Updated—October 26, 2016

Compiled by—James Bryan

SOUTH CAROLINA 2016-17 CALENDAR OF EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS,

CONFERENCES, DATES, & EVENTS NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER

Native American Heritage Month

1 Texas Instruments Webinars—Building Concepts: Foundations for Success in Expressions & Equations, Sponsored by Texas Instruments (Mathematics), 8:00 PM, REGISTER

1 School Library Journal Webinars—STEAM, with an Emphasis on “A”, Sponsored by School Literacy Journal, (All Grades), 3:00 PM, REGISTER

1 edWeb Webinars—Using Current Events to Reach All Learners, Sponsored by TIME for Kids (Social Studies), 3:00 PM, REGISTER

1 edWeb Webinars—Numeracy & Fluency: Leading for Algebra Readiness in Elementary Grades, Sponsored by The Center for College and Career Readiness (Mathematics) 4:00 PM, REGISTER

1 TI‑ Nspire™ Technology Webinars—Building Concepts: Foundations for Success in Expressions & Equations, Sponsored by Texas Instruments (Mathematics) 8:00 PM, REGISTER

1 National Science Teachers Association Webinar—How Much Sleep Do Teens Really Need? Engage Students Grades 6-8 in a FREE STEM Competition about the Link Between Light & Sleep to Find Out! (Science) 6:30 PM, REGISTER

2 SCDE CATE DIRECT Institute #1: Methods of Teaching-Session 4, Midlands Technical College-Airport Campus, West Columbia

2 SCDE CATE DIRECT Institute #3: Curriculum-Session 4, Midlands Technical College-Airport Campus, West Columbia

2 Upstate Schools Consortium Workshop: Response to Intervention - Focusing on Literacy That Matters for Elementary Educators with Mary Howard, Furman University, Greenville

2 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades 6-8 Fall-Day 2, Colleton Adult Education Center, Walterboro

2 SCDE Social Studies Professional Learning Opportunity for Grades 3 & 8, Olympia Professional Development Academy, Columbia

2 AMLE Webinars—No Sweat November: Classroom Management that Works! Sponsored by AMLE (Middle Grades), 4:00 PM,

REGISTER 2 AASL Webinars—Virtual Learning Commons: Rethinking Your

Library Website, Sponsored by American Association of School Librarians (School Librarians), 7:00 PM, REGISTER

2 edWeb Webinars—Kids Deserve It! Presented by Todd Nesloney, Principal of Webb Elementary in Navasota, TX (Administrators)

4:00 PM, REGISTER 2 edWeb Webinars—What to Look for in Students’ Executive

Function, Sponsored by C8 Sciences (All Educators) 5:00 PM,

REGISTER 2 Scientific Learning Webinars—Underperforming Student Success

Strategies, Sponsored by Scientific Learning (Science) 1:00 PM, REGISTER

2 Education Week Webinars—The Every Student Succeeds Act: The Implications for Education Companies, Part of the Inside ESSA

Webinar Series (Administrators) 11:00 AM, REGISTER 2-4 SC EdTech Conference, Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Myrtle

Beach 2-4 SC Science Council Annual Conference: Connecting the Pieces

Together, Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, Columbia 2-4 2016 Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention & Advancement

(CERRA) Pre-Collegiate Fall Renewal Conference, Landmark Resort,

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Myrtle Beach 2-4 SC Association of School Business Officials 2016 Fall Conference:

Time Flies. . .Value That Asset, Hilton, Myrtle Beach 3 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English I & II Fall-Day

2, Darlington District Office, Darlington 3 SCDE Social Studies Professional Learning Opportunity: U S History

& the Constitution-Grade12, Fairfield County School District Board Auditorium, Winnsboro

3 SCDE World Languages Professional Learning Opportunity Session 3, SCETV-Bank of America Room, Columbia

3 SCASA Superintendents' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 3 SC International Baccalaureate School Fall Symposium, Embassy

Suites, Columbia 3 Facing History & Ourselves Webinar—Facing Ferguson: News

Literacy in a Digital Age. Sponsored by Facing History & Ourselves (All Educators) 4:00 PM, REGISTER

3 SPARK Webinar—Climbing the Walls! How and Why to Add Rock Climbing to Your PE Program (PE) 8:00 PM, REGISTER

4 SC Independent Schools Association Heads' Fall Conference,

Location TBA, City TBA 3-5 SC Music Teacher Association Conference, Petrie School of Music -

Converse College, Spartanburg 4 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English III & IV Fall-

Day 2, Darlington District Office, Darlington 4 SC Independent Schools Association Teachers' Fall Conference,

Location TBA, City TBA 4 SCASA Early Childhood Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 5 National Archives Webinar—The Bill of Rights from African-

American, Asian-American, & Native-American Points of View, (Social Studies), 1:00 PM, REGISTER

6-12 Patriotism Week 7 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Middle School

Mathematics Academy—Geometry & Measurement& Data, Statistics & Probability, Lyon Street Teleconference Center, Columbia

7 SCDE Secondary Science Professional Virtual Learning

Opportunity: Infusing the Science & Engineering Practices in Grades 6-12—Session 5, 4:00 PM, REGISTER (Blackboard Networking Session 11/8)

7 SC Economic Council AP Economics Workshop: Entitled to What? Low Taxes, National Security, Entitlement Programs. . .Can We Have It All? Location TBA, Greenville

