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SUMMER
PROFESSIONAL
ACADEMY
Connecting with Colorado Academic Standards
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Summer Professional Academy Overview ........................................................................................................................... 1
Summer Professional Academy Professional Practices ....................................................................................................... 2
Summer Professional Calendar............................................................................................................................................ 3
Summer Professional Academy Course Description ........................................................................................................... 5
ADVANCED DIFFERENTIATION ......................................................................................................................................... 5
CAPTURING KIDS HEARTS ................................................................................................................................................ 5
CHECK AND CONNECT COMPREHENSIVE IMPLEMENTATION TRAINING ........................................................................ 6
CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENT & EDUCATOR EVALUATION: SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF MUSIC EDUCATORS .............. 6
CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENT & EDUCATOR EVALUATION: SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF PE EDUCATORS..................... 7
CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENT & EDUCATOR EVALUATION: SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF VISUAL ARTS EDUCATORS .... 7
DIBELS NEXT ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
DIFFERENTIATION THAT WORKS! .................................................................................................................................... 8
DOCUMENT BASED QUESTIONING (DBQ) ....................................................................................................................... 9
ENGINEERING IS ELEMENTARY ........................................................................................................................................ 9
FOSTERING EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS IN STUDENTS ........................................................................................ 10
KAGAN COOPERATIVE LEARNING DAY 1 ....................................................................................................................... 10
KAGAN COOPERATIVE LEARNING DAY 2 ....................................................................................................................... 11
LOVE AND LOGIC – 9 Essential Skills©........................................................................................................................... 11
READ PLANS ................................................................................................................................................................... 12
SCANTRON ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12
SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMON CORE STRATEGIES FOR LEARNERS WHO STRUGGLE ................................................. 13
STEM FOR SECONDARY .................................................................................................................................................. 13
STEP UP TO WRITING TRAINER OF TRAINERS (4th Edition – Common Core) ................................................................. 14
THINKING MAPS: NEXT STEPS........................................................................................................................................ 14
YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID ............................................................................................................................... 15
Summer Professional Academy Overview
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This summer, teachers in Fountain-Fort Carson School District will be
provided with ten days of targeted professional development to support
implementation of the Colorado Academic State Standards. Twenty-one
different courses will provide District Eight teachers with an opportunity to
participate in trainings provided by nationally recognized professionals, to
develop their leadership skills, and to provide time to work with colleges.
Teachers will receive a stipend of $100 per class for a maximum stipend of
$500. With principal’s approval, teachers may enroll in more than five
classes during the ten days of Summer Professional Academy (SPA);
however, this will not be additional payment. Priority will depend on space
available. Recertification credit will be available for all courses. Stipends are
for certified staff only.
Please see the following pages for a calendar of events and course
descriptions.
Fountain-Fort Carson
Professional Development
Curriculum & Instruction
10665 Jimmy Camp Road
Fountain, CO 80817
Questions:
Joe Fabey
Email: [email protected]
719-382-1323
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Summer Professional Academy Professional Practices
The courses offered through Summer Professional Academy are aligned to support the
Colorado Academic Standards, and our District Curriculum Calendars. Within each
course description, you will be able to see the professional practice/s addressed in the
class. These include:
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Create content in a challenging manner
Increase knowledge of information literacy
Provide instruction that enhances critical thinking and reasoning
Apply literacy skills across academic content areas
Create a safe and respectful learning environment
Adjust instruction based upon assessments
Increase knowledge of how to modify instruction based upon student needs
Increase leadership density at the building or district level
Increase opportunities for collaboration
Increase oral and written communication skills
Increase utilization of instructional technology
Increase understanding of math practice and content standards to include:
 Increase understanding of how to provide opportunities to explain math
thinking
 Enhance opportunities to improve use of math vocabulary
 Increase understanding of the inquiry method
 Increase knowledge of methods to provide multiple representations of
math concepts
 Increase knowledge of methods of math practice and content standards
 Increase understanding of how to provide real world math problems
 Increase understanding of how to provide multiple math strategies to learn
a concept
 Improve ability to provide interdisciplinary connections to math
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Summer Professional Calendar
June 1
June 2
June 3
June 4
June 5
Advanced
Differentiation
Capturing Kids
Hearts
Capturing Kids
Hearts
Capturing Kids
Hearts
Kagan
Cooperative
Learning Day 1
Engineering is
Elementary
Curriculum
Assessment &
Educator
Evaluation:
Supporting the
Needs of Visual
Arts Educators
Curriculum
Assessment &
Educator
Evaluation:
Supporting the
Needs of PE
Educators
Engineering is
Elementary
Youth Mental
Health First Aid
Engineering is
Elementary
Fostering Executive
Functioning Skills in
Students Elementary
Love and Logic
Love and Logic
Thinking Maps:
Next Steps
READ Plans
Special Education
Common core
Strategies for
Learners Who
Struggle
Scantron
 All classes will be held from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., unless otherwise specified.
