Catalog April 24

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Learn, Lead, Succeed

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Choose from a variety of workshops tosupport your professional learning!

Activities are offered in 90-minute or 3-hour sessions.

Each workshops description, class size, grade level, and location arelisted in this catalog. Your cooperation with signing in for each activity

will confirm your attendance at each workshop for proper credit.

Conference In-Service Day

Workshops

Start Time End Time

Session A 8:00 AM 9:30 AMSession B 10:00 AM 11:30 AM

Workshop Session 8:00 AM 11:30 AM

Professional Learning Categories

Curriculum and Instruction

Technology

Safety


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042412-1Discovering Your MemoryPower

Discovering Your Memory Power willbe a session you will not soon forget!This session is guaranteed to giveparticipants 2-3 good ideas aboututilizing their memory moreeffectively to build betterrelationships and access theinformation they need, when theyneed it. Matthew is regarded as oneof Americas leading experts in thefield of memory development. Lookfor more information about Matthewathttp://www.deliverfreedom.com/bio_matthew_goerke.html

Facilitator: Matthew Goerke,Freedom Personal DevelopmentInstructor

042412-2Strategies to Help TeachersCope Emotionally andBehaviorally with

Challenging StudentsThis workshop will start by identifyingthe behavioral situations in theclassroom that are causing teachersstress. Once identified, strategies willbe discussed and practiced to helpteachers cope with the emotionaldistress they are experiencing. Afteraddressing teachers emotionaldistress, which must come first,strategies for managing the behaviorswithin the classroom will bediscussed. Teachers will walk out withcoping strategies to begin usingimmediately.

Facilitator: Dr. Lori Stauffer, LicensedPsychologist, Hope for Families, Inc.;www.hope4families.com

Workshop Session

Grades K-12High School LGI50 participants

Workshop Session

Grades K-6Eagleville Art Room

25 participants

042412-3Beyond F.A.T. City

F.A.T.frustration, anxiety, tensionare three all-too-familiar feelings forchildren with learning disabilities andtheir families. In this program,Richard D. Lavoie, creator of theoriginal F.A.T. City Workshop, reviewsthe history and philosophy of thatproject, the major trends and issuesin the field of learning disabilitiessince the late 1980s, and thechallenges ahead for educators andparents of children with LD. Lavoie isknown worldwide for his powerful andprovocative presentations on learning

042412-4ASpecial Education Law,Section 504 of theRehabilitation Act of 1973,and other Exciting Topics

This workshop will provide the basicinformation about special educationlaw that we all need to know in orderto make sure our students aresuccessful and that we are incompliance. Attendees will learnabout such things as the four dutiesunder IDEA, what parts of the IEPapply to all regular educators, and thefact that special education is a service
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disabilities and has worked in specialeducation for decades as a teacher,an administrator, an author, and aconsultant. Distributed by PBSDistribution.

Facilitator: Deanne Ryan-

Washington, Secondary SpecialEducation Supervisor

and not a place. Please be preparedto learn a lot, and have fun doing it.

Facilitator: Dr. Todd Fay, Director ofPupil Services

Workshop SessionGrades K-12

Arcola LGI60 participants

Session A GradesK-12 Skyview Library30 participants


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042412-5Understanding andManaging ChallengingBehaviors in the Classroom

Problem behavior has been found tooccur frequently in persons withdisabilities and autism. A necessarystep in treating problem behavior isidentifying its functional cause. Thisworkshop will focus on identifying thefunctions of problem behavior anddeveloping appropriate interventions.This presentation will emphasizestrategies to use in the autistic

support and emotional supportclassrooms as well as in the regulareducation setting.

Facilitator: Shelbi Bordner-Lindros,BCBA, Education Alternatives

042412-6BCurrent Issues in Education

This session will encourage all

participants to engage in livelyconversation around three differentthemes. Dr. Tony Wagners book, TheGlobal Achievement Gap, will causeus to reflect about survival skills ourstudents need for future success; DanPinks book, Drive, will present theconcept of motivation; and wellexplore what it means to be acommitted sardine. Please comeprepared to have fun while we learn.

Facilitator: Dr. Todd Fay, Director ofPupil Services

Workshop SessionGrades K-6Woodland Library20 participants

Session BGrades K-12 Skyview Library30 participants

042412-7Mean Girls

Participants should expect to gain anunderstanding of the underlyingissues that are creating femalebullying and relational aggression.The presenters will discuss theinfluence of social media and

technology as key aspects torelational aggression and bullying.Participants will also be exposed tostrategies that can be implemented inthe classroom to identify issues inaddition to ways of handling oravoiding relational aggression orbullying in females.

