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5/7/2015 Festival of the Minds
for PreK‐12 Educators The Festival of the Minds is an opportunity for APS educators to engage in professional learning. Kenmore Middle School 200 South Carlin Springs Road Arlington, VA 22204 June 23‐26, 2015 http://apsva.us/Page/28661 #APSFOM Arlington Public Schools
Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Session Types
All Day A‐ Multi‐day, all day sessions B‐ All day sessions 8:30‐3:30 Half Day C 8:30‐11:30 AM D 12:30‐3:30 PM 80 Minutes E 8:30‐9:50 AM F 10:10‐11:30 AM G 12:30‐1:50 PM H 2:10‐3:30 PM Bring this program with you in case your selection is cancelled and you want to pick a different session! Check ERO and/or FOM web page for updates. http://apsva.us/Page/28661 Register in ERO 
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From the APS Home Page (www.apsva.us) Click on the Staff tab Under Staff Resources click on Electronic Registrar Online (ERO) Log into ERO o User Name: your employee ID number o Pin: For A, T and P Scale the pin is your birth date mmddyyyy Click on the Course Catalog tab and search for the session using the session # The title of the course corresponding to the session # will appear in the “additional information” section Click on the word Register to the left of the session Session descriptions are in the additional information To view your schedule click on the “My Schedule” tab All sessions for FOM are in course # SD29094 LUNCH 11:30‐12:30 Lunch each day will be on your own. Food trucks will be available on days of high numbers of participants. 1
Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 TUESDAY
June 23
All Day
A, B
8:30-3:30 PM
Results‐based Facilitation (RBF) Training: Effective Strategies for Leading Conversations with Educators Session # 201529094015 Tuesday‐ Wednesday, 2 Full Days, REPEATED Thursday‐ Friday 2 Full Days Presenter(s): Tim Cotman, Marty Swaim, Cheryl Robinson Audience: Teachers, administrators who have completed pd on the cultural competence curriculum This session is offered on Tuesday‐Wednesday and repeated on Thursday‐ Friday. The session will be from 8:30‐4:30. This two‐day session is designed for staff who have prepared to join the teams offering cultural competence training in schools in the fall 2015. Effective meetings happen when they are thoughtfully and skillfully planned. Process matters. During this two ‐day session participants will hone skills that are effective in leading, facilitating and participation in meetings designed to move others from talk to action. Pre requisite: Participants must have completed cultural competence facilitation training. This workshop is highly interactive. Materials and lunch will be provided. Space is limited to 16 participants per session. I Have a Student with Autism in my class... planning for a positive experience Session # 201529094032 Tuesday all day (8:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Deborah Hammer, Joshua Taylor Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Participants will learn about autism spectrum disorders( ASD) and strategies to make having a student with ASD in your classroom a positive experience for everyone! The class will cover the characteristics of autism, tips for inclusion, and effective strategies for communication, behavior, academics, technology, and social interaction. For the first time, this popular session is being expanded to an entire day to allow ample time to learn several evidence‐based strategies. Learning Alive! Overview Session # 201529094021 Tuesday all day (8:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Greg Cabana Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) This session introduces teachers to the six strategies of Social Studies Alive! that can transform classroom practice with engaging lessons to meet the needs of diverse learners. Teachers will learn and practice the strategies to prepare them to implement these strategies in their own classrooms. While the focus is Social Studies, examples will also be shared and discussed for other content areas. Mentoring Mathematical Minds with Project M3 for Grade 3 Teachers Session # 201529094100 Tuesday all day (8:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Cheryl McCullough, Janine Firmender, Ph.D. Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Designed for cluster teachers, this session will share how these curricular units are a great comprehensive fit for students who need daily or weekly differentiation of content during math workshop. The focus of the majority of the workshop will focus on one unit, How Big is Big? Understanding and Using Large Numbers. At the end of the session, participants will be given a teacher's guide and student guide to support implementation. Novel Novelties Session # 201529094151 Tuesday all day (8:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): John Kirkman, Julie Janicki Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) This session provides the participants an opportunity to examine a language arts model used by the presenters in their fifth grade classroom. This model can be easily adapted to meet the needs of the third or fourth grade language arts classroom. Areas to examine include: chapter book studies that explore various genres, ways to implement technology into your reader responses using online blogs and literature circles, time will also be spent looking at SEM‐R strategies to introduce reading stamina, and scaffold questioning using the Jacob’s Ladder program. During the afternoon, participants will join in an actual Socratic Seminar and explore how it uses critical thinking about literature to stretch student understanding of author’s purpose. Take‐a‐ways include materials needed so you may begin planning your own Socratic Seminars, novel groups, or online blogs over the summer. Play Skill Development and Stages in the Early Learner Session # 201529094033 Tuesday all day (8:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Laura DePatch, Kelly Babyok Audience: Lower Elementary (PK‐2) Learners will gain an understanding of typical play development through activities, multi‐media clips and collaborative discussion. Learners should be able to label the stages of play, as well as adapt activities to scaffold each skill level. Tuesday 2 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 TUESDAY
June 23
Half day
C
8:30-11:30 AM
Advancing PLC‐ ‐ Supporting the Process (specific topic TBD) Session # 201529094177 Tuesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Denny Berry, Ann Delehant Audience: All Description coming soon! Check ERO and/or web page for updates. BRINGING LITERATURE TO LIFE! Session # 201529094127 Tuesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Lenore Kelner Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) In this workshop, teachers discover how to enhance students’ language development, reading comprehension, thinking skills, and appreciation of literature through drama activities that delight and captivate. This workshop explores story dramatization techniques that allow students to retell and reenact a story or a scene in their own words. Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Session # 201529094159 Tuesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Keieownna Hightower Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) refresher courseSY 2005‐2006 Crisis Prevention and Intervention Refresher course is for those staff members who have taken the full or refresher course within the last calendar year. Updated techniques and strategies will be provided to help staff work with students who exhibit high anxiety and behavior problems. Please plan on wearing comfortable clothing. The cost of the book for the refresher course is $7.50. Checks are payable to Arlington Public Schools. All participants must attend the entire session. Establishing a Mathematics Classroom Community Session # 201529094035 Tuesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Dahlia Constantine, Laurel Lynch Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Building a mathematics classroom community is essential to 21st century learners. Students today are asked to engage in mathematics learning through rigorous tasks and be reflective problem solvers. This session will focus on creating a classroom culture that engages all students, provides routines, and yet is responsive to individual student needs. Participants will engage in activities and discussion that centers on classroom layout, social interactions, and content based discussion. GarageBand in the Music Classroom Session # 201529094001 Tuesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Molly Patrician Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This session will explore beginning‐medium level GarageBand projects for the music classroom. Though the projects are written for upper elementary school (3rd‐5th), they would be appropriate for learning in both middle and high school. In addition to gaining hands‐on project experience, participants will learn basic GarageBand commands as well as how to use some of the instruments. It would be ideal for each participant to have their own iPad with GarageBand to work with during the session. Infusing 21st Century Skills to Challenge and Engage All Learners Session # 201529094156 Tuesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Cheryl McCullough Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) Mastery of core subjects and 21st century themes is essential to student success. Learning and innovation skills are what separate students who are prepared for increasingly complex life in today’s world and those who are not. They include: • Creativity and Innovation • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving • Communication and Collaboration Thinking, reasoning, reflecting, analyzing, discussing, and applying new ideas are essential characteristics of a climate of learning that encourages students to think on a higher level, challenge existing ideas, and entertain new possibilities for the future. This session will guide participants in infusing these critical and creative instructional practices that are designed to develop 21st century skills in all learners. Practical & Engaging Implementation of iPads for Literacy Session # 201529094037 Tuesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Elizabeth Sites, Ethan Schoenherr, Caroline McAleer Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) We are three 1:1 iPad classroom teachers who have found effective ways to implement iPad into the literacy block. We teach 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, but our ideas can apply to K‐5. This workshop will show both specific high quality apps and examples of our daily use and how to manage the classroom from real experience. Tuesday 3 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Personalized Device Initiative Training Session # 201529094171 Tuesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Darryl Joyner Audience: For teachers who will be first time participants in the personalized device initiative. Elementary 
2nd grade teachers at schools that did not pilot at 2nd grade this past year. 
3rd grade teachers at schools that did start with 2nd grade this past year 
homeroom teachers new to the school who’s students will have devices next year. Middle School 
7th grade teachers 
6th grade teachers new to the school This workshop is exclusively for APS educators who will be in their first year of participation in the Digital Learning Initiative and need to learn how to use the built‐in features of the iPad and iOS in an educational context. Participants gain experience using the iPad. They learn basic navigation and explore key settings and apps as they apply to teaching and learning. Learning outcomes for this workshop include: ‐Explore basic navigation, organization, and settings of your iOS device ‐Learn to use your device as a tool for teaching and learning ‐Discover how to increase productivity and collaboration with built‐in apps and iCloud Individual Participant Requirements: ‐must have an active Apple ID and password that has been used at least one time to download an app ‐must know their APS email password So You Think You Have Problems? Session # 201529094072 Tuesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Stephanie McIntyre, Kate Sydney Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) In this presentation, we will discuss different tools for preassessment, including the use of Interactive Achievement, in order to plan instruction that is differentiated for student needs. We will share how we have used preassessment data to plan and teach project/problem based units that are tailored to students' interests and strengths, and the use of performance tasks to assess student learning. Using MBTI Preferences to Differentiate Instruction Session # 201529094013 Tuesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Gregory Taylor Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) How do your students take in information and process it? Do they thrive when doing quiet activities or when working in groups? Learn how to differentiate instruction to maximize student achievement based on their personality types. In this interactive workshop you will learn about your own personality type, how to recognize the 4 behavioral temperaments and influencing strategies that help build positive relationships with colleagues, students and families. TUESDAY
June 23
80 Minutes
D
8:30-9:50 AM
Feedly: Delivering Customized Reading Lists to Students and Teachers Session # 201529094008 Tuesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Michael Crochet Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) Using Feedly and APS Google Apps for Education accounts, you will learn how you can create customized and personalized reading lists for students. This tool can help to personalize learning, help tie current events and authentic scenarios into all curricula, and engage learners in reading multiple perspectives and across multiple content areas. From Paper To Screen Session # 201529094115 Tuesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Karen DeCarlo Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Do you have worksheets that you feel really comfortable using but you want to make them more accessible to children with learning differences? Do you want to quickly create a large or small group lesson to present or review any concept? Are you tired of making so many copies? We will discuss using existing worksheets to create interactive Smartboard activities for instruction, review, and assessment. Have You Met Osmo? Session # 201529094144 Tuesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Kathy Gust Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Come meet Osmo! The magic of Osmo provides an exciting platform to engage students in Word Study Activities, develop spatial acuity skills with Tangrams or become an artist with the Masterpiece App! Osmo challenges participants at all ages as it transforms learning activities Tuesday 4 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 into fun activities for students. Students can participate individually or as teams to challenge each other or improve their personal best score. Library 24/7: From eBooks to Databases to Apps Session # 201529094093 Tuesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Nicole Gustafson, Margaret Frick, Meghan Fatouros Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Put the library at your fingertips 24/7 with access to ebooks, databases and apps. Learn how you and your students can access ebooks from the APS library collection. This workshop will also highlight wonderful online resources that can be used for research and inquiry based learning. Power Searching Session # 201529094070 Tuesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Fred Delventhal Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Just because someone uses Google every day doesn't mean they really know how to use it. This includes students. In this session, participants will dig deeper into the different Google applications and learn to make use of some of the many advanced tools. You will be able to search and find what you are looking for when you need it, making more efficient use of your time. Students as Teachers Session # 201529094012 Tuesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Kerry Abbott Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) The best way to learn something, is to teach it. Come and learn new ways to have your students become creators and communicators of digital content and objectives. We will look at many free apps that allow your students to create their own "flipped lessons" to share with their classmates, other classes, and their teacher for an amazing assessment of their understanding. To Tweet or Not To Tweet Session # 201529094123 Tuesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Craig Spraggins Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Build the optimal educational Twitter account in 10 easy steps and create your own professional learning network for free professional development. Participants will also learn how to take part in twitter chats where groups of twitter users meet at a pre‐determined time to discuss a certain topic. Understanding the Acculturation Process: Positive Supports for English Learners Session # 201529094163 Tuesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Francesca Reilly‐McDonnell, Analia Almada, Israel Salas Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) Determined to address the social/emotional and academic needs of EL students, APS has created the HILT Resource Counselor position to support and enhance the counseling services offered to EL students. Working in schools within the Counseling offices, HILT Resource Counselors provide bilingual/bicultural counseling. All ELLs have cultural and linguistic differences that require the specialized knowledge of language acquisition and the cultural competency of their counselors. In the case of immigrant students and/or families, knowledge of the Acculturation Process is crucial. In this presentation, we share research on the Acculturation Process, detail how HILT Resource Counselors work closely with school staff, teachers and administrators to provide information on cultural differences, culturally sensitive and sound practices, and how this work enhances student success. English Learners are very diverse, not only in culture, but in academic backgrounds, socio‐economic experiences and many other factors. Participants will learn about models for those differences and how they impact students' acculturation process. The presenters will use a case study to reflect one student's needs and how educators can address those needs. Participants will view the APS video on Reunified Families which highlights a very challenging issue in the EL community: children who were separated from their families, sometimes for many years. Through these reflections, participants will learn more about the barriers EL students face and the impact of those barriers on their successful acculturation. Successful interventions for EL students and families will be shared by the presenters and participants. Participants will leave this session with strategies to promote cultural competencies in educators, students and families which will support students’ academic and social success. Using iPads for Kindergarten Centers Session # 201529094055 Tuesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Eve Rutzen, Robin Gardner Audience: Lower Elementary (PK‐2) We will examine the use of iPads for self‐directed learning in Kindergarten. Students learn to use apps such as LangQuiz, Tic‐Tac‐
