Professional Development Workshops
The course content includes current research and evidence based practices that are necessary for the development of the technical skills of reading along with academic vocabulary and deep comprehension. Important components of an effective comprehensive reading program designed to develop proficient readers, competent writers and critical thinkers are included in this material.
Units to include:
Audience: K-3rd grade teachers, K-5 ELL teachers, K-8 special education teachers
Course Dates: November 29-30 and December 12-14, 2018
Location: Pima County School Superintendent's Office | 200 N. Stone Tucson, AZ 85701
Course Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $75 for all 5-days (Assessment book and fundamentals of reading book included. Parking included; Lunch NOT included.)
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.
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Got robots? 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, Lego Mindstorm, Vex - you name it! The goal of STEMAZing Robot Roundups is to establish a professional learning network of educators using robots to engage students so we can share ideas, best practices, successes, and work out challenges.
PD Hours: a certificate for up to 4 hours of professional development credit will be provided
Facilitators: Michael Griffith from the UA College of Education and Sherrie Dennis from DeGrazia Middle School
Location: University of Arizona - College of Education - Room 102
1430 E 2nd Street, Tucson, AZ 85719
Parking: It is a Saturday so parking in the 2nd Street Parking Garage, just west of the College of Education, should be open and free.
Course Date: Saturday, December 1, 2018
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.
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.
Admin Luncheon Series
We all know that opioid abuse and misuse is the hot topic right now. But there have been some changes with the other usual suspects (alcohol, marijuana and prescription drugs) that you should know about. Come get updated about how these substances are being used and misused in our community and schools, and what you can do about it. Discuss what symptoms/behaviors indicate students may be using and how to respond.
Presenter: Jamal Givens, M.Ed, Arizonans for Prevention in Tucson
Audience: School Administrators, Counselors, Teachers and School Resource Officers
Location: Abrams Public Health Center (Room 1106) 3950 S. Country Club Rd. #100, Tucson, AZ 85714
This course fulfills the state requirement that each cooperating teacher receives training by the professional preparation institution. Participants will be certified to serve as cooperating teachers for students at the University of Arizona and Pima Community College.
Components integral to becoming a successful mentor such as relationships, learning environments, coaching, instruction, and professionalism will be explored from a personal perspective.
When: Saturday, December 8, 2018, 9:00-12:00
Audience: All grade levels -- general and special education teachers
Location: Office of the Pima County School Superintendent, 200 N. Stone, Tucson
Cost: Free
How do we produce electricity? What is the connection between electricity and magnetism? This workshop will focus on how electricity is produced using demonstrations showing Faraday's Law - moving magnetic fields can produce electricity in conductors and moving electrons (electricity) produce magnetic fields. It will also give teachers time to work through a whole series of paper circuits which show how series and parallel circuits work. Some of the circuits also show the nature of science and help teachers engage students using the science practices. There is also a light show circuit which can be used to show the REAL primary colors of light.
SPECIAL THANKS to our sponsor and host - Tucson Electric Power!
Audience: Most appropriate for 4th-12th Grade Teachers
Facilitator: DaNel Hogan - Director of The STEMAZing Project
Location: TEP Headquarters - Downtown Tucson - 88 E Broadway Blvd
Parking: Validated parking will be available in county parking garages with a short walk over to TEP building. If you require parking closer due to disability, illness, or injury, please contact DaNel Hogan (danel.hogan@schools.pima.gov) for special arrangements.
Course Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Cost: $25 includes STEMAZing Kit of equipment/supplies worth about $50, 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.
Course Dates: Fridays & Saturdays --January 11 and 12, February 22 and 23 and March 30, 2019
Location: Rothery Education Center Conference Room; Sierra Vista USD; 3305 E. Fry Blvd. Sierra Vista 85635
Cost: $50 for all 5-days (Assessment book and fundamentals of reading book included. Lunch NOT included.)
Facilitators:
Marianne Landrith is a gifted endorsed certified teacher and 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 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.
Masonic Model Student Assistance Program (MMSAP) is an intensive three-day training workshop for “educators” whereby they learn to: identify, intervene with, and create appropriate intervention plans for students that may be at risk. This workshop trains a core team of four to eight educators from a school building in how to intervene early and effectively with students that display patterns of behaviors that threaten their success at school and in life. MMSAP involves practical practice sessions designed to simulate real events
Location: Santa Cruz County Complex, Courtroom A, Nogales, AZ
Course Dates: January 14-16, 2019 | 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost for materials and lunch are covered by the Arizona Masonic Foundation.
The content of Teaching Reading Effectively includes current research and evidence based practices that are necessary to develop a student’s oral language, decoding and encoding skills, academic vocabulary, and reading comprehension. The TRE is designed to empower teachers to develop proficient readers, competent writers, and critical thinkers.
Once a teacher has completed the five-day TRE and passed the post-test with a minimum score of 80%, he/she can take the Teaching Reading Effectively – Trainer of Trainers course. This course is designed to deepen each participant’s understanding of early literacy so that he/she is qualified to deliver the TRE training locally at a school or district. These teachers can take the knowledge of early literacy that they have acquired and can use it to empower all of the teachers at their school or district to strengthen their literacy instruction for all students.
Audience: K-3rd grade teachers, K-5 ELL teachers, K-8 special education teachers who have successfully completed a 5-day TRE workshop.
Course Dates: January 14- 16 and January 28-29, 2019
Cost: $100 for all 5-days (Materials and parking included. Lunch NOT included.)
This Booster class is designed as a follow-up session for participants who have already taken the 3-day MMSAP training. Participants revisit, reflect, and analyze their use of the MMSAP strategies in order to re-strengthen and enhance their existing programs. In the Masonic Model Student Assistance Program (MMSAP) “educators” learned to: identify, intervene with, and create appropriate intervention plans for students that may be at risk.
Audience: K-12 Educators
Course Dates: January 17, 2019 | 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: Free -- Lunch and materials covered by the Arizona Masonic Foundation.
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: January 17th, 18th and March 28th and March 29th, 2019
Cost: Early Bird Special: $ 400 (4 days) if registered before December 14, 2018. $450 after December 14th.
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
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:
Regular Rate: $650 after January 7, 2019
This workshop has filled. Thank you for your interest in participating. Please fill out the registration if you would like to receive information about similar workshops. Thank you!
Join Arizona State Museum and the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access in a free educator workshop.
This workshop connects teachers with Mexican and Yaqui primary source materials, tradition bearers, stories, and songs.
Participants gain access to Smithsonian and ASM digital resources and classroom tools, and create their own lesson plans.
Open to educators (grades 4-12), pre-service teachers, school librarians, and curriculum developers.
Earn a $50 stipend and 11.5 professional development hours.
Space is limited. Register now. The first 36 registrants are guaranteed a spot. Anyone after 36 will be placed on the wait list.
Location: Arizona State Museum, 1013 E. University Blvd. | Tucson, AZ 85721
Friday, January 25, 2019
4:30pm – 7:30pm
Saturday, January 26, 2019
8:30am – 4:00pm
Course Dates: May 29, 30, 31, June 3, 4, 2019
Location: Orange Grove Middle School, 1911 E. Orange Grove Road, Tucson, AZ 85718
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