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Gaston County

Schools 2016

Gaston College

August 8 & 9

gaston.k12.nc.us


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2016 Sessions


Monday, August 8, 2016 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM (1.5 hours)

Let NIE Perk up Your Day! / 10823 Target Audience: All Educators Breaking News...and Breakfast! The best part of waking up is drinking a good cup of coffee and reading your local newspaper. Kick off the first day of the T&L Conference doing both plus enjoying some breakfast with Newspaper in Education representatives in the Myers Cafe. This informal drop-in session will allow you to browse through information, ask questions, get ideas to incorporate the newspaper into your classroom, and register for the newspaper.

Kim Norwood

Monday, August 8, 2016 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM (1.5 hours)

Classroom Management - Strategies for Success / 10825 Target Audience: PK-5 Effective classroom management comes in many different shapes and forms. Whether you are a novice or an expert, this session is for you! Do you get excited thinking about color-coding and labeling your classroom? Are transitions difficult for your students? Are you interested in discussing how to establish and maintain procedures? In this session, participants will come away with a Google folder full of strategies that can be put into place from the moment students walk in the door on the first day of school! Come prepared to share your favorite classroom management tips and discuss different ways to structure classrooms for success!

Beth Crosby


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Conferring with Readers / 10826 Target Audience: K-8 Do you want to get the most out of your time during reading workshop? Conferring with your readers is one of the greatest ways to get to know and to reach your readers’ diverse needs. During the session the different types of reading conferences will be explored. You will be given strategies on how to decide what your students need during your conferences. You will also be given ideas on how to implement conferences, along with guided reading, strategy groups and progress monitoring during your reading workshop time. Also, several ways to manage your anecdotal notes will be discussed.

Amber Manoff Stevie Phillips

Creatively Engaging Struggling Readers / 10832 Target Audience: 3-5 Ever get frustrated trying to reach that kid who just won't read? Or worse--can't? It's easy to teach a child to read when they come to you, well, reading. It's the ones who won't or can't that I have spent years trying to reach. This session will focus on using technology, a student's natural curiosity, and creativity to create high engagement shared and guided reading lessons. Teachers will come away from this session with ways to use technologies such as Blendspace and Google Classroom, combined with online resources like Readworks, to create high engagement lessons.

Rebecca O'Bryon

Dead Men & Potatoes / 10828 Target Audience: All Educators The presenters will discuss the realities of behavior, a continuum of supports, data collection, interventions to reduce suspensions, and more. Participants will receive handouts with resources and a discipline chart.

Jennifer Hamrick Jennifer Poulsen

Evolving Library Spaces / 10829 Target Audience: All Educators To be college and career ready, today’s learners must be creators of content rather than mere consumers of information. How do students' learning needs affect the library media environments that we create for them? What are the implications for our library media spaces? How are our spaces evolving to meet their needs? Join me as we delve into the topic of transforming library spaces. This is an interactive session, so each participant will need to bring a fully charged device. All School Library Media Coordinators are encouraged to attend!

Kathy Parker

Exceptional Children and the ACCESS Test / 10830 Target Audience: All Educators This session is designed to familiarize EC teachers with the new state mandated ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 test. Join this informative session to learn about the new ACCESS test, as well as what accommodations are appropriate and allowed.

Ana Barreto-Mathews

Financial Education: Tools for Success / 10831 Target Audience: 6-12 Participants will be introduced to FREE classroom curriculum materials to teach personal finance to students in grades 8-12. Topics include budgeting, credit and borrowing, banking services, and money management.

Renee Shipko


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Get Educated on Your North Carolina Teachers Retirement System Benefits / 10833 Target Audience: All Educators As a state employee, six percent of every dollar you earn goes to the Teachers and State Employees Retirement Fund. Many of you who work 30 years will draw close to $1,000,000 from this fund over your retirement lifetime. Attend this session, and you will learn the differences between your defined benefit plan and a defined contribution plan. Understand the terms: survivors alternate benefit, average final compensation, modified pop-up options, and social security leveling. Learn if you are eligible to purchase service and how you are penalized for retiring early. It's your million dollar retirement, be an expert on it!

Robert Furlong

Hello from the Other Side / 10834 Target Audience: All Educators Webb Street is our county’s only public separate school for students with significant cognitive disabilities. How can teachers at Webb Street help you in your classroom with students who have disabilities? This session will focus on the "Top 10" things you need to know about how Webb Street adapts instruction to fit the needs of our diverse learners. Topics will include behavior management strategies, adapted instruction and curriculum with Unique Learning Systems, collaborating with related service providers, creating individualized schedules, assistive technology, creating a sensory friendly classroom, team teaching, and vocational opportunities for all ages. Participants will have the opportunity to “Make & Take” sensory friendly items to use with students as well.

Kelli Howe Susie Miller

Jordan Trogdon Erin Wallace

Ignite Your Students' Learning! / 10835 Target Audience: 9-12 Participants will learn how Ignite presentations can be used in the classroom to enhance public speaking and class presentations. Ignite presentations are 5 minute, 20 slide presentations with slides advancing every 15 seconds. Students can use these as a quick project presentation or to practice public speaking skills on a topic. Students will be able to practice the art of telling stories in a format that keeps them from straying off topic and addresses the speaking and listening standards of Common Core.

Beth Wilkinson

Leading Math PLCs / 10836

Target Audience: Admin Only A In this session, participants will engage in and reflect on effective techniques for working with math PLCs. We will look from a leadership perspective at the fundamental nature of the shifts demanded by the CCS-M and Standards for Mathematical Practices. We will provide a framework for gathering evidence of student thinking during classroom observations carried out between PLC meetings.

Lisa Hayes Diane Price

Karl Sain Carolyn Spencer

NCWiseOwl: New and Improved Just for You! / 10837 Target Audience: All Educators Looking for informational text? Need reliable resources for your students to use for research? If yes, then NCWiseOwl is for you. This state-funded resource is just a click away to help you with all your information needs. Ebooks, journals, encyclopedias, and subject area support is available for teachers in NC public schools. Join me to learn to navigate the new website and explore the great resources that are available.

Jennifer Northrup


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Parent Link / 10949 Target Audience: Admin Only For principals, assistant principals and other employees who send Parentlink phone messages for your school. Learn how to send messages and post them to social media and the GCS mobile app.

Sean Corcoran

PD in My PJs / 10838 Target Audience: All Educators What if I told you we CAN find more hours in the day? It is possible using real-time, anytime professional development. This session will show you how to utilize Twitter and various apps to find resources whenever you need them. Learn how to merge quality learning that can be done when most convenient for you with quality peer interactions. This session will open your eyes to using Twitter for more than following your favorite celebrities.

