Central Alberta Regional Consortium Working Together: Making a Difference Month at a Glance - April 2015 Transforming School Culture with Anthony Muhammad Apr. 13-14 | $400 No matter how hard you work, school improvement will not happen in a toxic culture. This hands-on workshop sheds new light on an age-old challenge: addressing diverse issues of resistant staff to develop a cohesive, positive culture. Explore the root causes of staff resistance to change, and leave with concrete strategies that will improve school culture and lay the foundation for a powerful learning environment. Dr. Muhammad has developed the strategies necessary to address staff cohesion issues and maximize human potential in schools and districts. Get ready to roll up your sleeves to develop an effective action plan for eliminating unproductive conflicts and creating healthy working and learning environments. L’enseignement différencié du sens du nombre M à 3 with Renée Michaud Apr. 15 | $45 Challenge of Differentiation in a Secondary FI Class with Johanne Proulx Apr. 28 | $45 Nos élèves sont tous très différents les uns des autres. Il est donc important de donner à chacun l’opportunité d’apprendre, de comprendre et de montrer leurs apprentissages de différentes façons. Cet atelier vous propose d’élargir votre répertoire de stratégies afin de mieux prendre en considération les particularités de vos élèves. Plusieurs sujets seront discutés tels que les questions ouvertes, les tâches parallèles, le jeu, l’importance de la communication et des stratégies pour y arriver et la résolution de problèmes. J’ai 25 eleves dans ma classe, comment puis-je repondre aux besoins de chacun? Est-ce que je dois individualiser mon enseignement pour chacun de mes eleves? Qu’est-ce que je dois differencier? Par ou commencer? Voila des questions que l’on entend souvent! L’enseignement différencié du sens du nombre - 4e à 6e with Renée Michaud Apr. 16 | $45 Nos élèves sont tous très différents les uns des autres. Il est donc important de donner à chacun l’opportunité d’apprendre, de comprendre et de montrer leurs apprentissages de différentes façons. Cet atelier vous propose d’élargir votre répertoire de stratégies afin de mieux prendre en considération les particularités de vos élèves. Plusieurs sujets seront discutés tels que les questions ouvertes, les tâches parallèles, le jeu, l’importance de la communication et des stratégies pour y arriver et la résolution de problèmes. Oral Language & Vocabulary Building K-6 with Purnima Lindsay April 27 | $45 “First grade vocabulary predicts students’ reading achievement in their junior year in high school” (Cunningham and Stanovich, 1997). Vocabulary instruction in the classroom is very important but is often overlooked. In this interactive session, participants will learn effective methods to increase vocabulary across all subject areas in the classroom. Lors de cette session, nous allons explorer les reponses a ces questions ainsi que des facons efficaces pour differencier des taches et nous permettre de repondre aux besoins des eleves. Une approche pedagogique par centres pourra nous aider a offrir des taches engageantes qui sauront motiver nos eleves. Discover Redesign with Myranda Shepherd Apr. 28 | $45 It is about so much more than a change to the timetable. Moving Forward with High School Redesign (MFWHSR) provides an opportunity to transform education in schools and jurisdictions. For transformation to take place, it is essential to delve deeper into the foundational philosophy - the WHY of Redesign. Go beyond the surface and the structures and explore the nine principles of High School Redesign in school and/or jurisdictional teams to better situate your staff for successful implementation. Discover redesign and transform education. w) www.carcpd.ab.ca p) 403-348-8194 e) [email protected] Central Alberta Regional Consortium Working Together: Making a Difference RTI at Work - Workshop with Austin Buffum and Mike Mattos April 29 & 30 | Commonwealth Centre - CALGARY | $450 Proven techniques to close learning gaps, RTI is not a series of implementation steps to cross off on a list, but a way of thinking about how educators can ensure each child receives the time and support needed to achieve success. This workshop was developed for school teams who have started RTI but are still refining processes or experiencing challenges. The presenters have worked with hundreds of schools throughout North America and can help your school make RTI efficient, effective, and equitable. RTI work must be divided between collaborative teacher teams and two schoolwide teams (a leadership team and an intervention team). Together, the entire school assumes responsibility for the learning of every student. Learn why bureaucratic, paperwork-heavy, compliance-oriented, test-score-driven approaches fail - and then learn how to create an RTI model that works. Acquire four essential guiding principles—collective responsibility, concentrated instruction, convergent assessment, and certain access—and experience a simple process for bringing these principles to life in your school. • • • • Use the four guiding principles to guide thinking and implementation • Define essential learnings in a program of concentrated instruction • Create a toolbox of effective interventions Shift to culture of collective responsibility Implementing Literacy and Numeracy Performance Assessments Gr 2-3 with Sandi Berg & Purnima Lindsay Apr. 29 | $45 Build team structures for collaboration Develop a system of convergent assessment to identify students for intervention and their unique needs, monitor thier progress, and revise or extend learning based. Intro To PBL with Charity Allen May 4-6 | $325 Participants will explore several literacy and numeracy performance assessments and have the opportunity to develop a performance assessment. Learn the fundamentals of project-based learning development and implementation in this three-day workshop for up to 35 teachers and instructional leaders. Highly interactive by design, this workshop balances work-time with engaging didactics, activities, facilitated discussions, protocols and task review checkpoints. Edmodo is interwoven throughout the training to model technology integration as well as support specific technology learning