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Table
of
Contents
Welcome
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Presenter
Bios
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Tuesday,
August
13,
2013
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21
Full
Day
Sessions:
8:30-5:30
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Half-Day
Sessions
8:30-2:30
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26
Break
Out
Sessions:
8:30-10:00
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26
Extended
Sessions:
1:00-4:15
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29
Break
Out
Sessions:
1:00-2:30
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29
Break
Out
Sessions:
2:45-4:15
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32
Half-Day
Sessions:
2:45-5:30
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34
Wednesday,
August
14,
2013
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35
Full
Day
Sessions:
8:30-5:30
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37
Half-Day
Sessions
8:30-2:30
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39
Break
Out
Sessions:
8:30-10:00
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39
Extended
Sessions:
1:00-4:15
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42
Break
Out
Sessions:
1:00-2:30
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43
Break
Out
Sessions:
2:45-4:15
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45
Half-Day
Sessions:
2:45-5:30
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Thursday,
August
15,
2013
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49
Full
Day
Sessions:
8:30-5:30
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51
Break
Out
Sessions:
8:30-10:00
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53
Extended
Sessions:
1:00-4:15
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56
Half-Day
Sessions:
1:00-5:30
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58
Break
Out
Sessions:
1:00-2:30
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58
Break
Out
Sessions:
2:45-4:15
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Session
Planning
Matrix
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Selected
Index
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Welcome to the Curriculum Summer Institute 2013 session offering catalog! This years conference is the most comprehensive one weve ever offered, and were excited to welcome nationally recognized experts and speakers such as Manuel Scott, Dr. Judy Willis, and Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education Dr. Robert Pasternack (and thats just a sample) to Pitt County Schools! Perhaps even more impressive than the list of distinguished presenters and keynote speakers, however, is the number of sessions facilitated by teachers from within Pitt County Schools. Over 30 sessions this year will be conducted by your colleagues from within the district, all sharing what theyve done in the classroom this past year as we have moved into full implementation of the new Common Core Standards and NC Essential Standards. You wont want to miss these sessions where teachers from right here in our own backyard tell you their struggles, challenges, and successes learn from them! And, as always, weve still got sessions on district initiatives such as Thinking Maps, SIOP, Professional Learning Communities, Critical Thinking Skills, and Technology Integration. DH Conley High School will once again host CSI this year on August 13-15. While this document offers an overview of all sessions scheduled as of May 9, 2013, as new sessions are added and current sessions updated the most current version of this document will be available at http://www.successforeverychild.com. The most up-to-date session information can be found by logging into My Learning Plan after May 20, 2013. For those who do not want to leave DH Conley High School during the day a catered lunch will be provided for participants who want to eat on site; registration for lunch in MLP will be required. Registration for all sessions will open on Monday, May 20, 2013 for teachers in Pitt County Schools. Registration for teachers outside of Pitt County Schools will open on Monday, June 10, 2013. Attendance at CSI 2013 is voluntary; for employees of Pitt County Schools, the $30 per session registration fee will be paid by the Race to the Top Grant; teachers and administrators outside Pitt County will be charged the $30.00. Additionally, PCS schools will be charged the registration fee for any no-shows. To register for sessions teachers must use My Learning Plan. An alternative registration format will be available for new teachers to the county who do not have MLP accounts and for anyone outside the county via by a link published on http://www.successforeverychild.com Planning for this years institute began many months ago, and the people listed below each had a part in the development of CSI 2013; without their support this event could not take place. Preston Bowers,K-12 Social Studies Specialist Connie Cheston, K-12 Math Specialist Thomas Feller, Race to the Top Coordinator Marie Lee, K-5 ELA Specialist Sandra Morris, Federal Programs Director Cheryl Olmsted, Assistant Superintendent for EPS Karen Quick, K-12 Science Specialist Courtny Reason, Secretary of Transcripts & Records Kim Taybron, 6-12 ELA Specialist Chris Wheeler, Administrative Assistant to Cheryl Olmsted Robin Wright, EC Director A special thank-you to Mary Carter, the Principal at DH Conley High School, and her staff for hosting us again this year. We look forward to seeing you in August!
Presenter
Bios
Carolyn
Belson
Educational
Consultant
Now
retired,
Carolyn
previously
served
as
an
Educational
Specialist
in
Mathematics
and
Science
from
20012008
for
Chesapeake
Public
Schools.
She
taught
6th
grade
from
19972001at
Hugo
Owens
Middle
School.
Prior
to
2001,
Carolyn
taught
5th
grade
at
Sparrow
Road
Intermediate
School
for
25
years.
Carolyn
has
extensive
experience
in
staff
development
including
conducting
staff
development
in-services
for
math
interactive
notebooks,
math
problem
solving,
and
the
mathematics/literature
connection.
She
conducted
math
manipulative
workshops
for
Chesapeake
Public
Schools
and
Suffolk
Public
Schools
as
well
as
SOL
Science
training
workshops.
In
addition,
she
has
conducted
calculator
workshops
for
administrators
and
staff,
and
developed
mathematics
curriculum
for
grades
5
and
6.
Since
2004,
Carolyn
has
presented
at
several
conferences
including
NCTM,
NCTM
Regional,
VCTM,
VASCD,
and
VEMA.
A
recipient
of
various
awards
and
nominations
including
Chesapeake
Public
Schools
Teacher
of
the
Year
Finalist,
Carolyn
has
also
served
as
a
member
of
the
Virginia
DOE
Content
Review
Committee
for
the
SOL
mathematics
test
and
Plain
English
version
of
the
mathematics
SOL
test.
She
served
as
a
member
of
the
Virginia
DOE
Standards
Setting
Committee
for
5th
grade
mathematics.
