October 6, 2023
MVYPS Professional Development Day
MVYPS Professional Development Day
Theme: "Inclusive and Well-rounded Education for All"
AGENDA
MORNING: [3 PDPs]
8:00 - 8:30 am- Coffee and chat in MVRHS PAC lobby
Note: All teachers, administrators, and related service providers are required to attend this AM session.
8:30 - 9:00 am- Superintendent's introduction to the day
Update on MVYPS Culturally Responsive Leadership Team
Acknowledging Indigenous People's Day (MV Diversity Coalition)
9:00 - 11:30 am- Presentation from Keynote Speakers (see Bios below)
"A Universal, Cultural and Linguistically Responsive Approach to Education Serving ALL Students- Through the Lens of Co-teaching and Collaboration"
AFTERNOON:
11:30-12:00 pm- Lunch served at MVRHS Cafeteria to all MVYPS educators
12:00 - 3:00 pm- Staff are required to choose from MVYPS sessions listed below, unless directed to sessions by administrators. Please note that certain session are required of specific groups of teachers as follows.
Preschool teachers are required to attend the ABA session that runs from 12:00-3:00 pm.
All MVYPS co-teachers are required to attend the co-teaching session that runs from 12:00 -3:00 pm.
All MVYPS teachers, other than those listed above, are required to attend one of the Paige Tobin session on discipline, bullying, and civil rights; either Session 1 or Session 2.
Keynote Speaker Bios:
Kelly Cooney experience spans over two decades of problem solving to improve outcomes for historically underserved students, with a focus on Multilingual Learners. After teaching overseas and in the Boston Public Schools, Kelly joined administration teams as English Learner Director to advocate for change and give voice to multilingual students, families and teachers. Kelly was an instructor of the Sheltered English Immersion Endorsement course, which was part of the MA DESE RETELL initiative. Kelly has been an adjunct professor at several Boston area universities. Kelly received her undergraduate degree in French and Journalism at the University of Rhode Island, a Masters from the University of Oregon in Romance Languages, and a Masters in Curriculum & Instruction at Boston College. She holds several teaching and administrative licenses. Most recently she founded EdQUITY, LLC, a consulting agency to assist districts in providing support to enhance outcomes for multilingual learners. Kelly is a consultant with MVYPS
Tonya Fewell, JD, is a success strategist with an emphasis on restorative justice, cultural climate, leadership development, and DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion). Tonya Nicole’s methods prepare others with a strategic response or “how-to” in addressing the critical issues that hinder progress within a team. This Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law mediator, qualified arbitrator, speaker, and coach incorporates her experience in law, parenting, restorative justice, education, and youth-focused community work to present thought-provoking strategies and ignite productive action steps to meet the need to develop the whole team with engagement, impact, and influence.
Read more about Tonya Fewell here.
Dr. Deborah Harris, PhD, was formerly an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa. Her major areas of research focused on inclusive education, collaboration, and intrinsic motivation. Prior to joining the faculty at USF, Dr. Harris was on faculty at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Harris received both universities' top awards for teaching excellence. She taught at the university level for 18 years and taught children with special needs in the public schools for 10 years. She has been an educator for over 45 years. Dr. Harris is well known for her work with school districts. Since 1993, she has facilitated the implementation of inclusive education programs both nationally and internationally.
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
The afternoon is split into two sessions: Session 1 (12:00 - 1:30 pm) and Session 2 (1:30 - 3:00 pm)*.
MVYPS teaching staff are required to choose from the following sessions that are designed to support professional development in one or more of MVYPS' focus areas for 2023-2024.
Note: One of the afternoon choices has to be either the first or second session with Paige Tobin, Esq.
MVYPS will not offer Cape Cod Collaborative PD options this year.
*MVYPS Preschool teachers and Co-teachers will be required to participate in a full afternoon session that will run the full three hours. They are not required to attend a Paige Tobin, Esq. session.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) for Early Education: Continued Work Towards Establishing Consistent Programming [3 PDPs]
Time: 12:00 - 3:00 pm
Attendees:
ALL MVYPS Preschool teachers are required to attend.
NOTE: This is a full afternoon session. Participants do not need to sign up for additional PD choices.
Facilitators:
Location: Superintendent's Conference Room
If you have any questions about this session, please contact Jen Royal.
