Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative WMCoop APSCN eSchoolPlus Phase 4A (Week 5, Day 1) 202164 Subject(s): Audience(s): Day 1: a.m. - TAC (teacher) p.m. - TAC (administrator) Description: Presenter(s): NANCY BRAMLETTE Facilitator: NANCY BRAMLETTE Jun 3, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 20 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op Computer Lab WMCoop APSCN eSchoolPlus Phase 4A (Week 5, Days 2 & 3) 202165 Subject(s): Audience(s): Day 2: a.m. - Mark Reporting (IPR) p.m. - Mark Reporting (RC/TRN) Description: Presenter(s): NANCY BRAMLETTE Facilitator: NANCY BRAMLETTE Jun 4, 5, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 20 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op Computer Lab Project WET - Pharmaceuticals and Water Quality 209491 Subject(s): Science Audience(s): 6-12 This is a Project WET workshop with a special focus on pharmaceuticals and personal care products and water quality. The tour should explain the process of water treatment and its safe return to the environment. This session will address how today’s systems, at the present time, cannot effectively remove ppcp’s from the water as they were not designed that way when they were built. This workshop is planned for teachers of grades 6 – 12. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Participants are to wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes. DO NOT WEAR OPEN TOED SHOES! NO FLIP-FLOPS. We will be taking a field trip to the water treatment plant, by carpool, and return to Harding to complete the session. Description: Presenter(s): Barbara Miller Facilitator: BEN CARRIGAN Jun 5, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Harding - Thornton Ed. Center - Rm. 326 TESS: LEADS Specialty Administrators 213519 Subject(s): Other Audience(s): Administrators The LEADS Specialty Administrator training is for school or district administrators who are not principals, assistant principals, or superintendents. These administrators may include Special Education Administrators, Gifted Education Administrators, Curriculum Administrators, and other school or district leaders who are evaluated under LEADS beginning in 2014-15. The training covers the LEADS evaluation process and the specialty administrator rubrics. Description: Presenter(s): Diann Gathright, Ivy Pfeffer, Jim Johnson Facilitator: Leasha Hayes Jun 5, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe Page 1 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative WMCoop APSCN eSchoolPlus Phase 4A (Week 5, Day 4) 202167 Subject(s): Audience(s): Day 4: HAC>Workshop Description: Presenter(s): NANCY BRAMLETTE Facilitator: NANCY BRAMLETTE Jun 6, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 20 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op Computer Lab Close Reading Using Informational Texts in English Language Arts for Grades 6-12 210435 Subject(s): Language Arts Audience(s): 6-12 This professional development provides strategies that will enable participants to design instruction that promotes close reading behaviors using Informational text, including Literary Nonfiction, in the English Language Arts classes. Description: Note: This will be a repeated session from last year. Presenter(s): Greg Moore Facilitator: Greg Moore Jun 9, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe GLOBE - An Environmental Science Program for Middle Level Teachers 211993 Subject(s): Science Audience(s): 4-8 GLOBE is a hands-on environmental science and education program involving students in primary and secondary schools throughout the world. This session will support students, teachers and scientists as they collaborate in inquiry-based investigations of the environment and the Earth system working in close partnership with NASA, NOAA and NSF in study and research about the dynamics of Earth's environment. Protocols included in this introductory session are: Atmosphere/Climate, Hydrology, and Soil. Participants will gain access to the GLOBE site for uploading student data. Description: Presenter(s): BEN CARRIGAN, Keith Harris Facilitator: NANETTE NICHOLS Jun 9, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 20 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe Developing Base 10 Understanding 212427 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): K-6 In this class, we will make sense of the base 10 system generally through number and properties of operations. We will begin by looking at the roots that begin in kindergarten based in the counting sequence, to generalizing place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers in fourth grade, and finally making connections for 5th and 6th grade to the decimal system. This class is based on the multiplicative structure of the base ten system and properties of operations with the only difference between grade levels being the magnitude of the numbers. Description: Presenter(s): KRISTI SMITH Facilitator: Pam Allen Jun 9, 10, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 3, Beebe Page 2 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Reflections on Algebra 1 Units 210780 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): 9-12 A structure for Algebra 1 units was shared by Linda Griffith last summer. This workshop will be reflections from a teacher’s implementation of those units during this school year. Learn about what worked, and what one teacher decided to change in her classroom. The following TESS Domains and Components will be addressed: 1a, 1d, 4a. Description: Presenter(s): Dutchess Butler, Tim Brister Facilitator: Tim Brister Jun 10, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 36 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Harding - Thornton Ed. Center - Rm. 326 China: Between Tradition and the Modern World 211123 Subject(s): Social Sciences Audience(s): 7-12 This workshop delivers content useful to the teaching of World History, Comparative Government, and Asian Culture. Participants will come to understand the tumultuous road China followed from being a traditional, Confucian Empire in the early 1800s to being a rising world power at the start of the twenty-first century, as well as difficulties China is to face in the near future. Topics covered include: the Opium War, the Taiping Rebellion, the Sino-Japanese War and WWII, Maoist China, and post-Mao reform and the contemporary situation. The workshop will feature a combination of lecture, discussion, and the introduction of primary sources and online images useful for teaching China. Description: Presenter(s): Dr. Jeff Kyong-McClain Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 10, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 35 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe TESS: Create a Culture for Learning Through Knowledge of Your Students 212377 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12 Student motivation and appreciation for knowledge can be increased through the use of student information. From learning styles to family history, benchmarks to extracurricular activities, knowledge of the students in your classroom should be foundational in planning lessons that will engage all students in the learning. This session will engage participants in activities and discussions related to Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching, components 1B (Demonstrating Knowledge of Students) and 2B (Establishing a Culture for Learning). Description: Presenter(s): Greg Moore, NANETTE NICHOLS Facilitator: NANETTE NICHOLS Jun 10, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 60 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe Functions Grades 6-12 210678 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): 6-12 This course uses the book "Developing Essential Understanding of Expressions, Equations and Functions: Grades 6-8" from NCTM, to explore the Functions domain in the Common Core State Standards. The sessions will explore the five big ideas from the text and extend these ideas through high school. The five big ideas explored in this course are: Expressions; Variables; Equality; Representing and Analyzing Functions; and Solving Equations. There is no pre-requisite for this course, but the course will align with two other courses in this series: Algebraic Thinking as a Bridge to Functions Grades 3-6 and Developing Proportional Reasoning Grades 4-7. The following TESS Domains and Components will be addressed: 1a, 1e. Description: Presenter(s): Tim Brister Facilitator: Tim Brister Jun 11, 12, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 36 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Harding - Thornton Ed. Center - Rm. 326 Page 3 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Social Studies Disciplinary Literacy 211955 Subject(s): Social Sciences Audience(s): 5-12 This professional development opportunity supports social studies teachers as they implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for literacy. The resulting student products will serve as artifacts for the Teacher Excellence and Support System (TESS). The first part of this training will provide background information to develop a foundational understanding of literacy as described in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The second part of this professional development provides strategies that will enable participants to design social studies instruction that supports historical thinking skills, close reading, and leads students to produce informational and argumentative writing pieces. Description: Presenter(s): TBA TBA Facilitator: Greg Moore Jun 11, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe Anchor Standards - A Way for Science 212378 Subject(s): Science Audience(s): 6-12 Participants will enhance their understanding of how to incorporate CCSS Reading and Writing Standards into their Science Curriculum. This day will focus on how to increase student engagement through reading and writing. TESS components emphasized will include: 1A (Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy), 1C (Setting Instructional Outcomes), 1E (Designing Coherent Instruction), 2B (Establishing a Culture for Learning), and 3C (Engaging Students in Learning). Description: Presenter(s): BEN CARRIGAN, NANETTE NICHOLS Facilitator: NANETTE NICHOLS Jun 11, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe Other Problem Situations: Multiplication and Division Grades 3-6 212525 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): 3-5,6 This course will investigate the 3 different types of multiplication and division (equal grouping, multiplicative comparison and area/array). These include: *Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Problems *The structure of the different problem situations * How the problems are alike and different * How children's thinking about the problem situations is different than the way adults think about it. *A beginning examination of understanding the implications of using area/array problems in developing multiplicative understanding *Children's strategies and level of development * Connections to operations and algebraic thinking * Instructional implications. Description: Presenter(s): SARAH HOGG Facilitator: Pam Allen Jun 11, 12, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 3, Beebe Technical Assistance Visit Preparation and Interim Testing for Agri 213838 Subject(s): Agri Audience(s): 9-12 This workshop is designed to help teachers prepare for the state visit next year. Notebooks and information will be given to teachers to help them prepare their districts for the upcoming monitoring. Interim Testing will be reviewed and updated a needed. Description: Presenter(s): MARY ROBERTS Facilitator: Shawn Finley Jun 11, 12, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe H.S. Career & Tech Building Page 4 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative American Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED Certification (Adult, Child and Infant) 211114 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12 This workshop will be the American Red Cross training for Adult, Infant and Child CPR; First Aid; and AED. Participants will receive certificate. Description: Presenter(s): Shelma Winningham Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 12, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 16 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe H.S. Career & Tech Bldg. Rm 151 The WH-Questions of Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans 211956 Subject(s): Special Education Audience(s): K-12 Challenges of writing functional behavior assessments and behavior plans for students with disabilities are present for all educators. Understanding the function of behavior, how to write appropriate plans, and what to do if they are not effective, is the main topic of this workshop. Discussion of the key components of the FBA process will be the focus of the morning, and BIP writing will be conducted in the afternoon. Sample plans will be analyzed and appropriate plans written. Please bring FBAs or BIPs with you from your district. Who knows, we may write some for our colleagues! Description: Presenter(s): Susanne Belk Facilitator: SHERRY HOLLIMAN Jun 12, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 45 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm ASU-Beebe Student Center-Walmart/Regions Rm Science Disciplinary Literacy 211957 Subject(s): Science Audience(s): 5-12 This interactive professional development opportunity supports science teachers as they implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for literacy. The resulting student products will serve as artifacts for the Teacher Excellence and Support System (TESS). The first part of this training will provide background information to develop a foundational understanding of literacy as described in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The second part of this professional development provides strategies that will enable participants to design science instruction that cultivates scientific literacy through speaking, reading, and writing like a scientist. Description: Presenter(s): TBA TBA Facilitator: Greg Moore Jun 12, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe Text Dependent Questions 212231 Subject(s): Literacy Audience(s): K-6 The Common Core State Standards emphasize students' ability to ask and answer text-dependent questions. Incorporating high-quality text-dependent questions into instruction is a critical step for educators and their students in the shift toward reading, writing, listening and speaking grounded in textual evidence. The information contained in this module is important for K-12 ELA/Literacy instructors, as well as social studies and science teachers, as these teachers prepare students to meet the expectations of the Common Core State Standards. Text-dependent questions should always guide students back to the text to gain deeper understanding of what the text says and how the text conveys its message. Note: To meet the rigor of the Common Core State Standards, at least 80%-90% of questions about a text should be text dependent. This workshop will address TESS component 3b Description: Presenter(s): TIFFANY HENDERSON Facilitator: TIFFANY HENDERSON Jun 12, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe Page 5 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Using Video for Scientific Measurement of Distance and Time Events 213107 Subject(s): Science Audience(s): 9-12 This professional development opportunity is targeting high school Physical Science and Physics teachers. We will illustrate the use of video to measure and enable calculation of the kinematic values for the path of projectiles. Teachers will engage in the use of cameras and will create a video during the training. Teachers will leave with supplies to begin implementing this in their classroom. Description: Presenter(s): RALPH MILLER Facilitator: BEN CARRIGAN Jun 13, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 10 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Harding - Thornton Ed. Center - Rm. 326 Sensory Integration and Modulation: More Than the Basics 211398 Subject(s): Other,Special Education,Speech-Language Pathologists Audience(s): PreK-12 This workshop will address the components of sensory processing issues as well as some practical intervention concepts/ demonstrations that may be used for pre-school and school-age children. Research knowledge acquired through the University of Southern California and Western Psychological Services via their Sensory Integration Certification courses will be shared, as well as theoretical foundations which directly impact the success of our children in their various contexts. This course is designed to allow participants to engage in hands-on applications of sensory strategies. Description: Presenter(s): Kelley Lewis Facilitator: STEPHANIE HEIDELBERG Jun 16, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe WDMESC Superintendents' Summer 2014 Workshop 212081 Subject(s): Audience(s): Administrators This is the annual workshop for Wilbur Mills Education Service cooperative member district superintendents. The June Board of Directors' meeting will be part of the agenda. Superintendents will receive a detailed program before the workshop. Description: NOTE: This session is for Superintendents in the Wilbur Mills Co-op only. Presenter(s): TBA TBA Facilitator: Jeff Williams Jun 16, 17, 18, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 18 Credit: 13.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Embassy Suites, Hot Springs Number Talks K-4 212527 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): K-4 This resource was created in response to the requests of teachers those who want to implement number talks but are unsure of how to begin and those with experience who want more guidance in crafting purposeful problems. This dynamic multimedia resource supports teachers in understanding: * what a classroom number talk is; * how to follow students thinking and pose the right questions to build understanding; * how to prepare for and design purposeful number talks; and * how to develop grade-level-specific strategies for the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. NOTE: If you have the book, please bring it with you. Description: Presenter(s): Judy Scroggins Facilitator: Pam Allen Jun 16, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe Page 6 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Differentiated Instruction: Variety is the Spice of Learning 213108 Subject(s): Special Education, All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12, Administrators This session is geared toward K-12 educators ready to implement differentiated instruction in their classrooms. The four basic components of differentiation will be discussed in relation to the guiding principles. Various examples of pre-assessments to discover a student’s readiness level, learning profile and interests will be identified, along with how flexible grouping and anchor activities make differentiation manageable. Also, several tiered lesson examples plus several excellent web resources will be highlighted and discussed. In the afternoon, participants will be split into two groups (K-5 and 6-12) to plan differentiated lessons to take back to their classrooms. Participants will leave with many helpful resources and ideas on how to implement differentiation in their classroom to give their instruction the added variety to “spice up” student learning. The Common Core State Standards will be referenced throughout this session as it applies to the information presented. NOTE: Participants need to bring materials/textbooks, etc. from their content to use in the afternoon when creating a differentiated lesson. Description: Presenter(s): Lisa Johnson, ROBIN STRIPLING Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 16, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe Close Reading Using Literary Texts in English Language Arts for Grades 6-12 210439 Subject(s): Language Arts Audience(s): 6-12 This professional development provides strategies that will enable participants to design instruction that promotes close reading behaviors using literary texts in the English Language Arts classes. Description: Note: This will be a repeated session from last year. Presenter(s): Greg Moore Facilitator: Greg Moore Jun 17, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe Non-Fiction Reading, Writing and Research in the Elementary Classroom 210669 Subject(s): Literacy Audience(s): 3-5 This is a three-day workshop to help classroom teachers implement the Common Core State Standards into their Literacy Block based on Interactive Read Alouds by Linda Hoyt. Participants will have the opportunity to view and receive the year-long Literacy pacing guide of 3rd and 4th grade from Beebe Elementary. The information presented involves two years of planning with numerous activities, lesson plans, lesson modeling, and student samples. New to this workshop are classroom videos, a completed unit planning framework using the PARCC model for 3rd and 4th grade, testing results, and a completed 3rd grade unit for the year. The information presented can be easily adapted to 2nd and 5th grade teachers. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how to pull and integrate Reading, writing, and language all together so students will transfer their knowledge. Warning: If you do participate in this workshop, be ready for a ton of practical information you can use the first day of school and the excitement of watching your students thrive in literacy! Description: Presenter(s): ALLISON SHUTTLEWORTH, Jessica Hazeslip Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 17, 18, 19, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 18.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe S.D. Prof. Dev. Center - Room 113 Page 7 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Geometry Grades 5-12 210737 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): 5-12 This course uses the book Developing Essential Understanding of Geometry: Grades 6-8 from NCTM. Although the text is written around grades 6-8 the ideas will be extended through high school. The course will investigate the development of geometric thinking around big ideas and essential understandings. The big ideas include: • Behind every measurement formula lies a geometric result. • Geometric thinking involves developing, attending to, and learning how to work with imagery. • A geometric object is a mental object that, when constructed, carries with it traces of the tools by which it was constructed. • Classifying, naming, defining, posing, conjecturing, and justifying are codependent activities in geometric investigation. Description: Presenter(s): Tim Brister Facilitator: Tim Brister Jun 17, 18, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 36 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Harding-Thornton Education Center-Rm. 228 Arkansas Student GPS Dashboard Training for Administrators 211130 Subject(s): Other Audience(s): Administrators This session is intended for system administrators and trainers who will provide professional development to end users within their district. The session will provide information for district level training, user authentication and implementation process. Description: Presenter(s): Holly Glover Facilitator: Leasha Hayes Jun 17, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 11:30 am WDMESC Admin. Bldg. Rm 1 (Computer Lab) Arkansas Student GPS Dashboard Training for Teachers 211133 Subject(s): Other Audience(s): K-12 This session is designed to provide an in-depth look at the features within the dashboard and how the tools can be used to guide instruction. The existing features, along with the new features, will be discussed. Description: Presenter(s): Holly Glover Facilitator: Leasha Hayes Jun 17, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm WDMESC Admin. Bldg. Rm 1 (Computer Lab) Side Effects! Medical Diagnoses that Impact Learning 212106 Subject(s): Health,Special Education Audience(s): School Nurse In this session, medical diagnoses that impact learning and school performance will be discussed along with complications of these diagnoses. Participants will be led in a discussion about the roles of the health care profession on special education teams and how medical diagnoses impact learning. Case studies will be presented and participants will follow specific criteria to determine the role of the health care professional in each case as well as how the special criteria will be applied in the school where health care professional is located. Description: Presenter(s): ALEECIA STARKEY Facilitator: Becky Lamb Jun 17, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe Page 8 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Music Educators: How to Keep Your Administrator Happy! 