Teri Beltakis Kyle Wood

Raising Ready Readers: A Closer Look at Family Literacy / 10839 Target Audience: PK-5 This session will explore Family Literacy and its impact on the classroom. We will work to understand the components of Family Literacy and how schools can support the communities they serve. Come and learn how initiatives like "One Book, One School" help us to connect with each other and foster a love of reading.

Kim Reese Erika Whitesides

Sum It Up! / 10840 Target Audience: 3-12 Want to drastically change your remediation/enrichment program? “Sum It Up” consists of days where content, process, product, and environment are altered to ignite a passion for learning! In an effort to spark student engagement, we created tiered review and enrichment activities based on Blooms Taxonomy, with an emphasis on student choice.

Camilia Smith Amber Spargo

The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Seravello / 10841 Target Audience: K-8 Come find out why The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo is transforming literacy instruction in classrooms across the country. Participants will learn how this book can help them plan their lessons and implement goal-directed, differentiated instruction for individuals, small groups, and whole classes. Best of all...each participant will leave with his/her very own copy of The Reading Strategies Book!

Shannon Hullett

Monday, August 8, 2016 8:30 AM – 11:45 AM (3 hours)

AHA Heartsaver CPR/AED / 10842 Target Audience: All Educators AHA Heartsaver CPR/AED - OPEN TO CURRENT GCS EMPLOYEES ONLY Heartsaver CPR Initial or Renewal Course including Adult CPR AED (with a mask), Adult choking, Child CPR AED, and Child Choking. This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card CPR AED to meet job, regulatory, personal, or other requirements. If you are renewing, please bring your "American Heart Association Heartsaver, First Aid, CPR and AED Student Workbook" 2015 guidelines. This session is for initial or renewal certification. IMPORTANT – Due to the nature of this training, no children will be permitted in the session. There will be books available for use during the session.

Lynn Hamm Lisa Singer

Kent Spitler Kathy Zwanziger


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Monday, August 8, 2016 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Drop-In

PRINCIPALS DO NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY to Label Your Staff Members' Evaluation Plans Correctly! / 10843 Target Audience: Admin Only No Credit During this "drop-in" support session, Human Resources will be providing you with assistance assigning "Administrator" rights (mentors, peer observers). This is a drop-in session. This session breaks from 10:15 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

Laura Clark Ashley

Duckworth Michelle Elrod

Beth Suber

Monday, August 8, 2016 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM (6 hours)

Youth Mental Health First Aid / 10844 Target Audience: 6-12 Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to instruct teachers, school staff, and other caring citizens on how to help students who are experiencing a crisis or mental health/addictions challenge. The course uses role playing and simulations to demonstrate how to assess a mental health crisis, select interventions, and provide initial help. It will help participants to connect persons to professional, peer, and social supports as well as self-help resources. Our focus will be on teaching school staff how to utilize the YMHFA five step action plan to intervene on behalf of any student that needs assistance and obtain the appropriate help that is needed. This course is very similar to CPR training, except the focus is on mental health. The participant will learn how to decipher the difference between crisis and non-crisis responses to provide initial aid to students while waiting for the appropriate professional help to arrive. This session breaks from 10:15 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

Christy Garcia Talia Stewart

Monday, August 8, 2016 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM (1.5 hours)

Featured Speaker From Poverty to Doctor: Turning Transitions into Success / 10845 Target Audience: All Educators Dr. Tommy A. Watson ("Dr. Inspiration") is considered one of the world’s top authorities on resilience, change, motivation, and leadership. Dr. Tommy Watson inspires millions with the unique and charismatic way he articulates his journey from poverty to doctor. He is an expert on turning transitions into success! Dr. Watson will share the number #1 strategy to get and keep students motivated.

Dr. Tommy

Watson


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Monday, August 8, 2016 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (1.5 hours)

21st Century Writing Workshop Publishing / 10846 Target Audience: PK-5 This session will provide a model on how to plan and prepare for technology integration in Writer’s Workshop. It will provide tips, shortcuts, and recommendations to meet individual classroom needs. Participants will also have the opportunity to explore different tech tools.

Elisabeth Haywood

Are You Ready to #GoOpen? / 10847 Target Audience: All Educators The United States Department of Education has a campaign that encourages schools to #GoOpen with Educational Resources. North Carolina has accepted the challenge. As we begin the discussion and implement plans to utilize Open Educational Resources (OER), it is important to have the tools and mindset to facilitate maximum positive impact upon students and educators. Please join us for this hands-on session. Be sure to bring a fully charged device so you can explore these OER tools and resources with us.

Cathy Mathews

CHAMPS: It’s More Than Just a Poster / 10848 Target Audience: All Educators What is CHAMPS? Why are there posters hanging all around the school? Come and learn about a framework to guide the decisions teachers make to build and implement a proactive and positive approach to classroom management.

Chris Mills

Cowboy Logic: Rounding up STEM Lessons for Life / 10849 Target Audience: 3-5 Discover STEM lessons through the eyes of the Cowboy as we explore the Cowboy Logic Series (c). The same topics that you teach--soil/erosion, physics/simple machines, heat/energy, and adaptations/biology--will be carried out in a demo style setting. Our presenters will adapt their engaging outdoor classroom stations for the purpose of this indoor presentation. Sorry, no live animals! Learning is more than memorizing concepts, and it happens best in a multi-dimensional environment. With the Cowboy Logic Series, theoretical lessons learned in the classroom will take on new meaning as students experience these with all of their senses. Warning...learning can be contagious!

Denice Shook Meg Vanderbilt

Dynamic Library Lesson Plans for K-5 Grades That Align with AASL and Common Core / 10850 Target Audience: PK-5 Elementary media coordinators will leave this presentation with numerous ready-made library lesson plans to get them started on the right foot with their young charges! Lessons can be modified based on the needs of your individual library and clientele. You will feel empowered to approach your teachers about collaborative lessons because you will firmly grasp how Common Core fits into the library. Participants will leave ready to be leaders in dynamic teaching that will inspire enthusiasm for library skills. All elementary media coordinators are encouraged to attend!

Julie Shatterly


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From the Trenches: Get the Dirt about Being a Principal / 10851

Target Audience: All Educators A What is being a principal really like? How can I best help students in my school though leadership and management? How does a principal organize the day, month, and year? What leadership lessons can I use in my school, career, or classroom? Bring your questions to this session and delve into school leadership. Be prepared to reflect on your own leadership and take away several tools to help you, including checklists, guidelines, and recommendations from a panel of experienced administrators.

Kathy Cox Mike Grimmer

Bill Kessler

Gauging Student Learning with Snapshot Assessments / 10852 Target Audience: All Educators Participants will gain insight in how to effectively use technology tools to gather data for formative assessments. There will be time for hands-on practice and exploration. Attendees will add tools to their professional toolboxes to gauge student progress and assist with student achievement.

