Professional Development Workshops
The course content includes current research and evidence based practices that are necessary for the development of the technical skills of reading along with academic vocabulary and deep comprehension. Important components of an effective comprehensive reading program designed to develop proficient readers, competent writers and critical thinkers are included in this material.
Units to include:
Audience: K-3rd grade teachers, K-5 ELL teachers, K-8 special education teachers
Course Dates: August 27, 28 And September 10, 11, and 17, 2018
Location: Santa Cruz County Complex- Courtroom A | 2150 N Congress Dr, Nogales, AZ 85621
Course Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cost: Free (Lunch is on your own)
Payment PolicyPayments must be received five (5) business days prior to the start of the class. Payments can be in the form of a check, credit card, P-Card, or a school purchase order. Registrations within the five (5) day window must be paid immediately upon registering for the course. Cancellation & Refund PolicyCancellations must be submitted in writing five (5) business days prior to the start of the class to receive a refund. No refunds will be given for “no shows.” If courses are cancelled due to low enrollment, refunds will be issued to the individual or the school.
Facilitators:
Marianne Landrith is a gifted endorsed certified teacher and Co-Chair for the Gifted Education Program in the Sunnyside Unified School District, and Coordinator of the Javits Grant for Sunnyside and Pima County Schools. Marianne has taught for 34 years in regular and gifted education. She has worked as a Teacher Trainer Mentor, Peer Coach Trainer, Program Facilitator and Career Ladder Peer Evaluator. She holds a B.A. in Elementary Education and an M.A. in Language, Reading and Culture.
Participants will learn strategies for recognizing and responding to students that may struggle with anxiety, experience grief or struggle to control their anger. They will also learn how invisible stressors can affect learning and what they can do to help their students learn appropriate coping skills for dealing with uncomfortable emotions.
Audience: K-5 Educators
Location: Santa Cruz County Complex, Courtroom A, Nogales, AZ
Course Dates: September 4, 2018 | 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cost: Free | Lunch is on your own
Admin Luncheon Series
Come join us as we discuss issues related to the crime of Human Trafficking including the reality of victims that have been exploited for commercial sex and/or forced labor. Attendees will learn some basic definitions, terms, warning signs and red flags of human trafficking, hear the statistics/trends within our own community, better understand the obligation to report, and what and how to report when trafficking is suspected.
Presenters: Members of Southern Arizona Anti-trafficking Unified Response Network
Audience: School Administrators, Counselors, Teachers and School Resource Officers
Location: Abrams Public Health Center (Room 1106) 3950 S. Country Club Rd. #100, Tucson, AZ 85714
In the four-day Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar, participates will develop:
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 Adaptive SchoolsSM Agency Trainer for the Arizona K12 Center.
Dates: September 10, 11, October 22, 23, 2018
Cost: $ 400 (4 days) Registration fee includes materials, continental breakfast and parking. Audience: Administrators, Instructional Leaders, PLC moderators and coaches. Site teams encouraged to attend together. Location: Pima County School Superintendent’s Office 200 N. Stone Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85701 Contact: Mary Bouley, marybouley@cox.net
Course Dates: September 18 and 19 and October 24-26, 2018
Location: Nogales USD Board Room; 310 W. Plum Street | Nogales, AZ
Cost: $50 for all 5-days (Assessment book and fundamentals of reading book included. Lunch NOT included.)
Participants will focus on specific student engagement strategies, where they are most appropriate during a lesson, and lesson design. Planning opportunities will allow teachers to incorporate the best practices helping students meet learning targets, achieve more, stay motivated, collaborate and develop a sense of accomplishment.
Audience : K-12 Educators
Course Dates: September 25, 2018 | 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Masonic Model Student Assistance Program (MMSAP) is an intensive three-day training workshop for “educators” whereby they learn to: identify, intervene with, and create appropriate intervention plans for students that may be at risk. This workshop trains a core team of four to eight educators from a school building in how to intervene early and effectively with students that display patterns of behaviors that threaten their success at school and in life. MMSAP involves practical practice sessions designed to simulate real events
Course Dates: October 1-3, 2018 | 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost for materials and lunch are covered by the Arizona Masonic Foundation.
This Booster class is designed as a follow-up session for participants who have already taken the 3-day MMSAP training. Participants revisit, reflect, and analyze their use of the MMSAP strategies in order to re-strengthen and enhance their existing programs. In the Masonic Model Student Assistance Program (MMSAP) “educators” learned to: identify, intervene with, and create appropriate intervention plans for students that may be at risk.
Audience: K-12 Educators
Course Dates: October 4, 2018 | 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: Free -- Lunch and materials covered by the Arizona Masonic Foundation.
Course Dates: October 29- 30, November 13-15
Location: Pima County School Superintendent's Office | 200 N. Stone Tucson, AZ 85701
Cost: $75 for all 5-days (Assessment book and fundamentals of reading book included. Parking included. Lunch NOT included.)
This session explores the teaching and learning of math content through the lens of the Standards for Mathematical Practice for students K-12. It will deepen teachers’ understanding of what the mathematical practices are through classroom lessons, and why they are important to bring to their students as they transition into and through the Arizona’s Academic State Standards in Mathematics.
Course Dates: November 13, 2018 | 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Course Dates: November 29-30 and December 12-14, 2018
Cost: $75 for all 5-days (Assessment book and fundamentals of reading book included. Parking included; Lunch NOT included.)
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