 Lunch will be on your own. You will have approximately one hour and fifteen minutes.
 Sign-in sheets will determine stipend and credit. It is important to arrive on time in the
morning and after lunch. Sign-in sheets will be removed 15 minutes after class begins.
 Location for classes vary. Please check SPA Guide or My Learning Plan for specific locations.
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Summer Professional Calendar
June 8
June 9
June 10
June 11
June 12
Curriculum,
Assessment &
Educator
Evaluation:
Supporting the
Needs of Music
Educators
Differentiation that
Works!
Fostering Executive
Functioning Skills in
Students Secondary
Special Education
Common core
Strategies for
Learners Who
Struggle
Capturing Kids
Hearts
Capturing Kids
Hearts
Capturing Kids
Hearts
Kagan Cooperative
Learning Day 2
Differentiation that
Works!
Check and Connect
Comprehensive
Implementation
Training
STEM for
Secondary
Check and Connect
Comprehensive
Implementation
Training
STEM for
Secondary
Step Up to Writing
Trainer of Trainers
Document Based
Questioning (DBQ)
Step Up to Writing
Trainer of Trainers
Youth Mental
Health First Aid
DIBELS NEXT
 All classes will be held from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., unless otherwise specified.
 Lunch will be on your own. You will have approximately one hour and fifteen minutes.
 Sign-in sheets will determine stipend and credit. It is important to arrive on time in the
morning and after lunch. Sign-in sheets will be removed 15 minutes after class begins.
 Location for classes vary. Please check SPA Guide or My Learning Plan for specific locations.
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Summer Professional Academy Course Description
ADVANCED DIFFERENTIATION
DATE:
Monday, June 1, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
Central Office Board Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K-12, Participants will be selected by principal (5 teachers per building)
CREDIT:
7 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Richard Cash
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Provide instruction that enhances critical thinking and reasoning and
increase knowledge of how to modify instruction based on the needs of students.
Our students must be proficient not only in the content standards, but also in the thinking and
learning modes essential for success in the 21st century. New state and national standards specifically
targets these advanced levels of thinking for all students. To get all students to these higher levels,
some will need more scaffolding, while others will need greater degrees of sophistication. Join Dr.
Richard M. Cash, an award winning author and educator in this highly interactive learning
session. You are sure to leave with numerous strategies and techniques to engage and encourage
your students in a robust learning environment.
Teachers will: Know the essentials of a rigorous curriculum, be able to infuse thinking tools into
curriculum & instructional practices, and understand why advanced levels of thinking are required for
success in the 21st Century
CAPTURING KIDS HEARTS
DATE:
Tuesday, June 2 – Thursday, June 4, 2015 – Secondary
Tuesday, June 9 – Thursday, June 11, 2015 - Elementary
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
Central Office Board Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades 6 – 12, Participants will be selected by principal (12 teachers per bldg.)
Grades K - 5, Participants will be selected by principal (6 teachers per building)
CREDIT:
21 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Capturing Kids Hearts Presenter
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Create a safe and respectful learning environment and increase
opportunities for collaboration.