Carolyn
received
her
Masters
Degree
from
Old
Dominion
University,
and
her
B.S.
Ed.
from
Longwood
College.
Carolyn
will
be
presenting
on
sessions
on
Guided
Math
as
well
as
Integrating
Literacy
and
Mathematics.
Presenter Bios 9
Beth
Edwards
Professional
Development
Consultant
Beth
is
a
National
Board
Certified
teacher
who
has
been
a
North
Carolina
Educator
for
25
years.
She
currently
serves
as
a
Regional
Professional
Development
Consultant
for
the
North
Carolina
Department
of
Public
Instruction.
In
this
role,
she
designs
and
implements
professional
development
for
teachers
and
administrators
and
assists
district
leaders
with
the
implementation
of
local
and
state
initiatives.
Prior
to
this
position,
she
served
as
the
NCDPI
National
Board
Certification
State
Coordinator,
the
founder
and
leader
of
the
first
National
Board
for
Professional
Teaching
Standards
Caucus,
a
local
and
district
NCAE
President,
an
adjunct
instructor
for
East
Carolina
University,
and
most
importantly,
a
special
educator
for
Pitt
County
Schools
and
Martin
County
Schools.
Beth
will
be
presenting
trainings
on
Academic
Vocabulary
aligned
to
the
new
standards,
creating
common
formative
assessments,
and
using
data
in
PLCs.
10 Presenter Bios
Susan
Edwards
Mary
Susan
Edwards
has
been
a
consultant
for
Thinking
Maps
Inc.,
since
2005,
after
retiring
from
Wayne
County
Public
schools
as
a
Teacher/Lead
Teacher
for
the
entire
county.
She
has
conducted
numerous
writing
and
reading
workshops
at
the
school
and
district
level
in
three
states,
predominantly
North
Carolina.
She
continues
to
tutor
at-risk
students
because
she
recognizes
the
importance
of
applying
everything
that
she
teaches
teachers,
with
her
students.
She
has
taught
Education
classes
at
Wesleyan
College
and
supervised
interns
through
the
Education
Department
of
East
Carolina
University.
She
holds
an
undergraduate
degree
from
Greensboro
College
in
4-9
Language
Arts,
a
Special
Education
Certification
from
East
Carolina
University,
as
well
as
a
Masters
in
Arts
of
Education
(Reading)
from
East
Carolina
University.
She
has
conducted
workshops
at
the
Mary
Lois
Staten
Conference
and
served
on
the
State
Department
Committee
on
Systematic
Phonics.
She
is
passionate
about
sharing
her
40
years
of
reading
and
writing
instruction
with
both
teachers
and
students.
Current
Training
Seminars
include:
Language
for
Learning,
Write
From
the
Beginning
and
Beyond
-
Narrative/
Expository,
Draw,
Show
&
Map
Your
Thinking,
Response
to
Literature
and
Comprehension
Strategies.
Susan
will
present
a
session
on
Comprehension
Strategies
using
Thinking
Maps
on
August
13.
Presenter Bios 11
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Presenter Bios 13
Dianne
Meiggs
Professional
Development
Consultant
Dianne
has
been
a
North
Carolina
Educator
for
thirty
years.
She
has
worked
as
a
science
teacher,
science
department
chair,
assistant
principal
and
special
projects
director
for
the
Elizabeth
City
Pasquotank
County
Schools
for
her
first
20
years
in
education.
Dianne
was
the
Principal
Investigator
for
a
three
state
Math
and
Science
partnership
and
has
been
a
visiting
professor
in
the
Physical
Science
Department
at
Elizabeth
City
State
University.
She
served
in
Perquimans
County
as
an
Elementary
School
Principal
when
she
was
named
2010
Region
1
Principal
of
the
Year.
In
2011
Dianne
joined
the
North
Carolina
Department
of
Public
Instruction
as
a
Regional
Professional
Development
Consultant
for
the
Race
to
the
Top
Grant.
Dianne
will
be
presenting
trainings
on
Academic
Vocabulary
aligned
to
the
new
standards
and
developing
critical
thinking
skills.
14 Presenter Bios
Jennifer
Morrison
Jen
Morrison
is
a
teacher
leader
and
consultant
specializing
classroom
data
and
assessment.
She
is
a
regular
presenter
across
North
America
and
has
published
in
journals
like
Educational
Leadership
and
Teacher
Magazine.
In
2006,
Jen
was
featured
in
ASCDs
Best
Practices
in
Action
video,
Using
Visualization
to
Enhance
Background
Knowledge.
In
addition
to
being
a
district
finalist
for
Teacher
of
the
Year
in
Charlotte- Mecklenburg
Schools
early
in
her
career,
Jen
was
ASCDs
international
Outstanding
Young
Educator
Award
winner
in
2004
and
Teacher
of
the
Year
for
Mid-Carolina
High
School
in
2009.
Links
to
her
work
can
be
found
at
http://artofeducating.pbworks.com.
Currently,
Jen
is
Chair
of
the
Department
of
Teacher
Education
and
Sport
Professions
at
Newberry
College
and
is
finishing
her
doctoral
research
at
the
University
of
South
Carolina
on
teacher
and
administrator
data
literacy.
She
also
advises
and
helps
lead
the
North
Carolina
Seize
the
Data
initiative,
focused
on
teachers
helping
teachers
become
more
data
literate
in
our
current
accountability
context.
For
more
information,
see
http://seizethelearningdata.com.
Presenter Bios 15
Laura
Robb
Author,
teacher,
coach,
and
speaker,
Laura
Robb
has
completed
43
years
of
teaching
in
grades
4-8.
She
presently
coaches
teachers
in
reading
and
writing
workshops
at
Powhatan
School
in
Virginia.