042412-8Literacy Workstations AnAlternative to the Daily 5

The Daily 5 is a valuable approach formanaging Guided Reading, but it mayleave you wondering about otheroptions for classroom management.This session will explore meaningful

learning activities that keep studentsengaged and that younger studentscan do independently. After youconsider all the options and decide foryourself what works best for you andyour students, participants will havetime to start creating materials to usein their classrooms.

Facilitator: Rosemary Miller,


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Facilitators: Jamie Gravinese andKarey Kochenour, High SchoolAssistant Principals

Worcester Kindergarten Teacher

Workshop SessionGrades K-12High School Room C247 30participants

Workshop SessionGrades K-2Worcester Room 100 30

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042412-9Lessons for the Domains(Grades 5-8)

Are you looking for creative lessonsthat help students write effectively inthe 5 domains? Join Janice Ewing fromPAWLP to gain a plethora of newideas to use in your classroomimmediately. This workshop is gearedtoward language arts teachers, butgiven that students write in all areas,all teachers are welcome.

Facilitator: Janice Ewing, PAWLP

042412-10A042412-10BEngaging Activities &Games for the SecondaryClassroom

Participants will leave todays sessionwith many new ideas for engagingactivities for their students that promotehigher level thinking skills and ARE FUN!

There will be ideas for games galore toreview for chapter tests and exams. Somany of things that we do in languageclasses can be transferred and used inother subject areas, so why not share

them? There will be several hands-ondemonstrations so that the participantsget to experience the activities. Come

join us for 90 minutes of fun and achance to chat with your colleagues onhow to implement these ideas in yoursubject area.

Facilitator: Peggy Swope, WorldLanguage Teacher/DepartmentCoordinator

Workshop Session

Grades 5-8Skyview Room S40325 participants

Session A or Session B

Grades 7-12High School Room C113 25participants

042412-11AHigh School SchoolImprovement PlanningCommittee

Members of the high school School

Improvement Planning Committeeand any interested high school facultyare invited to join this session toreview and revise the SchoolImprovement Plan requiredby PDE and plan for continued growthat the high school. This is your chanceto have a voice in our school focusand goals for the 2012/2013 schoolyear!

042412-12A042412-12BFree Speech and PrivacyIssues in the Classroom

When can a teacher discipline a

student for wearing a t-shirt that maybe inappropriate? When can a schooldiscipline a student for wearinginappropriate clothing, and whatkinds of clothing have courts deemedto be inappropriate? What kind ofstudent speech is protected by theFirst Amendment? Can students berandomly searched in schools? Thesequestions, plus many other


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Facilitator: Judy Landis, High SchoolPrincipal

Constitutional issues, will bediscussed.

Facilitator: Steve Walton, High SchoolSocial Studies Teacher and Attorneyat Law

Session AGrades 9-12

High School Room C141 25participants

Session A or Session BGrades K-12

High School Room C246 20participants


042412-13A042412-13BEveryday Math CommonCore Teacher Kit

Exploration (K-6)

Participants will be given theopportunity to go through thecomponents in their new EDM teacherkit to identify changes that will affecttheir future planning. Each participantshould bring any materials that theywish to use to compare/explore fromeither/both their 3rd edition kit and/ortheir new CCSS kit that was recently

distributed. Also, teachers will beintroduced to a tech demo site set upby EDM to view the Deluxe eSuiteCCSS edition components, some new,some improved.

Facilitator: Cindy Golden and MarciaBenner, Elementary Math Specialists

042412-14Be a Winner! Get a Grantand Your Students Win,Too!

Who gets grants? YOU CAN! Do youhave a dream for a project orequipment? Let me help take the fearout of grant-writing! Grant writing issimilar to a writing lesson plan ---something you already excel at doing.This workshop will include writingactivities to take you step-by-stepthrough the grant proposal process.

Please come with an idea, a flashdrive, and your excitement.

Facilitator: Patty McGinnis, GiftedSupport Specialist


Audubon Library20 participants


Arcola Library15 participants

042412-15Guided Reading: The NextSteps (1-2)

This workshop was designed basedupon feedback from the GuidedReading coaching sessions that have

042412-16Guided Reading: The NextSteps (3-4)

This workshop was designed basedupon feedback from the GuidedReading coaching sessions that have


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taken place thus far, as well asgeneral feedback from teachers. Wellgo beyond the basics to discusstopics such as scheduling, textselection, and grouping of students.Bring your ELA curriculum andquestions.

