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Conference Booklet
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Table of Contents
How to Use this Conference Booklet........................................................................................................4
Schedule...........................................................................................................................................4
Color Strands and Codes.........................................................................................................................5
Featured Sessions....................................................................................................................................6
Featured Technology Sessions................................................................................................................8
Stay Connected!..................................................................................................................................10
Individualized Learning Plan (Print this Page!).......................................................................................11
Registration.........................................................................................................................................12
Graduate Fair........................................................................................................................................12
Message from the Superintendent
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, it is my pleasure to welcome you to
our first Professional Learning Conference to be held on November 24 and 25, 2014.
The sheer quantity and quality of the session proposals was inspiring and truly serves to attest
to the vibrancy of our teaching and learning community.
I am also pleased to welcome the university instructors, vendors, and other local, state,
and national educators who will be sharing their knowledge and expertise with us during
the conference.
Over the course of these two days, we will share the best of what we know and will
reinvigorate our professional community in a way that best serves our students.
Our commitment to choice in this conference shows how much we value the
network of our teachers. Please design an individualized learning plan that is
best for your professional growth and allows you to gain the knowledge, skills,
and support necessary to meet the needs of your students.
Finally, in this time of thanksgiving, let me express my gratitude for all that
you do for our students, for each other, and for the community of
Harford County.
Vendor Fair............................................................................................................................................12
Site Schedules and Descriptions
• CTE and Technology Education at Harford Technical High School..............................................13
• English at Bel Air High School........................................................................................................19
• Fine Arts at Edgewood High School..............................................................................................30
• Instructional Support Staff at Fallston High School.........................................................................38
• Library Media at Bel Air High School..............................................................................................45
• Mathematics at C. Milton Wright High School...............................................................................50
• Physical Education, Health, and Related Services at Patterson Mill Middle/High School................58
• Science at Patterson Mill Middle/High School...............................................................................64
• Social Studies and History at Aberdeen High School....................................................................72
• Specialized Special Education at Harford Technical High School, John Archer, and the CEO......78
• World Languages and ESOL at Aberdeen High School.................................................................86
Approved Off-Site Learning Experiences................................................................................................90
Certificate of Recognition.....................................................................................................................93
With the sincerest of blessings,
Barbara P. Canavan
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How to Use this Conference Booklet
Color Strands and Codes
To maximize your conference experience, we recommend that you follow these guidelines:
1. Revisit your Professional Development Plan (PDP) and think about the kinds of professional learning that will best fit your goals.
2. Spend some time previewing this Conference Booklet to understand the schedule, options, session offerings, strands, and codes.
3. Find the titles of sessions that interest you. For more information, read the alphabetized session descriptions located immediately following each site schedule.
4. Print the Individualized Learning Plan template on page 11. Construct your two-day experience. Remember you may choose to go to any site but you must commit to that site for an entire half-day block of time. You will register for three half-day blocks of conference learning as well as your half-day of negotiated planning.
5. Register for your sessions on HECTOR.
6. Bring your Individualized Learning Plan with you on the days of the conference. Make sure you have recorded the sites you will be attending, the conference sessions, and room numbers. Make sure you have made note of any materials to bring. Wifi access and Social Media details are printed at the bottom of your Individualized Learning Plan.
7. Enjoy the conference!
Schedule
Strands
Content:
These sessions have been designed with a concentrated focus on the content designated for the site.
Technology:
These sessions emphasize technology used in the context of engaging students in mastery of learning with
the contents.
Differentiated/Specialized Instruction:
These sessions provide specific topics and strategies for differentiated instruction, student engagement, and
in some cases, Universal Design for Learning principles (UDL). Many of these sessions also address the needs
of educators designing specialized instruction for various populations of students.
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices:
These sessions will allow opportunities for educators to meet in order to plan, discuss, and collaborate about
best practices to meet their students’ needs.
What are the hours for the conference?
The conference will run from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, November 24, and Tuesday, November 25, 2014. Each day will
be divided into two blocks of time: a morning block from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and an afternoon block from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30
p.m. Participants are expected to consider travel and parking when planning their sessions in order to arrive on time for the start of
each block. Individual session times for each block at each location will vary and may be either 90 minutes or three (3) hours in
length. Special Note: Sessions at Fallston High School for support staff have slightly different start and ending times; refer to the site
schedule for Fallston to confirm starting times.
Cultural Proficiency:
These sessions will help educators better understand the backgrounds of their students and communities in
order to better frame instruction for relevancy, retention, and meaning.
How is the conference structured?
The 2014 Professional Learning Conference is structured in four blocks of time:
Early Childhood:
These sessions will take into account issues, materials, and content relevant to the needs of the early learner,
particularly Prekindergarten and Kindergarten children.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Morning Block
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Block 1
Block 3
Afternoon Block
12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Block 2
Block 4
Teacher Wellness, Leadership, and Reflection:
These sessions consider the “whole” being of the teacher and provide opportunities for growth in many aspects of a teacher.
Codes
Certified Staff participants are required to participate in all four blocks of time, but may choose how they spend their time in each
block. Three of the four blocks must be used for participation in the sessions outlined in the Professional Learning Conference Session Booklet. One block of time may be used for Negotiated Planning as outlined in the HCPS Negotiated Agreement.
So, an example of a conference participant’s schedule might look as follows (the configurations and possibilities are up to you!):
Monday, November 24, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Morning Block
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
1
Attend Math sessions at C. Milton Wright High School
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Attend ELA Sessions at Bel Air High School
Afternoon Block
12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Negotiated Planning at my school
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Attend ELA Sessions at Bel Air High School
EC – Early Childhood
E – Elementary School
M – Middle School
H – High School
All – No Code
Support Staff are required to participate in sessions as noted below:
Monday, November 24, 2014
Alternating (required to complete both): Attend Sessions at Fallston High School
or Report to Home School to Complete Assigned Tasks/Online Modules
8:00 a.m. registration, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Alternating (required to complete both): Attend Sessions at Fallston High School
or Report to Home School to Complete Assigned Tasks/Online Modules
12:00 p.m. registration, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Attend Sessions at Fallston High School
8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Inclusion Helper – Non-duty Day
Secretaries Remain at School Site
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Featured Sessions
Featured Sessions continued
Child Abuse and the Brain: The Developmental Impact of Trauma in Childhood
Frank Kros
Integrating Fine Arts and the Common Core Standards
Bruce D. Taylor
Tuesday, November 25
Patterson Mill Middle/High School
8:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Monday, November 24
Edgewood High School
8:00 – 11:00 a.m. & 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Frank Kros, MSW, JD, is president of The Upside Down Organization and will share current research
on the brain. Participants will learn of the scientific mapping of how the experience of abuse in
childhood changes the growing brain and predisposes it to psychiatric disorders in adulthood.
Bruce Taylor will demonstrate how all of the cognitive concepts that underpin the foundation and
structure of Common Core State Standards are, in reality, arts concepts. Participants will see how
simple shifts in the focus of teaching and learning within this new paradigm can be achieved
using existing curricular content.
Clueless: Moving Beyond Tricks, Recipes, Clues and Keys to Develop Mathematical Thinking
Cathy Seeley
Monday, November 24
C. Milton Wright High School
9:35 – 11:00 a.m. & 12:30 – 1:55 p.m.
Common Core State Standards and Mathematical Practices provides educators with the opportunity
to help students move beyond superficial strategies. Past President of National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics and author Cathy Seeley shares how we can design instruction to support students
as they develop quantitative skills and assume responsibility for their own learning.
Complex Text, Complex Thinking
Tanny McGregor
Math Happens When We Wonder About Books
David M. Schwartz
Tuesday, November 25
C. Milton Wright High School
9:35 – 11:00 a.m. & 12:30 – 1:55 p.m.
Author David M. Schwartz shows how exciting the results can be when students begin mathematical
explorations inspired by literature. He shares an extraordinary collection of student-created work
based on his many books, and he demonstrates how students gain real-life math skills, problemsolving experience and a great sense of accomplishment while having so much fun that they
forget they’re learning math! You’ll have just as much fun seeing David’s entertaining, informative,
inspiring presentation.
Tuesday, November 25
Bel Air High School
8:00 – 9:25 a.m. & 12:30 – 1:55 p.m.
Fostering engagement with complex text is easier said than done. How can we approach complex
text so that readers are prepared to think about complex ideas? In this practical session, Tanny
shares dozens of easy-to-implement strategies to try in your classroom that encourage all children
to make complex reading experience meaningful. Tanny is the author of Comprehension
Connections and Genre Connections and coauthor of Comprehension Going Forward.
Engagement: The Key to Literacy, the Key to Learning
ReLeah Lent
United States Naval Academy Band’s Crabtowne Stompers
Monday, November 24
Edgewood High School
12:30 – 1:55 p.m.
Monday, November 24
Locations: Bel Air High School
8:00 – 9:25 a.m. & 12:30 – 1:55 p.m.
Who could argue that students should be reading more challenging texts, accomplishing more
complex tasks, and becoming college/career ready? Who doesn’t want to see students waiting
expectantly outside classroom doors, ready to rigorously read, write, speak, and listen? Join ReLeah
Lent, author of several books on literacy and engagement, including Common Core CPR and
Overcoming Textbook Fatigue, for the latest research on engagement, along with strategies and
practices to motivate the most reluctant learners.
“The Navy’s Oldest and Finest,” has been providing music for the Brigade of Midshipmen and
surrounding community since 1852. The Crabtowne Stompers fuses its music with more modern
funk and jazz elements. The creative improvisational and compositional techniques of its members
make the Crabtowne Stompers’ music truly innovative and unique. The Crabtowne Stompers are
led by Bel Air’s own MUCS Nick Pastelak.
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Featured Technology Sessions
Featured Technology Sessions continued
Pixie – The Most Amazing Productivity Tool for Elementary Students
Scott Loomis- Tech4Learning
Deeper Learning in the 21st Century Classroom
Enriching Instruction and Engaging Students with Digital Resources
Kendall Latham, Ph.D., Educational Coach- Advanced Learning Partnerships, Inc.
Monday, November 24, 2014 - Bel Air High School
Scott is a former elementary and middle school teacher as well as a district-level integration specialist. He has
extensive professional development experience with K-12 educators, administrators, and curriculum personnel. He
is former adjunct faculty member of Towson University and is the co-author of four Real World of Math integration
books. He joined the Tech4Learning team in August 2007 as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager. This job provides
him the unique opportunity to promote the effective use of technology as a tool for higher-level, content-focused
instruction. He lives with his beautiful wife and two daughters in scenic White Hall, Maryland.
Interactive Technologies Can Maximize the Power of Real-Time Feedback
Using Interactive Technologies to Increase the Level of Interactivity in the Classroom
Ginno Kelley, Ed.D., Director of Teaching and Learning- Microsoft
Alysse Daniels, M.Ed., Senior Education Consultant- Promethean
Monday, November 24, 2014 - Aberdeen High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - Harford Technical High School
Dr. Ginno Kelley is Director of Teaching and Learning for Microsoft. He was most recently Head of Professional
Development and Research at Promethean. Prior to his career at Promethean, Ginno worked for the state of
Florida’s Digital Educator Program. The program served educators from the state of Florida and provided professional
development for the creation of technology-rich curricula and the integration of 21st century tools. Ginno also
served as a high school teacher for mathematics and technology for many years. During his teaching career,
he developed innovative projects for helping elementary and high-school students in mathematics. He has
also worked with disadvantaged youth developing multimedia environments that promote student voice and
achievement. He regularly presents at national and international conferences on the effects of interactive learning
environments, professional learning, and technology on student learning. Dr. Kelley also consults with districts,
states, and Ministries of Education from around the world on developing frameworks and programs that promote
deeper learning for students. Outside of work, Ginno enjoys working out, playing beach volleyball and dabbling
in digital design.
Monday, November 24, 2014 - Aberdeen High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - Bel Air High School
Kendall is a committed educator and advocate for undeserved student populations. Her teaching and research
interests relate to the following areas: transformative education in rural and urban schools, adolescent readers,
African-American males, multi-literacies, personalization and blended learning environments. She is currently
working with districts and schools to develop and implement transformative education initiatives that directly
impact teaching and learning. Her academic training and over 10 years working in rural and urban schools has
provided a broad perspective of the demands challenging educators today. As a teacher, literacy coach, curriculum
specialist, and transformation specialist, she has worked with staff and community members to create an infrastructure
that meets the social, cultural and educational needs of the students. She has also been fortunate enough to
serve as an instructor and co-instructor for both undergraduate and graduate students at The University of North
Carolina at Charlotte.
Activinspire Basic Tips and Tricks
Focusing in the ActivClassroom
Media in the ActivClassroom
Activinspire Advanced Tips and Tricks
Kathryn Vaughn, Education Consultant
Monday, November 24, 2014 - Bel Air High School
Ms. Vaughn develops, coordinates, and hosts professional development workshops and virtual trainings. She has
worked as a Team Lead for Promethean and supported a wide-range of school systems in Eastern and Southeast
Regions of the US, and she has served as an adjunct instructor at Clemson University for instructional technology
and an elementary school teacher.
Alysse Daniels is a life long educator, serving 10 years in a major urban school district, in numerous roles from the
classroom to the district office. She was an elementary school teacher who viewed technology as a nondiscriminatory portal to the world. Due to her effective utilization of technology in the classroom, she was recruited
to become an Instructional Technology Specialist, providing site-specific technology integration planning and
training to teachers and administrators. Alysse was selected by the Superintendent to participate in the Superintendent’s
Academy for Building Leaders in Education. When she became Director of Instructional Technology, she successfully
developed and implemented programs for technology integration in 100 schools, leading a team of 32 Instructional
Technology Specialists. She developed an ELearning Division and informed the hardware and software purchases
for the district. Under her leadership, the level of technology integration increased and technology became an
integral part of the teaching and learning process. She has significant Project Management and Lean Six Sigma
experience. As a Senior Education Consultant for Promethean, Alysse is focused on how 21st Century Technology
and appropriate professional development can positively impact the teaching and learning process in classrooms
around the world. She has presented this vision at numerous national and international conferences, including the
International Society for Technology in Education annual conference. Alysse is also an Executive Board Member of
Communities in Schools (CIS), Atlanta. CIS is an award winning dropout prevention organization.
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Individualized Learning Plan
Stay Connected!
Print this page!
Individualized Learning Plan for ______________________________________
Day 1: Morning Block
Site: _______________________________________________________________
Session Title
Before the Conference:
Session Time
Room #
If you have questions before the conference, or are a presenter and want to send materials for posting to
HCPS SharePoint, please email [email protected].
During the Conference:
Bring Your Own Technology! Cell phones, laptops, IPads are welcome. Please make note of the wireless
access ahead of time so that you are ready to begin each session immediately.
IMPORTANT: If you are a teacher at a conference site and you have lap top docking station in a room
where someone is presenting, you MUST leave the lap top for the presenter. Thank you!
Day 1: Afternoon Block
Site: _______________________________________________________________
Session Title
Session Time
Room #
Wireless access for both days at ALL sites:
Wireless Network Name to join: HCPSguest
Username: learn
Password: november
Social Media:
Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: #HCPSlearn
Day 2: Morning Block
After the conference:
Check HCPS SharePoint for electronic versions of materials shared at the conference.
Go to SharePoint > Professional Development > Professional Learning for All Educators >
(Left Column Tab) Professional Learning Conference – November 2014.
Site: _______________________________________________________________
Session Title
Session Time
Room #
Day 2: Afternoon Block
Site: _______________________________________________________________
Session Title
Session Time
Room #
Wireless Network Name to join: HCPSguest
Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: #HCPSlearn
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Username: learn Password: november
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CTE & Technology Education at Harford Technical High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Registration
Register on HECTOR
Registration opens Thursday, November 6, at noon. Registration for the conference will close on Wednesday, November
19. Conference attendees MUST register!
Please note that the following sessions/sites will require SEPARATE and ADDITIONAL registration:
• Science experiences on November 25
• Math sessions on November 24 and 25
• Ropes Course through the Physical Education Department
• Instructional Support Staff Conference on November 24 and November 25
8:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
both days
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Computer
Lab 104
Edline: Beyond the Basics
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Edline: Beyond Grades
Understanding the Attributes of
Digital Learners: Strategies that
Work
126
Understanding the Attributes of
Digital Learners: Strategies that
Work
136
Teacher Friendly Digital Tools to
Promote Student Engagement
Teacher Friendly Digital Tools to
Promote Student Engagement
150
Career and Technical Student
Organizations
Career and Technical Student
Organizations
Maryland Center for Career and
Technology Education Studies
(MCCTES)
Maryland Center for Career and
Technology Education Studies
(MCCTES)
200
CTE: Project Sharing
PLTW GTT: Project Sharing
PLTW Bio Medical: Project Sharing
Trade & Industry: Project Sharing
206
Lab Safety
Trade & Industry: Project Sharing
Technology Design:
Project Sharing
ADA: Project Sharing
216
Table Discussions for FACS
Table Discussions for FACS
Table Discussions for FACS
Table Discussions for FACS
204
Accounting: Project Sharing
UTI: Universal Technical Institute
Marketing: Project Sharing
Ask the Supervisor
The following colleges
and universities will be in attendance:
212
Servant Leadership
Ask the Supervisor
Notre Dame University • Towson University
University of Phoenix • Gratz College
Goucher College • Stevenson
213
Moving Multiple Choice Beyond
Recall
Supporting Positive Behavior in
Our At-Promise Youth
Graduate Fair
November 24
C. Milton Wright
High School
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
November 25
Bel Air High School
Plan to attend the
HCPS Graduate Professional Growth Fair
on November 24, or November 25, any time between
8:00 and 1:00 p.m. at the designated locations. The fair is open
to all HCPS employees and no registration is necessary.
Representatives from HCPS Human Resources and the Tuition Reimbursement Office
will be available to answer questions about certification and reimbursement.
Moving Multiple Choice Beyond
Recall
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Teacher Reflection, Leadership, and Wellness
Cultural Proficiency
Content - CTE and Technology Education
Vendor Fair
The following vendors will be available to answer
questions share materials at Bel Air High School
in the Media Center all day on November 24
and November 25. Make sure to stop by!
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Barnes & Nobel
Junior Library Guild
Library
Harford Community
College Library
Mackin
Capstone
Harford County Public
Capstone/Scholastic
Taylor Book Group
World Book
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Session descriptions continued for CTE & Technology Education at Harford Technical High School on Monday, November 24
Session Descriptions
CTE & Technology Education at Harford Technical High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Accounting: Project Sharing
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow Business instructors (Accounting) to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that have been successful in
the implementation of the curriculum. Participants will need to bring 20 copies of any material to be shared. Level: High School Business or
Accounting Teachers
ADA: Project Sharing
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow ADA – Advanced Design Application instructors to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that have been
successful in the implementation of the ADA curriculum. Participants will need to bring 20 copies of any material to be shared. Level: High
School ADA Teachers
Ask the Supervisor
Facilitator: Robert Limpert, HCPS Supervisor of Business, Technology and Magnet Programs
This session will provide any Business, Technology or CTE teacher the opportunity to discuss upcoming MSDE curriculum updates and changes.
Level: Middle and High School Technology/PLTW Teachers only
Career and Technical Student Organizations
Presenters: Diane Hegmann and Chuck Wallace, MSDE Representatives
This presentation will focus on the history, types, purpose, and benefits of four co-curricular Career and Technical Student Organizations: SkillsUSA,
FBLS, DECA and FFA. Participants will learn how to start and sustain an organization which helps to strengthen the academic and career and
technical skills of students. Level: All CTE Teachers
CTE: Project Sharing
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow CTE instructors to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that have been successful in the implementation
of their curriculum. Participant will have the opportunity to make cross curricular connection with other CTE instructors. Participants will need
to bring 20 copies of any material to be shared. Level: All High School CTE Teachers
Edline: Beyond Grades
Presenters: Katie Campbell and Lynette Shelly, HCPS Teachers
This interactive course explores advanced features of Edline such as quizzes, homework hand-in, and surveys. Level: Middle and High School
Teachers
Edline: Beyond the Basics
Presenters: Wanda Lewis and Laura Maust, HCPS Teachers
In this 90 minute seminar, you will learn how to utilize tools in Edline other than posting grades and assignments. Topics will include sending
messages to students and parents, creating surveys, forms, and quizzes and establishing blogs and discussion groups. Level: Middle and
High School Teachers
Lab Safety
Presenter: Jamison Durette, HCPS Teacher
This session will focus on lab and machine safety in today’s technology and science labs. Student safety agreements, safe tool operation
and safety procedures will be covered and shared. Level: Middle, and High School Technology and Science Teachers
Marketing - Project Sharing
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow Business (Marketing) instructors to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that have been successful in
the implementation of the curriculum. Participants will need to bring 20 copies of any material to be shared. Level: High School Business or
Marketing Teachers
Maryland Center for Career and Technology Education Studies (MCCTES)
Presenters: Dr. Thomas Miller, Director and Dr. Thomas Loveland, UMES
This presentation will focus on the mission, operations and services of the MCCTES at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. Participants will
explore the professional development courses, activities and university programs that are offered at the MCCTES that can meet their certification
and continuing education needs. Level: CTE Teachers
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Moving Multiple Choice Beyond Recall
Presenter: Kathy Corley Murray, Assistant Professor, Notre Dame of Maryland University
Assessment literacy includes the knowledge and skills educators need to identify, select, or create effective assessments and to analyze,
evaluate and use the evidence from different kinds of assessments to improve instruction. Creating high-level multiple choice items is often
a challenging task. This is a chance for some guided practice. Level: All
PLTW Bio Medical: Project Sharing
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow PLTW Bio- Medical instructors to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that have been successful in the
implementation of the PLTW curriculum. Participants will need to bring 20 copies of any material to be shared. Level: High School PLTW Bio
Medical Staff
PLTW GTT - Project Sharing
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow middle school Gateway to Technology (GTT) instructors to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that
have been successful in the implementation of the GTT curriculum. Participants will need to bring 20 copies of any material to be shared.
Level: Middle School PLTW GTT Staff
Servant Leadership
Presenters: Dr. Micah Humbert and Dr. Anthony Bess, HCPS Administrators
This session will explore the Ten Key Principles of Servant Leadership and examine real life examples of each. Level: All
Teacher Friendly Digital Tools to Promote Student Engagement
Presenters: Elizabeth Mull, Michelle Pasko, and Toni Guidi, Towson University Lecturers
Teachers will be provided with examples of free digital tools that support instruction of all learners in multiple content areas. Specific web tools
and applications will be demonstrated which support the MCCRS. Participants will have the opportunity to explore various digital tools for their
own instructional needs. Level: New Teachers, Elementary School, Content Area Teachers, and Special Education Teachers
Supporting Positive Behavior in Our At-Promise Youth
Presenter: Laurie Namey, HCPS Supervisor of Cultural Proficiency
Students that are considered to be at risk often are students who receive behavior referrals and school suspensions. How can we as educators
better understand the behaviors of our students in order to successfully support their success in school? Strategies to turn our “at-risk” students
to students “at-promise” will be explored. Level: All
Table Discussions for FACS
Presenters: Session Participants
Bring your favorite lesson plans, project ideas, Flipcharts, websites, worksheets, activities, or assessments to share with your colleagues. If you
have handouts to share, bring at least 10 copies. This can also be an opportunity for you to seek answers to questions you may have regarding
Family and Consumer Sciences instruction. Level: All Family and Consumer Science Teachers
Technology Design: Project Sharing
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow Technology Design instructors to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that have been successful in the
implementation of the ADA curriculum. Participants will need to bring 20 copies of any material to be shared. Level: High School Technology
Design Teachers
Trade and Industry: Project Sharing
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow Trade and Industry instructors to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that have been successful in the
implementation of the curriculum. Participants will need to bring 20 copies of any material to be shared. Level: Trade and Industry Teachers
Understanding the Attributes of Digital Learners: Strategies that Work!
Presenter: Ryan Schaaf, Assistant Professor, Notre Dame of Maryland University
Because of digital bombardment and the emergence of the new digital landscape, today’s youth process information, interact, and
communicate in fundamentally different ways than any previous generation before them. This presentation provides a comprehensive
profile of ten core learning attributes of digital learners and a pragmatic look at how we can teach effectively in an age when new technologies
emerge at an astonishing rate. Participants must bring their own technology device to maximize their experience. Level: All
UTI: Universal Technical Institute
Presenter: Jeff Eakins, UTI Admissions Officer
This session will focus on the career options that UTI –Universal Technical Institute has for our students and what skill sets our students need to
be successful in the UTI programs. Level: High School Teachers
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CTE & Technology Education at Harford Technical High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Computer
Lab 104
Computer
Lab 113
Media Center 214
Naviance
Session Descriptions
CTE & Technology Education at Harford Technical High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Edline for Assessments in Business
and Other Contents
Understanding the Attributes of
Digital Learners
Maximizing Student Productivity
Using Interactive Technologies to
Increase the Level of Interactivity
in the Classroom
Using Interactive Technologies to
Increase the Level of Interactivity
in the Classroom
Naviance
Interactive Technologies Can Maximize the Power of Real-Time
Feedback
Foods Lab
134
Culinary Math/ Knife Skills
213
WBL: Project Sharing
PLTW Pre-Engineering: Project
Sharing
ACT: Project Sharing
Electrathon Car
212
3D Printing
ATA: Project Sharing
FOT: Project Sharing
Navy: Options for Our Students
206
Table Discussion for FACS
Table Discussion for FACS
Table Discussion for FACS
Table Discussion for FACS
136
PBM: Project Sharing
Ask the Supervisor
Ask the Supervisor
The Kinesthetic Classroom:
Teaching and Learning through
Movement
204
The Kinesthetic Classroom:
Teaching and Learning through
Movement
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Teacher Reflection, Leadership, and Wellness
Cultural Proficiency
Content - CTE and Technology Education
3D Printing
Presenter: Garrison Souder, HCPS Teacher
This session will focus on the new technology of 3D printing or Additive Manufacturing. See a Solidoodle 3D printer in action with useful applications
to science and technology curriculum. Level: All
ACT: Project Sharing
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow ACT – Applications of Computer Technology instructors to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that have
been successful in the implementation of the ACT curriculum and MOS certification assessment. Participants will need to bring 20 copies of any
material to be shared. Level: High School Business Teachers
Ask the Supervisor
Facilitator: Robert Limpert, Supervisor of Business, Technology and Magnet Programs
This session will provide any Business, Technology or CTE teacher the opportunity to discuss upcoming MSDE curriculum updates and changes.
Level: Middle and High School Technology/PLTW Teachers
ATA: Project Sharing
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow ATA – Advanced Technology Application instructors to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that have been successful in the implementation of the ATA curriculum. Participants will need to bring 20 copies of any material to be shared. Level: High School ADA Teachers
Culinary Math/ Knife Skills
Presenter: Jill Kruger, Michelle Mason, and Kirsten Somers, HCPS Teachers
This workshop is designed to provide a better understanding of the formulas and math equations and basic knife skills that are most often
used in the foodservice industry. Level: Middle and High School FACS Teachers
Edline for Assessments in Business and Other Contents
Presenters: Geoff Sudzina and Lynn Golley, HCPS Teachers
Teachers will demonstrate an increased understanding of “Edline Features” by creating assessments capable of being synced to their
gradebooks. Level: High School
Electrathon Car
Presenter: Kyle Benfield, HCPS Teacher
Despite being an extra-curricular activity, the Electrathon Team provides students hands-on experiences that can enrich their science, math,
and technology curriculum by exposing students to mechanical engineering principals, experiencing composite materials such as carbon
fiber and exploring the potential of alternative energy solutions in the transportation industry. And with team members aspiring to be everything
from auto mechanics to aeronautical engineers, their participation with the Electrathon Team has given them a great head start on their
future careers. Level: Middle and High School Technology and Science Teachers
FOT: Project Sharing
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow FOT – Foundations of Technology instructors to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that have been successful
in the implementation of the FOT curriculum. Participants will need to bring 20 copies of any material to be shared. Level: High School FOT Teachers
Interactive Technologies Can Maximize the Power of Real-Time Feedback
Presenters: Ginno Kelley, Microsoft and Alysse Daniels, Promethean
This workshop will use Design Thinking to explore new evidence on how feedback can be used to help teachers gain better insight into
student thinking how they can progress in their learning. Examples of how to attain feedback using technology tools from Promethean and
Microsoft will be highlighted. Level: All
Maximizing Student Productivity
Presenter: Brian McCormack, HCPS Teacher
This presentation and workshop will focus on introducing the cloud concept, using cloud storage, and a cloud-based approach to maximizing
student productivity. Level: All
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Naviance
Presenter: Robert Neumer, HCPS Counselor (Retired)
This session will focus on how the Naviance college and career readiness computer program helps middle and high school students plan
for their futures by helping them discover their individual strengths and learning styles and explore college and career options based on their
results. Level: Middle and High School Teachers
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Session descriptions continued for CTE & Technology Education at Harford Technical High School on Tuesday, November 25
Navy: Options for Our Students
Presenter: TBD
This session will focus on helping our students prepare to for career options that the military and Navy have waiting for our HCPS students.
