Calm - Mediation

Nichole Lohrman-Novak, WYHS Teacher

How to use the Calm app for mediation, either for yourself or with your students

Audience: Open to all

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Supporting Staff Wellness

Location: Room 206

Slide Deck

Self-Wellness in Walking

Laura Balogh, Rosmore Middle School Teacher

Join me for a walk around the WYHS track or inside the building (if inclement weather) to discuss how walking is a great self-wellness strategy

Audience: Open to all

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Supporting Staff Wellness

Location: Meet right outside the auditorium doors

Papercrafting

Shelly Kingham, Rosmore Middle School Teacher

Learn how to make a gratitude note card.

Audience: Open to all

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Supporting Staff Wellness

Location: Room 112

Quick Bread Baking Basics

Mandy Yeazell, Whitehall Yearling High School Teacher

We will work through the process of baking "quick bread" as a way of managing/relieving stress. We will share a couple of different recipe "varieties" for participants to choose from and make themselves. 

Audience: Open to all

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Supporting Staff Wellness

Location: The session has been Cancelled.

Backpacking for Beginners

Natasha Gallagher, Whitehall Yearling High School Teacher

Discussion of the basics of backpacking: what you need to know to get started, popular trails, how to prepare and much more!

Audience: Open to all

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Supporting Staff Wellness

Location: Room 312

Yoga

Alissa Sway

Enjoy 50 minutes of zen after lunch. Bring a yoga mat if you have one.

Audience: Open to all

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Supporting Staff Wellness

Location: Room 109

How to Use Canva

Sarah Hebdo, WYHS Teacher

Want to learn how to create awesome graphics, want to be a bit more creative? Come and learn how to use Canva!

Audience: Open to all

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Supporting Staff Wellness

Location: Yearling U - Digital Art Studio

How to 3D Print

Pat Danko, WYHS Teacher

Come and learn how to use a 3D printer and STEM-related tools to invigorate the engineering design process in various disciplines.

Audience: Open to all

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Supporting Staff Wellness

Location: Yearling U - Fab Lab

The Challenge of Teacher and Being Healthy

Thaddeus Fields, Rosemore Middle School Teacher

Learn about my 100+lb weight loss journey and how we can balance our career, family and self-care for longevity and comfort.

Audience: Open to all

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Supporting Staff Wellness

Location: Room 229

Slide Deck

Ready Writing for 2nd Grade (part 1)

Curriculum Associates

 
Session will include: Plan responsive writing instruction, Implement the Ready Writing High-Impact Practices, Guide students through the 8-step writing process, Nurture students’ confidence as writers.

Audience: 2nd grade teachers

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Academics

Location: Room 110

This session will continue into session #4.

Alphabetic Knowledge 

Dr. Shayne Piasta

Best practices in alphabet instruction

Audience: Required for Dyslexia Cohort, but open to all.

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Academics

Location: Room 322

Required for 3rd grade and anyone in the dyslexia cohort

LETRS (Cohort - will cover all sessions)

Lindsey Rossbach

Lexia LETRS provides a professional learning course of study based on the science of reading for elementary educators. The course teaches the how, what, and why of literacy acquisition to improve instructional practice and achieve long-term systemic change in literacy instruction. 

Audience: pre-determined cohort

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Academics

Location: Room 312

How To Use Talking Points

Justin Kuck, Lauren King, Imani Fields

Talking Points is the newly adopted district-wide messaging system that allows for two-way messages.  Talking points is a text-based system that allows for translation in over 150 languages.  This session will teach you how to use send and receive messages through Talking Points

Audience: Open to all

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Academics

Location: Library

Word Connections

Amy Bowles

This session is for 4th and 5th grade ELA teachers teaching Word Connections. There will be an overview, implementation tips, and an opportunity to collaborate. 

Audience: 4th and 5th grader ELA teachers

WCS Commitment Plan Focus Area: Academics

Location: Room 226