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Appendix F
ROP Teachers – Professional Development Activities
Teacher
Abrew, Ron
Acevedo, Rene
Alameda, Steve
Albiento, Ray
Allen, Deborah
Armstrong, Steve
Barker, Glen
Barr, Brian
Bellini, Rebecca
Benstein, Harvey
Blades, Patricia
Bonagura, Cindy
Boone, Steve
Borchert, Shane
Briggs, Glenn
Bruder, Tim
Budge, Alan
Cardenas, Patricia
Carr, Matt
Castle, Jeff
Cho, Carol
Chugh, Jay
Clark, Chris
Coniglio, Ronnie
Cox, Bart
Crosby, Ben
Cusick, Grant
Daly, Lucinda
Dashiell, Carol
Davies, Sarah
Dean, Warren
Denny, Barbara
Professional Development
CLAD certification; BlackBoard Instruction
SmartBoard Training, CTE Inservice
NFHS certification; 1st Aid/CPR certification
CPR/1st Aid for Professional Rescuers Certification, FWATA clinical
symposium, UCSF Management of Athletic Injuries, CTEL
BEST Day, HECT Conference, California Partnership Academy
Conference, bi-monthly academy meetings; Anne Diskin – Taxonomies
June 2009; Diablo Valley College Articulation Conference – November
2009
District Inservices
NATA sports medicine conference, NSCA personal training conference
District Inservices
Journalism training at SF State; JEA Journalism Convention
CTEL workshop
CA Partnership Academy Conferences; Head of Law & Justice Academy at
Pinole Valley HS; articulation agreement with Contra Costa College
Criminal Justice Department
Workshops standards/benchmarks, integrating academies into curriculum
MasterCam Training, Corel Draw, Laser Engraver
National Athletic Trainers Association; National Strength and Conditioning
Association
Differential Instruction; Data Director (use of data to improve instruction
NACAT Nat’l Conference; CAT Fall Conference; CAT Spring Conference
Continuing Education of the Bar (law school)
BTSA, workshops: classroom management, best practices, technology
Staff development focusing on curriculum development, developing power
standards, standards alignment
SmartBoard Tech Workshop; AP Computer Programming Workshop;
Summer Leadership Institute for College Preparatory Mathematics (15
years); Diablo Valley College Articulation Conference – November 2009
Genes to Cognition, Blackboard training
FWATA conference, Pediatric Sports Medicine conference
SmartBoard training, California Industrial & Technology Education
Consortium conference
WASC – “Assessment and Accountability”
CAT spring conference, ASC monthly meeting, AUHSD Inservices
Laney College Photoshop course
Staff development workshops, MVHS site council, MVHS steering
committee
California Teachers of English Learners course, BTSA
Surfacing: Acrylics A-Z; Monoprocess: Drawings into Paintings
Cyber bullying workshop; WASC development – writing/rubric
development; Google Maps training; Stanford Workshop – Mercury in the
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Dick, Steve
Doigny, Mike
Dorr, Jonathan
Dunaway,
Marietta
Earley, Charleen
Egan, Cindy
England, Rich
Ernest, Steven
Fletcher, Maria
Fuller, Kevin
Gell, Aileen
Genna, Jamey
Gohler, Laurie
Govnik, Diane
Griffiths, Donald
Gross, Rich
Grossman, Jack
Haley, Jason
Hallberg, Laura
Hansen, Amy
Harris, Laurie
Headington, Janet
Heeb, Jay
Heinz, Jennifer
Helmick, Brian
Environment
District Inservices
Educational Technology Planning for Innovation and Change
Quantum learning; BTSA
Campolindo advisory council, Science representative to Strategic Action
Committee (district), Inside Cancer Workshop
Fred Pryor Seminar – Designed Flyers for Improved Communication;
conference – Teachers for Social Justice
Edward Teller Ed. Center Environmental Research Academy, Biology
Academy; AP training Environmental Science; CAD Academy
Apple Finalcut Studio 2 Workshop; Imovie09 Tutorial; MacWorld
Safety and Intruder Alert presentation Brentwood PD, Raising Student
Achievement in Reading/Writing Strategies, various workshops at site
Professional development for EL strategies in the science content,
Motivating Unmotivated Students, Genes to Cognition, Inside Cancer
Workshop, BEST Day (business, education shadowing for tomorrow)
HERO leadership conference; business partner collaboration; HERO State
Leadership Conference 2009; BEST Day
Search Engines – Beyond the Basics; Blackboard workshop; Laser training;
Photoshop workshop
Major Projects Advisor at USF
BEST day; CTE workshop; monthly staff development
District staff development
Mendocino County ROP standards committee; Pinole Valley WASC
standards committee; Diablo Valley College Articulation Conference –
November 2009
Non-violent Crisis Intervention; Autism – Social Thinking Theory;
Transition Conference; Contra Costa County Transition Conference
Committee
Journalism Consortium through CC Times and Journalism Educations of
America
Education Academy Advisory, CATEMA pilot project, DVC articulation
Biotech Career Awareness Conference at Bayer – yearly; Biotech
Conference in Washington D.C.