Level: High School Teachers
PBM: Project Sharing
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow PBM– Principles of Business Management instructors to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that have
been successful in the implementation of the BM curriculum. Participants will need to bring 20 copies of any material to be shared. Level:
High School Business Teachers
PLTW: Pre-Engineering
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow PLTW – Pre-engineering instructors to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that have been successful in
the implementation of the curriculum. Participants will need to bring 20 copies of any material to be shared. Level: High School PLTW Staff
Table Discussions for FACS
Presenters: Session Participants
Bring your favorite lesson plans, project ideas, Flipcharts, websites, worksheets, activities, or assessments to share with your colleagues. If you
have handouts to share, bring at least 10 copies. This can also be an opportunity for you to seek answers to questions you may have regarding
Family and Consumer Sciences instruction. Level: All Family and Consumer Science Teachers
The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning through Movement
Presenter: Mike Kuczala, Gratz College
Experience the 6 part framework for using movement thoughtfully and purposefully in all content areas and at all grade levels! This session
will energize both your teaching and classroom. Level: All
Using Interactive Technologies to Increase the Level of Interactivity in the Classroom
Presenters: Ginno Kelley, Microsoft and Alysse Daniels, Promethean
This session will showcase how different levels of “interactivity” can impact student learning when using technology. Specifically, how using
Promethean and Microsoft technologies can lead to deeper learning and higher levels of engagement for students. Level: All
WBL: Project Sharing
Facilitator: TBD
This session will allow Work based Learning instructors to share best practices, project ideas and software ticks that have been successful in the
implementation of the WBL curriculum. Participants will need to bring 10 copies of any material to be shared. Level: High School WBL Teachers
English/Language Arts at Bel Air High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Auditorium
Secondary Keynote – ReLeah
Lent Engagement: The Key to
Literacy, the Key to Learning (MH)
A201
Text-Talk-Time (E)
Text-Talk-Time (E)
A202
A Closer Look at Close Reading:
Strategies For Elementary
Teachers (E)
A Closer Look at Close Reading:
Strategies for Elementary
Teachers (E)
A203
Succeeding with Struggling
Writers, Grades K-2 (E)
Writing Moments: Tapping
Opportunities to Develop Your
Students’ Writing (E)
Increasing Expectations and
Rigor in Writing Workshop Classes,
Grades 2-5 (E)
Writing Moments: Tapping
Opportunities to Develop Your
Students’ Writing (E)
A205
Building Reading Confidence:
How to Help Struggling Readers
Navigate Complex Text (EM)
Building Reading Confidence:
How to Help Struggling Readers
Navigate Complex Text (EM)
Building Reading Confidence:
How to Help Struggling Readers
Navigate Complex Text (EM)
Building Reading Confidence:
How to Help Struggling Readers
Navigate Complex Text (EM)
A208
QRI-4
QRI-4
QRI-4
QRI-4
Differentiating the Reading and
English Language Arts College
and Career Ready Standards for
Advanced Learners, Grades 3-12
Differentiating the Reading and
English Language Arts College
and Career Ready Standards for
Advanced Learners, Grades 3-12
Differentiating the Reading and
English Language Arts College
and Career Ready Standards for
Advanced Learners, Grades 3-12
A209
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Secondary Keynote – ReLeah
Lent Engagement: The Key to
Literacy, the Key to Learning (MH)
CSI Guided Planning: A Tour
through the County Unit
Resources, Grades 1-5 (E)
CSI Guided Planning: A Tour
through the County Unit
Resources, Grades 1-5 (E)
A Closer Look at Close Reading:
Strategies for Elementary
Teachers (E)
A219
Harford County Public Library
Resources
Introduction to Performance
Series (H)
Harford County Public Library
Resources
Using Performance Series Data (H)
A220
ActivInspire Basic Tips
Focusing in the ActivClassroom
Media in the ActivClassroom
ActivInspire Advanced
A221
Beyond the Page: Using
Think-Alongs to Increase
Comprehension (E)
Instructional Technology in the ELA
Classroom (M)
Beyond the Page: Using
Think-Alongs to Increase
Comprehension (E)
Instructional Technology in the ELA
Classroom (M)
Help Your Kids Soar to the Next
Level with Their Argumentative
Writing Skills! (MH)
Using Turnitin.com for Editing
and Revising (H)
A317
A318
Creating Video Using Adobe CS6
B112
Pixie: The Most Amazing Productivity
Tool for Elementary Students (E)
Pixie: The Most Amazing Productivity
Tool for Elementary Students (E)
Pixie: The Most Amazing Productivity
Tool for Elementary Students (E)
Pixie: The Most Amazing Productivity
Tool for Elementary Students (E)
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Early Childhood
Cultural Proficiency
Content - English/Language Arts
Additional sessions on following page!
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English/Language Arts at Bel Air High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Session Descriptions
English/Language Arts at Bel Air High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
sessions continued
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
B208
Kindergarten Working through
New Curriculum (EC)
Kindergarten Working through
New Curriculum (EC)
Kindergarten Assessment Round
Table (EC)
Kindergarten Assessment Round
Table (EC)
From Standards to Practice:
Aligning Literacy Instruction for
Student Success (E)
MCCR/CCS Standard 1, Collaborative Speaking and Listening:
Learnings from the “Lab” (MH)
B209
Engaging Students in the Writing
Process with UDL Strategies (MH)
B210
Co-Teaching (E)
From Standards to Practice:
Aligning Literacy Instruction for
Student Success (E)
B211
Classroom Management and
Engagement Without Tears –
Yours or Theirs! (E)
Building Stronger Narrative Writers:
Increasing Skill and Motivation
(MH)
C220
C222
Words, Words, Words (E)
Classroom Management and
Engagement Without Tears –
Yours or Theirs! (E)
Imagine Outside: Nature
Journaling (MH)
Inferring Using Text Evidence (E)
Imagine Outside: Nature
Journaling (MH)
Got Tools? (EM)
Words, Words, Words (E)
Got Tools? (EM)
Strategies for Engaging Students
in the English/Language Arts
Classroom (MH)
Strategies for Engaging Students
in the English/Language Arts
Classroom (MH)
C224
Guiding Principles for Teaching
Writing (MH)
Guiding Principles for Teaching
Writing (MH)
C225
A Closer Look at Close Reading:
Strategies for Secondary Teachers
(MH)
A Closer Look at Close Reading:
Strategies for Secondary Teachers
(MH)
C226
Flipped Classroom Using Web
2.0 (MH)
AVID Language Arts Strategies
and Activities (MH)
C223
Engagement: The Key to Literacy, the Key to Learning
Presenter: ReLeah Lent, National Author and Consultant
Who could argue that students should be reading more challenging texts, accomplishing more complex tasks, and becoming
college/career ready? Who doesn’t want to see students waiting expectantly outside classroom doors, ready to rigorously
read, write, speak, and listen? The reality is that the Common Core Standards have left out an important component of
learning: engagement. Research shows that engagement is the factor in increased student outcomes; in fact, it connects
to achievement more strongly than to home environment. What’s more, lack of engagement is a precursor to dropping
out of school. Join ReLeah Lent, author of several books on literacy and engagement, including Common Core CPR and
Overcoming Textbook Fatigue, for the latest research on engagement, along with strategies and practices to motivate
the most reluctant learners. Level: Middle and High School
A Closer Look at Close Reading: Strategies for Elementary Teachers
Presenter: Dr. Peter Carpenter, HCPS Coordinator of Accelerated Learning Programs
Does the phrase “close reading” incite fear in the hearts of your students? Do you think that “close reading” is just another buzzword that will
come and go? Come to our session to discover strategies that will increase student engagement, kindle a love for reading, and create an
insatiable appetite in students (and teachers) to discover the true joy in reading. Level: Elementary School
A Closer Look at Close Reading: Strategies for Secondary Teachers
Presenter: Jennifer Vlangas, HCPS Curriculum Specialist
Does the phrase “close reading” incite fear in the hearts of your students? Do you think that “close reading” is just another buzzword that will
come and go? Come to our session to discover strategies that will increase student engagement, kindle a love for reading, and create an
insatiable appetite in students (and teachers) to discover the true joy in reading. Level: Middle and High School
ActivInspire Advanced
Presenter: Kathryn Vaughn, Clinton Learning
This session is designed to delve deeper into the robust features of the ActivInspire software, such as layering, containers, and actions. These
advanced tools and functions of the ActivInspire software allow for the creation of engaging and interactive flipcharts. Level: All
ActivInspire Basic Tips
Presenter: Kathryn Vaughn, Clinton Learning
This session pairs the basic ActivInspire tools and functions along with best practices to create interactive lessons for any classroom. We’ll
explore tools and techniques for easy and effective lesson creation, and attendees will walk away with simple ideas that can immediately
be used in classrooms. Level: All
AVID Language Arts Strategies and Activities
Presenters: Jessica Merlette and Robert Leighton, HCPS Teachers
AVID is an educational organization whose main goal is to close the achievement gap while preparing students for college and career
readiness. During this session, we will present research-based instructional practices that can be utilized in any classroom. Level: Middle and
High School
Beyond the Page: Using Think-Alongs to Increase Comprehension
Presenters: Gail Weidner, HCPS Instructional Facilitator, and Kristie Horn, HCPS Reading Specialist
Participants will learn how to implement Roger Farr’s Think-Along Strategies to model their thinking and to promote student thinking during CSI
instruction. Level: Elementary School
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Early Childhood
Cultural Proficiency
Content - English/Language Arts
Building Reading Confidence: How to Help Struggling Readers Navigate Complex Texts
Presenter: Dr. Jennifer L. Palmer, HCPS Instructional Facilitator
So many of our students seem to be able to comprehend at the paragraph level but fail to sustain comprehension over longer texts, struggling
to make inferences and draw conclusions. In this session, participants will explore why students may struggle with complex texts and leave
with strategies that build our students’ problem solving skills. Level: Elementary School Intermediate and Middle School
Building Stronger Narrative Writers: Increasing Skill and Motivation
Presenter: Gideon Twigg, HCPS Teacher
Learn how one teacher revamped narrative writing instruction in the hopes of increasing students’ skills and motivation to write. Based on the
ideas of Kelly Gallagher, Kylene Beers, Georgia Heard and others, he combined elements of student choice, mentor texts, low-threat routine
writing, purposeful mini-lessons, and meaningful revision to develop the skills necessary for PARCC and increase students’ motivation. Level:
Middle and High School
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Session descriptions continued for English/Language Arts at Bel Air High School on Monday, November 24
Session descriptions continued for English/Language Arts at Bel Air High School on Monday, November 24
Classroom Management and Engagement Without Tears – Yours or Theirs!
Presenter: Dawn Gardner, HCPS Instructional Facilitator
Do you want to improve in the area of Domain 2 on the Danielson Framework? In this session you will learn a plethora of strategies to manage
your classroom and student behavior. Since engagement and behavior work hand in hand, learn additional ideas for keeping students
engaged to prevent behavior issues. Level: Elementary School
Harford County Public Library Resources
Presenters: Nancy Smith, Daria Perry, and Joe Thompson, HCPL Staff
This session will focus on resources that can be found at the Harford County Public Library. Level: All
Creating Video Using Adobe CS6
Presenter: John Swanson and Anne Becker, HCPS Teachers
Participants will participate in a brief mini-lesson on using the Adobe CS6 software program to create mini intros and videos for sports, class or
fundraisers which will then be viewed on air during the morning announcements at schools with this capability. This session will show participants
what it is like in-front of the camera and behind the camera operations in a 90 minute block. Level: High School
Co-Teaching
Presenters: Shelby Houseman, HCPS Mentor Teacher, and Christina Carpenter, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Are you and your co-teacher struggling to get started? If so, this session is for you! Participants will be given the background and strategies
for building an effective co-teaching relationship. This session will also show you how you can engage students by increasing instructional
intensity by effectively implementing the various co-teaching models. Level: Elementary School
CSI Guided Planning: A Tour through the County Unit Resources, Grades 1-5
Presenter: Erika Anderson, HCPS Instructional Facilitator
This session will take you on an excursion through the County Unit Resources to identify key concepts, skills, and strategies that will inspire your
instructional decision-making journey and create a destination for student learning. Participants will engage in collaborative discussions related
to an upcoming unit and the lesson plans provided in order to map out the learning adventures that will engage your readers. Please bring
a printed copy of the unit overview, opener and lessons for an upcoming theme and a student text for the first lesson in the unit. Level:
Elementary School (Grades 1-5)
Differentiating the Reading and English Language Arts College and Career Ready Standards for Advanced Learners, Grades 3-12
Presenter: Annmarie Steltzer, HCPS Curriculum Specialist
Did you miss the College and Career Readiness Conference this summer? Are you interested in learning how to differentiate your RELA curriculum
to meet the needs of the advanced learners in your classroom? Then this is the MSDE session from the CCR conference you won’t want to
miss! Participants will be provided with a framework that can be used to differentiate instructional lessons and units and will explore model
lessons and units developed by MSDE. Level: Elementary School Intermediate, Middle and High School (Grades 3-12)
Engaging Students in the Writing Process with UDL Strategies
Presenter: Beth Thatcher, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Participants will explore low-tech and web-based UDL instructional resources and tools to enhance or expand opportunities for student
engagement during the writing process. Level: Middle and High School
Flipped Classroom Using Web 2.0
Presenter: John Abbate, HCPS Teacher
This session will focus on using technology to allow the teacher a larger role as a facilitator of learning instead of as a bearer of knowledge.
By using technology available in all schools, teachers can make learning more student-centered and provide instant feedback with skills
directly associated with English content. Level: Middle and High School
Focusing in the ActivClassroom
Presenter: Kathryn Vaughn, Clinton Learning
It is often a challenge to maintain students’ attention within the classroom, but simple lesson enhancements can go a long way to improve
students’ ability and desire to focus. This session will explore a variety of focusing techniques made possible with Promethean’s ActivInspire
software. These techniques include using the revealer tool, the spotlight tool, magic boxes, and so much more! Level: All
From Standards to Practice: Aligning Literacy Instruction for Student Success
Presenter: Tabatha Scharlach, Ph.D., National Education Consultant, Developmental Studies Center
Is your literacy instruction meeting the demands of the Common Core State Standards and motivating students in their development as
independent readers and writers? Experience lessons aligned to the CCSS and methods grounded in best practices, ensuring that students
become engaged and learn to think critically about complex text. Level: Elementary School
Got Tools?
Presenters: Janice Kehl, HCPS Instructional Facilitator; Jennifer Drumgoole, HCPS Principal; Shelby Houseman, HCPS Mentor Teacher; and Jeanna
Gentile, HCPS Assistant Principal
Teachers will examine the Key Ideas and Details Cluster of the Maryland College and Career Ready Standards and walk away with eight
research-based reading strategies that can be easily implemented in the classroom. Level: Elementary and Middle School
Guiding Principles for Teaching Writing
Presenter: Tammy Abbate, HCPS Assistant Supervisor of English/Language Arts
Teaching writing is hard work! This session will explore ideas to consider when thinking about how you teach writing. After a brief overview,
participants will be given the opportunity to explore through stations of their choice strategies that support the guiding principles. Level:
Middle and High School
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Help Your Kids Soar to the Next Level with Their Argumentative Writing Skills!
Presenter: Rebecca Gault, HCPS Teacher Specialist
In this motivating session, you will gain practical strategies, materials, and resources for helping your middle and high school students develop
and refine their ability to read critically, develop a position, and defend that position using the best evidence. There will be opportunities to
interact with student work and engage in deep, productive dialogue with your colleagues. Level: Middle and High School
Imagine Outside: Nature Journaling
Presenter: Susan Lovelace, Imagine Outside, Inc.
This presentation showcases a culmination of over eight years of experimenting with the simple, yet powerful, literal landscape of the outdoors
as a conveyance of writing and critical thinking skills. In response to the lure and ease of technology, teachers can provide students with
“green” activities to serve as a counterbalance. Participants will explore nature journaling in the spirit of classical writers such as Henry Thoreau,
Annie Dillard, Walt Whitman, and Shakespeare to serve as literary inspirations for student writings. Level: Middle and High School
Increasing Expectations and Rigor in Writing Workshop Classes, Grades 2-5
Presenter: Cheryl Monk, HCPS Instructional Facilitator
This session will focus on how to develop student-directed, advanced writers who set goals, make the most of peer conferencing, and apply
ideas discussed during teacher/student conferences to their drafted writing pieces. Participants will revisit the elements of writing workshops in
order to identify key opportunities where they can increase their expectations for student-directed learning. Discussion will focus on ways to challenge
students to take ownership and responsibility for improving upon the quality of their written work. Level: Elementary School (Grades 2-5)
Inferring Using Text Evidence
Presenter: Heather Morris, HCPS Reading Specialist
Do you want to see your students dig a little deeper? In this ELA session, we will look at ways to bridge students from simply making inferences
to explaining their thinking using rich text evidence. We will examine how to use “think alouds” to improve the quality of student discussions
as we learn new ways to get students talking about text. Level: Elementary School
Instructional Technology in the ELA Classroom
Presenters: Vicki Boyer, HCPS Mentor Teacher; Michelle Andersen and Jill Capozzoli, HCPS Teachers
This session will provide an overview of instructional technology tools teachers can use in the ELA classroom to engage students and enhance
the learning experience. It will include a sample ELA lesson incorporating technology tools and an informational piece on how to access and
utilize technology, as well as time to experiment on computers with facilitators available to answer questions. Level: Middle School
Introduction to Performance Series
Presenter: Victoria Grammas, Ed.M., Client Program Manager, Performance Series
Participants will learn the foundational skills for using Performance Series to test high school students. Level: High School, SIT Team Members
Kindergarten Assessment Round Table
Presenters: Vikki Rayman, HCPS Reading Specialist; Lindsey Wright, HCPS Teacher; and Sara Saacks, Assistant Supervisor of Assessment
An open forum for professional dialogue in utilizing assessments, collecting student data, and decision making through data. Level: Kindergarten
Kindergarten Working through New Curriculum
Presenters: Vikki Rayman, HCPS Reading Specialist, and Lindsey Wright, HCPS Teacher
An open forum for professional dialogue around essential questions, sharing lessons, and creating lessons in language arts. Level: Kindergarten
MCCR/CCS Standard 1, Collaborative Speaking and Listening: Learnings from the “Lab”
Presenter: Leslie Sunderland, HCPS Teacher
Observations and reflections from one teacher’s ongoing experience in closely addressing ELA standard 1 for Speaking and Listening will be
shared. Secondary participants should walk away with a deeper understanding of this standard for their grade levels, as well as approaches for
formatively assessing and teaching it, and most importantly, leading students to ownership of academic discussion. Level: Middle and High School
Media in the ActivClassroom
Presenter: Kathryn Vaughn, Clinton Learning
We live in a media-rich environment full of music, videos, and photos, and, when used appropriately, this media has an amazing power to
motivate students and enhance instruction. This session will explore the power of media in the classroom and how the ActivInspire software
makes media integration possible. Level: All
QRI-4
Presenter: Ed Evaluator
Participants will learn how to utilize the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 as a formative assessment. Bring school copy of QRI-4. Level: All
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Session descriptions continued for English/Language Arts at Bel Air High School on Monday, November 24
Strategies for Engaging Students in the English/Language Arts Classroom
Presenter: Kris Marzullo, HCPS Mentor Teacher
This workshop can help ELA teachers grow their toolbox of engagement and motivation strategies for the classroom. The workshop is designed
for anyone interested in helping their students, at any level, become more engaged in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Level: Middle
and High School
Succeeding with Struggling Writers, Grades K-2
Presenter: Cheryl Monk, HCPS Instructional Facilitator
This session will focus on best practices that can be used to strengthen writing instruction with young learners. Using the Danielson Instructional
Framework as a discussion guide, presenter and teachers will work together to offer suggestions for specific struggling writers based on the data
reviewed. Teachers will be asked to bring samples of current student writing in order to analyze strengths and areas of need. Participants will
also look closely at the instructional tools that are available to them to best fit struggling writers’ needs. Level: Elementary School (Grades K-2)
Text-Talk-Time
Presenters: Laurie Ascenzi, HCPS Instructional Facilitator, and Melissa Haberer, HCPS Reading Specialist
Cat got your tongue? This session will share tools and techniques that can be used to facilitate interactive reading and to promote meaningful
student discussions about text. Connections will be made to the College and Career Readiness Standards for speaking and listening. Level:
Elementary School
Using Performance Series Data
Presenter: Victoria Grammas, Ed.M., Client Program Manager, Performance Series
Participants will learn how to use data reports in Performance Series to create growth goals for students. Level: High School, SIT Team Members
Using Turnitin.com for Editing and Revising
Presenters: Laura Childs and Kasey Chisholm, HCPS Teachers
What are the benefits of using Turnitin.com? How do we teach our students to use Turnitin.com as a peer editing and self-revising tool? Join us
as we explore how to best help our students in the revision and editing process of their papers – no matter the subject area. Participants will
leave with the knowledge of how to use Turnitin.com and a model lesson plan to aid students in using it for their papers. Level: High School
Words, Words, Words
Presenters: Alberta Porter, HCPS Instructional Facilitator; Lauren Hunter, HCPS Reading Specialist; and Alison Winaker, HCPS Mentor Teacher
Tired of your students spelling words that they forget as soon as the test is completed? Do you want your students to use patterns to help them
spell many words rather than one word? Participants will have an opportunity to examine spelling inventories, tools, and strategies to support
students in building, making, and transferring word patterns. Level: Elementary School
Writing Moments: Tapping Opportunities to Develop Your Students’ Writing
Presenter: Kris Scarry, HCPS Supervisor of English/Language Arts
Are you curious and a little stressed about how to address the writing needs of your students as identified in the CCSS? What are the major
challenges that a teacher faces in teaching writing, and what are workable solutions to those challenges? In this session, participants will
focus on authentic classroom strategies that will allow students to grow as writers. Level: Elementary School
English/Language Arts at Bel Air High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Auditorium
Elementary/Middle Keynote –
Tanny McGregor Complex Text,
Complex Thinking (EM)
A Closer Look at Close
Reading: Strategies for
Elementary Teachers (E)
A203
Succeeding with Struggling
Writers, Grades K-2 (E)
Increasing Expectations and
Rigor in Writing Workshop Classes,
Grades 2-5 (E)
A205
Word Work Revisited
(Intermediate) (E)
CSI Guided Planning: A Tour
through the County Unit
Resources, Grades 1-5 (E)
A209
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Cultural Proficiency
Content - English/Language Arts
Flipping Your Classroom Using
Free Web Tools (MH)
A218
Common Sense with Common
Core: Formative Assessment
Without Tears, Grades 3-5 (E)
Strategies for Struggling Readers
and Writers (MH)
A Closer Look at Close
Reading: Strategies for
Elementary Teachers (E)
Differentiating the Reading and
English Language Arts College
and Career Ready Standards for
Advanced Learners, Grades 3-12
Differentiating the Reading and
English Language Arts College
and Career Ready Standards for
Advanced Learners, Grades 3-12
Differentiating the Reading and
English Language Arts College
and Career Ready Standards for
Advanced Learners, Grades 3-12
MSDE Presents: Speaking and
Listening in the Common Core
Discover the Best-Kept Secret of
the Common Core: The Speaking
and Listening Standards! (MH)
Discover the Best-Kept Secret of
the Common Core: The Speaking
and Listening Standards! (MH)
A219
Introduction to Performance
Series (H)
Guiding Principles for Teaching
Writing (MH)
Using Performance Series Data (H)
Guiding Principles for Teaching
Writing (MH)
A220
Student Voice
Student Voice
Class Flow!
Class Flow!
Interactive Think-Aloud Lessons:
Modeling Comprehension Strategies through Read-Alouds (E)
A221
Deeper Learning in the 21st
Century Classrooms
Digital Resources: Enriching
Instruction and Engaging Students
Benefits of Read-Alouds,
Grades K-8 (EM)
Deeper Learning in the 21st
Century Classrooms
Digital Resources: Enriching
Instruction and Engaging Students
Be a Research Rock Star!
Be a Research Rock Star!
Fundations Refinement Session (E)
B209
Word Work That Works (Primary) (EC)
B210
Universal Design for Learning:
Technology Makes it Possible
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Building Stronger Narrative Writers:
Increasing Skill and Motivation (MH)
Learn to Play with Words Their Way
and More (Primary) (EC)
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Primary Education Thinking Skills:
Implementation Ideas (EC)
C222
Self-Regulated Strategy
Development: Supporting Students
with Writing Difficulties (E)
Teacher Dialogue about Best
Practices
C224
Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark
Assessment Training (E)
Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark
Assessment Training (E)
C225
A Closer Look at Close Reading:
Strategies for Secondary Teachers
(MH)
A Closer Look at Close Reading:
Strategies for Secondary Teachers
(MH)
C226
How Am I Supposed to Teach
Vocabulary Without a Workbook?
(M)
Writing Moments: Tapping
Opportunities to Develop Your
Students’ Writing (E)
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Early Childhood
Elementary/Middle Keynote –
Tanny McGregor Complex Text,
Complex Thinking (EM)
A202
B211
Technology
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Common Sense with Common
Core: Formative Assessment
Without Tears, Grades 3-5 (E)
B208
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
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Session key for schedule on following page, English/Language Arts at Bel Air High School on Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Creating the Collaborative
Classroom (MH)
Session key on previous page
A Closer Look at Close Reading:
Strategies for Secondary Teachers
(MH)
Writing Moments: Tapping
Opportunities to Develop Your
Students’ Writing (E)
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Session Descriptions
English/Language Arts at Bel Air High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Complex Text, Complex Thinking
Presenter: Tanny McGregor, National Author and Consultant
Fostering engagement with complex text is easier said than done. How can we approach complex text so that readers are prepared
to think about complex ideas? In this practical session, Tanny shares dozens of easy-to-implement strategies to try in your classroom that
encourage all children to make the complex reading experience meaningful. The smash-hit Comprehension Connections introduced
teachers across the country to the imaginative, inspiring, and practical teaching of Tanny McGregor. Now Genre Connections brings to
teaching genre the same creativity and can-do spirit that has helped hundreds of thousands of practitioners improve. Tanny has been
teaching and learning in Cincinnati for more than two decades. She is a staff developer, a nationally-known keynoter and workshop
presenter, and a member of Heinemann Professional Development Services. In addition to Comprehension Connections and Genre
Connections, she is a coauthor of the Heinemann title Comprehension Going Forward. Level: Elementary and Middle School
A Closer Look at Close Reading: Strategies for Elementary Teachers
Presenter: Dr. Peter Carpenter, HCPS Coordinator of Accelerated Learning Programs
Does the phrase “close reading” incite fear in the hearts of your students? Do you think that “close reading” is just another buzzword that will
come and go? Come to our session to discover strategies that will increase student engagement, kindle a love for reading, and create an
insatiable appetite in students (and teachers) to discover the true joy in reading. Level: Elementary School
A Closer Look at Close Reading: Strategies for Secondary Teachers
Presenter: Jennifer Vlangas, HCPS Curriculum Specialist
Does the phrase “close reading” incite fear in the hearts of your students? Do you think that “close reading” is just another buzzword that will
come and go? Come to our session to discover strategies that will increase student engagement, kindle a love for reading, and create an
insatiable appetite in students (and teachers) to discover the true joy in reading. Level: Middle and High School
Be a Research Rock Star!
Presenters: Sarah Scholl, HCPS Media Specialist; Sarah Wein, HCPS Teacher; and Mary Gargano, HCPS Teacher
Participants will learn how to use Guided Inquiry Design to promote higher level learning in Get your students to inquire, explore, and engage
in the research process through Guided Inquiry Design. Hear from a media specialist, a content area teacher, and a special educator on
how to make research accessible to all students while encouraging higher level learning in language arts. Level: All
Benefits of Read Alouds, Grades K-8
Presenter: Diana Kolego, HCPS Reading Specialist
Looking for ways to improve students’ success in the classroom? I will go over the numerous benefits to read alouds and why you should make
it a part of your daily schedule. Read alouds are also for older students, not just the young. Suggested quality picture books will be shared
that could be used for read alouds at various grade levels. Level: Elementary and Middle School (Grades K-8)
Building Stronger Narrative Writers: Increasing Skill and Motivation
Presenter: Gideon Twigg, HCPS Teacher
Learn how one teacher revamped narrative writing instruction in the hopes of increasing students’ skills and motivation to write. Based on the
ideas of Kelly Gallagher, Kylene Beers, Georgia Heard and others, he combined elements of student choice, mentor texts, low-threat routine
writing, purposeful mini-lessons, and meaningful revision to develop the skills necessary for PARCC and increase students’ motivation. Level:
Middle and High School
Class Flow!