7 edWeb Webinars—Family Engagement through Music: Stronger Home-School Connections with Music, Sponsored by Music Together (Music) 2:00 PM, REGISTER

8 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 3—Operations with Whole Numbers, Part I, Horry County District Office, Conway

8-12 Macmillan Education Online Conference, 9:00-5:00 (ETL Teachers), REGISTER

9 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades K-2 Fall-Day 2, Newberry District Office, Newberry

9 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades 6-8 Fall-Day 2, Alice Drive Middle, Sumter

9 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English I & II Fall-Day 2, Fishbourne Educational Center, Hanahan

9 SCDE Elementary Science Professional Learning Opportunity: United Planning & Incorporating 3-Dimenional Printing Technologies—Day 2, Spartanburg Community College-Rm. TRB 345BC, Duncan

9 edWeb Webinars—Tracking Progress for Tier 2 Students in Response to Intervention (RTI), Sponsored by Dreambox Learning

(ELA & Mathematics RTI) 2:00 PM, REGISTER 9 edWeb Webinars—Collaboration in the Digital Classroom,

Sponsored by Common Sense Education (Elementary) 3:00 PM, REGISTER

9 SCDE Adult Education & Family Literacy Engagement Collaborative

Grant—DUE Date 9-11 Carolina TESOL Annual Conference: Language – A Global Link,

Renaissance Hotel, Asheville, NC 10 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA 3-5 Day 2, Newberry

District Office, Newberry 10 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English III & IV Fall-

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Day 2, Fishbourne Educational Center, Hanahan 10 SCDE World Languages Professional Learning Opportunity Session

2, MenRiv Educational Park, Goose Creek 10 National Archives Webinar—The Bill of Rights from African-

American, Asian-American, & Native-American Points of View, (Social Studies), 8:00 PM, REGISTER

10 SCASA SEMINAR SERIES: Transgender Students & Title IX

Compliance, SCASA Building, Columbia 10 edWeb Webinars—Functional Communication: An In-Depth Look at

Reducing & Replacing Challenging Behaviors (Grades K-12), Sponsored by Monarch Center for Autism, STAR Autism Support, &

VizZle (All Educators) 3:00 PM, REGISTER 10 edWeb Webinars—Using Interactive Reading Apps in Your

Classroom, Sponsored by Squiggle Park (All Educators) 4:00 PM,

REGISTER 10 ASCD Webinars—The Teacher 50: Critical Questions for Inspiring

Classroom Excellence, Sponsored by ASCD (All Educators) 4:00 PM,

REGISTER 10-11 2016 SC Council for the Teachers of Mathematics Conference, T D

Convention Center, Greenvile 10-11 SC Association for the and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually

Impaired Annual Conference, Beach Cove Resort, North Myrtle Beach

10-13 SC Theatre Association Annual Conference, Charleston County School of the Arts, North Charleston

11 Veterans Day 11 SCASA Technology Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 11 SC Economic Council AP Economics Workshop: Teaching Economics

Using Children’s Literature K-5, Location TBA, Greenville 11-12 SC Education Association CORE Academic Skills for

Educators/PRAXIS Prep Workshop, SCEA Building, Columbia

11-13 89th Annual SCAHPERD Conference: Come Catch Some Rays, Kingston Plantation-Embassy Suites, Myrtle Beach

12 Early Childhood Institute: Equity & Access, EdVenture, Columbia

12 SC Aquarium Workshop, South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston

13-15 SC Geographic Alliance: South Carolina Giant Traveling Map, EdVenture Children’s Museum, Columbia

14 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English I & II Fall-Day 2, Genesis Educational Center, Greenwood

14 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 1, Lyon Street Teleconference Center, Columbia

14 edWeb Webinars—Inviting Young Children to Explore Process Art, Sponsored by Kaplan Early Learning (Early Learning) 2:00 PM, REGISTER

14 edWeb Webinars—Visual Learning in Literacy, Sponsored by Achieve3000 (Elementary) 3:00 PM, REGISTER

14 edWeb Webinars—Big6 Information 7 Technology Skills: Essential & Relevant, Sponsored by Libraries Unlimited (All Educators) 4:00 PM, REGISTER

15 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English III & IV Fall-Day 2, Genesis Educational Center, Greenwood

15 SCDE Elementary Science Professional Learning Opportunity: United Planning & Incorporating 3-Dimenional Printing Technologies—Day 1, Horry County District Office-Rm C300, Conway

15 TI‑ Nspire™ CXTechnology Webinars—Science Through Engineering Design with TI-Nspire™ CX, Sponsored by Texas Instruments (Mathematics & Science), 8:00 PM, REGISTER

15 edWeb Webinars—Building Bridges from Concrete to Abstract Part 3: Addition & Subtraction of Fractions, Sponsored by ETA hand2mind (Mathematics), 4:00 PM, REGISTER

15 edWeb Webinars—Making Your Classroom a Digital Learning Hub with Google Classroom, Presented by Shannon Holden, Assistant Principal, Republic Middle School, MO (All Educators) 5:00 PM,

REGISTER 15 HMH Webinars—Developing Students’ Numerical Understanding &

Skills With Marilyn Burns, Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Mathematics) 2:00 PM, REGISTER

