Professional Development Workshops
Date: Friday, January 10 4:30-8:30 p.m, Saturday, January 11 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m, Saturday, February 1 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m, Saturday March 7 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m, Friday, April 3 4:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Saturday, April 4 - 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Saturday, April 18 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m
Facilitators:
Marianne Landrith is the Program Director of Frameworks & Foundations and GiftED for the Pima County School superintendent's Office. Marianne has taught for 34 years in regular and gifted education. She has worked as a Teacher Trainer Mentor, Peer Coach Trainer, Program Facilitator and Career Ladder Peer Evaluator. She holds a B.A. in Elementary Education and an M.A. in Language, Reading and Culture.
The Pima County School Superintendents' Offices are offering Cognitive Coaching℠ Foundations Seminar in collaboration with the AZK12 Center. This seminar is designed for principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, teacher leaders and others who strive to support and guide a higher level of practice with their colleagues. In this seminar, participants learn ways to expand and refine knowledge and skills to promote more effective teaching and learning. The focus is on strategies that enhance teachers’ intellectual growth and strengthen instructional decision-making. During the workshop the maps and tools of Cognitive Coaching℠ are demonstrated and practiced. Specifically, participants learn to: establish rapport, create trust, and conduct planning, reflecting, and problem-resolving conversations. These maps and tools develop teacher self-efficacy and cognitive autonomy, while also developing a sense of community and professional culture within a school.
Facilitator: Mary Bouley is an experienced educator and consultant with expertise in coaching, mentoring, project management, and professional development. She is a Cognitive CoachingSM Training Associate and specializes in one-on-one coaching as well as group facilitation. Through AZK12, Mary has been providing Cognitive CoachingSM Foundation training for the past 7 years.
Training each day (8:30-4:00) will cover the following topics:
Location: Pima County School Superintendent's Office | 200 N. Stone Tucson, AZ 85701
Regular Rate: $850 after January 7, 2020
The Advanced Gifted Education Course is a follow up to the initial Provisional Gifted Education Course. This is open to any participants who have completed their provisional endorsement or have some training or experience teaching gifted students. This course is not recommended for teachers new to gifted education.
The focus of this course will be an in depth, intensive exploration of critical thinking, creative thinking, problem solving, questioning and depth and complexity. Participants will complete the class with new strategies they can implement to provide students with higher levels of rigor, questioning, and thinking.
Completion of this 45 hour training (25 contact hours, additional 20 hours completed independently) will contribute towards an AZ Gifted Endorsement. Individual districts must approve professional development hours per gifted endorsements regulations.
Marianne Landrith is a Program Director for the Pima County School Superintendent's Office. She is a gifted endorsed certified teacher and was previously Co-Chair for the Gifted Education Program in the Sunnyside Unified School District, and Coordinator of the Javits Grant for Sunnyside and Pima County Schools. Marianne taught for 34 years in regular and gifted education. She has worked as a Teacher Trainer Mentor, Peer Coach Trainer, Program Facilitator and Career Ladder Peer Evaluator. She holds a B.A. in Elementary Education and an M.A. in Language, Reading and Culture.
The wild robot, Roz, continues her adventures in Peter Brown's book The Wild Robot Escapes, as she tries to return to her island. Take your Edison use to the next level as you engage in challenges inspired by Roz's daring story. Learn new ways to cultivate STEM minds using Edison's various levels of coding and engineering options. Bring a laptop and ONE Edison robot with you to learn more about EdBlocks and EdScratch coding apps. There will also be a chance to explore coding with Python for those that want to jump to the highest level of coding with Edison. Finally, you can engineer with Edison using the EdCreate kit which allows you to build EdTank, EdDigger, EdRoboClaw, EdCrane, and EdPrinter. (https://meetedison.com/edcreate/) The STEMAZing Kit (valued at about $80) for this workshop includes a SECOND Edison Robot and an EdCreate kit!
Audience: K-12th Grade Teachers with an Edison robot already
You are expected to bring a laptop computer and ONE Edison robot with you to the workshop. If you do not yet have an Edison robot but would like to attend, please reach out to DaNel Hogan discuss options.
