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Prairie Lakes AEA Professional Learning Offerings

Summer 2019 Catalog

This booklet includes the 2019 summer schedule for professional learning offered by Prairie Lakes AEA staff.

We are in the midst of transitioning to the new statewide AEA professional learning registration system. We hope this catalog helps

you plan your summer learning. We look forward to enjoying the features in the new system later this spring.

Having one registration system will provide participants with a much larger offering of professional learning activities through a statewide catalog. It also creates greater equity and consistency in programming and resources to help support quality professional development and

licensure programming.

Please follow our progress on our social media channels, and our PLAEA website.

For assistance, contact:Dr. Linda Ankeny, License Renewal Coordinator

lankeny@plaea.org712.346.5005

Carrie Guerin, License Renewal Specialistcguerin@plaea.org

515.705.7148

To register for the 2019 summer classes please follow the link below.http://bit.ly/plaeapd2019

Table of Contents

EARLY CHILDHOOD/PRESCHOOL ............................2

GIFTED & TALENTED ....................................................3

LITERACY ..........................................................................4

MATHEMATICS ................................................................6

MENTORING ....................................................................8

PARAEDUCATOR ............................................................ 10

SCIENCE ...........................................................................11

TECHNOLOGY ............................................................... 12

TEACHING & LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES ............... 13

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EARLY CHILDHOOD/PRESCHOOL

Peer Mediated Skills Learning CampTarget Audience: All Educators & PLAEA Staff,

withspecificfocusonEarlyChildhood1. Teachers and ECSE staff will learn the essential elements to teach

peer mediated strategies.2. Teachers and ECSE staff will understand how routines within early

childhood classroom practices support all learners.3. Participants will be prepped with materials for immediate

implementation of peer mediated and routine strategies.

Pre and Post survey in addition to coaching follow-up zooms with Ron Roybal.Facilitator: Ron Roybal (with supports from PLAEA

EC Team: Shelley Conover & Marcie Lentsch) Date: June 13th & 14th, August TBDTime: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Location: PLAEAOfficeinPocahontasRegistration: By June 6th - Registration Link

Preschool AcademyTarget Audience: All Educators & PLAEA Staff,

withspecificfocusonEarlyChildhood1. Participants will learn how to embed the components of Creative

Curriculum.2. Participants will discover new strategies to collect and observe

students for assessment data.3. Participants will learn the revised (3rd edition) Iowa Early Learning

Standards.

Multiple follow-up coaching observations, zooms and support sessions will occur with all new teachers who attend. Facilitator: Shelley Conover & Marcie LentschDate: August 7th, August 8th, August 14th, & August 15th (AM only on the 15th)Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Location:PLAEAOfficePocahontasRegistration: By July 30th - Registration Link

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GIFTED & TALENTED

Meeting the Social & Emotional Needs of High Ability LearnersFor: License RenewalTarget Audience: All Educators, Administrators, Coaches,

TAG Teachers• Participants will unpack the unique social and emotional needs of

high ability learners.• Participants will explore tools, routines, and protocols that will

support high ability students’ social, emotional, behavioral, andmental health.

• Participants will discuss examples of unique needs and solutions.• Participants will create a toolkit for addressing students’ needs in

their own districts.

Facilitator: Brianna Schwenk MaschmanDate: June 20th & Additional In-District WorkTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location: PLAEAOfficeinPocahontasRegistration: By June 13th - Registration Link

To register for the 2019 summer classes please follow the link below.http://bit.ly/plaeapd2019

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LITERACY

Reading Strategies for Secondary Students (5-12) For: License Renewal Target Audience: All Educators, Coaches, Administratorss• Participants will unpack the unique needs of adolescent readers.• Participants will explore tools in each of the 7 literacy strategies for

adolescent readers.• Participants will create a plan to implement at least two of the tools

we discuss.• Participants will discuss how a diverse toolkit of reading strategies

contributes to a secondary MTSS system.