212669 Subject(s): Music Audience(s): K-12 This session will provide a nuts and bolts approach to an effective music program through the eyes of your principal. Description: Presenter(s): Claude Smith Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 17, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 25 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 11:30 am SEARCY HIGH SCHOOL BAND ROOM Cognitively Guided Instruction Leadership Institute 212882 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): Instructional Leaders Institute for Cognitively Guided Instruction Leaders only. Description: Participants are pre-registered Presenter(s): Dr. Linda Levi Facilitator: Pam Allen Jun 17, 18, 19, 20, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 0 Credit: 24.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 3, Beebe CLASS Year 2 210443 Subject(s): Literacy Audience(s): 5-12 This workshop is for participants who are already enrolled in CLASS. This will begin our second year together. NOTE: These days will address Reading and Writing using Narrative Texts. Description: Presenter(s): Greg Moore Facilitator: Greg Moore Jun 18, 19, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 0 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm ASU-Beebe Student Center, John Deere Rm American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator 212185 Subject(s): Other Audience(s): K-12 Participants in this workshop will learn: how to give CPR to an adult, child, and infant and how to use an AED; how to use a mask when giving CPR; how to help a choking adult, child or infant; learn the signs of choking; learn to give CPR to an adult, child, and infant and use an AED on an adult and on a child; learn the basics of first aid; and learn the first aid steps for medical, injury and environmental emergencies. Participants who complete this course will receive a 2-year certification card for AHA First Aid/CPR/AED. NOTE: There is a $5.00 fee payable to instructor for certification card. Description: Presenter(s): Becky Lamb Facilitator: Becky Lamb Jun 18, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 6 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe Page 9 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator 212186 Subject(s): Other Audience(s): K-12 Participants in this workshop will learn: how to give CPR to an adult, child, and infant and how to use an AED; how to use a mask when giving CPR; how to help a choking adult, child or infant; learn the signs of choking; learn to give CPR to an adult, child, and infant and use an AED on an adult and on a child; learn the basics of first aid; and learn the first aid steps for medical, injury and environmental emergencies. Participants who complete this course will receive a 2-year certification card for AHA First Aid/CPR/AED. NOTE: There is a $5.00 fee payable to instructor for certification card. Description: Presenter(s): Becky Lamb Facilitator: Becky Lamb Jun 18, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 6 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe Developing Fact and Problem Solving Fluency 212530 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): K-4 This professional development looks at the NCTM Mathematical Processes which align to CCSS for Mathematical Practice and also looks at the Mathematical Content. We will focus on the interviews with students to determine levels of fact fluency and the interviews that can determine where students are in problem solving. Participants will receive templates that can be used to progress monitor the students throughout the year. Once we practice interviewing students, we will look at interventions that can be put into place to help move the students to better understanding of those mathematical concepts. Description: Presenter(s): LARI ANN EPPERSON Facilitator: Pam Allen Jun 18, 19, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 25 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe S.D. Prof. Dev. Center - Room 117 Foreign Language Curriculum Framework 213743 Subject(s): Foreign Language Audience(s): K-12 This 3-hour session includes the following topics: PART I: Explanation of the Framework Revision Process; Orientation to Foreign Language Web Pages and Wikis; Orientation to the New Arkansas Foreign Languages Frameworks; and Review of Course Codes and the Course Approval Process. PART II: Step-by-Step Review of the New Foreign Language Frameworks; Hands-On Classroom Planning Practical Exercises. The target audience for this presentation includes foreign language teachers, curriculum specialists, principals, and counselors. Description: Presenter(s): DAVID NANCE Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 18, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe Technical Assistance Visit Preparation and Interim Testing for Business 213841 Subject(s): Business Ed Audience(s): 7-12 This workshop is designed to help teachers prepare for the state visit next year. Notebooks and information will be given to teachers to help them prepare their districts for the upcoming monitoring. Interim Testing will be reviewed and updated a needed. Description: Presenter(s): MARY ROBERTS Facilitator: Shawn Finley Jun 18, 19, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe H.S. Career & Tech Building Page 10 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Students with Disabilities: Section 504, IDEA, and ADA 211126 Subject(s): Special Education,All Subject Areas Audience(s): PreK-12 This workshop will be an analysis and discussion of the provision of educational and related services to students with disabilities and the requirements of Section 504, IDEA, and ADA. Participants should come with any questions they have. This will be an interactive workshop and there will be time for discussion by the participants. Description: Presenter(s): Donn Mixon Facilitator: Leasha Hayes Jun 19, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 50 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe TESS: Data Literacy and Software for Administrators 213535 Subject(s): Other Audience(s): Administrators Effective data use is a critical component of improving outcomes for students. School and district leaders need to collect, analyze, and use data. In addition, they demonstrate the value and use of data by leading a data-driven, collaborative culture. Partnering with Bloomboard, the new state electronic observation system, participants learn how to use the system to conduct observations, to create professional goals and to monitor progress on PGPs and to prescribe professional learning resources, designed to guide educator growth. Representatives from Bloomboard work with ADE trainers to demonstrate step-by-step the use of the technology platform’s ability to streamline TESS and LEADS evaluation processes including both professional practice and student growth data. Administrators leave the session, empowered to utilize the new system and prepared to work with educators to implement TESS and LEADS and maximize effective use of data. Description: Presenter(s): Diann Gathright Facilitator: Leasha Hayes Jun 19, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 60 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe Creative Lesson Ideas and Activities for 4th Credit CCSS 210735 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): 11-12 Need ideas for effectively teaching content frameworks while at the same time incorporating the Eight Standards for Mathematical Practice for CCSS? This workshop will walk you through several different styles of lessons and activities that can be used in your 4th credit course, and will provide time and guidance for you to tailor these models to meet the content needs of your subject matter. The following TESS Domains and Components will be addressed: 1a, 1d. Description: Presenter(s): LORRAINE DARWIN, TONIA CROW Facilitator: Tim Brister Jun 20, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Harding-Thornton Education Center-Rm. 228 Tissue Paper Textured Acrylic Painting 210588 Subject(s): Fine Arts Audience(s): K-12 In this session the artist/teacher will create a low-relief on canvas using a mixture of water, Elmer's glue, unwaxed tissue paper and will use acrylic paint to create a textured composition. NOTE: Art supplies will be furnished. However, participants should bring a hair dryer and picture file. Description: Presenter(s): Janelle Selvidge Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 23, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 20 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm ASU-Beebe England Center, Room 116 Page 11 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative So Many Picture Books, So Little Time! Common Core and 21st Century Learning Skills 210672 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): PreK,K,1,2,3 Common Core Standards demand that students be engaged in high-level text-based discussions with high interest text. This workshop is designed to inform teachers of new high interest texts, technology resources and Common Core Standards to use with the texts. Research has proven that teaching in the context is the most effective way to instruct students for transfer of learning rather than isolated teaching according to the National Reading Panel (2000). Common Core supports this claim by instructing teachers to teach students the process not just the content. Picture books are essential tools for effective teaching to meet Common Core Standards and student needs! This one-day workshop is designed to help teachers who want to immerse their students with the latest high interest picture books using 21st Century Learning Skills and Common Core Standards. Teachers walk away with a list of more than 45 new picture books aligned with the Common Core Standards in addition to more than 45 new technology resources! Description: Presenter(s): Wendy Ellis Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 23, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 70 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Harding American Studies Building - Room 200 Text-Dependent Questions for Grades 6-8 210817 Subject(s): Special Education,All Subject Areas Audience(s): 6-8,Instructional Facilitators This is a professional development designed to promote educators’ understanding of how text-dependent questions support the key shifts called for by the Common Core State Standards. Incorporating high-quality text-dependent questions into instruction is a critical step for educators and their students in the shift toward reading, writing, listening, and speaking grounded in textual evidence. Target audience: All content area teachers, ELA, Special Education teachers, and Instructional Facilitators