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Pam Cope, Pam Harpe, Emily Moore, and Julie Holt - I teach with HEART: Lifelong lessons for my classroom!

H-helpful E-earnest A-authentic R-real world T-truths

Want to renew your joy of teaching? Want to teach your students what you know in your heart will make the most difference in their lives? This workshop will inspire you to teach lifelong lessons that all students need to be happy individuals and eager learners. You will be given lots of ideas and materials you can use to help your students BELIEVE in themselves and be successful in life and in school. Through the WORDS we speak, we can change lives! Come and find out what powerful words you can use each day in your classroom. Be renewed! Be inspired! Be reminded that YOU are in a profession that touches the HEART of students of all ages.

Lisa Prillaman& Kelly Myers - Do they get it? Implementing Informal Assessment Strategies

This workshop will look at a variety of strategies teachers can use to check for understanding and informally assess students throughout a lesson. Adding these tools to your teaching toolbox daily will help you recognize when your lessons are effective and when you should try a different strategy or approach. These tools, effective for all grade and subject areas, will increase student engagement, reflection, and accountability.

Janet Barnes & Darla Goldfuss - Davie High School: Not JUST for Diplomas Anymore!

This is a good opportunity for teachers of all subject areas to gain a better understanding of the value and variety of nationally-recognized credentials like WorkKeys available to Davie High School students. The parameters and benefits of Career and College Promise for high school students to receive articulated college credit and/or technical certification will be included. This session is geared toward teachers of all subjects who want to understand and prepare their students to be college and career ready.

Billie Wylde, Stephanie Nagel - PBIS : School Wide Implementation and Best Practices

We will discuss how to implement and maintain the Positive Behavior and Intervention Support Program. Our presentation will include: school wide expectations, data collection, student consequences and rewards, small group interventions and the mentor program.

Angela Hicks and Sara Rhyne - 40 Ways to Read Like a Detective

Are you in need of some new ways to make the ELA common core work in your classroom? Need help with strategies to reach all levels of readers with complex texts? Join us for a power walk. We will quickly cover 40 unique ways to help students comprehend, analyze and discuss text. All tips are completely aligned to the anchor standards. Suitable for every grade level there will be usable handouts.

Paula Allen - De-Stress for Your Health

Participants will take a "stress test" and learn to recognize the effects of stress on their health and lives. Participants will then practice stress relieving activities and discover the healing power of laughter.

Michelle Turner and Hannah Beck - Sensible Solutions: Managing Sensory Related Behavior in the Classroom

The purpose of this presentation is to help participants gain perspective of how a person with sensory issues experiences their environment. Participants will be introduced to the basics of the sensory system and learn how it affects behavior. A variety of easy-to-implement strategies will be explored and resources will be shared to help educators eliminate, accommodate or address common behaviors resulting from sensory system dysfunction. Participants will also learn how to access support services and materials available in the school system and have the opportunity to ask questions or share ideas related to the needs of students they serve. This presentation is appropriate for those already working with individuals with special needs/sensory issues although it is targeted towards staff members serving students in the regular education setting and total school environment.

Jan King - Preparing Students for Success on the ACT: It is Everybody's Business

In this session, high school educators from all disciplines will see how their content area can contribute to student success on the ACT. Hear some of the ways schools are implementing ACT success strategies, and also look at free resources that classroom teachers can use for a daily 3-minute ACT booster. Participants should expect to leave the session with a clear understanding of how they can contribute to higher student achievement on the ACT.

Debra Woodruff - Integrating Visual Arts into the World Languages Class

Presenter will show the why & how of integrating visual arts into World Language classes.

Donald Tabat - Science and Writing

Presentation of NDMS 8th grade science writing program incorporating current science articles and fiction and non-fiction science themed books.

Dana Roberts - Going Global Through The Arts

2 Elementary Sessions (Grades K-5)

2 Middle School Sessions (Grades 6 - 8)

The Arts are an excellent way to explore and learn about the world around us. During this presentation teachers will receive insight into the ways in which Global Studies can be incorporated into their curriculum through Visual Arts activities. Hands-on art production will be carried out during this presentation. Resources and Handouts will be provided. Please join us for this Cultural Art celebration!

Lauren Rieth – Interactive Notebook

How can art teachers "prove" student growth in the art classroom? The "Interactive Notebook" could provide an answer to Standard 6. My students provide proof in their personal spiral-bound notebooks.

Hugh Lee, Regina London - Using IBook Author

This presentation will explore techniques in writing a book with IBook Author. These books are used with IPads and they do not have to be officially published through Apple to be used in the classroom. The procedure to unofficially publish the book will be presented. Implementations in the classroom will be discussed with student feedback from earlier uses.

