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Differentiation is a great idea, but how do I implement in MY Math classroom? Grades 3-5

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Grades 3-5 NCMAST (Leanne Daughtry and Dr. Jennifer Curtis)

Cost:$85

Location: WRESA

Date: December 12, 2017

Promote a positive mathematics identity for each and every student through differentiation and a growth-mindset. Learn how to incorporate strategies for promoting a growth mindset and encouraging positive identities in your students, your colleagues, your parents, guardians and communities-at-large through problem solving, belief systems, and strategies for successful differentiation in the mathematics classroom and beyond.

 

Participants will implement research-based findings and strategies throughout this one day session, building upon previous knowledge and practices.

Session will focus on:

  • Problem-solving for all students
  • How teachers can assure there are entry-points for every student
  • What to do when students struggle with problems and mathematics in general
  • Strategies for working with parents
  • Sample activities to use immediately in the classroom
  • Promoting a growth mindset in the classroom, with colleagues, and parents/guardians
  • Assuring access, equity, and opportunities to learn through cultivation of positive mathematics identities

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Critical Mental Health Challenges in Our Schools

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Date:  February 13, 2018

Time:  9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Location: Habitat for Humanity, 33 Meadow Road, Asheville, NC  28803

Registration Fee: $55

LIMITED TO 50 PARTICIPANTS

 

Kaye Randall is a national presenter who will help us recognize, reach and refer students prone for violence, suicide and self-destructive behavior. She is the author of several books and is the former Director for SC Center of Child and Family Studies. She will provide straight forward insights, innovative strategies and “how to handle” tips for real cases in classrooms and schools. Participants will develop an understanding of critical mental health issues in a way that will help both educators and students in their classrooms and their schools. For more information, contact April Spencer at aspencer@wresa.org, 828.774.5681 ext. 20.  Contact Hours: 5

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Lateral Entry 101

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Date:  October 11, 2017

Time:  9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Registration Fee:  $85 (includes lunch and one follow-up visit to LE teacher)

Location:  WRESA

Designed for Lateral Entry teachers and late hire Beginning Teachers, this training will include a variety of topics related to Lateral Entry/beginning teachers. Topics will include licensure, strategies for engaging and effective teaching, new teacher expectations, the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation Process, classroom management, professionalism, and communication. Carol Douglas, our regional Lateral Entry Support Coordinator, will lead this workshop. For more information, contact April at aspencer@wresa.org or 828.774.5681, ext. 20.  Contact Hours:  5

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Media Literacy in the Secondary Classroom – Grades 6-12

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Date:  November 2, 2017

Time:  9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Registration Fee:  $50

Location:  WRESA

We live in a media saturated world and it is a big part of our students’ daily lives. Whether they are posting on social media, watching a YouTube video, playing a video game or reading a magazine, they are being influenced by the images they see and the ideas presented. This 6-12 workshop will focus on Media Literacy in classroom. Participants will learn how to:

  • Teach students to ask the right questions and think critically to become wise consumers of media.
  • Guide students to deconstruct media using the Center for Media Literacy Framework.
  • Implement lessons in which students create media instead of consuming it.
  • Leave with ready-made lessons to use in your classroom tomorrow.

Join Kendra Cameron Jarvis, Buncombe County Schools Digital Learning Facilitator, for a workshop to learn how teachers can help students effectively filter media messages. We will be using technology, so bring your laptop. This class could count for content. For more information, contact April at aspencer@wresa.org or 828.774.5681, ext. 20.  Contact Hours:  5

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Focus on Elementary Differentiation

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November 14, 2017                    Focus on Elementary                Cost: $75

Presenter:  Kristina Doubet, Ph.D.
Professor/Department of Middle, Secondary and Mathematics Education
James Madison University

Differentiation Strategies to Engage and Equip All Learners
This active professional development session will feature road-tested strategies for helping teachers “upgrade” their differentiation practices in order to reach even more learners.  The session will feature new strategies for determining and responding to the wide range of learning needs present in today’s diverse classrooms.  Using strategies from the new book, Differentiation in the Elementary Grades: Strategies to Engage and Equip All Learners, participants will themselves engage in differentiation activities in order to better understand and be able to implement them.  Teachers will leave the session with ideas to use in their classrooms the next day and beyond. Included with the session is a copy of the book, which features a plethora of planning tools and content specific examples to help teachers plan for future differentiation.  Get ready for an active, engaging, and equipping day of learning!