Toe, Word Friends, Slate Math, Gator Chomp and others to reinforce and foster independent learning. We will also explore using Osmo, an educational gaming system that transforms the physical space in front of the iPad into a digital game board. Tuesday 5 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 TUESDAY
June 23
80 Minutes
E
10:10-11:30 AM
10 Cool Ways to Use the iPad or Computer to Support Student Inquiry Session # 201529094095 Tuesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Nicole Gustafson, Margaret Frick, Meghan Fatouros Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Learn how to use technology tools such as Socrative, Padlet, Aurasma, Telestory, Book Creator, Comic Life, iMovie, QR Codes and more to support student inquiry. Discover new ways to create, differentiate and assess in the library or classroom. Alice Programming Session # 201529094059 Tuesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Jureen Benjamin Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Participants will be able to learn introductory to advanced levels of coding using Alice software. This is a good way to integrate technology within the content subjects. Emotional Masterpieces Session # 201529094010 Tuesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Kerry Abbott Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Are your students trying to understand and express the emotions of characters in literature, or powerful moments in history? If so, GarageBand can be the perfect tool to enhance their connections and exploration of these emotionally charged topics. Learn how to use GarageBand loops on the iPads or Mac Laptops to easily tie in music and technology into your classroom units. Flipping the Science Classroom Session # 201529094138 Tuesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Maggie Wiseman, Teri Doxsee Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) I've been using a flipped style classroom to teach chemistry for the last 3 years to differentiate for all learners. Come see how I've been able to make this possible. I will share my tips and techniques for developing a blended classroom. My students have been iPads for the last 2 years, but occasionally use computers as well. I will share ideas for using both types of technology in the classroom. Google Classroom: Your New Workflow Management System Session # 201529094068 Tuesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Fred Delventhal Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Participants attending this session will be introduced to Google Classroom and how it can be used to ease the workflow for both teacher and students. Teachers will get a look at the basics for setting up their classroom(s) as well as learning some tips and tricks of using Google Classroom. MUSIC INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS THAT CONNECT WITH CORE SUBJECTS Session # 201529094107 Tuesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Maritza Sadowsky Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) The purpose of this session is to share music lesson plans/activities that integrate music into academic subjects such as English (Language Arts), Science, Social Studies, and Math in grades K‐5, using a variety of standard musical resources found in existing music curricula. Music teachers are often asked by general classroom teachers to help them incorporate music concepts into a particular unit of math, science, language arts, and social studies, because classroom teachers may feel that integrating music into core curriculum classes can be intimidating. I have created or adapted activities using several different music approaches, methodologies, websites, and apps that make learning fun and interactive. These activities involve fundamental music concepts (beat, rhythm, melody, harmony, form, dynamics, timbre) using songs, movements, and instruments that are applicable to the needs of the students. They are also intended to help classroom teachers to find a way to incorporate music into their classes and improve their skills in adapting specific strategies to enhance their own lesson plans. Music integration is a necessary component of the core subjects in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (Title 9, Part A, Section 9101 [11]). Fundamental concepts of the Core Curriculum are similar to concepts in Music. Through Music‐Integrated lessons, students become engaged and focused on the content, because it aids in educating the whole student. They get to hear, see, create, and have better understanding of the core subject concepts through music. I currently use these activities with my students at Jamestown Elementary School and I feel confident asserting that creativity and problem‐solving skills acquired through music training reinforce concepts and prepare students uniquely for their future success. Tuesday 6 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 National Board Renewal Workshop Session # 201529094069 Tuesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Kerri Hirsch Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This session is intended for teachers and counselors who are already certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Participants will learn about the renewal process including how to plan for renewal, the timeline for renewal, and the requirements of the Profile of Professional Growth. Participants will be provided with materials that will help them organize and plan their renewal process. OneNote ‐ Digital Interactive Notebooks Session # 201529094007 Tuesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Eric Underhill Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) This hands on workshop will introduce teachers and staff to OneNote and how this tool can be used to create a digital interactive notebook. As we move from the paperbased spiral notebook to digital resources and learning, OneNote provides an opportunity for students to create a digital binder of information that addresses the specific needs of our diverse population. Replacing Paper with a Screen: Creating SmartNotebook from a Worksheet Session # 201529094113 Tuesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Karen DeCarlo Audience: Lower Elementary (PK‐2) Do you have worksheets that you feel really comfortable using but you want to make them more accessible to children with learning differences? Do you want to quickly create a large or small group lesson to present or review any concept? Are you tired of making so many copies? We will discuss methods of taking existing materials and making them into interactive activities using the SMARTBOARD. Storify: Explaining Content Through Storytelling Session # 201529094009 Tuesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Michael Crochet Audience: High School (9‐12) Using Storify, students in English and Social Studies can use multiple mediums of communication (audio, video, image, and text) to explain the complex connections between events to tell a story. Stories can be small snippets in time or large complex events that changed history, but each student can become an author to display their understanding of content and events. TUESDAY
June 23
Half Day
F
12:30-3:30 PM
Advancing PLC‐ ‐ Supporting the Process (specific topic TBD) Session # 201529094178 Tuesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Denny Berry, Ann Delehant Audience: All Description coming soon! Check ERO and/or web page for updates. 3 Ways to Help a Stressed Teacher Assign & Collect Student Work Session # 201529094124 Tuesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Craig Spraggins Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) Participants will use Google Classroom, Google Forms, and Flubaroo (Grade Online Created Assignments “Forms” in minutes) to expedite their ability to distribute, collect, and grade student assignments. Bring Primary Stories to Life! Session # 201529094148 Tuesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Kate Neal Audience: Lower Elementary (PK‐2) Picture this: Primary students using dynamic digital resources to analyze the characters of familiar stories. Talk about a spice‐up of your literacy block! Come and learn how to bring characters to life with student voice, animation, digital puppetry and photography. Use these strategies to boost primary literacy skills including story retell and original student composition. Walk away with resources and ideas that "smash" literacy and technology together in an engaging, easily‐
implemented way. Creativity in the Cloud ‐ Multimedia Authoring Across Devices Session # 201529094105 Tuesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Marie Hone, Meredith Allen, Wilmarie Clark, Loomis Loomis Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Looking for a single creativity tool that can be used across multiple devices? Bring your laptop, iPad, android tablet, or Kindle to learn how easy it is to create projects with cloud‐based Wixie. Paint, add art, record your voice, and edit text in your own multimedia creation ‐ Tuesday 7 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 even on shared devices! Wixie offers easy file saving and sharing; 24/7 access ‐ at home or school; and the ability for teachers to create differentiated learning activities, and assign, view and assess their students’ work with customizable rubrics. Teachers can even share finished student work with parents! Students learn, create, have fun ‐ all while practicing important digital literacy skills. DRAMATIZING THE CONTENT: CURRICULUM‐BASED READERS THEATRE Session # 201529094128 Tuesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Rosalind Flynn Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) Readers Theatre is a rehearsed group presentation of a script that is read aloud rather than memorized. This workshop’s activities involve teachers in planning, writing, rehearsing, staging, and assessing of Curriculum‐Based Readers Theatre scripts. The focus? Creating and presenting a short script that fulfills a dual purpose—it must inform about a curriculum topic and entertain an audience! Repeatedly reading and rehearsing scripts based on curriculum content increases the likelihood that students will practice fluent reading, retain information, and perform better on assessments. Theatrical skills of vocal volume, expression, and effective use of gestures are also among the goals of this arts integration activity that merges drama, theatre, writing, reading, speaking, listening, and content learning. A workshop packet that contains sample scripts, guidelines for developing scripts and directing presentations, and other resources is included. For teachers who wish to use Curriculum‐Based Readers Theatre as a form of performance‐based assessment, assessment criteria and tools are also part of the packet. (Special note to Math and Science teachers: Yes, even you will leave this workshop with definite strategies and materials to merge drama with the content you cover!). Sharing ideas and ways to connect artwork to curriculum themes is part of the workshop. Getting Started with Sibelius Music Notation Program Session # 201529094098 Tuesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Estelle Roth Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This session will focus on the beginning stages of learning how to use the Sibelius Music Notation program. Participants will learn how to create a score, add bars, time signatures and key signatures. We will learn basic note entry, beginning editing skills, adding expressions, techniques and lyrics. We will also learn how to import midi files and xml files into Sibelius, as well as how to export the parts for printing. We will learn how to use PhotoScore, or PhotoScore light, to bring PDFs into Sibelius for the purpose of arranging music to fit the needs of your ensemble. Infusing 21st Century Skills to Challenge and Engage All Learners Session # 201529094155 Tuesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Cheryl McCullough, Stephanie McIntyre Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Mastery of core subjects and 21st century themes is essential to student success. Learning and innovation skills are what separate students who are prepared for increasingly complex life in today’s world and those who are not. They include: • Creativity and Innovation • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving • Communication and Collaboration Thinking, reasoning, reflecting, analyzing, discussing, and applying new ideas are essential characteristics of a climate of learning that encourages students to think on a higher level, challenge existing ideas, and entertain new possibilities for the future. This session will guide participants in infusing these critical and creative instructional practices that are designed to develop 21st century skills in all learners. LIVING WITH INTENSITY‐ The Social and Emotional Components of Giftedness Session # 201529094164 Tuesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Sharon Humann Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Gifted students have affective needs that are different than the needs of non‐gifted students. The inner experiences of the gifted student is rich, complex, and sometimes turbulent. This session will explore those needs, explain asynchronistic development, and provide strategies to support the intensities of gifted students. Mathematical Representations and Connections in Middle School Session # 201529094046 Tuesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Michael Frickel, Elizabeth Walsh Audience: Middle School (6‐8) This half day workshop is for Math 6, Math 7, & Math 8 general education, special education, and ESOL teachers. We will focus on strategies teachers can use to help their students make connections through the use of a variety of representations directly related to the Standards of Learning. May the Tweets Be Ever in Your Favor Session # 201529094016 Tuesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Molly Patrician Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Are you feeling a little left out of all this APS Social Media buzz? Are you still trying to figure out where Twitter fits into your classroom life? If you answered yes to one or more of those questions, this session is for you! Join me as we explore the basic uses of Twitter as an APS Tuesday 8 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 educator. By the end of this session, you will no longer be mystified by the words "tweet," "handle," "mention," "retweet," or "hashtag." In fact, you'll leave wanting more! We will explore using Twitter as a tool to share classroom activities, communicate with parents and APS educators, as well as learn how to chat and connect with educators across the globe. Personalized Device Initiative Training Session # 201529094172 Tuesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Darryl Joyner Audience: For teachers who will be first time participants in the personalized device initiative. Elementary 
2nd grade teachers at schools that did not pilot at 2nd grade this past year. 