Facilitator: Sue Smith, PAWLP

taken place thus far, as well asgeneral feedback from teachers. Wellgo beyond the basics to discuss topicssuch as scheduling, text selection,and grouping of students. Bring yourELA curriculum and questions.

Facilitator: Wendy Taylor, LiteracyConsultant

Workshop SessionGrades 1-2Eagleville Room 10815 participants

Workshop SessionGrades 3-4Eagleville Room 20515 participants


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042412-177th Grade ScienceCurriculum Development

This session is for teachers of 7th

grade science.

Facilitator: Val Loughnane, Grades 7-8 Science Department Coordinator

042412-18High School GovernmentCurriculum Development

High School Government teachers willmeet to discuss/align the curriculumto the Assessment Anchors andEligible Content for Civics andGovernment.

Facilitator: Adam Sussman, Grades 9-12 Social Studies DepartmentCoordinator

Workshop SessionGrade 7Arcola Room F208 10participants

Workshop SessionGrades 9-12High School Room C219 20participants

042412-19Curriculum Development forArt, Library, and Tech Ed

This session is for teachers of thesesubjects to work with Diane Barrie oncurriculum.

Facilitator: Diane Barrie, ActingCoordinating of Curriculum andInstruction

Workshop SessionGrades K-12Eagleville Library40 participants


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Technology

042412-20AAtomic Learning Overview

Methacton School District has recentlypartnered with Atomic Learning, an award-

winning website that offers training onover 205 applications relevant to districtand individual technology needs! Thissession is an overview of all the topicsavailable as part of our Atomic Learningsubscription. Learn how to search forquick video tutorials in everything fromMicrosoft Word to iPads.

Facilitator: Layla Lyons, DistrictTechnology Integration Specialist

042412-21A042412-21BWindows 7 Overview

The new Windows 7 brings your desktop to

life. Applications are now morediscoverable, informative, and interactive.Come learn how to use the new enhancedtaskbar, interactive thumbnails, animationand interaction, and many other new andexciting features. This class is designedfor those new to Windows 7, as well asthose who are familiar with it but havequestions or need some additional help toachieve the maximum potential of theoperating systems capabilities.

Facilitator: Dianne Maylen, Data SupportSpecialist

Session AGrades K-12

Skyview Lab S50525 participants


Farina Staff Development Classroom25 participants

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SMART Board Basics andBeyond

Have a Smart Board in your room and haveno idea how to use it? In this session youwill learn about basic Smart Board toolsand how to use them. Once you havemastered the basic tools and have learnedsome basic uses for your Smart Board, youwill learn how to implement these skills bycreating Smart files from your

curriculum. You will produce actual SmartFiles that will make your teaching lifeeasier and your classroom fun for yourstudents. You will have time to createlesson files to take with you andimmediately use in your classroom!Participants should bring theirnotebooks and ideas from theircurriculum that they would like to putinto a Smart Board lesson. For

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The Tools We Use!

Have you ever walked by a classroom andseen a technological gadget that youvenever used? Our buildings have lots otools that we should learn how to use! Thissession will cover a variety of hardwareavailable in our buildings from scanners tomicrophones for podcasting, documencameras, smart slates, flip camerasthelist goes on. Focusing on some special tips

and tricks for each tool this can be thelaunching point for terrific classroom ideasto replace and rejuvenate concepts thaget the students involved and interacting!

Facilitator: Layla Lyons, District


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example - Vocabulary List, Math JournalPages, Worksheet, Study Guides, SubjectNotes or Outlines, anything you would likeyour students to interact with on the SmartBoard.

Facilitator: Mike Clarke, Fifth Grade

Teacher

Technology Integration Specialist


Skyview Room S10420 participants

Session BGrades K-12

Skyview Lab S50525 participants


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Technology

042412-24A042412-24BSchoolwires Work Session

This session is available for participants towork on their websites with support fromAngela Linch.

Facilitator: Angela Linch, Coordinator ofDistrict Communications

042412-25A042412-25BiPads in the Classroom

Participants will have the opportunity tolearn about and use an iPad from one ofthe High Schools iPad labs. You will alsohave time to explore several iPadresources to help create lessons for yourclassroom.

