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BRICK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY

2013 – 2014 DR. WALTER USZENSKI

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

“CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOCUS

AND CONNECT THE WORK OF SCHOOL PROFESSIONALS”

Fenwick W. English

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BRICK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Dear Staff,

I am pleased to announce the WINTER COURSE SCHEDULE for the DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY of the BRICK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The courses include those which have been identified through surveys and workshop evaluations as being valuable to our district staff, as well as new offerings that are presented to appeal to your interests and support professional growth.

The workshops in the Winter Schedule reflect the Brick Township Board of Education’s District Goals and Objectives for school improvement and the NJDOE mandates related to the Core Content Standards and their related assessments.

PD courses are voluntary and professional development participation will be recorded upon successful completion of all course and attendance requirements. This will be applied to your PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENT HOURS and your PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OBJECTIVES.

I wish to thank the Board of Education and the BTEA for their support. Our enthusiastic and stellar in-‐district trainers are to be commended for sharing their expertise.

We look forward to seeing you at THE BRICK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2013-‐2014 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY.

Sincerely,

Dr. Walter Uszenski, Superintendent of Schools

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Table of Contents

ActivTable (Promethean) Introduction .......................................................................................................... 4

Apex Learning ............................................................................................................................................... 5

Common Core Strategies – Secondary Focus ................................................................................................. 6

Designing a “Math Workout” using Math Expressions ................................................................................... 7

iPad Application Series 1 ............................................................................................................................... 8 App Smackdown #1: Digital Storytelling & Student Creativity (Rescheduled from 1/13) ............................................ 8 Appy Hour #1: Student Response & Interactivity ....................................................................................................... 8 Appy Hour #2: Student Presentation Apps ................................................................................................................ 8

iPad Application Series 2 ............................................................................................................................... 9 Interactive Presentations and Assessments on the iPad Using Nearpod and Socrative .............................................. 9 Engaging and Monitoring Students Through Technology ........................................................................................... 9

Journeying Through Unit Writing ................................................................................................................ 10

Mac Laptop Series ....................................................................................................................................... 11 I’ve Got My Mac…Now What? (Beginning users) ..................................................................................................... 11 What Can Mac Do For You? (Intermediate users) .................................................................................................... 11

PerformancePLUS and SGOs – Using Data to See the Growth in Your Classroom ......................................... 12

To register for any of the above workshops, please visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/S3FL8RQ

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ActivTable (Promethean) Introduction

Presenters: Nan Evans & Amanda Beattie

Location: DPES Room 30

Dates/Times: 3/20 @4:00

3/26 @3:30

Description: Overview of the basic use of the Promethean ActivTable as an interactive learning device. Learn how to control the ActivTable and practice using the main tools. Be prepared to enjoy yourself as student ambassadors will then teach you a variety of educational activities geared for math, literacy and content areas across K-‐5 grade levels.

Correlations with Common Core State Standards and Marzano best practices will be addressed.

Audience: K-‐5

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Apex Learning

Presenter: Tamara Howard

Location: PLC

Dates/Times: 2/12, 2/19, 3/11, 3/26 @3:00

Description: This workshop will explain the basics of the Apex learning program available to all 9-‐12 grade teachers. See how this blended learning tool can be used to enhance and supplement the classes you teach today!

Audience: 9-‐12

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Common Core Strategies – Secondary Focus

Presenter: Jennifer Monninger

Location: PLC

Dates/Times: 2/10, 2/20, 3/4, 3/12 @ 3:00 pm

Description: What does the Common Core have to do with my classroom and me? This workshop is all about this very topic. How can I incorporate the common core into my every day instruction? Am I already doing the common core and I don’t even know it? How are the common core standards different from the standards of the past? Each of these questions will be explored in a workshop that targets ELA teachers and anyone who teaching students to read in any discipline. We will discuss the differences between each grade level and their standards. We will discuss different focuses and difference activities you can do to assure your students are getting what they need to success. The common core is all about rigor and variety. How can we assure that our students are getting the rigor and the variety they need to be successful on the new state testing? The first step is to come to this workshop.

Audience: Grades 6-‐8 – 2/10 and 3/4

Grades 9-‐12 – 2/20 and 3/12

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Designing a “Math Workout” using Math Expressions

Presenter: Amanda Beattie

Location: PLC


3/13 @4:00

Description: In this workshop, we will review the differentiation components of Math Expressions. We will discuss how to design a lesson that differentiates instruction and meets the individual needs of your students. Using samples of student work, we will determine groups and activities for a “Math Workout”. Possible scenarios for managing these lessons will also be presented.