15 SC State Library Webinars—Finding Primary Source Content in EBSCO Resources, Sponsored by EBSCO Resources for Discus (Social Studies) 1:00 PM, REGISTER

15 Palmetto Association of Independent Schools Fall Association Meeting, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia

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15-17 16th Annual Public Charter School Alliance of South Carolina Conference, Marriott, Columbia

16 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades 6-8 Fall-Day 2, Fairfield District Office, Winnsboro

16 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 1, Whitlock Flexible Learning Center, Spartanburg

16 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Middle School Mathematics Academy—Geometry & Measurement and Data, Statistics & Probability, Location TBA, City TBA

16 SCDE Secondary Mathematics Professional Virtual Learning

Opportunity: Infusing Best Practices & the Process Standards into High School Mathematics—Fall Session 6, 3:30 PM, REGISTER (Blackboard Networking Session 11/17)

16 SCDE Elementary Science Professional Learning Opportunity: United Planning & Incorporating 3-Dimenional Printing Technologies—Day 2, Newberry District Office, Newberry

16 AMLE Webinars—No Sweat November Top 10 Things for Middle Level Leaders to Know & Do! Sponsored by AMLE (Middle Grades),

4:00 PM, REGISTER 16 edWeb Webinars—Building a Digital Collection, Sponsored by

Mackin Educational Resources (All Educators) 5:00 PM, REGISTER

16 BirdSleuth Webinars—Dissecting the Food Web: An Owl Pellet

Investigation, Sponsored by Cornell Lab Ornithology (Science) 5:00 PM, REGISTER

16 TeachingBooks.net Webinars—Using Reader’s Theatre for Writing & Performance, Sponsored by TeachingBooks.net (Literacy) 10:00 AM, REGISTER

16 TeachingBooks.net Webinars—Using Reader’s Theatre for Writing & Performance (Repeat), Sponsored by TeachingBooks.net (Literacy) 4:00 PM, REGISTER

17 SCDE Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades K-2 Fall-Day 2, Darlington District Office, Darlington

17 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Middle School Mathematics Academy—Geometry & Measurement and Data, Statistics & Probability, Rock Hill District Office, Rock Hill

17 SCASA Instructional Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 17 SC Language Leaders’ Monthly Meeting, Richland 2 Conference

Center (Columbia Place Mall), Columbia 17 SCASA Testing & Accountability Roundtable Meeting, SCASA

Building, Columbia 17 edWeb Webinars—Building Fine Motor Skills: A Whole Child

Approach, Sponsored by Frog Street Press (Early Childhood) 2:00

PM, REGISTER 17 edWeb Webinars—Using Free Service Learning Resources to

Deepen Student Understanding & Create Leaders, Sponsored by Pennies for Peace (All Educators) 4:00 PM, REGISTER

17 BirdSleuth Webinars—Dissecting the Food Web: An Owl Pellet

Investigation, Sponsored by Cornell Lab Ornithology (Science) 8:00 PM, REGISTER

17 TI‑ Nspire™ Technology Webinars—Exploring Applications of Derivatives Using TI Technology, Part II, Sponsored by Texas Instruments (Mathematics) 8:00 PM, REGISTER

18 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades 3-5 Fall-Day 2, Darlington District Office, Darlington

18 SC Social Studies Supervisors Association Monthly Meeting, Richland 2 Conference Center/Columbia Mall, Columbia

18 SCASA Personnel Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building, Columbia 18 SC Driver & Safety Education Association Annual Conference:

Distracted Drivers, SCDMV Building, Blythewood 19 Teaching.American.History.org Webinar—Landmark Supreme

Court Cases: Brown v. Board of Education, (Social Studies), 11:00 AM, REGISTER

19 SC Aquarium Workshop, E P Todd Elementary, Spartanburg 20-22 Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers,

Downtown Marriott, Columbia 21 SCDE Secondary Science Professional Virtual Learning

Opportunity: Infusing the Science & Engineering Practices in Grades 6-12—Session 6, 4:00 PM, REGISTER (Blackboard Networking Session 11/22)

23 SCDE School Improvement Grant - Round Two—DUE Date 28 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5

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Session 3—Operations with Whole Numbers, Part I, Clover County District Office, Clover

29 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades K-2 Fall-Day 1, Byrd Learning Center, Graniteville

29 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 1, Colleton Adult Learning Center, Walterboro

29 TI‑ Nspire™ Technology Webinars—“Breaking the Code” With TI Technology, Sponsored by Texas Instruments (Mathematics) 8:00 PM, REGISTER

30 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades 3-5 Fall-Day 2, Byrd Learning Center, Graniteville

30 SCDE World Languages Professional Learning Opportunity Session 2, Spartanburg Community College-Room 511, Spartanburg

30 Early Childhood Investigations Webinars—Professionalizing Early Childhood Education: Your Role in the Next Era, Presented by Stacie Goffin, Principal-Goffin Strategy Group (Early Childhood), 2:00 PM, REGISTER

30 SPARK Webinar—Adapted PE: Innovative Ideas for Inclusion (PE) 8:00 PM, REGISTER

30-1/27 SCDE EOCEP Fall/Winter Testing Window

DECEMBER

1 SCASA Superintendents' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 1 SC State Library Webinars—Inspiring Inquiry: First Steps to

Student Questioning, Sponsored by Britannica (All Teachers) 3:00 PM, REGISTER

1-2 2016 SC Health Science Educators Professional Development Conference, Hilton, Myrtle Beach

2 SCDE CATE DIRECT Institute #1: Methods of Teaching-Session 5, Midlands Technical College-Airport Campus, West Columbia

2 SCDE CATE DIRECT Institute #3: Curriculum-Session 5, Midlands Technical College-Airport Campus, West Columbia

3 Project Learning Tree Climate Change Workshop for Secondary, Congaree National Park, Columbia

5-7 Facing History & Ourselves Webinar—Resistance During the Holocaust - An Exploration of the Jewish Partisans – 3 Part Series.

