PK-12 General Sessions
Required
All Core K-5 Classroom Staff
All MS Math Staff
**Financial Literacy in the Classroom
Creator(s)- Leslie LaFayette & Deepti Burgula
Target Audience: PK-12 Certificated
Session Description: Strategies & Resources to bring Financial Literacy to the classroom through cross-curricular activities.
1.5 hour Asynchronous session
STEM Qualified Session
Meets FCS02
Canva - Beyond the Basics
Creator(s)- Raquel Sandoval-Gonzalez
Target Audience: All
Session Description: Want to take your graphic design skills to the next level? Come learn some of the advanced features of Canva to help you create amazing slideshows and publications.
1.5-hour Asynchronous session
**Inspired Inclusion with Dr. Shelley Moore
Creator(s)- Patrick Mulick
Target Audience: All
Session Description: Having a sense of belonging is not a special need, it is a human need. Recorded at the 2023 Inclusionary Practices Institute, Dr. Shelley Moore dives into the "why" and the "how" of inclusion for our students with disabilities. If you missed the institute, you are going to want to see this. If you were present at the institute, you will want to see this again!
3.5 hour Asynchronous session
Equity Qualified Session
Meets FCS01 OR FCS02
**Film: Forget Me Not
Creator(s)- Patrick Mulick
Target Audience: All
Session Description: As 3-year-old Emilio prepares to start school, his family finds itself embroiled in a challenge all too common for children with disabilities – to secure the right to an inclusive education. Cornered in one of the most segregated education systems, New York City public schools, filmmaker Olivier and his wife Hilda turn the camera on themselves and their child with Down syndrome, as they navigate a byzantine system originally designed to silo children with disabilities.
2 hour Asynchronous session
Equity Qualified Session
**Avid Focused Note Taking Process
Creator(s) - Tom McDermott
Target Audience: PK- 12 Certificated
Session Description: Participants will utilize AVID's Focused Note Taking Process as a basis for helping students retain, process, and connect thinking in order to apply learning effectively. Participants will explore AVID resources to support effective lesson and unit design.
2 hour Asynchronous session
Equity Qualified Session
Newline Boards - Beyond the Basics
Creator(s)- Michael Fitzgerald, Mike Signal, Alejandra Soria
Target Audience: All
*See times and locations in description
Session Description: For staff with a Newline Board only** Learn more advanced features of your new interactive whiteboard, including some of the recommended apps that are available, and instructional strategies to maximize their benefit.
1-hour Synchronous session
.5 Asynchronous
Alpac - 9/26 - 8-9am - Library
Gildo Rey - 10/4 - 3:45-4:45pm - GR Library
Cascade - 10/24 - 2:45-3:45pm - Library
Evergreen Heights - 10/5 - 4:25-5:25pm - Library
Washington - 11/2 - 3:45-4:45pm - Library
Terminal Park - 10/17 - 3:45-4:45pm - Library
**Co-Teaching Workshop
Creator(s)- Marie Quist & Danielle Smith
Target Audience: PK - 12 Certificated
October 24th 4:15-6:15
JPF Portable 902
Session Description: Join this growing group of collaborative educators. Learn about Co-Teaching best practices and get structured time to plan with your co-teacher.
2-hour Synchronous session
Equity Qualified Session
Getting Started with Instructional Tech in Auburn
Creator(s)- Ann Goodwin, Mike Signal
Target Audience: Certificated
Session Description: New to the district? Want to learn about all the apps and tech you and your students can access? Come join this fun, hands-on class to help you make the most of our online tools.
1-hour Asynchronous session
**Equity in ASD
Creator(s)- Raquel Sandoval-Gonzalez, Angie Stubblefield, Isaiah Johnson
Target Audience: ALL
Meets FCS06
Session Description: Join ASD Director of Equity Isaiah Johnson to learn about Auburn's commitment to creating a culture of equity across the district. You will be introduced to the framework of Culturally Responsive Practices, and the four milestones on our journey to climb the "Equity Mountain".
2 hour asynchronous session
Equity Qualified Session
Progress Monitoring with Goalbook Toolkit
Creator(s)- Logan Juve Janicula
Target Audience: PK-12 Certificated
Session Description: IIn this training for special education teachers, we will show you how you can use your Goalbook Toolkit account to develop a plan to monitor progress toward learning goals. Participants will learn how to use Goalbook’s Anchor Pages to identify the most essential skills at each grade level with scaffolding to support access. We will then identify criteria to ensure assessment alignment to the goal and considerations for data gathering and reporting. Based on progress monitoring data, teachers will explore how to adjust instruction using Goalbook’s Strategy Wizard.
1.5 hour Asynchronous session
New Librarian Training
Creator(s)- Art Spencer
Target Audience: PK-12 Certificated, PK-12 Classified
September 26th
4:30-6:30pm
Mount Baker Library
Session Description: For new librarians, or those wanting a refresher, this session will cover the ins-and-outs of Destiny and how to manage your library collection.