Audra Robertson

How to BALANCE Literacy / 10853 Target Audience: K-8 What does a classroom look like that supports a balanced literacy framework? This workshop will focus on the pieces that make up and support balanced literacy. These include: reading (guided, shared, interactive, independent), writing (guided, shared, interactive, independent), environment (classroom library), independent work (literacy workstations), and social structures (buddy and paired reading). Come and learn tricks and tips on how to BALANCE the Literacy Block.

Katrina Ashleman

Aubrey Caldwell

Ratios - Singapore Style / 10854 Target Audience: 6-8 In this session, experience Singapore’s conceptual approach to understanding ratios. Be prepared to be amazed at how quickly your students move into more complex problem solving. Building a solid foundation of ratios creates the stepping stones necessary for proportional reasoning. Come take a look at how you can share this proven method with your students.

Lynn Hovis

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Secrets to Motivating Students / 10855 Target Audience: All Educators Dr. Tommy Watson is a former school principal who led a school with only one suspension for the entire year. He is a nationally recognized expert in the area of motivation. As educators, we want all students to be motivated for success. Join Dr. Watson to learn new strategies that you can apply this year to motivate your students!

Dr. Tommy Watson

Start Smart and Finish Well / 10856 Target Audience: All Educators A lesson plan for your finances: Stagnant wages, college debt, a pension plan under assault... is it any wonder why many young educators question whether they will ever be able to move beyond their paycheck-to-paycheck existence? You can! But it requires a game plan. Learn about managing your money today while also planning for tomorrow and understand how the NC State Retirement represents the most valuable asset most educators ever possess. Pick up tips on taming college debt and managing credit. Learn about the benefits of the Roth IRA and 403b. If you agree that finishing well requires starting smart, then this is the session for you.

Robert Furlong

Share Your School's Good News / 10950 Target Audience: All Educators News Network: For News Network representatives, especially anyone serving as your school's News Network contact for the first time. Learn about how to work with the Communications Department to share your school's "Good News" through photos and announcements.

Joy La Prade

Tech Tools for Math Instruction / 10857 Target Audience: 6-12 Let the computer do the computing! Rigorous math classes include a blend of procedural fluency, application, and conceptual understanding. In order to facilitate student access to higher-level conceptual understanding, it is imperative at times to delegate the mathematical computation to technology. Participants will learn about several math-specific tech tools including (but not limited to) Desmos, Tuvalabs, and Geogebra, as well as questioning strategies designed to leverage students' critical thinking. Participants should bring a device to access online tools during the session.


There's a Library in My School? / 10858 Target Audience: All Educators OK, so you know there is a library in your school...Now what? This session is designed to discuss and learn about opportunities that can come from your school media center/learning commons. Media coordinators, instructional technology facilitators, and classroom teachers should plan to come together to create some electrifying ideas for collaborative teaching and student engagement.

Robin Jordan


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Using Formative Assessments to Teach for Mastery / 10859 Target Audience: All Educators Formative assessment practice is on the rise in classrooms across the country. Teachers and specialists have the experience and knowledge to formatively assess students throughout the learning process. But how do teachers analyze the formative assessment data they collect every day? Using Classroom and Schoolnet Data, educators can analyze formative assessment data, strategize what do about it, and then act. The goal of this session is to give educators a data analysis tool they can use every day.

Pam Huffstetler Derrick Jackson Barbara James

Rebekka Powers

When Is Fair Use Fair? / 10860 Target Audience: All Educators How do you model ethical use of information and technology resources? Does the professional development you deliver comply with copyright law? Are you unsure about what materials you can post to your websites? Join me for an interactive session to consider educational fair use and its implications for our work as educators. This session will be interactive, so bring your own device.

Kathy Parker

Writing in Math Class? Absolutely! / 10861 Target Audience: 3-5 Mathematical communication is a way of sharing ideas and clarifying understanding. Through communication, ideas become objects of reflection, refinement, discussion, and amendment. When students are challenged to communicate the results of their thinking to others orally or in writing, they learn to be clear, convincing, and precise in their use of mathematical language. Conversations in which mathematical ideas are explored from multiple perspectives help the participants sharpen their thinking and make connections. Participants will learn how to enhance students’ mathematical understandings while reinforcing their writing skills.

Shannon Hullett Diane Price


AHA Heartsaver First Aid / 10862 Target Audience: All Educators Heartsaver First Aid OPEN TO CURRENT GCS EMPLOYEES ONLY This session will include-

First aid basics (including scene safety, finding the problem, calling for help and more)

Medical emergencies (including actions for choking, breathing problems, shock and more)

Injury emergencies (including actions for bleeding, broken bones, burns and more)

Environmental emergencies (including actions for bites and stings, and temperaturerelated and poison emergencies).

There will be books available for use during the session. IMPORTANT – Due to the nature of this training, no children will be permitted in the session.


Kent Spitler Kathy

Zwanziger

Assessing Math Concepts for Principals / 10863

Target Audience: Admin Only A Administrative support is an essential component for making change in a school. How do I manage AMC Anywhere in my building? What's next? Answers to these questions and more will be addressed for principals utilizing Assessing Math Concepts.

Mardee Miller


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Autism: The Basics / 10864 Target Audience: All Educators Gaston County Schools continues to see an increase in students with an eligibility of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Persons with ASD exhibit areas of weakness impacting their behavioral and academic functioning. These areas of weakness, as well as generalized questions and answers regarding how to plan for students with ASD within the classroom and school environment, will be presented. Strategies being discussed will include scheduling, ideas for presentation of information, and examples of dealing with autism-related behaviors. If you have a basic understanding of the main areas of weakness associated with ASD, you might consider attending, "Autism Intervention Planning."

Carol Capehart Karen Miller

Melissa Morgan

Growing Readers with Reading Workshop for K-2 / 10865 Target Audience: PK-2 Would you like to increase your expertise with Reading Workshop in order to better grow your readers? In this session you will learn the significance of the structures for Reading Workshop: mini lessons, independent reading, conferring with readers, small group instruction, and the "share" portion. You will learn how to provide explicit instruction though mini lessons, which leads to increased student engagement and motivation. The presenters of this session are K-2 teachers who have found success with these methods, and they want to pass this success along to you. Sign up now to be a part of this success!

Donna Hayes Paige

Huffstetler Roxann Jimison

Kathy Plemmons

Non-Violent Crisis Physical Intervention – REFRESHER / 10866 Target Audience: All Educators ***You may only participate in this course if you hold a current blue card from Crisis Prevention Institute. ***Participants will review concepts from the basic course on prevention, intervention, and postvention of an acting-out individual. Upon completion, participants will receive a new certification card from the Crisis Prevention Institute. Participants should wear comfortable clothes.

