Professional Development Workshops
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
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.
Meet Edison and take him back to the classroom with you! (www.meetedison.com) Edison is a little robot, with lots of potential. From pre-programmed barcodes to drag and drop graphical programming, Scratch, and even the ability to use Python (a real line code programming language), there are lots of EdVentures this starter robot can take your students on. You can even program Edison to be controlled using a television remote! We are certain you will get hooked on this small but powerful robot. Each participant will get an Edison robot along with the book The Wild Robot by Peter Brown and accessories to go along with their new robot including LEGO compatible building bricks! Kit valued at nearly $100.
Audience: K-12th Grade Traditional Classroom Teachers ONLY
This workshop is a repeat of the past Meet Edison STEMAZing Workshops held previously. Teachers are only allowed to attend this workshop ONCE. Past participants are encouraged to consider attending a Coding & Engineering with Edison Workshop or participate in our quarterly STEMAZing Robot Roundups for additional professional growth.
(Due to an agreement with Microbric, LLC only traditional classroom educators can receive an Edison robot and kit. If you are interested in meeting Edison but educate students in a different role - homeschool, PreK, administration, librarian, informal educator, etc, please contact DaNel Hogan for options to attend.)
STEMAZing Facilitators: Sherrie Dennis from DeGrazia Elementary and Michael Griffith from UA College of Education
Location: Pima County School Superintendent's Office - 200 N Stone Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701
Parking: It is a Saturday so metered street parking is free and unlimited.
Course Date: Saturday, October 27, 2018
Cost: $25 includes Edison robot, accessory kit, book, continental breakfast, and lunch.
Time: Breakfast and check-in starts at 8:00 am. Workshop begins at 8:30 am and ends at 3:30 pm.
(NOTE: Edison Robots are provided to teachers attending this workshop under an agreement with Microbric. All participants who attend this workshop understand their contact information will be shared with Microbric (name, work address, work phone, work email, organization the educator works for, school district, position, and grade level) and consent to have Microbic contact them via email.)
This workshop is part of the STEMAZing Workshop Series. The STEMAZing Project’s philosophy on teacher professional development is simple: It must be hands-on and engaging – putting the educators in the seat of the students to experience STEM lessons firsthand. It must provide the educators with the equipment and supplies they need to implement the lessons and activities in their classrooms the next day if they choose. It must be facilitated by master educators who have themselves been in the classroom.
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Payment Policy Payments 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 Policy Cancellations must be submitted in writing five (5) business days prior to the start of the class to receive a refund. Cancellations can be emailed to: AR@schools.pima.gov. 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.
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: October 29- 30, November 13-15
Location: Pima County School Superintendent's Office | 200 N. Stone Tucson, AZ 85701
Course Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $75 for all 5-days (Assessment book and fundamentals of reading book included. Parking included. Lunch NOT included.)
Looking for ways to make physical science more relevant and interesting to students? Why not bring concepts related to last year's Nobel Prize in Physics into your classroom? LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017. Join facilitator Amber Strunk, former high school physics teacher and current Education and Outreach Coordinator for LIGO-Hanford Observatory, for a day exploring waves, radioactivity, and gravitational fields. Walk away with a kit to bring these concepts to life back in your classroom including an Arduino to model a PET scanner, a space time simulation, and more!
Audience: 6th-12th Grade Teachers
Course Date: Saturday, November 10, 2018
Cost: $25 includes $50 STEMAZing Kit of equipment/supplies, continental breakfast, and lunch
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.
Audience : K-12 Educators
Location: Santa Cruz County Complex, Courtroom A, Nogales, AZ
Course Dates: November 13, 2018 | 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: Free | Lunch is on your own
Take your Edison use to the next level! If you have already met Edison and you are looking at how to better engage students with the various levels of coding and engineering options, then this is the right follow up workshop. Bring a laptop and ONE Edison robot with you to learn more about EdBlocks and EdScratch coding apps. There will also be a chance to explore coding with Python for those that want to jump to the highest level of coding with Edison. Then, you can engineer with Edison using the EdCreate kit which allows you to build EdTank, EdDigger, EdRoboClaw, EdCrane, and EdPrinter. (https://meetedison.com/edcreate/) The STEMAZing Kit (valued at about $80) for this workshop includes a SECOND Edison Robot and an EdCreate kit!
Audience: Teachers who have already attended a Meet Edison STEMAZing Workshop and/or have their own Edison robots for classroom use
You are expected to bring a laptop computer and ONE Edison robot with you to the workshop. If you do not yet have an Edison robot but would like to attend, please reach out to DaNel Hogan discuss options.
Facilitators: Michael Griffith from the UA College of Education and Sherrie Dennis from DeGrazia Middle School
Location: Pima County School Superintendent's Office - 200 N Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701
Course Date: Saturday, May 5, 2018
Cost: $25 includes STEMAZing kit, continental breakfast, and lunch.
Learn how to teach abstract concepts in concrete ways using LEGOs!