Sponsored by Facing History & Ourselves (All Educators) Time TBA, REGISTER

6 School Library Journal Webinars—POP Literacy, Sponsored by School Literacy Journal, Speakers include Frank Baker from SC (All Grades), 3:00 PM, REGISTER

6 SCASA Student Services Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 6 BirdSleuth Webinars—Exploring Evolution, Sponsored by Cornell

Lab Ornithology (Science) 6:00 PM, REGISTER 6 Primary Source Webinar—Perspective on Nature in the Arts of

Japan, (Social Studies & Art), 7:00 PM, REGISTER 6 edWeb Webinars—Inspiring Early Childhood Leadership: Key

Strategies to Ignite Passion & Transform Program Quality, Sponsored by Gryphon House (Early Childhood) 2:00 PM, REGISTER

6-7 SC Consortium for Gifted Education Conference: Forward to the

Future!! Roads? Where We’re going, We Don’t Need Roads!! Downtown Marriott, Columbia

7 SCDE Office of Special Education Services: New Directors

Leadership Academy, Olympia Learning Center, Columbia 8 BirdSleuth Webinars—Exploring Evolution, Sponsored by Cornell

Lab Ornithology (Science) 8:00 PM, REGISTER 9 SCASA Technology Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 9 2016 SCASA Office Professionals' Conference, Columbia Conference

Center, Columbia 10 Teaching.American.History.org Webinar—Landmark Supreme

Court Cases: Gideon v. Wainwright, (Social Studies), 11:00 AM, REGISTER

10 SC Aquarium Workshop, South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston 11-13 SC Career Guidance Placement Association Fall Conference,

Embassy Suites at Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach 13 edWeb Webinars—Building Bridges from Concrete to Abstract Part

4: Multiplication & Division of Fractions & Decimals, Sponsored by ETA hand2mind (Mathematics), 4:00 PM, REGISTER

15 SCASA Instructional Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia

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15 SC Counseling Association Awards—DUE Date

2017 JANUARY

5 SCASA Superintendents' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 7 Teaching.American.History.org Webinar—Landmark Supreme

Court Cases: Miranda v. Arizona, (Social Studies), 11:00 AM, REGISTER

9 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 4—Operations with Whole Numbers, Part II, Clover County District Office, Clover

10 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 4—Operations with Whole Numbers, Part II, Horry County District Office, Conway

11 SCDE Secondary Mathematics Professional Virtual Learning

Opportunity: Infusing Best Practices & the Process Standards into High School Mathematics—Spring Session 1, 3:30 PM, REGISTER (Blackboard Networking Session 1/12)

11 SCASA Center for Executive Education Leadership (CEEL) Assistant Principals’ Series: Planning and Data Driven Decision Making, River

Center/Saluda Shoals Park, Columbia 11 State Librarians/Media Specialists Supervisors' Meeting, Olympia

School, Columbia 12 TI‑ Nspire™ Technology Webinars—Investigating the

Fundamental Theorem of Calculus Using TI Technology, Sponsored by Texas Instruments (Mathematics) 8:00 PM, REGISTER

13 SCASA Technology Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 13-15 SC Alliance of Black School Educators Annual Conference: The 21st

Skills Conference, Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach

15 SC Council for the Teachers of English Awards—DUE Date 18 Primary Source Webinar—Global Action for Social Justice 3-part

Series-Part 1, (Social Studies), 7:00 PM, REGISTER 18 edWeb Webinars—Personalizing Instruction Through the Library,

Sponsored by Mackin Educational Resources (Media Specialists)

5:00 PM, REGISTER 19 SCASA Instructional Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 19 SC Language Leaders’ Monthly Meeting, Richland 2 Conference

Center (Columbia Place Mall), Columbia 19 SCASA Testing & Accountability Roundtable Meeting, SCASA

Building, Columbia 19-21 SC Early Childhood Association Annual Conference: Ignite Your

Passion as We Build Strong South Carolina Children! Sheraton Hotel Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Myrtle Beach

19-21 Palmetto State School Counselor Association Conference: Soaring to the Top, Embassy Suites Resort & Convention Center, Myrtle Beach

20 SC Social Studies Supervisors Association Monthly Meeting, Richland 2 Conference Center/Columbia Mall, Columbia

20 SCASA SEMINAR SERIES: Ideas that Motivate, Educate, & Celebrate

with Your Faculties, SCASA Building, Columbia 20 SCDE Office of Special Education Services: Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Educational Partnership Meeting, SCSDB Outreach Center, Spartanburg

21 SC Geographic Alliance/SCCSS Advanced Placement Workshop: AP Human Geography, APUSH, AP World History & AP European History, Location TBA, Columbia