Presenter: Terrie Fraer, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Ever wished you could have more students interact with your flipchart pages? Using Class Flow, you can! Class Flow, a web-based program
from Promethean, delivers your lessons directly to the devices in front of your students. Create new lessons or import already created PPT or
flipchart lessons directly into Class Flow. Learn to enhance engagement and interactivity in a new way! Level: All
Common Sense with Common Core: Formative Assessment Without Tears, Grades 3-5
Presenter: Nancy D. Harkins, HCPS Instructional Facilitator
Participants will work with unpacking standards in order to determine progressive “assessable” proficiencies. They will review the research base
behind the impact of formative assessment “done right” using the work of Black and Wiliam. They will practice developing adult exemplars
and then translating responses to student-friendly criteria for student self-assessment. Level: Elementary School Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
Creating the Collaborative Classroom
Presenter: Susan Burnett, HCPS Teacher
Using proven AVID-based techniques, learn how to increase student-centered learning and independence. Strategies also support specific
Common Core Objectives. Level: Middle and High School
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CSI Guided Planning: A Tour through the County Unit Resources, Grades 1-5
Presenter: Erika Anderson, HCPS Instructional Facilitator
This session will take you on an excursion through the County Unit Resources to identify key concepts, skills, and strategies that will inspire your
instructional decision-making journey and create a destination for student learning. Participants will engage in collaborative discussions related
to an upcoming unit and the lesson plans provided in order to map out the learning adventures that will engage your readers. Please bring a
printed copy of the unit overview, opener and lessons for an upcoming theme and a student text for the first lesson in the unit. Level: Elementary
School (Grades 1-5)
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Presenter: Drew Hoagland, HCPS Mentor Teacher
Participants will become familiar with the elements of Culturally Responsive Teaching, a pedagogy that acknowledges, responds to, and
celebrates fundamental cultures and offers full, equitable access to education for students from all cultures. Level: All
Deeper Learning in the 21st Century Classrooms
Presenter: Kendall Latham, Dell
Participants will have the opportunity to explore practical, classroom-specific teaching tools that promote high levels of critical thinking, creativity,
collaboration, problem-solving and information fluency among their students. Level: All
Digital Resources: Enriching Instruction and Engaging Students
Presenter: Kendall Latham, Dell
Participants in this session will explore a variety of digital resources to deliver content, foster collaboration, demonstrate understanding, cultivate
creativity, and promote critical thinking opportunities for students. Level: All
Differentiating the Reading and English Language Arts College and Career Ready Standards for Advanced Learners, Grades 3-12
Presenter: Annmarie Steltzer, HCPS Curriculum Specialist
Did you miss the College and Career Readiness Conference this summer? Are you interested in learning how to differentiate your RELA curriculum
to meet the needs of the advanced learners in your classroom? Then this is the MSDE session from the CCR conference you won’t want to
miss! Participants will be provided with a framework that can be used to differentiate instructional lessons and units and will explore model
lessons and units developed by MSDE. Level: Elementary School Intermediate, Middle and High School
Discover the Best-Kept Secret of the Common Core: The Speaking and Listening Standards!
Presenter: Rebecca Gault, HCPS Teacher Specialist
In this interactive session, you will have an opportunity to dig deep into the middle and high school Common Core Speaking and Listening
Standards. You will gain valuable strategies for engaging your students in communication skills that deepen your students’ understanding of
the essential content in your discipline. Level: Middle and High School
Flipping Your Classroom Using Free Web Tools
Presenter: Andrea Harkins Parrish, Lecturer, Towson University, Department of Special Education
In this blended learning model, students learn new content by participating in traditional direct instruction at home while completing traditional
homework during class time. During this session, we will discuss potential benefits to using this approach, describe various strategies for
implementing a flipped classroom, and review several free web tools and apps to get you started! Level: Middle and High School, Special
Educators
Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Training
Presenter: Jaime Cornman, HCPS Reading Specialist
This session will provide individuals with the knowledge and tools needed to immediately use the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment
System with the students in their building. Ideas for practical application, as well as resources to guide instruction, will be shared. This assessment
can be used to track a year’s growth in reading for SLOs. Level: Elementary School
Fundations Refinement Session
Presenter: Christina Carpenter, HCPS Teacher Specialist, and Nina Fenstermaker, HCPS Teacher
Participants will have the opportunity to plan Fundations lessons with support. Level: Elementary School
Guiding Principles for Teaching Writing
Presenter: Tammy Abbate, HCPS Assistant Supervisor of English/Language Arts
Teaching writing is hard work! This session will explore ideas to consider when thinking about how you teach writing. After a brief overview,
participants will be given the opportunity to explore through stations of their choice strategies that support the guiding principles. Level:
Middle and High School
How Am I Supposed to Teach Vocabulary Without a Workbook?
Presenter: Bridgett Vickery, HCPS Teacher
In this session, you will discover ways to enrich your students’ vocabulary using literature. Participants will leave with several practice tools and
ideas. Level: Middle School
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Increasing Expectations and Rigor in Writing Workshop Classes, Grades 2-5
Presenter: Cheryl Monk, HCPS Instructional Facilitator
This session will focus on how to develop student-directed, advanced writers who set goals, make the most of peer conferencing, and apply
ideas discussed during teacher/student conferences to their drafted writing pieces. Participants will revisit the elements of writing workshops in
order to identify key opportunities where they can increase their expectations for student-directed learning. Discussion will focus on ways to challenge
students to take ownership and responsibility for improving upon the quality of their written work. Level: Elementary School (Grades 2-5)
Universal Design for Learning: Technology Makes It Possible
Presenter: Ann Apitz, Vince Evans, and Cassandra Pellegrini, HCPS Assistive Technology Specialists
The principles of Universal Design are incorporated into the accessibility features of Windows 7. Principles of Universal Design for Learning
and guidelines for creating lessons and materials from the UDL framework will be explored using Office 2013. Level: All
Interactive Think-Aloud Lessons: Modeling Comprehension Strategies through Read-Alouds
Presenters: Carrie Kane, HCPS Teacher, and Stacy Lane, HCPS Reading Specialist
This session will provide background and creative ideas for using interactive think-alouds to teach comprehension strategies using mentor
text, character and props, gestures and drama. Throughout the session, we will go over a framework for how the interactive and engaging
model can be applied to teach various comprehension strategies. Level: Elementary School
Introduction to Performance Series
Presenter: Victoria Grammas, Ed.M., Client Program Manager, Performance Series
Participants will learn the foundational skills for using Performance Series to test high school students. Level: High School, SIT Team Members
Learn to Play with Words Their Way and More (Primary)
Presenters: Karen Louderback, HCPS Mentor Teacher, and Eileen Loiodice, HCPS Reading Specialist
This session is an exploration of spelling or orthographic knowledge involving examining, manipulating, comparing, and categorizing words
to increase reading and writing skills. Level: Elementary School (Primary)
MSDE Presents: Speaking and Listening in the Common Core
Presenters: Ava Spencer, MSDE Coordinator ELA/Literacy, and Kanika Dorsey, MSDE Program Specialist
Participants will engage in a speaking and listening session for secondary Language Arts in order to learn how students should initiate and
participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions, integrating multiple sources to evaluate a speaker’s point of view. Level: All
Primary Education Thinking Skills: Implementation Ideas
Presenter: Tara Recor, HCPS Teacher
After reviewing characteristics of young, gifted learners, participants will participate in a Primary Education Thinking Skills (PETS) lesson using
and identifying their own Divergent thinking skills. In addition to exploring ideas for PETS implementation in their own primary classes and/or
schools, teachers will learn how to differentiate PETS lessons to meet the needs of their students and/or teaching styles. Level: Elementary
School (Primary)
Using Performance Series Data
Presenter: Victoria Grammas, Ed.M., Client Program Manager, Performance Series
Participants will learn how to use data reports in Performance Series to create growth goals for students. Level: High School, SIT Team Members
Word Work Revisited (Intermediate)
Presenters: Cathy Bowden, HCPS Mentor Teacher, and Eleni Constantine, HCPS Reading Specialist
Confused about ELA curriculum shifts and how they affect your Word Work instruction? Wondering how your Word Work lessons can better
support your students’ achievement in Reading Comprehension and Writing? Wish you had more ideas for your Word Work block? Participants
will receive information and resources to enhance their Word Work lessons and support their students’ growth/achievement in reading. Level:
Elementary School (Intermediate)
Word Work That Works (Primary)
Presenters: Erin Schisler, HCPS Mentor Teacher, and Christine Kruse, HCPS Reading Specialist
Whether you are teaching word work for the first time or simply need a refresher, this session is for you! We will explore procedures and routines
of lessons, along with activities and resources for the primary classroom. You’ll participate in hands-on activities, gain ideas for the integration of
technology, and walk away with knowledge, resources, and ideas to be implemented the very next day! Level: Elementary School (Primary)
Writing Moments: Tapping Opportunities to Develop Your Students’ Writing
Presenter: Kris Scarry, HCPS Supervisor of English/Language Arts
Are you curious and a little stressed about how to address the writing needs of your students as identified in the CCSS? What are the major
challenges that a teacher faces in teaching writing, and what are workable solutions to those challenges? In this session, participants will
focus on authentic classroom strategies that will allow students to grow as writers. Level: Elementary School
Self-Regulated Strategy Development: Supporting Students with Writing Difficulties
Presenter: Dawn Jacobs Martin, Assistant Professor, Notre Dame of Maryland University
Upper elementary teachers will explore writing intervention strategies that support struggling learners. The emphasis of Self-Regulated Strategy
Development (SRSD) is to improve student expository, persuasive, and narrative student products. The intervention emphasizes student
meta-cognitive engagement, while moving through the stages of the writing process. Level: Elementary School Intermediate, Special Educators
Strategies for Struggling Readers and Writers
Presenter: Deanne Ferretti, HCPS Teacher
This session will present a variety of strategies for classroom use to help struggling readers build meaning from text and struggling writers craft
written responses. Although strategies can be used with any ability reader, strategies will be presented with modifications to help those who
achieve several grades below. Material from this session will best serve secondary students. Level: Middle and High School
Student Voice
Presenter: Alyssa King, HCPS Teacher Specialist
As more classrooms move to the one-to-one device environment, whether with laptops or tablets, it’s important to maximize student use
of technology. See what web-based tools offer students a voice they may not have had. Capture ideas and assess them in real time, add
depth of opinion to discussion, and easily save this data to better meet individual student needs. Level: All
Succeeding with Struggling Writers, Grades K-2
Presenter: Cheryl Monk, HCPS Instructional Facilitator
This session will focus on best practices that can be used to strengthen writing instruction with young learners. Using the Danielson Instructional
Framework as a discussion guide, presenter and teachers will work together to offer suggestions for specific struggling writers based on the
data reviewed. Teachers will be asked to bring samples of current student writing in order to analyze strengths and areas of need. Participants
will also look closely at the instructional tools that are available to them to best fit struggling writers’ needs. Level: Elementary School (Grades K-2)
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Teachers will have an opportunity to discuss issues of professional practice with colleagues. Level: All
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Fine Arts at Edgewood High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Session Descriptions
Fine Arts at Edgewood High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Guitar Room
A101
Chorus Room
D115
Band Room D110
Music Technology
Lab D122
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
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Table Discussion for Art
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Teacher Reflection, Leadership, and Wellness
Cultural Proficiency
Content - All Fine Arts
Content - Music
Content - Art
ActivInspire and the Promethean Board
Presenter: Erin Kirchner, HCPS Teacher
This session is geared toward educators who have limited experience with ActivInspire and look to gain the basic knowledge and understanding
of the Promethean software. This will be a hands-on session where participants will have the opportunity to apply the tips and tricks discussed
while learning about helpful resources available on Promethean Planet. Level: All Fine Arts Teachers
American Music in Liberia
Presenter: Jasmine Blanks, HCPS Teacher
The Back to Africa movement of the 19th century had many implications for the spread of American culture into West Africa. Freed slaves
traveling took with them their identities as Americans, as well as, their musical traditions. Observations of modern Liberian society and culture
through an insider/outsider lens will highlight ways in which Negro Spirituals have been preserved and thrive in Liberia, West Africa. Level: All
Fine Arts Teachers
Basic Instrument Repairs
Presenter: Joe Fetters, HCPS Teacher
This session give participants insight into easy repairs the teacher can accomplish in the classroom with minimal equipment. Level: All Instrumental
Music Teachers
Best Teaching Practices for Clarity and Student Engagement
Presenters: Kate Thurlow, HCPS Teacher, and Sue Garrett, HCPS Supervisor of Career Programs/Art
Session participants will explore the commonalities among four research-based frameworks for effective instructional practice, including: the
Danielson Framework, the Dimensions of Learning, Understanding by Design and the Four Aces. The focus will be on creating a classroom
environment that addresses clarity of instruction and student engagement throughout each lesson. Examples from an elementary art studio
environment will be presented. Participants will be asked to share their own best practices related to clarity and engagement. Level: All
Creating a Collaborative Arts Program
Presenters: Craig Llewellyn and John Wojechowski, HCPS Teachers
Session participants will be introduced to strategies that engage students in rigorous collaborative learning activities that unify the Arts within
a schoolhouse and build a positive, vibrant and creative school culture. The workshop will also focus on the use of social networking as a
means of building community. Teachers will be introduced to methods of creating cross-curricular workshops and school-wide community
building events. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in a brief improvisational activity and discuss the characteristics of a successful
collaborative Arts program. Level: All Fine Arts Teachers
Culture: Creating Empathy and Appreciation of Others in the Classroom
Presenter: Becky Will, HCPS Teacher
This workshop will highlight the importance of creating an empathetic classroom and to encourage the appreciation of each other’s uniqueness.
Through a series of activities, teachers can discover ways to incorporate this mentality into their own classes. If we can instill positive responses to one
another in our classrooms, we can hope that this will continue throughout other classes and into the students’ daily lives. Level: All Fine Arts Teachers
Developing and Maintaining an ePortfolio for Student Work
Presenter: Brian Folus, HCPS Teacher
In this session, participants will learn about Three Ring Mobile App, Maryland’s popular digital tool for documenting and sharing evidence
of student growth. Participants will receive a brief technical tutorial of the App before being shown real-life examples from Maryland music
classrooms. Level: All Fine Arts Teachers
Engaging Students throughout the Jewelry Making Process
Presenter: Becky Will, HCPS Teacher
This workshop will provide hands on demonstrations on creating various designs of canes using polymer clay to make beaded bracelets. The
techniques to create the designs on the beads will range from various levels of skill and complexity to accommodate the needs of students
from elementary through high school. Exemplars will be provided to show how students can be engaged throughout the entire planning,
production, and critiquing process. Upon the completion of this workshop, teachers will walk away with resources to use in their own classroom
as well as a beaded bracelet. Level: All Art Teachers
Integrating Fine Arts and the Common Core Standards
Presenter: Bruce D. Taylor, Arts and Education Consultant
Mr. Taylor will demonstrate how all of the cognitive concepts that underpin the foundation and structure of Common Core State Standards
are, in reality, arts concepts. Participants will see how simple shifts in the focus of teaching and learning within this new paradigm can be
achieved using existing curricular content. Level: All Fine Arts Teachers
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Session descriptions continued for Fine Arts at Edgewood High Shool on Monday, November 24
Jazz Reading Session
Facilitator: Richard Hauf and Craig Harvey, HCPS Teachers
Participants will have the opportunity to perform appropriate Jazz literature for the middle and high school level jazz band. This session will also
include techniques which will help develop student performance in the area of Jazz.Level: All Instrumental Music Teachers
Ukulele in the Elementary Music Classroom
Presenters: Kathy Scarborough and Rachel Reid, HCPS Teachers
The ukulele has made a comeback! Learn how to read basic chord charts, strumming patterns and basic I, IV and V chords to allow students
to accompany themselves on songs. Level: Elementary General Music Teachers
NAfME National Conference Briefing
Presenter: Crystal Rufenacht, HCPS Teacher
The NAfME National Conference held on October 26-29, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee will be discussed to provide insight to the trends and
achievements in Music Educational at the national level. The focus of our attention will be on the sessions centered on Standards, Assessment,
and Evaluation among other topics. Level: All Music Teachers
United States Naval Academy (USNA) Band Concert: Crabtowne Stompers
“The Navy’s Oldest and Finest,” has been providing music for the Brigade of Midshipmen and surrounding community since 1852. Located at
the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, the band is comprised of professional, Navy musicians, who have studied at some of the best
music schools and conservatories in the country, and who have extensive résumés in performance and teaching. The Crabtowne Stompers
fuses its music with more modern funk and jazz elements similar to the music of today’s popular groups Bonerama and the Dirty Dozen Brass
Band. The creative improvisational and compositional techniques of its members make the Crabtowne Stompers’ music truly innovative and
unique. The Crabtowne Stompers are led by Bel Air’s own MUCS Nick Pastelak. Level: All
Review Training for all Brass Instruments
Presenters: Roger Spaulding and Julie Houtz, HCPS Teachers
This is a class for teachers who would like a review to the brass instruments. Included will be basic review of approach to all brass instruments,
proper care and maintenance, mouthpieces, repair issues, and discussion of any questions. Level: All Music Teachers - Non-Brass Performers
Secondary Band Reading Session
Presenter: Mary Lynn Twentey, HCPS Teacher
Participants will perform selected materials which should give insight material for use with middle and high school band groups. Level:
Secondary Band
Sibelius for Dummies
Presenter: Richard Hauf, HCPS Teacher
This session is for the non-Sibelius user who wishes to get started on the basics. Participants will learn to set up the musical staff in which they
want to work and input musical notes. Time will be given to practice and ask questions. Level: Any Music Teacher
Special Education Strategies for the Music Teacher
Presenter: Katie Ford, HCPS Teacher
Participants will explore strategies that work in the music classroom for special education students. They will also be introduced to Universal
Design and how this model may be useful in planning for classes which have multiple levels of ability. Level: All
Table Discussions for Art
Presenters: Participating Teachers
Bring your favorite lesson plans, project ideas, Flipcharts, websites, worksheets, activities, or assessments to share with your colleagues. If you
have handouts to share, bring at least 30 copies. This can also be an opportunity for you to seek answers to questions you may have regarding
art instruction. Level: All Art Teachers
Using the Circle of Fifths and Finger Patterns
Presenter: Mark Heinly, HCPS Teacher
This presentation is designed especially for use by all string instruments including guitar. The concepts shown can also be used and adapted
for other instruments including piano. The understanding of how note names relate to correctly playing instruments could be beneficial for
all instrumentalists. Level: All Music Teachers
Vendor Presentation: Dick Blick
Presenter: Mindy McClusky, HCPS Teacher
A representative from Dick Blick will be showcasing new art materials and other vendor resources, like online lesson plans, that will enhance
art instruction. Hands-on activities will allow participants to experiment with a variety of materials. Level: All Art Teachers
Vocal Health
Presenter: Elizabeth Fetters, HCPS Teacher
Participants will develop good vocal health habits by discovering how the vocal chords and breath support systems work and by practicing
exercises for posture and warming up the voice. Level: All Fine Arts Teachers
Working on Your SLOs
Facilitator: Bridgette Bell, HCPS Teacher
In this session participants will receive assistance to working on their SLOs. Ideas of data collection, assessment and how materials can be
presented successfully for your evaluation. Participants will have time to refine their SLOs and ask individual questions to improve their own
work. Level: All Fine Arts Teachers
Table Discussions for Drama and Dance
Presenters: Participating Teachers
Bring your favorite lesson plans, project ideas, Flipcharts, websites, worksheets, activities, or assessments to share with your colleagues. If you
have handouts to share, bring at least 30 copies. This can also be an opportunity for you to seek answers to questions you may have regarding
drama or dance instruction. Level: All Drama or Dance Teachers
Table Discussions for Music
Presenters: Participating Teachers
Brings Ideas, concerns and/or accomplishments to the table. This is time to spend discussing your interests with colleagues who understands
you and the life of a music teacher in the public schools. Level: All Music Teachers
Teaching Guitar Lab and Ensemble
Presenter: Anne Lehman, HCPS Teacher
This session will explore a variety of resources and instructional strategies for teaching guitar lab and guitar ensemble. Please bring your
favorite materials and lessons to share! Level: All Music Teachers
Teaching Percussion for the Non-Percussionist
Presenter: Craig Harvey, HCPS Teacher
This session will review the fundamentals of teaching percussion and will be appropriate for any level band and orchestra teacher interested
in improving their skills and understanding of this intimidating aspect of our profession. Rehearsal, performance, maintenance, and repair
techniques for snare drum, timpani (yes, the dreaded pedal), bass drum, keyboard, marching percussion, and drum set will be discussed.
Level: All Music Teachers - Non-Percussion Performers
Teaching Strings for Band People
Presenter: Don McClure, HCPS Teacher
This session will include the fundamentals of posture, hand positions and bow usage for the 4 main instruments of the string family. Participants
in this session should bring either a violin or viola to use. Celli and Bass Violins will be available in the classroom. Please bring a copy of
Essential Elements for Strings 2000. Level: All Music Teachers - Non-String Performers
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Fine Arts at Edgewood High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Session Descriptions
Fine Arts at Edgewood High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Guitar Room
A101
Chorus Room
D115
Band Room
D110
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
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Music Technology I with Sheffield Studios
Part 1*
Music Technology I with Sheffield Studios
Part 2*
Fallston High
Music Tech
Lab Rm 53*
C105
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(9:35-11:00 AM)
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Engaging Students throughout
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Culture: Creating Empathy and
Appreciation of Others in the Classroom
C116
Table Discussions for Art
Table Discussions for Art
Table Discussions for Art
Table Discussions for Art
C113
Table Discussions for Drama
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Table Discussions for Drama and
Dance
Table Discussions for Drama
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Table Discussions for Drama and
Dance
C111
Table Discussions for Music
Table Discussions for Music
Table Discussions for Music
Table Discussions for Music
Millennials: Collaborating in MultiGenerational Workplace
Integrating the Arts, Let’s get
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Media Center
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Technology
Teacher Reflection, Leadership, and Wellness
Cultural Proficiency
Content - All Fine Arts
Content - Music
Content - Art
* This session is being held at Fallston High School, Music Technology Lab, Room 53
American Music in Liberia
Presenter: Jasmine Blanks, HCPS Teacher
The Back to Africa movement of the 19th century had many implications for the spread of American culture into West Africa. Freed slaves
traveling took with them their identities as Americans, as well as, their musical traditions. Observations of modern Liberian society and culture
through an insider/outsider lens will highlight ways in which Negro Spirituals have been preserved and thrive in Liberia, West Africa. Level: All
Fine Arts Teachers
Creating a Collaborative Arts Program
Presenters: Craig Llewellyn and John Wojechowski, HCPS Teachers
Session participants will be introduced to strategies that engage students in rigorous collaborative learning activities that unify the Arts within
a schoolhouse and build a positive, vibrant and creative school culture. The workshop will also focus on the use of social networking as a
means of building community. Teachers will be introduced to methods of creating cross-curricular workshops and school-wide community
building events. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in a brief improvisational activity and discuss the characteristics of a
successful collaborative Arts program. Level: All Fine Arts Teachers
Culture: Creating Empathy and Appreciation of Others in the Classroom
Presenter: Becky Will, HCPS Teacher
This workshop will highlight the importance of creating an empathetic classroom and to encourage the appreciation of each other’s uniqueness.
Through a series of activities, teachers can discover ways to incorporate this mentality into their own classes. If we can instill positive responses
to one another in our classrooms, we can hope that this will continue throughout other classes and into the students’ daily lives. Level: All Fine
Arts Teachers
Developing and Maintaining an ePortfolio for Student Work
Presenter: Brian Folus, HCPS Teacher
In this session, participants will learn about Three Ring Mobile App, Maryland’s popular digital tool for documenting and sharing evidence
of student growth. Participants will receive a brief technical tutorial of the App before being shown real-life examples from Maryland music
classrooms. Level: All Fine Arts Teachers
Elementary General Music Sharing Session
Facilitator: Katherine Dorsey, HCPS Teacher
Bring your favorite lesson, with 20 extra copies and one electronic version on a CD or flash drive to upload to Sharepoint. Flipcharts, websites,
worksheets, activities, videos and assessments are all welcome. Let’s share what works, what demonstrates student growth and the great
times we have in music at HCPS! Level: Elementary General Music
Elementary Instrumental Band Music Reading Session
Facilitator: Robert Powers, HCPS Teacher
Elementary instrumental music teachers will be playing through, discussing and evaluating pieces of elementary band music selected to
reflect the various instrumentation situations common to most schools. Participating teachers are asked to bring their major instrument and/
or a secondary instrument. Level: Elementary Instrumental Music
Elementary Music Curriculum Guide
Presenters: Sara Greek and James Javorsky, HCPS Teachers
Have questions about the newly updated curriculum? We will go over what you need to know, what you may have missed, and give you time
to explore the curriculum and collaborate with colleagues. Level: Elementary General Music Teachers
Elementary Vocal Music Reading Session
Facilitator: Donna Harris, HCPS Teacher
Participants will be able to identify ways to develop and encourage good singing techniques in younger children, as well as expand their
knowledge of age appropriate choral repertoire. Level: Elementary General Music Teachers
Engaging Students throughout the Jewelry Making Process
Presenter: Becky Will, HCPS Teacher
This workshop will provide hands on demonstrations on creating various designs of canes using polymer clay to make beaded bracelets.
The techniques to create the designs on the beads will range from various levels of skill and complexity to accommodate the needs of
students from elementary through high school Exemplars will be provided to show how students can be engaged throughout the entire
planning, production, and critiquing process. Upon the completion of this workshop, teachers will walk away with resources to use in their
own classroom as well as a beaded bracelet. Level: All Art Teachers
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Session descriptions continued for Fine Arts at Edgewood High School on Tuesday, November 25
High School Music Curriculum Guide
Presenters: Jeff Winfield and Dave Tramontana, HCPS Teachers
The High School Music Curriculum Guide has been updated and completely reconfigured over the past several years. This session will take
the participants through each subject and review all the new aspects that are included within the guide. This guide is pending GCC approval.
Level: All High School Music Teachers
Special Education Strategies for the Music Teacher
Presenter: Katie Ford, HCPS Teacher
Participants will explore strategies that work in the music classroom for special education students. They will also be introduced to Universal
Design and how this model may be useful in planning for classes which have multiple levels of ability. Level: All
How to Fit Students to a Brass Mouthpiece
Presenter: Anthony Domenico, HCPS Teacher
This session will give teachers a practical way to introduce students to the mouthpiece of a brass instrument. For those teachers with older
students, this session may be helpful in diagnosing embouchure problems with your brass students. Level: Any Instrumental Teacher
Stretch Your Equipment and Materials of Instruction Dollars
Presenter: Richard Raulie, Purchasing Department
Participants will learn to use county bid forms as well as contracts that the system has in place. This information will be beneficial when
ordering musical instruments, large furniture items as well as materials such as strings, valve oil, music and other materials all music departments
require to operate efficiently. It is highly recommended that Department Chairs attend this session. Level: All Fine Arts Teachers
Instrumental Music Curriculum Guide, Grades 4-8
Presenters: Kathy Kirchner, Shawn Lawall and Faye O’Brien, HCPS Teachers
The 4-8 Instrumental Curriculum Guide was updated to match our required method books, Essential Elements for Strings 2000 and Band Expressions.
Time will be spent reviewing the content and expectations for achievement. This guide is pending GCC approval. Level: All Instrumental Teachers
String Reading Session
Presenter: Sheldon Bair, HCPS Teacher
Participants will perform elementary through high school age literature. Participants should bring either a violin or viola. Celli and bass instruments
will be available at the school. Level: All String Teachers
Integrating the Arts: Let’s get SmART!
Presenters: Susan Funcheon, Jessica Christmas, Kristina Berdan, HCPS Teachers
Do you want some quick arts strategies to infuse into your classroom right away? Or are you ready to jump right in and integrate the arts
meaningfully into your curriculum? This session will provide tools and resources for both. Participants will collaboratively define arts integration
and share arts strategies they already use in their classrooms. They will then experience arts strategies in dance, drama, music and visual arts
based on a common literacy theme. Finally, they will collaborate to revise content area topics by integrating the arts. Level: All
Table Discussions for Art
Presenters: Participating Teachers
Bring your favorite lesson plans, project ideas, Flipcharts, websites, worksheets, activities, or assessments to share with your colleagues. If you
have handouts to share, bring at least 30 copies. This can also be an opportunity for you to seek answers to questions you may have regarding
art instruction. Level: All Art Teachers
Millennials: Collaborating in Muli-Generational Workplace
Presenters: Colleen Gambrill, and Deborah Geppi, HCPS Mentors
Participants will identify and apply ways to build and refine relationships with colleagues of multiple generations in order to be successful in
their school’s professional learning communities. Level: All
Music Technology I with Sheffield Studios, Parts 1 and 2*
Presenter: Sheffield Studios
This presentation is designed for the Music Technology I teacher. Participants will develop the skills necessary to teach the software utilized in
the class successfully, focusing on Pro-Tools applications. This class will take the entire 6 hours. Teachers who teach this class are required to
attend at least the first session but it is highly recommended that both sessions be taken. This session is limited to 15 and the 5 extra seats will
be available on a first come first serve basis. Level: Teachers teaching Music Technology I and those interested in advanced music software
applications
*Please note: This session is being held at Fallston High School in Music Technology Lab, Room 53
NAfME National Conference Briefing
Presenter: Crystal Rufenacht, HCPS Teacher
The NAfME National Conference held on October 26-29, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee will be discussed to provide insight to the trends and
achievements in Music Educational at the national level. The focus of our attention will be on the sessions centered on Standards, Assessment,
and Evaluation among other topics. Level: All Music Teachers
Review Training for all Brass Instruments
Presenters: Roger Spaulding and Julie Houtz, HCPS Teachers
This is a class for teachers who would like a review to the brass instruments. Included will be basic review of approach to all brass instruments,
proper care and maintenance, mouthpieces, repair issues, and discussion of any questions. Level: Brass Performers
Room with a VIEW: Audio Enhancement
Presenter: Luanne Ropp, VIEWpath
Learn how Audio Enhancement and VIEW path will enhance teaching, student engagement and learning. Learn how to effectively use
VIEWpath and the EduC am360 to record, store, and share your video content. Level: All
Safety in the Art Studio
Presenters: John Magoon and Lisa Spencer, Risk Management Officers, MABE
Participants will review general art studio housekeeping safety precautions related to art supply storage, fumes, toxic products, Safety Data
Sheets and allergies as well as proper ladder and kiln usage. Level: All Art Teachers
Secondary Choral Reading Session
Presenter: Amanda Wilcox, HCPS Teacher
Participants will sing through selected materials which should give insight to new material for use with middle and high school chorus groups.