She
also
coaches
teachers
in
grades
K-10
in
Staunton,
VA,
Amherst,
VA,
Lebanon,
OH,
and
Long
Island,
NY.
Each
year
Robb
returns
to
the
classroom
for
several
weeks.
She
has
written
more
than
18
books
for
teachers
--
her
most
recent
Scholastic
titles
are
a
second
edition
of
her
best
selling
book,
Teaching
Reading
in
Middle
School
and
a
short,
focused
book
for
content
teachers,
Reading
Strategy
Lessons
for
Science
&
Social
Studies.
Her
three
books
on
differentiating
reading
instructionDifferentiating
Reading
Instruction,
Assessments
for
Differentiating
Reading
instruction,
and
her
476
page
binder,
Teaching
Reading:
A
Differentiated
Approach
for
Grades
4
and
Up,
support
teachers
as
they
try
to
meet
the
needs
of
diverse
levels
of
readers.
In
addition,
Robb
has
written
a
big
book
for
teaching
reading
strategies,
Teaching
Reading
With
Think
Aloud
Lessons,
a
book
on
teaching
expository
writing,
Teaching
Nonfiction
Writing,
and
a
best
selling
book
on
content
reading,
Teaching
Reading
in
Social
Studies,
Science,
and
Math.
Robb
has
published
three
books
with
Heinemann.
Her
most
recent
book
is
based
on
a
National
Survey
of
1,500
middle
school
students
in
twelve
states:
Teaching
Middle
School
Writers:
What
Every
English
Teacher
Needs
to
Know.
At
the
back
of
this
book
is
a
DVD
with
Robb
teaching
writing
and
conferring
with
and
interviewing
students.
In
the
spring
of
2012
Robbs
First
Hand
curriculum,
published
by
Heinemann,
became
available:
Smart
Writing:
Practical
Teaching
Units
for
Middle
School
Writers.
Smart
Writing
is
totally
aligned
with
the
Common
Core
State
Writing
Standards.
The
curriculum
also
includes
a
handbook
written
to
and
for
students,
Smart
Writing:
A
Student
Handbook.
Robbs
two
other
Heinemann
books
are
Redefining
Staff
Development:
A
Collaborative
Model
for
Teachers
and
Administrators,
and
Literacy
Links:
Strategies
That
Develop
the
Emergent
Literacy
Needed
for
Success
in
Reading
and
Writing.
Robb
has
designed
classroom
libraries
for
Scholastic.
Presently,
Robb
has
classroom
libraries
for
grades
3-9.
She
also
works
with
Scholastic
to
customize
classroom
libraries
when
school
districts
request
tailoring
purchases
to
their
specific
needs.
Robb
is
working
on
the
teaching
materials
for
XBooks,
a
nonfiction
library
for
students
in
grades
six
and
seven,
published
by
Scholastic.
Co-author
for
The
Great
Source's
Daybooks
and
Sourcebooks,
Grades
2,
3,
4,
and
5,
Robb
also
co-authored
The
Great
Source's
Summer
Success
Reading
Program
for
Grades
K-8,
their
Reading
Handbook
for
grades
6-8,
one
for
grades
4-5,
and
one
for
grade
3.
Presently,
Robb
is
the
senior
author
of
Reading
Advantage,
a
Great
Source
program
for
middle
and
high
school
students
who
read
two
to
eight
years
below
grade
level.
16 Presenter Bios
Robb completed a three-year term on the National Council of Teachers of English Commission on Reading. Robb and commission colleagues each wrote a chapter for a book on literacy for NCTE, What Research REALLY Says about Teaching and Learning to Read, edited by Stephen B. Kucer. She also served on the editorial review board for Language Arts magazine. Robb wrote the Motivating Readers' Column for Instructor Magazine for 1996-1998. She also collected two poetry anthologies: Snuffles and Snouts illustrated by Steven Kellogg (Dial, 1995), and Music and Drum illustrated by Deborah Lill (Philomel, 1997). Robb is a keynote speaker at conferences all over the country and in Canada; she trains teachers on differentiating reading instruction, inferential thinking and text dependent comprehension, content area reading, and on writing workshop.
Presenter Bios 17
LEE
V.
STIFF
Lee
V.
Stiff
is
a
professor
of
mathematics
education
in
the
College
of
Education
at
North
Carolina
State
University,
a
position
he
has
held
since
1983.
Prior
to
this
position,
Dr.
Stiff
taught
mathematics
in
middle
grades
and
high
school.
He
was
also
a
professor
of
mathematics
and
mathematics
education
at
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Charlotte
from
1978
to
1983.
During
his
academic
career
he
has
been
recognized
for
his
work
via
the
Reginald
V.
Blackmon
Award
for
Excellence
in
Teaching
(1980),
the
W.
W.
Rankin
Memorial
Award
for
Excellence
in
Mathematics
Education
given
by
the
North
Carolina
Council
of
Teachers
of
Mathematics
(NCCTM)
(1992),
the
Provost's
African-American
Professional
Development
Award
(NCSU,
1993),
a
Fulbright
Scholar
Award
to
the
Department
of
Mathematics
of
the
University
of
Ghana
(1995-1996),
and
membership
in
the
Honor
Society
of
Phi
Kappa
Phi
(NCSU).
From
2000
to
2002,
Dr.
Stiff
served
as
President
of
the
National
Council
of
Teachers
of
Mathematics
(NCTM),
the
largest
organization
of
mathematics
teachers
with
more
than
100,000
members
from
all
over
the
world.
As
a
leader
in
mathematics
education,
Dr.
Stiff
served
on
the
Boards
of
Directors
of
NCTM
(1990-1993,
1999-2003),
the
Benjamin
Banneker
Association
(1989-1993),
and
NCCTM
(1982-83,
1989-1991).