Mandy Hines - Creating a classroom that is more BRAIN compatible

This summer I was blessed to attend a workshop on the brain compatible classroom. The teaching strategies I learned gave me a new appreciation for adding some "fun" into my classroom and at the same time teaching content in way that students were more engaged and learning. I have added music, body motions, and pictures/drawing in new ways and seen better results. I'd love to share my ideas with others.

Lynne Miller/Robyn Koontz - Creating a Destiny Resource List

We will provide instruction of how to create a Resource List in Destiny and then allow the teachers to create one of their own for a topic they are going to teach so that they can take it back to the classroom to put to use immediately.

Dianna Blanchet - Google Earth

Interactive Lesson on Google Earth to incorporate North Carolina Technology Standards and Science Standards. Through this activity, students are able to use Google Earth to find locations by longitude and latitudes, as well as see 3-d visuals of locations, from walking the park at Disney World, to standing on top of Mount Everest. They can even go down to the depths of the Mariana's Trench. Great activity for anyone who wants to teach students to use Google Earth, using mapping skills, do world exploration and promote global awareness

Luis Munoz - Thinking critically about Critical Thinking

What is Critical?

What is thinking?

What is Critical thinking?

Why do we need to teach critical thinking?

How do we teach critical thinking?

Are you a critical thinker?

Karen Martin - Engineering Lessons for the Middle Grades Classroom

Introducing teachers to the ASME resources available for Engineering and the connections with NC Science Essential Standards as well as the National Science Standards. Hands on activities and "kit" creation for middle school Science.

William Walwik - When Theory meets Reality (Reality Wins)

This will be a presentation and discussion of how to shift through web tools, on line sources, and other choices we have as teachers and how to actually use this material in your classroom in real world ways. Additional discussion will center around communication tools that are available to better reach students and parents.

Sue Johnson, Betsy Ramsbotham - Expand Your Resources with eBooks

Teachers will learn about the availability of ebooks within their school media center's collection. The main focus will be on using Destiny, but other resources such as NC Wise Owl and the International Digital Library (ICDL) will be discussed.

Dana Keeney - Trout in the Classroom

Trout in the Classroom is a program funded by Trout Unlimited. This program provides all the equipment necessary to raise trout from eggs to frye. In the spring TU provides a day of activities to go along with a trout release at Stone Mountain Park.

Leah Reynolds & Jennifer Spillman - Learning Games

We will present various games that can be used for all grade levels and content areas. The games will help with vocab, test reviews and reinforcing content.

Justin McCrary Herding Cats: Classroom Management Tips for Groups of 30+

To share tips and advice for managing large groups of middle school children specifically with large numbers of students.

Ed Johnson - From Manteo to Murphy

Participants will use strings to measure the distances from various points in NC. They will then interpret the scale and find the approximate distance from those places. This exercise has been used by SS classes at SDMS to introduce the basic geography to students as well as place names they may not be familiar with. If time allows, we will also work with the Pythagorean Theorem to demonstrate how to apply it when estimating distances.

Ed Johnson - Name Game

The name game is designed to develop word search and attack skills. There are two columns of words, names and definitions. Participants will match the appropriate pair from each column. The matches may be by definition, phonetics, or some other connection. Participants are allowed to use dictionaries, suffix, root, and prefix charts. This has been used at SDMS for a staff meeting.

Christy Cornatzer, Jeremy Brooks, Crystal Donley - RtI Q & A

Everything you wanted to know about RtI and afraid to ask. This session will be an open discussion where participants may bring any questions they may have for RtI Coordinators to assist in successfully implementing RtI in their classrooms.

Leah Hayes; Heather Ratledge - Robotics 101: The Basics

We will go over the basics of getting started with robotics. Participants will learn to program robots and complete basic challenges like Going the Distance, Traveling in Squares, Going Round and Round. The final challenge will be an obstacle course that will require all of the basic moves learned during the session.

Matt McPherson, Jamey Holt - Hands On Equations

This is a hands on manipulative way of teaching Linear equations. This is perfect for grades 6-8 students either EC or AIG.

Suzie Hecht and Karen Henson - Breaking It Down: Syllable Study

For any teacher who has a student struggling to read content area words. This may include students who are above grade level, but have difficulty decoding mulit-syllable words. We will provide you with strategies to help your students decode. This is geared for 2nd grade and up.