Level: All Vocal Teachers
Table Discussion for Drama and Dance
Presenters: Participating Teachers
Bring your favorite lesson plans, project ideas, Flipcharts, websites, worksheets, activities, or assessments to share with your colleagues. If you
have handouts to share, bring at least 30 copies. This can also be an opportunity for you to seek answers to questions you may have regarding
drama or dance instruction. Level: All Drama or Dance Teachers
Table Discussion for Music
Presenters: Participating Teachers
Brings Ideas, concerns and/or accomplishments to the table. This is time to spend discussing your interests with colleagues who understands
you and the life of a music teacher in the public schools. Level: All Music Teachers
Teaching Strings for Band People
Presenter: Don McClure, HCPS Teacher
This session will include the fundamentals of posture, hand positions and bow usage for the 4 main instruments of the string family. Participants
in this session should bring either a violin or viola to use. Celli and Bass Violins will be available in the classroom. Please bring a copy of
Essential Elements for Strings 2000. Level: Non-String Performers
Ukulele in the Elementary Music Classroom
Presenters: Kathy Scarborough and Rachel Reid, HCPS Teachers
The ukulele has made a comeback! Learn how to read basic chord charts, strumming patterns and basic I, IV and V chords to allow students
to accompany themselves on songs. Level: Elementary General Music Teachers
Using the Circle of Fifths and Finger Patterns
Presenter: Mark Heinly, HCPS Teacher
This presentation is designed especially for use by all string instruments including guitar. The concepts shown can also be used and adapted
for other instruments including piano. The understanding of how note names relate to correctly playing instruments could be beneficial for
all instrumentalists. Level: All Music Teachers
Vocal Health
Presenter: Elizabeth Fetters, HCPS Teacher
Participants will develop good vocal health habits by discovering how the vocal chords and breath support systems work and by practicing
exercises for posture and warming up the voice. Level: All
Working on SLOs
Facilitator: Bridgette Bell, HCPS Teacher
In this session participants will receive assistance to working on their SLOs. Ideas of data collection, assessment and how materials can be
presented successfully for your evaluation. Participants will have time to refine their SLOs and ask individual questions to improve their own
work. Level: All
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Monday, November 24, 2014
Morning (8:00-11:30 AM)
Instructional Support Staff at Fallston High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
sessions continued
Afternoon (12:00-3:30 PM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:40-9:55 AM)
Session 2
(10:10-11:25 AM)
Session 3
(12:40-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:10-3:25 PM)
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Classroom Management
Classroom Management
Classroom Management
Classroom Management
108
Retirement – Understand Your
Pension Plan
Retirement – Understand Your
Pension Plan
130
109
Dr. Rochelin Herold
Maryland Spine Institute
Physical Therapy vs. Chiropractic?
Dr. Rochelin Herold
Maryland Spine Institute
Physical Therapy vs. Chiropractic?
207
110
Sign Language (Beginners)
112
Sign Language II (Refresher)
113
Lighten up with Laughter
115
121
Computer
Lab 119
122
Sign Language (Beginners)
Sign Language II (Refresher)
Sign Language (Beginners)
Sign Language II (Refresher)
Sign Language (Beginners)
Sign Language II (Refresher)
Effective Communication
Effective Communication
We need YOU to be school
communicators
We need YOU to be school
communicators
We need YOU to be school
communicators
We need YOU to be school
communicators
Microsoft for Beginners
Microsoft Advanced
Microsoft for Beginners
Working with Calendars
Healthy Eating – Step Up
to the Plate
Healthy Eating – Step Up
to the Plate
Manage Stress –
Before it Manages You
Manage Stress –
Before it Manages You
124
Market Volatility
Market Volatility
Media Ctr
Whiteboards – Beginners
Whiteboards – Refresher
Whiteboards – Beginners
Whiteboards – Refresher
125
Bullying in the Workplace
Bullying in the Workplace
Bullying in the Workplace
Bullying in the Workplace
127
Trusts, Estate and Wills
Trusts, Estate and Wills
Trusts, Estate and Wills
Trusts, Estate and Wills
128
Living in a Tough Economy
Living in a Tough Economy
Living in a Tough Economy
Living in a Tough Economy
Social Media and the
Public Employee
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:40-9:55 AM)
Afternoon (12:00-3:30 PM)
Session 2
(10:10-11:25 AM)
Session 3
(12:40-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:10-3:25 PM)
ESP Power and Respect
ESP Power and Respect
How NOT to Mortgage Your Life
Away
How NOT to Mortgage Your Life
Away
How NOT to Mortgage Your Life
Away
How NOT to Mortgage Your Life
Away
208
Communicating – Verbally and
In Writing
Communicating – Verbally and
In Writing
Communicating – Verbally and
In Writing
Communicating – Verbally and
In Writing
209
Economic Inclement Weather
Survival
Economic Inclement Weather
Survival
Economic Inclement Weather
Survival
Economic Inclement Weather
Survival
210
Understanding Your Retirement
Understanding Your Retirement
Understanding Your Retirement
Understanding Your Retirement
212
Live Well on the Fast Track
Live Well on the Fast Track
Live Well on the Fast Track
Live Well on the Fast Track
Dental Health and Your Overall
Wellness
Dental Health and Your Overall
Wellness
Lighten up with Laughter
123
129
Morning (8:00-11:30 AM)
Social Media and the
Public Employee
Social Media and the
Public Employee
213
214
An Excellent Credit Score and
How to Score It
An Excellent Credit Score and
How to Score It
An Excellent Credit Score and
How to Score It
An Excellent Credit Score and
How to Score It
215
Managing Students with ADHD
Managing Students with ADHD
Managing Students with ADHD
Managing Students with ADHD
217
Dealing with Students –
Do’s and Don’ts
Dealing with Students –
Do’s and Don’ts
Dealing with Students –
Do’s and Don’ts
Dealing with Students –
Do’s and Don’ts
219
Worker’s Compensation
Worker’s Compensation
Worker’s Compensation
Worker’s Compensation
*Computer
Lab 245
Real Cool Websites for Student
Learning
Real Cool Websites for Student
Learning
Real Cool Websites for Student
Learning
Real Cool Websites for Student
Learning
*221
No, You Can’t Climb on the Monkey Bars! Playground Supervision
*136
Shh! Keep it Confidential
No, You Can’t Climb on the Monkey Bars! Playground Supervision
Every Action Has a Reaction
Shh! Keep it Confidential
Every Action Has a Reaction
Social Media and the
Public Employee
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Staff Wellness
Technology
Staff Wellness
Cultural Proficiency
Content - Instructional Support Staff
Cultural Proficiency
Content - Instructional Support Staff
* For these sessions, the session descriptions are located on the Instructional Support Staff Schedule for Tuesday, November 25
Additional sessions on following page!
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Session Descriptions
Instructional Support Staff Conference at Fallston High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Live Well On The Fast Track
Exercise? Cooking healthy foods? Relaxation? Who has time in their day for all that? Learn basic tips and techniques for quick, but effective,
exercise and fast, but healthy, meals and snacks.
Living in a Tough Economy
Come and listen to how you can save money and prepare yourself for financial difficulties now or in the future.
HCESC
Managing Students with ADHD
The presentation will provide information about diagnostic criteria and associated characteristics of ADHD. Participants will also learn about
executive functioning and the role executive functioning skills play in the academic success of students of students. The impact of executive
functioning weaknesses upon students with ADHD in the educational setting and address deficits functioning will be reviewed.
Please note: The sessions are designed for all levels of participants.
An Excellent Credit Score and How to Score It
Designed for all credit levels, this workshop will help you learn how to move your credit rating higher.
Bullying in the Workplace
Learn your rights and how to deal with those most difficult people; even if they can’t change you can rise above!
Classroom Management In this workshop, you will learn why students behave the way they do, and some strategies to deal with those behaviors. Everyone can benefit,
but it is mostly designed for newer employees (3 years or less).
Communicating - Verbally and In Writing Communication across education professions can sometimes be a challenge. This course will focus on how to communicate assertively,
effectively and professionally with your co-workers regardless of job descriptions.
Dealing with Students – Do’s and Don’ts
The workshop is focused on building safe and productive relationships with students.
Dental Health & Your Overall Wellness
Did you know there was a connection between dental and your overall health including your physical and psychosocial well-being? This
session will educate you on how important it is to see the dentist twice a year.
Dr. Rochelin Herold - Maryland Spine Institute - Physical Therapy vs. Chiropractic?
How to Reduce Headaches and Back Pain with Good Posture & Ergonomics - Come out and learn about the many simple conservative
things you can do on and off the job to help decrease the likelihood of having headaches and back pain stop you from getting the job
done efficiently. Dr. Herold is an ergonomic specialist who promotes healthy lifestyle choices within the workforce.
Economic Inclement Weather Survival
The following economic inclement weather survival tips are all about preparation and mindset. In challenging economic times, instead of
just doing without, one should try to do with less …stress. This is the time to look at different ways to do things; ways that are Efficient, Effective,
Empathetic, Enthusiastic, and (demonstrate) Excellence.
Effective Communication
The ability to effectively communicate with others is one of the most powerful tools for personal and/or professional success. Learn how
everyone manages emotion, communication, and conflict from habit—patterns and styles developed early in life and over time.
ESP Power and Respect
Participants will recognize the importance of their contribution to public schools, develop stronger communication skills, organize around
issues, and much more. Attend this session and come away with powerful realization of the importance of the work you do and how to share
this knowledge with others.
Market Volatility In an effort to help address investors’ anxiety regarding recent market conditions, you will discover some approved resources to help stay
calm, stay invested, and stay focused on the long term.
Microsoft Advanced
Topics include advanced skills in working with email – customizing emails, setting up auto replies, creating signatures, setting categories,
flagging messages, advanced search of global contacts, plus much more. Resources will be shared.
Microsoft for Beginners
Topics include basic skills in working with email and calendars – setting up an account, using the ribbon, working with emails, attachments,
recovering deleted messages, an introduction to calendars, setting an appointment, plus much more. Resources will be shared.
Retirement – Understand Your Pension Plan
This session will address eligibility, retirement options, retirement timeline, purchase of service and credit for military service. It may be helpful
to bring your most recent “Personal Statement of Benefits” to this session with you.
Sign Language (Beginners)
This course is designed to give basic instruction in sign language to include the alphabet and some basic signs for the classroom and
general communication with a deaf student.
Sign Language II (Refresher)
Refresher Sign Language Class: Topics include a review of the alphabet, numbers, colors, family vocabulary, food vocabulary, simple
vocabulary, and casual sentences.
Social Media and the Public Employee
Where does a public employee’s right to online speech begin and how does online speech affect a public employee’s job protections?
Learn about how to protect your job and your online presence.
Trusts, Estates and Wills
Get answers to questions about trusts, estates and wills.
Understanding Your Retirement Understanding your retirement is a comprehensive workshop on how to prepare for your income needs in retirement. Topics will include;
Pension and payout options, Social Security, and Income from your personal investments.
Healthy Eating – Step Up to the Plate Healthy foods are satisfying and delicious, but knowing what to eat can be confusing. Find out how to incorporate healthy eating into your
everyday life.
We need YOU to be school communicators
Meet the HCPS Communications Team and learn how YOU can partner with them to become a better school communicator. We will talk
about all the ways to share your school’s good news and upcoming events, how to provide excellent customer service to parents and staff,
and take a behind the scenes look at our Connect 5 notification system and the inclement weather process for HCPS. Who do you call to
get the answers you need? NOT Ghostbusters! Sign up for this fact-filled session.
Manage Stress – Before it Manages You Stress can zap your energy and affect your daily quality of life. Find out the keys to managing stress in today’s modern society.
Whiteboards - Beginner
Beginner course on whiteboards
How NOT To Mortgage Your Life Away
Topics include: how to make the most of the equity in your home, how to search for mortgages that fit your budget and what are the many
programs and incentives for those interested in buying a house for the first time.
Whiteboards - Refresher
Refresher in Whiteboards
Lighten Up With Laughter
The joy of laughter! Laughter is engrained in us from childhood. Did you know that children laugh over 400 times a day? However, as we get
older that laughter somehow begins to fade. Laughter has so many benefits, some that we are not even aware of. Research has found that
laughter is stimulatory. Many people who believe in the benefits that they receive from laughing say that it is the same as a mild workout.
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Worker’s Compensation
A description of workers compensation issues and how to get what you deserve – along with questions and answers.
Working with Calendars
This session will focus on using Outlook Calendars. Topics include – setting up an account, navigating to a date or range of dates, manage
calendar permissions, sharing calendars, working with appointments and meetings, plus much more. Resources will be shared.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Auditorium
Welcome/ Keynote
Professional Conduct
(Mandatory for All)
Session Descriptions
Instructional Support Staff Conference at Fallston High
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
107
Promoting Self-Advocacy, Independence and Work-Ready Skills (MH)
108
Be a Social Skills Superhero!
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
No, You Can’t
Climb on the
Monkey Bars (EI/E)
Promoting Self-Advocacy, Independence and Work-Ready Skills (MH)
Be a Social Skills Superhero!
Providing
Instructional and
Testing Accommodations
109
No, You Can’t
Climb on the
Monkey Bars (EI/E)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Shh! Keep it
Confidential
110
Every Action has a Reaction
112
Equalizing the Opportunities
113
Fostering Independence: Students
Walking on their Own (EMH)
115
Easy Accessibility Strategies
121
Game On! Supporting Student
Learning
122
The “Write Stuff”
The “Write Stuff”
123
Word Maps: Reinforcing Vocabulary
Development
Using Math Manipulatives (EI/E/M)
124
The Role of the Paraeducator
The Role of the Paraeducator
Media Ctr
Library Media Tech Support*
Library Media Tech Support*
Shh! Keep it
Confidential
Providing
Instructional and
Testing Accommodations
Every Action Has a Reaction
Equalizing the Opportunities
Fostering Independence: Students
Walking on their Own (EMH)
Easy Accessibility Strategies
Game On! Supporting Student
Learning
Word Maps: Reinforcing Vocabulary
Development
Computer
Lab -245
Really Cool
Websites
Really Cool
Websites
Really Cool
Websites
Really Cool
Websites
Really Cool
Websites
Really Cool
Websites
Computer
Lab - 119
Safe-Schools
Courses
Safe-Schools
Courses
Safe-Schools
Courses
Safe-Schools
Courses
Safe-Schools
Courses
Safe-Schools
Courses
128 & 129
Gym
Staying Alive
If You Give a Fish a Bath
Staying Alive
Staying Alive
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Content - Working Together/Making Connections
Cultural Proficiency
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If You Give a Fish a Bath
* Library Media Tech Support Only
Working Together – Making Connections
Be a Social Skills Superhero!
Presenter: Kim Henry, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Participants will explore strategies to help support students’ social skills and social success. Fun and easy-to-implement strategies include
Superflex® and his cast of characters, Social Stories®, Comic Strip Conversations, and Power Cards. Level: All
Easy Accessibility Strategies
Presenters: Alice Jaffe and Shani Goodman, HCPS Title I Teacher Specialists
Participants will explore the use of 3 handy low tech supports: post – it notes, embedded visual supports and color-coding for increased
student access to and understanding of instructional content across learning environments. Level: All
Equalizing the Opportunities
Presenters: Jen Palmer, Gail Weidner and Alberta Porter, HCPS Instructional Facilitators
Participants will explore the impact of poverty and sociological differences on student learning and achievement. Level: All
Every Action Has a Reaction
Presenter: Eileen Watson, HCPS Coordinator
Participants will consider factors impacting the class environment and the influence of personal actions and reactions on student behavior.
Using positive behavior supports to reduce negative behaviors. Level: All
Fostering Independence: Students Walking on Their Own
Presenters: Tina Hamilton and Jeff Hoffman, HCPS Education Evaluators
Participants will recognize the importance of intentional planning for student independence throughout the school day. Brainstorm and
generate strategies for promoting independence. Level: Elementary, Middle, and High School
Game On! Using Games to Support Student Learning
Presenter: Alicia Palmer, HCPS Coordinator
Participants will examine/explore the application of common board games in support and reinforcement of student learning. Level: All
If You Give a Fish a Bath: The Untold Story of the Adolescent Brain
Presenter: Frank Kros, Upside Down Organization
Participants will explore exciting insights into how the teenage brain works and the “brain-based” challenges facing adolescents as they
mature. The session addresses proactive measures adults can take to minimize high-risk influences. Level: All
Library Media Tech Support *
Presenters: Betsy Forth and Melanie Denzer, HCPS Media Techs
Participants will review procedures and best practices for the procession, cataloguing and repair of library materials. It is mandatory for all
technicians to take one of the two sessions offered. Level: Library Technicians Only – Bring Color Tech Manual
No, You Can’t Climb on the Monkey Bars! Playground Supervision
Presenter: Melanie Wernig, HCPS Assistant Supervisor
Participants will review aspects of playground supervision including the safety and welfare of students. Level: Early Intervention and Elementary
School
Professional Conduct for Support Staff
Presenter: Wayne Boyer, HCPS Coordinator
Participants will become aware of expectations and consequences with regard to professional conduct related to support to students. Level: All
Promoting Self-advocacy, Independence and Work Ready Skills
Presenters: Dale Schafert, Abbe Washkevich, and Kathy Connolly, HCPS Transition Resource Itinerants
Participants will explore strategies and supports that promote student self-advocacy, the development of independence and “work ready”
skills necessary for school and community success. Level: Middle and High School
Providing Instructional and Testing Accommodations
Presenter: Kim Kron, HCPS Assistant Principal
Participants will review the expectations and responsibilities for the provision of instructional and testing accommodations to students with
disabilities participating in the general education setting. Level: All
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Really Cool Websites for Student Learning
Presenter: Self-directed learning
Participants will use a self-directed web-quest format to explore sites that promote student engagement and learning. Level: All
Library Media at Bel Air High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Safe-Schools Series
Presenter: Self-directed learning/Online Modules Level: All
De-escalation Strategies
Participants will review the conflict cycle and preventative strategies for student behavior management.
Disruptive Behaviors
Participants will explore the common causes of disruptive student behavior and strategies that help remediate mild to moderate misbehavior
in schools.
Diversity Awareness: Staff to Students
Participants will review the unique opportunities and challenges involving diversity awareness by school staff members in regard to students.
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
A101
A102
Inventory*
A104
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Elementary Library Media**
Elementary Library Media**
Cataloguing*
“Why Can’t We Just Google?”
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Cataloguing*
“Why Can’t We Just Google?”
Special Education: Lifts and Transfers
Participants will review specific strategies and supports necessary to avoid common injuries associated with lifting and transferring students.
A105
Gale Databases
Special Education: Safety in the Classroom
Participants will review self-preparation and stress management techniques to prevent common classroom injuries.
A107
Maryland State Library
Resource Center
Maryland State Library
Resource Center
A219
Harford County Public Library
Resources (MH)
Harford County Public Library
Resources (MH)
Computer
Lab A220
ActivInspire Basic Tips
Focusing in the ActivClassroom
Media in the ActivClassroom
ActivInspire Advanced
Computer
Lab B110
Pebble Go Databases (E)
Proquest Databases (MH)
Proquest Databases (MH)
Pebble Go Databases (E)
Computer
Lab B111
Secondary Databases (MH)
Secondary Databases (MH)
Elementary Databases (E)
Elementary Databases (E)
Computer
Lab B112
Pixie: The Most Amazing
Productivity Tool for Elementary
Students (E)
Pixie: The Most Amazing
Productivity Tool for Elementary
Students (E)
Pixie: The Most Amazing
Productivity Tool for Elementary
Students (E)
Pixie: The Most Amazing
Productivity Tool for Elementary
Students (E)
C101
Alexandria Circulation System*
Alexandria Circulation System*
Alexandria Circulation System*
C102
Successful College Research (MH)
Shh! Keep it Confidential
Presenters: Missy Romano and Alicia Palmer, HCPS Coordinators
Participants will identify practices that ensure the confidentiality of student information using scenarios and examples. Level: All
Staying Alive
Presenters: Stephanie Weisenborn and Wendy Merk, HCPS Swim Techs
Participants will practice “hands only” CPR strategies for support teens/adults experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. The session will also
review best practices for responding to blocked airways (choking). Level: All – emphasis on supports to teens and adults
The Role of the Paraeducator in the Inclusive Classroom
Presenter: Marny Helfrich, MCIE
Participants will expand knowledge and skills related to roles and responsibilities of the paraeducator in the inclusive classroom: clarifying
roles, helping or hovering, in-class supports, on-the spot supports, collaboration and communication. Level: All
The “Write Stuff” Facilitating Independent Written Responses
Presenter: Dawn Gardner, HCPS Instructional Facilitator
Participants will survey strategies that help student writing develop independent writing skills: frames, sentence starters, and other tools of
the trade. Level: All
Using Math Manipulatives to Reinforce Key Concepts
Presenters: Sharon Miller-Johnson, HCPS Teacher Specialist and Susan Dilworth –Janes, HCPS Teacher
Participants will review and practice utilizing math manipulatives/hands-on tools to reinforce learning of math concepts and skills. Level:
Early Intervention, Elementary, and Middle School
Word Maps - Reinforcing Vocabulary Development with Handy Graphic Resources
Presenter: Megan Schroder, HCPS Teacher
Participants will investigate the use of graphic tools that promote vocabulary development and increased understanding. Level: All
Gale Databases
Successful College Research (MH)
C103
Primary Resources (E)
C104
B201
Primary Resources (E)
Book Talks (E)
Discovery Education:
Back-to-School Enhancements
Discovery Education:
Board Builder
Discovery Education:
Back-to-School Enhancements
Discovery Education:
Board Builder
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Content - Library Media
* Library Media Specialists (LMS) Only
** Mandatory Requirements
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Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Open to All
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Library Media at Bel Air High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Session Descriptions
ActivInspire Advanced
Presenter: Kathryn Vaughn, Clinton Learning
This session is designed to delve deeper into the robust features of the ActivInspire software, such as layering, containers, and actions. These
advanced tools and functions of the ActivInspire software allow for the creation of engaging and interactive flipcharts. Level: All
ActivInspire Basic Tips
Presenter: Kathryn Vaughn, Clinton Learning
This session pairs the basic ActivInspire tools and functions along with best practices to create interactive lessons for any classroom. We’ll
explore tools and techniques for easy and effective lesson creation, and attendees will walk away with simple ideas that can immediately
be used in classrooms. Level: All
Alexandria Circulation System
Presenter: Kevin Dibb, Regional Sales Manager
This session will be a review of the circulation system with information on updated sections. Level: All Library Media Specialists (LMS Only)
Inventory
Presenters: Betsy Forth and Melanie Denzer, HCPS Staff
Level: All Library Media Specialists – Bring color Tech Manual (LMS Only)
Maryland State Library Resource Center
Presenter: Wesley Wilson, Chief Central/SLRC Enoch Pratt Free Library
Learn about the collection at the State Library Resource Center (SLRC) that actually begins in the 12th century! The SLRC collection contains
amazing resources that are available for loan support curriculum and student interests on all levels. The electronic content in the form of
subject and web guides highlight the very best resources available on the Internet. Coupled with the access to podcasts, streaming video,
webinars, and access to primary sources students are able to access a robust electronic platform to help with their studies. Level: All
Media in the ActivClassroom
Presenter: Kathryn Vaughn, Clinton Learning
We live in a media-rich environment full of music, videos, and photos, and, when used appropriately, this media has an amazing power to
motivate students and enhance instruction. This session will explore the power of media in the classroom and how the ActivInspire software
makes media integration possible. Level: All
Pebble Go Databases
Presenters: Katie Reuvers, Gus and Mary Ellen from Capstone
This session will be a review of Pebble Go Databases. Level: Elementary School
Pixie: The Most Amazing Productivity Tool for Elementary Students
Presenter: Scott Loomis, Tech4Learning
Participants will learn exciting ways they can use Pixie to unlock learning and build thinking skills in the elementary classroom. This easy-to-use,
cross-curricular program is ideal for students to creatively demonstrate their content knowledge and understanding by efficiently creating
a wide range of projects including video, print, and paint. Perfect for building literacy skills, assessing reading, writing and even speaking/
listening. Level: Elementary School
Book Talks
Presenter: Leslie Bermel, Junior Library Guild
This session will feature book talks on the newest books for elementary school readers. Level: Elementary School
Cataloguing
Presenters: Betsy Forth and Melanie Denzer, HCPS Staff
Level: All Library Media Specialists – Bring color Tech Manual (LMS Only)
Primary Resources
Presenters: Andrew Robertson and Diane Thompson, HCPS Library Media Specialists
This presentation will review primary resources, the poster created and available on Sharepoint, the new curriculum update to Unit 5 (previously called Realistic and Historical Fiction) and to provide time for discussion on using primary resources. The purpose is to create a bridge
between the media center and Social Studies Units taught in the classroom. Level: Elementary School
Gale Databases
Presenter: Ken Wilmer, Gale/Cengage
This session with review the use of Gale databases for instruction. Level: Middle and High School
Discovery Education: Back-to-School Enhancements
Presenter: Kristen Olson, Discovery Education
This interactive session will highlight our newest content, such as the Board Builder, Global Wrap, Upload Tool, Quicklists, Content Collections,
and more. We will also highlight creative ways to engage students with the latest strategies for instructional practice using the more than
115,000 multimedia resources found within Discovery Education Streaming. Join us to learn ideas you can use in your classroom tomorrow!
Level: All
Discovery Education: Board Builder
Presenter: Kristen Olson, Discovery Education
Join us for an interactive hands-on session featuring Board Builder! Board Builder is an exciting new tool that allows teachers and students to
create multi-media projects with Discovery Education as well as your own uploaded content. You and your students can create modern day
poster boards and projects that include text, photos, and videos! We’ll dive in together and create a board that you can take back to your
classroom tomorrow! Level: All
Elementary Databases
Presenter: Heather Way, HCPS Library Media Specialist
This session will explore the databases that are available to elementary teachers. Level: Elementary School
Elementary Library Media
Presenter: Patty O’Donnell, HCPS Supervisor of Library Media
This session will be offered 3 different times over the course of both days. It is mandatory for Elementary Media Specialists to attend one of
the sessions. Level: Elementary School Media Specialists
Proquest Databases
Presenter: Deb Bergeron, Senior Customer Education and Training Partner
This session features a review of databases: SIRS Databases Decades, Discoverer/Web Find, Economics, Government Reporter, Interactive
Citizenship, Renaissance, Researcher, and World Affairs. Level: Middle and High School
Secondary Databases
Presenter: Erik Snyder, HCPS Library Media Specialist
The purpose of this session is to explore the databases that are available to secondary teachers. Level: Middle and High School
Successful College Research
Presenter: Gina Calia-Lotz, Harford Community College Library
This session features HCC Library’s information regarding literacy and community outreach programs and answers the question: “What do
students need to know to be successful with college research?” Level: Middle and High School
“Why Can’t We Just Google?”
Presenter: Karen Beimel, Scholastic Library Publishing, Grolier Online
The ways we access information changes constantly. Blogs are becoming “quaint” now! What remains constant is the need for our students
to be able to find and evaluate information. This session will suggest ways to help students develop discernment in their information choices.
Level: All
Focusing in the ActivClassroom
Presenter: Kathryn Vaughn, Clinton Learning
It is often a challenge to maintain students’ attention within the classroom, but simple lesson enhancements can go a long way to improve
students’ ability and desire to focus. This session will explore a variety of focusing techniques made possible with Promethean’s ActivInspire
software. These techniques include using the revealer tool, the spotlight tool, magic boxes, and so much more! Level: All
Harford County Public Library Resources
Presenters: Nancy Smith, Daria Perry, Joe Thompson, HCPL staff
Participants will receive resources that can be found at the Harford County Public Library. Level: Middle and High School
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Library Media at Bel Air High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Session Descriptions
Library Media at Bel Air High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
A101
Elementary Library Media**
A107
Maryland State Library
Resource Center
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Maryland State Library
Resource Center
Computer
Lab A220
Student Voice
Student Voice
Class Flow!
Class Flow!
Media Ctr
B101
Library Media Specialists
dialogue-self directed
Library Media Specialists
dialogue-self directed
Library Media Specialists
dialogue-self directed
Library Media Specialists
dialogue-self directed
Computer
Lab B110
Walter’s Art Gallery
Walter’s Art Gallery
Computer
Lab B111
Ebsco Databases
Proquest Databases (MH)
Ebsco Databases
Proquest Databases (MH)
Computer
Lab B112
Pebble Go Databases (E)
Harford County Public Library
Resources (E)
Pebble Go Databases (E)
Harford County Public Library
Resources (E)
Successful College
Research (MH)
Successful College
Research (MH)
Digital Resources: Enriching
Instruction and Engaging Students
Deeper Learning in the 21st
Century Classrooms
C102
C104
Book Talks (MH)
B201
Deeper Learning in the 21st
Century Classrooms
Digital Resources: Enriching
Instruction and Engaging Students
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Content - Library Media
Open to All
Class Flow!