CTE Training on Integrating Academics
English AP Vertical Team Workshops; DC Closeup Teacher
Workshops/coursework and certification; Ashland Shakespeare Festival
Workshops; Berkeley Rep. Theatre Workshops; Best of Broadway
Workshops; ZEUM workshops
Advanced Technology Training; Power Standards; grading program update;
School site professional development; collaborate with Sara Davies at
Heritage
Obtained instructor classification for the California State fire Marshal to
instruct: Command 1A, Command 1B, Invistigation 1A and 1B, Prevention
1A and 1B, Management 1A, Trench Rescue Operations, Confined Space
Operations, Hazardous Material First Responder Operations, Vehicle
Disentanglement, Wildland/Urban Interface S234, Ignition Operations,
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Hennig, R.
Hovey-LaCour,
Deborah
Hopkins, Beth
Hubbard, Julie
Huffaker, Tom
Hunt, Connie
Huntsman, Mike
Hybarger, Jim
Ivarson, Joan
Jackson, Robert
Jahns, Katie
Jenkins, Karen
Joe, Kellie
Johnston, Annie
Johnson, Rachael
Johnson, Sharon
Jones, Colin
Kaiser, Andreas
Kavaler, Evy
Kelly, Karen
Kennedy, Jennifer
Koliha, Bruce
Lam, Randy
Lucido, Phil
Machado, James
Madsen, Melissa
Basic Air Operations, Intermediate Fire Behavior, Emergency Care of the
Sick and Injured, Fire Control 4A & B; organized and hosted Los Positas
College’s “Entry Level Firefighter Workshop.
California Peace Officers Association Legislative Update Course
SFMOMA Inservice Day
CLAD training/certification;
Lawrence Livermore Lab – teacher research training; UC Berkeley – Panic
and Phobia Psychology course; DNLAC DNA training; California Science
Teacher Assoc. Conference; AP Chemistry training conference
BABEC workshops; iGEM competition
Classroom Management; HERO – Home Economics Related Occupations;
Diablo Valley College Articulation Conference – November 2009
SolidWorks workshop; CNC workshops
California Science Teachers Association Conference (biotech workshops),
Inside Cancer Training, East Bay Biotechnology Education Program
Workshops
CEU American Dietetic Association, classroom management, classroom
standards, department collaboration, Panther Chats, test strategies
PTC (CAD) training; podcast training; CNC & laser etcher training; 3D
printer intro. Training
SRVHS District PLC workshop
California Scholastic Journalism Initiative, National Journalism convention
Professional Learning Community workshop; Culinary Institute of America
Professional Teachers Development workshop; Diablo Valley College
Articulation Conference – November 2009
Integrating computer skill development into course content, peer observation
PD for small school
Member National Council of the Teachers of English; District Inservices
Quantum Learning, Curriculum Development, Mentor Coach Support
Provider Training, PLC training, LMC consortium, LUHSD curriculum
council, LHS Career Tech. Dept. Chair
COMP classroom management training, Challenge Day, “Shark Music”
training (student stress/trauma strategies)
SmartBoard training, Mouse Squad Training, CITEC Conference, Green
Schools Conference
SHARP/UC Berkeley (nanotechnology)
Contra Costa County Science Fair Coordinator; worked with team of
teachers to develop pacing and benchmark tests for biology
California Partnership Academy State Consortium; Future Light Digital
Workshops
Music Educators National Conference
AP Java Class
AVID Tutor Training for Better Student Engagement; Accounting Principles
seminar; Explicit Direct Instruction for Understanding Accounting
Terminology
Curriculum Development; ELD class
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Mason, Corey
McCauley, Susan
McDermott, Chris
Melis, Denise
Mello, Julie
Milam, Walter
Miller, Fred
Moore, Carolyn
Muirragui, Janet
Nakahara, Stanley
Nelson, Dave
Ohlmann, John
Oliver, Patrick
Olk, Morgan
Ouimet, John
Pappas, Frank
Pardi, Rob
Parks, Karen
Pinto, Steve
Poehnert, Robert
Porter, Robert
Pottinger, Mike
Powell, Cindy
Purdom, Ned
Pygeorge, Scott
Quiter, Melissa
Renaud, Paul
Renno, Amanda
Rodriguez,
Elizabeth
Cyber Bullying workshop; Blackboard training; Diablo Valley College
Articulation Conference – November 2009
12 courses in teaching woodworking, construction, home improvement (12
more schedule for 2009-10)
Collaboration Wednesdays: PD-thrice a month focus on energy with
engineering partnership academy/sci. dept.
