WASHINGTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Educational Services Division
October 17, 2015 Super Saturday at River City High School
Location
River City High School, F Building. Click here for directions, campus map, and parking information.
Agenda
08:00 - 08:30
08:30 - 08:50
08:50 - 09:00
09:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:15
12:15 - 2:45
2:45 - 3:00
Sign-in and Breakfast (served in Cafeteria)
Opening Remarks
Transition
Session 1
Lunch (served in Cafeteria)
Session 2
Exit Surveys / Timesheets / Dismissal
Registration
Please register here by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30, 2015.
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Workshop Schedule
Title
All Day Workshops (9:00-11:30 and 12:15-2:45)
Bring Learning Back: Welcome to Team #PhysEd
Step Up To Writing in Elementary School
Step Up To Writing in Middle/High School
Session 1 Workshops (9:00-11:30)
Addressing CCSS via the Write Activities
The Buzz About Bees, Informational Text Writing
Conscious Classroom Management
Creative Uses for Google Slides
Common Core Standards in ELA
Mathematics in Elementary School
Mathematics in Middle School
Next Generation Science Standards in Elementary School
Writing and XXI c. skills in Social Studies
Fine Motor/Visual Motor Development and Impact on Handwriting
Session 2 Workshops (12:15-2:45)
Formative Assessment to Support English Learners
Integrated and Designated ELD in the New ELA/ELD Framework
Conscious Classroom Management (repeat)
Creative Uses for Google Slides (repeat)
Literacy Standards in History, Science, and Technical Subjects
Mathematics in Elementary School (repeat)
Mathematics in High School
Next Generation Science Standards in Middle/High School
Audience
PE Teachers
TK-5 Teachers
6-12 Teachers
6-12 Teachers
TK-5 Teachers
TK-12 Teachers
TK-12 Teachers
6-12 Teachers
TK-5 Teachers
6-8 Math Teachers
TK-5 Teachers
4-12 S. Studies Teachers
TK-2 Teachers
TK-12 Teachers
TK-12 Teachers
TK-12 Teachers
TK-12 Teachers
6-12 Teachers
TK-5 Teachers
9-12 Math Teachers
6-12 Science Teachers
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Workshop Descriptions
AD.1: Adam Howell is a middle school physical education and health teacher in Hood River, Oregon. He founded
PHYSEDagogy.com in February 2013; a teacher blog that discusses best practices inside the modern physical education
classroom. His educational passions include social justice, teacher-driven instructional leadership, and leveraging
technology to enhance teaching and learning; He strives to shatter stereotypes of physical education and health teachers
through this lens. During the 2015-16 school year, he is excited to begin his 8th year in the classroom, pursue National
Board Certification, and serve as the president-elect of the Oregon Society of Health and Physical Educators.
Welcome to team #PhysEd! In this workshop you will engage in a conversation about why it is crucial to "bring learning
back" into our classrooms to give our students the best chance to become physically literate individuals. Supercharge
your teaching practice by leveraging Google Apps for Education and mobile devices that will transform how you think
about how we teach physical education. Learn how to take control of your own professional development by connecting
with passionate Physical Educators who are participating in a global professional learning community in the unlikeliest of
places: social media. This workshop will combine active learning with classroom learning so bring your tennis shoes,
laptop, and a smile and get ready to get your learn on!
AD.2 and AD.3: In these all-day workshops elementary school (AD.2) and middle/high school (AD.3) teachers will
receive full overview of Step Up To Writing program and will engage in multiple hands-on activities with the current
Common Core-aligned version of the program. Both veteran and new teachers will benefit from attendance. Both
workshops will be administered by Step Up To Writing staff.
AM.1 and PM.1: Annie Duong came to America at age twenty-two with fourteen years of education in Vietnam and
three months of survival English from a refugee camp in Indonesia. She has been in the field of education for 24 years
working as a bilingual instructional assistant, a community liaison, an ELD, mathematics, and science teacher, a district
language development specialist, and currently a coordinator for the Language & Literacy Department, San Joaquin
County Office of Education. She is also a part-time faculty member in the Teacher Education department at California
State University, Stanislaus, since 1999 and at Teacher Education of San Joaquin, since 2001.