He
was
a
member
of
the
Task
Force
on
Mathematics
Education
for
Diverse
Racial,
Ethnic,
and
Linguistic
Groups
of
the
Mathematical
Sciences
Education
Board,
National
Research
Council
(1992-1993);
the
Instrument
Development
Panel
for
the
1994
NAEP
Mathematics
Assessment
(1991-1994);
the
Mathematical
Sciences
Education
Board
of
the
National
Research
Council
(1993-1995);
the
Education
Advisory
Committee
of
the
National
Aeronautics
Space
Administration
(NASA)
(2003- 2005);
and
the
National
Advisory
Board
of
PBS
CyberChase
produced
by
Thirteen/WNET
New
York
and
Nelvana
(2007-2009).
He is a co-founder and President of EDSTAR Analytics, Inc., a consulting firm that provides school districts with the capacity to use data-driven decision models to improve student success and teacher effectiveness. Since 1989, Dr. Stiff has been a co-author of elementary, middle grades, and high school textbooks in mathematics currently published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Holt McDougal. Dr. Stiff was awarded a B.S. degree in mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1971, an M.A. degree in mathematics from Duke University in 1974, and a Ph.D. in mathematics education from North Carolina State University in 1978.
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Presenter
Bios
Presenter Bios 19
Presenter: Robert
H.
Pasternack,
Ph.D.
is
the
Senior
Vice
President
of
Special
Education
for
Voyager
Learning
Company.
Dr.
Pasternack
served
as
Assistant
Secretary
for
the
Office
of
Special
Education
and
Rehabilitative
Services
(OSERS)
at
the
U.S.
Department
of
Education
from
2001
to
2004.
During
his
tenure,
he
was
responsible
for
the
reauthorization
of
the
Individuals
with
Disabilities
Education
Act
(IDEA)
and
the
implementation
of
No
Child
Left
Behind
(NCLB).
In
addition,
Dr.
Pasternack
served
on
two
Presidential
Commissions,
including
the
President's
Commission
on
Excellence
in
Special
Education
and
the
President's
Mental
Health
Commission.
Dr.
Pasternack
also
served
as
the
Chair
of
the
Federal
Interagency
Coordinating
Committee
during
his
appointment
as
the
Assistant
Secretary.
Prior
to
being
appointed
by
President
Bush
to
this
position,
Dr.
Pasternack
was
the
State
Director
of
Special
Education
for
the
State
of
New
Mexico.
During
his
distinguished
career
in
New
Mexico,
Dr.
Pasternack
was
a
teacher,
a
superintendent
of
schools,
the
director
of
the
state's
first
residential
treatment
center
for
children
with
serious
emotional
and
behavioral
problems,
and
Chief
Executive
Officer
of
New
Mexico's
first
licensed
Comprehensive
Children's
Community
Mental
Health
Center.
His
work
in
New
Mexico
included
improving
outcomes
and
results
for
children
with
disabilities,
implementing
full
day
Kindergarten
with
mandatory
use
of
scientifically
based
reading
interventions,
training
of
teachers
on
the
signs
and
symptoms
of
mental
health
problems,
parent-professional
partnership,
resiliency
in
juvenile
delinquents,
and
a
number
of
innovative
efforts
to
serve
ALL
students.
Dr.
Pasternack
is
a
nationally
certified
school
psychologist,
a
certified
educational
diagnostician,
a
certified
school
administrator,
and
a
certified
teacher
(K-12).
Recipient
of
numerous
honors
and
awards,
he
is
a
frequent
presenter
at
local,
state,
regional,
national,
and
international
conferences.
Audience:
Teachers,
Administrators,
District
Staff
Tuesday Sessions 21
22 Tuesday Sessions
8:30-5:30
Reading
Foundations
The
purpose
of
the
course
is
to
develop
the
instructional
competencies
of
school
personnel
to
effectively
teach
students
with
persistent
reading
problems
as
well
as
to
select
and
implement
comprehensive
reading
programs
within
their
schools.
Participation
requires
the
approval
of
both
the
building
level
principal
and
EC
Director
Audience:
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
24
Tuesday
Sessions
Tuesday Sessions 25
8:30-2:30
Teachers will develop a framework for mathematics instruction by using a practical approach to teaching mathematics; session will provide innovative and effective research-based literacy strategies to utilize instruction with whole-group, small group, and math workshop. Presenter: Carolyn Belson from Teacher Created Materials Audience: Math Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30
8:30-10:00
Multimedia access has changed the way students attend to their environment. The digital age presents a new set of challenges, but neuroscience has revealed the stimuli and circumstances that grab and sustain the brains attention. Expanding on strategies you already use and adding ones that are neuro-logical for the brains processing, youll work smarter not harder, as you hook and hold students attention and increase their engaged participation. After experiencing the power of the alien that controls what sensory information gets into your brain, and the brains of learners, youll have greater awareness of what interventions are needed to get input accepted by the involuntary attention filter. Youll learn why your best strategies are successful and new applications of these and other strategies for buy-in. Using the correlations from neuroscience research, youll increase your toolkit for sustaining students attentive focus, motivation, and memory because their brains want to know what you have to teach. Presenter: Judy Willis, M.D., M.Ed. Audience: Teachers, Coaches, Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 30
26
Tuesday
Sessions
Flubaroo
Flubaroo is a free grading script using Google forms to quickly and easily collect and analyze student performance data, and it is especially useful for PLCs. Come experience how teachers can create forms, install flubaroo, and grade their assessments electronically. Presenter: Julian Carter, CM Eppes Middle School Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30
Tuesday Sessions 27
Lunch
Break
Location:
Cafeteria
Lunch
provided
on-site
for
those
who
pre-register
in
My
Learning
Plan
28
Tuesday
Sessions
11:50-1:00
1:00-4:15
This session will provide teachers an in-depth understanding of the process in designing common formative assessments. The session will focus on understanding how quality assessments are created and provide time for teachers to design these assessments. Teachers are encouraged to register for this session with their team or PLC members. Note: This session as offered at CSI 2012 and is being offered again this year due to high demand. Presenters: Beth Edwards, NC DPI PD Consultant Audience: Teachers, Administrators Enrollment Maximum: 30
1:00-2:30
Tuesday Sessions 29
The
Brains
Responses
to
Emotion
and
the
Strategies
that
Promote
Perseverance,
Growth
Mindset,
&
Self-Motivated
Learners
Some
students
come
to
us
already
discouraged,
with
negative
baggage
about
their
own
potential,
school
in
general,
or
the
subjects
we
teach.