MVYPS focus area(s):
Bucket 1- A System-wide Commitment to Our Children > Emphasis on Physical and Emotional Welfare of our Students, Prioritize Alternative Approaches to Discipline
Bucket 2- A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture within Our Schools > Strategies to Improve School Climate
Co-teaching- Continuing to Build Skills and Knowledge for Teaching Teams [3 PDPs]
Time: 12:00 -3:00 pm
Attendees*:
All MVYPS co-teachers are required to attend this session.
This session is CLOSED to only those teachers who are currently co-teaching.
NOTE: This is a full afternoon session. Participants do not need to sign up for additional PD choices.
Facilitators:
Kelly-Ann Cooney
Dr. Deborah Harris
Tonya Fewell
Location: MVRHS Library
MVYPS focus area(s):
Bucket 1- A System-wide Commitment to Our Children > Emphasis on teaching models
Bucket 2- A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture within Our Schools > Emphasis on Relationships, Strategies to Improve School Climate
*Please reach out to Hope MacLeod, Leah Palmer or your building principal with any questions on who should attend this session.
SESSION 1*- PD Options
12:00 - 1:30 pm
*Note: Some sessions will be offered in both Session 1 and Session 2. You may choose which session you want to attend.
Acknowledging Indigenous People's Day [1.5 PDPs]
Purpose: Join the co-chairs of the MV Diversity Coalition Education Committee as they share the video, "HONORING THE NATIVE PEOPLE OF NOEPE." Then, explore the true history of the holiday through a discussion with Jocelyn Coleman Walton and Lisa Pimentel.
Objectives:
Participants will walk away with a deeper understanding of the true historical background of Indigenous People's Day.
Participants will be able to take their knowledge of Indigenous People's Day back to their classrooms and consider the importance of this event in history.
Session 1 Time: 12:00 -1:30 pm
Attendees:
Open to educators at all grade levels (K-12)
Facilitators:
Jocelyn Coleman Walton
Lisa Pimentel
Location: MVRHS Room 207
Registration: Sign up using this link.
If you have any questions about this session, please contact Richie Smith.
MVYPS focus area(s):
Bucket 2- A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture within Our Schools > Strategies to improve school climate
Bucket 3- A Commitment to a Strong School Community Approach > Explore programs that increase support of our community
Anxiety in the Classroom: Tips, Tricks, and Strategies for Teachers to use in Recognizing and Responding to Students - [1.5 PDPs]
Purpose: Join Ryan Kolodziejczak ("Ryan Kolo"), anxiety coach and owner of Road to Limitless Living, LLC., as he walks educators through the signs and symptoms of anxiety that commonly present in the classroom. Ryan will provide tips and tricks that educators can use in recognizing and responding to these symptoms, as well as strategies that educators can use in developing classroom spaces and lessons that consider potential anxiety traps.
Objectives:
Participants will walk away from this session with a deeper understanding of what anxiety is, the various "faces" of anxiety as seen in student behaviors.
Participants will have a clear personal plan for small strategies that they can immediately take back to the classroom and apply to their instructional practices.
Session 1 Time: 12:00 -1:30 pm
Attendees:
Open to all educators at all grade levels (K-12)
Facilitators:
Ryan Kolodziejczak, Anxiety Coach
Ryan is a trained anxiety coach who worked at the Pediatric Anxiety Research Center (PARC) at the Bradley Hospital in East Providence, RI. At PARC, Ryan used exposure and responsive prevention therapy with children and adolescents through intensive outpatient treatment. He has worked at Camp Ruggles in Chapachet, RI for over 12 years. Camp Ruggles is the only summer camp in RI for children clinically diagnosed with emotional and behavioral disorders. Currently, through his private coaching practice, Ryan works with youth who are experiencing anxiety and OCD, and their families. He also partners with MVYPS to provide anxiety coaching to students as a part of MTSS programming.
Location: MVRHS Culinary Arts Dining Room
Registration: Sign up using this link.
If you have any questions about this session, please contact Kim Garrison.
