Author: Webster

Date:     September 13, 2022
Time:     9:00am - 3:00pm  

Location: Lenoir Rhyne (Asheville Location, Room 314, 315)
Cost:     WRESA Members and Burke County staff: No Cost thanks to the Dogwood Trust
          Non-members  : $75     

Audience: 6-12 Math Teachers and Instructional Coaches
Limit:    50 Participants
Credit:   5 Contact Hours

Want to have fun while feeling like you have accomplished your goals? Come to this day-long professional development to develop your plans as you support middle and high school aged students.

Morning will be all grade levels as we address a simple routine that will develop critical aspects of number sense and that can make a huge difference in just one year.  

In the afternoon we will break out into Middle school/High school groups.  Middle school will focus on games and routines that build understanding of fractional ideas across number systems. You will learn how to leverage whole number understanding to build rational number reasoning.  High school will focus on teaching linear algebra conceptually and in a way that makes sense to students. They CAN pass the Math 1 assessment. 

Our presenter will be Valerie Faulkner, a special education teacher, who developed a focus in mathematics while teaching middle and high school students in Durham, NC  and supporting K-12 teachers in Wake County. She is a co-writer of NCDPI Math Foundations and is currently a Teaching Professor at NC State University in the College of Education. Stacy Eleczko is currently a middle school mathematics teacher in Wake County. She has served as a K-5 math coach and intervention teacher.  Questions: Contact April Spencer at aspencer@wresa.org

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Presentations that have been shared from the 2022 Summer leadership Conference are now available for 3 months on the WHOVA app. Login to the app and click on the agenda section then click on the session. You will be able to see the presentation document. Thank you again for attending the 2022 Summer Conference.

Don’t forget to put June 21 – 23, 2023 on your calendar for the 2023 WRESA/NCSSA Summer Conference. The event will be held again at the Doubletree in Biltmore. Have a wonderful summer.

Date:     January 5, 2022
Time:     9:00am - 12:00pm

Location: Virtual

Cost:     $30 - WRESA Members
          $35 - Non-Members
Audience: K-5th Grade teachers with ELL students, curriculum coaches, ESL teachers, administrator 
and anyone who works with English Learners and is responsible for their progress.
Credit: : 4 Contact hours

Presenters:
Eden Fals, OCDE Project GLAD Trainers
Omar Lemus Rodriguez, OCDE Project GLAD Trainers

Steps to English Proficiency This course is a visual method for helping ELL students understand and internalize the WIDA standards for speaking and writing so that they can produce, self-assess, peer-assess and improve their language production and understand expectations both in the classroom and on the ACCESS for ELLs assessment. Contact Candie Sellers at cseller@wresa.org

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“Designing Learning for a New Age”

Dates: June 22 – 24, 2022

Place: Doubletree Biltmore  Asheville, NC

Cost:

Summer Conference  June 22 – 23, 2022 

Early Bird Rates:  $249 until March 31, 2022

After March 31, 2022   $299

NCSSA Conference  June 23 – 24, 2022  (Superintendents Only)

Early Bird Rates:  $149 until March 31, 2022

After March 31, 2022 $199

Summer Leadership Conference and NCSSA Conference (Superintendents Only) 

Early Bird Rates:  $350 until March 31, 2022

After March 31, 2022  $450

Registration Full

Hotel Room Information

Date:     December 2, 2021
Time:     9:00am – 11:00am

Type:     Virtual Webinar  (A link will be sent to you close to the time of the event)

Fee:      WRESA Members:  Free thanks to the Dogwood Trust 
          Non-Members:    $45 
          *** Includes HyperDoc for your use later
Audience: K-5 Teachers  
Credit:   3 Contact Hours

This two-hour virtual workshop with Dr. Connie Kamm will focus on engaging, inclusive, and evidence-based practices to support whole-class learning and individual student success. During this two-hour interactive virtual workshop, educators will explore how to implement Tier 1 practices including: feedback, error corrections, monitoring and assessing student progress by gathering real time data and articulating clear goals and expected outcomes. There will be a HyperDoc provided that is perfect to use for additional professional learning sessions, faculty meetings, teacher-based teamwork, and individual reflections. The HyperDoc will contain evidence-based practices, videos of classrooms in action, interviews with teachers, as well as an interactive literature review. If you have additional questions email April Spencer aspencer@wresa.org

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Date:     January 28, 2022
Time:     9:00am – 12:00pm

Type:     Virtual Webinar  (A link will be sent to you close to the time of the event)

Fee:      WRESA Members:  Free thanks to the Dogwood Trust 
          Non-Members:    $45

Audience: K-12 Teachers  
Credit:   3 Contact Hours

Do you have a plan for what to do when a student doesn’t comply with your request? Do you want to avoid power struggles with challenging students? Amie Dean, the Behavior Queen, is returning to offer behavior strategies that work. Whether you are a beginning teacher or a veteran, there will be something for everyone.   This session will guide you in developing a preventative plan for handling issues from low level distractions to more chronic behaviors.  You will reflect on your current practices, learn the purpose of behavior, how to respond vs. react, and how to reboot your current systems to support student behavior and GAIN instructional minutes. This is a practical, strategy filled session with concrete steps you can implement immediately to help students – and yourself.  A link will be sent to you close to the time of the webinar. If you have any questions please contact April Spencer  aspencer@wresa.org

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Date:     January 5, 2022
Time:     9:00am - 12:00pm

Location: Virtual

Cost:     $30 - WRESA Members
          $35 - Non-Members
Audience: K-5th Grade teachers with ELL students, curriculum coaches, ESL teachers, administrator 
and anyone who works with English Learners and is responsible for their progress.
Credit: : 4 Contact hours

Presenters:
Eden Fals, OCDE Project GLAD Trainers
Omar Lemus Rodriguez, OCDE Project GLAD Trainers

Steps to English Proficiency This course is a visual method for helping ELL students understand and internalize the WIDA standards for speaking and writing so that they can produce, self-assess, peer-assess and improve their language production and understand expectations both in the classroom and on the ACCESS for ELLs assessment. Contact Candie Sellers at cseller@wresa.org

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UNC WorldView

INTRODUCING AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU Coming to You Virtually

Developing Intercultural Competencies with UNESCO Story Circles

January 27, 2022 – 4:00-6:00

UNESCO Story Circles is a thoughtful process that involves a group of people sharing personal experiences for developing intercultural competences.

Charle LaMonica, director of UNC World View and Hazael Andrew, Associate Director of UNC World View will lead this highly interactive Story Circle training to build intercultural competencies based on the Manual for Developing Intercultural Competencies:

Story Circles, by UNESCO and Routledge, a $50 value downloadable free for attendees.

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