Professional Development Workshops
Overview of Program: School Counselors are often the first responders when students are having a “hard day.” Elementary school students need to be given the opportunity to learn appropriate coping skills for dealing with anxiety and stress. This workshop is designed to help school counselors learn how to identify and help students dealing with anxiety and stress through small group and individual interventions. This will be achieved through school-based and hands-on activities. School counselors will leave this training with interventions that can be put to use immediately.
Location: Office of the Pima County School Superintendent, 200 N. Stone Ave. | Tucson, AZ 85701
Parking: We suggest carpooling. Please park in the PUBLIC SERVICE GARAGE 38 E Alameda St, Tucson, AZ 85701. The public entrance and exit to the garage is located on Grossetta Avenue, north of Alameda Street and west of Toole Avenue. Please bring your parking ticket to the class, so it can be validated for you.
This event is an invite only event for Santa Cruz County counselors.
Sorry, but this event is now sold out. You can join the waitlist and we will send you an email when additional spaces become available.
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
Location: Willcox USD District Office 480 N. Bisbee Ave. Willcox, AZ 85643
Course Dates & Times: Fridays 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
September 30 | October 21 and 28 | November 4 and 18
Cost: $50 for all 5-days (Assessment book plus choice of one of two additional books included.)
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. 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.
Making With littleBits 101 and 102
(6 Hours)
littleBits (http://littlebits.cc/) can open up a whole world of innovation and invention for your students. The Palo Verde High School Optimal Robotics team will introduce newbies (101 attendees) to these electronic, color-coded, magnetic building blocks. If you attended the littleBits STEMAZing Workshop last year (102 attendees), the Optimal Robotics team will refresh your knowledge and take you into more advance uses of the littleBits. Unlike most of our workshops, there will not be a kit of equipment/supplies given to each educator. Each attendee will have the option of checking out the $5000 Pro Library Kit of littleBits for up to two weeks during the school year as the schedule allows. This is also a great course for anyone considering an investment in littleBits for their classroom MAKERspace. Use them before buying them (smaller kits are available).
Audience: Teachers Grades PreK-8th
(In order to maximize the impact of this workshop, only educators who work directly with students will be allowed to register and receive a kit. Please contact DaNel Hogan if you would like to attend but are in an administrative role.)
Facilitators:
Palo Verde High School Optimal Robotics - littleBits Team
(High School Students Teaching Teachers!)
Location: Office of the Pima County School Supt.
200 N Stone Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85701
Course Date: Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
Cost: $25 cost includes materials, continental breakfast, and lunch.
Time: Breakfast and check-in starts at 8:00 am. Workshop begins at 8:30 am and releases 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.
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. 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.
Teaching Reading Effectively (SAREC sponsored)
Location: Office of the Pima County School Superintendent
200 N. Stone
Course Dates: 8:30a.m. to 3:30p.m.
October 5, 6, 7, 24, 25
Cost: $50 for all 5-days (Assessment book and fundamentals of reading book included. Lunch and parking NOT included.)
Guiding Professional Learning Communities
“Guiding Professional Learning Communities” by Hord, Roussin and Sommers is a book rich with resources and learning activities that position PLCs as a form of leadership rather than a series of events. This workshop provides PLC facilitators with strategies and tools that help them create the conditions and attitudes required to successfully facilitate groups as they examine teaching practice and build a shared pool of understanding around student learning.
Topics include:
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Leaders and teacher leaders responsible for PLC facilitation
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.
WHEN: Tuesday, October 11, 2016
8:00 A.M.-3:30 PM
LOCATION: Office of the Pima County School Superintendent 200 N. Stone, Tucson, AZ
COST: $75.00
A copy of “Guiding Professional Learning Communities," parking and continental breakfast are included in the cost. Lunch is on your own.
Ready, Set, STEM Night!
Are you hosting a STEM Night this school year? This STEMAZing Workshop will teach you a students-teaching-students STEM Night model. Learn how to empower your own students (regardless of age) to host hands-on STEM activities. Students learn so much more when the tables are turned and they wear the hat of the teacher. Educators participating in this workshop will have access to equipment they can borrow for STEM nights including a gravity simulator, electric generators, ultraviolet light sensitive-color changing materials, ultraviolet flashlights, and so much more! Educators will also be provided with some of the consumable materials needed to host a STEM night. With a focus on #STEMontheCheap activities, hosting a STEM night does not have to be expensive, does not require an investment in equipment you use just once a year, and does not have to involve chasing community partners to come exhibit. This workshop will include a STEMAZing Kit of equipment/supplies worth about $25 plus access to borrow the STEM Night Collection of Demonstration Equipment from The STEMAZing Project.
Audience: Teachers Grades PreK-12th
Facilitator:
DaNel Hogan - Director of the STEMAZing Project
Course Date: Saturday, October 22, 2016
Google Classroom: In School and Beyond
Google Classroom provides online access to students and teachers around the clock.During the workshop we will review the features and functions of Classroom, and share tips to simplify and streamline the process.
Bring a laptop or internet-accessible device
Facilitator: Lisa Howells,
Google for Education Certified Trainer
Questions : ldhowells@gmail.com
Location: Office of the Pima County School Supt. 200 N. Stone Tucson, AZ 85701
Course Date: October 27, 2016 | 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Cost: $15 ... you will need to pay your own parking.
Offline Coding and Computational Thinking
YOU DON'T NEED COMPUTERS! Everyone wants to teach their students how to code but many educators do not have access to computers for the students. Even if you do have access to computers, there is a lot you can do without them to teach the basics of computer coding and computational thinking. Computational thinking skills are important even for students who will never become computer programmers. This workshop will focus on activities, lessons, and games you can use to engage students without the use of electronic devices. From sorting networks drawn using sidewalk chalk to binary numbers and board games that teach simple coding, you will walk away with all kinds of awesome OFFLINE ideas! Includes a $50 STEMAZing Kit of equipment/supplies so you can immediately put what you have learned into practice!
Elementary Educators from Marana USD: Aimee Katz, Sherrie Dennis, and Denice Walker-Powers
Course Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2016
November 7, 8, 9 and December 5, 6
Enticing Learners to Engage in Critical Thinking Using STEM Content
Participants in this workshop will take a look at critical thinking and problem solving skills. With this foundation, participants will engage in activities that promote these skills with their students using STEM content areas. Teachers will walk away with enticing activities that can be incorporated in the classroom and will challenge students to use their brains for learning!
Brooke Meyer - Director of Programs for the Southern Arizona Research, Science, and Engineering Foundation
Course Date: Saturday, November 12, 2016
Make It Visual : Creating and Presenting with Google Tools
Are your students more interested in Pokemon Go, Instagram or SnapChat than just about anything else? Maybe it’s time to investigate how to put these great visual skills to work ?
In this workshop, we’ll explore a variety of Google tools and Apps to engage these visual learners to create, represent and share information. From drawing to screencasting, data representations to mapping, discover how these tools can help deepen and extend student learning.
Course Date: November 22 , 2016 | 4:30-6:30 pm
Supervising Practitioners Colloquium
(3 Hours)
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 3, 2016 9:00 am -12:00 pm
Audience: All grade level general and special education teachers
Location: Office of the Pima County School Superintendent, 200 N. Stone, Tucson, AZ 85701
When: December 6, 2016 4:30-7:30 pm
Location: Pima College -- Community Campus, 401 N. Bonita, Tucson 85709
When: January 10, 2017 4:30-7:30 pm
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