DEC Program Facilitators

Using Code to Transform Your Classroom / 10867 Target Audience: All Educators This session will introduce participants to the concepts of Computer Science using the Code.org platform and how to apply the concepts to any curriculum. The session will walk-through an intro to computer science, pedagogy, overview of the online curriculum, teacher dashboard, and strategies for teaching “unplugged” classroom activities. Workshop attendees will also receive a bag of Code.org swag and a printed curriculum guide containing course lesson plans. You will also receive a certificate of completion. This session will be interactive and you will walk away with materials to implement immediately in your classroom!

Sharon Jones

Yes, They Can! Supporting Your English Learners / 10868 Target Audience: All Educators Do you have English Learners in your classroom? Come join us for an interactive session to talk about what your students can do! We will discuss how to interpret English Learners' language proficiency scores and how that information can be used to drive instruction. Participants will "walk in the shoes" of an English Learner and leave with strategies that can be used immediately in the classroom.

Ana Barreto-Mathews Lisa Elting


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Your Rights and the Evaluation Process / 10869 Target Audience: All Educators The NC Educator Evaluation System is an important tool and process for you to really understand. The more you know, the more success you will have in your classroom and with the ratings. In this session, you will learn the ins and outs of the evaluation system. You will gain tools to use in meeting standards' elements as well as tips for organizing artifacts/evidence. You will leave the session knowing your evaluation rights as they pertain to the policy and protocols. This will be an interactive session, so come prepared to think and do!

Angela Farthing


Debunking the Myth: Research-Based Best Practices for STEM Education / 10871 Target Audience: All Educators We all know to use best practices in the classroom. But...Are the strategies we use in the classroom research-based and current? Have best practices changed over time? Is there new research on STEM education? This session will cover multiple research topics in STEM education (e.g., Nature of Science, Conceptual Change, Technology, Classroom Environments, Learning Cycle, Argumentation, Gender Equality, International STEM, etc.). We will explain their implications in the classroom and the impact these topics have on student achievement.

Michelle Ellis

Get Ready for the New School Year! / 10951 Target Audience: All Website and Social Media: This session is for school and department webmasters and other administrative staff responsible for your website and social media. Learn about posting announcements and getting your website and school calendar updated for the year ahead. Find out how to create photo galleries and post featured photos. Learn how to tweet and post to your school's social media from your phone or iPad. We'll be available to help you get everything posted on your website before school starts.

Sean Corcoran

Joy La Prade

How to Engage Generation Z / 10872 Target Audience: All Educators Are there students in your classroom who choose not to work? Do you have a hard time engaging students while covering your curriculum? Do you want tools to engage students who are constantly “plugged in” outside of school? In this session you will learn how to engage this generation of students who are constantly connected by using a variety of digital tools, game-based learning across the curriculum, and classroom designs to create an engaging classroom for the 21st Century Learner or “Generation Z.” Please bring your own device (e.g., a Chromebook).

Brett Wilson Heather Wilson

Manipulative Mania / 10873 Target Audience: PK-5 Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a Snap Cube, Unifix Cube and Linking Cube? How do you pronounce “Tangram?” How can Pattern Blocks, Cuisenaire Rods, and Tangrams be used to teach fractions? This session will define the names of, and demonstrate uses for, various manipulatives. Participants will learn the rationale for using manipulatives to move students from conceptual understanding to connecting to abstract thinking.

Jennifer Crisp Lisa White


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PBL Building Blocks / 10874 Target Audience: 6-12 You can build a Project Based Learning (PBL) unit for any class! Get hands-on practice designing a PBL unit that fits YOUR curriculum, YOUR schedule, and YOUR students. I’ll walk you through the steps to figure out how to establish routines and assessments that align with your curriculum. You will also learn how to incorporate meaningful, real-world experiences that engage and inspire your students.

Laura Sexton

Putting the A in STEAM / 10875 Target Audience: K-8 Put the A in STEAM! Engage, inspire, create! Why integrate the arts within instruction? The arts increase accessibility to content and improve engagement. Arts help students connect with content. The arts help students express abstract ideas. The arts stimulate higher level thinking skills. The arts provide opportunities for collaboration. Becky and Jessica will share their ideas on how to integrate the arts throughout instruction using Project Based Learning, Maker Spaces, and Genius Hour. Music, Visual Arts, Dance... step outside the box, and join us for some innovative ideas. Learn about the benefits of using real world problems throughout instruction to grow your creative thinkers and problem solvers!

Jessica Ellison Becky Perkins

Snap! I Love That!: Using the Whole Book Approach to Liven up Your Storytimes / 10876 Target Audience: PK-5 Have you gotten stuck in the same old rut with the picture books that you share with your students? Are your storytimes putting you and your students to sleep? Are you ready to freshen up your picture book sharing with a love of the arts and a collaborative can-do attitude? The whole book approach was developed and honed by Megan Dowd Lambert, author of Reading Picture Books with Children. The presenter will share techniques for incorporating the whole book approach easily into your classroom or library book sharing. You will leave with tons of ideas for dynamic picture book sharing as well as an extensive bibliography of the latest and greatest in children’s literature.

Julie Shatterly

Social Media: The Do's and Don'ts - When It's Not Neat to Tweet! / 10877 Target Audience: All Educators Enjoying and using social media? FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr are all tools and pastimes. As an educator it is perfectly acceptable as long as you are a responsible user. In this session you will discover the do's and don'ts of social media including your privacy settings. You will hear about real life scenarios where educators were disciplined due to their inappropriate use of social media. We'll provide you with guidelines as well as best practices.

Justin Conley Diane Gibson

Teach My Students What?? RIGHT...They Can't Do Simple Computation / 10878 Target Audience: 6-8 Come take a look at how we can raise the bar in mathematical reasoning by providing respectful computational tasks with low thresholds and high ceilings. Who said learning can’t be fun?

Lynn Hovis


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The Apple of My Eye / 10879 Target Audience: All Educators Everyone knows Johnny Appleseed. Every student knows about how Johnny traveled around planting apple trees. The legend has grown and grown. You know Johnny Appleseed, but do you know the real John Chapman? Join storyteller and retired GCS principal, Richard Jordan, as he tells you the known story AND "the rest of the story."

Richard Jordan Robin Jordan

The Power of Two - Inclusive Practices and Co-Teaching / 10880 Target Audience: All Educators This presentation provides a comprehensive look at co-teaching as part of the foundation of an inclusive and collaborative school. It presents clear and detailed demonstrations of six co-teaching arrangements and outlines key considerations for those building and refining their programs. This presentation will assist educators and administrators to collaborate and share their knowledge and skills in order to help their students maximize their potential.

Anne David DEC Program Facilitators


Shannon Hullett


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Tuesday, August 9, 2016 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM (1.5 hours)

7 Steps to a Higher Achieving Classroom / 10968 Target Audience: K-8 Teachers, administrators, and other school stakeholders are continually seeking strategies that focus on positive school and academic improvement. The seven successful steps showcased in this presentation have proven to be effective at multiple schools and at multiple levels. Learn more about meaningful and purposeful ways to utilize: data, student surveys and instructional technology; the voice of teachers; human resources; creativity and relationships, all to raise student achievement, improve school culture, and positively impact the daily quality of education and classroom instruction. All school stakeholders will benefit from proven strategies in this creative presentation.