3rd grade teachers at schools that did start with 2nd grade this past year 
homeroom teachers new to the school who’s students will have devices next year. Middle School 
7th grade teachers 
6th grade teachers new to the school This workshop is exclusively for APS educators who will be in their first year of participation in the Digital Learning Initiative and need to learn how to use the built‐in features of the iPad and iOS in an educational context. Participants gain experience using the iPad. They learn basic navigation and explore key settings and apps as they apply to teaching and learning. Learning outcomes for this workshop include: ‐Explore basic navigation, organization, and settings of your iOS device ‐Learn to use your device as a tool for teaching and learning ‐Discover how to increase productivity and collaboration with built‐in apps and iCloud Individual Participant Requirements: ‐must have an active Apple ID and password that has been used at least one time to download an app ‐must know their APS email password TUESDAY
June 23
80 Minutes
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12:30-1:50 PM
Creating Educational Equity for English Learners with Disabilities Session # 201529094160 Tuesday 12:30 ‐ 1:50 Presenter(s): Francesca Reilly‐McDonnell, Susan Harrison, Melissa Cuba, Lockridge Lockridge Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) Determined to address the needs of students qualified for both ESOL and Special Education, APS has created the HILT Resource Teacher (HRT) position to support the English language development of secondary “dually‐identified” students. Bridging Special Education, General Education and ESOL, HRTs work to provide students with educational as well as social equity. In this presentation, we detail how HRTs work closely with parents, teachers, and administrators to join with them as equity‐focused leaders. While dually‐identified students are not all alike, all have cultural and linguistic differences that require knowledge of the process of language acquisition and the cultural competency of their teachers. Participants will discuss the meaning of educational equity and share successful approaches in serving dually‐
identified students. Differentiated Instruction in the Elementary Art Room Session # 201529094081 Tuesday 12:30 ‐ 1:50 Presenter(s): Katherine Leon Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Increase student engagement and explore Differentiated Instruction in the elementary specialist setting. Learn how to pre‐assess students for readiness, interests and learning profiles. Use this data to differentiate content, process and product in lessons. Practice formative assessment strategies. Participants will walk away with resources to support tiered instruction and products, scaffolding, grouping strategies and academic choice. As a result of this opportunity teachers will better support the needs of all students in a mixed‐ability elementary class. Tuesday 9 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 The Reading Mini‐Lesson: Books and Beyond Session # 201529094141 Tuesday 12:30 ‐ 1:50 Presenter(s): Tani Vaughn Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Have you ever felt on your own when it comes to creating great reading mini‐lessons? Is it sometimes a struggle to stick to the 10‐15 minute format? Well it's time to think outside the “book”! In this workshop, you will learn how to turn any type of text into a reading mini‐lesson. Brochures, poems, articles, and websites can help you teach students that good comprehension strategies are important everywhere we go. You will leave this workshop with lots of great lesson ideas you can implement this fall, as well as a new mindset for how to teach reading. Vocabulary Development for English Language Learners Session # 201529094071 Tuesday 12:30 ‐ 1:50 Presenter(s): Karli Boothe Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Participants will learn specific strategies and techniques for teaching vocabulary to English language learners. Topics will include why vocabulary instruction is essential, how to choose target vocabulary, and how to integrate vocabulary instruction into your classroom. Best for teachers and assistants in grades 2‐12. What Did the Math Coach and ITC Learn During Kindergarten iPad Centers? Session # 201529094150 Tuesday 12:30 ‐ 1:50 Presenter(s): Anne Oliveira, Kathy Gust Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Math Coach, Anne Oliveira and ITC, Kathy Gust collaborated to create an iPad center with four iPads for guided math in Kindergarten. They will share their process, strategies, apps, and surprising discoveries that were uncovered as they promoted this model in their school. They will demonstrate the apps that were used, how they were implemented and what they learned from the students! This model could easily be replicated and tweaked for other grade levels. TUESDAY
June 23
80 minutes
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2:10-3:30 PM
Bridging the Time Gap with Apps Session # 201529094050 Tuesday 2:10 ‐ 3:30 Presenter(s): Kyle Taylor, Rachael Fine, Jennifer Burgin Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Apps can be leveraged in many ways to further academic development. Some require days of planning and instruction but can produce powerful data based insights. There are some apps that require less planning/instruction/evaluation but produce less meaningful results. We have found during our 2nd grade pilot that there are many that live in the middle ground between these two extremes and that when implemented correctly, can produce actionable data without day‐to‐day teacher oversight. Whether you are a teacher in a 1‐To‐1 classroom or just looking for something to enhance your iPad "stations" this class will help you optimize your classroom instructional time. This is a hands on class, we will delve into the setup, student use and teacher evaluation of several applicable IOS Apps. You will leave with a working knowledge of what you're going to use in the classroom this fall, when and how you're going to use it in class and what data your able to extract from them. Please bring an IOS (Apple) device with you to use and your apple ID name and password if you want to be hands on. Digging into Reader's Workshops Session # 201529094040 Tuesday 2:10 ‐ 3:30 Presenter(s): Kimberlee Pooler Audience: Lower Elementary (PK‐2) Now that you have a classroom library, what are the next steps? Do you want to learn more about how to implement Reader's Workshop? In this session we will discuss key elements including mini‐lessons, independent reading, conferring, management, tools and routines that support independence, stamina and engagement in Reader's Workshop. Participants will leave with various tools to help them implement Reader's Workshop. Tuesday 10 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Gifted Students with ADHD: Strategies for Helping Them and You Session # 201529094120 Tuesday 2:10 ‐ 3:30 Presenter(s): Diann Gully Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This session will help teachers understand the gifted child with ADHD and provide strategies for creating a learning environment conducive to their needs. Strategies will be based on research and successful use in the classroom. Integrative Yoga for Students with Low Incidence Disabilities Session # 201529094074 Tuesday 2:10 ‐ 3:30 Presenter(s): Leanne Pool, Sukaina Dada, Minnie Quinlan Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) The interdisciplinary therapeutic yoga program at Barrett Elementary School is designed to exercise the mind and body while having fun in the classroom. The weekly program consists of adapted poses and positions to improve and promote body awareness, motor coordination, strength, endurance, relaxation and communication. The interactive presentation will have the following learning objectives 1. Review the philosophy behind the yoga program for students with low incidence disabilities 2. Learn the specific routines including “warm up” and “cool down” 3. Learn ways to adapt the program to accommodate for various abilities 4. Learn how to make the program fun and exciting meeting specific IEP goals 5. Learn how to prepare a comfortable and welcoming classroom environment that caters to specific needs 6. Learn how to ensure carryover in the classroom Ready, Set, Launch! 1:1 iPad Classroom How To Session # 201529094096 Tuesday 2:10 ‐ 3:30 Presenter(s): Lauren Swissman Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Will your class be a part of the 1:1 initiative next year? Not sure where to start? This session is for beginners and will explain the ins and outs of a 1:1 iPad classroom. We will cover basic management and easy ways to integrate iPads with lesson delivery, assessment, family communication and differentiation. I will be sharing my trials and errors of my first year with a 1:1 classroom. Expect to leave with great apps and ideas for your upcoming school year. If possible, please bring your iPad. Socratic Seminar in the STEM Classroom Session # 201529094083 Tuesday 2:10 ‐ 3:30 Presenter(s): Joan Le Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) Use Socratic Seminar to assess students' understanding of complex topics like alternative energy and water rights. Socratic Seminars strengthen critical thinking skills while pulling in students that aren't as strong at science. Wednesday
June 24
ALL Day
A, B
8:30-3:30 PM
Class Observation Scoring System (CLASS) Observer Certification Session # 201529094014 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 3 Full Days (W, Th, F) Presenter(s): Gregory Taylor Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Becoming a Certified CLASS Observer will enable you to accurately observe and code teacher‐student and student‐student interactions that have been proven to increase children’s learning and development. The CLASS tool allows Certified Observers to focus on the breadth, depth, and frequency of these interactions—providing useful data to drive improvement. This is a three‐day training for select APS staff. Days 1 and 2 consist of the CLASS Observer Certification Training. Day 3 is an optional day for those who would like to take their online certification exam. New certified observers are expected but not required to serve as CLASS coaches in their school building. Results‐based Facilitation (RBF) Training: Effective Strategies for Leading Conversations with Educators Session # 201529094015 Tuesday 2 Full Days (Tu, We) Repeated Thursday 2 Full Days (Th, F) Presenter(s): Tim Cotman, Marty Swaim, Cheryl Robinson Audience: Teachers, administrators who have completed pd on the cultural competence curriculum This session is offered on Tuesday‐Wednesday and repeated on Thursday‐ Friday. The session will be from 8:30‐4:30. This two‐day session is designed for staff who have prepared to join the teams offering cultural competence training in schools in the fall 2015. Effective meetings happen when they are thoughtfully and skillfully planned. Process matters. During this two ‐day session participants will hone skills that are effective in leading, facilitating and participation in Tuesday/Wednesday 11 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 meetings designed to move others from talk to action. Pre requisite: Participants must have completed cultural competence facilitation training. This workshop is highly interactive. Materials and lunch will be provided. Space is limited to 16 participants per session. Learning the Nuts and Bolts of Reading Workshop, 3‐5 Session # 201529094062 Wednesday all day (8:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Susanna Smith Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) This workshop will show teachers the nuts and bolts of reading workshop in the upper elementary grades. Topics covered will include ways to build and organize classroom libraries, workshop components such as mini‐lesson, conferring with individual students, teaching small groups (including strategy groups) and how to assess within the workshop format. It will also include time to think and plan launching Reading Workshop in their classrooms in the fall. Lego NXT ‐ STEM Robotics Made Simple Session # 201529094110 Wednesday all day (8:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Robert Dudek Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This full‐day session will provide participants with all of the necessary skills and understanding to successfully teach and facilitate a Lego NXT robotics program within their curriculum, after school club, or a summer camp. Participants will receive access to robotics equipment for future use through partners, and receive tips and strategies for obtaining their own equipment through sponsors and partners. Mentoring Mathematical Minds with Project M3 for Grade 4 Session # 201529094139 Wednesday all day (8:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Cheryl McCullough, Janine Firmender, Ph.D. Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Designed for cluster teachers, this session will share how these curricular units are a great comprehensive fit for students who need daily or weekly differentiation of content during math workshop. The focus of the majority of the workshop will focus on one unit, The Tenth Street Pet Sanctuary: Understanding & Using Decimals. At the end of the session, participants will be given a teacher's guide and student guide to support implementation. Using 3D Printers in the Classroom Session # 201529094088 Wednesday all day (8:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Cassidy Nolen Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) Students are curious and the technology is cool, but HOW do you integrate the 3D printer into your curriculum? From basic downloads of pre‐made files to wild projects, this session is designed to take you through the steps you will need to make it happen in your classroom. Prior experience is not necessary but it is welcome. Wednesday
June 24
Half Day
C
8:30-11:30 AM
Advancing PLC‐ ‐ Supporting the Process (specific topic TBD) Session # 201529094179 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Denny Berry, Ann Delehant Audience: All Description coming soon! Check ERO and/or web page for updates. Behaviors from Pre‐K to High School Session # 201529094043 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Keieownna Hightower Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This presentation will discuss specifics about stages of social emotional development of children, specific behaviors based on the specific age ranges, and how handle those specific behaviors. It will include applicable strategies that can be used with the various ages and stages of child development, but also explain why these behaviors may be occurring. This presentation include information for anyone and is not special education specific. It will address issues that are seen in typical developing students as well as students with special needs. Bringing Coding into the Classroom Session # 201529094165 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Helen Malone, Gordon Smith Audience: Middle School (6‐8) Coding is the new digital literacy ‐ it provides an essential tool for exploring and understanding the world, then communicating that understanding to people around you. The Codesters platform and curriculum provides a strong framework for teachers, even those with limited programming experience, to bring coding into their classrooms. This workshop will examine coding as a subject, pedagogical ideas for teaching coding in the classroom, and methods for integrating coding into core subjects such as math. The focus is intermediate and middle school teachers. Wednesday 12 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Create Instructional Multitouch Book with iBooks Author Session # 201529094091 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Camilla Gagliolo Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Learn how to create multitouch books that can be used as instructional materials or be created by students as a multimedia published book. iBooks Author has everything you need to create a great‐looking book. Add shapes, charts, text, video and widgets that create interactive learning for students. Creating a community of readers and writers: Using choice books to engage students in a reader’s and writer’s workshop model. Session # 201529094058 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Megan McCormick, Amy Juengst Audience: Middle School (6‐8) In this session, learn how to utilize students’ choice books as mentor texts for mini‐lessons and receive resources such as mentor text ideas, rubrics, and mini lessons in a reader’s and writer’s workshop setting. Colleagues will leave with strategies and skills for immediate implementation in their classroom. Fixing the Grade ‐ Transitioning to Standards Based Grading Session # 201529094170 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Dan Carroll, Katlyn Bennet, Catrina Tangchittsumran‐