STEMAZing Robot Generals: Michael Griffith from the UA College of Education and Sherrie Dennis from DeGrazia Middle School
Location: SAACA's CATALYST Collaborative Arts & Maker Space (inside the Tucson Mall)
4500 N Oracle Road, Tucson, AZ 85705
Parking: It's the Tucson Mall, parking is easy! CATALYST is located on the first floor between Dillard's and Sears.
Course Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Cost: $25 includes STEMAZing kit, continental breakfast, and lunch.
Time: Breakfast and check-in starts at 8:00 am. Workshop begins at 8:30 am and ends at 3:30 pm.
This workshop is part of the STEMAZing Workshop Series. The STEMAZing Project’s philosophy on teacher professional development is simple: It must be hands-on and engaging – putting the educators in the seat of the students to experience STEM lessons firsthand. It must provide the educators with the equipment and supplies they need to implement the lessons and activities in their classrooms the next day if they choose. It must be facilitated by master educators who have themselves been in the classroom.
Media Policy:
The Pima County School Superintendent's Office and its partners often take photographs and videos during events and workshops as they occur. By registering for this event and/or workshop you are granting permission to use these images to promote our programs in print, on the web, and on social media.
Payment Policy Payments must be received five (5) business days prior to the start of the class. Payments can be in the form of a check, credit card, P-Card, or a school purchase order. Registrations within the five (5) day window must be paid immediately upon registering for the course. Cancellation & Refund Policy Cancellations must be submitted in writing five (5) business days prior to the start of the class to receive a refund. Cancellations can be emailed to: AR@schools.pima.gov. No refunds will be given for “no shows.” If courses are cancelled due to low enrollment, refunds will be issued to the individual or the school.
Do you want to get serious about coding Edison robots? Join our Robot Generals for this advanced coding with Edison workshop to take your coding game to the next level. With challenges inspired by Chris Van Allsburg's book Jumanji and Zathura, you will learn about and use advanced coding techniques in both the EdScratch and EdPy programming platforms. Go on out of this world EdVentures and start to grasp the full range of possibilities with our favorite little robot - Edison. The $50 STEMAZing Kit for this workshops includes both picture books, a building brick lion, and more!
Audience: Any teachers with Edison robots ready to learn more!
You are expected to bring a laptop computer and TWO Edison robots with you to the workshop. If you do not yet have Edison robots but would like to attend, please reach out to DaNel Hogan discuss options.
Location: Pima County School Superintendent's Office
200 N Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701
Parking: Parking will be available and validated for Pima County parking garages ONLY. More info sent later.
Course Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Social Emotional Learning is fundamental to academic success, and can be woven into the everyday work of educators in order to prepare our youth for college, careers, life!
This two day institute will provide support for educators looking for research, information, and concrete strategies to intentionally enhance student wellness, increase teacher's classroom management, improve relationships, help students develop self-control and self-management, improve relationships throughout the school community, and practice the social and emotional skills that help students be more successful in school and life.
Keynote Address: Navigating the Slippery Slope of Social Media, by Sheri Bauman, Ph.D., University of Arizona
Topics will include:
Early Bird Registration Cost* $125.000*
Cost includes keynote speakers, breakout sessions, continental breakfast, lunch, resource fair, networking, resources, 10.5 hours of PD credit, parking and more!
* Early Bird Registration ends April 3rd , 2020
Registration cost $159 from March 4 - May 10, 2020
This summer institute is put on by SHIP, which is a partnership between the Office of the Pima County School Superintendent and the Pima County Health Department.
Media Policy
Payment Policy
Payments must be received five (5) business days prior to the start of the class. Payments can be in the form of a check, credit card, P-Card, or a school purchase order. Registrations within the five (5) day window must be paid immediately upon registering for the course. Please make make Purchase Order or Check out to: Pima County School Superintendent's Office
Cancellation & Refund Policy
No refunds will be made after May 1st.
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