Dr. James Davis

And I Didn't Even Like Teaching Geometry... / 10882 Target Audience: 6-8 Do you REALLY dislike teaching Geometry? While these teachers HATED this unit in previous years, the standard was broken down and turned into meaningful tasks for this past year’s instruction. This has now become one of these teachers' most successful units. Participants will be shown how to engage students with meaningful tasks, hands-on activities, technology, and graphic organizers to teach Surface Area and Volume with meaning! Come fall in LOVE with Geometry again!

Carla Sain-May Camilia Smith Amber Spargo

Budgeting for Financial Success / 10885 Target Audience: All Educators What is my net worth? How can I save money? Where does all my money go? At one time or another, each of us has asked ourselves these questions. Join us in this highly interactive session facilitated by an expert from Wells Fargo to get the answers to these questions and many more. Increase your financial literacy and get help in creating your own spending plan to lead to financial success for now and the future.

James Congelli Kristin Kemp

Circle, Underline, Highlight....DO WHAT? / 10886 Target Audience: 3-8 Are students having difficulty understanding informational text in science and social studies? Need new and innovative ways to involve your students in class? Then we have the session for you! This session will introduce you to annotating informational text in the classroom, whether using pencil and paper or using digital tools. Participants will learn about anchor charts, ways to introduce annotation in the classroom, and the importance of annotation in all areas of the curriculum. You will leave this session with activities that can be implemented immediately in your classroom.

Lisa Creech Robert Killian

Connecting Fifth & Sixth Grade Mathematics / 10887 Target Audience: K-8 While the Common Core content standards may differ by grade, the Standards for Mathematical Practice do not. This session will focus on creating consistency in instructional practice from elementary to middle school mathematics. Participants will examine research-based practices that include inquiry-based lessons and high-leverage math tasks. Conversations will primarily focus on content standards in fifth and sixth grades, but this session is applicable to all levels of math instruction.

Kim Daniels Ashley Haley

Candace Hester Bernice

Parkhurst Diane Price

Karl Sain


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Elementary: Rapid Fire Activities for Clarifying the ELA Standards / 10888 Target Audience: PK-5 Through grade-level activities and discussions, an elementary NCDPI ELA Consultant will facilitate a learning opportunity to clarify the standards. Participants will use a variety of activities to unlock the meaning of the standards and student expectations. A participant commented after attending this training that: “I used to think the standards were vague and short. Now I know that there is so much meaning within the standards when we dig deep.”

Kristi Day

Get Connected with Books! / 10889 Target Audience: All Educators Educators can use digital tools and books to connect locally and globally, thereby building a sense of community among their students. Participants will learn how to reach out to students and teachers around the world. School librarians will share resources and opportunities for digital collaboration across the district and beyond.

Edie Crook Laura Long

Integrating ACT Prep into English Class / 10891 Target Audience: 9-12 The ACT is designed to measure our students’ college readiness. Their ACT scores are now also being used as a metric in determining the school grade on NC School Report Cards. With three components of the ACT test relating back to our content, English classes play a critical role in preparing our students for college as well as improving school report cards. Learn more about the format of the three subtests (Reading, English, and Writing) and ways you can integrate ACT prep seamlessly into your classes. This session is ideal for grades 9-12.

Amanda O'Brien

Parent Link / 10952 Target Audience: Admin Only For principals, assistant principals and other employees who send Parentlink phone messages for your school. Learn how to send messages and post them to social media and the GCS mobile app.

Sean Corcoran

PD in My PJs / 10892 Target Audience: All Educators What if I told you we CAN find more hours in the day? It is possible using real-time, anytime professional development. This session will show you how to utilize Twitter and various apps to find resources whenever you need them. Learn how to merge quality learning that can be done when most convenient for you with quality peer interactions. This session will open your eyes to using Twitter for more than following your favorite celebrities.

Teri Beltakis Kyle Wood

Secondary: Rapid Fire Activities for Clarifying the ELA Standards / 10893 Target Audience: 6-12 Through grade-level activities and discussions, a secondary NCDPI ELA Consultant will facilitate a learning opportunity to clarify the standards. Participants will use a variety of activities to unlock the meaning of the standards and student expectations. After attending this training, a participant commented: "I used to think the standards were vague and short. Now I know that there is so much meaning within the standards when we dig deep."

Angie Stephenson


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Transl8 to Rel8: Cracking the Middle School Code / 10894 Target Audience: 6-8 This presentation will provide attendees with go-to strategies to use across the curriculum, tools to help bridge the gap between students and teachers, and lesson examples that will ignite students with an excitement to learn. Attendees will participate in activities that involve movement, collaboration, and friendly competition. Teachers will walk away ready to implement engaging activities and strategies such as sketch-noting, snowball fight, and other interactive review games. Please bring your own device (e.g., a Chromebook).

Jaci Miller

Using STAR to Guide and Inform Instruction / 10895 Target Audience: K-8 In this session, educators will learn how to use the STAR Reading and Math Report to predict student proficiency on Reading and Math End-of-Grade assessments. Presenters will share how schools can use the data to drive instructional planning, determine remediation groups, and create a culture of collaboration.

Derrick Jackson Barbara James

Rebekka Powers

Tuesday, August , 2016 8:30 AM – 11:45 AM (3 hours)

AHA Heartsaver CPR/AED / 10896 Target Audience: All Educators AHA Heartsaver CPR/AED - OPEN TO CURRENT GCS EMPLOYEES ONLY Heartsaver CPR Initial or Renewal Course including Adult CPR AED (with a mask), Adult choking, Child CPR AED, and Child Choking. This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card CPR AED to meet job, regulatory, personal, or other requirements. If you are renewing, please bring your "American Heart Association Heartsaver, First Aid, CPR and AED Student Workbook" 2015 guidelines. This session is for initial or renewal certification. IMPORTANT – Due to the nature of this training, no children will be permitted in the session. There will be books available for use during the session.



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Tuesday, August 9, 2016 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM (6 hours)

Youth Mental Health First Aid / 10897 Target Audience: 6-12 Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to instruct teachers, school staff, and other caring citizens on how to help students who are experiencing a crisis or mental health/addictions challenge. The course uses role playing and simulations to demonstrate how to assess a mental health crisis, select interventions, and provide initial help. It will help participants to connect persons to professional, peer, and social supports as well as self-help resources. Our focus will be on teaching school staff how to utilize the YMHFA five step action plan to intervene on behalf of any student that needs assistance and obtain the appropriate help that is needed. This course is very similar to CPR training, except the focus is on mental health. The participant will learn how to decipher the difference between crisis and non-crisis responses to provide initial aid to students while waiting for the appropriate professional help to arrive. This session breaks from 10:15 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

Christy Garcia Talia Stewart

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Featured Speaker

Journey to Responsiveness: Six Ways to Know if You Are Culturally Responsive / 10898 Target Audience: All Educators Dr. Sharroky Hollie is the executive director of the Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing stellar professional development for educators desiring to become culturally responsive. Culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy (CLR) is a method for validating and affirming students' culture with the purpose of building and bridging the students toward success in school and society.

