Principals and Network Leaders: Using RENZULLI in the Quality Review (Half-Day)

The Office of Curriculum, Standards and Academic Engagement, through the Department of eLearning, and in coordination with Renzulli Learning Systems, has arranged the following professional development opportunities for schools who are participating in the volume pricing offer. Included in the purchase price of RLS, your school is entitled to four days of offsite training and 2.5 hours of customized onsite support at no additional cost. Registration will be completed in Protraxx and participants will receive confirmation via email.

Professional Development Opportunities

Principals and Network Leaders: Using RENZULLI in the Quality Review (half-day)

What you want to know about using Renzulli to support the work of Inquiry Teams and the Quality Review process; best practices in implementing RLS; how Renzulli can be useful in encouraging teachers to take part in structured professional collaborations; the best way to approach professional development; how the Personal Success Plan can ensure that students’ learning goals, plans and timeframes remain the central focus of teachers, administrators, students and parents; issues affecting Renzulli implementation; and tips for using Renzulli utilization reports to determine how students and teachers are using the program to enhance learning are just some of the important topics that will be addressed. Find out how Renzulli can be used to support the work of Inquiry teams and the Quality Review process.

October 5 Bronx - 1pm-3:30pm October 14 Manhattan - 1pm-3:30pm October 21 Brooklyn - 1pm-3:30pm October 26 Queens - 1pm-3:30pm

Guidance Counselors: Using RENZULLI to Help Students Plan Their Dreams (half-day) This half-day workshop gives guidance counselors a tailored introduction to how they can use Renzulli’s Personal Success Plan (PSP) to guide students as they set measurable and actionable learning personal goals and explore career options.

October 5 Bronx - 9:30am-12:00pm October 14 Manhattan - 9:30am-12:00pm October 21 Brooklyn - 9:30am-12:00pm October 26 Queens - 9:30am-12:00pm

Site Manager / Teacher Training: Introduction to Renzulli Learning

This workshop will provide an overview of the Renzulli Learning System (RLS), and will focus on specific strategies for differentiating instruction via content, process and product using students’ top interests, learning styles and expression styles as identified by the Renzulli profiler. This program, based on nearly 35 years of research and development, is a comprehensive system for infusing “high-end learning” into total school improvement efforts while simultaneously challenging and engaging all students. The Renzulli provides a unique environment for the entire learning community which allows parents, teachers and administrators to view information that encourages an open exchange about students’ learning needs. Explore ways of differentiating learning for individual students and groups of students and access challenging and engaging activities to support curricula in core subjects, including the arts that are aligned to New York Learning Standards.

September 16 Manhattan September 18 Brooklyn September 30 Bronx October 14 Queens October 23 Brooklyn November 3 Manhattan November 18 Bronx December 2 Queens

Site Manager /Teacher Training: The Personal Success Plan – Helping students set goals and get organized for academic success How can we, as educators, help students take personal initiative in the process of learning? How do we shift the responsibility of learning to students? How can we help students achieve their potential? Students learn to be more productive and organized as they work through the Personal Success Plan (PSP). They develop short-term and long-term academic and personal goals to involve, motivate and engage them in the learning process; engagement that leads to academic achievement. The PSP allows teachers to guide students as they develop and set measurable and actionable learning goals that are differentiated by student interests and expression styles. As students progress through the PSP, they develop plans and timeframes for reaching these goals.

September 23 Manhattan September 25 Brooklyn October 16 Bronx October 21 Queens October 26 Brooklyn November 13 Manhattan December 9 Queens December 14 Bronx

Site Manager /Teacher Training: Getting Even More Out of Renzulli Learning – Participants should have previously completed RLS1 and RLS2 (PSP)

A hands-on workshop focusing on using Renzulli as a tool for curriculum compacting, coordinating collaborative student learning groups, and differentiating instruction using “Curriculum Connections”. Learn how you can adapt the regular curriculum to individual students’ abilities and needs though compacting which allows you to streamline and eliminate unnecessary curriculum and instruction and provide an optimal match of curricular content and expectations to the learner’s knowledge, ability, and learning styles. You will learn how to create and monitor groups of students as they work interactively in a moderated social networking forum. Practical suggestions for effective implementation with individual students and whole classes will be shared, along with independent student project guidelines and ideas for making curriculum connections. Learn how to use different features in the system to maximize student learning.

October 7 Manhattan October 28 Brooklyn November 23 Bronx December 4 Queens

Customized Onsite Training 2.5 hours

Renzulli Learning will customize this training to meet the individual needs of each school. School should contact Greg Skinner at Renzulli Learning to arrange a date that is convenient. Contact Greg at 1-877-429-1955 ex. 3155. Possible workshop/in-class support topics can be:

Using RLS to Differentiate Instruction Introduction to the Wizard Project Maker Introduction to the Assignment Maker RLS and Curriculum Connections Introduction to RLS Introduction to PSP

Free Online Support

Step-by-step illustrated instructions for all major operations available to Students, Teachers, Principals (Managers), and Parents are available online at: http://renzullilearning.com/HelpSystem/index.html. Also, beginning this fall, your staff is welcome to participate in free online WEBINARS, which will be available throughout the year at http://renzullilearning.com/Webinars.aspx.

TRAINING SITES:

Manhattan 425 West 123rd Street 6th Floor Manhattan NY 10027 Map it Brooklyn 450 Pacific Street , Brooklyn NY 11217 Map it Bronx 1257 Ogden Avenue , Bronx NY 10452 Map it Queens 45-18 Court Square Second Floor Long Island City NY 11101 Map it