Facilitator: Chris Lloyd, DistrictTechnology Integration Specialist


High School Lab A20020 participants


High School Room C12125 participants

042412-26AUsing Computers during GuidedReading Centers (K-4)

Are you looking for ways to use yourcomputers effectively during guidedreading centers? Lets explore digital toolsand discuss purposeful ways to use thecomputer to increase reading and writingskills. Participants will be exposed to avariety of resources and will have anadequate amount of time to explore.**Headphones are available in thecomputer lab, but you may bring your

own.**

Facilitator: Brooke Mulartrick, DistrictTechnology Integration Specialist

042412-27BVideoconferencing toModernize Your Curriculum (K-

12)Videoconferencing is equitable to usingSkype. You can see and interact withpeople in another location at the sametime! Imagine connecting with a scientistor a zoologist so your students caninteract with an expert on a specific topic.Instead of reading about a foreign city,imagine connecting with students who livein that city! We will participate in a shortvideoconference with NASA and learnabout their distance learning programsmany of which are fee. Following that, youwill have time to explore differentvideoconference opportunities throughdatabases that are listed on the techintegration wiki.

Facilitator: Brooke Mulartrick, DistrictTechnology Integration Specialist


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Session AGrades K-4

Arrowhead Computer Lab30 participants

Session BGrades K-12

Arrowhead Computer Lab30 participants

Technology

042412-28Discovery Education STREAMING

Did you know that Discovery EducationSTREAMING has videos, an interactive atlas,dynamic calendar, thousands of quizquestions, images, songs, and STEMcontent? This fast-paced, energizing sessionwill open your eyes to the possibilities ofdigital media and Discovery EducationSTREAMING in the classroom.

Facilitator: Kristen Olson, Regional AccountManager, Discovery Education

042412-29A042412-29BWebinars

Cant find a session that interests youLooking for time to view that awesomwebinar a colleague recommended? Di

your professional organization offer webinar, and youve been looking for time to view it? Choose from the webinalist on the Staff Development Web Page ofind your own. All webinars completedduring the morning sessions must besubmitted through My Learning Planto receive credit for the day. Use theWebinar Approval Form in MLP afteviewing the webinar.

Facilitator: Independent/Self

Workshop SessionGrades K-12Eagleville Computer Lab25 participants

Session A and Session BGrades K-12

On your own in the districunlimited participant

042412-30A042412-30BAtomic Learning Self-Selected

Training

Atomic Learnings online trainingresources teach you how do I do thatthrough a library of thousands of short,easy-to-understand tutorial movies andhow do I apply that training that can beused as an integral part of a professionaldevelopment program and a valuablecurriculum supplement. Atomic Learning

042412-31Achieve 3000

This session is for the Achieve 3000PILOT TEACHERS ONLY. Participants wireceive an overview of the program witan opportunity for a Q&A.


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makes it easy to learn new technologyand encourages technology integration inthe classroom. Choose from over 50,000programs to learn the skills you want touse in your classroom. Login with yourdistrict e-mail address and districtpassword. Please complete the activity

evaluation to ensure you receive creditfor your time.

Facilitator: Independent/Self

Facilitator: Stephanie Galemmo, Achieve3000 Consultant

Session A or Session BGrades K-12On your own in the district unlimitedparticipants

Workshop SessionGrades 5-6Skyview Computer Lab S105Pilot Teachers

Safety

042412-32Adult CPR/AED for the LayResponder

3 Hours. Participants learn how to performCPR and care for breathing and cardiacemergencies in adults and children. Theywill also learn how to use an automatedexternal defibrillator (AED) on adult victimsof cardiac arrest until advanced medicalhelp arrives. Participants will participateand be evaluated in skill sessions andscenarios. A score of 80% or more on awritten exam must be achieved in order toobtain certification. Course includescertification card, Red Cross Manual,breathing barriers, manikin wipes andgloves.

Facilitator: Alex Davis, Red Cross

042412-33First Aid for the Lay Responder

3 hours. Participants learn first aid skills fresponding to a variety of life threateninemergencies such as head, neck and bacinjuries, burns, wounds, and heat or coemergencies. Participants also learn tmanage sudden illnesses, stroke, seizurbites and poisoning. Students w

participate and be evaluated in sksessions and scenarios. A score of 80% omore on a written exam must be achievein order to obtain certification. Coursincludes certification card (good for years), Red Cross Manual, gloves and afirst aid materials.

Facilitator: Alex Davis, Red Cross


High School Library15 participants

Workshop SessioGrades K-1

High School Room C1315 participant

042412-34Castle in the Air, An EmergencyExercise in Review

Preventing school violence is a priority in

042412-35ABrain STEPS:The Brain Injury School Re-EntryProgram


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our district. We are all too familiar with thetragedy of school shootings. Although wehope it never happens here, we must beprepared. That is why it is critical thatschools, law enforcement and emergencyresponders work together and know how torespond to a school shooting quickly andeffectively. This video is a dramatization of

a school incident created in collaborationwith the MC Dept. Public Safety,Montgomery County EmergencyManagement, Lower Providence Police,Central Montgomery SWAT, the Red Crossand MSD staff members to assist in theplanning and response to an intruder.