In AM.1 Participants will actively engage in a range of research-driven and common core standards-aligned activities that
would enable students to write effectively and think critically. Effective strategies embedded within the activities will
assist English learners not only in developing academic English proficiency but also in attaining the skills and knowledge
needed for the 21st century. These activities are parts of the programs that are developed by the WRITE Institute, Writing
Reform Institute for Teaching Excellence, a national Academic Excellence model for sustained professional development
in academic writing.
In PM.1 participants will examine how formative assessment can effectively be used to support teaching and learning.
Information from the current ELA/ELD Framework will be presented along with tools to implement in the classroom.
AM.2 and PM.2: Karin Linn-Nieves, Director of Language & Literacy for the San Joaquin County Office of Education,
collaborates with districts on the implementation of the CA ELD standards during integrated and designated ELD as
described in the newly adopted ELA/ELD Framework. She serves as the Region 6 Lead for Title III technical assistance,
and supports schools and districts in EL program design and implementation of research-based instructional approaches.
Karin authored “Structures & Strategies,” a professional learning model used across several counties. She has co-authored
many state and county-wide English learner authorizations and most recently a chapter in the TESOL publication, The
CCSS in ELA/Literacy for English Language Learners: Grades K-5.
In AM.2 participants will be introduced to the ‘Teaching & Learning Cycle’ to organize writing instruction within a unit
of study. Vignettes from the ELA/ELD Framework will be used as the foundation to analyze a bee unit on informational
text writing. There will be planning time so that participants can incorporate these ideas into their own writing units.
Workshop PM.2 will focus on the guidance provided in the new ELA/ELD framework on the implementation of a
comprehensive approach to English language development (ELD). This approach includes both integrated and designated
ELD. Key ideas behind each and how they are powerfully combined to provide effective instruction for English learners
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throughout the day will be shared. There will be planning time to incorporate ideas and strategies utilized during the
session.
AM.3 and PM.3: Julie Berlin, NBCT from Conscious Classroom Management will present Let There Be Light! Making
visible the invisible elements of effective classroom management.
Session Description: How do we create the learning environment we want, without becoming overly rigid or exhausting
ourselves in the effort? In this fun and lively session for K-12 educators, learn how to use consistency strategies to end
classroom chaos, increase student engagement, and reduce blurting. Learn how to hold ground with kids in a way that
minimizes arguing and invites student cooperation. And learn how to positively connect with your toughest students.
Leave with your tool-kit overflowing with practical, concrete, and easy-to-implement “stuff you can use!"
AM.4 and PM.4: Our own wonderful Melissa Oliver will offer a workshop on Creative and Innovative Uses of Google
Slides. Google Slides is not just for presentations! This versatile tool in your Google Drive can be used by students to
create infographics, comic strips, animations, newsletters, graphic organizers, math manipulatives, interactive images and
much, much more. Let this tool take your student writing and communication to the next level while promoting
creativity. This session is designed to provide lots of hands-on exploration and time to create your very own Google Slide
masterpiece(s) beyond the presentation.
AM.5 and PM.5: Christine Anderson, a curriculum specialist with the Sacramento County Office of Education will
conduct two workshops geared to middle school and high school teachers. During the morning session (AM.5), Christine
will continue her work with the English Language Arts teachers on effective teaching of Common Core standards. In the
afternoon (PM.5), Christine will work with Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects teachers on integration of
Literacy Standards in their teaching.
AM.6 and PM.6: Pam Hutchison is the Director of the California Math Project at UC Davis. The California Mathematics
Project (CMP) is a K-16 network dedicated to providing students a rich, rigorous, and coherent mathematics curriculum
taught by competent and confident mathematics teachers who foster ALL students’ proficiency in mathematics—
achieving equity in quality. In her role as CMP-UCD Director, Pam provides professional development for schools and
districts throughout Region 3 and 4, based on current research and aligned to the California Math Standards. This
professional development work includes planning and presenting at intensive summer institutes and workshops for
teachers, administrators, and parents as well as coaching and facilitating meetings related to curriculum and assessment.
