced. Participants should wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Trainer: SSS MCS Professional Learning Catalog Agency: MCS 7 Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 days, 12 hours total Area of Concentration: Classroom Management and Environment Crisis Prevention and Intervention for Paraprofessionals Description: This session is for selected special education paraprofessionals only. The workshop will address how to deal with aggressive behaviors in students and how to respond to those behaviors. Participants will learn non-violent crisis intervention strategies as approved by CPI. Non-violent physical restraint techniques will be covered and practiced. Participants should wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Trainer: SSS Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: Paraprofessionals Duration: 2 days, 12 hours total Area of Concentration: Classroom Management and Environment Crisis Prevention and Intervention - Refresher Description: The workshop is a required refresher class for previously trained individuals. Participants will review how to deal with aggressive behaviors in students and how to respond to those behaviors. Non-violent physical restraint techniques will be covered and practiced. Participants should wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Trainer: SSS Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: Principals, Teachers, Duration: 1 day, 4 hours Paraprofessionals Area of Concentration: Classroom Management and Environment Crisis Prevention and Intervention – Refresher for Paraprofessionals Description: The workshop is a required refresher class for previously trained paraprofessionals. Participants will review how to deal with aggressive behaviors in students and how to respond to those behaviors. Non-violent physical restraint techniques will be covered and practiced. Participants should wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Trainer: SSS Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F MCS Professional Learning Catalog 8 Target Teachers/Subjects: Paraprofessionals Duration: 1 day, 4 hours Area of Concentration: Classroom Management and Environment DIBELS Interventions Description: Why it is important for my students? How do I get started? What does it look like in the classroom? Creative and fun ideas for getting students engaged in learning will be presented. Trainer: Amy Cooper Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA teachers grades 1-3 Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction DIBELS Next Description: This workshop is for PreK-3 teachers who will be administering the DIBELS Next Assessment. Administration, scoring, and interventions will be covered during this 3-day training. Trainer: Mary Miles, Nydia Walker-Sims, Lynn Morris Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA teachers grades PreK-3 Duration: 3 days Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction DIBELS Next Description: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills Next (DIBELS Next) assesses a student's competence in foundational reading skills. These skills predict later reading success. DIBELS is a set of procedures and measures for assessing the acquisition of early literacy skills from kindergarten through sixth grade. They are designed to be short (one minute) fluency measures used to regularly monitor the development of early literacy and early reading skills. Trainer: Lynn Morris Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Method of Delivery: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA teachers K-6 Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Assessment DIBELS Next Update Description: This workshop is designed to update an educator that has successfully completed the MCS Professional Learning Catalog 9 original 3-day DIBELS training. Trainer: Lynn Morris Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA teachers grades 1-4 Duration: 1 Day Area of Concentration: Assessment Differentiated Instruction Description: This workshop will allow teachers to help all students succeed in their learning process. No two students enter a classroom with identical abilities, experiences, and needs. Learning style, language proficiency, background knowledge, readiness to learn, and other factors can vary widely within a single class group. Regardless of their individual differences students are expected to master the same concepts, principles, and skills. Trainer: Dana Mullins Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction, Classroom Management and Environment Differentiating Instruction to Accommodate Learning Styles Description: Suitable for participants of all grade levels and subject areas, this workshop will review a range of web sites that provide information about learning theory related to learning styles and multiple intelligences, as well as resources to assist teachers in both identifying students' learning styles and intelligences and engaging students in activities which best suit those styles and intelligences. Participants will become familiar with teaching strategies and tools targeted for each learning style and intelligence and develop a preliminary lesson plan using those strategies and tools. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS/EDC Mandated: No Delivery Method: Online Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 7 weeks Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Document Cameras Description: This workshop teaches not only the basics of operating an ELMO document camera but also how to make curriculum connections using engaging activities. For example, would you like to show the differences between a beetle and a butterfly? Perhaps you would like to add a little dimension to cones, MCS Professional Learning Catalog 10 pyramids, or cylinders. Participants will explore the many possibilities using the document camera. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction EAGLE Description: This workshop is designed to teach how to create tests correlated to the Louisiana GLEs as well as show teachers how to modify class rosters. Trainer: Emily Rash Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA, Math grades 3-10 Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Assessment EAGLE Description: This training will focus on the use of EAGLE, a web-based resource for using pre-made tests or creating teacher-made tests using items aligned to the GLEs. Items in the EAGLE test bank are written specifically to the GLEs. Teachers can create their own tests or quizzes and have access to premade unit tests. This tool is available any time to students, teachers, and administrators. Trainer: Valerie Batley Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA teachers grades 7-12 Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Assessment EasiTeach Dance Mat Description: This workshop focuses on adding movement and music to the curriculum. Students will dance their way to a greater understanding and concept retention in a whole range of subjects. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: PreK-8 Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction MCS Professional Learning Catalog 11 EBSCO Description: EBSCO is a fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of 800 magazines, and over 10,000 photographs. Teachers will learn how to navigate the Student Research Center, Kids Search, Literary Reference, and Novelist databases. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All, grades 9-12 Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Employee Leave Options Description: This session explains employee leave options and how to apply for these options. Trainer: Betty Carroll Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Relationship with Stakeholders Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Librarians Description: This session on Empowering Learners as it advances school library programs to meet the needs of the changing school library environment is guided by the standards for the 21st century learner and Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action. Trainer: Margie Godwin Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: Librarians Duration: 4 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction ExamView Description: This session will give instruction on how to create standards based tests using item banks or by creating your own questions. Trainer: Emily Rash Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F MCS Professional Learning Catalog 12 Target Teachers/Subjects: Math teachers grades 1-10 Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Formative Assessment Description: EAGLE contains a hand-scoring tutorial that teachers can use to help students score responses according to the state's rubric for that aspect of the test, whether extended response, essay, or short answer. Teachers receive "how to" instruction about how to use this tool as an interactive and formative assessment in the classroom. Trainer: Valerie Batley Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA, Math, grades 4-12 Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Assessment Free Tools for Visual Literacy - EDU Glogster Description: This is a hands-on session that explores free tools for visual literacy. Participants will explore the use of Glogster EDU to support the visual literacy skills that are becoming essential skill sets for 21st century learners. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Description: This session provides basic knowledge and skills needed to use geographic information system (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) in the classroom. Participants will be eligible to checkout a classroom set of 30 GPS units from the IT office. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction MCS Professional Learning Catalog 13 GoAnimate! Description: This workshop will introduce GoAnimate4Schools, a free, easy-to-use animation tool that will add excitement any lesson. Participants will learn to create videos that can be used to present ideas or to enhance listening and speaking skills. Ideas for classroom use with the Comprehensive Curriculum will be presented. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Google Documents Description: Google Docs allow online collaboration with fellow colleagues. In this session teachers will explore how to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations and forms and then invite others to share the products. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Google Docs and Forms Description: Participants will experience the use of Google Docs and how this tool can help them and their students. Particular attention will be given to the creation of forms and how this could be helpful in a variety of ways in the classroom. Trainer: Jackie Myers , 318-389-5572 jamyers@ nexusla.net Agency: Consultant Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Google Earth Description: In this session, teachers will be introduced to the many educational possibilities of using Google Earth, such as exploring faraway places through satellite imagery, maps, and more. Teachers will also explore galaxies in the Sky, the depths of the seas with the Ocean feature, and much more. MCS Professional Learning Catalog 14 Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Google Earth Description: This session introduces teachers to the world of Google Earth and gives them ideas on how to use this valuable tool with their students. Trainer: Jackie Myers, 318-531-0572 jamyers@nexusla.net Agency: Consultant Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Google Earth: Creating Tours Description: In this session teachers will create a tour using Google Earth and content rich information. Teachers will learn to save and share the tour. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Homeless Education District Dispute Resolution Process for Immediate Enrollment Description: This PD is for school administrators. Every school district must establish procedures to resolve disputes regarding placement for homeless students promptly. Whenever a dispute arises, the student must be admitted immediately to the requested school while the dispute is being resolved. The same access to the dispute resolution process is available to unaccompanied youth. Trainer: Nydia Walker-Sims Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: District Administrators Duration: 30 minutes Area of Concentration: Relationship with Stakeholders MCS Professional Learning Catalog 15 Improving Reading and Writing in the Content Area Description: In order to be successful in social studies, science, and mathematics, students must be able to read a variety of informational texts and produce written documents. This workshop will give teachers the tools they need to integrate literacy strategies into content learning to help raise student achievement. Participants will use the Literacy Matters web site as an anchor for exploring instructional strategies. Participants will be able to locate web-based tools, strategies, and lessons that foster literacy skills in all content areas. