Instructor: Jenn Hornyak

Explore the exciting and ever-changing world of Google Apps for EDU (also called GSuite for Education! In this course, you will learn about a variety of Google tools that can help increase student engagement as well as increase collaboration, creativity and productivity. The course will ask participants to learn how to use many Google Apps. Teachers will leave this course with an action plan for how they plan to incorporate these tools or enhance their current use of these tools into their classrooms.

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Instructor: Shannon Norris

Current trends have shown a steady move toward cloud computing. Google Apps for Education is a suite of free, secure tools that can be used for collaboration and communication. With Google Apps for Education everything is automatically saved in the cloud. This allows users to access and edit email, documents, calendars and sites almost anywhere and anytime. Over 40 million students, faculty and staff in schools around the world are using Google Apps for Education. This course will allow teachers to effectively use Google Classroom and G Suite applications in effective ways.

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Instructor: Maggie Hubbard

Course Description: "Inclusion is not a strategy to help people fit into the systems and structures which exist in our societies; it is about transforming those systems and structures to make it better for everyone." Diane Richler, Past President, Inclusion International

Research has shown that, in many cases, the optimal learning environment for students with disabilities is the regular education classroom. Therefore, educators need to be skilled in the instruction of both typical learners and students with special learning needs. This course will help participants develop a vision of what an inclusive school and classroom looks like and the practical skills, attitudes, and understandings necessary to successfully include students with special learning needs in regular education classrooms and the life of the school.

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Instructor: Timothy Brown, M.S.Ed.

Participants will explore internet resources, cyber-bullying prevention and ethical standards for digital citizens. Participants will explore best available resources for keeping students safe as well as how to create an Internet Safety Policy. Topics to be discussed include plagiarism, copyrights, cyber bullying, online etiquette, cyber safety and security.

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Instructor: Erin Brown

Course Description: (This course can be used for initial and re-certification credit.)

This course is designed to assist teachers in selecting and evaluating materials for teaching reading and related skills that are consistent with the findings of scientifically based reading research. Teachers should leave this course with an understanding of research-supported programs, approaches, and methods, so that they can address different levels of reading proficiency within the classroom and enable students to become strategic, fluent, and independent readers. Participants will use a variety of texts and other materials to promote student independent reading. Participants will be prepared to involve parents and members of the school and surrounding community to promote daily reading inside and outside of school.

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Instructor: Erin Brown

This course will examine methods for planning and delivering effective instruction in the elementary mathematics classroom. Instruction will focus on the components of effective mathematics instruction, ways to organize time and materials in the classroom, how to relate goals and objectives to long range and daily planning, how to use technology to support mathematics instruction, and ways to assess and evaluate student progress. This course will require lesson planning. Problem solving approaches, authentic tasks, and active learning strategies will be included.

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Instructor: Janessa Stancato

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This course is designed to provide classroom teachers the research-based best practices, techniques and strategies in working with highly abled students. Learners will explore how observation, interpretation, and evaluation result in effective, efficient instructional planning for highly abled students and the ideas and techniques in the book will transform the school experiences for all students.

Instructor: Jennifer Monger

Course Description: (This course can be used for initial and re-certification credit.)

Participants will explore how to implement a cohesive literacy program that supports content area learning and literacy. This course will focus on the use of effective instructional methods and materials in the design of reading programs to meet the diverse needs and backgrounds of today’s learners. This course will explore the use of technology, writing strategies and learning experiences to promote independence in content area reading.

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Live synchronous online course: June 28–July 1, July 5–8* 8:30 AM–3:30 PM

*July 8, 8:30–11:00 AM, early dismissal

12 hrs of asynchronous work to be completed before, during, and after the course

This structured literacy course has been offered for the last 3.5 decades. Thousands of teachers and parents have taken this course and are actively working in the field with students with dyslexia.

The course is hands-on, evidence-based, and includes all of the materials a teacher, parent, or tutor would need to work with a child with learning differences.

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Instructor: Julia Rogers

Course Description: (This course can be used for initial and re-certification credit.)

This course explores an instructional approach for teaching literacy skills: speaking, reading, spelling, and writing. It also addresses fluency, comprehension, orthographic knowledge, and writing from an emergent to advanced level. Students examine how observation, documentation, interpretation, evaluation, and planning result in appropriate instruction based on children’s strengths and needs. The course also focuses on the process of language development, including the impact of phonemic awareness and how the brain responds to reading acquisition.

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Live Synchronous online course: June 27, 28, 29, 30 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Participants engaging in Responsive Classroom virtual workshops and courses will receive world-class professional development. Through attending this experiential and informative online professional development, participants will learn how to create a balance between academic and social-emotional learning through key teaching practices. Our team is prepared to provide an exceptional learning experience via the Zoom platform where participants will build relationships authentically, engage with colleagues in meaningful ways, and learn strategies for creating safe, joyful, and engaging school communities.

Instructor: Eric Watts, Ph.D.,

Seminars in Education is a unique course that affords educators the opportunity to engage in a guided self-study on an approved topic associated with curriculum development. Participants will choose a topic that is of interest to them and also applicable to their work in schools. Once a topic and research questions are approved, participants will read and reflect on current research related to their topic. Research will be disseminated in the form of short research paper and knowledge attained will be applied in the form of a final project that involves the creation or revision of an existing curriculum based on findings. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, content area and/or grade level specific themes or cross cutting topics (e.g., backwards design, cross curricular planning, culturally relevant pedagogy, etc.). While daily meetings will occur, the majority of participants’ time will be spent engaged in research and the application of findings.

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Instructor: Kelly Mazzeo

This course is designed for teachers at all levels and focuses on creating classroom environments that recognize and address the interconnectedness of learning and social-emotional development. Recent research as well as ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) supports the shift to a broader definition of classroom success, one which includes an emphasis on whole child development. Participants will study a variety of facets of a classroom which is conducive to developing social-emotional life skills in concert with academics. These areas include mindfulness, self-regulation, growth mindset, resilience, executive function, covid related trauma-based education, and anxiety reduction strategies. Strategies for handling challenging behaviors within the classroom will also be addressed.

This is an asynchronous course, offered fully online.

Instructor: Christina Buckner

This course will introduce teachers to using Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) as one way to meet the CCSS writing standards. WAC is essential for students for two reasons. First, WAC helps students learn by fostering critical thinking, analysis, and application. Students write short responses to statements and questions, summaries, or note-taking to help them think through key concepts and ideas. Writing helps students organize their new thinking and information. This writing is less structured and attention is on content not style or language mechanics. Second, WAC helps students demonstrate their new knowledge by synthesizing or explaining new concepts and ideas. Here students write for an audience and may apply this new knowledge for research or formal writing such as reports, letters, or projects that may extend for longer periods. Writing is reviewed for content in addition to style and use of language mechanics.