2.0-hour synchronous session
**Reinvigorating Your Work/Life Balance
Creator(s)- Ashley Mariah Angele
Target Audience: PK-12 Certificated; PK-12 Classified
Session Description: To address the symptoms of burnout and reinvigorate work/life balance, I will walk participants through the development of a personal checklist that will pave a pathway to a life of your own design.
1.5 hour asynchronous session
Equity Qualified Session
**Seven Steps for Setting Up a Stellar Special Education Classroom
Creator(s)- Patrick Mulick
Target Audience: All
Meets FCS02
Session Description: This course is specifically for special education staff who are seeking guidance on how to best set up their ECE, SLC, or TAP classroom. Topics will include furniture arrangement, using visuals, creating data systems, having an efficient schedule, and curricular planning. This course was recorded on August 9, 2022 and features the very famous Sasha Long (a.k.a. The Autism Helper).
5 hour Asynchronous session
Equity Qualified Session
**Building Positive Math Attitudes - Growth Mindset in Math
Creator(s)- Shelly Harberts, Cierra Smith
Target Audience: PK-12 Certificated
Session Description: Consider how fixed and growth mindsets impact students' learning and engagement in math and learn strategies that promote growth mindsets in math classrooms.
1 hour asynchronous session
STEM Qualified Session
**Building Positive Math Attitudes - Math Self-Efficacy
Creator(s) - Erika Moore, Diana Musial
Target Audience: PK-12 Certificated
Session Description: Teachers will gain an understanding about the importance of self-efficacy for student engagement and success in math and explore actionable strategies to build students’ math self-efficacy.
1 hour asynchronous session
STEM Qualified Session
**Building Positive Math Attitudes - Math Anxiety
Creator(s)- Allison MacGurn, Jami Burtis
Target Audience: Certificated PK-12
Session Description: Teachers will gain an understanding of math anxiety and the impact it has on academic performance and other outcomes; then learn about actionable strategies to alleviate math anxiety in the classroom.
1 hour asynchronous session
STEM Qualified Session
**Building Positive Math Attitudes - Sense of Belonging in Math
Creator(s)- Erika Moore, Susan Schuman, Diana Musial
Target Audience: PK-12 Certificated
Session Description: Teachers will learn about the importance of having a sense of belonging for academic success in math and explore actionable strategies to promote belonging in math classrooms.
1 hour asynchronous session
STEM Qualified Session
**Foundations in
De-escalation
Creator(s)- Patrick Mulick
Target Audience: All
Meets FCS02 or FCS07
Session Description: This course will provide an overview of how all staff can best support students who have the potential to escalate. Both proactive and reactive strategies are provided. If you want to know more about de-escalation without taking a full certification course, this is the class for you. If you are already certified in a de-escalation course but want to learn more, this is the class for you!
4 hour Asynchronous session
Equity Qualified Session
**Optimizing Collaboration: General Education Teachers and Paraeducators
Creator(s)- Steve Quist and Raquel Sandoval-Gonzalez
Target Audience: PK-12 Certificated, PK-12 Classified
Meets FCS02
Session Description: Attendees will walk away knowing the role of paraeducators in general education classrooms, ideas for how to leverage their support to benefit all students, and strategies to enhance collaboration.
2-hour asynchronous session
Equity Qualified Session
**What Every Educator Needs to Know About Supporting a Student with a 1:1 Paraeducator
Creator(s) - Patrick Mulick
Target Audience: PK-12 Certificated, PK-12 Classified
Meets FCS02
Session Description: When 1:1 support is prescribed in a student's IEP there are many pitfalls of dependence that all educators need to avoid. Patrick Mulick will discus the strategies and systems that can be used to navigate this in the classroom so your students can reach their greatest potential.
1 hour asynchronous session
Equity Qualified Session
Storytelling and the Brain
Creator(s)- Raquel Sandoval-Gonzalez
Target Audience: ALL
Meets FCS02
Session Description: Once upon a time, in a far-off land, there lived a wise old woman named Ava. She was known throughout the land for her ability to weave enchanting stories that would captivate anyone who listened. One day, a young girl asked Ava why she loved stories so much. Ava smiled and invited the girl to sit beside her. "Let me tell you a story," she said...
Our brains are hardwired to respond to stories, which is why we find them so compelling. They engage us emotionally, help us remember information, and connect us with others. The hope for this training is that you develop a deep appreciation for the power of storytelling, the magic it has on the human brain, and how you can harness that magic in your classroom and in/with your students.
2.5 -hour asynchronous session
No Excuses University (NEU): Equity Work in Action
Creator(s) - Thomas McDermott
Target Audience: All
Meets FCS02
Session Description: NEU is founded on the belief that every child deserves to be educated in a culture of universal achievement. Exceptional Systems and a Powerful College and Career Readiness culture starting in elementary school is how NEU approaches putting equity into action. An NEU approach ensures students graduate from high school with a full array of options for post-secondary learning. Learn more about the NEU approach in this session.
2 hour asynchronous session