Description: Presenter(s): Greg Moore Facilitator: Greg Moore Jun 23, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe Google Docs in the K-6 Classroom: How to Teach and Use these FREE Tech Tools Effectively in the Classroom 211401 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-6 Google Docs are free tech tools that can enhance learning, create a collaborative atmosphere, and allow the use of technology to teach your subject area. Teachers will learn easy ways to incorporate each Google App into any lesson, while saving time in the process. A short overview of each app will be presented, then hands-on use of each app will take place. Teachers will leave with a beginning document(s) for their school year and many resources to support them as they continue to incorporate Google docs in the classroom. Teachers will also learn how to meet the technology requirements in the Common Core Standards by using Google Docs in their classroom. Description: Presenter(s): MARISA ARNOLD Facilitator: Jonathan Miller Jun 23, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm WDMESC Admin. Bldg. Rm 1 (Computer Lab) Page 12 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Problem Solving Situations: Multiplication and Division and the Nature of "Equals" K-6 212532 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): K-6 This course will investigate the following problem situations: multiplication (unknown product) and division (group size unknown and number of groups unknown) that are foundational for the fractions, the base-ten numbers system, facts fluency and multi-digit multiplication and division. We will also analyze children’s understanding of the equal sign and the role it plays in developing children’s understanding of multiplication and division. These include: • The structure of the different problem situations • How the problems are alike and different • How children’s thinking about the problem situations is different than the way adults think about it • Children’s strategies and level of development • Connections to operations and algebraic thinking • Instructional implications Finally, the course will demonstrate how these concepts form the foundation for so many other mathematical concepts. Description: Presenter(s): Judy Scroggins Facilitator: Pam Allen Jun 23, 24, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 25 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm ASU-Beebe Student Center, John Deere Rm Cognitively Guided Instruction Leadership Institute 212894 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): Instructional Leaders Institute for Cognitively Guided Instruction Leaders only. Description: Participants are pre-registered. Presenter(s): Dr. Linda Levi Facilitator: Pam Allen Jun 23, 24, 25, 26, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 0 Credit: 24.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 3, Beebe Counselor TESS Update K-6 213577 Subject(s): Audience(s): Counselors Counselors will be provided with new information regarding TESS. This will be an opportunity to learn and discuss the TESS rubric for counselors. Description: Presenter(s): LINCOLN DIAS Facilitator: Leasha Hayes Jun 23, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe Foreign Language: Got Your Common Core Game Plan? 210488 Subject(s): Foreign Language Audience(s): K-12 The workshop will help foreign language teachers answer questions such as “How will my classroom be impacted by CCSS?" and “How do CCSS align with World Language National Standards?" Teachers will leave with activities that will help them implement CCSS and align CCSS with the World Language National Standards. Description: Presenter(s): LORI NIELSEN Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 24, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 25 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Searcy High School Room 302 Page 13 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Overview of 2014-15 Charlie May Simon & Arkansas Diamond Award Books 210660 Subject(s): Library Media Specialist Audience(s): K-6 Loyd Harris and Cora Ellsworth will lead the overview discussions of the 2014-15 Arkansas Diamond Award (grades K-3) and Charlie May Simon (grades4-6) Reading Lists. Audience participation is welcomed and handouts will be provided. Description: Presenter(s): Cora Ellsworth, Lloyd Harris Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 24, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe Arkansas Teen Book Award 2014 210661 Subject(s): Library Media Specialist Audience(s): 7-12 The purpose of the Arkansas Teen Book Award is to encourage young adults across Arkansas to read. The award recognizes books in two divisions: Level 1, 7th-9th grade and Level 2, 10th-12th grade. The steering committee continuously reaches out to and encourages librarians and teachers across the state to become involved with the award by volunteering as a reader, recommending titles and/or promoting the award. This award would not be possible without the help and promotion of advocates: teachers, librarians, and teens, throughout the state! Description: Presenter(s): JESSICA MCGRATH Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 24, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe Geometric Measurement Grades 6-12 210739 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): 6-12 This course will investigate the conceptual development of geometric measurements found in grades 6-12 Common Core State Standards for Mathematics including: distances on rectangular coordinate systems including pythagorean relationships and trigonometric relationships perimeters; circumferences and arc lengths areas of 2-dimensional figures relationships between perimeter (circumference) and area of 2-dimensional figures; surface area of polyhedrons, cones, cylinders and spheres volume of polyhedrons, cones, cylinders and spheres relationship between linear, area and volume measures in similar figures; angle relationships including supplementary, complementary, vertical, adjacent, angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal, sums of interior and exterior angles of polygons; etc. This course does not have a pre-requisite, but will align with other courses in this series for K-5 teachers on geometric measures: Linear Measurement Grades K-3; Area, Surface Area and Volume Measurement Grades 2-5. The following TESS Domains and Components will be addressed: 1a, 1e. Description: Presenter(s): Tim Brister Facilitator: Tim Brister Jun 24, 25, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 36 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Harding-Thornton Education Center-Rm. 228 Text-Dependent Questions for Grades 9-12 210820 Subject(s): Special Education,All Subject Areas Audience(s): 9-12,Instructional Facilitators This is a professional development designed to promote educators’ understanding of how text-dependent questions support the key shifts called for by the Common Core State Standards. Incorporating high-quality text-dependent questions into instruction is a critical step for educators and their students in the shift toward reading, writing, listening, and speaking grounded in textual evidence. Target audience: All content area teachers, ELA, Special Education teachers, and Instructional Facilitators Description: Presenter(s): Greg Moore Facilitator: Greg Moore Jun 24, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe Page 14 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Google Docs for Administrators: Creating Living Documents Through Collaboration and Using Them to Make Your Job Easier! 211402 Subject(s): Other Audience(s): Administrators This workshop will demonstrate the basics of Google Docs and then focus on how administrators can use them to communicate with teachers, keep accurate records, and help with walk-throughs and teacher assessments. The administrator will leave with a living document to start the school year. Information will be shared on how Google Docs can help your teachers integrate technology into their subject area without starting over. The majority of the workshop will be hands-on participation. Description: Presenter(s): MARISA ARNOLD Facilitator: Jonathan Miller Jun 24, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm WDMESC Admin. Bldg. Rm 1 (Computer Lab) Behavioral Strategies for Students with Autism and Other Communication Disorders 211958 Subject(s): Special Education,Speech-Language Pathologists Audience(s): K-12 A detailed understanding of behavior and the functions of behavior is necessary in the school environment. Too often learners with autism or other communication disorders struggle to receive education in the least restrictive environment due to behavioral challenges. This workshop will aim to assist educators in knowing appropriate, practical interventions that will assist with meaningful engagement of students in the public school settings. These strategies will be geared toward students who have issues with communication, impulsivity, and processing auditory information. Don’t miss this lively discussion with case study examples and time allocated to address specific concerns in the classroom. All educators who work with this population are encouraged to attend. Description: Presenter(s): Susanne Belk Facilitator: SHERRY HOLLIMAN Jun 24, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 45 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm ASU-Beebe Student Center-Walmart/Regions Rm Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) - Year 2 212900 Subject(s): Mathematics,Special Education Audience(s): K-2,3,Special Ed Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) is a teacher professional development program based on over twenty years of research by university professors and elementary school teachers from across the country. In CGI, teachers explore a framework for how elementary school children learn concepts of number, operations and early algebra. Teachers also learn how to use this framework to engage their students in the Standards of Mathematical Practice as described in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM). What teachers learn in a CGI institute enhances how they implement any curriculum or resource materials. Research on CGI has identified levels that teachers pass through as they learn to become expert CGI teachers. It takes most teachers at least 3 years to arrive at the final level. Research shows that once teachers arrive at this level, they can sustain and improve their use of CGI even after formal CGI professional development ends. Continued CGI professional development contributes to teachers’ ability to become expert CGI teachers. Participants in this institute will have completed one CGI institute and will have used CGI with children for at least one school year. After using CGI with children, teachers have a deeper, more personal understanding of the CGI framework and are ready to explore more challenging aspects of children’s mathematical thinking, such as: • How teachers can organize their understanding of problem types and solution strategies so that they can efficiently access this understanding during instruction; • How knowledge of children’s thinking is essential to engaging children in the Standards of Mathematical Practice described by CCSSM; • How teachers can increase students’ fluency with number facts by focusing on properties of operations as described by CCSSM. TESS components addressed are: 1a,1b,1c,1e,2a,2c,3a, 3b,3c,3d,3e,4a,4c,4e Description: Participants are pre-registered through Pam Allen, [email protected]. Presenter(s): Jody Pearce, Pam Allen Facilitator: Pam Allen Jun 24, 25, 26, 27, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 0 Credit: 24.