Other
students,
who
have
already
mastered
the
material,
are
bored.
When
boredom
or
frustration
occurs
frequently,
consequences
include
fixed
mindset,
reduced
effort,
and
increasing
behavior
problems.
When
stress
is
high
the
brains
emotional
filter
(the
amygdala
deep
in
the
limbic
system)
becomes
hyperactive.
This
emotional
switching
station
determines
whether
information
flows
up
to
the
highest
thinking
prefrontal
cortex
to
become
memory
or
down
to
the
lower
reactive
brain,
where
memory
is
not
constructed.
In
addition,
if
high
stress
causes
this
structure
to
block
access
to
the
higher
brain
(prefrontal
cortex)
the
brains
output
in
terms
of
behavior
is
involuntary
and
limited
to
reactive
responses.
This
session
will
give
you
the
keys
that
reduce
the
stressors
that
cause
the
blocked
flow
into
and
out
of
the
prefrontal
cortex
such
that
students
involuntary
behaviors
are
to
act
out
or
zone
out.
Presenter:
Judy
Willis,
M.D.,
M.Ed.
Audience:
Teachers,
Coaches,
Administrators
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
Are you inundated with data? Is it dumped on you at certain points of the school year with an expectation that you make magic? The truth is that teachers swim in all kinds of relevant, useful data every day. In this session well examine a framework of four types of data that are critical for seeing and reaching learners, and reframe which data you need when. During this session the presenter will share samples from her own classroom work to inspire your thinking.
Presenter: Jen Morrison, Newberry College Audience: Teachers, Administrators, Coaches Enrollment Maximum: 30
30 Tuesday Sessions
Come join your Pitt County Schools Lead Math Educators as they share their trials of the first year of Common Core Math implementation. They will share the shifts in their teaching, best practices, most useful resources, using the Pitt County and NCDPI wikispaces, using the 8 mathematical practices to support new content development, and so much more. Come join your grade span to learn about the Major Work and supporting/additional clusters for your classroom use. Let's Gear up for Year 2 of Common Core!!! Presenter: Connie Cheston, K-12 Math Resource Specialist Audience: Accelerated Math 8th Grade Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30
The Common Core doesn't have to be boring! This session will show participants how to use games within their classrooms and still accomplish the demands of the new curriculum. Come prepared to compete and be involved! Presenter: Kim Taybron, 6-12 ELA Resource Specialist Audience: 6-12 ELA Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30
Tuesday Sessions 31
2:45-4:15
Using
Brain
Research
to
Help
Students
Develop
Their
Highest
Cognitive
Potentials
for
21st
Century
Success
The
last
part
of
the
human
brain
to
mature
(well
into
the
late
teens
and
early
20s)
is
the
prefrontal
cortex
(PFC).
This
is
the
control
center
of
what
neurology
has
long
defined
as
the
executive
functions
including
judgment,
critical
analysis,
prioritizing,
risk
assessment,
and
delay
of
immediate
gratification
for
long-term
goal
attainment.
The
executive
functions
are
now
the
essence
of
the
required
competencies
for
the
Common
Core
Standards.
They
are
also
the
skillsets,
rated
as
most
important
qualifications
for
employees
in
the
global
market,
that
are
necessary
for
successful
participation
and
fulfillment
in
21st
century.
As
caretakers
of
the
networks
of
the
executive
functions
as
they
undergo
their
most
rapid
rate
of
change
during
the
school
years,
educators
can
and
must
provide
the
opportunities
for
these
neural
networks
to
be
activated
and
thus
strengthened.
In
this
session,
neuroscience
research-correlated
strategies
will
be
provided
to
incorporate
executive
function
application
and
network
activation
into
instructional
units
of
study.
Presenter:
Judy
Willis,
M.D.,
M.Ed.
Audience:
Teachers,
Coaches,
Administrators
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
32 Tuesday Sessions
Tuesday Sessions 33
Work
Session
This
session
will
allow
teachers
to
collaborate
and
network
to
design
new
lesson
plans
and/or
assessments
aligned
with
the
new
standards.
Registration
is
NOT
required
to
participate
in
this
session
and
CEUs
will
not
be
awarded
for
participation.
Location:
Media
Center
Audience:
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
Unlimited
2:45-5:30
Repeat Session; see page 56 for details Presenter: Marie Lee, K-5 ELA Resource Specialist Audience: K-3 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30
34 Tuesday Sessions
Wednesday Sessions 35
36 Wednesday Sessions
8:30-5:30
Performing
Music
Concepts
through
the
Study
of
World
Cultures
and
Peoples
In
this
hands
on
workshop
participants
will
learn
how
to
teach
drum
and
xylophone
ensembles
while
addressing
the
national
standards
of
music.
Through
the
study
of
the
ensembles
presented
the
participant
will
develop
an
understanding
of
the
influence
of
foreign
cultures
to
our
understanding
of
music
and
music
education.