MVYPS focus area(s):
Bucket 1- A System-wide Commitment to Our Children > Emphasis on teaching models, Emphasis on emotional welfare of students
Exploring Everyday Speech: SEL Curriculum for K-12 [1.5 PDPs]
Purpose: Everyday Speech's SEL curriculum and platform has been requested by MVYPS elementary teachers and specialists for the past couple of years, and now they have a 9-12 curriculum. In this session MVYPS educators in grades K-12 will explore Everyday Speech's SEL curriculum through an onboarding session with Jodi Wolinsky from Everyday Speech. Educators will also have an opportunity to engage in the curriculum, set up their personal account, and explore the use of lessons with students. MVYPS has a pilot license for Everyday Speech's SEL Curriculum, and its available to ALL K-12 teachers and service professionals.
NOTE: Everyday Speech is not intended to replace any SEL curriculum that is currently being used within MVYPS K-12 schools. Its lessons and curriculum, however, have the chance to support educators in integrating additional resources into an MTSS model.
Objectives:
Participants will be able to access curriculum through the Everyday Speech platform.
Participants will have a broad understanding of the scope and sequence of the curriculum, and other ways that lessons and resources can be integrated into MTSS at each tier.
Session 1 Time: 12:00 -1:30 pm
Attendees:
Open to all educators at all grade levels (K-12) [Participants will need headphones to this session.]
Facilitators:
Jodi Wolinsky, M.A. CCC-SLP, Customer Success Specialist | Everyday Speech
Jodi will start this session and lead a full 45 minute on-boarding session for teachers and service professionals. The remaining 45 minutes will allow for participants to explore the curriculum and select/design lessons that they may want to pilot with their students.
Location: MVRHS Room 503
Registration: Sign up using this link.
If you have any questions about this session, please contact Kim Garrison.
MVYPS focus area(s):
Bucket 1- A System-wide Commitment to Our Children > Emphasis on teaching models, Emphasis on emotional welfare of students
Student Discipline, Bullying, Harassment/Civil Rights- What are the basics that teachers need to know? [1.5 PDPs]
Session 1 Time: 12:00 -1:30 pm
Attendees:
Open to all educators at all grade levels (K-12)
NOTE: MVYPS educators are required to attend either Session 1 or Session 2 of this professional development offering*.
Facilitators:
Paige Tobin, Esq., Murphy, Lamere, & Murphy, P.C.
Location: MVRHS Performing Arts Center (PAC)
Registration: Sign up using this link.
If you have any questions about this session, please contact Hope MacLeod.
MVYPS focus area(s):
Bucket 1- A System-wide Commitment to Our Children > Emphasis on Physical and Emotional Welfare of our Students, Prioritize Alternative Approaches to Discipline
Bucket 2- A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture within Our Schools > Strategies to Improve School Climate
*Except for those teachers attending a required a full afternoon session.
SESSION 2*- PD Options
1:30pm - 3:00 pm
*Note: Some sessions will be offered in both Session 1 and Session 2. You may choose which session you want to attend.
Acknowledging Indigenous People's Day [1.5 PDPs]
Purpose: Join the co-chairs of the MV Diversity Coalition Education Committee as they share the video, "HONORING THE NATIVE PEOPLE OF NOEPE." Then, explore the true history of the holiday through a discussion with Jocelyn Coleman Walton and Lisa Pimentel.
Objectives:
Participants will walk away with a deeper understanding of the true historical background of Indigenous People's Day.
Participants will be able to take their knowledge of Indigenous People's Day back to their classrooms and consider the importance of this event in history.
Session 1 Time: 1:30-3:00 pm
Attendees:
Open to educators at all grade levels (K-12)
Facilitators:
Jocelyn Coleman Walton
Lisa Pimentel
Location: MVRHS Room 207
Registration: Sign up using this link.
If you have any questions about this session, please contact Richie Smith.
MVYPS focus area(s):
Bucket 2- A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture within Our Schools > Strategies to improve school climate
Bucket 3- A Commitment to a Strong School Community Approach > Explore programs that increase support of our community
Anxiety in the Classroom: Tips, Tricks, and Strategies for Teachers to use in Recognizing and Responding to Students- [1.5 PDPs]
Purpose: Join Ryan Kolodziejczak ("Ryan Kolo"), anxiety coach and owner of Road to Limitless Living, LLC., as he walks educators through the signs and symptoms of anxiety that commonly present in the classroom. Ryan will provide tips and tricks that educators can use in recognizing and responding to these symptoms, as well as strategies that educators can use in developing classroom spaces and lessons that consider potential anxiety traps.