Presenter: Terrie Fraer, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Ever wished you could have more students interact with your flipchart pages? Using Class Flow, you can! Class Flow, a web-based program
from Promethean, delivers your lessons directly to the devices in front of your students. Create new lessons or import already created PPT or
flipchart lessons directly into Class Flow. Learn to enhance engagement and interactivity in a new way! Level: All
Deeper Learning in the 21st Century Classrooms
Presenter: Kendall Latham, Dell
Participants will have the opportunity to explore practical, classroom-specific teaching tools that promote high levels of critical thinking,
creativity, collaboration, problem-solving and information fluency among their students. Level: All
Digital Resources: Enriching Instruction and Engaging Students
Presenter: Kendall Latham, Dell
Participants in this session will explore a variety of digital resources to deliver content, foster collaboration, demonstrate understanding, cultivate
creativity, and promote critical thinking opportunities for students. Level: All
Ebsco Databases
Presenter: Roz Engelheart, Ebsco Representative
This session will focus on a review of Ebsco Databases and their impact on instruction. Level: All
Elementary Library Media
Presenter: Patty O’Donnell, HCPS Supervisor of Library Media
This session will be offered 3 different times over the course of both days. It is mandatory for Elementary Media Specialists to attend one of
the sessions. Level: Elementary School Media Specialists
Harford County Public Library Resources
Presenters: Nancy Smith, Daria Perry, Joe Thompson, HCPS Staff
This session will focus on resources that can be found at the Harford County Public Library. Level: Elementary School
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
** Mandatory Requirements
Book Talks
Presenter: Leslie Bermel, Junior Library Guild
This session will focus on book talks on the newest books for secondary readers. Level: Middle and High School
Maryland State Library Resource Center
Presenter: Wesley Wilson, Chief Central/SLRC Enoch Pratt Free Library
Learn about the collection at the State Library Resource Center (SLRC) that actually begins in the 12th century! The SLRC collection contains
amazing resources that are available for loan support curriculum and student interests on all levels. The electronic content in the form of
subject and web guides highlight the very best resources available on the Internet. Coupled with the access to podcasts, streaming video,
webinars, and access to primary sources students are able to access a robust electronic platform to help with their studies. Level: All
Pebble Go Databases
Presenters: Katie Reuvers, Gus and Mary Ellen from Capstone
This session is a review of Pebble Go Databases. Level: Elementary School
Proquest Databases
Presenter: Deb Bergeron, Senior Customer Education and Training Partner
This session is a review of databases: SIRS Databases Decades, Discoverer/Web Find, Economics, Government Reporter, Interactive Citizenship,
Renaissance, Researcher, and World Affairs. Level: Middle and High School
Student Voice
Presenter: Alyssa King, HCPS Teacher Specialist
As more classrooms move to the one-to-one device environment, whether with laptops or tablets, it’s important to maximize student use
of technology. See what web-based tools offer students a voice they may not have had. Capture ideas and assess them in real time, add
depth of opinion to discussion, and easily save this data to better meet individual student needs. Level: All
Successful College Research
Presenter: Gina Calia-Lotz, Harford Community College Library
This session will support HCC Library’s information literacy and community outreach programs and answer the question: “What do students
need to know to be successful with college research?” Level: Middle and High School
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Walter’s Art Gallery
Presenter: Brittany Powell, Senior Education Coordinator for School Programs at The Walter’s Art Museum
Participants will explore arts integrated resources and activates from the Walter’s Art Museum. Teachers will discover meaningful connections
between the Walters collections and the English Language Arts anchors of the Common Core Standards. Level: All
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Mathematics at C. Milton Wright High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Session Descriptions
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
50
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Room #
Session 1 (8:00-9:25 AM)
249
Apps for Tablets
304
Blending Algebra into Geometry (H)
General Session:
Auditorium
General Session:
Auditorium
Blending Algebra into Geometry (H)
307
Blogging in Math (MH)
Brainstorming Support
for our Neediest Students
336
First In Math – Energizing Every Child to
Learn, Love and Live Math (Gr 2-8)
Clueless:
Moving Beyond
Tricks, Recipes,
Clues and Keys to
Develop
Mathematical
Thinking
Blogging in Math (MH)
302
Clueless:
Moving Beyond
Tricks, Recipes,
Clues and Keys to
Develop
Mathematical
Thinking
327
Flipped Classroom (MH)
Presenter:
Cathy Seeley
224
Functions of Behavior and the
Behavior Dozen (EC)
Presenter:
Cathy Seeley
319
Help Me! (E)
337
Jazz Up Your Math Lesson
Using Media Clips
207
Kindergarten Learning Centers (EC)
Media Ctr
Rm 338
Mathematics Professional Learning Lounge
209
Multimedia Resources to Support Instruction
211
Number Talks in Elementary Classroom:
Increasing Mental Math Strategies (E)
238A
Performance Matters 101
210
Pushing Students to the Limit (EM)
309
Quick Informal Assessments in the Classroom
310
Statistics…for real? (H)
Common Core
State Standards
and Mathematical
Practices provides
educators with
the opportunity
to help students
move beyond
superficial
strategies. Past
President of
National Council
of Teachers of
Mathematics and
author Cathy
Seeley shares how
we can design
instruction to
support students
as they develop
quantitative
skills and assume
responsibility for
their own learning.
339
SuccessMaker Mathematics – Supplemental
Resources and Tools (EM)
Common Core
State Standards
and Mathematical
Practices provides
educators with
the opportunity
to help students
move beyond
superficial
strategies. Past
President of
National Council
of Teachers of
Mathematics and
author Cathy
Seeley shares how
we can design
instruction to
support students
as they develop
quantitative
skills and assume
responsibility for
their own learning.
313
Teaching Precalculus and Calculus
with Engaging Tasks (H)
Session 4 (2:05-3:30 PM)
334
Technology Tips for Teachers
311
The Underpinnings of Calculus for Algebra
I Students (H)
314
Turn Your Problems into Problem Solvers
228
Universal Design for Learning:
Technology Makes it Possible
Universal Design for Learning:
Technology Makes it Possible
249
Using Projects as Alternate Assessments
(MH)
Using Projects as Alternate Assessments
(MH)
221
Using the Practices to Build Student
Understanding (E)
Using the Practices to Build Student
Understanding (E)
317
Using the TI-84 Calculator for Statistics and
Linear Regression Analysis (MH)
Using the TI-84 Calculator for Statistics and
Linear Regression Analysis (MH)
247
VEX Robotics
VEX Robotics
222
Walking the Line (E)
Walking the Line (E)
223
What About Us? (EC)
What About Us? (EC)
202
Where are the Resources?
Where are the Resources?
Apps for Tablets
If you attended
Cathy Seeley’s
morning session,
a Mathematics
Professional
Learning Lounge
will be open in
the media center
for your use.
Mathematics at C. Milton Wright High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Brainstorming Support
for our Neediest Students
First In Math – Energizing Every Child to
Learn, Love and Live Math (Gr 2-8)
Flipped Classroom (MH)
Functions of Behavior and the
Behavior Dozen (EC)
Help Me! (E)
Jazz Up Your Math Lesson
Using Media Clips
Kindergarten Learning Centers (EC)
Mathematics Professional Learning Lounge
Multimedia Resources to Support Instruction
Number Talks in Elementary Classroom:
Increasing Mental Math Strategies (E)
Performance Matters 101
Pushing Students to the Limit (EM)
Quick Informal Assessments in the Classroom
Statistics…for real? (H)
SuccessMaker Mathematics – Supplemental
Resources and Tools (EM)
Teaching Precalculus and Calculus
with Engaging Tasks (H)
Technology Tips for Teachers
The Underpinnings of Calculus for Algebra
I Students (H)
Turn Your Problems into Problem Solvers
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Cultural Proficiency
Technology
Early Childhood
Content - Mathematics
Apps for Tablets
Presenter: Christine Moore, HCPS Teacher
Use the computer lab to explore apps that could be useful for your classroom. Level: All
Blending Algebra into Geometry
Presenter: Brett Parker, HCPS Teacher
Participants will discuss the ways in which algebra can be infused into Common Core Geometry. Participants are encouraged to bring examples
to share. Connections will focus on Algebra I, Algebra II, and Trigonometry. Level: High School
Blogging in Math
Presenter: Tracy Goergens, HCPS Teacher
Blogging is a fun, interactive way for students to discuss math topics and work together to problem solve. Learn how to incorporate blogging
into your classroom. Level: Middle and High School
Brainstorming Support for our Neediest Students
Presenter: Christina Poetzl, HCPS Teacher
When it comes to problem solving in mathematics classrooms our neediest students are often left behind. In this session we will brainstorm
ideas and strategies to help these students move from being dependent learners to interdependent/independent learners. Level: All
First In Math – Energizing Every Child to Learn, Love and Live Math
Presenter: Brock Estes, First In Math
First In Math is an engaging deep practice math program that provides the vehicle for mastery of math skills, from basic fact fluency through
pre-algebra --- for ALL students, and mostly on their own time. Level: Grade 2-8
Flipped Classroom
Presenters: Margaret Fulkrod, Eric Smith, and Scott Wagner, HCPS Teachers
Use classroom time for problems and activities. Expose students to vocabulary and reading before classroom instruction using videos on
edpuzzle.com. Level: Middle and High School
Functions of Behavior and the Behavior Dozen
Presenter: Robyn Graham, Sara Herweck, Valerie Taylor, HCPS Teachers
Identify the causes of behaviors and strategies to address behaviors in the early childhood years. Level: Early Childhood (PrekindergartenKindergarten)
Help Me!
Presenters: Zac Greenbaum and Stephanie Bandzwolek, HCPS Teachers
Gain free and easily accessible resources to help align Everyday Math to Common Core and PARCC. Level: Elementary
Jazz Up Your Math Lesson Using Media Clips
Presenters: Heather Thompson and Tina Hartman, HCPS Teachers
Find out how to find and use media clips in Active Inspire. Media clips from popular movies will be shared. Level: All
Kindergarten Learning Centers
Presenters: AmyBeth Toms and Molly Corbin, HCPS Teachers
What should kindergarten centers look like? What is the purpose of kindergarten learning centers? These questions will be explored during this
session. Level: Kindergarten
Mathematics Professional Learning Lounge
Explore mathematics resources and network with colleagues. Level: All
Mathematics Resources From the Quantile Framework (PM Only)
Presenter: Dennis Ortman, Quantile Framework
This session will provide participants information on the Quantile Framework, a vertical scale for mathematics built by MetaMetrics, the same
company that built the Lexile Framework. Participants will get the opportunity to research www.quantile.com and find resources that can be
used with their next math lesson. The information on quantiles will cover all grade ranges after which grade band teachers will be grouped
together or can work individually on creating a math lesson(s) that can be used when they return to their classrooms. Participants are encouraged
to bring their own laptop so they can access the quantile website and save the lessons they build during the session. Level: All
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Session descriptions continued for Mathematics at C. Milton Wright High School on Monday, November 24
Session descriptions continued for Mathematics at C. Milton Wright High School on Monday, November 24
Multimedia Resources to Support Instruction (AM Only)
Presenter: Michelle Huebel, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Participants will learn how to incorporate various forms of multimedia such as, videos, images, sound, interactive text, etc. meaningfully into
classroom lessons. Using ActivInspire, PowerPoint, Discovery Education and other web-based tools, this session will provide participants with
an interactive experience of enhancing content with multimedia. Level: All
Using Projects as Alternate Assessments
Presenters: Stephan Bitel, Laurie Bates, and Katie Roppelt, HCPS Teachers
With the rise of Common Core and an increase in rigor, projects can be a new and effective way to assess student understanding. This
presentation will provide evidence that projects are an effective tool to assess students, show examples of such projects, demonstrate a
framework for creating projects, and provide time to create a project-based assessment for your content area. Level: Middle and High
School
Number Talks in the Elementary Classroom: Increasing Mental Math Strategies
Presenter: Marilyn Johnson, HCPS Teacher
What are Number Talks? Why should we have Number Talks? What do Number Talks look like in the K-5 classroom? Participants will discover
ways to use this approach to increase student performance. Level: Elementary
Performance Matters 101
Presenter: Chris Wilkinson, HCPS Instructional Data Specialist
This session is designed for beginner Performance Matters users and those who just need a refresher. Participants will learn how to navigate
the Performance Matters site and find which reports yield the most useful data. Please verify your Performance Matters login before attending.
Level: All
Pushing Students to the Limit
Presenters: Christine Baker and Marcia Cole, HCPS Teachers
Participants will take a deeper look into the benefits of the problem solving process. We will explore Math Practice #1: Make sense of problems
and persevere in solving them and teacher tips on building the capacity for productive struggle in the elementary classroom. Level: Elementary
and Middle School
Quick Informal Assessments in the Classroom
Presenter: Andy Bleichfeld, HCPS Teacher
Participants will gain 20 quick and easy informal assessments of student progress. Level: All
Statistics…for real?
Presenters: Tarah Gilson and Tom Ensminger, HCPS Teachers
We will be exploring various real world data collection techniques that can be used and applied to mathematical concepts throughout the
Statistics course. They data collection techniques will include hand strength, speed gun, minute to win it, candy eating, and possibly exploring
the trip we take to the zoo. Level: High School
SuccessMaker Mathematics – Supplemental Resources and Tools
Presenters: Russ Bailey, SuccessMaker and Jennifer Markoff, HCPS Teacher
Participants will interact with the available supplemental resources and tools of the SuccessMaker Math Intervention discover supports for
narrowing achievement gaps (SM Math schools only). Level: Elementary and Middle School
Using the Practices to Build Student Understanding
Presenter: Debbie Meagher, HCPS Teacher Specialist
The word “understand” occurs more than 200 times in the Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards. What does it mean when a student
understands, and how can teachers craft instruction that builds understanding? The Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMPs) are the key!
In this session participants will explore observable student behaviors and related teacher behaviors that address the SMPs. Opportunity will be
provided to discuss how to incorporate the SMPs into daily Everyday Mathematics lessons. Level: Elementary
Using the TI-84 Calculator for Statistics and Linear Regression Analysis
Presenter: David Richenderfer, HCPS Teacher
Explore classroom activities that can be used to generate data, and analysis including box and whisker plots, 1-var stats analysis, data sorting,
and linear regression. Level: Middle and High School
VEX Robotics
Presenter: Karen Sigwart, HCPS Teacher
Start a robotics team at your school. Program, build, and operate a robot. Level: All
Walking the Line
Presenters: Patrick Ernst and Stefanie Spilman, HCPS Teachers
Participants will use the empty number line to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, decimals, and fractions. The empty number
line will also be used to develop understanding of other concepts such as making change and elapsed time. Level: Grades 2-5
What About Us?
Presenter: Joanne McCord, HCPS Curriculum Specialist
Beginning in grade 3, students will take the next generation PARCC assessments. What instructional changes need to take place in our
mathematics classrooms for our younger learners so students are on track for college and career readiness? Participants will explore new
assessment items and the shifts in content and instruction needed to meet the demands of the MCC-R standards. Level: K-2
Where are the Resources?
Presenter: Henrietta Bolyard, HCPS Teacher
Participants will research, find and organize online resources using Pinterest. Level: All
Teaching Precalculus and Calculus with Engaging Tasks
Presenter: Laura Potter, HCPS Teacher
Explore a variety of tasks involving derivatives, application of derivatives, integration and applications of integration that would be appropriate for both
precalculus and calculus classes. Concrete to abstract thinking will be the focus area. Leave the session with plenty of ideas! Level: High School
Technology Tips for Teachers
Presenter: Sharalyn Heinly, HCPS Teacher
Learn how to use interactive Edline features to enhance classroom instruction. Leave with a product you can use with your students right
away! Level: All
The Underpinnings of Calculus for Algebra I Students
Presenter: Sharon Kachur, Assistant Supervisor of Mathematics
Incorporate the underpinnings of calculus into Algebra I instruction without adding additional lessons to the established curriculum. Level:
Middle and High School
Turn Your Problems into Problem Solvers
Presenter: Jo Ellen Shannon, HCPS Teacher
Build mathematical practices, connection, and stamina through portfolio building and application opportunities. Level: All
Universal Design for Learning: Technology Makes It Possible
Presenter: Ann Apitz and Cassandra Pellegrini, HCPS Assistive Technology Specialists
The principles of Universal Design are incorporated into the accessibility features of Windows 7. Principles of Universal Design for Learning
and guidelines for creating lessons and materials from the UDL framework will be explored using Office 2013. Level: All
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Mathematics at C. Milton Wright High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
54
Room #
Session 1 (8:00-9:25 AM)
203
Developing Coherence in Units with
Essential Questions (E)
207
Developing the Language of Math (E)
Session Descriptions
Mathematics at C. Milton Wright High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
General Session:
All
General Session:
All
Math Happens
When We Wonder
About Books
Math Happens
When We Wonder
About Books
Presenter: David
M. Schwartz
Presenter: David
M. Schwartz
Author David M.
Schwartz shows
how exciting the
results can be
when students
begin
mathematical
explorations
inspired by
literature.
He shares an
extraordinary
collection of
student-created
work based on his
many books, and
he demonstrates
how students
gain real-life math
skills, problemsolving experience
and a great
sense of
accomplishment
while having
so much fun
that they forget
they’re learning
math! You’ll have
just as much fun
seeing David’s
entertaining,
informative,
inspiring
presentation.
Author David M.
Schwartz shows
how exciting the
results can be
when students
begin
mathematical
explorations
inspired by
literature.
He shares an
extraordinary
collection of
student-created
work based on his
many books, and
he demonstrates
how students
gain real-life math
skills, problemsolving experience
and a great
sense of
accomplishment
while having
so much fun
that they forget
they’re learning
math! You’ll have
just as much fun
seeing David’s
entertaining,
informative,
inspiring
presentation.
Session 4 (2:05-3:30 PM)
Developing Coherence in Units with
Essential Questions (E)
Developing the Language of Math (E)
307
Engaging Students with Technology (H)
327
Exploration of Math Manipulatives
and Supports (EM)
336
First In Math – Energizing Every Child to
Learn, Love and Live Math (Gr 2-8)
209
Fractions Aren’t Just for Math Geniuses (E)
319
Gizmos: Introduction (MH)
337
GradeQuick/Edline Tips, Tricks
and Features
309
How to Succeed in Statistics without
Really Trying (M)
310
Interactive Notebooks
311
Interpreting Difficult Standards in
Grade 6 Math (M)
303
Let’s Get Inspired (MH)
Media Ctr
Rm 338
Mathematics Resources from the Quantile
Framework
305
Michael Heizer: The Man, The Art,
and The Mathematics
302
Number Sense: What Is It and
How Is It Developed? (E)
238A
Performance Matters Baseball Card v3
313
Questioning in the Math Classroom
314
Regression Equations: Fun Ways to
Generate Data (H)
339
SuccessMaker Mathematics – Supplemental
Resources and Tools (EM)
317
Surviving the Struggle (H)
210
Systemic Equity Work:
A School District Perspective
211
Teaching Number Sense in a SNAP! (EC)
318
To Infinity and Beyond (H)
202
Upside Down Teaching
Upside Down Teaching
221
Using Discourse and Tasks to
Uncover Student Thinking (E)
Using Discourse and Tasks to
Uncover Student Thinking (E)
209
Web-Based Tools to Support Instruction
Web-Based Tools to Support Instruction
222
Which One Doesn’t Belong?
Which One Doesn’t Belong?
If you attended
David Schwartz’s
morning session,
a Mathematics Professional
Learning Lounge
will be open in
the media center
for your use.
Engaging Students with Technology (H)
First In Math – Energizing Every Child to
Learn, Love and Live Math (Gr 2-8)
Fractions Aren’t Just for Math Geniuses (E)
Gizmos: Introduction (MH)
GradeQuick/Edline Tips, Tricks
and Features
How to Succeed in Statistics without
Really Trying (M)
Interactive Notebooks
Interpreting Difficult Standards in
Grade 6 Math (M)
Let’s Get Inspired (MH)
Mathematics Resources from the Quantile
Framework
Michael Heizer: The Man, The Art,
and The Mathematics
Number Sense: What Is It and
How Is It Developed? (E)
Performance Matters Baseball Card v3
Questioning in the Math Classroom
Regression Equations: Fun Ways to
Generate Data (H)
SuccessMaker Mathematics – Supplemental
Resources and Tools (EM)
Surviving the Struggle (H)
Teaching Number Sense in a SNAP! (EC)
To Infinity and Beyond (H)
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Cultural Proficiency
Technology
Early Childhood
Content - Mathematics
Developing Coherence in Units with Essential Questions
Presenters: Erin Morring and Amanda Brienzo, HCPS Teachers
Develop a unit plan for your elementary school mathematics classroom by focusing on essential questions and Big Ideas. Explore ideas
to strengthen coherence within and across grade levels, enhance mathematics lessons using supplementary resources, and address the
increased rigor of the MCCRS. Level: Elementary
Developing the Language of Math
Presenters: Holly Wiggett and Dianne Skelton, HCPS Teachers
Identify the challenges math vocabulary poses and discover instructional techniques and strategies that will help to increase students’ ability
to recall and use math vocabulary effectively. Participants will also be given time to plan for and create resources for vocabulary integration.
Level: Elementary
Engaging Students with Technology
Presenter: Bev Dize, HCPS Teacher
Share activities that engage students through technology and to collect data to measure student achievement. Bring electronic versions of
materials you can use to create activities. Be prepared to share your ideas for the use of technology in your classrooms. Level: High School
Exploration of Math Manipulatives and Supports (AM Only)
Presenters: Sharon Miller-Johnson and Lynn Jennings, HCPS Teachers
Participants will have the opportunity to explore various manipulatives, Web 2.0 tools to make content accessible to students. Level: Elementary
and Middle School
First In Math – Energizing Every Child to Learn, Love and Live Math
Presenter: Brock Estes, First In Math
First In Math is an engaging deep practice math program that provides the vehicle for mastery of math skills, from basic fact fluency through
pre-algebra --- for ALL students, and mostly on their own time. Level: Grade 2-8
Fractions Aren’t Just For Math Geniuses
Presenter: Debbie Meagher, HCPS Teacher Specialist
By the end of fifth grade, students are expected to understand fractions and be fluent with all operations involving fractions. That’s a high
expectation, but it can be done. In this session, participants will examine the Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards and the
progression of fractions concepts from early childhood through grade 5. Level: Elementary
Gizmos: Introduction (AM only)
Presenter: Betty Korte, ExploreLearning
ExploreLearning’s initial training workshop is designed to prepare teachers to use Gizmos immediately. Demonstrations, guided instruction, and handson practice with ExploreLearning.com and Gizmos as well as best practices for inquiry-based teaching with Gizmos are emphasized. Teachers will
have time for hands-on exploration as well as planning time to enhance current mathematics units with Gizmos. Level: Middle and High School
Gizmos: Expanding the Experience (PM only)
Presenter: Betty Korte, Explore Learning
Develop a deeper understanding of how to integrate Gizmos into mathematics whole group and small group instruction. Get the most from
the Gizmo Lesson Materials by making intentional instructional decisions. Participants who have completed training or have experience using
Gizmos will explore how to delve deeper into Gizmos. Level: Middle and High School
GradeQuick/Edline Tips, Tricks, and Features
Presenters: Cybil Rohner and Claire Ring, HCPS Teachers
Ever wish Edline could do more for you? Expand your knowledge of GradeQuick and Edline. Beginner to Advanced users are welcome.
Find out how to e-mail parents without knowing an e-mail address, how to see what homework you gave last year, or how to assign online
discussions - all using Edline. Explore options in GradeQuick for eliminating the table of contents format on print-outs, viewing the grades of
dropped students, and customizing seating charts with students photos or accommodations. Level: All
How to Succeed In Statistics without Really Trying
Presenters: Brenda Tackett and Susan Taylor, HCPS Teachers
Participants will walk away with a better understanding of the Common Core Statistics and Probability learning goals at the middle school level.
They will also be given hands on activities they can use in their classroom as well as links to additional technology resources. Level: Middle School
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Session descriptions continued for Mathematics at C. Milton Wright High School on Tuesday, November 25
Interactive Notebooks
Presenter: Amanda Fager, HCPS Teacher
If you are tired of unorganized binders and students losing their materials, this is the class for you. Interactive Student Notebooks are an amazing
resource for students to take ownership and interact with their learning. Interactive notebooks are used for class notes as well as other activities
where students can practice what they have been taught. Interactive notebooks can help you organize your students and your teaching
in fun and meaningful ways! Level: All
To Infinity and Beyond
Presenter: Ken Procell, HCPS Teachers
This session will provide teachers with ways to introduce the concept of a limit in a non-formal manner. How did Archimedes Approximate
the Value of Pi? Does 1 = 0.99999...? What is the sum of 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 +... ? Level: High School
Interpreting Difficult Standards in Grade 6 Math
Presenter: Erin Kapinos, HCPS Teacher
Let’s explore examples of the abstract and “difficult to understand” Common Core Grade 6 Mathematics Standards. Level: Middle School
Let’s Get Inspired
Presenters: Joyce Boyd and Andrew Webster, HCPS Teachers
Participants will gain ready-to-use activities that either cannot be done on the TI-84, or are much faster on the Inspire. There will be some
“create your own” time. If you would like to download our programs please bring a TI-Nspire with you. Level: Middle and High School
Mathematics Professional Learning Lounge
Explore mathematics resources and network with colleagues. Level: All
Mathematics Resources From the Quantile Framework
Presenter: Dennis Ortman, Quantile Framework
Learn to use the Quantile Framework, a vertical scale for mathematics built by MetaMetrics. Participants will search www.quantile.com to find
resources that can be used in upcoming math lessons. Teachers in like grade bands may plan together using these resources. Participants
may bring their own device to access the quantile website and save the lessons they create. Level: All
Upside-Down Teaching
Presenter: Tracy Morehouse, HCPS Teacher
Let’s turn our math classroom Upside-Down. Engage students in your instruction by moving to a You Do-We Do-I Do lesson model. Productive
struggle and student inquiry will be discussed as students develop conceptual understanding of math concepts. Multimedia resources will
be used to make math relevant to students. Level: All
Using Discourse and Tasks to Uncover Student Thinking
Presenter: June Clark, Math Solutions
What our students know and don’t know is often left uncovered. Students today are required to construct viable arguments and critique the
reasoning of others. In this session, strategies for uncovering student understanding through the use of academically productive discourse as
well as tasks that allow for discourse are explored. Level: Elementary
Web-Based Tools to Support Instruction
Presenter: Michelle Huebel, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Web 2.0 tools are online tools that are focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. This session will investigate
which of these tools are available within Harford County Public Schools and how they can be utilized to support teaching and learning. This
session will provide teachers with an opportunity to investigate a variety of Web 2.0 tools. Session participants will examine ways in which Web
2.0 can be used to support classroom instruction. Level: All
Which One Doesn’t Belong?
Presenter: Darlene Zengel, HCPS Teacher
Participate in a model activity using the “Which expressions does not belong?” strategy. Then, create a parallel activity aligned with a mathematics
course that you teach. Level: All
Michael Heizer: The Man, The Art, and The Mathematics
Presenter: Sharon Kachur, Assistant Supervisor of Mathematics
Participants will explore mathematics associated with Michael Heizer’s commissioned art works. Level: All
Number Sense: What Is It and How Is It Developed?
Presenter: Fran Plotycia, HCPS Teacher
Explore how number sense is developed in the elementary grades. Level: Elementary
Performance Matters Baseball Card v3
Presenter: Chris Wilkinson, HCPS Instructional Data Specialist
This session will be an introduction to Performance Matters’ most comprehensive and customizable report. Participants will learn how to access
and navigate the BBCv3 report. Users will be able to use live student data to build, modify, and share personalized reports. Level: All
Questioning in the Math Classroom
Presenter: Allison Newberger, HCPS Curriculum Specialist
Highly effective questioning and class discussions can be challenging strategies for math teachers to implement. This session will explore
various instructional strategies to promote student discourse. Level: All
Regression Equations: Fun Way to Generate Data
Presenter: Deb Mateer, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Explore three activities that generate data for linear, exponential, and quadratic regressions. Level: High School
SuccessMaker Mathematics – Supplemental Resources and Tools
Presenters: Russ Bailey, SuccessMaker and Lynn Jennings, HCPS Teacher
Participants will interact with the available supplemental resources and tools of the SuccessMaker Math Intervention discover supports for
narrowing achievement gaps. (SM Math schools only.) Level: Elementary and Middle School
Surviving the Struggle
Presenter: Michelle Seals-Andrews, HCPS Teacher
This session will focus on how to teach perseverance to unmotivated students. Level: High School
Systemic Equity Work: A School District Perspective
Presenters: Tracey Durant and Jennifer Audlin, BCPS Staff
Baltimore County Public Schools is undertaking systemic equity work to ensure that all students graduate globally competitive by raising the bar
and eliminating achievement gaps. This presentation will describe (1) The adaptive nature of the systemic process, (2) Specific support offered
to schools, and (3) Ongoing professional development designed to enable staff across the organization to apply an equity lens. Level: All
Teaching Number Sense in a SNAP!