Facilitator: Janeen Marzewski, Coordinatorof District Services and Mark Stead, SchoolResource Officer

Each year, over 4,000 of Pennsylvaniachildren survive severe traumatic brainjuries significant enough to requihospitalization. Many are left with lifaltering difficulties in physical, cognitive, obehavioral functioning. Brain STEPS working to make sure that those whprovide educational support to children wit

brain injury have a good understanding othe effects of the injury, the resultinchallenges, and supports and interventionthat will help these students achieveducational success through graduation.

Facilitator: Sue Alderfer, SLP, MCIUAssistive Technology Training andConsulting


Skyview Room S34930 participants

Session Grades K-1

Skyview Room S4030 participant


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Safety

042412-36100% Tobacco Free Schools,Reducing Risk: Tobacco Use andthe Adolescent Brain

This in-service option will be of specialinterest to SAP Team members, counselors,psychologists, nurses, health & physicaleducation teachers and administrators. Itwill outline the key developmental changesin the adolescent brain with particularattention to risk factors that interrupt orchange brain development. Review currentresearch regarding early initiation ofnicotine use and the effect on theadolescent brain. Review Pennsylvania's100% Tobacco Free Schools Toolkit forStudent Assistance Programs and additionalresources as mechanisms fordeveloping comprehensive plans andpolicies for preventing tobacco use andaddiction in schools. Provide an opportunityfor participants to develop an individualizedaction plan to prevent tobacco use andaddiction in their school.

Facilitator: Willetta Goldstein, BSN, RN, BC,Community Health Education and Outreach@ Phoenixville Hospital


High School Cafeteria50 participants


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Session IndexSession A 8:00-9:30 Session B 10:00-11:30

Curriculum & Instruction

Discovering Your Memory Power High School LGI

Strategies to Help Teachers Cope Emotionally and Behaviorally with Challenging Students Eagleville Art Room

Special Education Law Skyview Library Current Issues in Education Skyview Library

Beyond F.A.T. CITY Arcola LGIMean Girls High School Room C247

Literacy Workstations An Alternative to the Daily 5 Worcester Room 100

Understanding and Managing Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom Woodland Library

Free Speech and Privacy Issues in theClassroom High School Room C246

Free Speech and Privacy Issues in theClassroom High School Room C246

Lessons for the Domains (Grades 5-8) Skyview Room S403

Guided Reading: The Next Steps (K-2) Eagleville Room 108

Guided Reading: The Next Steps (3-4) Eagleville Room 205

Engaging Activities & Games for theSecondary Classroom High School C113

Engaging Activities & Games for theSecondary Classroom High School C113

Be a Winner! Get a Grant and Your Students Win, Too! Arcola Library

EDM Common Core Teacher Kit Exploration Audubon Library

EDM Common Core Teacher Kit Exploration Audubon Library

High School School Improvement PlanningCommittee High School Room C141

7th Grade Science Curriculum Development Arcola Room F208

High School Government Curriculum Development High School Room C219

Curriculum Development for Art, Library, and Tech Ed Eagleville LibraryTechnology

Atomic Learning Overview - Skyview LabS505

Tools We Use! - Skyview Lab S505

Discovery Education STREAMING High School Lab C168

Schoolwires Work Session - High School LabA200

Schoolwires Work Session - High School LabA200

Windows 7 Overview Farina SDC Windows 7 Overview Farina SDC

iPads in the Classroom High School RoomC121

iPads in the Classroom High School RoomC121

Using Computers during Guided Reading Arrowhead Computer Lab

Videoconferencing to Modernize YourCurriculum Arrowhead Computer Lab

SMART Board Basics and Beyond Skyview Room S104

Webinars District Classroom Webinars District ClassroomAchieve 3000 Skyview Computer Lab S105

Atomic Learning Self-Selected Training District Classroom

Atomic Learning Self-Selected Training District Classroom

Safety

Adult CPR/AED Training - High School Library

First Aid for Lay Responder - High School Room C132

Castle in the Air, An Emergency Exercise in Review Skyview Room S349

Brain STEPS Skyview Room S401

100% Tobacco Free Schools, Reducing Risk High School Cafeteria


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