24 SCASA Assistant Principals’ Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 25 Upstate Schools Consortium Workshop: 1 to 1 in a Project-Based

Classroom for Elementary Educators with Linda Foster Cloer, Furman University, Greenville

25 SCDE Secondary Mathematics Professional Virtual Learning

Opportunity: Infusing Best Practices & the Process Standards into High School Mathematics—Spring Session 2, 3:30 PM, SCDE REGISTER (Blackboard Networking Session 1/26)

25 Food Service Directors' Winter Meeting, River Center at Saluda Shoals Park, Columbia

25 SCDE Office of Special Education Services: New Directors Leadership

Academy, Olympia Learning Center, Columbia 25-3/4 SCDE 2016 NAEP Assessment in South Carolina Testing Window

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(Only assigned schools take the NAPE) 26 SCDE Social Studies Professional Learning Opportunity for Grades 3-

12, Darlington District Office, Darlington 26 TI‑ Nspire™ Technology Webinars—Exploring Applications of

Integrals Using TI Technology, Sponsored by Texas Instruments (Mathematics) 8:00 PM, REGISTER

27-28 SC Council for the Teachers of English 2017 Conference: Writing and Reading Beyond the Classroom, Kiawah Island Resort, Kiawah Island

28 SC Aquarium Workshop, South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston 31 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA K-2 Spring Day 1,

Strom Thurmond High-Athletic Field House, Johnson 31 SCASA Center for Executive Education Leadership (CEEL) Principals’

Series: Develop the Resilience You Need to Succeed, River

Center/Saluda Shoals Park, Columbia

FEBRUARY

African American History Month

1 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA 3-5 Spring Day 1, Strom Thurmond High School-Athletic Field House, Johnson

1 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades 6-8 Spring-Day 1, Anderson 2 District Office, Honea Path

1-5 SC Business Education Association Conference, Location TBA, City TBA

2 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English I & II Spring-Day 1, Daniel Morgan Technology Center, Spartanburg

2 SCDE Social Studies Professional Learning Opportunity for Grades 3-12, Men-Riv Education Park, Goose Creek

2 SCASA Superintendents' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 2-4 SC Music Educators Professional Development Conference,

Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, Columbia 2-3/18 SCDE ACCESS for ELLs & Alternate ACCESS for ELLs Testing Window 3 SCASA Early Childhood Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 3-4 SC Education Association CORE Academic Skills for Educators:

PRAXIS Prep Workshop, SCEA Building, Columbia

4 Teaching.American.History.org Webinar—Landmark Supreme

Court Cases: Tinker v. Des Moines, (Social Studies), 11:00 AM, REGISTER

4 SC Aquarium Workshop, Satchel Ford Elementary, Columbia 5 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English III & IV Spring-

Day 1, Daniel Morgan Technology Center, Spartanburg 6 Archibald Rutledge Scholarship Program Application—DUE Date 8 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA K-2 Spring Day 1,

Chester District Office, Chester 8 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades 6-8 Spring-Day

1, Lancaster District Office, Lancaster 8 SCDE Secondary Mathematics Professional Virtual Learning

Opportunity: Infusing Best Practices & the Process Standards into High School Mathematics—Spring Session 3, 3:30 PM, REGISTER (Blackboard Networking Session 2/9)

8 SCASA Center for Executive Education Leadership (CEEL) District Level Administrators' Series: Preparing for the Role of

Superintendent, River Center/Saluda Shoals Park, Columbia 8 SCDE Office of Special Education Services: New Directors Leadership

Academy, Olympia Learning Center, Columbia 9 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA 3-5 Spring Day 1,

Chester District Office, Chester 9 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English I & II Spring-

Day 1, Byrd Learning Center, Graniteville 9 SCDE Social Studies Professional Learning Opportunity for Grades 3-

12, Flexible Learning Center, Rock Hill 10 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English III & IV Spring-

Day 1, Byrd Learning Center, Graniteville 10 SCASA Technology Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 11 SC Foreign Language Teachers Association 2017 Annual Conference:

Captivate. Motivate. Innovate. Meadow Glen Middle School, Lexington

11 Center for Executive Education Leadership: Are You Ready to be a

Principal? River Center at Saluda Shoals Park, Columbia 11 SC Aquarium Workshop, South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston

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13 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 5—Developing Fraction Number Sense, Clover County District Office, Clover

14 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 5—Developing Fraction Number Sense, Horry County District Office, Conway

14 SCDE Elementary Science Professional Learning Opportunity: United Planning & Incorporating 3-Dimenional Printing Technologies—Spring Day 1, Spartanburg Community College-Rm. TRB 345BC, Duncan

14 SCASA Testing & Accountability Roundtable Meeting, SCASA

Building, Columbia 14 SCASA SEMINAR SERIES: Bullying Seminar, SCASA Building,

Columbia 15 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA K-2 Spring Day 1,

Colleton Adult Education Center, Walterboro 15 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades 6-8 Spring-Day

1, Strom Thurmond High School-Athletic Field House, Johnson 15 SCDE Elementary Science Professional Learning Opportunity: United

Planning & Incorporating 3-Dimenional Printing Technologies—Spring Day 1, Newberry District Office, Newberry

15 BirdSleuth Webinars—Supporting Student Investigations, Sponsored by Cornell Lab Ornithology (Science) 6:00 PM, REGISTER