outcomes. The training results in useable, peer-reviewed project-based units participants can implement. Teaching Measurement in the Elementary Math Class with Sandi Berg Apr. 30 | $45 PBL Elevate with Charity Allen How can we effectively teach measurement? During this handson workshop, we will explore a variety of activities that will help students more fully understand the concepts of measuring length, distance, mass, area, perimeter, circumference, volume, etc. This session is designed to empower site-level leadership to enable effective implementation of PBL. It involves an indepth look at the Essential Conditions for implementation as well as structured time to clarify your vision, determine your needs, plan for growth, review criteria for successful implementation and define checkpoints for progress monitoring. Edmodo is interwoven throughout the training to model technology integration as well as support specific technology learning outcomes. Life seldom asks us to simply regurgitate facts. Instead, we must think critically about a vast amount of information in order to solve complex problems. It is imperative that we provide students with the skills necessary to be successful in this process. w) www.carcpd.ab.ca p) 403-348-8194 e) [email protected] May 7 | $100 Central Alberta Regional Consortium Working Together: Making a Difference Teaching Grammar in an FI Classroom Gr 4-9 with Lise May May 6 | $45 We all know as FI teachers how important it is to teach ‘la grammaire’ in our FLA classes. It is done in so many ways by all of us and yet students continue to make the same mistakes when they speak and when they write. How can we be more efficient in introducing grammar in such a way that students will understand and know how to use the basics of the French language. This session will give you practical ways to efficiently introduce the teaching of ‘la grammaire’ in an authentic way. It will be presented in French. Response to Intervention: New Roles for Speech-Language Pathologists with Barbara Ehren May 7 | $75 Session description available soon... Developing Spatial Awareness - Elementary Math with Sandi Berg May 8 | $45 Do you have students who struggle with spatial awareness? During this hands-on workshop, we will explore a variety of activities that will help develop this skill in your students. Cross-Curricular Competencies in the Classroom Practical Ideas For and From Classroom Teachers with Sandi Berg *Webinar 4-5pm* May 13 | $20 Teachers will address the following discussion questions: How do I currently plan for and support students in developing the “Demonstrate global and cultural understanding” and “Identify and apply career and life skills” competencies? How can I plan for and support students in developing these competencies? Bring ideas to share, examples will also provided. Supporting Implementation of Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System with Siobhan Murphy May 15 | $45 Are you NEW to using F& P Benchmark Assessment? If so, this session will guide you through the components of this assessment system and provide opportunities to practice administering, coding, scoring and anaylzing reading assessments. Time will also be spent looking at how these assessments can be used to inform instruction in the classroom. The presenter will share some tips and strategies on how to fit these assessments into your schedule. CTF Planning Day for Administrators with Brenda MacDonald, Caitlin Fox & Gerry Varty May 10 | $45 The new Career and Technology Foundations (CTF) curriculum will be provincially implemented in the fall of 2015, reflecting the 5 CTS occupational clusters. The CTF program will enable students to explore and develop their interests, passions, and skills in a variety of occupational contexts, and help them to create a platform of understanding from which to choose future learning opportunities and to explore their career connections. This fullday session will assist administrators in leading the shifts needed to support these new course offerings. Watch for CARC’s new registration system and website!! w) www.carcpd.ab.ca p) 403-348-8194 e) [email protected] Central Alberta Regional Consortium presents the 2015 Librarians' Conference Mission Possible The Role of the Learning Commons in Tomorrow's Schools Thursday, April 16, 2015 || 9:00 am – 3:30 pm Black Knight Inn 2929 50 Ave || $95 (includes breakfast pastries and lunch) Conference Schedule and Sessions: Time Session Title Presented by: 9:00 – 10:00 am Keynote: Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons in Canada Judith Sykes K - 12 10:00 – 10:20 am Coffee Fun With Follett! Archie Jaswal K - 12 Get Connected to the Online Reference Centre (ORC) in K - 6 Jamie Davis K-6 From School Library to Learning Commons: Imagine the Possibilities Jill Usher K - 12 Mission Possible: Information Stewardship in your Learning Commons Mary Medinsky & Kristine Plastow Moving Forward with Learning Commons--Exploring Networking Discussion K - 12 Book Displays Various K - 12 10:20 – 11:20 am Breakout Sessions 11:20 – 12:10 pm Facilitated Networking 12:10 – 1:10 pm Lunch 1:10 – 2:10 pm Breakout Sessions 2:10 – 2:30 pm 2:30 – 3:30 pm Breakout Sessions Audience Gr 7 - 12 K - 12 Connecting Junior and Senior High Students and Staff with the Online Reference Centre (ORC) in Gr 7-12 Jamie Davis From School Library to Learning Commons: Imagine the Possibilities Jill Usher K - 12 Infusing Story with Library Skills Marjorie Jantzen K - 12 Library Redesign–Calgary Catholic’s Journey Michelle Catonio & Marylee Ang-Sadecki K - 12 Moving Forward with Learning Commons--Emerging Networking Discussion K - 12 Book Displays Various K - 12 Drafting Change: Documenting your Library Learning Commons Plan Leanne Gosse K - 12 Enliven Library Learning Commons Programming with the Online Reference Centre (ORC) Jamie Davis K - 12 Gasp! There are Comics in the Library! Jay Bardyla K - 12 Moving Forward with Learning Commons--Evolving Networking Discussion K - 12 What You Don’t Know about Our ATA Library Sandra Anderson K - 12 Book Displays Various K - 12 Gr 7 - 12 Coffee Book Vendors: Happy Harbor Comics, Follett Library Systems, World Book/Learn360, Young Alberta Book Society, Scholastic, Foothills Systems & Legacy Library Services. Register at www.carcpd.ab.ca