Facilitator: Brianna Schwenk Maschman Date: August 14th & Additional In-District Work Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location: PLAEAOfficeinPocahontasRegistration: By August 7th - Registration Link

Next Steps in Guided Reading- IntroFor: License Renewal, Graduate CreditTarget Audience: All Educators & AdministratorsParticipants will study the Next Step Guided Reading framework (Pre-A through Fluent) and learn how to use this framework to meet the needs of all students in a small-group reading environment. Participants will understand how to use data to make instructional decisions within the NSGR framework, which includes choosing the right text, skills and strategies. All participants are required to have the Next Step Forward in Guided Reading book- https://amzn.to/2HQSqFrFacilitators: Jill Sundblad & Lori Beltran Date: August 12th, 13th, 14thTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location: PLAEAOfficeinPocahontasRegistration: By August 5th - Registration Link

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Effective Instruction for Adolescent Struggling Readers (Grades 5-12)For: License Renewal or Graduate Credit (2 credits)Target Audience: Reading Instructors (Gr. 5-12) &

PLAEA StaffProvide special education teachers with interventions for older students, including diagnostic assessments and teaching strategies toaddressreadingdeficits.Participant implementation throughout the school year.Facilitator: Julie Meyer & Heidi VasherDate: August 12th, October 7th, February 11th, April 23thTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location: PLAEAOfficeinPocahontasRegistration: By August 5th - Registration Link

Diagnostic Reading Assessment & Instruction ClassFor: License Renewal (1 credit)Target Audience: Sped. Teachers, Interventionists,

Title teachers, Gen. Ed.Participants will build :1. Common learning about intervention systems and the process of

assessment and data based decision making,2. Analyzing screening & assessment data, determining diagnostics

and aligning instruction to progress monitoring (RIOT),3. will share instructional resources to use in schools to implement

strategies

Facilitator: Heidi Vasher, Tricia Christopher, Janie Eischen & Amy Barber

Date: June 18th-19thTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location: Spencer Administration BuildingRegistration: By June 11th - Registration Link

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MATHEMATICS

Making Sense of NumbersFor: Graduate CreditTarget Audience: K-8 Teachers who teach mathematicsPrairie Lakes AEA is partnering with the University of Northern Iowa to offer Making Sense of Numbers to teachers in our area. This course is focused on the base ten structure of our number system and the integration of Number Sense Routines to support your students in developingtheirnumbersense.Thiscoursefulfillsthreehoursof the24hour Iowa K-8 mathematics endorsement. (https://boee.iowa.gov/en-dorsement/k-8-mathematics) Our course will meetforfive full day sessions, July 22th - 26th at the Prairie LakesAEAofficeinFortDodge.Theclasseswillrun8:30-3:30withaonehour lunch on your own. There will be one additional date held 8:30-3:30 on Saturday October 12th. In addition to the face to face sessions there are six online implementation sessions. These implementation sessions are focused on the integration of Number Sense Routines in your classroom setting and are completed through the use of UNI’s Blackboard system. These sessions will run September 9th - December 6th.The cost of the course is $300 for 3 graduate credit hours from the University of Northern Iowa. You will need to have the book Number Sense Routines, Grades K-3 or Number Sense Routines, Grades 3-5. A copy of the casebook will be checked out to you for your use during the course. You will need to have access to a laptop computer, or chromebook, during the class face to face meetings. Facilitator: Annette LoukDate: July 22th-26th & October 12thTime: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.Location:PLAEAOfficeinFortDodgeRegistration: By June 20th - Registration Link

CGI Year 2For: License RenewalTarget Audience: All Educators &

PLAEA Staff Who Taken CGI Year 1CGI year 2 professional development is designed to help teachers deepen their understanding of the concepts they learned in CGI year 1 as well as make connections between CGI concepts and their classroom practice.Implementation of CGI problems in classroom improved in their focus on their students’ thinking. Facilitator: Annette LoukDate: July 15th-18th with 2 dates during school year tbd. Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Location:PLAEAOfficeinPocahontasRegistration: By July 8th - Registration Link

MATHEMATICS

Number Talks & Fact Fluency: Walk Throughs with Understanding for Elementary PrincipalsFor: License RenewalTarget Audience: AdministratorsBuilding capacity of administrators with Number Talks and Fact Fluency to support implementation and to be able to give targeted feedbackFacilitator: Gina Blomberg & Donna McClainDate: June 27th-28th, August 13thTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location:PLAEAOfficeinPocahontasRegistration: By June 20th - Registration Link