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS/EDC Mandated: No Delivery Method: Online Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 7 weeks Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Individualized Education Program (IEP) Training Description: This session will prepare teachers to write IEPs. Trainer: SSS - IEP Facilitators/Program Managers Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: MCS Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Instructional Strategies for Paraprofessionals Description: The purpose of the Instructional Strategies workshop is to provide training to all special education paraprofessionals to address various instructional strategies, which can be utilized with students who have various exceptionalities. This workshop also teaches paraprofessionals how to collaborate effectively with teachers and parents. Trainer: Carolyn Long and Sharon Firth Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: SPED Paraprofessionals Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Instructional Strategies for Struggling Learners Description: Strategies used by teachers to engage struggling learners to achieve academic success. MCS Professional Learning Catalog 16 Trainer: Rochelle Williams Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: MCS Target Teachers/Subjects: All, grades 1-6 Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction INTEL Project Based Approaches Description: The goal of the course is to help teachers improve their understanding and application of project-based approaches in the 21st century classroom. Using specific classroom scenarios, teachers explore characteristics and benefits of Project-Based Learning (PBL). Throughout the course, teachers consider their own teaching practice as they follow a teacher new to project-based learning who discusses strategies with a mentor teacher. Planning and project design modules guide teachers through organizing the curriculum, the classroom, and students for successful 21st century projects. The assessment module demonstrates strategies for assessing students’ 21st century skills throughout an open-ended project. Trainer: Instructional Tech/Margaret Henderson Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: Online and F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 6 weeks Area of Need: Curriculum and Instruction iPAD for Administrators Description: Participants will discover how the iPad impacts the busy life of an administrator as well as the classroom, whether it's handling the responsibilities of an administrator or finding time to read the news or the latest educational books. This session will also focus on how to take advantage of all that this device has to offer from downloading and managing apps to an exploration of the latest education apps to increase productivity as well as student learning. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Need: Advocacy and Leadership iPADs in Special Education Description: Participants will become familiar with iPADs. They will also learn how iPADs can be best utilized in therapy. In addition, they will become aware of free educational apps available. MCS Professional Learning Catalog 17 Trainer: SSS Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: Speech/Occupational Therapists Duration: 2 hours up to ½ day Area of Need: Curriculum and Instruction Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Essentials Description: LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) is a program that provides educators with a core understanding of language structure and helps them gain in-depth instructional information to complement their teaching practices. Developed by Louisa C. Moats, Ed.D., LETRS provides the deep foundational knowledge necessary to understand how students learn to read, write, and spell —and why some of them struggle. Rather than replacing the core basal reading program, LETRS brings deeper knowledge of reading. Trainer: Lynn Morris Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA teachers grades 1-8 Duration: 3 days Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction LEAP Alternative Assessment (LAA) 1 Testing Description: This workshop will train SPED LAA1 test administrators. Trainer: Mary Ann Dunn, Cindy Pucheu Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Assessment Literacy Strategies Description: Teachers receive hands-on practice in delivering literacy strategies that include the state's 18 as well as other nationally recognized strategies. This workshop can be divided so that its components are delivered over 4-5 days as one-hour, site-based PD or as an all-day session. Trainer: Valerie Batley Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes and No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: Duration: All day or several one hour sessions MCS Professional Learning Catalog 18 Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Low Incidence Teacher Training Description: This training targets teachers who teach students with low incidence disabilities (moderate, severe, profound, multi-handicapped, Autistic, Traumatic Brain Injury). Teachers are trained in teaching strategies, teaching to all modalities, writing appropriate IEPs for this population, lesson planning, behavior management, and addressing the Extended Louisiana Content Standards. Trainer: Mary Anne Toft Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: Identified SPED teachers Duration: 2.25 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction LPB CyberChannel Description: Participants will learn how to stream or download over 22,000 video content clips and 2,200 full video titles from LPB, Discovery Education, and other award-winning producers. LPB CyberChannel is a digital video-on-demand service designed for the teacher who wants to enhance lessons with video, black line masters, images, and more. All video content is related to the state standards, and an average of 300-400 new titles are added annually. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Youth Education Act at a Glance Description: This workshop is a summary that provides a brief overview of the key provisions of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act. Students in homeless situations must have access to educational and other services they need to ensure that they have an opportunity to meet the same challenging state student academic achievement standards, which all students receive. Trainer: Nydia Walker-Sims Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Relationship with Stakeholders MCS Professional Learning Catalog 19 Microsoft Powerpoint Description: This workshop focuses on how to make a professional-looking presentation with Microsoft PowerPoint. Participants will learn how to use the Wizard and insert animations, transitions, audio and video, etc. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Microsoft Publisher Description: This workshop focuses on creating flyers, brochures, invitations, banners, letterheads, and other desktop publishing needs with one easy-to-use program. Learn how to use the wizard to create an assortment of professional-looking documents. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Microsoft Publisher: Creating Newsletters Description: Teachers will learn to keep colleagues, administration, and parents informed with a classroom or school newsletter using Publisher. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Relationship with Stakeholders Microsoft Word: Project-based Activities Description: Participants will learn how to use MS Word across the curriculum to create project-based activities correlated to the LA Content Standards. From iconic story writing to creating personal and historical timelines, Word is a versatile program that can transform routine paper/pencil activities into engaging, interactive ones. MCS Professional Learning Catalog 20 Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Moodle Description: Moodle is the district's online Learning Management System. This introductory workshop will show teachers the basics of working in Moodle to create assignments and an online learning community for students. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction NEOs Description: This workshop is basic training for use of NEO 2s in the classroom. Usage instruction will include Accelerated Reader, Accelerated Math, Math Facts in a Flash, and compatibility with Smart Boards. Trainer: Margie Godwin, Allison Pinich Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA, Math grades 1-8 Duration: 4 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction New Special Education Teacher Training Description: New 1st and 2nd year Special Education Teachers will be trained in all aspects of Special Education including IEPs, special education laws and guidelines, FAPE, behavior issues, BIPs, documentation and record keeping, holding IEP meetings, due process, working with parents, inclusion, differentiated instruction, lesson planning, behavior intervention, providing accommodations, state monitors, self-study review, responsibilities of student support services, and much, much more. Trainer: Mary Anne Toft, IEP Facilitators, Program Agency: MCS Managers Mandated: Yes MCS Professional Learning Catalog Delivery Method: F2F 21 Target Teachers/Subjects: New SPED teachers Duration: 2.5 hours for 7 days Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction and Classroom Management and Environment Not Just a Speckled Book Anymore… This workshop focuses on using Learning Logs as a learning tool. Watch your students growth through the year using this wonderful tool. Also, teachers will learn hands on ways that learning logs can be used across the curriculum. Trainer: Lissa Dumas Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction OnCourse Lesson Plan Manager Description: Teachers will learn how to construct, share and edit lesson plans online. This workshop focuses on everything that a teacher needs for effective planning, from the Comprehensive Curriculum to collaborative planning. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction OnCourse Web Pages for Teachers Description: Teachers will learn how to create a web page that communicates with administration, faculty, parents, and students. Just imagine...no more failed assignments because your students forgot their homework assignment. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction MCS Professional Learning Catalog 22 PASCO Probeware Description: Participants learn to incorporate hands-on, minds-on science that will excite students and engage them in authentic experiences. Bundles include Noodling with Newton, Force and Motion, Electrifying Energy, and Measuring Matter. Einstein COW, which contains all the software and hardware needed to conduct activities, is available for checkout from Instructional Technology. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 4 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction PhotoStory Description: Teachers will learn to use this free program to create videos that will excite students and prepare them for learning. In this workshop, teachers will learn how to download the program, insert pictures, add music and narration, and save the project. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Picture This! Description: In this workshop, teachers will glean ideas for using the digital cameras to enhance writing skills in all areas of the curriculum. Teachers will create several projects using Word, PowerPoint, SMARTBoard, and other applications. To add further magic to the classroom, Animoto will be introduced. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 6 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Podcasting?? In My School? Description: This session will address the types of podcasts and how to use them in the classroom. Participants will learn how easy it is to create a short audio podcast using Audacity and other free MCS Professional Learning Catalog 23 technology tools. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Preventing Fights Description: This session provides training in prevention of fights and how to intervene if a fight develops. Trainer: Vickie Irwin Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Classroom Management and Environment Professional Learning Communities: Transform your Group to a Team How do you move from being a group of people (grade level) to a community or team with a common focus? Participants will learn about a team leader's approach to transitioning from a working group to a team with mutual accountability. Trainer: Tammy Lowry Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA grades 1-3 Duration: 50 minutes Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Project Based Learning (PBL) Description: Extensive training for Project Based Learning (PBL) includes: Developing Essential Questions, Planning a Unit, Collaborative Learning, Product Choice, Assessment Rubrics, Technology Resources, and Evaluation. The training can be provided as a two day workshop or broken down into two hour increments to be delivered as job-embedded or after school. Additional sessions of monitoring and modeling can be added as deemed necessary. The final product for this training is a plan by each teacher of a PBL unit that will be implemented in his/her classroom. A 2-3 hour administrative training is recommended before implementing this initiative in any school or district. Trainer: Jackie Myers, 318-531-0572 jamyers@nexusla.net MCS Professional Learning Catalog 24 Agency: Consultant Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 day or Seven two-hour sessions Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction and Assessment Reading Strategies Description: This workshop will focus on activities to teach comprehension and vocabulary which engage the student. Trainer: Mary Miles Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA teachers grades 1-6 Duration: 7 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Response to Intervention (RTI) Description: This workshop is designed to inform educators how to use STAR Reading and STAR Math with RTI. The teachers will be given instruction in printing reports, grouping students, setting goals, and monitoring trend lines. Trainer: Consultant/Margie Godwin Agency: Renaissance Learning Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All ELA teachers Duration: 6 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction and Assessment Response to Intervention (RTI) Description: Why do RTI and What is it? This workshop will present the testimonials of two district teachers on why RTI is so important and how it can be easily implemented into your daily activities. Trainer: Tammy Lowery/Amy Cooper Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA grades 1-3 Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction and Assessment MCS Professional Learning Catalog 25 Rubrics Rock! Description: This workshop session will demonstrate how to use rubrics for formal or informal assessments. With the use of online rubric preparation, teachers as well as administrators can tailor their rubrics to meet specific needs. Participants will also learn that rubrics can allow students the opportunity to evaluate their work as well as the work of their peers. Trainer: Jackie Myers, 318-389-5572 jamyers@nexusla.net Agency: Consultant Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Assessment School Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (SWPBIS) Description: This professional development training focuses on improving student academic and behavior outcomes and ensuring all students have access to the most effective and accurately implemented instructional, behavioral practices, and interventions possible. SWPBIS provides an operational framework for achieving these outcomes. More importantly, SWPBIS is NOT a curriculum, intervention, or practice, but IS a decision making framework that guides selection, integration, and implementation of the best evidence-based academic and behavioral practices for improving important academic and behavior outcomes for all students. Trainer: Dana Mullins and Patti Carter Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 1-3 Days Area of Concentration: Classroom Management and Environment Sexual Harassment Description: The purpose of this workshop is to explain district policy regarding sexual harassment, to discuss the forms of sexual harassment, and to describe ways to avoid unwelcomed sexual advances. Trainer: Andrew Hill Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 30 minutes Area of Concentration: Relationship with Stakeholders MCS Professional Learning Catalog 26 Sexual Harassment Description: This facilitated discussion encourages participants to engage in conversations about sexual harassment and the severity of this often trivialized form of sexual violence. The workshop offers a chance to better understand the complexity of sexual harassment, as well as its prevalence in the workplace. Trainer: Jacqueline Matthews Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Relationship with Stakeholders Smart Board I - Beginners Description: This basic workshop introduces new users to the basic commands and functions of a Smart Board. Teachers will learn all the basic tools needed to begin using the Smart Board now. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 6 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Smart Board II - Intermediate Description: This workshop will show teachers how to create lesson plans and activities using the Smart Board software. Also, participants will learn how to find previously-created lessons that can be adapted for your classroom. Prerequisite: Smart Board I – Beginners. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 6 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Smart Board III - Advanced Description: Participants will learn to use the Smart Board to create projects that include animations and sounds to make learning come to life. Prerequisites: Smart Board I - Beginners and Smart Board II Intermediate Trainer: Instructional Tech MCS Professional Learning Catalog Agency: MCS 27 Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 6 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Special Education Discipline Law Description: This session will provide training about guidelines to federal law for removal of students with disabilities. Trainer: Vickie Irwin Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 45 minutes Area of Concentration: Advocacy/Leadership and Classroom Management and Environment Special Students in Regular Classrooms: Technology, Teaching, and Universal Design Description: This workshop, co-developed by EDC and CAST, provides an introduction to the concept of Universal Design for Learning™ (UDL), its neurological basis, and strategies for a UDL approach in instructional settings. The basic premise of universal design for learning is that a curriculum should include alternatives to make it accessible and applicable to students, teachers, and parents with different backgrounds, learning styles, abilities, and disabilities in widely varied learning contexts. The workshop provides practical, hands on experience using software tools and digital media for learning support. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS/EDC Mandated: No Delivery Method: Online Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 7 weeks Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Spring IEP Training Description: This course is a specialized training in the production of web IEPs on SER. The course sessions are open to identified Special Education teachers and related service personnel in the MCS District. Trainer: Mary Anne Toft, IEP Facilitators, Program Agency: MCS Managers Mandated: No MCS Professional Learning Catalog Method of Delivery: F2F 28 Target Teachers: Identified SPED teachers and Duration: 3 hours related service personnel Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action Description: The American Association of School Librarians has developed learning standards that expand the definition of information literacy to include multiple literacies. To further the MCS librarians knowledge of these standards, Pam Berger, AASL Consultant will present these standards to the MCS librarians. Trainer: Margie Godwin, Pam Berger Agency: Consultant Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All librarians Duration: 1 day Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) Description: Participants will be introduced to the idea of using Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to enhance curriculum and make a connection between the real world and the classroom. Topics will include finding and connecting with SMEs, E-mailing experts, and real visits and virtual visits via SKYPE. Trainer: Jackie Myers , 318-531-0572 jamyers@nexusla.net Agency: Consultant Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Successful Reader Description: This workshop provides training in the implementation of the Successful Reader program which will improve Tier Two student’s reading scores. Trainer: Margie Godwin or Renaissance Consultant Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: ELA teachers grades 4-8 Duration: 7 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction MCS Professional Learning Catalog 29 Supporting Student Centered Learning Description: Participants will learn about how a well-designed WebQuest can cover core subject area content while also addressing essential 21st Century skills, such as critical thinking, collaboration and media literacy. Participants will delve into the specific components that comprise an effective online learning experience and explore a number of tools—including social bookmarking and wikis—that they can use to enhance collaboration and produce dynamic final projects. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS/EDC Mandated: No Delivery Method: Online Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 7 weeks Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Teacher Evaluation/Observation and New Teacher Assessment Description: This session will explain the guidelines and provide instruction in the use of forms. Trainer: Betty Carroll or Susan Cole Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Assessment Teaching American History Description: The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - Teaching American History provides 2 fullday trainings for elementary & secondary American history teachers. These workshops are designed to build content knowledge and to provide instructional methods for using the grant-provided materials/resources for those teachers in attendance. Trainer: Valerie Batley/LEH-TAH Agency: MCS/LEH Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: Social Studies teachers grades 5-12 Duration: Two one-day sessions (one in the fall, one in the spring) Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Technology Enhancing Curriculum in the 21st Century (TEC21) Description: TEC21 is designed to incorporate the use of technology within the curriculum at every level MCS Professional Learning Catalog 30 of instruction. During the course, teachers will learn how digital tools (cameras, presentation software, computing equipment) and online resources can support and enhance traditional subjects, skills and teaching practices. As a result, students will learn to think and work creatively and collaboratively. Eligible teachers will receive a computer, printer, and software upon course completion. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 8 weeks Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Test Security Description: This session is an annual update for all school testing personnel and is designed to provide current information on maintaining test security. Trainer: Teresa Foreman Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All school testing personnel Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Assessment TetraData for Classroom Teachers Description: Training will be given to teachers on how to utilize the TetraData program to evaluate the current status of students in their classes. Trainer: Tammye Turpin, Teresa Foreman Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Assessment Thinkfinity Description: Thinkfinity offers the highest quality, standards-based and research-based educational and literacy resources to teachers, parents, and students. Participants will learn to navigate and use the wealth of information on this site, which has been adopted by the LDE. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 hours MCS Professional Learning Catalog 31 Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Transforming the Classroom with Project-based Learning (PBL) Description: This workshop is designed to familiarize participants with the principles of PBL. Exemplary projects will be analyzed, critiqued, and evaluated for applicability to participants' classroom needs. Participants will gain hands on experience using software tools to support the planning and execution of projects, and develop collaborative, inquiry-based projects that support curricular goals. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS/EDC Mandated: No Delivery Method: Online Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 7 weeks Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Transportation Personnel and Custodian Training Description: This session will include distribution of the handbook and explanation of guidelines for transportation and custodial personnel and custodians. Trainer: Andrew Hill Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: Transportation Personnel and Custodians Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Relationship with Stakeholders TurnItIn.com Description: This workshop was designed to introduce English teachers and other high school teachers to the turnitin.com program, which is not only a method of catching and preventing plagiarism but also an opportunity to provide online, paperless feedback for high school writers. During the workshop, teachers are introduced to the possibilities of the program. Time is also allotted for teachers to create classes and assignments using turnitin.com. Trainer: Katherine Sandifer & Craig Ferguson Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All teachers grades 9-12 Duration: 1.5 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction MCS Professional Learning Catalog 32 Using Achievement Series for Data Analysis Description: This workshop focuses on data analysis of district progress monitoring assessments for revising and redirecting previous instruction. Trainer: Valerie Batley Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All ELA teachers Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Assessment Using Card Sorts for Student Assessment Description: This workshop focuses on using card sorts for student assessment. The card sorts are "games" that students play where the teacher monitors student behavior. At a glance, teachers will be able to determine if teaching, reteaching, or enrichment is needed for students. Teachers will be able to make and take samples back to their classroom. Trainer: Lissa Dumas Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: 2-4 math teachers Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Assessment Using Math Trade Books as Teaching Tools Description: This workshop focuses on using children's literature in the math classroom. At the same time, math content is presented. The following trade books will be used: Hooray! Earthday and Pigs in the Pantry, Fun with Money. The math content presented will be place value and using money which are correlated to the GLEs/standards. This activity is a fun engaging way for students to learn math. Trainer: Lissa Dumas Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: 3-4 math teachers Duration: 1 hour Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Using Virtual Field Trips and Experiments to Enhance Curriculum and Engage Learners Description: This session is a demonstration of how virtual field trips and online experiments can engage students and enrich the curriculum. Participants will be given a list of web resources for virtual field trips and online experiments. This session will be most beneficial if demonstrated in a technology lab environment where teachers can experience examples of the field trips and experiments. MCS Professional Learning Catalog 33 Trainer: Jackie Myers, 318-531-0572 jamyers@nexusla.net Agency: Consultant Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Using VoiceThread for Classroom Collaboration Description: VoiceThread is a free tool that allows students and teachers to post media artifacts (documents, slide presentations, videos, or a collection of photos) online for feedback. Commentators can add remarks by means of microphone, webcam, keyboard, or telephone. The resulting Flash-based animation contains the original artifact and the commentary on it. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Using Wordle for Visual Literacy Description: Participants will learn to use Wordle, a free web tool, to support visual literacy skills. Wordle turns words - phrases, famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even student writing – into a visually stunning word cloud of words individually sized according to the frequency of occurrence within the body of text. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Voki! Would you like curriculum content and student projects to have life. If so, you can use VOKI to create an animated avatar to “deliver” content material. With a microphone or keyboard, you can enter material and have any number of characters speak the writing. This can also give a voice to those students who might be reluctant speakers but know the material! Trainer: Instructional Tech MCS Professional Learning Catalog Agency: MCS 34 Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Webcams and Avatars in the Classroom Description: This session focuses on the use of webcams in the classroom and the creation of avatars. Teachers and students can become notable actors, actresses, or directors within the boundaries of the classroom. Participants will receive numerous ideas for curriculum integration and student engagement. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction What Educators Need to Know about Child Abuse Description: This session will instruct participants how to identify and report child abuse. Trainer: Pupil Appraisal Staff Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 45 minutes Area of Concentration: Relationship with Stakeholders Windows MovieMaker Description: Windows Movie Maker is a free, easy to use video-editing tool included with Microsoft Windows. With Movie Maker, teachers can make fun, educational videos that can be shared across the Internet or burned to a CD or DVD. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction WorldBook Advanced Description: Tailored for the needs and skills of middle and high school students, World Book Advanced features a customizable interface, a streamlined design, and personalized homepage content features. MCS Professional Learning Catalog 35 Research tools such as the dictionary, atlas, and local and country research guides help users compile the data and information they need to complete their assignments and conduct background research. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All teacher grades 7-12 Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction WorldBook Digital Libraries Description: The digital library features all the content from the print set as well as videos, animations, interactive activities, web sites, lesson plans, curriculum correlations, and links to encyclopedic content. The library consists of Early Peoples, Living Green, and Inventions and Discoveries. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: 3-8 teachers Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction WorldBook Discover Description: All students need reliable reference tools and World Book has introduced World Book Discover, a new resource designed specifically to meet the needs of students who read below the level of their peers. This latest addition to the World Book Web provides content, tools, and features to help bridge the achievement gap and support differentiated instruction. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 2 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction WorldBook Dramatic Learning Description: World Book’s Dramatic Learning expands proven approaches to building reading fluency and content comprehension. By turning texts into plays, skits, and monologues and providing teaching tools to apply these materials in the classroom, Dramatic Learning can help students become more fluent readers, understand core concepts, and internalize content. Trainer: Instructional Tech MCS Professional Learning Catalog Agency: MCS 36 Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: All Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction WorldBook Early World of Learning Description: Narrated stories, interactive games, non-fiction material, and more help young learners build vocabulary, comprehension, phonics, and reading fluency. WB Early World of Learning is the premier online resource for preschoolers and children in the early elementary grade. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: PreK-2 Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction WorldBook Student Description: The online version of the printed encyclopedia set also contains all of the print version text and illustrations plus many multi-media additions. Curriculum correlation guides will assist teachers with integration ideas. The Spanish version is also included in the online package. Trainer: Instructional Tech Agency: MCS Mandated: No Delivery Method: F2F, Hands-on Target Teachers/Subjects: 3-8 teachers Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction Writing Effective IEPs Description: The purpose of the IEP workshop is to train Special Education teachers on how to develop and implement effective IEPs as well as make teachers aware of any changes which may have occurred. This workshop is also very beneficial for new and first year special service teachers. Trainer: IEP Facilitators, Program Managers Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers: K-12 SPED Teachers Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction and Assessment MCS Professional Learning Catalog 37 Writing Extended Standard Based IEPs for Elementary Students with Significant Disabilities Description: Teachers of students with low incidence disabilities will be trained on writing appropriate IEP goals and objectives based on the Louisiana State Department of Education Extended Content Standards. Trainer: Mary Anne Toft, Sharon Firth Agency: MCS Mandated: Yes Delivery Method: F2F Target Teachers/Subjects: SPED Elementary Teachers Duration: 3 hours Area of Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction MCS Professional Learning Catalog 38 WORKSHOPS BY AREA OF CONCENTRATION LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY iPAD for Administrators Preventing Fights Special Education Discipline Law CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION 21st Century Classroom Tools Accelerated Math - New Teacher Training Accelerated Reader - New Teacher Training ACE-ing Constructed Response Afterschool Curriculum Brain Research Breaking News! Improve Reading and Writing Skills with NewsMaker Software Career and Technical Education Teachers Update4 Classroom Performance Systems (CPS): Basics Classroom Performance Systems II: Beyond the Basics Concept Mapping for HOTS Constructed Response Co-Teaching Models for General Education and Special Education Teachers Counselors Update DIBELS Interventions Differentiated Instruction Differentiating Instruction to Accommodate Learning Styles Document Cameras EasiTeach Dance Mat EBSCO Employee Leave Options Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Librarians Free Tools for Visual Literacy - EDU Glogster Global Positioning Systems (GPS) MCS Professional Learning Catalog 39 GoAnimate! Google Documents Google Docs and Forms Google Earth Google Earth Google Earth: Creating Tours Improving Reading and Writing in the Content Area Individualized Education Program (IEP) Training Instructional Strategies for Paraprofessionals Instructional Strategies for Struggling Learners INTEL Project Based Approaches iPAD for Administrators iPADs in Special Education Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Essentials Literacy Strategies Low Incidence Teacher Training LPB CyberChannel Microsoft Powerpoint Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Publisher: Creating Newsletters Microsoft Word: Project-based Activities Moodle NEOs New Special Education Teacher Training Not Just a Speckled Book Anymore OnCourse Lesson Plan Manager OnCourse Web Pages for Teachers PASCO Probeware PhotoStory Picture This! Podcasting?? In My School? 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