Truly remarkable outcomes are possible in a classroom where trust, respect, and caring relationships
flourish. Creating such an environment is a tremendous challenge. Capturing Kids' Hearts is a 3-day
experience that provides tools for administrators and teachers to build positive, productive, trusting
relationships among themselves and with their students. These processes can transform the
classroom and school environment, paving the way for high performance.
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CHECK AND CONNECT COMPREHENSIVE IMPLEMENTATION TRAINING
DATE:
Tuesday, June 9 - Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - Secondary
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
Welte Education Center Professional Development Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades 6 – 12, Participants will be selected by principal (7 teachers per building)
CREDIT:
14 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Check and Connect Presenter
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Create a safe and respectful learning environment and increase
opportunities for collaboration.
Check & Connect is an intervention used with K-12 students who shows warning signs of
disengagement with school and who are at risk of dropping out. At the core of Check & Connect is a
trusting relationship between the student and a caring, trained mentor who both advocates for and
challenges the student to keep education salient. Students are referred to Check & Connect when they
show warning signs of disengaging from school, such as poor attendance, behavioral issues, and/or
low grades.
Participants will learn and understand: core components and elements of Check & Connect, the
eleven steps for Check & Connect preparation, implementation, and evaluation, how to implement
Check & Connect with fidelity, the role of the Check & Connect coordinator, the role and expectations
of the Check & Connect mentor, Check & Connect mentor competencies and skills
CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENT & EDUCATOR EVALUATION:
SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF MUSIC EDUCATORS
DATE:
Monday, June 8, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
FFCHS – PLC Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K – 12 Music Teachers
CREDIT:
7 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Karol Gates
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Adjust instruction based upon assessments and increase opportunities for
collaboration.
This workshop will be needs-based and will focus on the input of the participants around the overall
need for strong standards-based curricular planning and purposeful assessment in order to provide
artifacts/evidence and strong authentic examples of effective teaching and learning in the Music
disciplines. State support resources developed by educators in over 120 of the 178 school districts will
be used and available for participants as needed.
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CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENT & EDUCATOR EVALUATION:
SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF PE EDUCATORS
DATE:
Monday, June 1, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
FFCHS Classroom
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K – 12 PE Teachers
CREDIT:
7 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Phyllis Reed
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Adjust instruction based upon assessments and increase opportunities for
collaboration.
This workshop will be needs-based and will focus on the input of the participants around the overall
need for strong standards-based curricular planning and purposeful assessment in order to provide
artifacts/evidence and strong authentic examples of effective teaching and learning in the PE
disciplines. State support resources developed by educators in over 120 of the 178 school districts will
be used and available for participants as needed.
CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENT & EDUCATOR EVALUATION:
SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF VISUAL ARTS EDUCATORS
DATE:
Monday, June 1, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
FFCHS – PLC Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K – 12 Art Teachers
CREDIT:
7 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Karol Gates
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Adjust instruction based upon assessments and increase opportunities for
collaboration.
This workshop will be needs-based and will focus on the input of the participants around the overall
need for strong standards-based curricular planning and purposeful assessment in order to provide
artifacts/evidence and strong authentic examples of effective teaching and learning in the Arts
disciplines. State support resources developed by educators in over 120 of the 178 school districts will
be used and available for participants as needed.
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DIBELS NEXT
DATE:
Friday, June 12, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
Central Office Board Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K – 5, Participants will be selected by principal (4 teachers per building)
CREDIT:
7 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Melanie Wilson
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Adjust instruction based upon assessments and increase knowledge of how
to modify instruction based upon student needs.
DIBELS Next is the assessment used throughout the District to assess reading proficiency for
elementary students. All elementary teachers must know how to administer each of the DIBELS Next
assessments, understand and interpret the data from the assessments, and know how to use the data
to develop reading interventions.
DIFFERENTIATION THAT WORKS!
DATE:
Monday, June 8, 2015– Elementary
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - Secondary
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
FFCHS – Main Cafeteria
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K – 5, Participants will be selected by principal (5 teachers per building)
Grades 6 – 12, Participants will be selected by principal (10 teachers per bldg.)
CREDIT:
7 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Lin Kuzmich
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Provide instruction that enhances critical thinking and reasoning and adjust
instruction based upon assessments.