Stumpf, Wiseman Wiseman Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This session will provide teachers with the understanding and skills to abandoned the carrot/stick mentality of grading and move to a system that rewards the learning process and encourages all kids to continue trying even when they are initially not successful. Standards‐Based‐
Grading is a method that fits well into the APS model of the grade representing student achievement and can provide parents and students with a more complete picture of their performance. Some of the strategies we will be focusing on include writing and using holistic rubrics. Using unobtrusive formative assessment to guide instruction and inform feedback. Communicating progress in a non‐
traditional system. From Seatwork to Feetwork: Creating an Active Classroom Session # 201529094157 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) REPEATED Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Ron Nash Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Join Ron Nash for this highly interactive session that will provide you with practical strategies you can use to engage students in their own learning at all age levels. Ron will model pair share, pairs squared, paired verbal fluency, and other active‐learning strategies. In this fast‐
paced session, you'll move, share, and laugh as you learn how to provide students with communication, collaboration, and critical‐
thinking skills they'll need to perform in school and succeed in life. Grab a writing instrument and rock with a session facilitator who doesn't believe in sit and git education. Jumpstart Seminar: Prepping for the National Board Process Session # 201529094092 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Kerri Hirsch Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This session will provide an introduction to the new National Board Certification process and help teachers who are ready to start on their component development. Participants will learn the basics of how to apply for candidacy, get a brief tour of some of the standards, examine how the NB standards fit into their current teaching practices, and learn useful tips about how to prepare for and begin their work as candidates for National Board certification. Learning from Student Work Session # 201529094073 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Laurel Lynch, Tracy Gaither Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Student work is a tool to guide teachers in discovering what students understand and how they are thinking. It also provides an opportunity for collaboration and to determine the effectiveness of resources and instruction. Participants will take part in examining students' mathematical reasoning and understanding through discussion and practice by using appropriate protocols. Lastly, participants will learn how to incorporate this process of reflecting on student learning and development into their math class and across grade‐levels. Let's Get Moving in Social Studies: 20+ Strategies for Increased Engagement Session # 201529094117 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Lauren Gautier Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Calling all social studies teachers! Looking for more ways to engage learners in your classroom through movement, art, music, and theatre? In this workshop, explore 20+ strategies that use multiple modalities to increase student achievement. These strategies encourage student participation and are sure to put an added burst of positive energy into your classroom. In addition, they incorporate methodologies that support your struggling learners and ESOL students as well as push all your kids to greater levels of critical thinking. Leave this workshop with ideas ready to be used in your classrooms this fall! Wednesday 13 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Make‐and‐Take Literacy Expo Session # 201529094149 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Kate Neal Audience: Lower Elementary (PK‐2) Come learn how to transform ordinary, everyday objects into literacy center materials with endless potential. See shopping bags, bottle caps, plastic eggs and more repurposed to form engaging games and learning tools. Walk away from the session with authentic, ready‐to‐
use tools for the primary classroom. Motivate your Students with Interactive Notebooks Session # 201529094166 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Cathy Hix, Cheryl McCullough Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5)/Middle School (6‐8) Since the backbone of the History Alive! Program is the Interactive Student Notebook(ISN), this session will focus on research‐based strategies for challenging and engaging all learners in social studies content. We will discuss ideas that provoke depth and complexity of thinking, challenge creative thinking processes, as well as how the ISN can be a great way to differentiate instruction. Personalized Device Initiative Training Session # 201529094173 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Darryl Joyner Audience: For teachers who will be first time participants in the personalized device initiative. Elementary 
2nd grade teachers at schools that did not pilot at 2nd grade this past year. 
3rd grade teachers at schools that did start with 2nd grade this past year 
homeroom teachers new to the school who’s students will have devices next year. Middle School 
7th grade teachers 
6th grade teachers new to the school This workshop is exclusively for APS educators who will be in their first year of participation in the Digital Learning Initiative and need to learn how to use the built‐in features of the iPad and iOS in an educational context. Participants gain experience using the iPad. They learn basic navigation and explore key settings and apps as they apply to teaching and learning. Learning outcomes for this workshop include: ‐Explore basic navigation, organization, and settings of your iOS device ‐Learn to use your device as a tool for teaching and learning ‐Discover how to increase productivity and collaboration with built‐in apps and iCloud Individual Participant Requirements: ‐must have an active Apple ID and password that has been used at least one time to download an app ‐must know their APS email password Responsive Classroom Overview Session # 201529094079 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) REPEATED Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Jaclyn Scott Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Participants in this half day course will learn how to boost students' social and academic success while reducing behavior problems using the Responsive Classroom Approach. This session will focus on using Morning Meeting as a springboard to create and support a positive classroom environment. Coupled with positive teacher language and Interactive Modeling, participants will learn a proactive approach to supporting student behavior and academic goals. They will refine their skills and leave with ideas and resources to start the next school year. There's An App For That!: Exploring Apps Across the Curriculum Session # 201529094118 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Jamie Moran, Elizabeth Burke Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Incorporating technology in the classroom is, and will continue to be, an important part of fostering 21st century skills. However, it is just as crucial that the integration of technology be authentic in order to enhance learning. We will demonstrate how technology can be integrated in a meaningful way through an interactive workshop. Together, we will explore apps that can be implemented across the curriculum. Each app will be introduced and modeled with student examples to demonstrate how we have successfully integrated these apps into our own classrooms. Then, you will have the opportunity to individually explore each app with our guided support. Whether you are a technology immigrant or a native, you will leave with tools that you can tailor to meet the specific needs of your classroom. Using Recycled Materials to Make Art Session # 201529094082 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Miriam Cutelis Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) It's not only environmentally friendly to use recycled materials in art but using recycled materials has many more benefits in teaching besides environmental factors. Random, familiar everyday objects being used for other means aside from what they were originally intended for allows children to begin seeing the potential multiple uses of other common materials in their lives. Innovation is awakened through the discovery of non‐traditional uses to seemingly mundane and common objects. In addition. Working with everyday objects Wednesday 14 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 allows children's personal connections with these materials to come through in the narrative of the art. Wednesday
June 24
80 Minutes
D
8:30-9:50 AM
Books, Books and More Books Session # 201529094026 Wednesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Mary Lou Rube', Meghan Fatouros Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Are you looking for new books to read aloud, use as a mentor text or recommend during reading workshop? This session is an introduction to many of the top new fiction and nonfiction books for elementary readers which have been published within the last few years. We will show book trailers and help you learn to explore these websites. Participants will receive a handout of all the books discussed and links to websites shown. Do the Math: A Math Intervention Session # 201529094039 Wednesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Elizabeth Walsh Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Do the Math is a flexible math intervention program for students in grades 2‐6 who need additional instruction in Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division and/or Fractions. The session will give teachers an opportunity to learn about the structure and content of the program as well an opportunity to explore the materials and manipulatives included in the program. iMovie: The Final Chapter Session # 201529094132 Wednesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Darrell Johnson Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Have you recorded student clips on your HD camera and don't know how to transfer it your computer? Did you recorded that special school event on your iPad or iPhone, but found the mobile iMovie mobile App too limited? This workshop is your solution. We'll focus on the cool functions and workflows of the iMovie software for the Mac. Mac 101‐Basic features of the Mac OS (latest) Session # 201529094129 Wednesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Charles Randolph Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This workshop session will walk teachers and staff through the basic features and functions of using the Mac (OS) computer in the classroom. Key shortcuts, standard applications, screencasting (flipping the classroom) and much more. OMG, My Students All Have iPads Session # 201529094080 Wednesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Pamela Nagurka, Haelee Solomon Audience: Middle School (6‐8) This session will discuss strategies and Apps for increasing productivity in the classroom. Learn how to use Socrative for Entrance and Exit Tickets, create pre‐teaching videos to flip the classroom, use QR codes to help absent students make‐up missed work and much more. Please bring your device and we will help you learn the tools that interest you. Taking Google Apps To The Next Level Session # 201529094085 Wednesday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Fred Delventhal Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) You already use Google Apps for for Docs, Forms, etc., but now you're ready to try something new. Participants in this session will learn to use some of the lesser known features in Google Apps For Education on their way to becoming a Google Apps Ninja. Wednesday
June 24
80 Minutes
E
10:10-11:30 AM
AIM‐VA: Free Accessible Materials for Virginia’s K‐12 Students With a Print Based Disability Session # 201529094030 Wednesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Elizabeth Walsh, Ian Moore, Marbea Tammaro Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) The Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Center of Virginia is a free VDOE sponsored resource that provides AIM to students who struggle reading standard printed text. Together Wednesday 15 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 with our partners‐Learning Ally, DBVI, Bookshare, and Don Johnston Inc‐we provide half a million accessible materials, training, and technical assistance to Virginia’s schools, completely free of charge. Collaborative Story‐writing Session # 201529094130 Wednesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Darrell Johnson Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Do you need a fun and free way to collaborate with your students on their writing assignments? This workshop will show you how to use the free web‐based, and/or App‐based (Windows OS/iOS) software called Celtx to create, share, and review written projects. Coteaching Gen Ed, SPED and HILT Session # 201529094061 Wednesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Pamela Nagurka, Rebecca Karli Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) Co‐teaching with a special education teacher and/or HILT teacher has enormous opportunities. This session will be co‐taught by a gen‐ed, a HILT and a SPED teacher and will briefly discuss the different models of co‐teaching and how to develop an effective co‐teaching partnership. When you leave this session you will have specific strategies that can be used to improve your co‐teaching in order to provide an enriching education to all students in the integrated classroom. Whether you have common planning with your co‐teacher or not, you can effectively co‐teach without overextending yourself! Screencasting‐(Flipping the Classroom) Session # 201529094131 Wednesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Charles Randolph Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This workshop session will walk teachers and staff through the basic features and functions of using screen casting software and apps (iOS‐