15 Primary Source Webinar—Global Action for Social Justice 3-part Series-Part 2, (Social Studies), 7:00 PM, REGISTER

16 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA 3-5 Spring Day 1, Colleton Adult Education Center, Walterboro

16 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 2, Whitlock Flexible Learning Center, Spartanburg

16 SCDE Elementary Science Professional Learning Opportunity: United Planning & Incorporating 3-Dimenional Printing Technologies—Spring Day 1, Horry County District Office, Conway

16 SCDE Social Studies Professional Learning Opportunity for Grades 3-12, Aiken County Career & Tech Center, Warrenville

16 SCASA Instructional Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 16 SC Language Leaders’ Monthly Meeting, Richland 2 Conference

Center (Columbia Place Mall), Columbia 16 SCASA Testing & Accountability Roundtable Meeting, SCASA

Building, Columbia 16 BirdSleuth Webinars—Supporting Student Investigations, Sponsored

by Cornell Lab Ornithology (Science) 68:00 PM, REGISTER 16 TI‑ Nspire™ Technology Webinars—Investigating Integration and

Differential Equations Using TI Technology, Sponsored by Texas Instruments (Mathematics) 8:00 PM, REGISTER

16-18 SC Technical Education Association Annual Conference: The Power of Partnership, Hilton Resort, Myrtle Beach

16-19 SC School Boards Association Annual Convention, Hilton Head Marriott, Hilton Head Island

16-3/3 SCDE South Carolina Performance Tasks Assessment Testing Window

17 SC Social Studies Supervisors Association Monthly Meeting, Richland 2 Conference Center/Columbia Mall, Columbia

19-21 2017 At-Risk Youth National FORUM: All IN for At-Risk Youth-Connections that Build Resilience & Success, Embassy Suites at Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach

20-22 SC Council for the Social Studies Conference: #sccssTakesAction, Downtown Marriott, Columbia Revised Date

22 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English I & II Spring-Day 1, Beaufort County District Office, Beaufort

22 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English III & IV Spring-Day 1, Beaufort County District Office, Beaufort

22 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 2, Lyon Street Teleconference Center, Columbia

22 SCDE Secondary Mathematics Professional Virtual Learning

Opportunity: Infusing Best Practices & the Process Standards into High School Mathematics—Spring Session 4, 3:30 PM, REGISTER (Blackboard Networking Session 2/23)

22 SCASA Center for Executive Education Leadership (CEEL) Assistant Principals’ Series: So You're a Principal: Now What? River

Center/Saluda Shoals Park, Columbia 22-23 SCASA 2016 Personnel/Instructional Leaders' Fall Conference, Hyatt

Regency, Greenville 22-3/18 SCDE Grade 11 ACT WorkKeys Testing Window—Online Assessment

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23 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 2, Colleton Adult Learning Center, Walterboro

23-25 SC Counseling Association 2017 Annual Conference: Bridges to Empowerment, Wild Dunes Island Resort, Charleston

23-25 SC Council for Exceptional Children Annual Conference, Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Myrtle Beach

23-25 2017 SC International Reading Association Conference: Team Up & Win with Literacy, Marriott Resort & Spa, Hilton Head

24 SCASA Special Education Directors’ Roundtable Meeting, SCASA

Building, Columbia 24-25 2017 SE Region American Drivers Training & Safety Education

Association 47th Conference, Crown Reef Beach Resort, Myrtle Beach

24-25 Montessori Educational Programs International (MEPI) Conference: Hands for Peace Conference - Ever-Widening Circles, Kiawah Island Resort

28 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA K-2 Spring Day 2, Strom Thurmond High-Athletic Field House, Johnson

MARCH

Women’s History Month Irish American Heritage Month

Music in Our Schools Month

Theater in Our Schools Month Youth Art Month

1 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA 3-5 Spring Day 2, Strom Thurmond High School-Athletic Field House, Johnson

1 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades 6-8 Spring-Day 2, Anderson 2 District Office, Honea Path

2 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English I & II Spring-Day 2, Daniel Morgan Technology Center, Spartanburg

2 SCASA Superintendents' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 2 SCDE Grade 11 ACT WorkKeys State Testing Window—Pencil/Paper

Assessment 3 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English III & IV Spring-

Day 2, Daniel Morgan Technology Center, Spartanburg

3 SCASA Student Services’ Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 3-5 SC Middle Association for Middle Level Education Conference,

Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Myrtle Beach 4 SC Aquarium Workshop, South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston 7-4/22 SCDE South Carolina National Center & State Collaborative (SC-

NCSC) in Science & Social Studies, Ages 9–13; Biology, Age 16 Testing Window

7-4/29 SCDE South Carolina National Center & State Collaborative (SC-NCSC) in ELA & Mathematics for Ages 8–13 & 16 Testing Window

8 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA K-2 Spring Day 2, Chester District Office, Chester

8 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades 6-8 Spring-Day 2, Lancaster District Office, Lancaster

8 SCDE Secondary Mathematics Professional Virtual Learning

Opportunity: Infusing Best Practices & the Process Standards into High School Mathematics—Spring Session 4, 3:30 PM, REGISTER (Blackboard Networking Session 3/9)

9 SC ASCD Spring Conference, Location TBA, Columbia 9 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA 3-5 Spring Day 2,

Chester District Office, Chester 9 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English I & II Spring-