District staff development
CA Industrial and Technology Education Consortium; Mold and Indoor Air
Quality Workshop; Operations and Maintenance Programs Workshop
FRI Summer Academy; Intro to Online Teaching; Tech Model Online;
Designing Curriculum; Computer Security
Step Up to Writing, SFMOMA inservice, BEST Day, CTE focus group;
Diablo Valley College Articulation Conference – November 2009
CBEA annual conference, DV Law Academy, CSU East Bay Educational
Technology Masters program; Mediation Training, Multiple Pathways,
Project-based Learning
Impact concussion seminar; knee/shoulder/ankle seminar; NATA district
convention
Buck Institute of Education workshop on Project Based Learning
Project Based Instruction workshop focused on pre-engineering
BTSA, Challenge Day, ELD Teacher Training, AP Institute (Environmental
Science)
Graduate courses: Rainforest Ecology, Botany, Soil Pedogenis
Diablo Valley College Articulation Conference – November 2009
Collaborative site work within framework of Professional Learning
Communities;
Technology Integration leader 2002-08; NASA Robotics Conference 2006;
Mentor – First Robotics 2006 - Present
Fred Jones Tools for Teaching, Quantum Learning
Staff development every Wednesday focusing on benchmarks and crosscurricular academics
Mechatronics Workshop, CAD Workshop
Adobe CS3 Training
District Inservices
School wide Action Team, CLAD, professional development communities
in academic departments
School professional development on essential standards, measuring essential
standards; school trainer for DATA Director; SF State – journalism advisor
forums; Adobe InDesign training
Children’s Hospital Sports Injury Symposium
Free Press Convention in Minnesota; District Professional Development –
Blackboard, search engines; Yrbbi Institute
BEST Day 2008-09
Monthly science department meetings
CTEL and SPAIE certification and test prep, USD curriculum Share It,
Trade In
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Seaman, Steve
Seligman, Justin
Sezen, Tug
Sierra, John
Shah, Melody
Shoemaker,
Norma
Sias, Marsha
Smith, Jeff
Sturgeon, Bobby
Sutherland, Peat
Tammer, Anthony
Thomas, Ann
Trujillo, Erin
Wharton, Mickey
Wojinski, Natalie
Woods, Laura
Worden, Barbara
Yap, Ernie
Yeun, Patty
Zuffi, Tim
Zurek, Sebastian
California Partnership mentor/mentee conference, Versa Laser training,
ACME academy advisory board meeting (biannual)
Workshop leader for summer institute for visual and performing arts
(created a video tutorial for camera usage)
California League of High Schools Technology conference
BTSA (2 years); 1 year Saturday Seminars at St. Mary’s College; Fred Jones
“Tools for Teaching” workshop
Pathways Academy site visit through ConnectED; led teacher training for
incorporating curriculum onto school website
Landmark Education – training and development, self expression and
leadership
Diablo Valley College Articulation Conference – November 2009
Working on doctorate in technology
“I Understand” training on classroom management given by Noah Salzman;
class on Electrical Control Systems at Toyota; class Advanced Engine
Controls at Toyota; Updates for automotive Instructors at Chrysler Training
Center
AAFS Conference – San Jose State; AAFS Conference – Michigan State;
California Academy of Sciences; Summer Technology Institute
Completed coursework for clear full-time designated subj. credential
Workshops: literacy, classroom management, classroom strategies;
department collaboration, Senior Project Days, CPR, Career Technology
Committee (district)
BEST Day
District Inservices
JEA/NSPA Conference (2); CSJI workgroup; Yearbook University
District Inservices
LEA representative for Heritage
Engineering the Future
Diablo Valley College Articulation Conference – November 2009
EBBEP Biotech classes
Collaboration workshop; Diablo Valley College Articulation Conference –
November 2009
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