You're never too old to learn new things. Over the years, I have continued my education by attending professional development seminars, workshops, conferences, and in-services. More recently: ASCD Summer Conference - Houston ( June 2009) Focused on Differentiation of Instruction and Assessment TerraNova Data Interpretation (June 2009) Learned how to make test score interpretation for our new standardized test as well as how to use the online data bank to generate specific reports. CMI Conference - Boca Raton, Florida (January 2009) Learned the ins and outs about curriculum mapping and how a school that develops a curriculum map grade to grade as well as school wide can identify gaps in their curriculum and remediate those gaps. Institute of Catholic School Leadership at Loyola University - New Orleans (June 2007) Learned the importance of rich conversations between professionals, brain-based learning, mentoring teachers, and technology implementation across the curricuulum.
National Middle School Conference in Houston, TX ( Nov. 2007) Make Science, Math, Reading Come to Life ( Feb. 2007) Learned about research-based literature and math programs. Environmental Workshop in New Orleans (June 2006) Learned activities to be used in the classroom to raise student awareness in air and waste management. SACS Annual Conference in Houston, Texas (Dec. 2006) Learned the ins and outs of SACS accreditation Middle School Probing Science Workops in Association with the Archdiocese of N.O. (2005 - ongoing) Learned how to implement the use of a Vernier data collection and analysis probes in teaching science concepts and inquiry. |
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