Do your students know what air is made of? What percentage is oxygen? What happens chemically when things burn? Understanding Air uses LEGO compatible bricks as atoms to build a model of air and then combust fuel models to produce additional carbon dioxide and pollutants.
Do your students know what ocean acidification is? How does toxic mercury pollution make its way into our oceans and then into human bodies? Understanding Oceans emphasizes important chemical reactions in the ocean using LEGO compatible bricks for modeling atoms.
Join us with guest facilitator Amanda Mayer from the MIT Edgerton Center as she walks you through these LEGO molecule modules. Each participating teacher will receive 10 student sets of LEGO compatible bricks to allow your entire class to Understand Air and Understand Oceans using this incredible curriculum. (Learn more here: https://edgerton.mit.edu/molecule-set)
Audience: Most appropriate for 4th-12th Grade Teachers
Course Date: Monday, November 19, 2018
Cost: $25 includes STEMAZing Kit of LEGO-compatible molecule set and mats worth about $80, continental breakfast, and lunch
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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Got robots? Join our Robot Generals, Sherrie Dennis and Michael Griffith, for a Saturday morning filled with sharing, collaborating, and learning together. All robot platforms are welcome: Edison, Ozobot, Cubetto, Sphero, Lego Mindstorm, Vex - you name it! The goal of STEMAZing Robot Roundups is to establish a professional learning network of educators using robots to engage students so we can share ideas, best practices, successes, and work out challenges.
PD Hours: a certificate for up to 4 hours of professional development credit will be provided
Location: University of Arizona - College of Education - Room 102
1430 E 2nd Street, Tucson, AZ 85719
Parking: It is a Saturday so parking in the 2nd Street Parking Garage, just west of the College of Education, should be open and free.
Course Date: Saturday, December 1, 2018
Cost: FREE includes continental breakfast and PD certificate.
Time: Breakfast and check-in starts at 8:00 am. Robot Roundup ends at noon. We hope you will meet some new connections for your professional learning network and enjoy lunch together.
This course fulfills the state requirement that each cooperating teacher receives training by the professional preparation institution. Participants will be certified to serve as cooperating teachers for students at the University of Arizona and Pima Community College.
Components integral to becoming a successful mentor such as relationships, learning environments, coaching, instruction, and professionalism will be explored from a personal perspective.
When: Saturday, December 1, 2018, 9:00-12:00
Audience: All grade levels -- general and special education teachers
Location: Office of the Pima County School Superintendent, 200 N. Stone, Tucson
Cost: Free
When: Saturday, December 8, 2018, 9:00-12:00
How do we produce electricity? What is the connection between electricity and magnetism? This workshop will focus on how electricity is produced using demonstrations showing Faraday's Law - moving magnetic fields can produce electricity in conductors and moving electrons (electricity) produce magnetic fields. It will also give teachers time to work through a whole series of paper circuits which show how series and parallel circuits work. Some of the circuits also show the nature of science and help teachers engage students using the science practices. There is also a light show circuit which can be used to show the REAL primary colors of light.
SPECIAL THANKS to our sponsor and host - Tucson Electric Power!
Facilitator: DaNel Hogan - Director of The STEMAZing Project
Location: TEP Headquarters - Downtown Tucson - 88 E Broadway Blvd
Parking: Validated parking will be available in county parking garages with a short walk over to TEP building. If you require parking closer due to disability, illness, or injury, please contact DaNel Hogan (danel.hogan@schools.pima.gov) for special arrangements.
Course Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Cost: $25 includes STEMAZing Kit of equipment/supplies worth about $50, continental breakfast, and lunch
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.
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: January 14-16, 2019 | 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost for materials and lunch are covered by the Arizona Masonic Foundation.
The content of Teaching Reading Effectively includes current research and evidence based practices that are necessary to develop a student’s oral language, decoding and encoding skills, academic vocabulary, and reading comprehension. The TRE is designed to empower teachers to develop proficient readers, competent writers, and critical thinkers.
Once a teacher has completed the five-day TRE, he/she can take the Teaching Reading Effectively – Trainer of Trainers course. This course is designed to deepen each participant’s understanding of early literacy so that he/she is qualified to deliver the TRE training locally at a school or district. These teachers can take the knowledge of early literacy that they have acquired and can use it to empower all of the teachers at their school or district to strengthen their literacy instruction for all students.
Audience: K-3rd grade teachers, K-5 ELL teachers, K-8 special education teachers who have successfully completed a 5-day TRE workshop.
Course Dates: January 14- 18, 2019
Cost: $100 for all 5-days (Materials and parking included. Lunch NOT included.)
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: January 17, 2019 | 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: Free -- Lunch and materials covered by the Arizona Masonic Foundation.
Dates: January 17th, 18th and March 28th and March 29th, 2019
Cost: Early Bird Special: $ 400 (4 days) if registered before December 14, 2018. $450 after December 14th.
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
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