Presenter: Amy Ernst, HCPS Teacher
Teachers will be introduced to instructional strategies to intentionally teach the six components of SNAP. Games that reinforce number
development will also be explored. Level: Kindergarten
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Physical Education, Health and Related Services
at Patterson Mill Middle/High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Managing Anxiety in the Elementary School Student
(A Mandatory Session: Elementary Counselors)
E230
A to Z’s Of IEPs
Community
Room
Exerobics
Room
High School
GYM
Middle
School GYM
Physical Education, Health and Related Services
at Patterson Mill Middle/High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Media
Center
Session Descriptions
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
IPads in Physical Education
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Creating a Risk-Free Environment (CARE)
Presenters: Joe Collins and Renee Burgess, HCPS Assistant Principals; Brian Gunter, HCPS Teacher; and Jacqui Pfarr, School Psychologist
Participants will experience specific strategies for developing stronger student/staff relationships and building learning environments that foster
student trust and increase student motivation and engagement. Level: All
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E230
Battling Test Taking Anxiety
F130
Digital Safety
F133
Drugs: What is Happening?
Tobacco Education
Drugs: What is Happening?
Tobacco Education
D122
SAFARI Montage®
What is this Jungle?
SAFARI Montage®
What is this Jungle?
SAFARI Montage®
What is this Jungle?
SAFARI Montage®
What is this Jungle?
H111
School Nurse:
Management of Diabetes in
Elementary Students (E)
School Nurse:
Management of Allergies in
Secondary Students (MH)
School Nurse:
Food Allergies in Elementary
Students (E)
School Nurse:
Management of Diabetes in
Secondary Students (MH)
Making a Difference:
Bridging the Gap Between Home
and School
Making a Difference:
Bridging the Gap Between Home
and School
H123
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A to Z’s of IEPs
Presenters: Dr. Heather Canepa-Bowlin, School Psychologist; Alison Gross, School Psychologist; Aimee Moffett, School Psychologist; Lisa Bainer,
Special Education Evaluator; Colleen Sasdelli, Special Education Evaluator
A group of HCPS school psychologists and educational evaluators will discuss the SST/IEP process, with particular focus on understanding assessment
information, different disability codes/manifestations, and differentiating instruction for students with educational disabilities. Level: All
Battling Test Taking Anxiety
Presenters: Candice Daley and Christie Henzel, School Psychologists
This presentation will focus on what test anxiety is, symptoms and characteristics of test anxiety, as well as developing interventions for students
and teachers. Level: All
IPads in Physical Education
What Is Happening In Your PreSchool Physical Education Class?
WT/D-121
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Teacher Wellness
Cultural Proficiency
Early Childhood
Content - Physical Education and Health
Content - Related Services: Counseling, Nursing, Psychologists
CSPAP Physical Activity Leader (PAL) Training
Presenter: Mike Mason, MSDE
The presentation of this training program will inform participants of the professional development resources within Let’s Move! Active Schools
(LMAS) which is a comprehensive program that empowers school champions (Physical Education teachers, classroom teachers, principals,
administrators, and parents) to create active environments that enable all students to get moving 60 minutes a day and reach their full
potential. Level: All
Digital Safety
Presenter: Lt. Veto Mentzell, Director of Child Advocacy Center
Through facilitated discussion, video, and practical demonstrations, participants will learn about internet safety and how to protect children from
technology facilitated crimes. Topics of discussion will be: sexting, child pornography, online predators, social networks, apps, sharing photos,
peer to peer downloads, cyberbullying and additional resources. Level: All
Drugs: What is Happening?
Presenter: Joe Ryan, Drug Control Task Force, Harford County Government
A snap shot of current statistics regarding drug and alcohol use and the mental health of the students in Harford County. Level: All
IPads in Physical Education
Presenter: Michael Charlton, Supervisor of Physical Education, Wicomico Co. Schools
Physical Education teachers from Wicomico Co. will present ways to integrate IPad technology into Physical Education classes to enhance warm-ups,
instruction, and assessment. No technology…No fear…most of the ideas may be incorporated without Wi-Fi. Level: All Physical Education Teachers
Making a Difference: Bridging the Gap Between Home and School
Presenters: Bernard Hennigan, LCPC, PPW Baltimore County Public Schools; Raymond Anderson, Counselor, PPW, Prince George’s County Public Schools
This presentation offers a truancy education and dropout prevention program designed for parents of students that have been identified as
chronically truant or at “high risk” to drop out of high school. This program (Truancy Education, Inc.), has partnered with county school systems
to educate parents and students in grades K through 12 about the Compulsory School Attendance Law, effects of truancy, and the resources
that may address personal, financial, medical, and mental health needs of families involved. The presenters will conduct this workshop that
will inform educators of the purpose of the programs and the process to refer students and parents. Level: All
Managing Anxiety in the Elementary School Student (A Mandatory Session: Elementary Counselors)
Presenters: Dr. Shreya Hessler, Psychologist, and Dr. Jennifer Watkinson
Participants will receive a presentation on strategies and techniques for counselors and teachers to manage anxiety for elementary students.
Discussion will include recent trends in research and practical applications that can be utilized within the school setting. Elementary School
Counselors will be updated on the goals and expectations of the USDE Counseling Grant. Level: Elementary School
Risk Management in the Weight Room
Presenter: Ron Belinko, Supervisor of Athletics (retired), Baltimore County Public Schools
This session will cover all aspects of minimizing liability in the weight room, including the duties imposed on teachers and coaches and
documentation requirements for creating a safe environment for students. Level: Middle and High School
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SAFARI Montage® What is this Jungle?
Presenter: Luanne Ropp, Audio Enhancement
Come and experience exploring SAFARI Montage® and how the use of digital media can enhance teaching and student engagement. We
know that people remember 50% of what they hear and see, so let’s explore how SAFARI Montage® can capture the attention of your student
learners and increase motivation for learning. This session will focus on learning to navigate SAFARI Montage® including logging in, searching for
content by subject and standards, creating a playlist, uploading content, and creating permanent links for home access. Level: All
School Nurse: Food Allergies in Elementary Students
Presenter: Ms. Rachel Brewer, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University
Ms. Brewer will discuss the work of the JHH Clinic including the testing and interpretation of allergy testing. She will also discuss needed
accommodations for elementary school students with anaphylaxis. Level: Elementary School
School Nurse: Management of Allergies in Secondary Students
Presenter: Dr. Matthew Mardiney, Advanced Allergy and Asthma Centers
Dr. Mardiney will discuss the mechanism and management of allergy in the adolescent population. Immunotherapy will be discussed as well
as the management of anaphylaxis in this age group. Level: Middle and High School
School Nurse: Management of Diabetes in Elementary Students
Presenter: Debbie Ostrowski, Director, University of Maryland Diabetes and Endocrinology Center at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Participants will be provided updates on the management of diabetes in an elementary school setting. New trends in diabetes management
and new pumps will be highlighted. There will be time for a question and answer period. Level: Elementary School
School Nurse: Management of Diabetes in Secondary Students
Presenter: Debbie Ostrowski, Director, University of Maryland Diabetes and Endocrinology Center at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Ms. Ostrowski will provide updates on the management of diabetes in the middle and high school setting. New trends in management
including U500 insulin and new pumps will be highlighted. There will be time or a question and answer period. Level: Middle and High School
Tobacco Education
Presenter: Dottie Ruff, School & Community Tobacco Education Specialist, Harford County Health Department
“Don’t’ Fool Yourself – Switching Isn’t Better.” A presentation on the new vaping products on the market and how they are tricking consumers
into believing they are safer than cigarettes. Level: All
What Is Happening In Your Pre-School Physical Education Class?
Presenters: Amanda Evans, Kay Lambert, Jessica Willson, Jody Zinn, and Gayle Zorbach, HCPS Adapted Physical Education Teachers
Creative warm-ups, lesson structure, and ways to modify equipment to meet the needs of students is the focus of this presentation. Demonstration
teaching stations will include: appropriate assessments, ideas for students with autism spectrum, orthopedic disabilities, and visual impairments,
just to name a few. Level: Early Childhood
Yoga
Presenter: Meichelle Norwood, IYT, ERYT
Attendees will gain an understanding of what yoga does for the body, how to practice yoga safely with children of varying ages, and the
training requirements for yoga instructors. Level: Middle and High School
Physical Education, Health and Related Services
at Patterson Mill Middle/High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Band Room
Asthma Management
Asthma Management
Band Room
Seizure Management
Impairment Assessment
Auditorium
Community
Room
Computer
Lab F203
Harford Glen
Environmental
Center
High School
GYM
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Child Abuse and the Brain: The Developmental Impact of
Trauma in Childhood (General Session)
Blog Creation &
Implementation to Extend
Learning
Technology Tools
In Physical Education
Using Duxbury Software to Produce Braille Products for
Students*
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E230
Vision and Hearing Assessment
H111
Child Safety
H123
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Session 1
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Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Healthy Relationships
Healthy Relationships
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Teacher Wellness
Cultural Proficiency
Early Childhood
Content - Physical Education and Health
Content - Related Services: Counseling, Nursing, Psychologists
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Session Descriptions
Physical Education, Health and Related Services
at Patterson Mill Middle/High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Asthma Management
Presenter: Valerie Nozea, President and CEO, Mid-Atlantic Asthma Foundation
Ms. Nozea, along with an UCHS respiratory therapist will review the management of asthma in schools for all age groups; including the stepwise approach and use of controller medications at home. A review of proper inhaler use will also be provided. Level: All
Blog Creation and Implementation to Extend Learning
Presenter: Robert Pohlner, HCPS Teacher
Attendees will be introduced to blogs, how to create them and, how to implement them to further instruction and extend learning through
student led discussion and assignments. Level: All
Technology Tools in Physical Education
Presenter: Richard Wilhelm, HCPS Teacher
This session will focus on the many uses of technology in Physical Education. The use of technology helps with assessments, organization,
warm-ups, closure, and skill development. We will be using an activ-panel, activ-expressions, iPad and different video applications. Level: All
Physical Education Teachers
Using Duxbury Software to Produce Braille Products for Students
Presenter: Dr. Joshua Irzyk, Low Vision Specialist, MSDE
Participants will explore application options for the use and implementation of Duxbury Braille Translation software. Level: Required for Vision
Teachers and Braille Techs
Vision and Hearing Assessment
Presenters: Dr. Mary Louise Collins, MD, Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Ms. Linda Milway,
Audiologist, Harford County Public Schools
Dr. Collins will provide a lecture on eye anatomy and vision. Hands on training will also be provided on testing for visual acuity and stereopsis.
Ms. Milway will be sharing tips regarding hearing testing for all age groups and populations. Accommodations for students with hearing loss
will also be discussed. Level: All
Child Abuse and the Brain: The Developmental Impact of Trauma in Childhood (General Session)
Presenter: Frank J. Kros, President, The Upside Down Organization
Participants will learn of the scientific mapping of how the experience of abuse in childhood changes the growing brain and predisposes it
to psychiatric disorders in adulthood. Level: All
Child Safety
Presenter: Lt. Veto Mentzell, Director of Child Advocacy Center
Through facilitated discussion and video, participants will learn about the following: defining child maltreatment and its impact, preventing
and detecting child abuse and neglect, problematic sexual behaviors in the classroom, mandated reporting and the law, how to file a
report, best practices child advocacy centers and how they help. Level: All
Core Workout: Pilates and Tabata
Presenters: Frank Mezzanotte, Bill Ackerman, Justine Henricks, Kim DeAngelis, and the Arena Club
Members of the instructional training staff of the Arena Club in Bel Air will present demonstrations in Tabata, a high intensity training approach,
and Pilates, a core strength program which builds flexibility and longer, leaner muscle. Level: Middle and High School
Core Workout: Sports Performance
Presenters: Frank Mezzanotte, Bill Ackerman, Justine Henricks, and Kim DeAngelis, the Arena Club
Members of the instructional training staff of the Arena Club in Bel Air will present a demonstration on Sports Performance. Innovative and
current weight room techniques will focus on SAQ (speed, agility, and quickness). Level: Middle and High School
Creating a Risk-Free Environment (CARE)
Presenters: Joe Collins and Renee Burgess, HCPS Assistant Principals; Brian Gunter, HCPS Teacher; and Jacqui Pfarr, School Psychologist
Participants will experience specific strategies for developing stronger student/staff relationships and building learning environments that
foster student trust and increase student motivation and engagement. Level: All
Healthy Relationships
Presenter: Megan Paice, Community Outreach Coordinator, Harford County Sexual Assault Recovery Center (SARC)
Ms. Paice will present information regarding the services that SARC provides to women and children, definitions of abuse, and unhealthy
dating behaviors. A demonstration of several classroom lessons that are presented to middle and high school students in Harford County
will also be offered. Level: All
Impairment Assessment
Presenter: Lt. Carl Brooks, Harford County Sheriff’s Office
Lt. Brooks will review the process of providing impairment assessment in the middle and high school settings. He will also review current trends
in drug use in Harford County. Level: Middle and High School
Ropes Course Outdoor Group Initiatives
Presenter: JR Rhodes, Instructor, Above and Beyond Outdoor Adventure Program
Participants will receive an introduction to the course entitled Cooperative Education and Outdoor Initiatives, a 30-hour, MSDE credit course.
Attendees should dress for outdoor activity and will receive a brief history of the outdoor course, program of instruction, and will participate
in activities involving two of the courses on outdoor elements. Level: All (PRE-REGISTRATION is REQUIRED Thru HECTOR-Limited Number of
Participants)
Seizure Management
Presenter: Sarah Doerrer, CPNP
Ms. Doerrer will provide a review of types of seizures and seizure first aid. Also discussed will be new seizure medications. Level: All
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Monday, November 24, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Session Descriptions
Science at Patterson Mill Middle/High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Computer
Lab D122
SAFARI Montage®
What is this Jungle?
SAFARI Montage®
What is this Jungle?
SAFARI Montage®
What is this Jungle?
SAFARI Montage®
What is this Jungle?
Computer
Lab F203
GIZMOS 101: Introduction to Gizmos - Initial Training (MH)
GIZMOS Intermediate: Expanding the Gizmos Experience (MH)
Computer
Lab F206
GIZMOS Advanced: Teaching Scientific Inquiry with Gizmos (MH)
GIZMOS Advanced: Teaching Scientific Inquiry with Gizmos (MH)
G124
Just Do It! Inquiry in Daily
Instruction
Just Do It! Inquiry in Daily
Instruction
Collaborative Sharing:
Biology (H)
E132
Challenge vs. Guided vs. Inquiry
(M)
Challenge vs. Guided vs. Inquiry
(M)
Collaborative Sharing:
Chemistry (H)
E112
Vernier 101: Introducing
LabQuest, LoggerPro and
VernierProbeware (MH)
Vernier Advanced: Paper Car
Crash with the LabQuest (MH)
Vernier Advanced: Paper Car
Crash with the LabQuest (MH)
Collaborative Sharing: Physics (H)
F123
NGSS Scientific and Engineering
Practices
NGSS Scientific and Engineering
Practices
NGSS Scientific and Engineering
Practices
Collaborative Sharing:
Electives (H)
F102
MD Environmental Literacy
Partnership – MELP (H)
MD Environmental Literacy Partnership – MELP (H)
Collaborative Sharing:
Earth Science (H)
E129
Experimental Determination
of Enthalpy & Entropy Change,
Grades 10-12 (H)
Enthalpy, Entropy, and Gibbs
Free Energy for Biology (H)
AP Physics Dialogue (H)
Collaborative Sharing:
Environmental (H)
F229
STEM Integration
Disciplinary Literacy
Disciplinary Literacy
Collaborative Sharing:
Grade 8 (M)
G102
Engineering Design Process
Panel Discussion
Engineering Design Process Panel
Discussion
Collaborative Sharing:
Grade 7 (M)
E209
Elementary Hydraulics (E)
Elementary Hydraulics (E)
Collaborative Sharing:
Grade 6 (M)
E211
Project-Based Learning You Do! (E)
Project-Based Learning You Do! (E)
Killing Two Birds with One Stone:
Integrating Content Areas in ELA,
Grade 4 (E)
Killing Two Birds with One Stone:
Integrating Content Areas in ELA,
Grades 4 (E)
E214
Eat Dessert First? How is STEM like
Dessert? Grades 3-5 (E)
Eat Dessert First? How is STEM like
Dessert? Grades 3-5 (E)
Eat Dessert First? How is STEM like
Dessert? Grades 3-5 (E)
Eat Dessert First? How is STEM like
Dessert? Grades 3-5 (E)
E227
Science, Math, & PGA?
Mickelson Exxon/Mobil Teachers
Academy, Grades 3-5 (E)
Science, Math, & PGA?
Mickelson Exxon/Mobil Teachers
Academy, Grades 3-5 (E)
Science, Math, & PGA?
Mickelson Exxon/Mobil Teachers
Academy, Grades 3-5 (E)
Science, Math, & PGA?
Mickelson Exxon/Mobil Teachers
Academy, Grades 3-5 (E)
F209
Beginning Inquiry Notebooks (E)
Constructing Scientific
Explanations: NGSS Practices
6&7 (E)
Beginning Inquiry Notebooks (E)
Constructing Scientific
Explanations NGSS Practices
6&7 (E)
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Content - Science
AP Physics Dialogue
Presenter: Glenn Taylor, HCPS Teacher
This session is designed as a forum for AP Physics teachers to discuss changes associated with the new AP Physics I curriculum. Topics will
range from instructional strategy sharing to time use in terms of content coverage to syllabus review. Level: High School
Beginning Inquiry Notebooks
Presenter: Amy Ryan, HCPS Teacher Specialist-Elementary Science
What does Inquiry look like? How can writing help students learn scientific concepts? Find out the logistics of how to use Inquiry Science.
Notebooks to teach your students how to write as a scientist, share their scientific thoughts with supporting evidence, and to promote literacy
through inquiry-focused investigations. Level: Elementary School
Challenge vs. Guided vs. Inquiry
Presenters: Jennifer Hamrick and Allison Wiggington, HCPS Teachers
Explore three different hands-on ways of approaching learning and science. What are the advantages and disadvantages to using Guided,
Challenge and Inquiry based instructional strategies? These different strategies can get you to start to thinking about the different aspects
and attributes of various hands-on approaches to learning. Level: Middle School
Collaborative Sharing: Biology
Presenter: TBD
This session is designed as a forum for teachers to share and benefit from exemplary classroom practices in one’s content area. Participants
should be prepared to share a lesson plan, lesson idea, or strategy that has been used to engage students in inquiry, engineering, and/or
disciplinary literacy. Level: High School
Collaborative Sharing: Chemistry
Presenter: TBD
This session is designed as a forum for teachers to share and benefit from exemplary classroom practices in one’s content area. Participants
should be prepared to share a lesson plan, lesson idea, or strategy that has been used to engage students in inquiry, engineering, and/or
disciplinary literacy. Level: High School
Collaborative Sharing: Earth Science
Presenter: TBD
This session is designed as a forum for teachers to share and benefit from exemplary classroom practices in one’s content area. Participants
should be prepared to share a lesson plan, lesson idea, or strategy that has been used to engage students in inquiry, engineering, and/or
disciplinary literacy. Level: High School
Collaborative Sharing: Electives
Presenter: TBD
This session is designed as a forum for teachers to share and benefit from exemplary classroom practices in one’s content area. Participants
should be prepared to share a lesson plan, lesson idea, or strategy that has been used to engage students in inquiry, engineering, and/or
disciplinary literacy. Level: High School
Collaborative Sharing: Environmental
Presenter: TBD
This session is designed as a forum for teachers to share and benefit from exemplary classroom practices in one’s content area. Participants
should be prepared to share a lesson plan, lesson idea, or strategy that has been used to engage students in inquiry, engineering, and/or
disciplinary literacy. Level: High School
Collaborative Sharing: Grade 6
Presenter: TBD
This session is designed as a forum for teachers to share and benefit from exemplary classroom practices in one’s content area. Participants
should be prepared to share a lesson plan, lesson idea, or strategy that has been used to engage students in inquiry, engineering, and/or
disciplinary literacy. Level: Middle School (Grade 6)
Collaborative Sharing: Grade 7
Presenter: TBD
This session is designed as a forum for teachers to share and benefit from exemplary classroom practices in one’s content area. Participants
should be prepared to share a lesson plan, lesson idea, or strategy that has been used to engage students in inquiry, engineering, and/or
disciplinary literacy. Level: Middle School (Grade 7)
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Collaborative Sharing: Grade 8
Presenter: TBD
This session is designed as a forum for teachers to share and benefit from exemplary classroom practices in one’s content area. Participants
should be prepared to share a lesson plan, lesson idea, or strategy that has been used to engage students in inquiry, engineering, and/or
disciplinary literacy. Level: Middle School (Grade 8)
GIZMOS Intermediate: Expanding the Gizmo Experience
Presenter: Explore Learning
This workshop helps teachers develop a deeper understanding of how to integrate Gizmos into their curriculum, and effective uses of whole
group and small group instruction. The course shows teachers how to get the most from the Gizmo Lesson Materials by making intentional
instructional decisions. Pre-Requisite: GIZMOS 101: Introduction to Gizmos - Initial Training. Level: Middle and High School
Collaborative Sharing: Physics
Presenter: TBD
This session is designed as a forum for teachers to share and benefit from exemplary classroom practices in one’s content area. Participants
should be prepared to share a lesson plan, lesson idea, or strategy that has been used to engage students in inquiry, engineering, and/or
disciplinary literacy. Level: High School
Just Do It! Inquiry in Daily Instruction
Presenters: Kim Harris and Beth Brown, HCPS Teachers
A variety of inquiry activities that can be modified for daily instruction will be introduced. The goal of this session is to provide you with a selection
of mini labs or “labettes” that you can adjust to fit your curriculum. These can be used by the beginner who is just starting to add inquiry to
their instruction or the veteran teacher who needs some quick fillers. Level: All (except KG)
Constructing Scientific Explanations: NGSS Practices 6 & 7
Presenter: Amy Ryan, HCPS Teacher Specialist-Elementary Science
How can students show their scientific proficiency by engaging in argument in the elementary classroom? Teach them to talk and write like a
scientist by using the Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning (C-E-R) Framework to argue for their scientific explanations based on their investigations.
Learn strategies for focusing student conversations into productive science talk so students can turn their talk into written scientific explanations.
This session will build on the Beginning Inquiry Notebook session. Level: Elementary School
Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Integrating Content Areas in ELA
Presenters: Erin McMaster, Alanna Scanlon, Kristie Spiker, Lori Martin, HCPS Teachers
We will discuss strategic planning and implementation for integrating the Grade 4 Animal Adaptations Science Unit into MSDE ELA Unit 4:
Natures Wonders and Woes. We will demonstrate how to utilize CCSS, multiple texts and online resources (including NewsELA, National
Geographic, Time for Kids, etc.) in addition to the science curriculum. Level: Elementary (Grade 4)
Disciplinary Literacy
Presenter: Diane Sumutka, HCPS Curriculum Specialist
Teachers will walk away with skills to teach reading and writing technical passages. This supports Disciplinary Literacy, Maryland College and
Career Ready Standards (CCSS) and NGSS. Teachers will use foldables as an analysis and prewriting strategy for technical passages. Level: All
Eat Dessert First? How is STEM like Dessert?
Presenters: Alison Baranowski, Kelly Mangum, Ann Muir, Jan Stewart, HCPS Teachers/Towson University Cohort Members
Be prepared to engage in an Engineering Challenge to identify the instructional strategies that will enhance STEM education across multiple
disciplines including reading and writing. Participants will identify and use resources from MSDE in order to plan a STEM centric lesson. Level:
Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
Elementary Hydraulics
Presenters: Christopher Kropp, Caitlin Schultz, HCPS Teachers/Notre Dame Cohort Members
How could elementary students use hydraulics to make judo bots or roller coasters? Come and experience a hands-on challenge to engage
students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math practices. Level: Elementary School
MD Environmental Literacy Partnership (MELP)
Presenters: Dana Wilson, Karen Williams, Connie Cullinan, HCPS Teachers
Calling out to Biology Teachers!! Explore the MELP High School Biology modules that will be incorporated into HCPS curriculum. Driving questions
and investigative questions will be presented as well as local connections to Harford County environmental concerns. Level: High School
NGSS Scientific and Engineering Practices
Presenters: Andrew Renzulli, HCPS Supervisor of Science; Howard Eakes, HCPS Asst. Supervisor of Science
How are you integrating the Science & Engineering Practices into your science classroom? Investigate how you can intentionally incorporate
each of the practices with your inquiry based instruction. Walk away with practical ideas for any grade level. Level: All
Project-Based Learning-You Do!
Presenters: Tara Hofherr and Alisa Janiski, HCPS Teachers
Find out about the benefits of Project Based Learning and how to create, plus integrate transdisciplinary lessons, that align with the Common
Core. Learn strategies to create a dynamic classroom in which students actively explore real-world problems that motivate and engage
students in their own learning. Level: Elementary School
Engineering Design Process Panel Discussion
Presenter: Joan Michel, STEM Coordinator
What is the engineering design process? How do I teach it to my students? This panel discussion will bring together scientists and engineers
to talk about its real-world applications. Teachers may expect to gain a better understanding of the Engineering Design Process and how it
is used to create new products and solutions and how to bring it all to the classroom. Level: All
SCIENCE, MATH & PGA? Mickelson Exxon/Mobil Teachers Academy, Grades 3-5
Presenters: Frank Kujawa, Jennifer Howard, Alisa Janiski, Andria Sorrentino, HCPS Teachers/Mickelson Exxon/Mobil Teachers Academy Participants
Come learn from HCPS teachers who participated in the nationally renowned Teachers Academy developed and sponsored by professional
golfer, Phil Mickelson and the Exxon/Mobil Corporation. Teachers will engage in similar Science and Math activities that deepens students’
thinking to a different level while promoting the application of science and math concepts and practices. Level: Elementary School (Grades
3-5)
Enthalpy, Entropy, and Gibbs Free Energy for Biology
Presenters: Stu Chapman and Ethan Jennings, HCPS Teachers
A guided lab activity which includes determining the enthalpy change, ΔH, and the entropy change, ΔH for three simple reactions, and how
their interactions are the agent for biological reactions; endergonic or exergonic. Modeling of reaction coupling will be used to illustrate how
an endergonic reaction may be forced to occur within the cell. Level: High School
STEM Integration
Presenter: Karen Leffew, HCPS Curriculum Specialist
This session is designed to provide teachers a review of STEM Education and provide the background necessary for implementing STEM-Centric
learning experiences in their classroom. Using real-world context and collaborative interaction, participants will work together to develop an
outline for a potential lesson or unit that integrates standards from multiple content areas. Level: All
Experimental Determination of Enthalpy and Entropy Change, Grades 10-12
Presenters: Stu Chapman, Christiana Chiavetta, and Laura Vogelgesang, HCPS Teachers
This guided inquiry laboratory exercise will assist students in integrating two of the major ideas of AP Chemistry – Thermodynamics and
Equilibrium. In addition, during the data collection phase of the thermodynamics experiment, we will demonstrate how students can use
photoelectron spectroscopy data to calculate average valence electron energies allowing them to construct concrete meaning of the
concept of electronegativity. Level: High School (Grades 10-12)
Vernier 101: Introducing LabQuest, LoggerPro and VernierProbeware
Presenter: Jim Pritchard, HCPS Teacher
Become familiar with the LabQuest. It’s not as hard as you might think. This will be completely hands-on as you rotate through three 15-minute
labs. Labs will include: Earth Science – Mapping the Ocean Floor; Life Science – Heart rate and Body Position: Physical Science – Measuring
frequency of a Tuning Fork and other sounds. Level: Middle and High School
GIZMOS 101: Introduction to Gizmos – Initial Training
Presenter: Explore Learning
This workshop is designed to prepare teachers to use Gizmos immediately in their classrooms. Training will include demonstration, guided
instruction, and hands-on practice. Best practices for inquiry-based teaching with Gizmos are emphasized. Level: Middle and High School
Vernier Advanced: Paper Car Crash with the LabQuest
Presenter: Jim Pritchard, HCPS Teacher
Automotive engineers spend millions destroying brand new cars and collecting data with sophisticated instruments. Come see how we can
duplicate their process using powerful measurement tools available from Vernier (LabQuest with photogate and dual-range force sensor)
and a highspeed video camera. Level: Middle and High School
GIZMOS Advanced: Teaching Scientific Inquiry with Gizmos
Presenter: Explore Learning
This workshop models best practices for teaching with Gizmos in science, demonstrating a progression of inquiry that will develop students’
scientific inquiry skills. Teachers will become more skillful in inquiry instruction, which encourages students to ask questions, make observations,
and construct reasonable explanations. Pre-Requisite: GIZMOS 101: Introduction to Gizmos - Initial Training. Level: Middle and High School
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Science at Harford Glen and Various Field Experience Sites
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
NOTE: Pre-registration is REQUIRED through the Science Office for all sessions
(Limited number of participants per session)
Location
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
NOTE: Pre-registration is required through the science office for ALL Sessions.