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Creating a Differentiated Experience for Students in Science and STEM   

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November 7, 2017                     Creating a Differentiated Experience for Students in Science and STEM                           Cost:  $50

Presenter:  Brian Maccarelli
K-12 Science Specialist
Buncombe County Schools

Presenter: Carla Billups
Elementary STEM Coach
Buncombe County Schools

With a focus on STEM thinking, problem-based learning, and inquiry, this workshop will expose teachers to strategies and techniques to successfully differentiate in the Science classroom. Differentiation strategies appropriate for AIG students, diverse learners, and EC students will be addressed. The workshop will include curriculum and lesson design considerations and how to modify activities and assessments. Time for teachers to create differentiation strategies for self-selected upcoming unit will be included in the session.

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Focus on HS/MS  Differentiation

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October 24, 2017                       Focus on HS/MS                          Cost:  $75

Presenter:  Hilary Dack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor/Middle Grades Education/Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education
Cato College of Education

This hands-on session will address best practices for differentiated instruction in middle and high school classrooms.  Specifically, we’ll analyze effective examples of teachers using particular strategies that respond to student readiness, interest, or learning profile, and we’ll consider how high quality curriculum and assessment must underlie those strategies.  We’ll also examine some approaches that are effective in contexts with one-to-one initiatives.

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Focus on AIG Part of the Differentiation Institute

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Location:  Asheville Event Center, 291 Sweeten Creek Rd, Asheville, NC  28803

October 10, 2017                       Focus on AIG                                Cost:  $75

Presenter:  Sandra Page
Education Consultant and ASCD Faculty Member

Differentiating for gifted students doesn’t have to mean creating independent projects or complicated additions to lessons; it can also be simpler modifications to instructions and tasks that will challenge students appropriately. We will explore several possible strategies that align with the principles of differentiated instruction. Come prepared to modify an upcoming lesson for your classroom during this workshop.

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Nvizn: Using Children’s Literature to Integrate STEM with Reading and Writing

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Grade Levels: K-2

Date(s): December 1, 2017 9 am – 3 pm

Location: Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Ext. Center, 455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759

Cost: $10

Description: Nvizn: Explore tech-based teaching units that integrate the teaching of reading and writing with the teaching of important science and mathematics concepts. Units include children’s books, poems and writing activities along with simple, hands-on, science activities and connections to mathematics in order to promote student understanding of standards-based concepts within a holistic setting. Formative assessment and sense-making activities are included to ensure that students are focused on those components critical for learning.  Limited to 35 participants. Lunch included. If you have questions, contact Michelle Benigno (828-206-3014 / mtbenign@ncsu.edu) Contact hours: 5

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Using Children’s Literature to Integrate STEM with Reading and Writing – Grades K-2

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Date: March 19, 2018

Time:  9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Location: Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Ext. Center, 455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759

Registration Fee: $10

LIMITED TO 35 PARTICIPANTS

LUNCH INCLUDED

 

Explore tech-based teaching units that integrate the teaching of reading and writing with the teaching of important science and mathematics concepts. Units include children’s books, poems and writing activities along with simple, hands-on, science activities and connections to mathematics in order to promote student understanding of standards-based concepts within a holistic setting. Attention to student thinking is built into the teaching units because children rarely come to science class without their own ideas about the world. Formative assessment and sense-making activities are included to ensure that students are focused on those components critical for learning. This session introduces teachers to the structure of the units and includes opportunities to experience units that address learning standards related to sound, scientific inquiry and helping students use evidence to support their understanding of the world. If you have questions, contact Michelle Benigno (828-206-3014 / mtbenign@ncsu.edu). (This workshop is a repeat of a workshop conducted on 12/1/2017.) Contact hours: 5

 

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