Differentiated Data Driven Instruction has a nice ring to it, but how do you implement this toughest of
skills in the elementary and secondary settings with Fountain-Fort Carson’s diverse student
population? Learn several high payoff methods to respond to on-going student data. Learn responses
that are unique for formative versus summative assessment results. Understand and use equity of
task strategies to get all students moving forward. Even if you have 6 minutes at the opening of class,
you can start to differentiate effectively! These strategies have high payoff in closing achievement
gaps even among at risk populations. Each session is customized to level with grade or course
appropriate examples. Leave our session with several differentiated and lesson ready opportunities
planned for your students this fall.
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DOCUMENT BASED QUESTIONING (DBQ)
DATE:
Friday, June 12, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
FFCHS - PLC Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K – 12, Participants will be selected by principal (2 teachers per building)
CREDIT:
7 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Katrina McLain
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Increase knowledge of information literacy, increase oral and written
communication skills and provide instruction that enhances critical thinking and reasoning.
The workshop is a lively, interactive course for Fountain-Fort Carson teachers, grades 3-12, to discuss
how document based questions can be used as powerful tool to improve students’ critical thinking,
analytical reading and evidence-based writing skills. Learn the DBQ Project’s 6-Step Method and how
it structures the experience of “doing history.” Learn how all students at all skill levels can be
successful analyzing primary and secondary source documents and writing argumentative essays.
During the workshop we will “do” a DBQ to demonstrate the method and we will look at student
writing to analyze degrees of proficiency. Our DBQs and Min-Qs align with the Colorado Academic
Standards but our main interest is engaging students in rigorous work. We aim to help teachers help
students read smart, think straight, and write clearly. Implemented across grade levels, doing DBQs
with all students can significantly improve student reading and writing in non-fiction texts.
ENGINEERING IS ELEMENTARY
DATE:
Monday, June 1 – Wednesday, June 3, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
Welte Education Center Professional Development Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades 3 – 5, Participants will be selected by principal (3 teachers per building)
CREDIT:
21 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Joelle Clark and Lori Rubino-Hare
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Provide instruction that enhances critical thinking and reasoning and
increase opportunities for collaboration.
This 3-day session is an opportunity for STEM teacher leaders to attend an Engineering is Elementary
(EiE) teacher educator institute. The purpose is to prepare professional development providers to
facilitate EiE workshops. The session is hands-on and learner-driven. Participants will develop a deep
understanding of the pedagogy and structure of the EiE curriculum and take away a large collection of
valuable resources to help facilitate EiE workshops.
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FOSTERING EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS IN STUDENTS
DATE:
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 – Elementary
Monday, June 8, 2015 – Secondary
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 11:45 A.M.
LOCATION:
Elementary - FFCHS - PLC Room; Secondary Central Office Board Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K – 5, Participants will be selected by principal (4 teachers per building)
Grades 6 – 12, Participants will be selected by principal (8 teachers per bldg.)
CREDIT:
4 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Karen Jensen and Shawna Clark
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Increase knowledge of how to modify instruction based upon student
needs and create a safe and respectful learning environment.
Executive function refers to a set of mental skills that are coordinated in the brain's frontal lobe.
Executive functions work together to help a person achieve goals. Executive function includes the
ability to: manage time and attention, switch focus, plan and organize, remember details, curb
inappropriate, speech or behavior, and integrate past experience with present action. With the rollout of Common Core State Standards, new emphasis has been placed on the need for students to
have and utilize executive functioning skills. In this half-day workshop teachers will learn specific
strategies that can be implemented easily within the classroom setting to support students who
struggle with key executive functioning tasks including organization, time management, attention, and
more!
KAGAN COOPERATIVE LEARNING DAY 1
DATE:
Friday, June 5, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
FFCHS – Main Cafeteria
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K – 12, Participants will be selected by principal (3 teachers per building)
CREDIT:
7 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Kagan Trainer
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Increase leadership density at the building or district level and increase oral
and written communication skills.
