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June 22, 23,
Aug. 12, 13 & 17,
8:00am-3:00pm;
Sept. 9,
3:30pm-6:30pm |
Technology
Integration: Integrating the Interactive Smartboard into the
Classroom |
This course will cover the use of the Interactive
Whiteboard and how to integrate these into their classrooms and
curriculum.
Jennifer Harper
|
Ludlow Elementary School, Ludlow, VT |
June 29-July 2
8:30am-4:00pm
and two full days,
Sept. 19, Oct. 3
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Studying
Skillful Teaching |
Enhance your skills through the Skillful Teaching
program that offers ways to build teachers' ability to promote
learning and increased achievement in their students.
Maxine Minkoff |
Green Mountain Union High School, Chester |
July 13-17
8:30am-4:00pm
additional follow
up half day session in the fall
|
Teaching with Technology; Text to Speech: Enhance
Literacy Opportunities for Your Students |
Text-to-Speech technology turns written text into
spoken word. This is a hands-ons course that will give you
the opportunity to learn how to access text-to-speech technology,
practice it, and use it to enhance literacy opportunities.
Jane Wilde, Kate
Hudson
|
Learning Collaborative, Route 5, Dummerston |
July 18–August 7
|
Differentiated Education in Cuba |
A field-based course facilitated by Witness for
Peace with sessions in Cuba and Vermont.
Bill Holiday
|
Havana, Cuba
and
Brattleboro, VT |
July 21-23
8:30am-4:00pm
Sept. 25, Oct. 30 |
Implementing the Investigations Curriculum |
Participants will examine the
use this curriculum to support a wide variety of students in mathematics.
Teachers will gain confidence and fluency with this highly regarded
curriculum.
Liz Van Cleef
|
Learning Collaborative, Route 5, Dummerston |
July 21-23
and two fall dates to be determined,
Grant funded;
includes stipend
|
Vermont
Social Studies Inquiry Network, K-8 |
The Vermont Department of Education,
The Vermont Historical Society, The Southeast Vermont Learning
Collaborative, and The Flow of History Project invite any Vermont
educator who teaches history or social studies to participate
in a special Vermont Social Studies Network designed to further
the use of primary sources, inquiry-based learning and assessment
in the field of Vermont Studies.
Alan Berolzheimer, Lyn
Haas, Victoria Hughes, Sigrid Lumbra, and Sarah Rooker |
Springfield High School Library
|
August 3-4
9:00am–3:00pm
|
Earth's Changing Surface; Science at Grade 2 |
New geology / landforms unit and materials from
Bonnyvale Environmental Ed, designed to address Vermont's GEs
and to be directly useful in classrooms.
Joan Carey
|
Guilford Central School, Guilford, VT |
Aug. 3-6
8:30am-4:00pm
additional follow up
session in the fall
|
Working
with English Language Learners: Sheltered Instruction Observation
Protocol (SIOP) For All Learners |
This class will cover the process of second language
acquisition in the classroom and cultural impact on teaching and
learning. It provides a model for presenting content to students
with language issues.
Ana Rawson
|
Learning Collaborative, Route 5, Dummerston |
Aug. 4-6
8:30am-4:00pm
two follow up sessions
in the fall |
Developing Social Studies Topics for Grades 7-12:
Using Differentiating Instructional Methods for Students of all
Abilities |
Social studies content based on curriculum appropriate
for 7th -12th graders. An emphasis will be placed on differentiating
instructional methods and assessment options so that curriculum
will be accessible for students of all abilities.
Bill Holiday
|
Brattleboro Union High School |
August 4, 5, 6
8:30am-4:00pm
Sept. 24, Oct.
29 |
Developing Mathematical Ideas I |
Participants will explore the base-ten structure
of the number system and consider how that structure is exploited
in multi-digit computational procedures, as well as with decimals.
Liz
Van Cleef
|
Learning Collaborative, Route 5, Dummerston |
August 6 and 7
9:00am–3:00pm |
Aquatic Environments; Science at Grade 3 |
New aquatic habitats unit and materials from Bonnyvale
Environmental Ed, designed to address Vermont's GEs and to be
directly useful in classrooms.
Joan Carey
|
Guilford Central School, Guilford, VT |
Aug. 10-14
8:30am-4:00pm |
Engaging
in Crucial Communication with Effectiveness and Skill |
This course focuses on interpersonal/counseling
skills that are applicable with students and parents as well as
between one another as educators.
Doug Klette
|
Learning Collaborative, Route 5, Dummerston |
August 19-21
8:30am-4:00pm
Two follow-up sessions in the fall |
Math
for Struggling Learners: Middle and High School |
Improve instructional practices and help teachers
to be more thoughtful about struggling learners in their classes.
John Tapper |
Learning Collaborative, Route 5, Dummerston |
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