Though
there
will
be
integration
of
other
disciplines
or
academic
curriculum,
the
participant
will
be
able
to
define
how
the
study
of
music
for
the
sake
of
learning
music
is
integral
in
the
development
of
the
whole
child
in
any
school
system.
Presenter:
James
Thomas
Mader,
Parkway
Middle
School
of
the
Arts,
Ft.
Lauderdale,
Florida
Audience:
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
Wednesday Sessions 37
Improve Comprehension and Vocabulary in Social Studies and Science and Apply Common Core
In this hands-on active learning workshop, teachers will practice strategies that build students' tier three vocabulary of words related to various topics in social studies and science. Vocabulary learning strategies will include using roots and affixes that relate to specific content, teacher supported vocabulary strategies such as concept mapping and list, group label, and vocabulary builders for students such as the synonym/antonym chart and semantic mapping. In addition, Robb will have teachers use easy-to-teach reading and informal writing strategies to use before, during, and after reading in order to accelerate students achievement in social studies and science. Reading strategies will include teach students to activate their own prior knowledge, how to find big ideas and make logical inferences, teaching students to ask high order questions that stimulate meaningful discussions, and self-monitoring and fix-up strategies. Strategy lessons are geared to the belief that students need time to understand and learn content and that is the goal of all the easy-to-teach lessons. Presenter: Laura Robb Audience: 4-12 Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 60
38 Wednesday Sessions
8:30-2:30
8:30-10:00
Focus on best practices implemented by a 6th grade ELA PLC has implemented and found successful for student growth. The session will include how to conduct PLC meetings, with sample agendas and scenarios. It will also feature a step-by-step guide for how to go from Common Core standards all the way through to remediation/enrichment. The session will model how to analyze pretest/posttest data and base decisions for differentiated and student driven instruction based on current student need. Finally, presenters will model how to implement a PLC notebook to organize and house all data so that student needs/deficits can be seen at a glance. Presenters: Kim Russell, Chuck Branch, Angela Chandler, and Jackie Cayton, AG Cox Middle School Audience: Teachers, Administrators, Coaches Enrollment Maximum: 30
40 Wednesday Sessions
Studies
Weekly
Resources
for
6th
Grade
-
Science
&
Social
Studies
Teachers
will
preview
the
Studies
Weekly
resources
available
for
Pitt
County
Schools
in
2013- 14.
Strategies
for
implementation
will
be
discussed.
Presenters:
Karen
Quick,
K-12
Science
Resource
Specialist;
Preston
Bowers,
K-12
Social
Studies
Resource
Specialist
Audience:
6
Grade
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
Lunch
Break
11:50-1:00
Location:
Cafeteria
Lunch
provided
on-site
for
those
who
pre-register
in
My
Learning
Plan
Wednesday Sessions 41
1:00-4:15
42 Wednesday Sessions
1:00-2:30
Wednesday Sessions 43
Using
EVAAS
and
Formative
Assessment
to
Raise
Achievement,
Close
Gaps,
Reduce
Dropout
Rates,
and
Identify
Effective
Practices
(for
Teachers)
The
Pro-Equity
Model
is
a
replacement
for
the
At-Risk
Model
of
student
achievement.
It
uses
data
to
make
critical
decisions
affecting
all
students.
This
session
will
present
and
examine
the
Pro-Equity
Model
and
illustrate
how
its
use
can
improve
the
performance
of
students,
teachers,
and
administrators.
Note:
Participants
must
know
their
EVAAS
login
information
to
participate
Presenter:
Dr.
Lee
Stiff,
North
Carolina
State
University
Audience:
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
Emotional Kells
This session will provide information/tools to use in an exploration of Irish culture and the Book of Kells. Students learn to express emotion using organic, geometric, and other colorful shapes. They must also write their own manuscript. This lesson is appropriate for all age groups. You can further the experience by comparing/contrasting Irish Catholic art with Middle Eastern Islamic art. It can also break stereotypes by discussing terrorism(for older students) in the two areas. And exploration of the Caucasus region (Islamic Caucasian peoples) helps break stereotypes. Google Doc Presentation and physical evidence will be provided. Presenter: Daniel Niece, EB Aycock Middle School Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30
Googlefolios
Teachers
will
learn
how
to
guide
students
through
the
process
of
creating
electronic
portfolios
with
Googlesites
to
share
their
products.
Teachers
will
learn
how
to
choose
templates
and
format
websites.
In
addition
teachers
will
learn
how
to
include
shared
documents,
hyperlinks,
sideshows,
and
embedded
videos.
Presenter:
Katherine
Toriello,
Julia
Crippen,
GR
Whitfield
School
Audience:
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
44
Wednesday
Sessions
Participants
will
learn
proper
care
and
instruction
on
the
use
of
microscopes
in
their
classrooms.
Participants
will
play
the
role
of
students
and
they
engage
in
science
investigations
that
help
them
dive
deeper
into
the
standards
addressing
single
celled
organisms
and
cellular
components.
All
participants
that
"pass
the
test"
on
using
microscopes
will
be
eligible
to
sign
up
for
using
15
microscopes
in
their
classrooms.
Presenter:
Karen
Quick,
K-12
Science
Resource
Specialist
Audience:
K-5,
6-8
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
Wednesday
Sessions
45
2:45-4:15
Palette
Poetry
The
Palette
Poetry
project
is
designed
to
integrate
art,
poetry,
and
recycling
into
a
single
project
that
allows
students
to
express
themselves
using
English
and
art.
Students
choose
or
write
their
own
poems,
then
illustrate
them
on
re-pourposed
wood
from
shipping
palettes.