Audience: K-‐5

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iPad Application Series 1

Presenter: Nan Evans

Location: Drum Point Room 30

Audience: 2-‐8

App Smackdown #1: Digital Storytelling & Student Creativity (Rescheduled from 1/13) Dates/Times: 2/10 @4:00

Description: A rapid-‐fire session of apps that can be used across grade levels and curriculum areas. Learn about top educational apps for digital storytelling, student creativity and augmented reality. Correlations with Common Core Curriculum Standards and Marzano best practices will be addressed. **This specific workshop is geared for grades 2-‐5.

Appy Hour #1: Student Response & Interactivity Dates/Times: 2/26 @4:00

3/3 @3:30

Description: This workshop is a breakout session of 4 student response and interactive apps guaranteed to keep students engaged and performing at highest levels of learning. Practice using Nearpod, Socrative, Educreations and ShowMe, all of which allow for instantaneous assessment for any content area. Bring some grade level materials with you so that you can practice creating lessons. Correlations with Common Core State Standards and Marzano best practices will be addressed. Take your lessons from developing to innovative!

Appy Hour #2: Student Presentation Apps Dates/Times: 3/10 @4:00

3/12 @3:30

Description: This workshop is a breakout session of 5 student presentation apps that encourage high levels of thinking and creativity for any content area. Your students will love sharing their knowledge through the use of Keynote, Haiku Deck, Prezi, iMovie trailers and Tellagami. Bring some grade level materials with you so that you can practice creating lessons. Correlations with Common Core State Standards and Marzano best practices will be addressed. Take your lessons from developing to innovative!

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iPad Application Series 2

Presenters: Jamie Pratt and Jeanette Wehner

Location: EHYES Room 267

Audience: K-‐12

Interactive Presentations and Assessments on the iPad Using Nearpod and Socrative Dates/Times: 2/11 @7:10 am

Description: Participants will learn how to use Nearpod and Socrative on iPads in order to create highly engaging interactive presentations and student response systems that can be used to assess student understanding and monitor student progress in real-‐time.

Engaging and Monitoring Students Through Technology Dates/Times: 3/4 @7:10 am

Description: Participants will learn how to create and manage Google Forms as assessment tools, and create QR codes to streamline student access to web pages. In addition, participants will also learn how to integrate the app Evernote as a tool to monitor, assess and store student work samples in the format of an online portfolio. Finally, participants will learn how to integrate two web 2.0 technologies into weekly lessons to encourage collaboration and communication between students. ShowMe & Educreations on the iPad

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Journeying Through Unit Writing

Presenters: Michelle Cloud, Chad Cutts, Christine Brown

Location: PLC

Dates/Times/Audience: G2 – G3: -‐ 2/20 @4:00

G4 – G5: 2/26 @4:00

GK – G1: 3/5 @4:00

Description: Discussion will focus on Journeys Unit 5 writing specific to the grade level. Instructional strategies for both the mode of writing and traits will be shared.

• Kindergarten: Informative

• First: Narrative

• Second: Informative

• Third: Narrative

• Fourth: Informative

• Fifth: Opinion

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Mac Laptop Series

I’ve Got My Mac…Now What? (Beginning users) Presenters: Matt Lafferty

Location: PLC


3/13 @3:00

Description: This workshop will cover how to maximize the experience of your new Mac. We will practice ways to click, saving options, cleaning up your desktop, finding lost files, defining all the ports on the side of your machine, and how best to charge the battery. There will also be plenty of time for Q&A.

Audience: K-‐12

What Can Mac Do For You? (Intermediate users) Presenters: Matt Lafferty

Location: PLC


3/19 @3:00

Description: This presentation will cover some of the Mac tools that can allow teachers and students alike the chance to unleash their creativity: iMovie (creating previews and movies), GarageBand (recording music and spoken podcasts), iBooks Author (writing books for iPad and uploading to iTunes). Also covered: maximizing iCloud across your Mac, PC, iPhone and iPad; and using AirPlay to connect to projectors. After the presentation there will be a Q&A concerning applying these concepts to the classroom.

Audience: K-‐12

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PerformancePLUS and SGOs – Using Data to See the Growth in Your Classroom

Presenters: Jonathan Barresi

Location: PLC

Dates/Times: 2/11, 3/5 @3:00

Description: So you’ve given some assessments and logged your data in PerformancePLUS. Now what?! This workshop will cover all you need to finish this school year and begin planning for next. Topics include:

1. How to properly administer assessments and enter data into PerformancePLUS. 2. How to extract pre-‐assessment data from PerformancePLUS. 3. Examples of SGO’s that can be written from pre-‐assessment data. 4. How to extract post-‐assessment data and evaluate your SGO.

Audience: K-‐12

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