Debbie Sponaugle and Monda Griggs - Invest in Yourself: National Board Certification

Participants will examine the requirements and process for achieving National Board Certification and will discuss the 5 Core Propositions, the Portfolio requirements, the assessments, and rubrics for evaluation. Participants will explore the benefits and challenges of National Board Certification as well as the recent changes in the timeline and cost.

Suzie Hecht, Azucena Alonso - Literacy through LEGOS

The LEGOS kit and software is designed for grades 1-5+, Kindergarten with supervision. Learners will be able to use the LEGOS kits (blue box, simple machines, transportation, and software) as a Literary enhancement tool. Learners will also be able to use the LEGOS kits to explore and represent STEM objectives

Kristin Callison, Angelina Etter, Diane Ireland - Daily 5 and Cafe 101

This presentation will introduce Daily 5 to teachers. Daily 5 is a series of literacy tasks that students complete each day while the teacher works with small groups.. This presentation will also introduce the system of CAFE which is an acronym for comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expand vocabulary. It will inform colleagues about the benefits of using Daily 5 and Cafe in the classroom

Ashley Pennell - Teachers Pay Teachers 101: Create, share and sell your BEST teaching ideas!

Have you discovered the plethora of teaching ideas and activities that exist on the booming internet marketplace known as Teachers Pay Teachers? Are you wondering how teachers learned to create such engaging resources for their classrooms? No need to wonder any longer.. you can be a Teachers Pay Teachers rock star, too! Come learn the basics for designing, creating, sharing and selling your best ideas through Teachers Pay Teachers! We all have FABULOUS ideas that we NEED to share with other teachers and let's face it.. we could all use a little extra pocket change too! This presentation is for teachers at any grade level of any subject.

Susan Shepherd and Madison Wyatt - Do You Have What it Takes to be a Word Nerd?

Having trouble getting your students excited about vocabulary? Participate in a session with activities from the book "Word Nerds: Teaching All Students to Learn and Love Vocabulary". Activities can be used across curriculum instruction. They are effective brain break activities that get students out of their seats. They are designed to meet the needs of all learning styles.

"Research has shown that a child's vocabulary knowledge is frequently tied to economic background. Hart and Risley (1995) conducted a major study of the number of words children learn by age three and found huge differences between those from affluent families and those from low-income families."

Amanda Juhasz, Lou Wilson – Fractions: They're not just for math class anymore!

Discover how fractions can be reinforced with music. It's all in the rhythm--let's break it down! In addition, experience a simple hands-on visual arts activity that slips in the concept of fractions before they realize that it's math.

Lou Wilson, Amanda Juhasz - Reading, Rhythm, and Regular Beats

Jazz up reading time! Explore musical ways to increase fluency, accuracy and rate with rhythm. Have some fun with movement, instruments and lots of steady beat. Extension activities will include a little writing and some science.

Laura Martin - Using iMovie with ELA standards

Teachers will be shown ways to use iMovie on the iPads to create products that meet Common Core ELA standards for elementary students. Participants will see sample products and have the opportunity to work with the iMovie app.

Keith Richter - Google Docs in the Classroom

Teachers will learn how they can use Google docs to improve instruction and assessment in their classrooms.

Kelly Myers - Using SMART Recorder

Do you have students that need extra tutoring or lesson examples?

Do you feel overwhelmed getting students caught up that have been absent from class?

Do your parents need an example of how you taught a skill so they can help with homework?

This session will give step by step instructions and demonstrations for how to create instructional videos using SMART recorder. Creating these brief videos is EASY EASY EASY, and the benefits are endless! Camera shy? Bad hair day? No worries! Only your voice and computer screen will be in these videos. Come check it out!

Kelly Crosby - Little Travelers: Focused Group for children of Separation and Divorce.

Little Travelers Group Process for children of separation and divorce. Helping students understand how to deal with hurt and life's challenges and changes can an will empower their future. This program is developed to allow for expression through writing, role play/acting, creating, expressing and listening. Each lesson has a powerful outcome. The students come away with knowledge and awareness that will help them with choices surrounding their attitudes and abilities.

Beth Weatherman and Katie Nail - A Walk to Remember

We will present information on effectively working with at-risk students. We will complete an activity that helps participants put themselves in the shoes of an at-risk student and give them a "Walk to Remember".

Janice Stokes and Tiffany Grooms - True Lies: Trends in Youth Culture, Bullying, Teenage Suicide and Homicide

The course will teach attendees the "True Lies" that media outlets are bombarding our youth and how it is impacting them. Attendees will also be presented with information that will assist them in identifying warning signs, causes, triggers and prevention for bullying and teen violence.