iPad) to record. Teachers will also learn how to "share" screen casting video so others can view‐(students/teachers/admin, etc) Taking Google Chrome to the Next Level Session # 201529094084 Wednesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Fred Delventhal Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) You've been using Google Chrome as a web browser, but are now ready to take it to the next level. Participants in this session will learn how to use settings and extensions making Chrome more efficient, more powerful on their way to becoming a Chrome Power User. Webquests, Simulations, and Interactives to Support Best Practices in Humanities Session # 201529094038 Wednesday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Liz Boris‐Busovsky, Tammy Mills‐Mirick Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This session will discuss how to engage and differentiate instruction using webquests, simulations, and other interactives. Presenter will show already available resources and how to create something from scratch. The presentation will focus on social studies content, but all are welcome. Wednesday
June 24
Half Day
F
12:30-3:30
Advancing PLC‐ ‐ Supporting the Process (specific topic TBD) Session # 201529094180 Wednesday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Denny Berry, Ann Delehant Audience: All Description coming soon! Check ERO and/or web page for updates. Creativity and Problem Solving Design Briefs in your Curriculum Session # 201529094087 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Danielle Meyer Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) In this session you'll explore, create, and refine a Design Brief, a process by which engineers develop solutions to problems. You'll learn strategies for implementing design briefs in your courses, and how to facilitate students' explorations of their own ideas, thereby making your courses even more engaging, relevant and memorable. At the end of the session you'll also have a completed online template for your students to create their own design briefs. Wednesday 16 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Dyslexia 411 Session # 201529094025 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Christina Cotton, Meg Davis Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Join us to learn about Dyslexia. This session will cover characteristics of Dyslexia and evidence‐based strategies to use with students. Attendees will also participate in simulations to experience how it may feel to have Dyslexia. Participants need to bring their laptops and headphones. Exploring the Extended Grade 5 Math Curriculum Session # 201529094057 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Christine Hufnagel, Michael Frickel Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Next year, the Grade 5 Math Curriculum Guide will include additional extensions into middle school content. This offering will give participants a preview of the curriculum and will allow teachers to explore the content. Fifth grade teachers, as well as those who support Grade 5, are encouraged to attend. From Seatwork to Feetwork: Creating an Active Classroom Session # 201529094169 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Ron Nash Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Join Ron Nash for this highly interactive session that will provide you with practical strategies you can use to engage students in their own learning at all age levels. Ron will model pair share, pairs squared, paired verbal fluency, and other active‐learning strategies. In this fast‐
paced session, you'll move, share, and laugh as you learn how to provide students with communication, collaboration, and critical‐
thinking skills they'll need to perform in school and succeed in life. Grab a writing instrument and rock with a session facilitator who doesn't believe in sit and git education. Integrating Science and Language Arts Through Children's Literature Session # 201529094090 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Matthew Hubbard, Gayle Kelley Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) This workshop will focus on integrating science and language arts through the use of fiction and nonfiction texts. Based on the NSTA Picture Perfect Series, teachers become the students to experience an integrated lesson on reading strategies and science content and lab experiences. Teachers will be introduced to school district resources to help develop these integrated lessons in your own classroom and spend time exploring and creating a lesson of their own. Lego NXT ‐ Introduction to Robotics Session # 201529094112 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Steve Love Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This session will introduce teachers, club sponsors, parents, and administrator to the technologies of the Lego NXT Robotics system, and strategies to enhance STEM Education and engineering environments. Activities will include an outline of learning activities ranging from an introductory classroom unit to a year long after school club. Explanation of robotics competitions and existing camp opportunities will be included. Personalized Device Initiative Training Session # 201529094174 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Darryl Joyner Audience: For teachers who will be first time participants in the personalized device initiative. Elementary 
2nd grade teachers at schools that did not pilot at 2nd grade this past year. 
3rd grade teachers at schools that did start with 2nd grade this past year 
homeroom teachers new to the school who’s students will have devices next year. Middle School 
7th grade teachers 
6th grade teachers new to the school This workshop is exclusively for APS educators who will be in their first year of participation in the Digital Learning Initiative and need to learn how to use the built‐in features of the iPad and iOS in an educational context. Participants gain experience using the iPad. They learn basic navigation and explore key settings and apps as they apply to teaching and learning. Learning outcomes for this workshop include: ‐Explore basic navigation, organization, and settings of your iOS device ‐Learn to use your device as a tool for teaching and learning ‐Discover how to increase productivity and collaboration with built‐in apps and iCloud Individual Participant Requirements: ‐must have an active Apple ID and password that has been used at least one time to download an app ‐must know their APS email password Wednesday 17 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Practical Behavior Strategies Session # 201529094042 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Keieownna Hightower Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This behavior presentation is gear towards discussing more common behaviors, potential reasons for those behaviors, what maintains the behaviors, and ways to help foster alternative, positive behaviors. This presentation also includes a section on how to handle the more extreme behaviors. Project Workflow with iTunesU Session # 201529094089 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Camilla Gagliolo Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) In this hands‐on workshop you will learn how to create an interactive learning environment to support a project‐based iPad classroom. Learn how to include a multitude of resources, apps, and directions to support a project workflow. Read Like a Detective; Write Like a Reporter. Explore Resources to Support Evidence‐Based Reading and Writing. Session # 201529094108 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Darcy Carlson Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) “Oh, yeah? Prove it!” You normally hear children saying that on playgrounds and in backyards. Now, students are hearing that in classrooms and libraries across the country as we focus on revised standards. The Virginia Standards of Learning emphasize the importance of evidence‐based reading and writing for grades K‐12. Join us for this interactive session to discover strategies to promote the use of evidence in research with Britannica School. Responsive Classroom Overview Session # 201529094079 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Jaclyn Scott Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Participants in this half day course will learn how to boost students' social and academic success while reducing behavior problems using the Responsive Classroom Approach. This session will focus on using Morning Meeting as a springboard to create and support a positive classroom environment. Coupled with positive teacher language and Interactive Modeling, participants will learn a proactive approach to supporting student behavior and academic goals. They will refine their skills and leave with ideas and resources to start the next school year. Strategies for Working with Twice Exceptional (2e) Learners Session # 201529094154 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Cheryl McCullough, Kristi Murphy, Janet Quantrelle, Firster Firster Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Twice‐Exceptional learners are students who have the ability to think, reason, and problem‐solve at very high levels but also have special education needs. These children are best served by teachers who recognize and build on their exceptional strengths while at the same time are flexible in areas where the students require accommodations and support. In this session, we will discuss ways teachers may modify assignments, provide alternative learning experiences, and employ other strategies to help these 2e students display their true abilities. The Library has WHAT?! Session # 201529094049 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Anne Womack Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Find out what Arlington Public Library databases your students can access for free when they need homework help or have research needs. Even young pre‐schoolers can find puzzles, games and have books read to them online. Please bring a tablet or laptop. Writing Workshop Toolbox Session # 201529094161 Wednesday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Erin Watson Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) In this interactive workshop, teachers will leave with a variety of tools designed to support their mini lessons, small group guided writing sessions and conferences. The emphasis will be given to idea generation, drafting and composing. Teachers will also leave with student samples, checklists and a list of published mentor texts to use during writing instruction. Narrative writing is the focus of this session. Wednesday 18 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Wednesday
June 24
80 Minutes
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12:30-1:50 PM
Bubble Habitats Session # 201529094076 Wednesday 12:30 ‐ 1:50 Presenter(s): Wendy Wilson Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Come learn how plastic sheeting from the painting department at Home Depot and a big roll of duct tape can make your classroom come alive! Participants will learn how giant bubble habitats can be used to enhance a science or nonfiction unit in the elementary grades. Once the bubble is created, the students create life‐size or larger than life‐
size 3‐D replicas of creatures to inhabit the bubble along with completing research to compliment their artistic work. The entire class can fit inside the bubble habitat and work collaboratively to prepare the environment and their oral presentations. As a culmination, students lead tours for parents, other classes and staff through a truly memorable learning experience that will remain in their memory longer than any worksheet. The bubble habitat can be cross‐curricular project based unit that incorporates languages arts, science and art.The bubble habitat can be cross‐curricular project based unit that incorporates languages arts, science and art. Be prepared to take off your shoes, crawl on your knees and become a part of a living habitat. Interactive Dramatization in Social Studies Session # 201529094019 Wednesday 12:30 ‐ 1:50 Presenter(s): Deitra Pulliam, Wendy Yarborough Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Maximize your instructional time ,this session will infuse reading strategies in the context of social studies. Educators will learn how to increase student participation using body kinesthetics , visualization and drama. Strategies Learned with Blended Learning Session # 201529094034 Wednesday 12:30 ‐ 1:50 Presenter(s): Ena Wood, Diane Coggins Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Arlington Public Schools has offered seven cohort courses entitled Teaching Student in Blended Learning. There are many strategies, discussion elements, and lesson plans suggestions to share. Blended Learning environments can effectively support standards‐based teaching and learning in all subject areas. Participants will learn techniques to foster student collaboration in an online learning community through discussion and group projects. Learn facilitator techniques to enhance student learning. Summer Literacy Academy for Students of Color Session # 201529094028 Wednesday 12:30 ‐ 1:50 Presenter(s): Colleen Noetzli Audience: Middle School (6‐8) This presentation centers on the Summer Literacy Academy for rising sixth‐grade boys of color. Specifically, through classroom videos, PowerPoint, and interactive demonstrations, the participants will learn specific instructional strategies that supported the arts of language, explore student work and feedback, hear an overview of the program, and understand the theoretical framework. The Summer Literacy Academy sought to support the literacy development of adolescent boys by using the arts of language to bring to the surface the stories that live within the boys themselves. Too Many Words, too Little Time Session # 201529094075 Wednesday 12:30 ‐ 1:50 Presenter(s): Mariola Aguilar, Denise Santiago Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Too many words, too little time How to design and implement purposeful vocabulary instruction that helps students engage in mathematics and participate in academic discussion. •Learn a process for creating a list of essential academic and content‐
specific terms and phrases essential to have all learners engage in mathematics and better access the language of the mathematics sol assessments. •Acquire a six‐step process for effective vocabulary instruction. •Integrate engaging and motivational techniques such as games, technology, and graphic organizers. •Create systems to assess and track students’ vocabulary knowledge over time. Wednesday 19 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Wednesday
June 24
80 Minutes
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2:10-3:30 PM