Want to engage students? Want to raise test scores? Want teacher-friendly strategies to implement
tomorrow? This workshop is for you! Experience cutting edge teaching structures to create classroom
success now and forever! In addition, you learn management tips, how to form effective teams,
strategies for creating a cooperative class through team-building and class building, and why
cooperative learning produces gains and group work often fails. Finally, a class that has practical,
hands-on ideas grounded in sound research and theory.
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KAGAN COOPERATIVE LEARNING DAY 2
DATE:
Friday, June 12, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
FFCHS – Main Cafeteria
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K – 12, Participants will be selected by principal (3 teachers per building)
CREDIT:
7 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Kagan Trainer
PREREQUISITE:
Kagan Cooperative Learning Day 1
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Increase leadership density at the building or district level and increase oral
and written communication skills.
Create full student engagement with Kagan Structures—simple yet powerful cooperative learning
instructional strategies. Supported by a large body of scientific research, and proven effective in
countless classrooms, schools, and districts, this revolutionary way to teach is transforming teaching
and learning. Come experience the power of Kagan Structures. See how easy it is use teamwork and
pairs to create a greater level of engagement than you imagined possible, even for your reluctant
learners. We're not talking about group work. We're talking the real deal, and knowing the difference
is the difference between engaging some and engaging all students. When we engage all students,
they all learn more. They have fewer discipline problems. And because the structures are so
cooperative and interactive, they work wonders for students' social skill development. Come learn
easy ways to use Kagan Structures as a part of every lesson, creating greater engagement, deeper
understanding of the content, improved retention, and greater liking for class and content. Kagan will
give you the Seven Keys to unlock the door to successful cooperative learning. If you want more fun in
teaching, highly engaged students who love your classroom, and elevated test scores, this workshop is
for you.
LOVE AND LOGIC – 9 Essential Skills©
DATE:
Thursday, June 4 – Friday, June 5, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
Welte Education Center Professional Development Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K – 5, Participants will be selected by principal (5 teachers per building)
CREDIT:
14 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
David Divine and Ellen Crow
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Create a safe and respectful learning environment and increase
opportunities for collaboration.
This is a nine module educator training designed by the Love and Logic Institute. You will learn how
to: Set limits with enforceable statements, neutralize student arguing, and develop positive
student/teacher relationships because of this training there will be reduced: Student complaints
about teachers, parent complaints, and office referrals.
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READ PLANS
DATE:
Friday, June 5, 2015
TIME:
1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
Central Office Board Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K – 5, Participants will be selected by principal (4 teachers per building)
CREDIT:
3 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Laurie Noblitt
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Adjust instruction based upon assessments and increase knowledge of how
to modify instruction based upon student needs.
This course is designed to give teachers a better understanding of the new law that was enacted in
2013-2014. This law impacts the development of Reading Plans for student s in first through third
grade. All district 1-3 grade teachers will need to be familiar with the law, how student will qualify for
the new plan, and how to create a new READ plan. This half-day class will provide teachers who want
to be trainers with the important information necessary to implement the new READ Act at the
building level.
SCANTRON
DATE:
Friday, June 5, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 11:45 A.M.
LOCATION:
Central Office Board Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades 2 – 12, Participants will be selected by principal (2 teachers per building)
CREDIT:
4 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Clint Allison
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Adjust instruction based upon assessments and increase knowledge of how
to modify instruction based upon student needs.
Participants will take part in the hands on use of Scantron Achievement Series and Performance Series
data to differentiate instruction for a classroom, small group, or individual student. Participants will
focus on discerning error patterns to tailor instructional remediation and extension. Information
learned about Scantron will then be combined with participants using the Alpine Achievement System
to progress monitor students over time. Participants will connect remediation and extension
strategies to current topics of study by employing the Atlas Curriculum Mapper System to plan long
range, cohesive instructional units.
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SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMON CORE STRATEGIES FOR LEARNERS WHO STRUGGLE
DATE:
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - Elementary
Monday, June 8, 2015 - Secondary
TIME:
1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
Welte Education Center Professional Development Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K – 5, Participants will be selected by principal (4 teachers per building)
Grades 6 – 12, Participants will be selected by principal (8 teachers per bldg.)