Session 5 (8:00-11:00 AM)
Session 6 (12:30-3:30 PM)
3D Printing @ STEM Center
Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Aberdeen
3D printing is a technology that will transform the world we live in. Introduce everyone to 3D printing with polymers (i.e. Plastics). The what, where,
how and why of 3D Printing will be explained. An overview with examples, questions and answers and hands on 3D experience. Level: All
Project WILD Training Workshop: Grades 3-8 (EM)
Harford Glen Wetland Rm
Project WILD Training Workshop: Grades 3-8 (EM)
Harford Glen Wildlife Rm
Growing up WILD Training Workshop, Grades PreK-2 (EC)
Growing up WILD Training Workshop Grades PreK-2 (EC)
Harford Glen Dining Hall
WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands (E)
WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands (MH)
Harford Glen Cattail Rm
Project Learning Tree (PLT) Workshop: Forest Ecology &
Environmental Risk (H)
Project Learning Tree (PLT) Workshop: Places We Live &
Municipal Solid Waste (H)
Governor’s Explore and Restore Your Schoolshed,
Grades 1-5 (E)
Harford Glen Dining Hall
HCC Observatory
Harford County Astronomical Society
Eden Mill
Experience an Eden Mill Nature Center Field Experience!
Grades K-4 (E)
Harford County Astronomical Society
Chesapeake Bay Ecology and Wetland Plant and Animal
Adaptations (E)
Havre de Grace Maritime
Museum
OPCES, PLANS II, and Marsh Ecology (MH)
Havre de Grace Maritime Museum (M)
Ladew Gardens
Exploring Habitats at Ladew Gardens, Grades 3-8 (EM)
Exploring Habitats at Ladew Gardens, Grades 3-8 (EM)
Swan Harbor Farm,
Havre de Grace
Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation (MAEF)
Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation (MAEF)
TIC Gums White Marsh
TIC Gums
H.P. White Lab Street, MD
H.P. White Laboratory
H.P. White Laboratory
Vulcan Quarry
Geology Rocks!! At Vulcan Quarry
Geology Rocks!! At Vulcan Quarry
Rocks/Susquehanna
State Park
Rocks/Susquehanna State Park (E)
Rocks/Susquehanna State Park (E)
APG @ Aberdeen
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Aberdeen Proving Ground
ECBC @ Edgewood
Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC)
Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC)
STEM Center @ APG
3D Printing @ STEM Center
3D Printing @ STEM Center
Full Day Field Trip Experiences – These are Self-Guided, Teacher Funded Trips
National Aquarium, Baltimore
Grades PreK-12 – Baltimore, Self-Guided Tour
MD Science Center
Grades PreK-12 – Baltimore, Self-Guided Tour
Baltimore Museum of Industry
Grades PreK-12 – Baltimore, Self-Guided Tour
Longwood Gardens
Grades PreK-12 – Baltimore, Self-Guided Tour
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Content - Science
Early Childhood
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Harford Glen Wetland Rm
Anita C. Leight Estuary
Session Descriptions
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen
What types of “real world” problems are scientists and engineers in physical science working to address? What techniques, tactics, and technologies are they employing to address these problems? Teachers of physical science will tour several facilities in order to explore practices,
applications, and careers in physical sciences. Level: All
Anita C. Leight Estuary - Chesapeake Bay Ecology and Wetland Plant and Animal Adaptations
Location: Anita C. Leight Estuary
Presenters: Anita C. Leight Estuary Staff
Teachers will participate in five station activities related to wetland plants, turtles, fish, beaver, and birds that highlight the unique adaptations
of wetland species, and they will participate in our Chesapeake Bay ecology program designed for elementary students. Be prepared to
possibly get wet/dirty. Level: Elementary School
Anita C. Leight Estuary - Otter Point Creek Environmental Survey (OPCES), Plankton and Nutrient Studies (PLANS II), and Marsh Ecology
Location: Anita C. Leight Estuary
Presenters: Anita C. Leight Estuary Staff
Teachers will conduct water quality testing, use Fieldscope to share data and learn about watersheds, and participate in land use planning
discussions. They will conduct nutrient enrichment and limitation experiments, discover and learn about plankton, and participate in oyster
filtering experiments. They will explore marsh vegetation, SAV propagation, nutrient cycling in a marsh habitat, and discover sea level rise
monitoring methods. Level: Middle and High School
Baltimore Museum of Industry
Location: Baltimore Museum of Industry, 15 Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland 21230
This field experience is self-guided, teacher funded trip to the BMI. Come see exhibits that explore the stories of Maryland’s industries and the
people who created and worked in them. The museum also sponsors MD Engineering Challenges, for students to introduce them to the role
of engineers in today’s society. Level: All
Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC)
Location: Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC), Edgewood
What types of “real world” problems are scientists and engineers in biological science working to address? What techniques, tactics, and
technologies are they employing to address these problems? Teachers of biology and earth science will tour several facilities in order to
explore practices, applications, and careers in biological and earth science fields. Level: All
Experience an Eden Mill Nature Center Field Experience! Grades K-4
Location: Eden Mill Nature Center
Presenters: Eden Mill Nature Center Staff
Delve into the history of the historic grist mill, connect with live animals in the nature center, explore the hiking trail, participate in a field game,
and discover what calls our wetland home! Level: Elementary School (Grades K-4)
Project Learning Tree (PLT) Workshop: Forest Ecology & Environmental Risk
Location: Harford Glen Environmental Education Center, Cattail Room
Presenters: Sarah Haines, TU & DNR
Forest Ecology - This module is designed to foster student understanding of and appreciation for the US forested lands throughout North
America. Environmental Risk - Through eight hands-on activities, students analyze, explore, discover, and learn about risk assessment, risk
communication, risk perception, and risk management. Teacher Guides provided. Level: High School
Project Learning Tree (PLT) Workshop: Places We Live & Municipal Solid Waste
Location: Harford Glen Environmental Center, Cattail Room
Presenters: Sarah Haines, TU & DNR
Places We Live - Through this module educators will be provided with a useful tool for place-based education to help create a bond between
young citizens and their communities. Municipal Solid Waste - This module uses hands-on experiences to show interrelationships among
waste generation, natural resource use, and disposal. Teacher Guides provided. Level: High School
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Exploring Habitats at Ladew Gardens
Location: Ladew Gardens
Presenter: Sheryl Pedrick, Ladew Gardens
Explore and characterize the meadow and forest habitats of Ladew’s Nature Walk trails. Common plants and animals found in each habitat will
be identified and the resources needed for survival will be recognized. Emphasis will be placed on animal adaptations and the importance
of interrelationships between all living things. Level: Elementary and Middle (Grades 3-7)
National Aquarium in Baltimore
Location: National Aquarium, 501 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
This field experience is self-guided, teacher funded trip. Visit the National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD! Their mission is to inspire conservation of
the world’s aquatic treasures. Come see more than 17,000 animals and award winning exhibits such as Jellies Invasion, Dolphin Discovery,
Animal Planet Australia and more. Level: All
Geology Rocks!! At Vulcan Quarry
Location: Vulcan Quarry, Havre de Grace
Presenters: Amanda Koss, HCPS Teacher and Vulcan Staff
Discover the ins and outs of an operational, open pit mine in Harford County during an in-depth discovery session about rocks, minerals,
plate tectonics, the rock cycle and the local mining industry. This session will feature a hands on classroom experience with Geologist and
Plant Manager and an interactive bus tour of the quarry. Level: All
Governor’s Explore and Restore Your Schoolshed
Location: Harford Glen Environmental Education Center, Dining Hall
Presenters: DNR Staff
Do you want to get your students outside to a local stream for some challenging and relevant science and action projects? Grab your boots
and join us for a professional development that emphasizes outdoor learning to help meet new Environmental Literacy, STEM, Next Generation
Science Standards and other disciplines. Level: Elementary School (Grades 1-5)
Growing Up WILD Training Workshop
Location: Harford Glen Environmental Education Center, Wildlife Room
Presenters: DNR Staff
Growing Up WILD is an early childhood education program (ages 3-7) that builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to
explore wildlife and the world around them. Teachers will engage in a variety of activities and experiences, which provide an early foundation for
developing positive impressions about the natural world in addition to lifelong social and academic skills. Level: Early Childhood (Grades PreK – 2)
Harford County Astronomical Society
Location: Harford Community College Observatory
Presenters: Harford County Astronomical Society Staff
This presentation will provide hands on observatory familiarity (operation of the observatory and modern astro-photography), outside solar
viewing and how star color is used in astronomy, overview of night skies, the occultation of stars and how that information is used, and finally,
an awareness of light pollution in the world today. Level: All
Havre de Grace Maritime Museum
Location: Havre de Grace Maritime Museum
Presenters: Havre de Grace Maritime Museum Staff
Participants will learn about the importance of phytoplankton in Chesapeake Bay ecosystems, and will examine the various shapes and
structures of phytoplankton species. Participants will then be challenged to design and build a phytoplankton specimen that neither floats
nor sinks, but stays neutrally buoyant in the water column. Level: Middle School
Project WET Training Workshop
Location: Harford Glen Environmental Education Center, Watershed Room
Presenter: Cindy Etgen, Aquatic Resources Education Center Chief, MD DNR
Project WET is an interdisciplinary water education program which familiarizes educators with current water resource issues. After completion of a six
hour training, educators are given a free Project WET curriculum and activity guide packed with 91 hands-on activities that cross many disciplines in
the study of water and water resources. **NOTE: DOUBLE SESSION (Required all day attendance, 6 hours). Level: Elementary and Middle (Grades 3-8)
Project WILD Training Workshop
Location: Harford Glen Environmental Education Center, Wetland Room
Project WILD is an interdisciplinary conservation and environmental education program emphasizing awareness, appreciation and understanding
of wildlife and natural resources. Project WILD activities can be used to teach basic skills in science, social studies, language arts, math,
art, music and physical education. Teachers will receive both guides, Project WILD and Aquatic WILD as part of the training workshop after
completing 6 hours of training. **NOTE: DOUBLE SESSION (Required all day attendance, 6 hours). Level: Elementary and Middle (Grades 3-8)
Rocks/Susquehanna State Park
Location: TBD - Rocks/Susquehanna State Park
Enhance your environmental education experience by taking your group to Rocks or Susquehanna State Park. Maryland DNR Park Service
offers the following opportunities at Rocks and Susquehanna State Park. Habitat Hike, Skull Detectives, Who Polluted the Chesapeake Bay? The
entire experience will take place outside. Level: Elementary
TIC Gums
Location: TIC Gums, White Marsh
For over 100 years, TIC Gums has been creating product success stories. In this experience teachers will have the opportunity to tour the TIC Gums
lab facilities and learn more about the applications of chemistry and food science from their team of scientists known as Gum Gurus. Level: All
WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands
Location: Harford Glen Environmental Education Center, Dining Hall
Presenters: DNR - Martha Shaum; Stacy Epperson, Aquatic Resources Education
Learn about the importance of wetlands as filters, nursery grounds, and more in this hands-on workshop. Activities will explore the biological,
physical, chemical, and socio-economic function of wetlands. Wetlands are important to plants, animals, and people! Teacher materials
provided for participants. Level: Elementary School (morning session 8-11 a.m.), Middle and High (afternoon session 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.)
H.P. White Laboratory
Location: H.P. White Laboratory Inc., 3114 Scarboro Road, Street, MD 21154
Presenters: H.P. White Staff
Tour a local ballistics lab to gain real life examples of physics in action. Participants will observe live firing demonstrations. Question and answer sessions
will be provided. NOTE: Participants must present a photo ID and will not be allowed to take pictures or bring electronic devices into the lab. Level: All
Longwood Gardens
Location: Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348
This field experience is self-guided, teacher funded trip to Longwood Gardens. It is the perfect place for children to learn. Here, gardens are the
classroom, and plants, flowers, trees, and wildlife are the tools used to teach children valuable lessons spanning most core subjects. Level: All
Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation (MAEF)
Location: MAEF @ Swan Harbor Farm, Havre de Grace
MAEF will introduce teachers to their work in agriculture education. Teachers will enjoy a tour of the Swan Harbor Farm Park as a destination
site for field studies in agriculture, conservation, and natural resources. MAEF staff will demonstrate the use of the on-site ‘Ag and the Bay’
education trunk program. Mobile ag science and aquatic labs will be open and available to tour. Level: All
MD Science Center
Location: Maryland Science Center, 601 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
This field experience is self-guided, teacher funded trip. Come to the Maryland Science Center where educators are welcomed to its Inner
Harbor location with a variety of options for in-depth exploration and enrichment experiences. Explore exhibits, watch an IMAX film or visit the
Planetarium! Level: All
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Social Studies and History at Aberdeen High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
A225
A218
C3 and the Elementary Classroom (E)
Media
Center
Media Literacy and World History
(World History Teachers and Media Specialists Only)
A221
Visual Literacy and
Common Core (MH)
Computer
Lab B202
Session Descriptions
Social Studies and History at Aberdeen High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
C3 and the Elementary Classroom (E)
Visual Literacy and
Common Core (MH)
Teaching Using Padlet (MH)
Teaching Using Padlet (MH)
Table Top Discussions
Table Top Discussions
Table Top Discussions
Table Top Discussions
C128
Supported Planning
Supported Planning
Supported Planning
Supported Planning
The Amazing Mendes Cohen
The Amazing Mendes Cohen
A223
Analyzing Historical Documents
will ELL and Emerging Readers
Project Based Learning and the
C3 Framework
Project Based Learning and the
C3 Framework
Analyzing Historical Documents
will ELL and Emerging Readers
A222
Sikh Community
Sikh Community
Sikh Community
Sikh Community
A203
Teacher Reflection,
Teacher Motivation and Service
Learning
A205
Computer
Lab C221
Computer
Lab H214
Computer
Lab C224
Deeper Learning
in the 21st Century
Classrooms
Teacher Reflection,
Teacher Motivation and Service
Learning
Gifted Learner Strategies
in Social Studies
Gifted Learner Strategies
in Social Studies
Digital Resources:
Enriching Instruction and
Engaging Students
Deeper Learning
in the 21st Century
Classrooms
Digital Resources:
Enriching Instruction and
Engaging Students
Using Interactive Technologies
to Increase the Level of
Interactivity in the Classroom
Using Interactive Technologies
to Increase the Level of
Interactivity in the Classroom
Class Flow
Class Flow
Interactive Technologies Can Maximize the
Power of Real-Time Feedback
Student Voice
Student Voice
C3 and the Elementary Classroom
Presenters: Marc Hamilton and Peggy Weinbeck, HCPS Instructional Facilitators
Participants will experience a complete inquiry lesson they can transfer to their classroom as well as grade-specific samples and planning
tools to use in a second semester unit. This session includes a whole group overview of the integrated process, followed by intermediate and
primary breakout groups. Level: Elementary School
Class Flow
Presenter: Terry Fraer, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Ever wished you could have more students interact with your flipchart pages? Using Class Flow, you can! Class Flow, a web based program
from Promethean, delivers your lessons directly to the devices in front of your students. Create new lessons or import already created PPT or
flipchart lessons directly into Class flow. Learn to enhance engagement and interactivity in a new way! Level: All
C129
A211
Analyzing Historical Documents with ELL and Emerging Readers
Presenter: Grace Leatherman, MD Humanities Council
Learn tips on how using Maryland History Day resources and strategies can engage students in document analysis. Teacher resources will
be provided. Level: All
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Teacher Reflection, Leadership, and Wellness
Cultural Proficiency
Content - Social Studies/History
Deeper Learning in the 21st Century Classrooms
Presenter: Kendall Latham, Dell
Participants will have the opportunity to explore practical, classroom-specific teaching tools that promote high levels of critical thinking, creativity,
collaboration, problem-solving and information fluency among their students. Level: All
Digital Resources: Enriching Instruction and Engaging Students
Presenter: Kendall Latham, Dell
Participants in this session will explore a variety of digital resources to deliver content, foster collaboration, demonstrate understanding, cultivate
creativity, and promote critical thinking opportunities for students. Level: All
Gifted Learner Strategies in Social Studies
Presenter: Dr. Andrew Moore, Assistant Professor, Notre Dame of Maryland University
This session will focus on general characteristics and learning styles of gifted students and how the social studies domain is an excellent fit for
addressing these students’ needs in a practical sense. Level: Intermediate Elementary, Middle, and High School
Interactive Technologies Can Maximize the Power of Real-Time Feedback
Presenters: Ginno Kelley, Microsoft and Alysse Daniels, Promethean
This workshop will use Design Thinking to explore new evidence on how feedback can be used to help teachers gain better insight into
student thinking how they can progress in their learning. Examples of how to attain feedback using technology tools from Promethean and
Microsoft will be highlighted. Level: All
Media Literacy and World History
Presenters: Office of Social Studies and Office of Library Media Services
High School World History Teachers and Media Specialists will begin their collaboration on how they will engage students in research and
analysis of the socio-cultural outcomes of the World War I. Level: World History Teachers and Media Specialists Only
Project Based Learning and the C3 Framework
Presenter: Grace Leatherman, MD Humanities Council
Teachers will learn how to implement Maryland History Day resources and strategies as they review how students can be rigorously challenged with social science content. Level: All
Sikh Community
Presenter: Kaur Foundation
As our nation grows and becomes more diverse, it is critical that we appreciate and understand the different backgrounds of all that makes
this country great. Learn more about the Sikh traditions and culture through this interactive workshop. Level: All
Student Voice
Presenter: Alyssa King, HCPS Teacher Specialist
As more classrooms move to the one-to-one device environment, whether with laptops or tablets, it’s important to maximize student use
of technology. See what web-based tools offer students a voice they may not have had. Capture ideas and assess them in real time, add
depth of opinion to discussion, and easily save this data to better meet individual student needs. Level: All
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Supported Planning
Facilitator: TBD
An opportunity for content teachers to engage in supported planning will be facilitated during this session. Level: All
Social Studies and History at Aberdeen High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Table Top Discussions
Facilitator: TBD
Discussions about professional learning issues will take place in this setting. Level: All
Teacher Reflection, Teacher Motivation and Service Learning
Presenter: Robert Rinehart, HCPS Teacher
Did you ever wonder about the paths we have traveled on to make it to our classrooms? Have you reflected on your interests and hobbies?
Learn how your interests and hobbies play out in your lessons and interactions with your students! Level: All
Teaching Using Padlet
Presenters: Christina Robertson and Katherine Crips, HCPS Teachers
Learn about a Web 2.0 tools that is both easy to use and fulfills requirements of the Common Core Writing Standards. This online sharing tool
enables you to create a “wall” for students to share posts with each other but also allows you to screen posts and password protect your wall.
You can also create walls for small group projects. Level: Middle and High School
The Amazing Mendes Cohen
Presenter: Mendes Cohen, Jewish Museum of Maryland
Who was Mendes Cohen? A little bit Forrest Gump, a little bit Indiana Jones, and 100% real! Discover the most extraordinary Baltimorean in
this living history performance provided by Mendes Cohen himself! Level: All
Using Interactive Technologies to Increase the Level of Interactivity in the Classroom
Presenters: Ginno Kelley, Microsoft and Alysse Daniels, Promethean
This session will showcase how different levels of “interactivity” can impact student learning when using technology. Specifically, how using
Promethean and Microsoft technologies can lead to deeper learning and higher levels of engagement for students. Level: All
Visual Literacy and Common Core
Presenters: Kate Johnson and Dawn Jester, HCPS Curriculum Specialists
The key to a successful visual literacy activity is using one (or a few) powerful images that represent the key concepts of a lesson. Participants
will gain visual literacy strategies, reflective of CCSS, which will help students think through, think about, and think with pictures. Level: Middle
and High School
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
A201
Holocaust Education (MH)
A202
Teaching AP Economics (H)
A205
Financial Literacy for Elementary Educators (E)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Holocaust Education (MH)
Table Top Discussions
Table Top Discussions
Financial Literacy for Elementary Educators (E)
A204
Learning about Hinduism
Learning about Hinduism
Learning about Hinduism
Learning about Hinduism
A203
Lives Lost, Lives Found:
Baltimore's German Jewish
Refugees, 1933-1945
Lives Lost, Lives Found:
Baltimore's German Jewish
Refugees, 1933-1945
Lives Lost, Lives Found:
Baltimore's German Jewish
Refugees, 1933-1945
Lives Lost, Lives Found:
Baltimore's German Jewish
Refugees, 1933-1945
Three Lens Perspective to
Resolve One Goal Homeland
Security and Emergency
Preparedness
A207
A211
Civics and Civil Rights For
Teachers (MH)
Civics and Civil Rights For
Teachers (MH)
Civics and Civil Rights For
Teachers (MH)
Civics and Civil Rights For
Teachers (MH)
C129
Supported Planning
Supported Planning
Supported Planning
Supported Planning
Teaching about Gettysburg
and Other Places Using Primary
Sources
Teaching about Gettysburg
and Other Places Using Primary
Sources
Technology Integration in the
Social Studies Classroom (M)
Technology Integration in the
Social Studies Classroom (M)
C128
Computer
Lab C221
Technology Integration in the
Social Studies Classroom (M)
Technology Integration in the
Social Studies Classroom (M)
Differentiated Instruction:
Gregorc Model
A221
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Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
A222
Student Centered Classrooms:
Becoming a Lesson Designer
C124
C112
Screen Printing for Beginners
A223
Weapons of Mass Instruction:
Engaging Lesson Openers
Student Centered Classrooms:
Becoming a Lesson Designer
Student Centered Classrooms:
Becoming a Lesson Designer
Student Centered Classrooms:
Becoming a Lesson Designer
Weapons of Mass Instruction:
Engaging Lesson Openers
Weapons of Mass Instruction:
Engaging Lesson Openers
Weapons of Mass Instruction:
Engaging Lesson Openers
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Teacher Reflection, Leadership, and Wellness
Cultural Proficiency
Content - Social Studies/History
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Session Descriptions
Social Studies and History at Aberdeen High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Civics and Civil Rights for Teachers
Presenter: Pat Whitehurst, HCPS Teacher
Teachers will examine key periods in both past and present civil rights movements, as well as legal concepts and civil rights issues related
to public policy, civic engagement, and advocacy. Teachers will receive a number of handouts and any teacher who would like all of the
handouts electronically can provide a thumb drive with their name and school clearly labeled. Level: Middle and High School
Differentiated Instruction: Gregorc Model
Presenter: Dr. Stephanie Savick, Assistant Professor, Notre Dame of Maryland University
Participants will gain an understanding of Gregorc’s framework which will allow them to discover their personal learning styles and self-assess
their ability to meet the diverse engagement and motivational needs of today’s students. Level: All
Financial Literacy for Elementary Educators
Presenter: Maryland Council on Economic Education Representative
Even young kids can learn the value of a dollar! Learn about the elementary financial literacy standards and how to engage young minds
in the goals of savings, investing, and the value of reasoned economic decision-making. Level: Elementary School
Financial Literacy for Secondary Educators
Presenter: Maryland Council on Economic Education
Today’s financial climate, measured by an increase in bankruptcies, foreclosures, and credit card debt, provides compelling reasons for
students learning about economics and personal finance. Come and find out about the financial literacy standards and the teaching strategies and tools that will engage your students! Level: Middle and High School
Teaching about Gettysburg and Other Places Using Primary Sources
Presenter: Nicole Thomas, HCPS Teacher
This presentation will be an introduction to and a discussion of the importance and benefit of using primary sources in the classroom. Connections
to Common Core will be made during this workshop. Documents will be provided to teachers and time will be allotted so discussion of the
documents and planning of lessons can take place. Level: Grades 3-12
Teaching AP Economics
Presenter: Maryland Council on Economic Education Representative
Want to improve your classroom strategies and how you teach AP Economics? Thinking about teaching AP Economics at your school? This
session will improve your knowledge and understanding of the how to teach for students to make the grade! Level: High School
Technology Integration in the Social Studies Classroom
Presenters: Vicki Boyer, HCPS Mentor and Michelle Andersen, HCPS Teacher
This session will include a sample social studies lesson incorporating technology tools such as Symbaloo, Padlet, Newsela, SafeShare TV,
Classflow, Storybookthat, and Edmodo. Time will be provided for educators to experiment with the technology with facilitators available for
immediate support. Level: Middle School
Three Lens Perspective to Resolve One Goal (Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness)
Presenters: Pamela Zeigler, Principal; Michael Quigg, Assistant Principal; and Erica Kelly, HCPS Teacher
Attendees will work through an emergency simulation utilizing web based data and resources for law enforcement, scientific forensics, and
geospatial information to coordinate resources to stabilize the community concerns during a natural disaster. Level: High School
Weapons of Mass Instruction: Engaging Lesson Openers
Presenter: Marc Hamilton, HCPS Instructional Facilitator
Teachers will be provided with a simplified cross-cutting process and examples that apply McTighe, UDL, and Levels of Inquiry principles to
launch a unit of instruction in any content area. Teachers will gain assessment opportunities to gauge what the students have retained and
what they still need to know. Level: All
Holocaust Education
Presenter: Deborah Baptiste, Anti-Defamation League, Baltimore Jewish Council, and the Jewish Museum of Maryland
Echoes and Reflections: This interdisciplinary, multimedia program includes everything educators need to teach the complex issues of the
Holocaust in today’s classrooms. NOTE: Attendees will need to register with the Office of Social Studies prior to November 10 in order to ensure
the purchase of materials. Please contact George Toepfer, Supervisor of Social Studies, if you plan to attend. Level: Middle and High School
Learning about Hinduism
Presenter: Murali Balaji
Come learn about the traditions, beliefs, symbols, and history of the world’s 3rd most followed religion. Many resources and materials will be
provided to attendees about this Eastern religion and its traditions! Level: All
Lives Lost, Lives Found: Baltimore’s German Jewish Refugees, 1933-1945
Presenter: Ilene Dackman-Alon, Jewish Museum of Maryland
Between 1933 and 1945, 3,000 Jews in flight from Nazi persecution arrived in Baltimore. Here, they built new lives and forged new identities.
Participants will learn about Lives Lost: Lives Found documents and their stories. Level: All
Screen Printing for Beginners
Presenters: Michael Lichner and Steve Ortega, HCPS Teachers
Learn how to take an image from conception to the press and end up with a quality product. Level: All
Student Centered Classrooms: Becoming a Lesson Designer
Presenters: Elizabeth White and Thomas Devane, HCPS Teachers
Are you tired of being the center of attention in class? Discover ways to personalize your class and increase the time that you spend with
individual students. Expose your students to rigorous and higher level thinking questions, which will help your students to be college and
career ready. Level: All
Supported Planning
Facilitator: TBD
An opportunity for content teachers to engage in supported planning will be facilitated during this session. Level: All
Table Top Discussions
Facilitator: TBD
Discussions about professional learning issues will take place in this setting. Level: All
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Specialized Special Education at Harford Technical High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
213
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
215
147
148
Computer
Lab 113
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Harmonious Co-Teaching (E)
Harmonious Co-Teaching (E)
Supporting Positive Behavior in
Our At-Promise Youth
Fundamentals of Special
Education Law and Q & A with
Patrick Spicer
Learning Pals
I Can Do More With My IPAD
Medical
Assistance
Case Management Billing
Medical
Assistance
Case Management Billing
126
Moving Multiple Choice Beyond
Recall
Classroom Support Program (Mandatory for CSP Staff)
Presenter: Robin Meyer, HCPS Coordinator of Non-Public Placement
Participants will network and share best behavior management strategies. Level: CSP Teachers, Behavior Specialists, CSP Psychologists,
Paraeducators
Promoting Self-Advocacy,
Independence, and
Work-Ready Skills
Classroom Support Program*
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane!
It’s Superflex®!
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane!
It’s Superflex®!
I Can Do More With My IPAD
Medical
Assistance
Case Management Billing
Understanding the Attributes of
Digital Learners: Strategies that
Work
Understanding and Preparing
for the Elementary Mathematics
PARCC (E)
I Can Do More with My IPAD
Presenters: Debbie Trafton and Vince Evans, HCPS Assistive Technology Specialists
Participants will explore Ibooks and Speaking of Speech documents as well as accessing and saving documents. Level: SLP and OT Teachers
149
Classroom Management:
Strategies for Non-Compliant/
Passive Aggressive Learners
Understanding and Preparing
for the Elementary Mathematics
PARCC (E)
136
Teacher Friendly Digital Tools to
Promote Student Engagement
Teacher Friendly Digital Tools to
Promote Student Engagement
Teacher Friendly Digital Tools to
Promote Student Engagement
MDOIEP – Facilitated
Help Session
MDOIEP – Facilitated
Help Session
Media Ctr
Room 214
Fundamentals of Special Education Law and Q & A with Patrick Spicer
Facilitator: Patrick Spicer, Esquire
Participants will learn about the fundamentals of special education law and then engage in a lively dialogue with the attorney for HCPS
on legal issues related to special education law. Level: All
Harmonious Co-Teaching
Presenters: Erin Schisler, HCPS Mentor, and Kristin Schaub, HCPS Teacher Specialist
This session will help you build your co-teaching relationships from the ground up. Effective co-teaching is dependent upon the foundation
in which it is built. Whether you are new to the co-teaching world, have been co-teaching for years, hardly know one another, or are besties,
we welcome co-teaching pairs to this session in order to build and rejuvenate a relationship and create a more solid foundation for meeting
the needs of your students. Level: Special Educators and Elementary School
Medical
Assistance
Case Management Billing
Understanding the Attributes of
Digital Learners: Strategies that
Work
CPI: Refresh/Recertification (Differentiated)
Presenters: Sharon Miller-Johnson and Kim Heeter, HCPS Teachers Specialists
CPI Differentiated Course Training will include strategies for positive behavior interventions, de-escalation, and personal training. Course will
not include physical intervention/restraint. Level: Administrators, Teachers, IHs, and Paraeducators
Classroom Management: Strategies for Non-Compliant/Passive Aggressive Learners
Presenter: Angela Snyder, Assistant Professor, Notre Dame University of Maryland
Participants will learn about creating a positive classroom climate and strategies that can be immediately put into practice to deal with noncompliant and passive aggressive learners. Level: All
CPI: Refresh/Recertification (Differentiated)
Moving Multiple Choice Beyond
Recall
Specialized Special Education at Harford Technical High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
201
Cafeteria
Session Descriptions
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Early Childhood
Cultural Proficiency
Content - Specialized Special Education
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Superflex®!
