WESTSIDE

Come enhance your knowledge from our 33 choice sessions with experts from WCS, ESU #3, Region #3, Nebraska MTSS,UNO, and Children’s Hospital. Sessions will run from 8:00 - 8:45 and 8:55 - 9:40 at Westside High School and descriptions are on the back. We are offering many of the same sessions we offered in January in addition to new sessions. Staff members will have an opportunity to sign up for sessions using sched.com on February 13th starting around 10:00 am.

*Please note that Compassion Fatigue is a concurrent two hoursession from 8:00 - 10:00.

** Denotes special invite sessions or single available times.

February 20th, 2017 Session 1: 8:00-8:45 Session 2: 8:55-9:40 Session 3: TBD by building,grade level, special invite, and department.All sessions will occur at Westside High School - 8701 Pacific St, Omaha NE

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING #westsidepl updated 2.13.17

February 20th, 2017

Session Titles (45 minute sessions will be offered at 8:00 and 8:55 unless otherwise noted) Room Focus Speaker

** Current Trends in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (For Psychs, Counselors, and Social Workers) 8:00 Session - Current Trends in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Review psychiatric medications types/categories prescribed in children and adolescents. Review common or serious side effects due to psychiatric medications which are appropriate to be shared with the prescriber of the medication.

Little Theater K - 12 Dr. Martin Harrington-

Children's Hospital

**Co-Teaching at WMS Special Education and Classroom Teachers Unite. Invite Only 8:55 session - Interactive session on philosophy, implementation, and strategies to make co-teaching a success for teachers and students. 204 7-8 Kami Jessop / Jenny

Brockman

**Depression at School Children's Hospital- 8:55 session - Review signs and symptoms of depression in children and teens. Discuss what symptoms of distress are in the typical range and when increased intervention is needed.

Little Theater K-12

Dr. Ashley Harlow - Children's Hospital

**EIR Hybrid Training *Invite Only 8:00 - 9:40 This session is intended for Reading Coordinators and Special Education Teachers who need the initial EIR Training. 102 K-6 Tanya Ihlo - NE /

MTSS

*Compassion Fatigue (2 hour session) 8:00 - 10:00 - Attendees of this two hour workshop for adults will improve theirunderstanding of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and burnout effects, symptom recognition and tools for self care. 136 K-12 Kay Glidden - Region

#3

Boardmaker Online The Basics A general overview of the Online version of Boardmaker with focus on making symbol cards and schedules with expansion of options and techniques as time allows. We have a plan in place and hope it leads to our staff embracing the power of this new online version of a product they have relied on for so many years……….

202 K-12 Kay Travnicek / Katherine Healey

Bricklayer - Bricklayer is an educational ecosystem consisting of web apps, downloadable software, reading material, slide presentations, videos, and exercises. Bricklayer’s goal is to teach computer science in a way that is highly engaging while also revolutionizing how mathematical thinking is taught. When executed, Bricklayer programs produce LEGO artifacts. . .

320 K-12 Betty Love / Victor Winter - UNO

Breakout EDU kits are platforms for immersive learning games that integrate “gaming” in a meaningful way in the classroom. All of the games are designed to fit in with academic curriculum and teach core subjects of math, science, history, language arts, and more! There are several games for grades Kindergarten all the way through 12th grade. Students work together to solve a series of mysteries and puzzles that require …….

143 K-12 Allison Ponticus /Stephanie Swanson

Coding Interactive Games Using Scratch Jr. & Hopscotch - While coding isn't the only component of IT (information technology), it provides an engaging way for students to imagine and create while problem-solving and thinking critically.

137 K-6 Dr. Lynn Spady / IT Toolbox

Creating Learner Profiles with Autocrat and Google Forms (K-12 Advanced Tech Users) - We will be using a Google Add-On called Autocrat and Google Forms to create Personal Learning Profiles. 135 K-12

AdvancedMikayla Baker

Cross Curricular STEM Education - Learn how to adapt your existing lessons to meet Nebraska’s vision of STEM with your community and colleagues. 133 7-12 Angela Bergman

Differentiation Through Enrichment - Learn simple ways to differentiate in 4 areas: Content, Process, Product, and Learning Environment. 206 K-12 Elementary EY Team

Digital Dipsticks: Using Digital Formative Assessments - These five tools will be discussed: Kahoot, Socrative, Quizziz, Padlet, & Wizerme to help provide formative assessment opportunities. 141 7-12 Lance Mosier

Earn Recognition as an Apple Teacher! - Come learn how to become an Apple Teacher and have the time to earn your first badge! 140 K-12 Dustin Carlson

Getting Personal: How Well Do You Know Your Students? In order to effectively provide personalized learning opportunities for your students, you need to know your students. In this session we will look at ways to "get to know" your students as a person and as a learner so that you can make data-informed decisions to direct your instruction based on learners needs.