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Fractions, Beyond Pizzas and PiesFor: License RenewalTarget Audience: 3rd-5th grade math teachersCome learn about the 10 essential strategies for supporting fraction sense through the partitioning, equivalency, and comparison of fractions. Teachers will boost their own fraction understandings to helpstrengthentheirfractioninstruction.Thiscourseisthefirstof two courses regarding fractions. Please note that operations involving fractions will not be addressed in course one. Course one will be a prerequisite to course two.Facilitator: Donna McClain & Gina BlombergDate: June 17th-18th, August 5thTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location:PLAEAOfficeinPocahontasRegistration: By June 10th - Registration Link

MENTORING

Mentoring for Safe & Supportive EnvironmentsTarget Audience: All EducatorsMentors learn how to do a focused observation and facilitate an instructive one-on-one conversation to provide meaningful, actionable feedback to Beginning Teachers. Mentors practice feedback strategies that can increase theirmentee’sefficacyincreatingemotionally,intellectually,andphysicallysafe environments to include...• creating positive relationships that are kind, caring, and respectful.• nurturing self-awareness, identity development, and sense of purpose.• emphasizing effort, supported risk-taking, and strategies for academic, social, and

emotional growth.• supporting safe and engaged interactions with co-created procedures, routines, and

classroom design.• encouraging developmentally appropriate and culturally relevant strategies forexpressionof emotionsandconflictresolution.

Facilitators: Jaymie Randel & Brianna Schwenk MaschmanDate: August 5thTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location: PLAEAOfficeinPocahontasRegistration: By July 29th - Registration Link

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Re-Imagine MentoringTarget Audience: Instructional Coaches,

Mentors & AdministratorsPrincipals collaborate with mentors and/or instructional coaches to revisit and re-imagine the purpose for their mentoring program. Participants will engage in a guided process to establish goals, clarify roles and responsibilities and develop a plan for improving their current mentoring program. Facilitators: Jaymie Randel & Brianna Schwenk MaschmanDate: June 18th in Spencer or June 21th in PocahontasTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location: PLAEAOfficesinSpenceror

Pocahontas County Conservation CenterRegistration: By June 11th - Registration Link

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Mentoring for Diverse LearnersTarget Audience: All EducatorsMentors learn how to do a focused observation and facilitate an instructive one-on-one conversation to provide meaningful, actionable feedback to Beginning Teachers. Mentors practice feedback strategies thatcanincreasetheirmentee’sefficacyinmeetingtheneedsof diverselearners in their classrooms to include...• leveraging individual strengths to support academic, social, and emotional

growth.• creating multiple pathways to learn and demonstrate learning• promoting learner agency with immediate, goal-oriented feedback and

opportunities for self-directed learning.• scaffolding instruction for every learner to meet expectations of the

standards through practices such as modeling, strategic grouping, sequencedquestioning, timely feedback, and practice opportunities.

Facilitators: Jaymie Randel & Brianna Schwenk Maschman Date: Aug. 2 - Note date change from Aug. 9. Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location: Pocahontas County Conservation Center Registration: By July 29th - Registration Link

Mentoring for Rigorous Curriculum & ContentTarget Audience: All EducatorsMentors learn how to do a focused observation and facilitate an instructive one-on-one conversation to provide meaningful, actionable feedback to Beginning Teachers. Mentors practice feedback strategies that can increase theirmentee’sefficacyinprovidingequitable,culturallyresponsive,andrigorous curriculum and instruction to include...• providing relevant, challenging content aligned to grade-level standards through

curriculum that is adapted and supplemented, if necessary.• creating an inclusive community where all aspects of diversity and learner variability

are understood, expected, and welcomed.• engaging learners in productive struggle to support perseverance and agency for

meeting high expectations of grade-level standards.• fostering cultural competence and curiosity to seek others’ perspectives.• facilitating expression of reasoned, evidence-based arguments, thoughts, and ideas.