Building Content Vocabulary Session # 201529094036 Wednesday 2:10 ‐ 3:30 Presenter(s): Nita Wade, Cari Pittleman Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) In this fast paced session we will explore a dozen interactive strategies to help build content vocabulary. Each strategy provides students with opportunities to use new vocabulary numerous times in a variety of settings. Lessons address Gardner’s intelligences and play to the strengths of diverse groups of learners. All the while, students build cooperative learning skills. Lessons can be adapted for students from 1st to 5th grade students and are applicable across the content areas. Creating Writers in a Digital Classroom Session # 201529094106 Wednesday 2:10 ‐ 3:30 Presenter(s): Marie Hone, Kirsten Walleck, Elizabeth Burke, Moran Moran Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) How are creative writers developed in a digital classroom? Join us as we walk through the different opportunities to have students write using technology. See what can be done with elementary students to develop their writing skills. See samples of student work. Learn about apps that have been tried in the classroom and that can be correlated to the elementary curriculum. See some templates to get you started too. Let's Keep Moving! Building the Brain and Sensory Strategies for the Classroom and Beyond Session # 201529094054 Wednesday 2:10 ‐ 3:30 Presenter(s): Joan Mountain Elliott, Michael Humphreys Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Current research has demonstrated the importance of physical exercise for the brain as well as our body. How can we make that happen for children at school? This 90 minute hands‐on interactive session will provide the teacher with the following: the latest research on why physical activity is crucial to the way we think and feel; hands‐
on strategies for incorporating movement into the curriculum, as brain breaks and at recess as well as hands‐on strategies for self‐regulation in the classroom. Smart Response VE: Fast and Easy Web‐Based Assessments Session # 201529094145 Wednesday 2:10 ‐ 3:30 Presenter(s): Rosa Navas Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) The SMART Response system is an assessment tool that facilitates summative and formative assessments when you pose a question before, during or after a lesson. In this session, you will learn how to use the system by setting up your classes, posing quick questions to probe understanding, writing an assessment, deploying the assessments to smartphones, tablets and computers, and exporting your results so you can identify where reteaching is needed. Two Teachers: One Mission Session # 201529094017 Wednesday 2:10 ‐ 3:30 Presenter(s): Nancy Caruso, Eleanor Reed Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) Teacher certification programs prepare us to teach the various students with special needs that may be in our general education classes… but do they prepare us to collaboratively work with the various adults who help support these students? Eleanor Reed (8th Grade Geography) and Nancy Caruso (Special Education Teacher, NBCT) have a combined twenty‐nine years of inclusive teaching experience. This session is open to any teacher or paraprofessional who would like to learn strategies and tools for working together in an inclusive classroom. Thursday
June 25
All day
A, B
8:30-3:30 PM
Class Observation Scoring System (CLASS) Observer Certification Session # 201529094014 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 3 Full Days (W, Th, F) Presenter(s): Gregory Taylor Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Becoming a Certified CLASS Observer will enable you to accurately observe and code teacher‐student and student‐student interactions that have been proven to increase children’s learning and development. The CLASS tool allows Certified Observers to focus on
Wednesday/Thursday 20 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 the breadth, depth, and frequency of these interactions—providing useful data to drive improvement. This is a three‐day training for select APS staff. Days 1 and 2 consist of the CLASS Observer Certification Training. Day 3 is an optional day for those who would like to take their online certification exam. New certified observers are expected but not required to serve as CLASS coaches in their school building. VEX ‐ STEM Robotics Made Simple Session # 201529094111 Thursday 2 Full Days (Th, F) Presenter(s): Robert Dudek Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This two‐day session will provide participants with all of the necessary skills and understanding to successfully teach and facilitate a VEX robotics program within their curriculum, after school club, or a summer camps for students in grades 7 through college. Participants will receive access to robotics equipment for future use through partners, and receive tips and strategies for obtaining their own equipment through sponsors and partners. Results‐based Facilitation (RBF) Training: Effective Strategies for Leading Conversations with Educators Session # 201529094167 Thursday‐ Friday, 2 Full Days Presenter(s): Tim Cotman, Marty Swaim, Cheryl Robinson Audience: Teachers, administrators who have completed pd on the cultural competence curriculum This session is offered on Tuesday‐Wednesday and repeated on Thursday‐ Friday. The session will be from 8:30‐4:30. This two‐day session is designed for staff who have prepared to join the teams offering cultural competence training in schools in the fall 2015. Effective meetings happen when they are thoughtfully and skillfully planned. Process matters. During this two ‐day session participants will hone skills that are effective in leading, facilitating and participation in meetings designed to move others from talk to action. Pre requisite: Participants must have completed cultural competence facilitation training. This workshop is highly interactive. Materials and lunch will be provided. Space is limited to 16 participants per session. How 1:1 Devices Can Transform Your Readers and Writers! Session # 201529094109 Thursday all day (8:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Katharine Hale Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) From someone with two years of classroom experience with 1:1 iPads, join me as we discuss the power iPads have in transforming your readers and writers! This will be an invigorating session filled with authentic, innovative, and effective ways to use digital tools to foster literacy. Strategies can easily be adapted to other subject areas and support all students including ESOL/HILT, SPED, and gifted students. We will highlight digital tools while placing the focus on instruction. No matter your experience, come see what is possible for your students next year and let's collaborate together! Mentoring Mathematical Minds with Project M3 for Grade 5 Teachers Session # 201529094140 Thursday all day (8:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Cheryl McCullough, Janine Firmender, Ph.D. Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Designed for cluster teachers and teachers who work with advanced learners in mathematics, this session will share how these curricular units are a great comprehensive fit for students who need daily or weekly differentiation of content during math workshop. At the end of the session, participants will be given a teacher's guide and student guide to support implementation. Thursday
June 25
Half day
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8:30-11:30 AM
Algebra ‐ Instructional Strategies Session # 201529094146 Thursday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Michael Frickel Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) This session will focus on the Algebra I curriculum and instructional strategies. In addition, the learning trajectory from Math 7 and Math 8 into Algebra will be explored along with ideas that can be used in the Pre‐Algebra and Algebra I classroom. Creating a Room Full of Readers Session # 201529094031 Thursday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Beth Sanderson, Rachel Affleck Audience: Middle School (6‐8) We have all heard about it...the classroom full of students deeply enthralled in reading or chatting enthusiastically about the inner life of a fictional character. But how do we achieve it all year, for each student, in our small window of class time without neglecting curriculum? Independent reading and novel choice find a place in our two classrooms daily. This session will offer you guidance on how to keep students engaged in independent reading books throughout the year, how to add choice to novel units, how to assess skills and comprehension in independent reading, and how to integrate Thursday 21 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 technology so students can respond to each other authentically in real time. We will share information on building a classroom library, independent reading ladders working in our Arlington classrooms, a guide for adding choice to thematic novel units, and the technology our students are using to talk about books, including author Skype chats. This will be a resource‐rich session and you will leave with lists, guides and hopefully a new avenue to ignite reading in your students! ELA & Technology for the Organized Teacher Session # 201529094077 Thursday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Tani Vaughn, Lauren Gautier Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Looking for ways to incorporate more technology into your classroom? Believe it's important to give kids more control of their own learning, but still value organization and structure? In this workshop, you will have hands‐on opportunities to explore writing and reading projects that utilize relevant technologies while helping students feel more empowered. Learn how to use online tools to streamline the creation of research papers, and discover project‐based learning strategies to help your kids get more out of their average, run‐of‐the‐mill book reports. These organized and structured writing and reading processes encourage critical thinking skills, reinforce SOL content, and engage students in the creative process. Plus, everyone will have a blast! Leave this workshop with materials and ideas ready to use in the fall! Incorporating Smart Music into your Music Classroom Session # 201529094097 Thursday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Estelle Roth Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Incorporating Smart Music into your Music Classroom This session will start with the basics of Smart Music ‐ how to set up your computer, microphone and smart board. We will also cover the basic features of Smart Music ‐ music assessments, scales, changing tempi, transposing music, working with playlists, and adding finale created files. This will be targeted toward beginning ‐ intermediate level users of Smart Music. iPads: No Wifi, No Problem Session # 201529094048 Thursday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Marnie Lewis, Sara Antognoli Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) By School Year 2017‐18 all 2nd grade ‐ 9th graders will have an iPad that they can take home. One obstacle is not all students have access to wifi at home, nor can we ask parents to connect the iPad to a home network. As a teacher you can design assignments to send home that are relevant, meaningful and can be done offline. Come learn about assignments for the iPad that will not require wifi. Leveled Literacy Intervention: An Overview Session # 201529094162 Thursday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Erin Watson Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) This offering is exclusively for Title I teachers. This course is designed to introduce teachers and administrators to the components of the LLI program. Attention will be given to lesson design, formative assessment, management of materials, and the 15 keys to effective intervention. Personalized Device Initiative Training Session # 201529094175 Thursday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Darryl Joyner Audience: For teachers who will be first time participants in the personalized device initiative. Elementary 
2nd grade teachers at schools that did not pilot at 2nd grade this past year. 
3rd grade teachers at schools that did start with 2nd grade this past year 
homeroom teachers new to the school who’s students will have devices next year. Middle School 
7th grade teachers 
6th grade teachers new to the school This workshop is exclusively for APS educators who will be in their first year of participation in the Digital Learning Initiative and need to learn how to use the built‐in features of the iPad and iOS in an educational context. Participants gain experience using the iPad. They learn basic navigation and explore key settings and apps as they apply to teaching and learning. Learning outcomes for this workshop include: ‐Explore basic navigation, organization, and settings of your iOS device ‐Learn to use your device as a tool for teaching and learning ‐Discover how to increase productivity and collaboration with built‐in apps and iCloud Individual Participant Requirements: ‐must have an active Apple ID and password that has been used at least one time to download an app ‐must know their APS email password Thursday 22 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Pixie Power Session # 201529094011 Thursday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Kerry Abbott Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Pixie is more than just a drawing app. It is an eBook Creator, a Movie Maker, a Voice Recorder, and a Template Producer. Come an learn how to use this as your one stop shop tool for word study, writing, reading, math, science and social studies content. You and your kids will become experts and will be able to use this for all purposes throughout your day! Socratic Seminar: A Dynamic Search for Understanding Session # 201529094153 Thursday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Kevin Trainor, Cheryl McCullough Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Socrates once stated: "The unexamined life is not worth living." In this session, we will explore the ways in which Socratic seminar, a shared‐
inquiry approach to teaching and learning 21st century skills improves comprehension while challenging students to think and apply knowledge at increasingly higher levels. This session will provide an overview of Socratic seminar, practical strategies for implementation across content areas, resources for conducting a seminar, and a chance to participate in a Socratic seminar related to the needs of advanced learners. The Power of Talk: How Conversation Grows Readers Session # 201529094004 Thursday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Eileen Hanning, Linda Spachtholz Rachael Walker Audience: Lower Elementary (PK‐2) Talk is powerful. This training will explore research on the 32 million word gap experienced by low‐income preschoolers, the conversation gap experienced by older kids and the quality of conversation between parent and child. Participants will explore books, toys and strategies that promote talk and language development. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to identify books and practice strategies that foster oral language and reading development simultaneously. You Be The Chemist Essential Elements Session # 201529094052 Thursday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Hope Schissler, Lis Gallegos Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) You Be The Chemist Essential Elements℠ is a professional development workshop designed to provide K–8 educators—our “essential elements” in education—with methods for teaching chemistry concepts through hands‐on learning and real‐world connections. Essential Elements is based on the 5E constructivist learning cycle approach to teaching. This cycle allows students to build their own understanding of new concepts from both old ideas and their own experiences. Each of part of the cycle describes a phase of learning: engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate. During an Essential Elements workshop, the instructor will lead educators through a full 5E learning cycle utilizing a lesson from the Activity Guides. Educators then get a chance to collaborate and plan their own 5E lesson from additional Activity Guide lessons. All attending educators will receive a free YBTC Activity Guide flash drive which contains over 50+ hands‐on science lessons. Thursday