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe Page 15 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Technical Assistance Visit Preparation All Areas 213848 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): 7-12 This workshop is designed to help teachers prepare for the state visit next year. Notebooks and information will be given to teachers to help them prepare their districts for the upcoming monitoring. This workshop is for all areas of career education that do not have interim testing or could not make their Career workshop. Description: Presenter(s): MARY ROBERTS Facilitator: Shawn Finley Jun 24, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe H.S. Career & Tech Building Arkansas History: Technology, Content and Fun! 211125 Subject(s): Social Sciences,All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12 Three main topics will be covered in this workshop: Famous Arkansans, the Arkansas History Hub and Useful Websites, and the Comprehensive Arkansas Time Line. Participants will receive free hands-on resources to use with these topics and will use technology and activities to learn about the topics presented. Description: Presenter(s): MICHELE WASSON Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 25, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm WDMESC Admin. Bldg. Rm 1 (Computer Lab) iPads in the Classroom: How to Effectively Use them to Facilitate Learning 211409 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12 iPads are not just toys with a lot of fun apps on them. They are tools that can benefit our students if used properly. Teachers will learn how to incorporate their use into the classroom, but using more than just an app. They will leave with a plan for enhancing each student's learning. Please bring an iPad which you have the rights to connect to Wi-Fi and can download apps on. Some apps will cost a few dollars. You will not be required to download them; however, if you bring a $20 iTunes card, you can download at that moment. Description: Presenter(s): MARISA ARNOLD Facilitator: Jonathan Miller Jun 25, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe DIBELS/DIBELS Next Interpretation and Instructional Planning 212312 Subject(s): Literacy Audience(s): K-2 Dynamic Indicators of Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS, 6th Edition and DIBELS Next) comprise a set of procedures and measures for assessing the acquisition of early literacy and reading skills from kindergarten through sixth grade. These measures allow teachers to assess student development of phonological awareness, letter knowledge, decoding, fluency, and comprehension. In addition, DIBELS/ DIBELS Next measures are measures of fluency and automaticity of each skill. By looking at students’ success rates on the DIBELS/ DIBELS Next measures, teachers can interpret the effectiveness of classroom instruction, identify students who are at risk for difficulties with literacy acquisition, and plan accordingly. This will address TESS component 3d Participants will learn how to interpret DIBELS/ DIBELS Next scores and plan their next instructional steps toward moving students to proficiency in the foundational skills they must acquire in order to be successful readers. Description: Presenter(s): TIFFANY HENDERSON Facilitator: TIFFANY HENDERSON Jun 25, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe S.D. Prof. Dev. Center - Room 113 Page 16 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Strategies, Algorithms and Recording Systems: Multi-digit Addition and Subtraction Grades 1-4 212537 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): 1,2,3,4 In this class we will focus on children's development of strategies from manipulatives/pictures to applying properties of operations to solve multi-digit addition and subtraction problems. This class will build off of the Problem Situations: Addition and Subtraction and the Nature of "Equals", and look at how strategies build from single digit facts to multi-digit numbers using similar strategies and properties of operations. There will be an emphasis on mathematizing and symbolizing students' informal strategies to help them to become flexible and fluent in their application. Description: Presenter(s): LARI ANN EPPERSON Facilitator: Pam Allen Jun 25, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 25 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe S.D. Prof. Dev. Center - Room 117 Technical Assistance Visit Preparation and Interim Testing FACS 213844 Subject(s): Family and Consumer Science Audience(s): 7-12 This workshop is designed to help teachers prepare for the state visit next year. Notebooks and information will be given to teachers to help them prepare their districts for the upcoming monitoring. Interim Testing will be reviewed and updated as needed. Description: Presenter(s): MARY ROBERTS Facilitator: Shawn Finley Jun 25, 26, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe H.S. Career & Tech Building Keys to Safety: Internet Safety and Cyberbullying 210625 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12,Counselors The Community Relations Division of Attorney General Dustin McDaniel’s office administers the program “Keys To Safety,” a guide to online safety. The positive educational experiences of the online world offer young people increased opportunities to boost their school performance and future job potential, but unfortunately it provides new challenges for adults in protecting children. Children can be exposed to inaccurate, misleading or inappropriate materials. This session will discuss the dangers and risks for children in online activities and help parents and educators learn how to better protect them. The discussion will focus on how young people are using the Internet and their cell phones to socialize through social networking sites and gaming sites. The session will also discuss the need for privacy settings, the importance of talking to young people about their online reputation and the long-term consequences of their posts. Additionally, the session will address cyberbullying. With the perception of anonymity provided by the Internet, young people are posting rude and harmful comments and material without really understanding the long-term effects of their interaction. Cyberbullying can range from forwarding a private text message, posting an embarrassing video, or creating a profile to tease or harass another person. The damage these actions can cause, some of the legal ramifications, and what a student can do if it is happening to them will also be covered. Description: Presenter(s): Carol Robinson, Rachel Ellis Facilitator: Leasha Hayes Jun 26, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 50 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Rooms 1/2, Beebe Page 17 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Suicide Prevention: Gatekeeper Program 210626 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12,Counselors This program, from the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office, is designed to heighten awareness about suicide in Arkansas; provide knowledge about the risk and protective factors, warning signs and clues of suicidal behaviors; teach skills to intervene with suicidal youth; and provide helpful resources. The key concept is: Youth suicide is a significant problem in our state. Many suicides are preventable if we can recognize the warning signs and respond with specific intervention skills. The three most important ways to intervene are: show you care, ask about suicide, and go for help. There are resources for youth in crisis. Objectives are: define suicidal behaviors, distinguish between facts and myths about youth suicide, understand the risk factors for suicidal behaviors, recognize the warning signs, demonstrate the helpful intervention strategies and identify resources at school and in the community. Description: Presenter(s): Carol Robinson, Rachel Ellis Facilitator: Leasha Hayes Jun 26, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 50 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Rooms 1/2, Beebe Google Docs in the 7-12 Classroom: How to Teach and Use These FREE Tech Tools Effectively in the Classroom 211410 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): 7-12 Google Docs are free tech tools that can enhance learning, create a collaborative atmosphere, and allow the use of technology to teach your subject area. Teachers will learn easy ways to incorporate each Google App into any lesson, while saving time in the process. A short overview of each app will be presented, then hands-on use of each app will take place. Teachers will leave with a beginning document(s) for their school year and many resources to support them as they continue to incorporate Google docs in the classroom. Teachers will also learn how to meet the technology requirements in the Common Core Standards by using Google Docs in their classroom. Description: Presenter(s): MARISA ARNOLD Facilitator: Jonathan Miller Jun 26, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm WDMESC Admin. Bldg. Rm 1 (Computer Lab) I'm NOT an English Teacher! 50 Common Core Strategies 211874 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12 How does Common Core change my classroom? Common Core says I must teach literacy, use technology, and make my lessons engaging…… Really? I am NOT an English teacher! If this is how you feel, come join us for a fun two days filled with 50 easy strategies for student engagement and literacy integration using technology to empower students’ learning allowing you to gain skills necessary to become a distinguished teacher. Description: Presenter(s): ANNETTE SCRIBNER, Melissa Floyd Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 26, 27, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm ASU-Beebe Student Center-Walmart/Regions Rm Page 18 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Visual Art Disciplinary Literacy 211959 Subject(s): Fine Arts Audience(s): K-12 This interactive professional development opportunity supports visual arts teachers as they implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for literacy. The resulting student products will serve as artifacts for the Teacher Excellence and Support System (TESS). The first part of this training will provide background information to develop a foundational understanding of literacy as described in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The second part of this professional development provides strategies that will enable participants to design visual art instruction that cultivates artistic literacy through the use of artworks as texts and draws parallels between artistic skills and literacy as defined by CCSS. Description: Presenter(s): TBA TBA Facilitator: Greg Moore Jun 26, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe DIBELS/DIBELS Next Interpretation and Instructional Planning 212315 Subject(s): Literacy Audience(s): 3-5,6 Dynamic Indicators of Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS, 6th Edition and DIBELS Next) comprise a set of procedures and measures for assessing the acquisition of early literacy and reading skills from kindergarten through sixth grade. These measures allow teachers to assess student development of phonological awareness, letter knowledge, decoding, fluency, and comprehension. In addition, DIBELS/ DIBELS Next measures are measures of fluency and automaticity of each skill. By looking at students’ success rates on the DIBELS/ DIBELS Next measures, teachers can interpret the effectiveness of classroom instruction, identify students who are at risk for difficulties with literacy acquisition, and plan accordingly. Description: Presenter(s): TIFFANY HENDERSON Facilitator: TIFFANY HENDERSON Jun 26, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe S.D. Prof. Dev. Center - Room 113 Strategies, Algorithms, and Recording Systems: Multi-Digit Multiplication and Division Grades 3-6 212538 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): 3-5,6 In this class, we will focus on