Dr. Sharroky

Hollie

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (1.5 hours)

Cowboy Logic: Rounding up STEM Lessons for Life / 10899 Target Audience: 3-5 Discover STEM lessons through the eyes of the Cowboy as we explore the Cowboy Logic Series (c). The same topics that you teach--soil/erosion, physics/simple machines, heat/energy, and adaptations/biology--will be carried out in a demo style setting. Our presenters will adapt their engaging outdoor classroom stations for the purpose of this indoor presentation. Sorry, no live animals! Learning is more than memorizing concepts, and it happens best in a multi-dimensional environment. With the Cowboy Logic Series, theoretical lessons learned in the classroom will take on new meaning as students experience these with all of their senses. Warning...learning can be contagious!

Denice Shook Meg Vanderbilt


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Dig into the Past with Project Archaeology / 10900 Target Audience: All Educators

Get your students to uncover the stories of the past buried underneath our feet! Discover how North Carolina’s First Peoples have shaped our future! Participants will complete hands-on activities that they can bring back to their classrooms. Learn about exciting field trip and workshop opportunities offered at The Schiele Museum of Natural History that can help your students become history detectives!

Sara English

Digging Deep into Science / 10901 Target Audience: 3-5 In this session we will "dig deep" into science instruction. How do we make sure we are teaching to the depth of our science standards? Why is questioning so important in science? We will focus on getting our students writing and talking about science. We will also discuss types of questions we as teachers need to ask during science instruction. This session is based on research from NSTA, ASCD, and BSCS.

Selina Bryne

Discover (or Rediscover!) the Follett Tools and Resources Already in Your School! / 10902 Target Audience: All Educators Destiny is the platform and Universal Search is the interface that makes it easy for you and your students to discover and access print and digital content that supports learning! See how easy it is to discover books that support units of study, objectives, student interest, and the reading levels of your students - including Guided Reading and AR levels! Explore how Follett eBooks, Universal Search, and the BryteWave K-12 Reader provide a perfect environment that supports digital teaching and learning in the classroom, at home, on any device! Get a sneak peek at LightBox, a Finalist in the “Emerging Technology Solution” category for the EdTech Digest 2016 Cool Tool Awards!

Chris Healy

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Credit / 10903 Target Audience: All Educators What is my credit score? How can I improve it? How can I repair it? How can I protect myself from credit fraud? Is credit consolidation a good idea? Get answers to these and many other pressing questions about how to establish the best credit to enable you to buy that new house, new car, or just to live more comfortably. Join us in this highly interactive session as a professional from Wells Fargo becomes the teacher and educates us about credit.

James Congelli Kristin Kemp

How to Be Culturally Responsive and Increase Academic Literacy / 10937 Target Audience: All Educators Dr. Sharroky Hollie will discuss what culturally and linguistically responsive teaching (CLR) is in the context of all students. This session is aimed at educators in need of more specific strategies and activities for all students.

Dr. Sharroky Hollie

How to Engage Generation Z / 10904 Target Audience: All Educators Are there students in your classroom who choose not to work? Do you have a hard time engaging students while covering your curriculum? Do you want tools to engage students who are constantly “plugged in” outside of school? In this session you will learn how to engage this generation of students who are constantly connected by using a variety of digital tools, game-based learning across the curriculum, and classroom designs to create an engaging classroom for the 21st Century Learner or “Generation Z.” Please bring your own device (e.g., a Chromebook).

Brett Wilson Heather Wilson


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Math Assessment Through Performance Tasks / 10905 Target Audience: 6-8 Do we assess what students have completed or what students have learned? In this session, we will explore alternative ways to assess student understanding of math through problem-solving. This session will include best practices related to both formative and summative assessment, as well as alternate approaches to math assessment through the use of rubrics. We will also examine how these ideas align with the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice and NCTM's Effective Math Teaching Practices.

Karl Sain

Never Too Old: The Power of Interactive Read-Alouds / 10906 Target Audience: All Educators When should teachers stop reading aloud to students? Research says, "NEVER!" Participants in this session will learn how to plan and deliver Interactive Read-Aloud lessons that will not only improve students' vocabulary and comprehension, but will also build community and motivate students to read independently. The presenter will share several Interactive Read- Aloud lessons for students in grades K-8.

Angela Upchurch

Questing in the Classroom / 10907 Target Audience: PK-5 We will discuss the use of questioning and discussion to build academic achievement. Questioning and discussion are important components of classroom instruction that work in tandem to push learning forward and move students from passive participants to active "meaning-makers." These skills have the potential to engage students at the highest levels of thinking and learning. We will investigate teacher-guided, small-group, and student-driven questioning and discussions.

Allison Cottingham Sarah Rector

Set Goals, Build Reading Stamina, & Adopt the Growth Mindset with AR & AR360 / 10908 Target Audience: All Educators What are the key strategies to improve implementation, foster a love of reading, and develop a growth mindset? We will review the most overlooked tools and reports within AR. You'll also see how AR 360 builds on the personalized independent reading from AR with new instructional reading skills practice. Through the use of leveled nonfiction articles, teachers can assign practice activities that require students to read closely, cite evidence, and respond to writing prompts. Students will develop transferable skills they can apply across content areas.

Robert Mackey Rita Wright

Share Your School's Good News / 10953 Target Audience: All Educators News Network: For News Network representatives, especially anyone serving as your school's News Network contact for the first time. Learn about how to work with the Communications Department to share your school's "Good News" through photos and announcements.

Joy La Prade

Technology and English Learners / 10909 Target Audience: All Educators Do you need ways to make your content accessible to the English Learners (ELs) in your classroom? Are you looking for ways to use technology to help you differentiate instruction to support all of your students? "I've got the tech. Now what?" Does this sound like you? Please join us for this highly interactive professional development experience. You will learn effective ways that technology can be used to enrich academic language learning in a variety of content areas. Participants will come away with practical 21st century applications for utilizing technology as both a support for academic language learning and as a means to provide practice and application.

Lisa Elting


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Ten Cool Tools for Formative Assessment / 10956 Target Audience: K-8 Formative assessments do not have to be boring! Teachers will be shown apps and sites to use for formative assessments in upper elementary and middle school classrooms. Teachers will explore sites and apps, and they will have time to create and share formative assessments. All participants will walk away with formative assessments that can be easily utilized in their classrooms.