Facilitators: Jaymie Randel & Brianna Schwenk MaschmanDate: August 6thTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location:PLAEAOfficeinPocahontasRegistration: By July 29th - Registration Link

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Paraeducator Generalist I Certi ication Facilitators: Kristine Randell & Karen WaidDate: Class 1 - June 10th & June 14th

Class 2 - June 17th & June 21thClass 3 - June 24th & June 28th

Location:PLAEAOfficeinPocahontas Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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To register for the 2019 summer classes please follow the link below.http://bit.ly/plaeapd2019

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Science + Literacy = Better Together for K-5 Classrooms, Science Module 4For: License Renewal Buena Vista graduate credit (approval pending)Target Audience: K-5 teachers, instructional coaches, and administratorsThe stage will be set as participants don their student-learner hats and are immersed in a three-dimensional storyline that uses literacy strategies to supportstudentsfiguringoutapplicableDisciplinaryCoreIdeas(DCI)through Science and Engineering Practices (SEP) in order to understand a Crosscutting Concept (CCC). We will compare content and disciplinary literacy and consider what it means to view like a scientist. Next, we will examine what it means to write, talk, and listen like a scientist and how we can support and cultivate these characteristics in our elementary scientists to meet both the Iowa Core Literacy AND Science standards.In-district follow-up will be provided in the fall to support educators in the implementation of science lessons/unit developed during the face-to-face sessions in June.Facilitator: Hope Brown & Jill SiefkenDate & Time: June 5th, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (one-hour lunch on your own)

June 6th, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (one-hour lunch on your own)June 7th, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (no lunch)Two one-hour in-district follow-up meetings to occur during late September through November 30th.

Location: PLAEAOfficeinPocahontas - Black Hawk Lake Room

Supporting NGSS-Aligned Teaching & Learning in Science ClassroomsFor: License RenewalTarget Audience: Administrators, Instructional Coaches, K-12 Science Teachers

Participants will learn how to use the Instructional Leadership for Science Practices tools to support three-dimensional teaching and learning. Alignment to district evaluation and observation tools such as the 5D+ Framework and the Iowa Teaching Standards will be completed by participants to learn how the tools can extend and support one another in creating student-centered science classrooms.Facilitator: Hope BrownDate: June 25th-27th Time: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.Location:PLAEAOfficesinFortDodgeRegistration: By June 18th - Registration Link

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Harnessing Technology for Deeper LearningTarget Audience: All Educators • To know and understand the 4 shifts that schools are moving

toward• To use a protocol to help understand what purposeful technology

integration looks like• To explore high leverage tech tools• To purposefully plan lessons with quality technology integration

and student learning goals

Participants will practice and apply the learning in the workshop. They will be receiving feedback throughout. Facilitator: Julie GraberDate: July 16thTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location:PLAEAOfficeinFortDodgeRegistration: By July 9th - Registration Link

TECHNOLOGY

To register for the 2019 summer classes please follow the link below.http://bit.ly/plaeapd2019

Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain: Book StudyFor: License Renewal Target Audience: All Educators & Instructional CoachesUnderstand how schools create dependent learners and the role CRT plays in building independent learning.• Develop a socio-political lens to understand the achievement gap that

produces dependent learners• Uncover assumptions and misconceptions about culturally responsive

teaching

The intended impact will be to improve teacher strategies toward creating inclusive environments and independent learning opportunities based on a culturally relevant curriculum. Facilitator: Leslie Pralle OsbornDate: May 28th-June 25thLocation: OnlineRegistration: By May 21st - Registration Link

Connecting Social JusticeFor: License RenewalTarget Audience: All Educators & Instructional CoachesRooted in Teaching Tolerance and culturally responsive teaching, this two day class will engage participants in designing lessons utilizing social justice standards as a lens. Explicit connections will be made with social justice standards and Core content standards. We will explore technology and instructional strategies to support student learning.Facilitators: Leslie Pralle Osborn & Erin OlsonDate: June 18th & 19thTime: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Location: PLAEAOfficeinPocahontasRegistration: By June 11th - Registration Link

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TEACHING & LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES

Addressing Resistance & Conducting Hard ConversationsFor: License Renewal credit if taken with the class, Understanding the

Reciprocal Relationship Between Data and Student Learning Target Audience: All Educators Participants can purposefully communicate to safely involve anotherperson(s)inexaminingandtransformingaconflict.Facilitators: Jaymie Randel & Maurita AubreyDate: June 12th or August 14thTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location: Pocahontas County Conservation CenterRegistration: By June 5th - Registration Link

Understanding the ReciprocalRelationship Between Data & Student LearningFor: License Renewal credit if taken with Addressing Resistance

and Conducting Hard ConversationsTarget Audience: All Educators Participants can purposefully analyze data and create visual displays for decision-making.Facilitators: Jaymie Randel & Maurita AubreyDate: June 13th-14th or August 15th-16th Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location: Pocahontas County Conservation CenterRegistration: By June 6th - Registration Link