The
finished
projects
are
then
posted
on
the
palette
poetry
website
to
inspire
others.
www.palettepoetry.weebly.com
Presenters:
Ira
Varney,
Charetta
Walls,
South
Central
High
School
Audience:
9-12
Art
and
English
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
46
Wednesday
Sessions
Using
EVAAS
and
Formative
Assessment
to
Raise
Achievement,
Close
Gaps,
Reduce
Dropout
Rates,
and
Identify
Effective
Practices
(for
Administrators)
The
Pro-Equity
Model
is
a
replacement
for
the
At-Risk
Model
of
student
achievement.
It
uses
data
to
make
critical
decisions
affecting
all
students.
This
session
will
present
and
examine
the
Pro-Equity
Model
and
illustrate
how
its
use
can
improve
the
performance
of
students,
teachers,
and
administrators.
Note:
Participants
must
know
their
EVAAS
login
information
to
participate
Presenter:
Dr.
Lee
Stiff,
North
Carolina
State
University
Audience:
Administrators
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
Wednesday Sessions 47
Work
Session
This
session
will
allow
teachers
to
collaborate
and
network
to
design
new
lesson
plans
and/or
assessments
aligned
with
the
new
standards.
Registration
is
NOT
required
to
participate
in
this
session
and
CEUs
will
not
be
awarded
for
participation.
Location:
Media
Center
Audience:
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
Unlimited
2:45-5:30
48 Wednesday Sessions
An
original
Freedom
Writer
whose
story
is
told
in
part
in
the
2007
hit
movie,
Freedom
Writers,
Manny
Scott
has
energized
over
a
million
leaders,
educators,
volunteers,
and
students
worldwide
with
his
authentic,
inspiring
messages
of
hope.
Speaking
to
over
125
groups
a
year
for
the
past
decade,
he
is
the
speaker
of
choice
for
conferences,
conventions,
schools,
fundraisers,
and
banquets.
Manny
has
a
gift:
the
ability
to
connect
with,
hold
the
attention
of,
and
energize
all
kinds
of
audiences.
From
inner-city
youth
to
business
executives,
Manny
has
learned
to
speak,
and
command,
the
language
of
his
audiences
with
relevant,
riveting,
and
compelling
messages,
moving
them
from
cheers,
to
laughter,
to
tears,
and
go-forward
determination.
By
age
16,
Mannys
story
was
almost
over:
His
father
was
incarcerated,
he
missed
60-90
days
of
school
annually
from
4th
to
9th
grade,
he
dropped
out
of
school
at
age
14,
he
lived
in
26
places
by
age
16,
and
his
best
friend
was
brutally
murdered.
Sensing
that
the
end
of
his
life
was
near,
Manny
sat
down
on
a
park
bench,
and
considered
how
he
would
make
others
feel
the
depth
of
despair
and
anger
roiling
in
his
soul.
He
says,
"When
I
look
back,
I
now
see
that
I
was
heading
down
a
path
that
would
have
destroyed
me."
Then,
a
man-
a
complete
stranger-
took
a
risk,
and
sat
down
beside
Manny.
That
man
connected
with
him,
encouraged
him,
and
inspired
him
to
write
a
different
story-
to
create
a
new
life.
Manny
heard
that
man
say,
in
essence,
Just
because
you
live
in
the
hood,
the
hood
doesnt
have
to
live
in
you;
You
cant
control
what
happens
to
you,
but
you
can
control
your
response;
You
can
become
the
father
you
never
had,
and
the
man
youve
never
met;
and,
You
can
create
a
future
better
than
your
past.
That
day,
on
a
park
bench,
Manny
Scott
turned
the
page.
He
returned
to
school
with
a
new
attitude
and
purpose,
and
ended
up
in
the
back
of
Erin
Gruwells
English
class-
a
group
now
known
worldwide
as
the
Freedom
Writers,
portrayed
in
the
2007
hit
MTV
movie.
In
his
journal,
Manny
began
writing-
and
dreaming
about-
new,
more
fulfilling
chapters
in
his
life-
chapters
filled
with
healing,
hope,
perseverance,
and
possibility.
Thursday
Sessions
49
Through very hard work, and with the help of others, Manny has achieved many of those journaled dreams. He is now happily married, a doting father of three, a successful entrepreneur, a PhD student, and one of the nations most sought after speakers. "I do not speak to impress people," Manny explains, "but to impress upon them some invaluable lessons that could literally change the quality of their lives forever. When I speak, I try to make sure audiences are crystal clear about how to turn the page- to transform their lives. Whether I'm in Houston or Hong Kong, Kansas City or Cairo, Los Angeles or London, I carry a torchlight of inspiration into the recesses of dormant potential, and show the gems that are sparkling there." Manny Scott is helping people change their lives all over the globe. Audience: Teachers, Administrators, District Staff
50 Thursday Sessions
8:30-5:30
Unlocking
Complex
Texts:
An
Instructional
Reading
Curriculum
That
is
the
"How- To-Do"
of
the
CSS
There
has
been
a
lot
of
discussion
about
what
the
common
core
standards
mean
and
how
the
standards
will
affect
ELA
teachers'
practice.
Using
Robb's
new
book,
Unlocking
Complex
Texts,
teachers
will
experience
the
CCSS
aligned
reading
curriculum
that
starts
with
the
teacher
modeling
Common
Core
comprehension
standards
and
strategies
and
students
practicing
them,
then
moves
to
pairs
of
students
practicing
the
skills
and
strategies,
and
finally
to
students
working
on
their
own
to
demonstrate
their
understanding.
Lessons
take
about
15
minutes
so
teachers
can
return
to
their
required
curriculum
to
provide
students
with
extra
practice.
Robb
will
also
discuss
text
complexity,
how
to
use
the
complexity
grids
for
each
selection,
as
well
as
using
the
grids
for
reading
selections
teachers
choose.
Teachers
will
have
access
to
seven
genres:
informational
texts,
biography,
memoir,
texts
that
argue,
myths,
short
story,
and
poetry.