Angela Rimmer Shelley Smith

The Percent Bar / 10910 Target Audience: 6-8 Sales tax, interest, mortgage, loans, markups, sales, charge cards - what do they all have in common? Percents!! Not grasping the extent of what percents mean to your finances can cost you. Come learn about a method that allows for control through understanding.

Lynn Hovis


Shannon Hullett

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 1:00 PM – 4:15 PM (3 hours)

AHA Heartsaver First Aid / 10912 Target Audience: All Educators Heartsaver First Aid OPEN TO CURRENT GCS EMPLOYEES ONLY This session will include-

First aid basics (including scene safety, finding the problem, calling for help and more)

Medical emergencies (including actions for choking, breathing problems, shock and more)

Injury emergencies (including actions for bleeding, broken bones, burns and more)

Environmental emergencies (including actions for bites and stings, and temperaturerelated and poison emergencies).

There will be books available for use during the session. IMPORTANT – Due to the nature of this training, no children will be permitted in the session.



Autism: Intervention Planning / 10913 Target Audience: All Educators This training is for educators who have already attended "Autism: The Basics" training. This training will refresh attendees on (1) a basic understanding of an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and (2) the core features of ASD. The primary objective of this training will be to provide interventions for students with ASD in all classrooms, as well as share how to implement these interventions. All interventions come from examples that occur in actual classrooms in GCS. We will also share success stories of students with ASD in GCS.

Taner Jarrett Melissa Morgan

Stephanie St. Joseph


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EASY 504 EdPlan Training / 10915 Target Audience: Admin Only You must bring a computing device to participate in this training (e.g., a Chromebook). GCS is moving to an online 504 system in the fall. This training is designed to teach users about the online EASY 504 EdPlan program to access, view, and manage student information. At the end of this module training, users will be able to use a computing device to:

Access the EdPlan system

Identify the Main Menu major features

Add students to a caseload using Wizards

Complete an eligibility determination

Complete an accommodation determination

Complete an accommodation plan

Generate other 504-related documents

View and print documents

Discontinue services for a student

Log out of the system.

Brittany Guild Judy Leahy Anne Low

Growing Readers with Reading Workshop for Grades 3 – 8 / 10916 Target Audience: 3-8 Would you like to increase your expertise with Reading Workshop in order to better grow your readers? In this session you will learn the significance of the structures for Reading Workshop: mini lessons, independent reading, conferring with readers, small group instruction, and the "share" portion. You will learn how to provide explicit instruction though mini lessons, which leads to increased student engagement and motivation. The presenters of this session are 3-5 teachers who have found success with these methods, and they want to pass this success along to you. Sign up now to be a part of this success!

Jessica Barr Roxann Jimison Amber Manoff

How to Get Your Students to THINK! / 10917 Target Audience: K-8 This session will address how to create integrated lessons that motivate students to think by using the highest levels of the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy and Embedded Inquiry. Participants will learn how to implement technology as a way for students to create standards-based projects within each subject area using the highest tasks in the SAMR technology integration model. This session will use direct teaching and group discussion to lead participants through a varied introduction of the latest research-based “thinking” strategies from "Learning for Real," by Heidi Mills and "Inquiry Circles in Action," by Harvey and Daniels. Participants will analyze examples of sample projects, and they will also have the opportunity to create their own projects using their first units of study.

Patti Brooks

Makerspaces: The Mosaic Way / 10918 Target Audience: All Educators During this session, we will learn about creating mosaic tiles using glass. Participants will learn the proper safety guidelines and techniques to create beautiful stained glass tiles. Each participant will create a title to keep! This session is limited to 20 participants. All art teachers are encouraged to attend!

Chris Mills


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SLMC Unconference / 10919 Target Audience: All Educators Media Coordinators and interested teachers/administrators: join us for the SLMC Unconference. This session will take the form of participant driven conversations over a variety of topics as determined by attendees. While this session is specifically designed for SLMCs, anyone who is interested is welcome. The SLMC Unconference will begin in CET 213. Please bring your own device (e.g., a Chromebook).

Catelyn Franklin Robin Jordan

Nancy Olls Sarah Putnam Anna Taylor

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM (1.5 hours)

Changing the Task / 10921 Target Audience: All Educators Chromebooks, iPads, and BYOD are ubiquitous in schol districts across the nation...and Gaston County School is leading the way! Investing in all this technology doesn't impact our students until we change the tasks we're giving them. This session will focus on the SAMR model and how to redesign your favorite lessons to make them more meaningful and engaging to Generation Z learners.

Noelle Van Der Meid

Get Ready for the New School Year! / 10890 Target Audience: All This is a "drop-in" session for school and department webmasters and other administrative staff responsible for websites and social media. Learn about posting announcements and getting your website and school calendar updated for the year ahead. Find out how to create photo galleries and post featured photos. Learn how to tweet and post to your school's social media from your phone or iPad. We'll be available to help you get everything posted on your website before school starts.

Sean Corcoran Joy La Prade

Google Classroom Basics / 10925 Target Audience: K-8 Would you like to share assignments with your students without having to make copies? Would you like to give students a quiz and then be able to send their grades and feedback back to them instantly? Google Classroom will help you improve your learning management system with ease. Learn how to create classes, share documents and links, as well as grade assignments through Google Classroom.

Kim Dalton Carla Smith

Haven’t They Seen This Before? A K-12 Look at Common Core Mathematics / 10926 Target Audience: All Educators In this session, we’ll examine how foundations laid for topics in elementary school (such as multiplication and place value) extend into topics covered in middle and high school. We’ll discuss the impact that vertical alignment across grade levels can have on your classroom, and we will focus on how to apply research-based principles using the Standards for Mathematical Practice.

Lisa Hayes Lynn Hovis Diane Price



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Launching Reader's Workshop Using Emergent Storybooks / 10922 Target Audience: PK-2 Emergent storybook reading comes from Elizabeth Sulzby’s work on emergent literacy. Through emergent storybook reading, students are exposed to multiple readings of emergent storybooks until they begin to read these books on their own. Through these repeated readings, students begin to develop early reading skills, a deeper understanding of the text, a strong sense of language, and an increased desire to read independently. Come see how using emergent story books in your kindergarten classroom can help you launch Reading Workshop!

Kim Brooks Paige Huffstetler

Matthew Jennings Emily Loftis

Leah Somers

Perfecting Parent Partnerships: Going Beyond the Twenty Minute Conference / 10923 Target Audience: PK-5 Are you already dreading Parent Conference Night? Do you ever wish the parent/teacher relationship was stronger? Knowing how to keep these relationships properly nurtured in the beginning AND maintaining them throughout the school year can prove to be a daunting task. Once trust is broken, it is difficult to restore. This session will focus on how to develop effective parent/teacher relationships. Topics of discussion will include effective communication skills, tips for building positive relationships, teaching parents to interpret data, and the importance the parent/teacher relationship can have on student success.