Day 2, Byrd Learning Center, Graniteville 9 SC-ASCD Spring Conference, Location TBA, Columbia

10 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English III & IV Spring-

Day 2, Byrd Learning Center, Graniteville 10 SCASA Technology Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 11 Teaching.American.History.org Webinar—Landmark Supreme

Court Cases: Roe v. Wade, (Social Studies), 11:00 AM, REGISTER 11-15 SC Athletic Administrators Association Spring Conference, Location

TBA, Charleston Marriott Hotel, Charleston 13 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5

Session 3, Lyon Street Teleconference Center, Columbia 13 Palmetto State Teachers Association STAR Spring Seminar, Location

TBA, Seabrooke Island

Updated—October 26, 2016

Compiled by—James Bryan 10

13-14 Staff Development for Educators Conference for South Carolina Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten Teachers, Downtown Marriott, Columbia

14 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 6—Operations with Fractions, Part I, Horry County District Office, Conway

14 SCDE Elementary Science Professional Learning Opportunity: United Planning & Incorporating 3-Dimenional Printing Technologies—Spring Day 2, Spartanburg Community College-Rm. TRB 345BC, Duncan

15 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA K-2 Spring Day 2, Colleton Adult Education Center, Walterboro

15 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA Grades 6-8 Spring-Day 2, Strom Thurmond High School-Athletic Field House, Johnson

15 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 6—Operations with Fractions, Part I, Clover County District Office, Clover

15 SCDE Elementary Science Professional Learning Opportunity: United Planning & Incorporating 3-Dimenional Printing Technologies—Spring Day 2, Newberry District Office, Newberry

16 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA 3-5 Spring Day 2, Colleton Adult Education Center, Walterboro

16 SCDE Elementary Science Professional Learning Opportunity: United Planning & Incorporating 3-Dimenional Printing Technologies—Spring Day 1, Horry County District Office, Conway

16 SCASA Instructional Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 16 SCDE Grade 11 ACT WorkKeys State Make-up Testing Window—

Pencil/Paper Assessment 16 SCASA Center for Executive Education Leadership (CEEL) Assistant

Principals’ Series: Selecting Your Team - Right Person, Right Place

Right Time, River Center/Saluda Shoals Park, Columbia 16 SCASA Testing & Accountability Roundtable Meeting, SCASA

Building, Columbia 17 SC Social Studies Supervisors Association Monthly Meeting,

Richland 2 Conference Center/Columbia Mall, Columbia 17 SCDE Office of Special Education Services: Annual Vision Summit, SC

Department of Archives & History Building, Columbia 17-18 SC Future Business Leaders Association State Leadership

Conference, Location TBA, North Charleston 18 South Carolina Day

20 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 3, Whitlock Flexible Learning Center, Spartanburg

22 Upstate Schools Consortium Workshop: Using Assessments to Improve Teaching & Learning for Secondary Educators with Thomas Guskey, Furman University, Greenville

22 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English I & II Spring-Day 2, Beaufort County District Office, Beaufort

22 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: ELA English III & IV Spring-Day 2, Beaufort County District Office, Beaufort

22 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 3, Colleton Adult Learning Center, Walterboro

22 State Librarians/Media Specialists Supervisors' Meeting, SCASL Annual Conference, Hyatt Regency Downtown, Greenville

22-24 SC Association of School Librarians 42nd Annual Conference: Today's Library: Reimagine, Redefine, Reinvent, Hyatt Regency Downtown, Greenville

23 TI‑ Nspire™ Technology Webinars—Calculus: Examining Series Using TI Technology, Sponsored by Texas Instruments (Mathematics) 8:00 PM, REGISTER

24 SC Language Leaders’ Monthly Meeting, Richland 2 Conference Center (Columbia Place Mall), Columbia

25 SC Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Coastal Carolina University, Conway

27 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 7—Operations with Fractions, Part II, and Visual & Concrete Models for Division & Multiplication of Decimals, Clover County District Office, Clover

28 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5 Session 7—Operations with Fractions, Part II, and Visual & Concrete Models for Division & Multiplication of Decimals, Horry County District Office, Conway

30 SCASA Center for Executive Education Leadership (CEEL) Principals’ Series: Relational Leadership, River Center/Saluda Shoals Park,

Updated—October 26, 2016

Compiled by—James Bryan 11

Columbia 30 Primary Source Webinar—A History of Immigration Control:

Contesting Nation, Citizenship and Race in America, (Social Studies), 7:00 PM, REGISTER

30-31 SC Association of School Psychologists Spring Conference, Baxter Hood Center-York Technical College, Rock Hill

30-4/1 National Council for History Education Annual Conference: Histories Seen and Unseen, Location TBA, Atlanta, GA

31 SC Geographic Bee State Competition, Brookland Baptist, West Columbia

31 SCDE Office of Special Education Services: Deaf/Hard of Hearing Educational Partnership Meeting, SCSDB Outreach Center,

Spartanburg

APRIL

1 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching–Secondary Nominations—DUE Date

4 South Carolina Read-In

4 SC Agricultural Education Association Lower State Region Teachers Meeting, Barnwell County CC, Barnwell

4 SC Agricultural Education Association Mid-State Region Teachers Meeting, Union County High School, Union

4 SC Agricultural Education Piedmont Region Teachers Meeting, Hillcrest High School, Simpsonville

4 SC Agricultural Education Pee Dee Region Teachers Meeting, Darlington County Institute of Technology, Darlington

5 SCDE Secondary Mathematics Professional Virtual Learning

Opportunity: Infusing Best Practices & the Process Standards into High School Mathematics—Spring Session 6, 3:30 PM, REGISTER (Blackboard Networking Session 4/6)