CREDIT:
3 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
District 8 Presenter
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Increase knowledge of how to modify instruction based upon student
needs and provide instruction that enhances critical thinking and reasoning
The Common Core State Standards initiative represents a shift in education as it aims for consistent
implementation of a rigorous, 21st century set of nation-wide standards. Many specialists in the field
have discussed the need to address implementation efforts specifically regarding students receiving
special education services as well as other students who may struggle with the many facets of
learning. This half-day course will provide practical suggestions for successfully implementing the
Common Core State Standards within the classroom setting for students with disabilities as well as
struggling learners by specifically addressing strategies which include: deconstruction Standards,
reducing Cognitive loads, Gradual Release to Independence, Concept Mastery Routines, Executive Skill
Interventions
STEM FOR SECONDARY
DATE:
Wednesday, June 10, - Thursday, June 11, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
FFCHS – PLC Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades 6 - 12, Participants will be selected by principal (7 teachers per building)
CREDIT:
14 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Dave Khaliqi, UCCS
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Provide instruction that enhances critical thinking and reasoning.
STEMifying Your Instruction – this workshop will take teachers, step by step through the process of
using instructional practices that use problem-based engineering design principles. Participants will
understand and apply the following frameworks to their own instruction:
1. Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMPs) as outlined in the Common Core State Standards
for Mathematics
2. The State Model Evaluation System for Teachers as outlined by the Colorado Department of
Education Educator Effectiveness rubrics
3. 21st Century Skills in Science as outlined in the Colorado Academic Standards in Science
4. Conceptual Problem Solving Framework (Kitsch, 1993) as an overarching guide for inquiry,
literacy, problem solving, and concept retention.
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STEP UP TO WRITING TRAINER OF TRAINERS (4th Edition – Common Core)
DATE:
Thursday, June 11 – Friday, June 12, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
Welte Education Center
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K - 8, Participants will be selected by principal (3 teachers per building)
CREDIT:
14 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Step Up Trainer
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Increase leadership density at the building or district level and increase oral
and written communication skills.
Candidates will deepen their knowledge of the curriculum and the training itself. They will model
instructional strategies to showcase their content knowledge. Implementation successes and
challenges will be discussed along with strategies for coaching and supporting classroom teachers.
THINKING MAPS: NEXT STEPS
DATE:
Thursday, June 4, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
FFCHS – PLC Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades K – 12, Participants will be selected by principal (2 teachers per bldg.)
CREDIT:
7 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
Marci Chapman
PRE-REQUISITE:
Thinking Maps
Professional Practice: Provide instruction that enhances critical thinking and reasoning. Increase
opportunities for collaboration.
After this one day training, participants will be able to integrate Thinking Maps for effective
instructional strategies. Teachers who attend the training will be armed with the ability to implement
Thinking Maps for curriculum and lesson planning and embed Thinking Maps in instructional
plans. Participants will also be able to collaborate with students to use Thinking Maps to explain,
revise, and synthesize ideas independently across disciplines to encourage students' meta-cognition,
self-reflection, and assessment. The activities presented will be hands-on, and collaborative. Don't
miss out on this training!
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YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID
DATE:
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 and Thursday, June 11, 2015
TIME:
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
FFCHS – PLC Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Grades 6 – 12; Participants will be selected by principal (6 teachers per bldg.)
CREDIT:
7 CDE Contact Hours
PRESENTER:
FFC8 Staff Trainer
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Create a safe and respectful learning environment and increase
opportunities for collaboration.
This is a groundbreaking, internationally recognized evidence-based training program to help citizens
identify mental health and substance abuse problems, connect individuals to care, and safely deescalate crisis situations if needed. This class encompasses two curricula: a core program tailored for
adults and a separate program for adults that work with youth. The program will cover: risk factors
and warning signs for a range of mental health problems, an understanding of the prevalence of
various mental health disorders, a 5-step action plan encompassing the skills, resources and
knowledge to assess the situation to select and implement appropriate interventions, and to help the
individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional care and the evidence-based professional,
peer, social and self-help resources available to help someone with a mental health problem.
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