322 K-12 Laurie Kerr ESU 3

Good Seeds Grow in Good Cultures: Culture of Success through Collaboration - Collaborate with Dr. McCann about the 12 norms of a collaborative culture. “Giving shape and direction to a school’s culture should be a clear, articulated vision of what the school stands for, a vision that embodies core values and purposes.” Jon Saphire

142 K-12 Dr. Blane McCann

Google Classroom What's New? Google Classroom continues to improve, and features are added regularly. Come to this session to see some of the new tools and ways to use Classroom more effectively. ` 121 7-12 Jeff Grinvalds

Google Expeditions: Virtual Field Trips using your iPad (must have an iPad)- Expeditions are collections of linked virtual reality (VR) content and supporting materials that can be used alongside existing curriculum. 222 K-12 Jeff Ingraham ESU 3

Kagan Structures Kagan Structures focus on cooperative learning. They are easy to learn and apply. This session will focus on structures used to boost engagement. 123 K-12 Hillary Haddix / Liz

Friesen

Keynote Super Ninja Skills - Have you ever wanted to make keynotes like the pros? Need to jazz up your lessons? Then this session is for you! Warning: This is not for the faint of heart. We will be hacking Keynote to create animations, alter images to create new effects, use motion graphics and more! A basic understanding of Keynote is assumed and a Mac is required.

308 K-12 Dr. Matt Lee

Leveraging Twitter for Professional Learning and Professional Collaboration - This session is for teachers looking to connect and collaborate with other educators to generate new innovative practices and new professional learning groups specific to the teacher's grade level, content area, and/or interest.

144 K-12 Andrew Easton

Make a Game of It - Gamification in education is the concept of using the competition of games to motivate and engage students to accomplish learning objectives. 321 K-12 Chad Schmeckpeper

Paving a Path - This breakout session will help participants find what is truly important in our lives.Some times in our life we have an event or change that shakes us to our core. 216 K-12 Ted Dondlinger

Poverty In this session you will learn about poverty, how this impacts the learning environment for our students, and how we can help students in poverty achieve at the same level as their middle/upper class peers. The session will also include information about social capital and how, as educators, we can help build a student's social capital.

212 K-12 Dr. Vicky Londer

STEM Education in Nebraska No matter what you teach, STEM education is part of it! Learn how to adapt your existing lessons to meet Nebraska’s vision of STEM with your community and colleagues. 238 K-6 Meredith Chambers

Supporting Bereaved Individuals - Participants will learn compassionate considerations and resources to help self or others on their grief journey. 145 K-12 Kathie McGill

TDA - Text Dependent Analysis (5-12) - Learn how to help students comprehend difficult text through close reading practices and effective Text Dependent and Text Dependent Analysis questioning. 210 K-12 Janet Foss - ESU 3

Tech Integration-Virtual Field Trips with Zoom Use a free application called zoom to take your students on virtual field trips. 125 K-12 Robbie Jensen - ESU 3

Technology Tools to Support TDA (Text Dependent Analysis) in All Classrooms (K-12) - We will highlight ways to utilize educational technology apps, tools, and resources to incorporate this type of analysis in all classrooms, regardless of the content area. 208 K-12 Kate Carlson - ESU 3

Unlocking the Power of Edpuzzle - Do you want to be able to push out videos to your students, monitor their progress, and check for understanding? Let me show you Edpuzzle. 214 7-12 Dave Baker

Useful Strategies for Writing Instruction and Assessment in the Secondary Classroom This session is designed for teachers of all content areas who are interested in adding or improving paragraph writing in their curriculum. We will share a basic organizational format currently taught to all English 9 students that can apply to and be used in any subject. We will also share a simple rubric to help you in assessing these pieces of writing and will support you in the development of your own writing prompts and rubrics.

240 7-12Stephanie Heitmann /Stephanie Pueppka

Using Instagram for Narrative Writing. - Children naturally connect thoughts, words, and images long before they master the skill of writing. Come explore how the use of images can harness the power of observation, analysis and writing. Explore 1. How to use images to help students transfer visual content into ideas and information. 2. Better understanding of social media tools such as Instagram and the role they can play in the classroom. 3. Develop a resource library for locating images.

132 K-12 Bridget Brown

Westside Wellness - Learn about the Westside Wellness program.This session is designed to introduce the Cafe Well Website and available online programs. You will have an opportunity to gain mindfulness strategies to maximize your daily potential at home and the work place.

130 K-12Stephanie Hornung/Mary Morris/Melissa Jackson

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