June 25
80 Minutes
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8:30-9:50AM
Digital Content for (One‐to‐One) Instruction Session # 201529094063 Thursday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Jenny Shanker, Donna Felsenheld Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) iPads, smartphones, and laptops are not just great tools for learning and collaborating, they can also help your students do research, find library resources, and read e‐books. In this session, we’ll show you ways to use your mobile technology to navigate the many digital resources available to APS students and teachers. Bring your iPad, tablet, phone, or laptop to learn to use some of the library’s most exciting tools, available to you and your students 24‐7. The library will soon be at your fingertips with apps to help you access books, e‐books, and databases. With these tools, the library is never closed! Instructional Technology for the Middle School English Teacher Session # 201529094099 Thursday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Stephanie Smith Audience: Middle School (6‐8) This interactive workshop is designed to assist middle school English teachers with integrating iPads into all aspects of instruction from: exit tickets to book talks. Participants will be expected to bring their iPads to the workshop (other technology is always welcome). Thursday 23 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Seven Savvy Strategies for Differentiation Session # 201529094020 Thursday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Cathy Hix Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This session provides teachers with seven strategies they can implement in their classrooms to help meet the needs of diverse learners. Teachers will learn the strategies, practice them in the session and receive handouts to assist with their implementation in their own classrooms.These strategies work across grade level but are especially helpful for content area classes. Start to Finish Books: Get Started Session # 201529094102 Thursday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Marbea Tammaro Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) Start to Finish books are high interest, adapted books for secondary school age students whose reading comprehension skills are significantly below grade level. This session will introduce teachers to these books, discuss who they may be appropriate forreview features available for students and staff (including data collection) and demonstrate use. Students who struggle with reading may be able to read these books independently. There are books available that connect with curriculum in Language Arts, Social Studies and Science. The books are available electronically and once signed up, students can access them at school or at home. Top Apps & Skills on iPads for Primary LA Session # 201529094066 Thursday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Michelle Jaeckel Audience: Lower Elementary (PK‐2) Come explore a variety of iPad Apps and skills you can use to authentically integrate the iPads into your reading and writing routines. (Still working on wording ‐ Michelle Piccard wanted me to do this) Urban Agriculture and Environmental Classroom Activities Session # 201529094114 Thursday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Jim Egenrieder, Julie Dunn‐Campbell Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Participants will learn how to facilitate science, technology and innovation through classroom activities promoting sustainable urban agriculture and environmental preservation, conservation, mitigation, adaptation, and restoration. Activities will include hands‐on alternative agriculture strategies, and urban planning models, simulations and research techniques for small green spaces, rooftops, watersheds, stormwater management, and urban greenway corridors for wildlife. You Win With iTunesU...Where Engaging Projects Meet Student Choice Session # 201529094134 Thursday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Lindsay Brown Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Are you interested in finding a way for students to become the educators and take personal stake in their learning/responsibility as learners? Attendees will leave with a desire to adapt their own teaching style and find a way to broaden their students' horizons with this hands‐on interactive project. They will also have a better understanding of iTunesU(the app), and a variety of apps (ShowMe, MovieStar, Strip Designer, Drawing Pad, Book Creator, Inspiration, and the Camera/video) on the iPad. Thursday
June 25
80 Minutes
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10:10-11:30 AM
Bb Rubrics Really Relate Session # 201529094126 Thursday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Larry Fallon Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Participant’s comfort level with Blackboard (Bb) will be assessed and used to guide the session. For the more experienced users will dive right into creating assessments, using the rubric generator and linking a rubric to an assignment. The newer users will spend time learning the basic Bb navigation and terms in the assessment and rubric area. Participants will view several online rubric resources, learn how to move those into Bb’s rubric tool and how to modify generic rubrics for specific needs. Participants will have time to work on building rubrics that they can use in their courses and practice saving rubrics to the My Content feature in Blackboard so that they can be deployed in multiple courses and over multiple years. Laptops are required to access the content and features covered in this workshop however we will example what the rubrics look like via the Bb Mobile app. Thursday 24 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Digital Storytelling Session # 201529094022 Thursday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Sean Kinnard, Jeffrey Elkner Audience: High School (9‐12) This session showcases interdisciplinary projects created by ELLs at the Career Center's HILT Institute. Two teachers will present projects that integrate literacy, software design, and digital storytelling. Attendees will learn how we empowered students while teaching the development and use of an illustrated online dictionary for vocabulary acquisition and a digitized storybook for collaborative writing projects. The Sage on the Side Session # 201529094064 Thursday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Michelle Jaeckel Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) What is your goal for students? Is it rote memorization or that they are provided the tools to be productive, meaningful members of society? We will talk about how to empower today’s learners through the effective use of emerging technologies. Learn powerful strategies to help you design real‐world problem solving opportunities for all students to help develop cross‐curricular skills and connections, while incorporating a variety of learning styles. These lessons will help to transform even the most passive learners into action‐oriented members of tomorrow’s society. The Truth About the Flipped Classroom Session # 201529094056 Thursday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Caitlin RotchfordTammy Mills‐Mirick Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) Pointers and tips on how to implement flipped instruction; what works and what does not work. Discussion on technology tools that are useful and helpful. Twitter: The Digital Classroom Session # 201529094029 Thursday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Lilo Stephens Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) As educators, we want our professional learning network to be personalized to our needs. We also want strategies that extend student learning beyond the classroom in meaningful ways. Twitter can do both. First, you will learn how to create a Twitter account to meet your professional learning needs. Second, you will learn how to create a class Twitter account for your students and their parents. Finally, we will discuss strategies for using Twitter as a portal for extended student learning and parent communication. All it takes is mastering a 140‐character tweet! Zen and the Art of iPad Management Session # 201529094119 Thursday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Atleacia Gibson Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) An approach to using the iPad as a communication tool with parents and students. The approach meets your goals in a simplistic and intuitive manner. Thursday
June 25
Half Day
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12:30-3:30 PM
APS Blackboard Showcase Session # 201529094103 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Hildi Pardo, Dr. Nancy James, Stacy Brasfield Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Beyond posting documents, are you familiar with the various and robust instructional features of Blackboard? Do you need new ideas for integrating Blackboard into your instruction? Do your students know where to find content – do you need to organize your course in a more user‐friendly manner? Need ideas to enrich, differentiate, and engage your students? Come see a showcase of (ever growing) examples from various teachers. Two featured teachers will be present to share how they use Blackboard. Get ready to be blown away! Blackboard in Middle School Session # 201529094135 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Eric Underhill Audience: Middle School (6‐8) This hands on workshop will introduce teachers of middle school students to the Learning Management System, Blackboard. Teachers are asked to bring their computer and curriculum material that they teach to the workshop. Educators will be able to add items, embed video, explore discussion boards, blogs and podcasts, assessments and other digital tools that are used to enrich the middle school curriculum. Sample lesson materials will be used to demonstrate these various tools and teachers will be provided ample building time to create interactive lesson materials for use in their classrooms. Thursday 25 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Building Comprehension by Building Background Knowledge Session # 201529094003 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Eileen Hanning, Linda Spachtholz Rachael Walker Audience: Lower Elementary (PK‐2) This training explores the relationship between background knowledge and reading comprehension. Participants will learn about the research regarding this phenomenon and strategies to build their student’s background knowledge. The training will include hands‐on exploration of appropriate children's books as well as opportunities to practice skills and brainstorm individual classroom applications. Creating Individual/Common Formative Assessments Using the IA Assessment Library Session # 201529094047 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Cate Coburn, Michael Frickel, Christine Hufnagel Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Learn to use the item banks in Interactive Achievement's (IA) Assessment Library to build your own formative assessments for your class or for your team. Assessments from simple exit tickets to quizzes to unit assessments can be created in IA. Harness the power of this resource to integrate SOL practice for students into your existing formative assessment practice. Use the instant, robust, and dynamic data that IA returns in multiple aggregated and disaggregated combinations to help you plan effective instruction for all students. This session will include training on how to use the Assessment Library and time to apply your new learning with at‐elbow support: attend to benefit your individual practice or come with your team to collaborate on common assessments. The IA Assessment Library contains item banks in English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies for Grade 2‐ EOC. Function‐based Assessment and Interventions for the Classroom Session # 201529094101 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Lauren Bonnet Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Have you ever had a student whose behavior required more than the typical classroom interventions? Did you know what to do? This session will focus on conducting a classroom‐based Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) and writing a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP). Discussion and practice will include topics such as selecting an appropriate measurement system, using direct and indirect methods for measuring behavior, graphing your data, writing a hypothesis statement and writing a BIP. Getting Appy With Language Arts Session # 201529094067 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Meredith Allen, Brianne Casey Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Come learn how to App up your Language Arts lessons and explore a variety of fun and engaging activities on the iPad. This session will focus on integrating various apps into your daily Language Arts routine. Several of the examples showcased will be from Nottingham Elementary School's 2nd grade digital learning pilot. We will show you how to easily integrate technology into your Language Arts classroom. Be prepared to have fun, use your creativity, and explore! Igniting and building passion in our lifelong readers: How to implement a successful 40‐book independent reading requirement Session # 201529094060 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Megan McCormick, Amy Juengst Audience: Middle School (6‐8) Despite our increasingly rigorous standards, students still do not see themselves as readers. Teachers often ask “How can I get my students to read?” We will address a simple solution to that question: require your students to read 40 books at their independent level, as based on Donalyn Miller’s The Book Whisperer (2009) and Penny Kittle’s Book Love (2013). We will educate our colleagues how to provide more choice and access to great books in the classroom; more specifically how to stock and organize a classroom library, conference with and make book recommendations to all types of readers ranging from reluctant to overly‐confident, scaffold time spent reading in the classroom throughout the year, assess reading comprehension both orally and written, utilize students’ choice books as mentor texts for mini‐lessons, and encourage a love of literacy through read alouds, book talks, and student‐led book trailers and book reviews. Make a Move! Session # 201529094086 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Julie Mueller Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Explore a variety of folk dances and movement activities from around the world. Participants will be taught international dances reaching all ages of elementary students as well as ways to develop movement within the music curriculum. Thursday 26 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Personalized Device Initiative Training Session # 201529094176 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Darryl Joyner Audience: For teachers who will be first time participants in the personalized device initiative. Elementary 
2nd grade teachers at schools that did not pilot at 2nd grade this past year. 