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Engaging Students Through Brain Friendly Strategies For: License Renewal CreditTarget Audience: All Educators Do you want to learn news ways to engage students? Who are our Generation Z learners today and what does it take to engage them?This course focuses on brain friendly teaching practices that increase student engagement and foster positive relationships which are critical for student social and emotional learning. Social and emotional learning is most effective when it is embedded in daily classroom experiences where teachers use everyday instruction to foster positive working relationships and increase student engagement.Facilitator: Jaymie Randel & Becky Hacker-KluverDate: June 19th-20th or August 7th-8thTime: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Location: PLAEAOfficeinPocahontasRegistration: By June 12th - Registration Link

Effective Facilitation ~ Better Staff Meetings & Professional Learning Target Audience: Anyone who facilitates Professional

Learning and/or meetings• To identify what constitutes effective facilitation• To use tools and various processes to support effective facilitation• To strategically plan how to design quality pd and mtgs.• Toreflectonthelearningexperiencestounderstandwhatwasdone

and why it was doneParticipants will be practicing and applying their learning using their context from their school/organization during the workshop. Facilitator: Julie GraberDate: July 18thTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location: PLAEAOfficeinFortDodgeRegistration: By July 11th - Registration Link

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Observing & Providing Feedback for PrincipalsPrincipals refinetheirskillsinconductingafocusedobservationand facilitating an instructive one-on-one conversation to provide meaningful, actionable feedback to their teachers. We’ll explore tools, protocols, and routines that make providing feedback an attainable part of a principal’s day. Principals will revisit the best practices that research has shown to lead to healthy, effective principal/mentor/coach/teacher relationships. Facilitators: Jaymie Randel & Brianna Schwenk MaschmanDate: August 2nd or August 12th or August 13thTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location: PLAEAOfficesinPocahontas-August2nd,

PLAEAOfficesinFortDodge-August12th&PLAEAOfficesinSpencer-August13th

Registration: By July 29th - Registration Link

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Youth Mental Health First Aid TrainingTarget Audience: All Educators & PLAEA Staff Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders. Facilitator: Jeff Herzberg Date: August 13thTime: 8:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.Location: PLAEAOfficesinStorm LakeRegistration: By July 27th - Registration Link

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The School on Fire presents The Institute for Creativity and Innovation in Education• Discover the core beliefs needed to transform any class or school

into your dream.• Learn the Power of Next practice and how it can accelerate best

practice.• Learn how to foster new ideas and innovation• Learn how to transform any classroom through the power of

personalized learning.• Plus Passion Projects, Problem Based Learning, student agency and

more!

Facilitator: Buddy Berry & The Institute for Creativity & Innovation in Education

Dates: August 5th & 6thLocation: Okoboji areaRegistration: By July 29th - Registration Link

Project Based Learning 101 For: License Renewal & Graduate CreditTarget Audience: All Educators• Participants will know the 8 project design elements.• Participants will understand how incorporating the project design

elements with quality improves the likelihood of a rigorous, effectivePBL.

• Participants will incorporate the 8 project design elements into aproject plan.

• Participants will generate a project plan that receives formativefeedback from the participants and the BIE facilitator.

Facilitator: Julie GraberDates: June 18th-20thTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location: PLAEAOfficeinFortDodgeRegistration: By June 11th - Registration Link

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Jumpstart Your CraftTarget Audience: First Year TeachersJumpstartisforfirstyearteachersnewtotheprofession.Weare offering a hybrid learning opportunity designed to support increasingnewteacherefficacy.Participantswillmeetfacetoface quarterly and use digital communication tools to maintain monthly contact. Teachers enrolled in Jumpstart will practice and receive actionable feedback about their ability to create emotionally, intellectually, and physically safe environments, provide equitable, culturally responsive, and rigorous curriculum and instruction, and meet the needs of diverse learners in their classrooms.Facilitator: Brianna Schwenk MaschmanDate: August 5thTime: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Location:PLAEAOfficeinPocahontasRegistration: By July 29th - Registration Link

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To register for the 2019 summer classes please follow the link below.http://bit.ly/plaeapd2019

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