For
each
genre,
there
are
two
selections
for
partner
work
and
two
selections
for
independent
work:
one
for
at
or
above
grade
level
readers
and
a
second
for
students
reading
one
to
two
years
below
grade
level
Teachers
will
practice
using
an
anchor
text
selection
for
the
teacher
modeling
lesson,
interpreting
the
quiz
and
writing
about
reading
assessments,
enlarging
vocabulary
through
concept
mapping,
and
using
the
extensive
scaffolding
suggestions
to
support
students.
In
addition,
teachers
will
explore
the
rich
contents
of
the
Resources-CD
that
includes
extra
teaching
selections,
forms
for
summarizing
fiction
and
nonfiction,
guidelines
for
analytical
writing,
T-Charts
for
higher
order
thinking,
conference
forms
for
each
Common
Core
reading
standard,
and
much
more.
Presenter:
Laura
Robb
Audience:
4-12
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
Thursday Sessions 51
Math Foundations
Math Foundations is an extensive course of mathematical content to improve the content knowledge of its participants and to give teachers a better understanding of the foundation to mathematics in order to better prepare students for the 21st century. Training is 5 full days with mandatory attendance for all participants; day 1 will be offered during CSI with follow-up days in the fall of 2012 school year. Homework assignments and presentations are expected to provide teachers application to the content that is taught in the classroom Audience: Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30
52 Thursday Sessions
8:30-10:00
54 Thursday Sessions
High School teachers who teach honors courses should participate. The new honors implementation guides are a collaborative effort and there is some pre-work that needs to be done. This session will look at the format of the guide and the preliminary work that can be done. Presenters: Preston Bowers, K-12 Social Studies Resource Specialist Audience: 9-12 Social Studies Honors Teachers Enrollment Maximum: 30
Free
access
to
4000
magazines,
Britannica
and
five
other
encyclopedias,
newspapers,
atlases,
and
eBooks
-
DPI
provides
these
products
at
no
charge
for
all
NC
teachers
and
students.
Presenters:
Dan
Sparlin,
DPI
Webmaster
Audience:
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
Thursday
Sessions
55
Lunch
Break
Location:
Cafeteria
Lunch
provided
on-site
for
those
who
pre-register
in
My
Learning
Plan
11:50-1:00
1:00-4:15
This
"Continuous"
professional
development
will
take
a
closer
look
into
effective
literacy
teaching
in
the
K-3
classroom
that
will
promote
literacy
learning
that
meets
the
needs
of
our
students.
Throughout
the
year,
we
will
take
a
closer
look
at
the
ELA
Common
Core
Standards,
the
components
of
the
PCS
Literacy
Tools,
Comprehension
Strategies,
Literacy
Routines/Schedules
and
Rigorous
Literacy
Workstations
The
CSI
session
is
an
intro
into
the
year
long
professional
development
that
you
will
become
a
part
of.
In
addition
to
this
session
we
will
meet
6
more
times...
the
remaining
sessions
will
be
full
day
sessions."
Presenter:
Marie
Lee,
K-5
ELA
Resource
Specialist
Audience:
K-3
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
56
Thursday
Sessions
Thursday Sessions 57
1:00-5:30
1:00-2:30
58 Thursday Sessions
No
Harm
No
Foul
Discover
sources
for
copyright-free
materials
to
support
the
curriculum
in
your
classroom.
Learn
how
to
use
copyrighted
material
for
instructional
purposes
without
having
to
get
permission.
Well
explore
using
online
resources
ethically,
and
applying
common
sense
to
copyright
issues.
Presenter:
Dan
Sparlin,
DPI
Webmaster
Audience:
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
Thursday Sessions 59
Work
Session
This
session
will
allow
teachers
to
collaborate
and
network
to
design
new
lesson
plans
and/or
assessments
aligned
with
the
new
standards.
Registration
is
NOT
required
to
participate
in
this
session
and
CEUs
will
not
be
awarded
for
participation.
Location:
Media
Center
Audience:
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
Unlimited
2:45-4:15
Research
Models
Adopting
an
established
research
process
can
provide
consistency
and
structure
that
enhances
learning
at
all
levels.
This
session
will
provide
an
overview
of
research
models,
including
the
Big6,
and
offer
practical
tips
on
using
models
effectively
and
conducting
online
research
with
better
results.
We
will
cover
research
techniques,
as
well
as
tools
and
resources
essential
to
the
process.
Presenter:
Dan
Sparlin,
DPI
Webmaster
Audience:
Teachers
Enrollment
Maximum:
30
Thursday Sessions 61
62 Thursday Sessions
63
64
Selected
Index
Academic
Vocabulary
.............
28,
38,
39,
40,
54
Brain
....................................................
26,
30,
32
Classroom
Management
..................................
23
Common
Core
.............
27,
31,
33,
40,
44,
59,
60
Comprehension
...............................................
38
Critical
Thinking
...............................................
42
Data
.........................................
28,
30,
33,
57,
59
EVAAS
........................................................
43,
46
Formative
Assessment
........................
29,
43,
46
Inquiry
.............................................................
46
Integration
.....................................
28,
34,
43,
47
Literacy
......................................................
42,
56
Math
..................................
26,
27,
31,
39,
52,
59
Music
.........................................................
37,
53
Opening
Session
..................................
21,
35,
49
PLC
.......................................................
29,
39,
57
Read
3D
...............................................
25,
38,
52
Reading
..........................................
24,
29,
41,
51
Revised
Blooms
Taxonomy
............................
23
Rigor
................................................................
23
SIOP
................................................................
25
Thinking
Maps
...........................................
24,
38
Webbs
Depth
of
Knowledge
..........................
23
Write
....................................................
25,
41,
52
65