Spring Lake Park Schools, MN - District 16

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Seven Easy Steps to Health and Wellness:  Eight sessions for Health Teachers and Health Care Specialist ONLY. Make your move towards adding years to your life and life to your years. Enjoy a relaxed and fun-filled atmosphere of learning as you utilize 8 short weeks to revitalize your life.   
 
Instructor(s): Joan Dauphinee
Date(s): September 25-November 20
Time: 6:30 to 8 PM
Location: SLP High School, Cafeteria
Credit(s): 1 Board Credit
 
Using Data to Improve Student Learning: The ability to take and use data is one of the factors in our work with students. This course will cover how to be precise in taking data, what data is available, how to use data, and how data helps increase effectiveness. The course will also focus on using Excel, Campus Gradebook and the Assessment Gateway as tools when working with data.
  
Instructor(s): Jerelyne Nemanich
Date(s): November 5, 19, December 3, 17 & January 8
Time: 4:15 to 6:15 PM
Location: District Services Center
Credit(s): 1 Board Credit for participation in study group, as well as preparation and follow-up
Deadline: October 31, 2008
 
Technology Tools for the 21st Century Teacher: So what is a 21st Century Teacher? One that is flexible, collaborative, research based, knows the learning styles of their students, teaches to different learning styles and ability levels. The teacher of the future must be not only accomplished in instructional techniques and technology, but also in the integration of technology into the curriculum. Where are your technology skills in being able to do this? In this course you will create your own personal technology learning plan, put the learning plan into action using Atomic Learning and other resources to learn applications and instructional strategies, apply your learning to your classroom and share what you have learned with others.

This course will meet face to face for two sessions. The remainder of the learning will be done online and in application.

 
Instructor(s): Jerelyne Nemanich
Date(s): 2 Required In-Person Meetings
Time: Meeting One: November 11, Choose from the following two time blocks- 3:00-4:30 or 4:30 to 6
Meeting Two: January 7, 4:15-6:15
 Location: District Services Center
Credit(s): 1 Board Credit for participation
Deadline: November 10, 2008
 
Who are the Gifted and What do They Need: Participants will be introduced to the current models for labeling gifted students. They will be exposed to District 16 practices in serving gifted students.  
 
Instructor(s): Bill Keilty
Date(s): November 13, 2008
 Time: 3:30-6:00 PM
Location: District Services Center
Credit(s):  .5 Board Credit
Deadline: November 6, 2008
 
Digging Deeper into Differentiation: Participants will be introduced to teaching strategies the support the differentiated classroom. Working with a lesson plan template, participants will develop differentiated learning activities they will be able to put in use the following day.  
 
Instructor(s): Bill Keilty
Date(s): December 10, 11, 2008
 Time: 3:30-6:00 PM
Location: District Services Center
Credit(s):  .5 Board Credit
Deadline: December 3, 2008
 
 Boys and Girls Learn Differently: Participants will explore the current literature surrounding gender differences and their impact on classroom practice. Working with a lesson plan template, participants will plan learning activities they respond differently to males and females.
 
Instructor(s): Bill Keilty
Date(s): December 15, 16, 2008
Time: 4:00-6:30 PM
Location: District Services Center
Credit(s):  .5 Board Credit
Deadline: December 8, 2008
 
Secondary Comprehension Strategies: Do you ever wonder why your students don’t understand what you ask of them to read? Come and discover strategies to engage your students in learning ways to better understand vocabulary that is embedded in your content.
 
Session 1 will cover: context clues in secondary content
Session 2 will cover: vocabulary strategies in secondary content

If you want to take both sessions (and of course you will want to!) you will have the opportunity to complete learning work between the two sessions for extra credit. You will not be disappointed – you will learn earth-shaking techniques to help your students be more successful in your class.

Bring your classroom textbook.

Instructor(s): Trent Snyder, Jeanne Scheiderer and Gail Parker
Date(s): December 16, 2008 and April 7, 2009
Time: 3:30-5:00 PM
Location: District Services Center
Credit(s): 1.5 hours of CEU's per session
                  .5 Board Credit for BOTH sessions with assignment(s) in between the two sessions
Deadline: December 10, 2008
 
Classroom Strategies that Work for English Language Learners: Participants engage in guided study experience around text, Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners by Jane D. Hill and Kathleen M. Flynn.  Participants will apply their learning in the classroom with their ELL students and share their new understanding with the group.
  
Instructor(s): Julia Castillo & Apryl Peterson
Date(s): January 15th, 22nd and February 5th & 12th
Time: 4 to 6:30 PM
Location: District Services Center
Credit(s): 1 Board Credit for participation in study group, as well as preparation and follow-up
Deadline: January 8th, 2009
 
Classroom Strategies That Work: Participants will be using the text, Classroom Strategies That Work, participants will be engaged a critical dialog focused on those research supported strategies that positively impact student achievement.
 
Instructor(s): Bill Keilty
Date(s): March 4, 5, 2009  
 Time: 3:30-6:00 PM
Location: District Services Center
Credit(s):  .5 Board Credit
Deadline: February 25, 2009
  
Cooperative Learning: The Cooperative Learning course is designed to provide effective teaching strategies to implement cooperative learning. Strategies to be covered include positive group interdependence, individual accountability, group processing, social skills, and form. These five strategies will be covered in the first five sessions of the course. The remaining sessions will be designed for teachers to create cooperative lessons, experiment with cooperative lessons in their classrooms, and reflect on their own experiences as well as those of others. All of this will be done using the cooperative learning method, so that teachers can get advice, encouragement, opinions, etc. from other teachers in the course.
 
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Characteristics of Autism:  An introductory series to the characteristics of autism. Instructors will review characteristics of autism and discuss relevance of current research findings for students with autism spectrum disorders. Sensory needs of students on the autism spectrum (and how to meet them in class) will also be highlighted, along with strategies staff can use in school. (This will be a follow-up to the class that was offered last year and not necessarily the same information). 

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