Melanie Micale - Incorporating Writing with Art

This workshop will be combining drawing instruction with creative writing skills. The art will be the prompt for the participant to write on a given situation. When used in the classroom, the student will follow the instructions to create an illustration and then develop a short story about that particular drawing.

Sara Rhyne and Ann Davis - Augment Your Classroom Reality

Augmented reality is a great way to engage students and capture their imagination. See how AR is being used in children’s literature today. Experience how this new technology is used to address multiple digital literary standards and the common core. If your technology “Aura” is dim let us show you how to augment your classroom with 21st century coolness. Best suited for K-5.

Raymonda Shelton, Kim Crotts - Using the Pacing Guide and Common Core Standards to Plan Exciting Quarterly Thematic Units!

We would like to share how we use graphic organizers to plan thematic units for each quarter of our language arts instruction. By plotting when each skill should be introduced according to our pacing guide, we are able to develop engaging thematic units that cover all required Common Core Standards. If you are a planner and you like to know where you are going and how you are going to get there, this is the staff development opportunity for you. We have incorporated both social studies and science themes into our language arts instruction to add a depth of knowledge and understanding of concepts. We will share ways to offer both remediation and acceleration to the same lessons. We will be sharing resources and information that has been beneficial to us and then you will have time to work with your team or grade level partners to design your own quarterly plans. This workshop is geared to the new teacher who might need help teaching all of the common core strands while still staying on schedule with the pacing guide!

Dawn Lowery & Crystal Donley - Making the Mark with TenMarks

TenMarks Education, Inc. provides personalized online math practice and enrichment programs for second through twelfth graders using a structured approach of practice, on-demand hints, video lessons and real-time results.

TenMarks’ approach is based on three core principles:

• Personalized learning

• On-Demand instruction and assistance

• Practice helps

In addition to year long structured programs, TenMarks has recently launched a math practice and learning program for grades 3-High School, it’s FREE for teachers to use – in class or for their students to use at home. This presentation will demonstrate the basics of TenMarks - how to set up an account/class, how to add assignments, how to use the data to drive instructions, how to use it as an intervention, and the results that TenMarks can produce.

Bailey Marrs, Emily Fanning and Julie Snow- Formative Assessments

Formative assessment strategies:

1. Speed Learning

2. Brown Bag Exam

3. Quick Writes

4. Four Corners

5. Brain Based Assessments

6. Cornell Notes

Kerstin Steinour - Student Portfolios

I currently use student portfolios in my Early Childhood classes to showcase the students work from the semester. These portfolios are then used at college interviews, scholarship interviews, and job interviews. I think that they can be used in any class. Students are required to maintain and update their portfolio throughout the semester. They are responsible for choosing their best pieces of work to showcase their abilities. I would like to be able to show others how to create and use the portfolio in their class

Sean Nelson - Sing! Sing! Sing! Using Music in the Classroom with Purpose

This presentation will present ideas and examples of how to use music in the classroom to link other content areas, and to meaningfully fill transition times. All Elementary levels could benefit from this training, but PK - 2 would find it most appropriate.

I have presented this several times in Davidson County through Smart Start at their yearly conference, as well as some smaller setting classes.

Lauren Dean - Flipping the Language Arts Classroom

Presentation of my experiences and reflections of flipping my Language Arts classroom instruction. It will focus on the use of Edmodo, facebook, podcasts, structure and student activities using a variety of Web 2.0 tools. I will also speak about parent involvement in the process, and how to get started "flipping."

Erin Pickard and Alyse Wooldridge - Google

Basic concepts of Google Docs, Gmail, and Calendar.

Jonathan Mayfield, Ann Davis - Building a Periodic Table with QR Codes

Teachers will use a QR code reader to identify elements in the Periodic Table. Cards with QR codes will be distributed in the room. Teachers will be challenged with assembling elements in the proper order to build the Periodic Table. Will provide a better description prior to printing materials.

Robin Seamon - Global Classroom: Connecting Your Classroom With Students from Around the World

Take your classroom outside of the school building walls! This workshop will lead you to online resources and collaboration tools for participation in multiple communities of global educators. Using Web 2.0 and global collaboration practices, connect your students to classrooms from around the world in cultural exchange and ambassadorship. Organizations such as Taking it Global, Journey North, and Flat Classrooms, and many others offer exciting opportunities for your students to use 21st C Skills to learn international cooperation and collaboration as well as environmental & social/cultural appreciation. Use school-safe email such as ePal and volunteers from Peacecorps to connect with international pals or join on-going international projects. You may even be ready to learn to create your own international projects and find resources to help you along the way.