children’s development of strategies from manipulatives/pictures to applying properties of operations to solve multi-digit addition and subtraction problems. This class will build off of the “Problem Situations: Multiplication and Division and the Nature of Equals for K-6” and look at how strategies build from single digit facts to multi-digit numbers using similar strategies and properties of operations. There will be an emphasis on mathematizing and symbolizing students’ informal strategies to help them to become flexible and fluent in their application. Description: Presenter(s): LARI ANN EPPERSON Facilitator: Pam Allen Jun 26, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 25 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe S.D. Prof. Dev. Center - Room 117 Page 19 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Parent Involvement or Parent Engagement: What Do We Really Want? 212432 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12 In this session we will explore the differences between Parent involvement and Parent Engagement. Information from Joe Mazza’s Six Keys to Community Engagement will be shared. Educators will be given an opportunity to reflect on their own intentions regarding parental involvement and engagement. We will share involvement and engagement tips that have been used in our area. Description: Presenter(s): Leasha Hayes Facilitator: Leasha Hayes Jun 27, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe Dyslexia for Teachers 213583 Subject(s): Special Education,All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12 The first part of the course will review some of the basics and try to answer questions like just what is dyslexia. What are its causes and effects, its signs and signals, and the challenge it presents to students. The course will then move into testing and evaluation, learning strategies and accommodations for students at various grade levels. Description: Presenter(s): TIFFANY HENDERSON Facilitator: TIFFANY HENDERSON Jun 27, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe Teach Your Band Students to Sing 4-Part Harmony (Sing Your Way to Intonation) 210910 Subject(s): Music Audience(s): 7-12 This workshop will present a step-by-step approach to teaching band students to sing four-part chorales. When students begin focusing on pitch without the crutch of an instrument, amazing things happen to their pitch discrimination. The transfer to their playing is almost automatic. Description: NOTE: Participants should bring their primary instrument to this session. Presenter(s): MICKEY COX Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 30, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Beebe Junior High, Fine Arts Rm. 509 RhythmBee 210911 Subject(s): Music Audience(s): 6-12 RhythmBee is a computer program designed to be used in a whole-class setting. Among the skills you can hope to develop in your students using RhythmBee are: progressively challenging rhythm patterns; maintaining a steady pulse; following a visual beat; and some key signature work. Description: NOTE: Participants should bring their primary instrument to this session. Presenter(s): MICKEY COX Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jun 30, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Beebe Junior High, Fine Arts Rm. 509 Page 20 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative AIMM (Arkansas Induction Mentoring Model) Mentor Training 212155 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12 A teacher who wishes to be an active mentor for the 2014-2015 school year must be recommended by his or her administrator to attend the one-day AIMM Mentor Training. Trainings will be held at the local Co-ops. The recommendation form can be scanned and emailed to the person in charge of the training or can be brought to the training by the mentor. All attendees must be TESS trained “prior” to attending the AIMM mentor training. Mentors must stay the entire time of the training and must be approved as an AIMM mentor by the AIMM Trainer. A participant will not be approved as a mentor without a completed AIMM Mentor Recommendation Form. Description: Presenter(s): NANETTE NICHOLS, SANDRA ROE Facilitator: SANDRA ROE Jun 30, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe Counselor TESS Update 7-12 213576 Subject(s): Other Audience(s): Counselors Counselors will be provided with new information regarding TESS. This will be an opportunity to learn and discuss the TESS rubric for counselors. Description: Presenter(s): LINCOLN DIAS Facilitator: Leasha Hayes Jun 30, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe Foundations of Fractions: Equal Sharing Problems Days 2 and 3 212857 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): 3-5,6 This session will explore "multiple grouping" problems and use student work to increase understanding of composing, decomposing, and recomposing wholes, understanding 1/b and its relationship to a/b (repeated addition or multiplication), relating multiplication and division, and recording mathematical thinking and attending to properties of operations. The course Problem Solving Situations: Multiplication and Division or one year of CGI is recommended to participate in this course. Description: NOTE: Participants should have attended Day 1 in May. Other dates will be scheduled during the school year. To enroll in this course contact Pam Allen, [email protected] Presenter(s): AIMEE EVANS Facilitator: Pam Allen Jul 1, 2, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 0 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Cabot High School--LOFT Naturalistic Ebony Drawing 210591 Subject(s): Fine Arts Audience(s): K-12 In this workshop, the artist/teacher will draw an ebony composition giving emphasis to the contours and will create a 3-D effect by the use of tone, tone and shade to complete their ebony composition. Description: Presenter(s): Janelle Selvidge Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jul 7, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 20 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm ASU-Beebe England Center, Room 116 Page 21 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative American Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED Certification (Adult, Child and Infant) 211117 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12 This workshop will be the American Red Cross training for Adult, Infant and Child CPR; First Aid; and AED. Participants will receive certificate. Description: Presenter(s): Shelma Winningham Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jul 7, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 16 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe H.S. Career & Tech Bldg. Rm 151 Music Disciplinary Literacy 211960 Subject(s): Music Audience(s): K-12 This interactive professional development opportunity supports instrumental and vocal music teachers as they implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for literacy. The resulting student products will serve as artifacts for the Teacher Excellence and Support System (TESS). The first part of this training will provide background information to develop a foundational understanding of literacy as described in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The second part of this professional development provides strategies that will enable participants to design instrumental and vocal music instruction that cultivates artistic literacy through the use of musical works as texts and draws parallels between music skills and literacy as defined by CCSS. Description: Presenter(s): TBA TBA Facilitator: Greg Moore Jul 7, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe The Amazing Race 211961 Subject(s): Physical Education Audience(s): 5-8 In this session participants will develop a unit, based on the popular television show, that integrates geography, math, physical education and elevates cognitive strategies. This session will include all of the components necessary to complete a 3-4 week unit. Student tested and standard approved! Description: Presenter(s): Kim Kinser, Pam Keese Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jul 7, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Harding Academy - Old Gym Secondary Content for the Core G/T 212158 Subject(s): G/T Audience(s): 6-12 This workshop will equip teachers of secondary content areas with the tools needed to offer a differentiated curriculum. All teachers of mathematics, science, social studies and/or English who are not AP or Pre-AP trained, must attend this workshop in its entirety for them to obtain the certificate of training. There will be time for lesson plan development at the end of the session. All participants must submit a completed lesson plan demonstrating differentiation before leaving for the day. Description: Presenter(s): SANDRA ROE Facilitator: SANDRA ROE Jul 7, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe Page 22 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative CCSS Digging Deeper with K-5 Literacy 212233 Subject(s): Literacy Audience(s): K-5 In this session, the question, "What does digging deeper with CCSS really mean for K-5 teachers?" will be addressed. We will look at each standard and ask what students have to know and be able to do to master the standard. Resources will be given that can help teachers understand better how this might look in the classroom focusing on the key shifts in thinking about instruction. This session will address TESS components 1e and 1c. Description: Presenter(s): TIFFANY HENDERSON Facilitator: TIFFANY HENDERSON Jul 7, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe CCSS Digging Deeper With 6-12 Literacy 212383 Subject(s): Literacy Audience(s): 6-12 In this session, answering the question, "What does digging deeper with CCSS really mean for 6-12 teachers?" will be addressed. Resources will be given that can help teachers understand better how this might look in the classroom focusing on the key shifts in thinking about instruction. This class is for teachers who have not had the opportunity to learn and explore the CCSS in Literacy at this point. This session will address TESS components 1e and 1c. Description: Presenter(s): Annita Blauser Facilitator: Annita Blauser Jul 7, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe S.D. Prof. Dev. Center - Room 113 Problem Solving Situations: Addition and Subtraction and the Nature of "Equals" K-3 212539 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): K-2,3 This course will investigate the different types of addition and subtraction situations and children’s understanding of the equal sign. The topics include: • The structure of the different problem situations • How the problems are alike and different • How children’s thinking about the problem situations is different than the way adults think about it • Children’s strategies and level of development • Connections to operations and algebraic thinking • Instructional implications Description: Presenter(s): TRACEY OWENS Facilitator: Pam Allen Jul 7, 8, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 3, Beebe The Training and Conditioning of Male and Female Athletes 210652 Subject(s): Health,Physical Education Audience(s): 7-12 This workshop will provide an overview into the essentials of training male and female athletes in an efficient, effective, and safe manner. Topics of discussion include flexibility, testing athletes, resistance training, speed and agility training, plyometrics, aerobic conditioning, and periodization. Thoughts on program design and implementation will be shared. Description: Presenter(s): Clay Beason Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jul 8, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Harding, Ganus Athletic Center Room 110 Page 23 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative American Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED Certification (Adult, Child and Infant) 211116 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12 This workshop will be the American Red Cross training for Adult, Infant and Child CPR; First Aid; and AED. Participants will receive certificate. Description: Presenter(s): Shelma Winningham Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jul 8, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 16 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe H.S. Career & Tech Bldg. Rm 151 Formative Assessment in the Classroom 211225 Subject(s): Special Education,All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12,Instructional Facilitators According to the FAST SCASS, Formative Assessment is defined as a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve students’ achievement of intended instructional outcomes. This three-hour session will provide teachers with ideas of how to carry out formative assessment in the classroom. TESS Domains 1 and 3 are addressed during this session. Target audience: all content area teachers, ELA, Special education teachers, and Instructional Facilitators. Description: Presenter(s): Greg Moore Facilitator: Greg Moore Jul 8, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe Say It with a Smile or Don't Say It at All! Communicating Boldly with Students on the Autism Spectrum 211962 Subject(s): Special Education Audience(s): K-12 This will be great day of innovative ways to communicate with children on the autism spectrum. Looking deep into the functional use of language and how we can be better communicators is the key to this workshop. While many books and topics focus on the way to teach language to learners with autism, the focus here is to learn ways educators can communicate more effectively with students. It is vital to assess our own communication skills and how we address instruction, behavior, routines, and daily content. Classroom strategies, as well as communication for transition and dealing with peers will be discussed. Bring your best stories, your greatest communication challenges, and your successful strategies to share in this workshop! Description: Presenter(s): Susanne Belk Facilitator: SHERRY HOLLIMAN Jul 8, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 45 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm ASU-Beebe Student Center-Walmart/Regions Rm Page 24 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative ELLA (Early Literacy Learning in Arkansas) 212236 Subject(s): Literacy Audience(s): Early Literacy Learning in Arkansas (ELLA) is a professional development opportunity offered by the Arkansas Department of Education and the Arkansas Education Service Cooperatives. It is based on the findings of the National Reading Panel Report and aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy. It is designed to assist K-1 teachers and K-12 special education teachers in the implementation of comprehensive literacy by increasing teachers’ knowledge and skills in the areas of research-based, data-driven, and developmentally appropriate instructional practices. It focuses on teaching students along the continuum of literacy learning systems development, using appropriate assessments to inform systematic and explicit instruction, and the routines and procedures for classroom management. In ELLA Year 1 TESS components emphasized are Domains 1 and 4b. In ELLA Year 2 TESS components emphasized are Domains1,3 and 4b. Description: NOTE: This is Year 2 training. Participants are pre-registered. Presenter(s): TIFFANY HENDERSON Facilitator: TIFFANY HENDERSON Jul 8, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 0 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe TESS: That’s A Good Question! Let’s Talk About It! 212385 Subject(s): Other Audience(s): K-12 Asking the right question directs students to think critically about content and develop relevant meaning of content. Questioning is relevant to Bloom’s Taxonomy as well as the purpose for asking a question. Effective questions offered by both student and teacher often lead to authentic and deep discussion of content. This session is designed to discuss challenges educators face as they use questioning and discussion techniques in their classroom. The emphasis for this session is Component 3b (Using Questions, Prompts, and Discussion Techniques) from Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching, however components 1C (Setting Instructional Outcomes), 1F (Designing Student Assessments), 2B (Establishing a Culture for Learning), and 3D (Using Assessment in Instruction) are closely tied to the ability to use effective questioning in the classroom. Description: Presenter(s): BEN CARRIGAN, NANETTE NICHOLS Facilitator: Tim Brister Jul 8, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 50 Credit: 3.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe Foundations of Fractions: Equal Sharing Problems Days 2 and 3 212542 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): 3-5,6 This session will explore "multiple grouping" problems and use student work to increase understanding of composing, decomposing, and recomposing wholes, understanding 1/b and its relationship to a/b (repeated addition or multiplication), relating multiplication and division, and recording mathematical thinking and attending to properties of operations. The course Problem Solving Situations: Multiplication and Division or one year of CGI is recommended to participate in this course. Description: NOTE: Participants should have attended Day 1 in May. Other dates will be scheduled during the school year. To enroll in this course contact Pam Allen, [email protected]. Presenter(s): AIMEE EVANS Facilitator: Pam Allen Jul 8, 9, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 0 Credit: 12.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe Page 25 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) Year 1 212912 Subject(s): Mathematics,Special Education Audience(s): K-2,3 Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) is a teacher professional development program based on over twenty years of research by university professors and elementary school teachers from across the country. In CGI, teachers explore a framework for how elementary school children learn concepts of number, operations and early algebra. Teachers also learn how to use this framework to engage their students in the Standards of Mathematical Practice described in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM). What teachers learn in a CGI institute enhances how they implement any curriculum or resource materials. During this institute, you will learn to: Analyze story problems and number sentences to determine their mathematical demands and recognize student responses in terms of cognitive development; Assess your students’ thinking and design problems that will develop their understanding of operations and algebraic thinking as described in CCSSM; Facilitate discussions that provide a window into children’s thinking, strengthen children’s ability to reason about arithmetic, and build their capacity for algebraic thinking; Use open and true/false number sentences to develop students': - Relational understanding of equality, - Understanding of the properties of operations as described by CCSSM, - Use of efficient and accurate strategies for computation and number facts. TESS components addressed are: 1a,1b,1c,1e,2a,2c,3a,3b,3c,3d,3e,4a,4c,4e Description: Participants are pre-registered. Contact Pam Allen: [email protected] Presenter(s): Amber Jones, Pam Allen Facilitator: Pam Allen Jul 8, 9, 10, 11, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 0 Credit: 24.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe H.S. Career & Tech Bldg. Room 114 Close Reading in History/Social Studies for Grades 6-12 210445 Subject(s): Literacy,Social Sciences Audience(s): 6-12 This professional development provides strategies that will enable participants to design history/social studies instruction that supports close reading behaviors. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) establish requirements for literacy development in all content areas including history/social studies. Description: Note: This professional development will be similar to the one conducted last year. Presenter(s): Greg Moore Facilitator: Greg Moore Jul 9, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe Gifted and Talented Document Revisions 212160 Subject(s): Audience(s): K-12 This workshop is designed to help Gifted and Talented Coordinators revise documents and evaluations to be consistent and in compliance for program monitoring. Description: Presenter(s): SANDRA ROE Facilitator: SANDRA ROE Jul 9, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 20 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm WDMESC Admin. Bldg. Rm 1 (Computer Lab) Page 26 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Effective Literacy 212239 Subject(s): Literacy Audience(s): 2,3 Effective Literacy for Grades 2-3 is a professional development opportunity offered by the Arkansas Department of Education and the Arkansas Education Service Cooperatives. This professional development aligns to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy. It is designed to provide a study of comprehensive literacy and the infrastructure components that support student learning by increasing teachers’ knowledge and skills in the areas of research-based, data-driven, and developmentally appropriate instructional practices. It focuses on a foundational understanding of the literacy learning progressions, an assessment system to plan differentiated instruction, and evidence-based practices that support contexts for learning. TESS components emphasized in ELF year 1 are Domains 2 and 4b. TESS components emphasized in Year 2 are Domains 1 and 3 and 4b. Description: NOTE: This is Year 2. Participants are pre-registered. Presenter(s): TIFFANY HENDERSON Facilitator: TIFFANY HENDERSON Jul 9, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 0 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe Protecting Our Students 210627 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): K-12,Counselors Students who do not feel safe and secure are far less likely to benefit from their educational experiences. Arkansas Law Requires Professional Development in: Act 1236 of 2011 Child Maltreatment Act; Act 603 of 2003 Parental Involvement Act; Act 770 of 2011 Youth Suicide Prevention Act; and Act 907 of 2011 Anti-Bullying Act. This one-day workshop will explore any or all of these topics. Participants will leave with knowledge and skills to create a safe environment for learning. Each topic is important, but the workshop integrates them through the day to better understand their interconnectedness and the power that the educator has to address them through good parent and student engagement. Description: Presenter(s): Donny Lee Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jul 10, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 50 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Harding--American Heritage Cntr--Liberty Rm. Five Exciting Tools to Assist in Transitioning to the Common Core and Differentiating Instruction to Meet all Learners' Needs 211142 Subject(s): All Subject Areas,Library Media Specialist Audience(s): PreK-12 Join us for a fun day exploring five Britannica resources that are FREE to all Arkansas K-12 educators and students. This one day, hands-on, workshop is guaranteed to help you as you continue to transition to the Common Core. The Common Core standards create new expectations for both students and educators. In this session you will learn how these tools will help you manage the successful transition to these new standards and learn about the thousands of Britannica materials correlated to the Common Core. Learn new ways to implement reading