6 SCASA Superintendents' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 6 TI‑ Nspire™ Technology Webinars—Calculus End-of-Year Exam

Review Session, Part I, Sponsored by Texas Instruments (Mathematics) 8:00 PM, REGISTER

8 Teaching.American.History.org Webinar—Landmark Supreme Court Cases: University of California Regents v. Bakke, (Social Studies),

11:00 AM, REGISTER 14 SCASA Technology Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 19-5/10 SCDE South Carolina College & Career READY Assessments (SC

READY) 3-8 ELA Session 1—Writing Testing Window—Computer-Based

19-5/10 SCDE South Carolina College & Career READY Assessments (SC READY) 3-8 ELA Session 2—Reading Testing Window—Computer-Based

19-5/10 SCDE South Carolina College & Career READY Assessments (SC READY) 3-8 Mathematics Testing Window—Computer-Based

20 SCASA Instructional Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 20 SCASA Testing & Accountability Roundtable Meeting, SCASA

Building, Columbia 20 TI‑ Nspire™ Technology Webinars—Calculus End-of-Year Exam

Review Session, Part II, Sponsored by Texas Instruments (Mathematics) 8:00 PM, REGISTER

21 SC Social Studies Supervisors Association Monthly Meeting, Richland 2 Conference Center/Columbia Mall, Columbia

21 SCASA Personnel Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building, Columbia 26 SCDE South Carolina College & Career READY Assessments (SC

READY) 3-8 Session 1—Writing ELA Testing—Paper-Based 27 SCDE South Carolina College & Career READY Assessments (SC

READY) 3-8 Session 2—Reading ELA Testing—Paper-Based 28 SCDE South Carolina College & Career READY Assessments (SC

READY) 3-8 Mathematics Testing—Paper-Based 28 SC Language Leaders’ Monthly Meeting, Richland 2 Conference

Center (Columbia Place Mall), Columbia 28 SCASA Special Education Directors’ Roundtable Meeting, SCASA

Building, Columbia

MAY

1 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching–Secondary Applications—DUE Date

2-6/3 SCDE EOCEP Spring Testing Window 4 SCASA Superintendents' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Updated—October 26, 2016

Compiled by—James Bryan 12

Columbia 9 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5

Session 8—Linear Measurement & the Relationship to Pre-Operational Mathematical Development, Horry County District Office, Conway

11 SCDE South Carolina Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (SCPASS) Sciences, Grades 4–8 Testing—Paper-Based

11-5/27 SCDE South Carolina Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (SCPASS) Science, Grades 4–8 Testing Window—Computer-Based

11-5/27 SCDE South Carolina Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (SCPASS) Social Studies, Grades 4–8 Testing Window—Computer-p

12 SCASA Technology Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 12 SCDE South Carolina Palmetto Assessment of State Standards

(SCPASS) Social Studies, Grades 4–8 Testing—Paper-Based 12 Environmental Education of South Carolina Awards Nominations—

DUE Date 15 SCDE Professional Learning Opportunity: Mathematics Grades K-5

Session 8—Linear Measurement & the Relationship to Pre-Operational Mathematical Development, Clover County District Office, Clover

17 Teaching.American.History.org Webinar—Landmark Supreme Court Cases: New Jersey v. T.L.O., (Social Studies), 11:00 AM, REGISTER

18 SCASA Instructional Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 18 SCASA Testing & Accountability Roundtable Meeting, SCASA

Building, Columbia

JUNE

1 SCASA Superintendents' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 9 SCASA Technology Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 15 SCASA Instructional Leaders' Roundtable Meeting, SCASA Building,

Columbia 18-21 SCASA Innovative Ideas Institute, Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach 18-23 SC Geographic Alliance Summer Geography Institute, USC-Calcott

Building, Columbia 20-7/22 SCDE EOCEP Summer Testing Window 25-28 2017 Education Business Summit, Location TBA, Greenville

Updated—October 26, 2016

Compiled by—James Bryan 13

KEY

State Holidays or National/State Special days, weeks, or months New events are underlined

DUE Date – Due dates for awards, grants, & honors

SCASA Webinar Series offered at www.scasa.org

SCDE & Other Webinars available for SC educators

ABBREVIATIONS

SCDE South Carolina Department of Education

SCASA SC Association of School Administrators

SCPASS Palmetto Assessment of State Standards EOCEP End of Course Evaluation Program

SC ELA South Carolina English Language Arts

CERRA Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, & Advancement

NAESP National Association for Elementary School Principals

AMLE Association for Middle Level Education

PLO Professional Learning Opportunity (New term used by SCDE to replace PD, professional

development)

COLOR OF SYMBOL INDICATES—SPECIFIC SUBJECT EVENTS

= Science = English/Language Arts = ESOL/ELL = CATE

= Social Studies = Mathematics = Foreign Language = Administrators

= Related Arts = Physical Education = Media Specialists

CONTACT INFORMATION. . .

James A. Bryan Independent Educational Consultant 803-834-1166 palmettoguardSC@gmail.com