Lisa Barbee Vicky English

Questioning Strategies in Math Investigations / 10924 Target Audience: PK-5 In this session, participants will engage in and reflect on effective questioning strategies. Participants will review approaches to questioning that are found in the Investigations curriculum. We will play games and describe how they enhance student learning. Participants will reflect on questioning strategies and make "classroom connections" using the Investigations curriculum.

Carrie Lindquist Hannah White

Erika Whitesides


Shannon Hullett

Twitterfying Your Classroom and PLN / 10928 Target Audience: 6-12 During this session, the presenters will help participants set up Twitter accounts and learn the basics of Twitter. Participants will learn about developing their Professional Learning Networks through Twitter, as well as the power of Twitter in the classroom. This session will include information on using hashtags (#), Twitter Chats, and why Twitter can be used to teach students about digital citizenship.

Grayson Bedenbaugh

Heather Wilson

Unlock Students’ Confidence and Their Inner Mathematicians Come to Life / 10929 Target Audience: All Educators Students thrive with the right amount of struggle. Accelerated Math provides personalized practice at the "just-right" level. For many students, this will be their first taste of math success. Once the confidence is unlocked, growth is sure to follow. This session will show how personalized math practice plans are created for each student based on their STAR Math data. We'll discuss the evolution of AM, best practices, and we will "dig deep" into growth reports and the math dashboard.

Robert Mackey Rita Wright


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Using Picture Books to Teach Science / 10931 Target Audience: PK-5 Picture books to help teach science? Why of course! Come and join us to take a look at how you can use picture books to help teach your science standards in K-5. We will dive into lesson examples of how to incorporate science trade books into your STEM instruction. Participants will receive sample lessons aligned to their grade levels to take back and use in their classrooms. This session is based on the professional development series, Picture-Perfect Science Lessons and Teaching Science Through Trade Books, from NSTA press.

Selina Bryne

Gaston County Schools W. Jeffrey Booker, Superintendent


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Who: Gaston Gazette and Gaston County

Schools Teaching & Learning

Conference

What: 2016 NIE Drop-in Breakfast - It’s a

session at the GCS Teaching &

Learning Conference. Register

online using the GCS Workshop

and Conference Registration

System. Limited seating is available.

When: Monday, August 8, 2016

7:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Where: Myers Cafe

Let NIE Perk Up Your Day!


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SPONSORS

Thank you to the following Gaston County Community Sponsors for their

kind donations to our raffle. It is their way of showing appreciation for what you do each and every day. Please support them in their businesses!

GASTON COUNTY EDUCATION

FOUNDATION


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AmberJack Seafood and Steaks 4253 S New Hope Rd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Burger King 200 Market St,

Cramerton, NC 28032

Applebee's 3628 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Catfish Cove Restaurant 1401 Armstrong Ford Rd,

Belmont, NC 28012

Belmont's Drug Store 403 Catawba St.,

Belmont, NC 28012

Cheddar's 2051 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054

Bi-Lo 421 Hwy 27 South, Stanley, NC 28164

Cherubs Cafe 23 North Main Street Belmont, NC 28012

Bi-Lo 2601 S New Hope Rd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Cherubs Candy Bouquet

25 North Main Street Belmont, NC 28012

Books-A-Million 3710 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054

Chick-fil-A 3350 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Brixx Wood Fired Pizza 501 Cox Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28054

Chuck E. Cheese's 416 Cox Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28054

Buffalo Wild Wings 422 Cox Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28056

Cramerton Food Lion 202 Market St,

Cramerton, NC 28032

Discount Tire Store 2850 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Ingles 715 W Trade St, Dallas, NC 28034

Dunkin' Donuts 2165 N Chester St, Gastonia, NC 28052

Jackson's Cafeteria 1453 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054

Facet Foundry Jewelry Studio 530 S New Hope Rd # 1,

Gastonia, NC 28054

Jenn’s Sugarlicious Bakery 3078 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Gastonia Grizzlies 1001 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way,

Gastonia, NC 28054

Johnny B's Pizza 106 N Main St,

Belmont, NC 28012

Georgio’s 202 Market St # G,

Cramerton, NC 28032

Johnson Insurance Group, Inc. 1905 E Garrison Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054


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Great Clips 3740 E Franklin Blvd Gastonia, NC 28054

Kris’s Cakes 207 W Main Ave,

Gastonia, NC 28052

Great Clips 117 N Myrtle School Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28052

Kyle Fletcher's 4507 Wilkinson Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Hickory Tavern 1925 Hoffman Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28054

Last Place on Earth 1461 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054

HoneyBaked Ham Company 1867 Remount Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28054

LongHorn Steakhouse 405 Cox Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28054

Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries 3044 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Massage Envy - Gastonia 2290 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054

McAllister’s Deli 411 Cox Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28054

Sake Express 675 Park St,

Belmont, NC 28012

Medical Center Pharmacy 515 Cox Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28054

Sake Express 1327 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054

Milano’s Italian Restaurant 904 S New Hope Rd, Gastonia, NC 28054

Sammy’s 25 S Main St,

Belmont, NC 28012

Moe's Southwest Grill 3908 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Shane's Rib Shack 3660 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Morris Jewelers 1301 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054

Showmars 1451 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054

New Hope Greenhouses and Garden Center

2703 Beaty Rd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Simonetti's Pizza 6432 Wilkinson Blvd, Belmont, NC 28012

Old Stone Steakhouse 23 S Main St,

Belmont, NC 28012

Spindle City Cafe 207 W Main Ave,

Gastonia, NC 28052

Olive Garden 432 Cox Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28054

Starbucks 420 Cox Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28054


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Outback Steakhouse 501 N New Hope Rd, Gastonia, NC 28054

Steak 'n Shake 2656 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Peace N Hominy Q Shack 403 Catawba St #200,

Belmont, NC 28012

Subway 250 E Garrison Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054

Popeyes 3430 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Sweet Frog 401 Cox Rd #184,

Gastonia, NC 28054

Portofino’s 3736 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Tastebuds Popcorn 208 N Main St,

Belmont, NC 28012

Tavern 24 421 Cox Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28054

Twin Tops Fish Camp 4574 S New Hope Rd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Teacher Box 730 Union Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28054

Walk and Run Belmont 200 N Main St,

Belmont, NC 28012

Texas Roadhouse 1863 Remount Rd,

Gastonia, NC 28054

Wells Fargo 101 S Main St,

Mt Holly, NC 28120

Thirty-One Robin Leach, Consultant

[email protected]

William Henry Signature Salon 15 S Main St,

Belmont, NC 28012

Tijuana Flats 2272 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054

William Henry Signature Salon 104 N Main St,

Mt Holly, NC 28120

Tony's Ice Cream 604 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054

Zaxby’s 3460 E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056

Trackside Grill 109 E Hudson Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS FOR THEIR

MONETARY AND ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT!


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