(Teacher Evaluation Standards II b-Embracing diversity in community & world; III d Incorporation of 21st C learning skills)

Kathy Crews and Tonya Kerr - How different is Differentiation?

We will be describing differentiation and how it looks in a classroom. Teachers will be given examples of modification of lesson plans and how to meet the needs of all of the students. Teachers will also be shown a variety of places to go to help them on a daily basis in their rooms. The goal is to help teachers reach the level of accomplished in this area of the teacher evaluation.

Christie Jones, Rebecca O'Neal, Hali Pyles - More Than Just an App: iPads in the Classroom

Are you hesitant to use iPads in your elementary classroom? Look no further! Join our interactive session where we will explore how to effectively integrate iPad technology into your classroom. We will discuss how to use a variety of apps as well as how to use the iPads to enhance student research projects. (Best Suited for K-5).

Christina Hall - Progress Monitoring

Learn data collection techniques, creating graphs, reporting to parents and other teachers. Use data to indicate present level of performance in the IEP as well as to write goals in the IEP.

Julie Marklin - Smart Notebook 101

If you use a Smart Notebook software and/or a SmartBoard, but have not had training on how to use these tools, then this session is for you! We will cover the basics of the board itself, and learn about some of the amazing interactive features that Smart Notebook software has to offer.

Kim Smith, Teresa Carter - SCRATCH

Introduce SCRATCH as a tool that can be used in all academic areas. This program helps with critical thinking skills. It allows the students to utilize technology in their classrooms.

Kristi Martin and Heather Ratledge - Using Robotics in Mathematics

We will share 3 middle school math lessons that incorporate robotics. Coordinate Plane, The Pythagorean Theorem, Circumference

Kathy Crews, Yvette Shore - Teachers, Students, and Integrated Math

This session answers the question of " What can I do to prepare my students for Integrated Math?" A high school and middle school teacher will join together to offer experience with Integrated Math and provide ideas and strategies to help you prepare your students for the series of Integrated Math courses. Teachers will participate with the demonstration of strategies and ideas as students and likewise learn what the teacher role is as students work collaboratively and independently through investigations. This session offers skills that teachers can implement in their classrooms immediately to enhance students' success with the transition from traditional math courses to Integrated Math courses.

Elizabeth Bustle, Tani Caudle, Donna Dunn - STEM Demystified!

Please join Davie High School STEM Center teachers and students for interactive models of lessons and Q and A about the program. What does a Davie STEM Center student look like? What does a Davie STEM Center teacher look like? What might a typical STEM lesson look like in science, English, math, or social studies? What does the Common Instructional Framework mean? And why is STEM a good choice for many kids? We especially welcome all middle school teachers who are recommending students for the program and all high school teachers who might wish to join the program as it grows.

Jenny McPherson & Kelly Crosby - Let Me Show You What I Do: Evidence and Evaluation

Learn how you can ensure successful observations, implement data-driven school counseling programs and move our profession forward. Examine state accountability measures and evaluation strategies. Identify evidence-based practices affecting the data that count the most in schools.

• Use practical approaches to evaluating and improving school counseling activities.

• Organize the artifacts showcasing the impact of the school counseling program on student achievement.

• Counselors are encouraged to bring some of their best ideas to collaborate with other counselors

Elisabeth Bolick, Lynn Tutterow, James Dobbins, Yvette Shore & Ashley Bordner - Math Common Instructional Framework: Establishing a Common Language

The Common Instructional Framework is geared at getting all students to read, write, and ask questions in every class everyday. Listen to STEM teachers from each core subject area discuss ways the CIF can help students stay engaged. Find out about Scaffolding in the Sciences, Writing to Learn/Literacy Groups through Poetry, Questioning and Collaborative Learning in Social Studies, and Classroom Talk in the High School Math curriculum.

Katherine Reeves - Using Improvisation in the Classroom

Improvisation is a spontaneous style of theatre in which actions and dialogue are both unrehearsed and unscripted. Using improvisation in the classroom can be a powerful way to encourage communication, collaboration, and creativity among students. This presentation will introduce the guidelines for improvisation, explain how to use those guidelines during improvisational exercises, and allow audience members to participate in various improvisation games!

Allison Fender & Tani Caudle - iPads in the Classroom

Discovering the use of iPads as tools for student feedback and active reading

Brandi Hendrix and Jessica Carson - Making Small Groups Fun

A kindergarten teachers paradise. Making reading/phonics fun. Please bring your iPad. We will show you how to make reading groups fun using a variety of materials. We will introduce many interactive games to play with your children in small groups. We will share several iPad apps that make learning fun.