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.
Please join us for a leadership institute for K-8 school-level administrators and leaders focused on gifted and advanced learning at the elementary school level. This institute will engage attendees in the unique academic, intellectual, social and emotional needs of gifted learners and Arizona law and State Board of Education Rules regarding Gifted Education programs and services. A review of research-based programs, service delivery models and strategies and systems of support will be shared to support both gifted and advanced learners access and success within rigorous curricula. A facilitated panel will then provide the opportunity to hear from, and engage with, school leaders in Pima County regarding their successes and challenges in developing, enhancing and leading diverse gifted and advanced learning programs. Attendees will leave empowered with new understanding and practical tools to help support their local school efforts to expand accelerated and advanced learning opportunities for the students and families they serve.
Date: Tuesday, Janauary 28, 2020 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Pima County School Superintendent’s Office; 200 N. Stone Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85701
Facilitators: Peter Laing is Coordinator of the Acceleration and Enrichment Support and Innovation Unit at the Arizona Department of Education
Marianne Landrith is the Program Director of Frameworks & Foundations and GiftED for the Pima County School superintendent's Office.
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
Topic III: Leadership and Supervision SESSION ONE: How Should I Say This? (Tips for Holding Difficult Conversations)
Topic III: Leadership and Supervision
SESSION ONE: How Should I Say This? (Tips for Holding Difficult Conversations)
As a trauma-informed supervisor, the foundation of healthy work interactions is being able to communicate challenging information in a way that produces positive change while maintaining a positive working relationship. For those who have experienced trauma, it is easy to become triggered when confronted with negative feedback. In this session, we will explore the importance self-awareness, as well as ways to communicate challenging information in a manner that increases positive outcomes.
Audience: School Administrators, Counselors, Teachers, Nurses, Health Aides, Office staff and School Resource Officers
Location: Abrams Public Health Center (Room 1106)
3950 S. Country Club Rd. #100, Tucson, AZ 85714
Payment PolicyPayments 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 PolicyCancellations must be submitted in writing five (5) business days prior to the start of the class to AR@schools.pima.gov receive a refund. 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.
Topic III: Leadership and Supervision SESSION 2: Trauma Informed Supervision and Leadership
SESSION 2: Trauma Informed Supervision and Leadership
Trauma –Informed Leadership is not just about having power, influence, and authority. It calls those in leadership roles to have high levels of self-awareness and to avoid re-traumatization of staff by examining the culture of the agency and environments. Trauma-informed leadership seeks to create a resilience-building, regulating work environment that can support employees impacted by trauma to learn, grow and heal. Participants will use real life scenarios and gain new ideas for infusing Trauma-Informed Leadership strategies into their work environments.
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.
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Got robots or none? Any teachers using robots already in PreK-12th grade classrooms or interested in using robots to teach coding and engineering, should join our Robot Generals, Sherrie Dennis and Michael Griffith, for a Saturday morning filled with sharing, collaborating, and learning together. All robot platforms are welcome: Edison, Ozobot, Cubetto, Sphero, Botley, Robot Mouse, Lego Mindstorm, Vex - you name it! Bring your bots and/or bring your brain! The goal of STEMAZing Robot Roundups is to let educators using robots share, inspire, and learn from each other and to let educators considering robots weight the pros and cons of different robot options. Join the STEMAZing Robot Army!
PD Hours: a certificate for up to 4 hours of professional development credit will be provided
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
Course Date: Saturday, February 29, 2020
Cost: FREE includes continental breakfast and PD certificate.
Time: Breakfast and check-in starts at 8:00 am. Robot Roundup ends at noon. We hope you will meet some new connections for your professional learning network and enjoy lunch together.
Parking: It's the Tucson Mall, parking is easy! CATALYST is located on the first floor between Dillard's and Sears.
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.
Topic III: Leadership and Supervision Session 3: Self Care for Leaders and Supervisors
Session 3: Self Care for Leaders and Supervisors
In the four-day Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar, participates will develop:
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 Adaptive SchoolsSM Agency Trainer for the Arizona K12 Center.
Dates: March 30 and 31, 2020; 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, April 27 and 28, 2020; 8:30 a.m., -4:00 p.m.
Cost: $450
Registration fee includes materials, continental breakfast and parking. Audience: Administrators, Instructional Leaders, PLC moderators and coaches. Site teams encouraged to attend together. Location: Pima County School Superintendent’s Office 200 N. Stone Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85701 Contact: Mary Bouley, marybouley@cox.net
Payment PolicyPayments 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 PolicyCancellations must be submitted in writing five (5) business days prior to the start of the class to receive a refund. 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.
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.
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.
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
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