Pam has 21 years of classroom experiences – 12 as a middle school teacher and 9 as a high school teacher. She also has
an additional 17 years of experience as a presenter, coach and mathematics specialist. Pam is an adjunct professor for
Touro University in their Masters in Teaching Mathematics program as well as their credential program. I hold a Single
Subject Credential in Mathematics and Music as well as a Mathematics Specialist Credential and have a Master’s Degree
in Educational Technology.
In her workshops Pam will continue work with our elementary school teachers on implementing effective teaching
strategies in the Common Core Math classroom, recalibrating the mindset with regards to teaching and learning
mathematics, an examining additional resources. With the new piloting and adoption coming up, Pam is an invaluable
resource for our teachers.
AM.7 and PM.7: Dave Chun, Director of K-12 Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics at the Sacramento County
Office of Education, has been working with our high school mathematics department since the start of the school year.
During his workshops Dave will work our middle school (AM.7) and high school (PM.7) mathematics teachers.
Participants will explore multiple resources, will engage in hands-on activities, and will have an opportunity to engage in
constructive discourse with their colleagues.
AM.8 and PM.8: Phil Romig, Science Curriculum Specialist at the Sacramento County Office of Education, has been
with our Science Leadership Cadre since the beginning of the school year. Phil brings a unique perspective as a former
science teacher and a science magnet school principal
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In order for elementary school (AM.8) and middle/high school (PM.8) teachers to build capacity within the district, this
day will serve two purposes. First, participants will need to become proficient in unpacking the Science and Engineering
Practices and the Crosscutting Concept of NGSS. We will explore three of the Practices and two of the Crosscutting
Concepts in depth through a hands-on, open-ended activity. Secondly, participants will break out into grad level teams
and, using the core ideas (science content) found at their grade spans, begin to develop an appropriate model lesson to
deliver to their peers at the next workshop, scheduled for March 12, 2016. In the following Cadre meetings, some time
(limited) will be spent in finalizing these model lessons, with a critical eye as to content as it pertains to what students
need to know on a continuum as they move through the grades. Middle school and High school teachers will be able to
review the content, as appropriate, to ensure it is correct.
AM.9: Our own Stephanie Kugler and her colleagues from the UC Davis History Project will deliver a workshop centered
on integration of writing and XXI c. skills in teaching and learning Social Science. This workshop is geared for upper
elementary and social studies teachers.
AM.10: Carolyn Ecker is a pediatric occupational therapist who balances her time between working directly in school
districts and her occupational therapy clinic in Sacramento. She has worked with Washington Unified School District for
10 years. Carolyn graduated from Cal Poly with a degree in biology and then Samuel Merritt College with her degree in
occupational therapy. Her passion is working with kids who have needs in the areas of sensory integration and executive
functioning skills.
This workshop is geared toward Transitional kindergarten through second grade teachers. The focus will be on fine
motor/visual motor development and the impact on handwriting. Topics will include: a review of development of
writing/hand function, behaviors associated with avoiding writing (and why), activities to facilitate fine motor/visual
motor development, and accommodations that will help children develop their writing and classroom participation.
Electronic Devices
Teachers attending content-specific workshops, please bring your fully charged district-issued devices and chargers.
Compensation
Attending teachers will be paid at their per diem rate for October 17, 2015 and March 12, 2016 Super Saturdays only. In
order to receive compensation, teachers shall attend opening remarks and either one all-day or two half-day workshops.
Teachers shall sign-in before opening remarks, in all workshops attended and to complete and sign the timesheet at the
end of the day. Partial compensation, retroactive sign-ins, or late timesheet submission will not be offered.
Next Date
Saturday, March 12, 2016.
Questions
Please contact Matt Wilkins (1310 / mwilkins@wusd.k12.ca.us) or Connie VanDorien (1301 /
cvandorien@wusd.k12.ca.us) with any questions.
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