Objectives:
Participants will walk away from this session with a deeper understanding of what anxiety is, the various "faces" of anxiety as seen in student behaviors.
Participants will have a clear personal plan for small strategies that they can immediately take back to the classroom and apply to their instructional practices.
Session 2 Time: 1:30 -3:00 pm
Attendees:
Open to all MVYPS educators at all grade levels (K-12)
Facilitators:
Ryan Kolodziejczak, Anxiety Coach
Ryan is a trained anxiety coach who worked at the Pediatric Anxiety Research Center (PARC) at the Bradley Hospital in East Providence, RI. At PARC, Ryan used exposure and responsive prevention therapy with children and adolescents through intensive outpatient treatment. He has worked at Camp Ruggles in Chapachet, RI for over 12 years. Camp Ruggles is the only summer camp in RI for children clinically diagnosed with emotional and behavioral disorders. Currently, through his private coaching practice, Ryan works with youth who are experiencing anxiety and OCD, and their families. He also partners with MVYPS to provide anxiety coaching to students as a part of MTSS programming.
Location: MVRHS Culinary Arts Dining Room
Registration: Sign up using this link.
If you have any questions about this session, please contact Kim Garrison.
MVYPS focus area(s):
Bucket 1- A System-wide Commitment to Our Children > Emphasis on teaching models, Emphasis on emotional welfare of students
Exploring Everyday Speech: SEL Curriculum for K-12 [1.5 PDPs]
Purpose: Everyday Speech's SEL curriculum and platform has been requested by MVYPS elementary teachers and specialists for the past couple of years, and now they have a 9-12 curriculum. In this session MVYPS educators in grades K-12 will explore Everyday Speech's SEL curriculum through an onboarding session with Jodi Wolinsky from Everyday Speech. Educators will also have an opportunity to engage in the curriculum, set up their personal account, and explore the use of lessons with students. MVYPS has a pilot license for Everyday Speech's SEL Curriculum, and its available to ALL K-12 teachers and service professionals.
NOTE: Everyday Speech is not intended to replace any SEL curriculum that is currently being used within MVYPS K-12 schools. Its lessons and curriculum, however, have the chance to support educators in integrating additional resources into an MTSS model.
Objectives:
Participants will be able to access curriculum through the Everyday Speech platform.
Participants will have a broad understanding of the scope and sequence of the curriculum, and other ways that lessons and resources can be integrated into MTSS at each tier.
Session 2 Time: 1:30 -3:00 pm
Attendees:
Open to all educators at all grade levels (K-12) [Participants will need headphones to this session.]
Facilitators:
Jodi Wolinsky, M.A. CCC-SLP, Customer Success Specialist | Everyday Speech
Jodi will start this session and lead a full 45 minute on-boarding session for teachers and service professionals. The remaining 45 minutes will allow for participants to explore the curriculum and select/design lessons that they may want to pilot with their students.
Location: MVRHS Room 503
Registration: Sign up using this link.
If you have any questions about this session, please contact Kim Garrison.
MVYPS focus area(s):
Bucket 1- A System-wide Commitment to Our Children > Emphasis on teaching models, Emphasis on emotional welfare of students
Student Discipline, Bullying, Harassment/Civil Rights- What are the basics that teachers need to know? [1.5 PDPs]
Session 2 Time: 1:30 -3:00 pm
Attendees:
The first or second session is required for all MVYPS educators*.
NOTE: MVYPS educators are required to attend either Session 1 or Session 2 of this professional development offering.
Facilitators:
Paige Tobin, Esq., Murphy, Lamere, & Murphy, P.C.
Location: MVRHS Performing Arts Center (PAC)
Registration: Sign up using this link.
If you have any questions about this session, please contact Hope MacLeod.
MVYPS focus area(s):
Bucket 1- A System-wide Commitment to Our Children > Emphasis on Physical and Emotional Welfare of our Students, Prioritize Alternative Approaches to Discipline
Bucket 2- A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture within Our Schools > Strategies to Improve School Climate
*Except for those teachers attending a required a full afternoon session.
Please check back often!
This page will be updated to include additional sessions that are not yet confirmed.