AUGUST 8, 2019

DISTRICT WIDE STAFF DEVELOPMENT

Welcome to the District Wide Staff Development for Librarians, Instructional

Technology Teachers, and Virtual Learning Lab Teachers. This morning you

will attend break-out sessions presented by your peers. These sessions are

grounded in the beliefs of Conroe ISD’s Instructional Model and remind us that

to serve our students, we are better as one. We are better as we learn, teach,

create and face challenges as one. We are a team of dedicated educators

striving to bring our individual talents together as one group for the betterment

of our students. We may come from different backgrounds, experiences and

learning, but to provide the best for ALL of our students, we come together…

Better as 1.

Day at a Glance

8:00am – 8:20am Welcome and General

Session

8:30am—9:30am Session I

9:30am—10:30am Session II

10:30am—11:30am Session III

My Planner

Session I Rm:

Session II Rm:

Session III Rm:

Librarians & Technology Teachers

Title Description Presenter Room

Opening Session

8:00 am - 8:20 am

Welcome and

Introductions

This opening session provides an

opportunity for introductions,

questions, and viewing the DWSD

video.

Krissy

Calhoun Cafeteria

Session I

8:30 am - 9:30 am

Library Standards

Required for

Librarians

After months of work and countless

hours of debate, the new Texas School

Library Program Standards are ready

to be unpacked and taken for a ride!

Why new standards? What do I do

with them? Does it really matter to

me? All these questions and more will

be answered as we take the new

standards for a drive through how they

will impact all Texas school libraries.

Come and jump on board as we take

an in-depth look at how to use these

new standards to our best advantage.

Planning

Liz

Philippi Cafeteria

Introduction to Single

Sign On

Required for

Technology Teachers

Conroe ISD Technology is excited to

announce a new Single Sign On expe-

rience. Staff and students will be able

to sign on to their account from a web

browser and have access to all CISD

supported applications. Come learn the

ins and outs of our new SSO!

Instruction

Krissy

Calhoun

RM

307

Librarians & Technology Teachers

Title Description Presenter Room

Session II

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Using Resource

Calendars in Eduphoria

In this session, you will learn how to

use the resource calendars in

Eduphoria to checkout equipment.

Planning

Courtney

McNall

RM

303

Intro to CISD Libraries

Required for

New Librarians

Librarians new to CISD will get a

chance to meet and learn from

their mentors.

Planning

Michelle

Vaughn

RM

308

Using Google Sites to

Create Student Products

Google Sites is a collaborative website

building tool. Students can build sites

collaboratively to show their

knowledge of a subject. In this session

you will learn how to build and

collaborate using Google Sites.

Instruction

Trisha

Vernon

Brown

RM

312

Using Doceri for

Dynamic

Instruction

Doceri is an interactive whiteboard and

screencast recorder with sophisticated

tools for hand-drawn graphics and built

-in remote desktop control. In this ses-

sion, learn how to use Doceri iPad app

and desktop app to engage students

during instruction.

Instruction

Paul

Lindsey

RM

313

Librarians & Technology Teachers

Title Description Presenter Room

Session III

10:30 am- 11:30 am

Speed Dating with

Books

Come learn how I implemented

Speed Dating with a Book with one

of our Senior English classes last

year.

Instruction

Amber

Sullivan

RM

303

Exciting Information

from TLA

In this session, attendees from TLA

will share what they learned, and

how to implement new ideas into

the library and library lessons.

Instruction

TLA

Attendees Cafeteria

iPad and Chromebook

Apps for

Instruction

Learn about some of our favorite

iPad and Chrome apps for

instruction. Come ready to share

your favorites!

Instruction

Charles Dodd

&

Chelsea Rothe

RM

312

Discovery

Education

Classes and Quizzes

Now that Discovery Education is

part of our Single Sign on, students

have automatic accounts and are

assigned to classes! Learn how to

build assignments and quizzes for

student engagement.

Instruction

Krissy

Calhoun

RM

307

Virtual Learning Lab Teachers

Title Description Presenter Room

Opening Session

8:00 am - 8:20 am

Welcome and

Introductions

This opening session provides an

opportunity for introductions,

questions, and viewing the DWSD video.

Krissy

Calhoun Cafeteria

Session I

8:30 am - 9:30 am

Data Metrics and

Progress

Monitoring

Identify and examine engagement, pro-

gress, and achievement metrics with sam-

ple data. Discover key

reports and learn how to identify learning

gaps in group and

individual data.

Instruction

Isabel Hejazi

Edgenuity

Trainer

RM

306

Session II

9:30 am - 10:30 am

New Student

Experience

With updated visual designs and quicker

access to important information, Edgenu-

ity’s new student experience is now

available.

Instruction

Isabel Hejazi

Edgenuity

Trainer

RM

306

Session III

10:30 am- 11:30 am

Guided Notes

In select math, English, science, and so-

cial studies courses, new printable work-

sheets for note taking are available.

These Guided Notes provide additional

scaffolding for students by reducing the

cognitive load required to listen and take

notes at the same time.

Instruction

Isabel Hejazi

Edgenuity

Trainer

RM

306

Many thanks to Stewart Elementary administration and

staff for their cooperation and support in making this

staff development day a huge success. We could have

not done this without a great team effort!

THANK YOU