3rd grade teachers at schools that did start with 2nd grade this past year 
homeroom teachers new to the school who’s students will have devices next year. Middle School 
7th grade teachers 
6th grade teachers new to the school This workshop is exclusively for APS educators who will be in their first year of participation in the Digital Learning Initiative and need to learn how to use the built‐in features of the iPad and iOS in an educational context. Participants gain experience using the iPad. They learn basic navigation and explore key settings and apps as they apply to teaching and learning. Learning outcomes for this workshop include: ‐Explore basic navigation, organization, and settings of your iOS device ‐Learn to use your device as a tool for teaching and learning ‐Discover how to increase productivity and collaboration with built‐in apps and iCloud Individual Participant Requirements: ‐must have an active Apple ID and password that has been used at least one time to download an app ‐must know their APS email password Quick and Easy Stop Motion! Session # 201529094065 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Kerry Abbott Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Bring history to life! Make characters pop out of literature! Show science concepts in action! Learn how to use iPads to create quick and easy stop motion movies. We will be using iMotion HD (free) and iMovie to create original stop motion movies. Get your hands in it! Warm up your theatrical voices! This is going to be fun! ReDiscover Discovery Education Session # 201529094133 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Marnie Lewis, Heather Hurley Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) In this workshop you will rediscover all Discovery Education has to offer. Topics covered will include: ‐Using Images ‐Managing videos using My Content ‐Sounds and Songs ‐Using Advanced Search ‐Using Board Builder ‐Spotlight on Strategies (SOS) ‐ Ways to how use video in the classroom Socratic Seminar: Building 21st Century Skills Session # 201529094152 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Cheryl McCullough, Kathleen Meagher Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) The Socratic seminar provides an opportunity to engage students in thoughtful discussions that lead to a deeper understanding of issues, themes, and ideas. The rules and structure that a seminar requires promote habits of discourse and a shared respect that permeate all aspects of a classroom community. Participants experience firsthand the power of an instructional strategy that expands student thinking in ways that are designed to endure and develop 21st century skills. Using Robotics and Programming to Learn Math and Science Session # 201529094023 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Blake Tippens, Rachel Denbo Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Middle School (6‐8) Teaching students the real world applications of robotics and programming is a hot topic in education. As early as elementary school, students can see the value of math and science through learning to program. One tool, the Sphero, is a robotic ball that students can program to move, turn, spin or tilt. Inside is an internal guidance system that includes a gyro and accelerometer that students control through an application on the iPad. Featured on #digitalAPS this past year, the students at Drew Model practice the skills of estimation, measuring and collecting data by programming their Sphero to detailed obstacle course. Come to this hands‐on workshop to learn its limitless possibilities. Thursday 27 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Using ScienceFusion Digital Resources in Science Learning Stations Session # 201529094094 Thursday afternoon (12:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Matthew Hubbard Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Teachers will be introduced to the ScienceFusion online resources that are available, and will participate in a science lesson utilizing the resources as learning stations. After a short discussion, teachers will access to the ScienceFusion system, explore their grade level content, and being planning for integrating the resources into their own instruction. Friday
June 26
All Day
A, B
8:30-3:30 PM
Class Observation Scoring System (CLASS) Observer Certification Session # 201529094014 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 3 Full Days (W, Th, F) Presenter(s): Gregory Taylor Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Becoming a Certified CLASS Observer will enable you to accurately observe and code teacher‐student and student‐student interactions that have been proven to increase children’s learning and development. The CLASS tool allows Certified Observers to focus on the breadth, depth, and frequency of these interactions—providing useful data to drive improvement. This is a three‐day training for select APS staff. Days 1 and 2 consist of the CLASS Observer Certification Training. Day 3 is an optional day for those who would like to take their online certification exam. New certified observers are expected but not required to serve as CLASS coaches in their school building. Results‐based Facilitation (RBF) Training: Effective Strategies for Leading Conversations with Educators Session # 201529094167 Thursday‐ Friday, 2 Full Days Presenter(s): Tim Cotman, Marty Swaim, Cheryl Robinson Audience: Teachers, administrators who have completed pd on the cultural competence curriculum This session is offered on Tuesday‐Wednesday and repeated on Thursday‐ Friday. The session will be from 8:30‐4:30. This two‐day session is designed for staff who have prepared to join the teams offering cultural competence training in schools in the fall 2015. Effective meetings happen when they are thoughtfully and skillfully planned. Process matters. During this two ‐day session participants will hone skills that are effective in leading, facilitating and participation in meetings designed to move others from talk to action. Pre requisite: Participants must have completed cultural competence facilitation training. This workshop is highly interactive. Materials and lunch will be provided. Space is limited to 16 participants per session. VEX ‐ STEM Robotics Made Simple Session # 201529094111 Thursday 2 Full Days (Th, F) Presenter(s): Robert Dudek Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This two‐day session will provide participants with all of the necessary skills and understanding to successfully teach and facilitate a VEX robotics program within their curriculum, after school club, or a summer camps for students in grades 7 through college. Participants will receive access to robotics equipment for future use through partners, and receive tips and strategies for obtaining their own equipment through sponsors and partners. Challenging and Engaging Advanced Learners in Language Arts Session # 201529094044 Friday all day (8:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Cheryl McCullough, Dr. Catherine Little Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) If you are looking for units of study to challenge and engage advanced learners in language arts, this session is the one for you. Participants will learn how the William and Mary language arts units infuse concept‐based instruction and specific teaching models to strengthen students' critical thinking skills. These units are designed to develop students' skills in literary analysis and interpretation, persuasive writing, linguistic competency, and oral communication, as well as to strengthen students' reasoning skills and understanding an overarching concept. Each participant will receive their choice of a teacher's guide and student guide. For more information, please visit: http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/curriculum/languagearts/mate
rials/literatureunits/index.php Mentoring Young Mathematicians with Project M2 Session # 201529094142 Friday all day (8:30 ‐ 3:30) Presenter(s): Cheryl McCullough, Janine Firmender, Ph.D. Audience: Lower Elementary (PK‐2) Designed for K‐2 teachers, the Project M² units focused on "in‐depth" mathematics using research‐based practices and standards in mathematics education and early childhood education. One unit at each grade K‐2 focuses on geometry and the other on measurement, both concepts that recently were identified in the Curriculum Focal Points (NCTM, 2006) as key areas to be emphasized in these grades. As scores on national and international assessments indicate, not much Thursday/Friday 28 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 attention is presently devoted to geometry or measurement in primary level curriculum. This session will focus on the Project M2 geometry strand. Each participant will receive a Project M2 unit and student guide. Friday
June 25
Half Day
C
8:30-11:30 AM
Addressing the Needs of Students with Anxiety, Depression, and/or ADHD Session # 201529094027 Friday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Barbara Holtz Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) This session will cover the major features of anxiety, depression and ADHD as well as strategies for managing behaviors in the classroom. The presentation will include round table discussions on participant‐ generated issues that come up in the classroom as well as an opportunity to practice different techniques of mindfulness/meditation which can be incorporated in the classroom. Blackboard in the Elementary School. It’s Not Just for College Anymore Session # 201529094125 Friday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Larry Fallon, Marie Hone Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Blackboard has been used for years in college classrooms but did you know that it has a place in the elementary classroom too? Blackboard has changed significantly in the past few years. Come see what the latest version looks like and can do. Let us 1. provide you the answers to the worst urban legends out there related to Blackboard; 2. show you examples that illustrate effective tool use for communications and content support; 3. provide guidance on how to create consistent reliable navigation practices to resources for both parents and students; and 4. give you an opportunity to test out the Blackboard rubric tool, various content tools, the Blackboard mobile app, the Blackboard Grader app, and many more Blackboard tools. This is a BYOD workshop so participants will get the chance to practice adding content and utilized the many tools in Blackboard. All participants will be added into a practice course in Blackboard. Participants are encouraged to bring the laptops and their mobile device. Much of the creation in Blackboard is best done on a laptop but the Blackboard Mobile app integrates nicely into the personal device initiative classrooms for student use. Come see for yourself that Blackboard is not just for college students anymore, our elementary students are doing amazing things using Blackboard. Let us help you find a place for it in your classroom. Building Understanding: How Architecture Reflects Culture Session # 201529094051 Friday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): David McDavitt Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) This interdisciplinary class employs the real‐world focus of architectural computer‐aided‐design (CAD) to apply Virginia math and social studies SOL concepts in an authentic context. Students use Google SketchUp to create scale 3‐D drawings of historical buildings. *Please bring a laptop with wifi (not iPad) to this session. Collaborating in the Classroom with OneNote Session # 201529094024 Friday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Blake Tippens, Stacy Tippens Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) OneNote is a powerful free‐form information gathering and multi‐user collaboration tool. It gathers student notes (handwritten or typed), research, drawings, screen clippings, web pages, and media in one, well‐organized location. Learn how to create class notebooks, assign and evaluate student work, collaborate on group projects and much more at this hands‐on session. OneNote is available to all APS students and staff and can be accessed offline, online or through a mobile device. Google Sites for Collaborative Teaching & Learning Session # 201529094078 Friday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Wilmarie Clark, Kimberly Klaus Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) Need time to collaborate but not sure where to find it? Why don't you Google it? Google Sites is an easy way for teachers to create webpages where they can share information with other staff members. Team meetings are too short to engage in the meaningful discussions and collaborative planning needed to ensure student success. Google Sites provide an easy way to extend discussions, share student data, plan grouping, exchange instructional resources, and engage in collaborative and cross‐curricular planning ‐ all beyond the traditional time boundary. Come learn, start a Google site for your grade level, and revolutionize planning at your school! Friday 29 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 Morning Meeting Using SMARTboard Session # 201529094002 Friday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Shaunice Henderson, Cassandra (Sandy) Bates Audience: Lower Elementary (PK‐2) This session will focus on using the SMARTboard to create a fun , creative and interactive morning meeting for young learners. The participants will walk away with ideas of how to include math, language, fine motor, and personal social skills in their daily morning meeting. Implementing the use of the SMARTboard will allow for differentiated instruction so students of all developmental levels are successful. Technology Tools to Play, Learn, & Create Session # 201529094137 Friday morning (8:30 ‐ 11:30) Presenter(s): Lindsay Brown Audience: Upper Elementary (3‐5) Are you interested in allowing your students to "show what they know", outside of standardized tests? Have you been perusing different opportunities and ideas to allow students to take a personal stake in their learning? Well, here's your chance! Join me for this hands‐on session, where attendees will be introduced and able to LEARN about a variety of apps, PLAY within them, and given a chance to CREATE for their own classroom use. Friday
June 26
80 Minutes
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8:30-9:50 AM
FERPA, COPPA, and AUP in Your Classroom Session # 201529094147 Friday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Matt Smith Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) As more and more student learning happens in the digital world it is critical that teachers understand best practices for keeping their students and student information safe. Come learn how the FERPA, COPPA, and other policies effect your classroom. Learn what the AUP policy means for your and your student; when you need parent permission when using technology; how best to protect student information; how to create accounts appropriately; and who to direct your questions to in the future. My Device Can Do What?!‐ Exploring Accessibility Features in iPads and Macbooks Session # 201529094104 Friday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Marbea Tammaro Audience: All Grade Levels (PK‐12) This session will introduce attendees to the new accessibility features built into iPads, Macbooks and other Apple devices. You won't believe what is built in! Principles of Universal Design for Learning will be reviewed briefly. Accessibility features in iOS and OS X devices will be reviewed and demonstrated. How to access these features will be explored and resources to learn more will be available. Participants are encouraged to bring their own Apple device to explore these features in a hands on and exploratory way as a part of the presentation. Using Google Classroom to Increase Quality and Frequency of Feedback During the Writing Process Session # 201529094006 Friday 8:30 ‐ 9:50 Presenter(s): Meghann Weis Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) One of the biggest concerns for a Writing Workshop teacher is how to get quality feedback to your students in a timely and efficient manner. Using Google Classroom is a great way to increase the amount of feedback you can give to students in a short period of time. Furthermore, Google Classroom as a format for writing helps students to understand writing is a process that involves multiple revisions and resubmissions of the same work. Friday
June 26
80 Minutes
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10:10-11:30 AM
Authentic Learning: Long Distances and Short Distances Using Instructional Technology Session # 201529094053 Friday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Meg Cameron Audience: All Secondary (6‐12) Authentic learning: the key to making what students learn in school connect with the world around them! In this session, instructional technology is the central focus and participants will be able to learn Friday 30 Arlington Public Schools Festival of the Minds for PreK‐12 Educators Location: Kenmore Middle School June 23‐26, 2015 more about how lessons on writing were designed at Wakefield High School and will be taught in Kabul, Afghanistan starting this summer. Skype and the Apple iPad are discussed in correlation with this example of authentic long distance learning. Also, participants will be informed of the futuristic plan to start a global learning environment where APS students will learn and share ideas on literature with the women of Kabul,Afghanistan through Skype and Blackboard. In reference to shorter distances, participants will be able to see authentic learning come to life through Blackboard journals and video conferences which will act in the future as an archived history of student writing progression throughout the school year. Economics and Personal Finance Online Course Session # 201529094018 Friday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Eric Underhill Audience: High School (9‐12) This hands on workshop will highlight digital instructional resources that are available for the online integration of the Economics and Personal Finance course required for graduation. This workshop is specifically tailored for the 9‐12 EPF teachers. Google Add‐ons Session # 201529094143 Friday 10:10 ‐ 11:30 Presenter(s): Paul Maniscalco Audience: All Elementary (PK‐5) Get more out of your Google experience by using specific Add‐ons that sync to your Google Drive. We will do brief tutorials on apps like the "Typing Club" to help your students with keyboarding skills, "Dictation" for voice to text features or "Liberio" to turn your Googledoc into an ebook. Plus many others... Friday 31