Professional Development Workshops
The Pima County School Superintendents' Offices are offering Cognitive Coaching℠ Foundations Seminar in collaboration with the AZK12 Center. This seminar is designed for principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, teacher leaders and others who strive to support and guide a higher level of practice with their colleagues. In this seminar, participants learn ways to expand and refine knowledge and skills to promote more effective teaching and learning. The focus is on strategies that enhance teachers’ intellectual growth and strengthen instructional decision-making. During the workshop the maps and tools of Cognitive Coaching℠ are demonstrated and practiced. Specifically, participants learn to: establish rapport, create trust, and conduct planning, reflecting, and problem-resolving conversations. These maps and tools develop teacher self-efficacy and cognitive autonomy, while also developing a sense of community and professional culture within a school.
Facilitator: Mary Bouley is an experienced educator and consultant with expertise in coaching, mentoring, project management, and professional development. She is a Cognitive CoachingSM Training Associate and specializes in one-on-one coaching as well as group facilitation. Through AZK12, Mary has been providing Cognitive CoachingSM Foundation training for the past 7 years.
Training each day (8:30-4:00) will cover the following topics:
Location: Pima County School Superintendent's Office | 200 N. Stone Tucson, AZ 85701
Regular Rate: $850 after January 14, 2022
This session is designed for K-8 teachers who strive to bridge connections within standards and between content areas. The focus is on strategies to grow ability using Universal Concept and Big Idea. Participants will learn ways to build connections within and between content areas, move student learning from the concrete to abstract and build curiosity and engagement for their students. Specifically, participants will learn a three-tier approach to integrate Universal Concept and Big Idea in their content classes and will engage with tools, collaborate and come away with concrete strategies to begin immediately implementing in their classrooms.
Date: Thursday, September 22 , 2022
Time: 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Cost: $25
Facilitators:
Christine In-Albon has been an educator in the Vail Unified School District for the last 25 years. Currently she is the Coordinator of the Gifted Program for the District, and has designed and implemented a school wide cluster model at three elementary sites. She also teaches honors environmental science courses, and has taught middle school science, gifted humanities, AP seminar and has started many enrichment opportunities for students. As an educator she strives to engage students in their learning and aid them in making connections outside of the classroom. Before teaching, Christine helped establish and run a non-profit working in Mexico and Southern Arizona focused on marine education and conserving sea turtle nesting beaches in Nayarit. Her passion is providing students engaging opportunities to discover and grow their strengths, abilities, and passions. Christine is an active member of the Southern Arizona Gifted Network and member of AAGT.
Mary Garcia is the Gifted and Advanced Program and Professional Development Specialist for the Vail Unified School District. She has a passion for connecting content and cultivating curiosity. She has over 25 years of experience teaching including an elementary reading specialist, middle school English Language Arts teacher, and gifted enrichment instructor. She recently partnered with Christine In-Albon to design and implement a school-wide cluster model at three elementary sites in the Vail Unified School District to increase access for all students. Her early educational experiences in Syria and the United States informed her educational philosophy that there is the power of perspective, connection and community and that learning must transcend the four walls of the classroom. Mary is an active member of the Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented and National Association of Gifted Children.
This session is designed for 3rd-8th teachers who want to create tasks that truly ask students to think differently. The focus is on a model that allows for three different access points to engage thinking and task development. Participants will work through frames designed to grow ability as they create a set of model questions and tasks to immediately implement in their classrooms.
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2022
This session is designed for K-12 teachers. In this session educators will learn how to use analogy frames to increase ability levels in all students. Analogies promote divergent thinking and add engagement and rigor into curriculum. Educators will have the opportunity to develop analogy frames, practice using them within teacher content, and plan for points of access within their content standards. Participants will walk away with a set of standard based analogies to immediately implement in their classrooms.
Date: Thursday, October 6, 2022
Date: Friday, October 28th
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 am
Cost: Free
Summary: This experience provides rising 8th through 12th-grade students across Pima County with a two-hour virtual learning opportunity. The session will inform high school students about Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing career paths and connect them to postsecondary Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing program options.
The session includes:
Summary: This experience provides rising 8th through 12th grade students across Pima County with a two hour virtual learning opportunity. The session will inform high school students about medical field career paths and connect them to postsecondary healthcare program options.
This session includes:
Brought to you by The Pima County School Superintendent's Business & Education Partnerships Program, The Center for the Future of Arizona, The Pima County Workforce Investment Board, and the Pima for Youth Program at Pima Community College.
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