strategies and provide opportunities for exposure to text complexity and increasing literacy skills in the subject areas. Conveniently organized by subject and grade level, thousands of topical articles, student activities, and teacher resources are ideal for classroom lessons and special projects. Resources are included for all levels, Pre-Kindergarten through high school. And, also discover new ways to differentiate instruction with Britannica School. Explore the multiple resources available at different reading levels to reach all learners while still accessing age appropriate content. You don't want to miss this one! Description: Presenter(s): Diane Hughes Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jul 10, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm WDMESC Admin. Bldg. Rm 1 (Computer Lab) Page 27 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Health and Physical Education Disciplinary Literacy 211965 Subject(s): Health,Physical Education Audience(s): K-12 This professional development opportunity supports health and physical education teachers as they implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for literacy. The resulting student products will serve as artifacts for the Teacher Excellence and Support System (TESS). The first part of this training will provide background information to develop a foundational understanding of literacy as described in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The second part of this professional development provides strategies that will enable participants to design instruction that cultivates literacy through the use of technical and informational texts such as rules of play, exercise plans, safety instructions, and nutrition labels. Description: Presenter(s): TBA TBA Facilitator: Greg Moore Jul 10, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe Informational/Explanatory Writing 212242 Subject(s): Literacy Audience(s): K-5 Common Core State Standards increasingly ask students to write informational reports from sources. Several of the Writing Standards, including most explicitly Standard 9, require students to draw evidence from a text or texts to support analysis, reflection, or research. Materials aligned with the Common Core State Standards should give students extensive opportunities to write in response to sources throughout grade-level materials. Model rubrics for the writing assignments as well as high-quality student samples should also be provided as guidance to teachers. This workshop will address TESS component 1e. Description: Presenter(s): TIFFANY HENDERSON Facilitator: TIFFANY HENDERSON Jul 10, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe How to Inject Creativity in Your Classroom for Common Core 212635 Subject(s): All Subject Areas Audience(s): 7-12 Creativity is typically seen as something that happens in the art, music, band, and drama rooms. The goal of this workshop is to show “regular” teachers the importance of incorporating creativity into their lessons, provide practical ways they can incorporate creativity, and brainstorm ways of injecting creativity into their lessons which will help them to meet common core standards as well as be a part of their TESS documentation. NOTE: Teachers will need to bring a lesson or unit plan that they would like to transform with creativity. Description: Presenter(s): CHANCE SNIDER Facilitator: Leasha Hayes Jul 10, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 25 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 1, Beebe Page 28 of 51

Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Guided Reading in the 3-4 Classroom 210662 Subject(s): Literacy Audience(s): 3,4 There is a ton of information for Guided Reading in 1st and 2nd grade, but what does it look like in the 3rd and 4th grade classrooms? This workshop is designed to help 3rd and 4th grade teachers with Guided Reading. Workshop topics include how to select your guided reading groups and books, scheduling, resources for nonfiction, Literature Circles, projects to complete instead of AR, and how to take grades and use formative assessments during Guided Reading. Both presenters are currently classroom teachers and living this experience. Participants will receive a PowerPoint presentation, lesson plan format, various ideas on projects, helpful websites, and will watch various classroom videos involving students at Beebe Elementary. This workshop will be packed with lots of practical and common sense ideas and procedures that you will be able to implement immediately in your classroom when school begins. Description: Presenter(s): ALLISON SHUTTLEWORTH, Jessica Hazeslip Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jul 14, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe S.D. Prof. Dev. Center - Room 113 Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) 210833 Subject(s): Career and Technical Education,Literacy,Science,Social Sciences Audience(s): 9-12 Participants will design units of study, or modules, for use in their classrooms. Participants will consider the components of the module including the Task, Skills, Instruction, and results needed for successful implementation. Participants will include the Common Core Standards for Reading and Writing as they collaboratively design their modules. This professional development will continue throughout the school year. Description: NOTE: This workshop is for school districts who have submitted applications and have been approved by the Arkansas Department of Education. Presenter(s): BEN CARRIGAN, Greg Moore Facilitator: Greg Moore Jul 14, 15, 16, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 0 Credit: 18.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Harding TBA1 Too Little Time! Workshop for Library/Media Specialists 211689 Subject(s): Library Media Specialist Audience(s): K-6 In this full-day workshop for Library/Media Specialists, the first half of the day will be tricks and tips on how to get everything done in 45 minutes. The second half of the day we will work in groups to develop library media lessons to go along with the 2014-15 Arkansas Diamond nominations based on Common Core Standards. Description: Presenter(s): CRISTY WAIRE Facilitator: JoElla Kloss Jul 14, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 40 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op CTE Conference Rm., Beebe Page 29 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Short and Sustained Research 212243 Subject(s): Literacy Audience(s): K-5 The Common Core State Standards emphasize students' engagement in both short and extended research in order to gain deeper understanding about the topics they are investigating. Students will synthesize information from a number of sources and present the information in a variety of formats. When appropriate, students are encouraged to use technology to present findings. The instructional focus of this module is to support instructional practices that build student proficiency in a process for conducting research: developing and refining inquiry questions; finding, assessing, analyzing, and synthesizing multiple sources to answer those questions; and organizing and using evidence from those sources to explain understanding in ways that avoid plagiarism. Description: Presenter(s): TIFFANY HENDERSON Facilitator: TIFFANY HENDERSON Jul 14, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 30 Credit: 6.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Wilbur Mills Co-op PD Center Room 2, Beebe Mathematics Design Collaborative (MDC) 212351 Subject(s): Mathematics Audience(s): 9-12 MDC focuses on building student understanding of mathematics concepts by working through problems, rather than memorizing formulas and plugging them into a page of workbook problems. Participating teams will receive three days of professional learning in the summer with three follow-up days during the 2014-2015 school year. Participants will design, implement, and reflect on rigorous units of study based on a student-centered approach to Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Description: NOTE: This workshop is for school districts who have submitted applications and have been approved by the ADE. Presenter(s): NANETTE NICHOLS, Tim Brister Facilitator: Tim Brister Jul 14, 15, 16, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 0 Credit: 18.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Harding TBA2 Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI): Year 3 212902 Subject(s): Mathematics,Special Education Audience(s): K-2,3 Teachers have to have completed CGI Year 1 and CGI Year 2 in order to participate in Year 3. Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) is an approach to teaching mathematics. CGI capitalizes on research that shows that students come to school with rich informal systems of mathematical knowledge and problem-solving strategies that serve as a basis for learning mathematics. CGI differs from rote instruction in that it puts the focus on students' mathematical thinking. Teachers learning to use CGI strategies experience intensive professional learning about how to engage students in mathematical dialogue. As a result of CGI, students are empowered to explain their reasoning, justify their solution strategies, and thus build a deeper collective mathematical understanding. TESS components addressed are: 1a,1b, 1c,1e,2a,2c,3a,3b,3c,3d,3e,4a,4c,4e Description: Participants are pre-registered through Pam Allen [email protected] Presenter(s): TANYA BLAIS Facilitator: Pam Allen Jul 14, 15, 16, 2014 $0 Location: Date(s): Time: Limit: 0 Credit: 18.00 Registration Fee: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Beebe H.S. Career & Tech Bldg. Rm. 125 Page 30 of 51 Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) - Year 2 212905 Subject(s): Mathematics,Special Education Audience(s): K-2,3,Special Ed Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) is a teacher professional development program based on over twenty years of research by university professors and elementary school teachers from across the country. In CGI, teachers explore a framework for how elementary school children learn concepts of number, operations and early algebra. Teachers also learn how to use this framework to engage their students in the Standards of Mathematical Practice as described in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM). What teachers learn in a CGI institute enhances how they implement any curriculum or resource materials. Research on CGI has identified levels that teachers pass through as they learn to become expert CGI teachers. It takes most teachers at least 3 years to arrive at the final level. Research shows that once teachers arrive at this level, they can sustain and improve their use of CGI even after formal CGI professional development ends. Continued CGI professional development contributes to teachers’ ability to become expert CGI teachers. Participants in this institute will have completed one CGI institute and will have used CGI with children for at least one school year. After using CGI with children, teachers have a deeper, more personal understanding of the CGI framework and are ready to explore more challenging aspects of children’s mathematical thinking, such as: • How teachers can organize their understanding of problem types and solution strategies so that they can efficiently access this understanding during instruction; • How knowledge of children’s thinking is essential to engaging children in the Standards of Mathematical Practice described by CCSSM; • How teachers can increase students’ fluency with number facts by focusing on properties of operations as described by CCSSM. TESS components addressed are: 1a,1b,1c,1e,2a,2c,3a, 3b,3c,3d,3e,4a,4c,4e Description: Participants are pre-registered through Pam Allen: [email protected]. Presenter(s): Jody Pearce, Pam Allen Facilitator: Pa