Presenter: Kim Henry, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Participants will meet Superflex® and learn how this superhero and his team of characters can help students become “unstuck”, think about
others, use flexible thinking, maintain personal space, pay closer attention, stay on topic, and join into groups. Perfect for staff working with
students with ASD, ADHD, LD, pragmatic language issues…or even none of the above! Level: All Teachers, School Counselors, School
Psychologists, Speech Pathologists
Learning Pals
Presenter: Amy Beighley, HCPS Teacher
Participants will explore options for meaningfully including students with Autism. Level: Special Education Teachers
MDOIEP – Facilitated Help Session
Presenter: April Kurth, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Participants will receive updates on SE procedures and assistance with IEP development. Staff will have the opportunity to work on their own
caseload documents during the session. Level: Special Education Teachers and Related Service Providers
Medical Assistance Case Management Billing (Facilitated Support)
Presenters: Diane LaPenna and Jean Mikanowicz, Medical Billing Specialists
Participants will focus on organizational supports and direct technical assistance for the completion of monthly billing report forms. Emphasis
on strategies necessary to streamline record-keeping and documentation process. Service providers must bring a copy of their MA billing
reports/caseload to this work session. Level: Special Education Teachers and Related Service Providers
Moving Multiple Choice Beyond Recall
Presenter: Kathy Corley Murray, Assistant Professor, Notre Dame of Maryland University
Assessment literacy includes the knowledge and skills educators need to identify, select, or create effective assessments and to analyze,
evaluate and use the evidence from different kinds of assessments to improve instruction. Creating high-level multiple choice items is often
a challenging task. This is a chance for some guided practice. Level: All
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Promoting Self-Advocacy, Independence, and Work-Ready Skills
Presenter: Kathy Connolly, Abbe Washkevich and Dale Schafert, HCPS Transition Itinerants
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Participants will explore strategies and supports that promote student self-advocacy, the development of independence, and “work ready”
skills necessary for school and community success. Level: All Teachers
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Monday, November 24, 2014
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Supporting Positive Behavior in Our At-Promise Youth
Presenter: Laurie Namey, HCPS Supervisor of Cultural Proficiency
Students that are considered to be at risk often are students who receive behavior referrals and school suspensions. How can we as educators
better understand the behaviors of our students in order to successfully support their success in school? Strategies to turn our “at-risk” students
to students “at-promise” will be explored. Level: All
Teacher Friendly Digital Tools to Promote Student Engagement
Presenters: Elizabeth Mull, Michelle Pasko, and Toni Guidi, Towson University Lecturers
Teachers will be provided with examples of free digital tools that support instruction of all learners in multiple content areas. Specific web
tools and applications will be demonstrated which support the MCCRS. Participants will have the opportunity to explore various digital tools
for their own instructional needs. Level: New Teachers, Elementary School, and Special Education Teachers
Understanding and Preparing for the Elementary Mathematics PARCC
Presenter: Lisa Pallett, Assistant Professor at Notre Dame of Maryland University
Participants in this session will discuss the format and review sample questions from elementary mathematics PARCC. Discussions will include
accessibility features and how to prepare students for the test. Level: Elementary School
Understanding the Attributes of Digital Learners: Strategies that Work!
Presenter: Ryan Schaaf, Assistant Professor, Notre Dame of Maryland University
Because of digital bombardment and the emergence of the new digital landscape, today’s youth process information, interact, and communicate
in fundamentally different ways than any previous generation before them. This presentation provides a comprehensive profile of ten core
learning attributes of digital learners and a pragmatic look at how we can teach effectively in an age when new technologies emerge at
an astonishing rate. Participants must bring their own technology device to maximize their experience. Level: All
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Gym
TBD
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
We are John Archer
We are John Archer
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
SECAC/Partners for Success/
MCFMH
Cafeteria
Feeding 1
Feeding 2
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Early Childhood
Cultural Proficiency
Content - Specialized Special Education
Session Descriptions
Specialized Special Education at The John Archer School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Feeding 1
Presenters: Mt. Washington Pediatric Unit
Participants will explore strategies and techniques that will develop a basic knowledge of and skills regarding feeding strategies for young
children, demonstrating needs and difficulties in this area of development. Level: Early Intervention Teachers, SLPs, PTs
Feeding 2
Presenters: Mt. Washington Pediatric Unit
Participants will explore skills and strategies to help children advance through a variety of textures when feeding. Level: OT
SECAC/Partners for Success/MCFMH
Presenters: Lorette Vetusi, Lori Ginley, Connie Howell, Susan Austin
Participants will explore resources to share with families at IEP meetings. Level: Special Education Teachers
We Are Archer
Presenters: Carollee Baker, Amy Mangold, Jessica Boros, Sandi Fohl, and Jennifer Cashour, HCPS Teachers
Sharing programs, practices, and opportunities available to students at John Archer School and some potential ways to incorporate some
of these practices into special education programs in the comprehensive schools. Level: All
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Specialized Special Education at the CEO Building
Monday, November 24, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
143
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Room
Number
215
Applied Behavior Analysis*
TBD
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Early Childhood
Cultural Proficiency
Content - Specialized Special Education
Session Descriptions
Specialized Special Education at the CEO Building
Monday, November 24, 2014
Applied Behavior Analysis (Required for all teachers in Autism Programs)
Presenter: Mrs. Coyler
Participants will receive an overview of the Applied Behavior Analysis and best practices in working with students with Autism. Level: Special
Education Teachers, Paraeducators, IHs, and other working in Autism Programs
CPI – Initial (Differentiated)
Presenters: Christina Alton and Kate Seal, HCPS Teachers
Training includes strategies for positive behavior interventions, de-escalation, and personal safety. Does not include physical intervention/
restraint. Level: Administrators, Teachers, Paraeducators, IHs
CPI: Initial (Non-Verbal)
MDOIEP –
Facilitated Help Session
Using
Pinterest
to Support
Students with
Disabilities (E)
Using
Pinterest
to Support
Students with
Disabilities (E)
Brigance
Developing IEP
Social,
Emotional,
Behavioral
Goals
Learning to Play (EC)
Computer
Lab 104
Data Collection Tools/Data
Analysis (Academics)
Media Ctr
214
Interactive Technologies Can Maximize the Power of Real-Time
Feedback
204
200
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
A First Look at Early Learning Assessments (EC)
Computer
Lab 113
217
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
A First Look at Early Learning Assessments (EC)
Cafeteria
CPI – Initial (Differentiated)
201
82
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Prekindergarten Working through
New Curriculum (EC)
Prekindergarten Working through
New Curriculum (EC)
Using Interactive Technologies to
Increase the Level of Interactivity
in the Classroom
Using Interactive Technologies to
Increase the Level of Interactivity
in the Classroom
The Kinesthetic Classroom:
Teaching and Learning through
Movement
The Kinesthetic Classroom:
Teaching and Learning through
Movement
Prekindergarten Working through
New Curriculum (EC)
Prekindergarten Working through
New Curriculum (EC)
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Early Childhood
Cultural Proficiency
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Session Descriptions
Specialized Special Education at Harford Technical High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Specialized Special Education at The John Archer School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
A First Look at Early Learning Assessments
Presenter: Mauria Uhlik, HCPS Teacher
A first look at the formative assessments of the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment. This session is designed for providers working with children
birth through prekindergarten. Level: Early Childhood
Brigance
Presenter: Lynn Jennings, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Participants will learn how to utilize the Brigance assessment tool to gather data for the development of quality IEPs. Level: All Special Education
Teachers
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
TBD
Alt MSA Support Session
Computer
Lab
Vizzle
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
CPI: Initial (Non-Verbal)
Presenters: Robin Meyer, HCPS Coordinator of Non-Public Placement and Kim Manzo, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Training includes strategies for positive behavior interventions, de-escalation, and personal safety. Does not include physical intervention/
restraint. Level: Administrators, Teachers, IHs, and Paraeducators
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Data Collection Tools/Data Analysis (Academics)
Presenter: Brittany Long, HCPS Teacher
Participants will explore various types of data collection tools for collecting data during reading, writing, and mathematics. Participants will
have time to begin creating data sheets for students. Level: All
Technology
Early Childhood
Cultural Proficiency
Content - Specialized Special Education
Developing IEP Social, Emotional, Behavioral Goals
Presenters: Missy Romano, Robin Meyers, Eileen Watson, HCPS Special Education Office
Participants will analyze goals and objectives and determine criteria for developing SMART social, emotional, and behavioral goals. Level:
Special Education Teachers
Interactive Technologies Can Maximize the Power of Real-Time Feedback
Presenters: Ginno Kelley, Microsoft and Alysse Daniels, Promethean
This workshop will use Design Thinking to explore new evidence on how feedback can be used to help teachers gain better insight into
student thinking how they can progress in their learning. Examples of how to attain feedback using technology tools from Promethean and
Microsoft will be highlighted. Level: All
Learning to Play
Presenters: Robyn Graham, Sara Herweck, and Valerie Taylor, HCPS Teachers
This session will focus on defining learning through play, understanding its importance, and providing activity to implement for various age
groups. Level: Early Childhood
MDOIEP – Facilitated Help Session
Presenter: April Kurth, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Participants will receive updates on SE procedures and assistance with IEP development. Staff will have the opportunity to work on their own
caseload documents during the session. Level: Special Education Teachers and Related Service Providers
Prekindergarten Skills Checklist Round Table
Presenters: Tracey Brady and Bridget Butterfield, HCPS Teachers
An open forum for professional dialog in utilizing the assessment, collecting student data, and decision making through data. Level: Early
Childhood (Prekindergarten Teachers and Early Intervention Teachers)
Session Descriptions
Specialized Special Education at The John Archer School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Alt MSA Support Session
Presenters: Mary Gernand
Participants will have the opportunity to work on Alt MSA artifacts with support. Level: Special Education Teachers
Vizzle
Presenter: Carollee Baker and Jackie Rosenkrans, HCPS Teachers
Teachers will explore the use of web-based Vizzle products to design and deliver customized interactive lessons and visual language supports.
Level: Special Education Teachers
Prekindergarten Working through New Curriculum
Presenters: Tracey Brady and Bridget Butterfield, HCPS Teachers
An open forum for professional dialog using essential questions, sharing lessons, and creating lessons in writing and word work. Level: Early
Childhood (Prekindergarten Teachers and Early Intervention Teachers)
The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning through Movement
Presenter: Mike Kuczala, Gratz College
Experience the 6 part framework for using movement thoughtfully and purposefully in all content areas and at all grade levels! This session
will energize both your teaching and classroom. Level: All
Using Interactive Technologies to Increase the Level of Interactivity in the Classroom
Presenters: Ginno Kelley, Microsoft and Alysse Daniels, Promethean
This session will showcase how different levels of “interactivity” can impact student learning when using technology. Specifically, how using
Promethean and Microsoft technologies can lead to deeper learning and higher levels of engagement for students. Level: All
Using Pinterest to Support Students with Disabilities
Presenter: Krista Shapiro, HCPS Teacher
Participants will explore sensory support options on Pinterest and participate in a “make and take.” Level: Elementary School
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World Languages and ESOL at Aberdeen High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
B111
B112
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
WIDA 101
TPR on Steroids and More (MH)
Session Descriptions
World Languages and ESOL at Aberdeen High School
Monday, November 24, 2014
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Using WIDA ACCESS for ELLs Scores to Help Guide Instruction
TPR on Steroids and More (MH)
Media
Center
Use of Pinterest in the World
Language Classroom (MH)
Use of Pinterest in the World
Language Classroom (MH)
B113
4 + 3 = 1 (MH)
4 + 3 = 1 (MH)
Communicating with
Non-English Speaking Families
Communicating with
Non-English Speaking Families
B114
Developing Integrated
Performance Assessments in a
Language Classroom (MH)
Developing Integrated
Performance Assessments in a
Language Classroom (MH)
Implementing Simulated
Immersion in the World
Language Classroom (MH)
Implementing Simulated
Immersion in the World
Language Classroom (MH)
A206
France:
A Multicultural Country (MH)
France:
A Multicultural Country (MH)
Creating a World Language
Honor Society (H)
Creating a World Language
Honor Society (H)
A207
Teaching the GT Student in
French Class (MH)
Teaching the GT Student in
French Class (MH)
Computer
Lab C221
Deeper Learning in the 21st
Century Classrooms
Digital Resources: Enriching
Instruction and Engaging Students
Deeper Learning in the 21st
Century Classrooms
Digital Resources: Enriching
Instruction and Engaging Students
Using Interactive Technologies to
Increase the Level of Interactivity
in the Classroom
Using Interactive Technologies to
Increase the Level of Interactivity
in the Classroom
Class Flow
Class Flow
Computer
Lab H214
Computer
Lab C224
Interactive Technologies Can Maximize the
Power of Real-Time Feedback
Student Voice
Student Voice
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Content - ESOL
Cultural Proficiency
Content - World Languages
4+3=1
Presenters: Jimmie Brown and Rick Jones, HCPS World Language Teachers
Learn about 4 different activities in the 3 modes of communication revolving around 1 fictional character, Hans Liebenschneider. This is a
collaborative session in which you will play the part of the student in an attempt to learn more about Hans Liebenschneider. You will use the
presentational speaking and writing modes, the interpretive mode, and the interpersonal mode that will get students talking and elaborating
on a variety of topics using simple to complex vocabulary and sentence structures. Level: Middle and High School
Communicating with Non-English Speaking Families
Presenters: Juraj Duracka and Meghan Montague, HCPS ESOL Teachers
This session is designed for teachers who do/will work with ELLs in their classrooms and look for effective ways to communicate with students
and their families. Participants will find answers to questions such as: Do I need to translate homework? How do I tell parents about our field
trip? How do I set up a conference? Participants will become familiar with CTS Language Link and Transact resources. Level: All
Class Flow
Presenter: Terrie Fraer, HCPS Teacher Specialist
Ever wished you could have more students interact with your flipchart pages? Using Class Flow, you can! Class Flow, a web based program
from Promethean, delivers your lessons directly to the devices in front of your students. Create new lessons or import already created PPT or
flipchart lessons directly into Class flow. Learn to enhance engagement and interactivity in a new way! Level: All
Creating a World Language Honor Society
Presenter: Janet Breen, HCPS World Language Teacher
This session will discuss teacher membership in a language-specific professional organization, creation of an honor society, requirements to
become a member and to continue as a member, member application and acceptance, membership dues, induction ceremony, service
opportunities within the school and community, probation and membership revocation, certificates, honor cords and other purchases, and
fundraisers. Level: High School
Deeper Learning in the 21st Century Classrooms
Presenter: Kendall Latham, Dell
Participants will have the opportunity to explore practical, classroom-specific teaching tools that promote high levels of critical thinking,
creativity, collaboration, problem-solving and information fluency among their students. Level: All
Developing Integrated Performance Assessments (IPA) in a Language Classroom
Presenters: Monica Finegan and Lori Rake, HCPS World Language Teachers
An Integrated Performance Assessment is a theme-based assessment featuring a series of tasks in all three modes of communication that
support and build on one another. This session will examine what makes an effective IPA, and the components that should be included.
Level: Middle and High School World Language and ESOL Teachers Only
Digital Resources: Enriching Instruction and Engaging Students
Presenter: Kendall Latham, Dell
Participants in this session will explore a variety of digital resources to deliver content, foster collaboration, demonstrate understanding, cultivate
creativity, and promote critical thinking opportunities for students. Level: All
Interactive Technologies Can Maximize the Power of Real-Time Feedback
Presenters: Ginno Kelley, Microsoft and Alysse Daniels, Promethean
This workshop will use Design Thinking to explore new evidence on how feedback can be used to help teachers gain better insight into
student thinking how they can progress in their learning. Examples of how to attain feedback using technology tools from Promethean and
Microsoft will be highlighted. Level: All
France: A Multicultural Country
Presenter: Elina Farnsworth, HCPS World Language Teacher
With its overseas territories, France is the largest country in Western Europe. As a consequence, a rich cultural diversity is present in French
regions and territories. What are those cultural differences? How does France find unity despite its differences? This session will be presented
in French. Level: Middle and High School
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Implementing Simulated Immersion in the World Language Classroom
Presenters: Kaitlyn Larrimore, Amadelis Mattei, and Cecilia Weaver, HCPS World Language Teachers
This session will focus on target language immersion in the world language classroom. Participants will learn how the game of Survivor can
be utilized to create a target language environment in the classroom. Participants will consider why immersion is so important. Do we want
to communicate a message in another language or not? How can I make immersion work in my classroom? How can I best utilize native
speakers in my class? Come and get ideas! Level: Middle and High School
Student Voice
Presenter: Alyssa King, HCPS Teacher Specialist
As more classrooms move to the one-to-one device environment, whether with laptops or tablets, it’s important to maximize student use
of technology. See what web-based tools offer students a voice they may not have had. Capture ideas and assess them in real time, add
depth of opinion to discussion, and easily save this data to better meet individual student needs. Level: All
Teaching the GT Student in French Class
Presenter: Lucy Wise-Gladwell, HCPS World Language Teacher
We have all had students who were obviously more adept at learning the subject than others in the class. We take the time to adapt and
assist students who need extra help, but what do we do for the students who master the material in the initial presentation? The gifted student
is a special entity, who is deserving of special attention while also being capable of making a valuable contribution to the class by not just
accomplishing but exceeding our objectives. Level: Middle and High School
TPR on Steroids and More
Presenter: Jeff Paul, HCPS World Language Teacher
We all have tried or currently use TPR to some extent in class. This session focuses on getting the most out of TPR by applying brain-friendly
principles and teacher craft. Help your students’ confidence and language ability soar. Whether you consider yourself a novice or pro (or
maybe just willing to give it a second chance), this session will get you and your students “pumped up” on TPR. Level: Middle and High School
Use of Pinterest in the World Language Classroom
Presenters: Larissa Arist and Angela Mangum, HCPS World Language Teachers
Feeling bored with the same vocabulary year after year? Out of ideas to get the kids speaking? Get PINspired on Pinterest. This web-based
bulletin board has a ton of great ideas for the WL classroom, but can be difficult to navigate and organize. You will learn about what Pinterest
is, how to use it and the best ways to collaborate with colleagues through this HCPS approved site. Level: Middle and High School
Using Interactive Technologies to Increase the Level of Interactivity in the Classroom
Presenters: Ginno Kelley, Microsoft and Alysse Daniels, Promethean
This session will showcase how different levels of “interactivity” can impact student learning when using technology. Specifically, how using
Promethean and Microsoft technologies can lead to deeper learning and higher levels of engagement for students. Level: All
Using WIDA ACCESS for ELLs Scores to Help Guide Instruction
Presenter: Ellen Parkhurst, WIDA Consultant
This session will help you “unpack” the WIDA ACCESS for ELLs scores and use them to guide, plan, and differentiate instruction for your English
Language Learners (ELLs). Sample score reports will be available to work with during the session, but if you prefer to use your own students’
data, please bring a copy of those reports. If you can, please bring a device (laptop, tablet) so you can access WIDA resources online. This
session is recommended for classroom teachers who work with ELLs. Level: All
WIDA 101
Presenter: Ellen Parkhurst, WIDA Consultant
Maryland is a member of the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium and has adopted the WIDA English
Language Development (ELD) Standards for English Language Learners (ELLs). This session will provide an overview of the WIDA Consortium
including background, the ELD Standards and Model Performance Indicators (MPIs). We will also explore other WIDA products and resources
that are available to Maryland teachers. This session is recommended for classroom teachers and administrators who work with ELLs. Level: All
World Languages and ESOL at Aberdeen High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Morning (8-11:00 AM)
Room
Number
Session 1
(8:00-9:25 AM)
B111
WIDA 101
Magic School Bus to Fun!
Computer
Lab B202
Session 3
(12:30-1:55 PM)
Session 4
(2:05-3:30 PM)
Using WIDA ACCESS for ELLs Scores to Help Guide Instruction
Leadership 2014:
It’s for Everyone
B114
B112
Session 2
(9:35-11:00 AM)
Afternoon (12:30-3:30 PM)
Magic School Bus to Fun!
Integrating Technology into
World Languages Instruction (MH)
Leadership 2014:
It’s for Everyone
WIDA 2014 National Conference Take-Aways
Integrating Technology into
World Languages Instruction (MH)
Teacher Dialogue about Best Practices
Differentiation and Specialized Instruction
Technology
Content - ESOL
Cultural Proficiency
Content - World Languages
World Languages and ESOL at Aberdeen High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Session Descriptions
Integrating Technology into World Languages Instruction
Presenter: Danea A. Farley, Coordinator of Technology in Education, Notre Dame of Maryland
Explore the specific World Languages applications for MS WORD, PowerPoint, Windows, MovieMaker, and Web 2.0 tools. Level: World Languages
Middle and High School
Leadership 2014: It’s for Everyone
Presenter: David Morrocco, Assistant Professor, Notre Dame of Maryland University
What is leadership? Do we need good leaders? Can anyone be a leader? Explore essential dispositions, knowledge, and skills of effective leaders.
Level: All
Magic School Bus to Fun!
Presenter: Amber Wilson, HCPS World Language Teacher
Did you know that 99/100 students love field trips?! The data doesn’t lie...your students love educational experiences that occur outside the
confines of the four walls that encumber them daily! If you want to learn how to successfully execute a field trip, then this is the session for you!
You will understand the HCPS procedures and policies that must be followed, learn how to secure transportation, examine alternative methods
of funding, and hopefully be on your way to fun in no time! Level: All
Using WIDA ACCESS for ELLs Scores to Help Guide Instruction
Presenter: Ellen Parkhurst, WIDA Consultant
This session will help you “unpack” the WIDA ACCESS for ELLs scores and use them to guide, plan, and differentiate instruction for your English
Language Learners (ELLs). Sample score reports will be available to work with during the session, but if you prefer to use your own students’ data,
please bring a copy of those reports. If you can, please bring a device (laptop, tablet) so you can access WIDA resources online. This session is
recommended for classroom teachers who work with ELLs. Level: All
WIDA 2014 National Conference Take-Aways
Presenters: Meghan Montague and Caitlin Ortolani, HCPS ESOL Teachers
This session will feature the presentation of information learned and gathered by two HCPS ESOL Teachers during their attendance at the WIDA
2014 National Conference. Anticipated topics include, but are not limited to, Effective Instructional Practices for working with English Language
Learners and Academic Language Development. ESOL Teachers should plan to attend this session. Level: All
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WIDA 101
Presenter: Ellen Parkhurst, WIDA Consultant
Maryland is a member of the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium and has adopted the WIDA English Language
Development (ELD) Standards for English Language Learners (ELLs). This session will provide an overview of the WIDA Consortium including background,
the ELD Standards and Model Performance Indicators (MPIs). We will also explore other WIDA products and resources that are available to Maryland
teachers. This session is recommended for classroom teachers and administrators who work with ELLs. Level: All
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Approved Off-Site Learning Experiences
Teacher Name: ____________________________________________________
Position (assignment): _______________________________________________
School(s)/Work Site: _________________________________________________
Updated list as of
Thursday, November 6.
In order to provide even more options for teachers to acquire materials and knowledge for instruction, content supervisors have approved a set
of off-site locations teachers may elect to travel to during the conference. Here are some options for incorporating an off-site experience into
your Individualized Learning Plan:
1.Create one full-day off-site experience. Your other day would include your negotiated planning and a ½ day experience at one of the conference sites.
2.Create a ½ day off-site experience. During the other ½ day block, you could go to a conference site or schedule your negotiated planning. For the remaining day, you would go to conference site sessions.
3.It is NOT an option to do two ½ day off-site experiences on two separate days of the conference.
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Tuesday ONLY)
2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19130 (215) 763-8100
Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard
4500 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19112 (215)-843-9273
Rodin Museum (Monday ONLY)
2154 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards (Tuesday ONLY)
301 W Camden St, Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 727-1539
Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Museum (Tuesday ONLY)
844 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 837-1793
United States Mint
151 North Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-1886
(215) 408-0112
� Other
Selected Date of Visit (Please check the date you intend to visit): 11/24 �
or
11/25 �
Goals/Objectives: The purpose of these self-directed visits must be to acquire content knowledge, diverse perspectives and viewpoints, and/or
materials for instructional use which extend, enrich or support HCPS approved curricula. Please state your specific goal/objective:
Teachers electing this option take responsibility for all travel risks and expenses, as well as all costs incurred. For accountability purposes, teachers
choosing this option will complete each part of this Learning Log before, during and after their experience, and then turn it in to their site-based
or content supervisor. Teachers will need to “register” for this option on HECTOR.
PART 1 (Before Professional Learning Conference): Complete this part and secure your site-based or content supervisor’s signature at least one week
before the conference. Please check the boxes of the site(s) you wish to visit. Many locations might be nearby each other and be thematically related.
Location
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Alignment to Professional Learning Conference Themes, Content & Danielson Domain: In each column below, please check the boxes which
most tightly align to your goals/objectives:
Main Theme
Address & Telephone
� Addressing achievement gaps
� Assessment literacy
� Blended learning
� Co-teaching
� Cultural proficiency and equity
� Danielson’s framework for teaching
� Differentiation
� Disciplinary literacy
� Early childhood learners
� Gifted learner strategies
� Intervention strategies
� Promoting positive behaviors
� Student engagement
� Student learning objectives (SLOs)
� Supported Planning
� Teacher leadership
� Technology integration
� Wellness
� Universal design for learning
� Other:
Content Focus
� Art
� Business
� Drama
� Environmental Literacy
� ESOL
� Family and consumer science
� Health
� Interdisciplinary
� Library & media
� Mathematics
� Music
� Physical education
� Reading, English and language arts
� Science
� Special education
� Social studies
� STEM
� Technology education
� Trades & industry
� Work experience
� World language
� Other:
Danielson Domain
� Domain One: Planning and Preparation
� Domain Two: Classroom Environment
� Domain Three: Instruction
� Domain Four: Professional Characteristics
American Visionary Arts Museum (Tuesday ONLY)
800 Key Hwy, Baltimore, MD 21230 (410) 244-1900
B&O Railroad Museum
901 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21223 (410) 752-2490
Baltimore Museum of Industry (Tuesday ONLY)
1415 Key Hwy, Baltimore, MD 21230 (410) 727-4808
Biggs Museum of American Art (Tuesday ONLY)
406 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901 (302) 674-2111
Delaware Museum of Natural History
4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807 (302) 658-9111
Eastern State Penitentiary
2027 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19130 (215) 236-3300
Fort McHenry
2400 E Fort Ave, Baltimore, MD 21230 (410) 962-4290
Franklin Institute
222 N 20th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 448-1200
Geppi’s Entertainment Museum at Camden Yards (Tuesday ONLY)
301 W Camden St, Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 625-7060
Historic Ships in Baltimore
501 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 576-3800
Historical Society of Harford County
143 N Main St, Bel Air, MD 21014 (410) 838-7691
Jewish Museum of Maryland
15 Lloyd St, Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 732-6400
Liberty Bell
525 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 965-2305
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540 (202) 707-5000
Lyric Opera House
140 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 685-5086
Maryland School for the Blind
3501 Taylor Ave, Baltimore, MD 21236 (410) 444-5000
Supervisor Name: ____________________________________________________________
Maryland Zoo
1876 Mansion House Drive, Baltimore, MD 21217 (410) 396-7102
Supervisor Signature: _________________________________________________________
Mutter Museum of Medical History
19 S 22nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 563-3737
National Aquarium in Baltimore
501 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 576-3800
National Constitution Center
525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 409-6600
National Gallery of Art
6th and Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20565
National Great Blacks in Wax Museum (Tuesdays ONLY)
1601 E North Ave #3, Baltimore, MD 21213 (410) 563-3404
Nemours Mansion and Gardens
850 Alapocas Drive, Wilmington, DE 19803
Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology) (Tuesday ONLY)
3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (University City) (215) 898-4000
Date: ______________
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PART 2 (During Professional Learning Conference): Complete this part during the conference as your record of learning and accountability. Many
locations downtown are nearby each other and thematically related. Times and locations might also relate to sections of a museum investigated,
demonstrations attended, or speakers/presenters heard.
Time
Location/Activity
Notes (materials/knowledge acquired)
Certificate of Achievement
PART 3 (After Professional Learning Conference): Complete this part and secure your site-based or content supervisor’s signature within one
week of the conference. Keep one copy of this Learning Log for yourself and provide one copy to your site-based or content supervisor.
Goals/Objectives: Did you meet your goals/objectives?
Awarded to
YES  or NO 
Reflections: Please provide a brief summary of your experience, and the knowledge, materials or perspectives you acquired.
Transfer: Please provide a brief summary of how you intend to transfer the materials, knowledge or perspectives you acquired into your
classroom practice.
Supervisor Name: ____________________________________________________________
Supervisor Signature: _________________________________________________________
Date: ______________
HCPS Professional Learning Conference
November 24 - 25, 2014
Signed by Jacqueline A. Tarbert
Coordinator of Leadership and Professional Development
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