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Texas ASCD is committed to being the premier source for information and resources for Texas educators, specifically about teaching, learning, and leadership topics.

Texas ASCD provides its members with quality professional learning throughout the year, including two statewide conferences.

We offer multi-day academies and one-day institutes in a variety of topics. To register by purchase order or check, download a registration form (PDF) or call 1-800-717-2723.

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Active Literacy (One-Day)

Curriculum

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

Presenter: Jeanne Tribuzzi

Establishing the components of an effective literacy program is a structural cornerstone for improving student performance across the grades and subject areas. Jeanne Tribuzzi will facilitate hands- on experiences as participants view models of best-practice curriculum and instruction, focusing on the foundational levels of literacy, literacy across all levels and disciplines, and skills needed to be critical consumers and creators of media.

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Participants will:

  • Identify ways to establish a rigorous literacy program to benchmark and increase student performance in K-8 literacy, as well as in the content disciplines
  • Create process and product expectations to allow for flexibility and consistency within a language arts program
  • Integrate active literacy strategies across the disciplines to equip every teacher as a language teacher
  • Expand articulated curriculum to include the components of 21st century literacy

Schedule Today
512-477-8200

Workshop Time
9 am - 4 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Active Literacy (Two-Day)

Curriculum

Multi-day Academy

$349
($299 for members)

Presenter: Jeanne Tribuzzi

Establishing the components of an effective literacy program is a structural cornerstone for improving student performance across the grades and subject areas. Jeanne Tribuzzi will facilitate hands- on experiences as participants view models of best-practice curriculum and instruction, focusing on the foundational levels of literacy, literacy across all levels and disciplines, and skills needed to be critical consumers and creators of media.

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Participants will:

  • Identify ways to establish a rigorous literacy program to benchmark and increase student performance in K-8 literacy, as well as in the content disciplines
  • Create process and product expectations to allow for flexibility and consistency within a language arts program
  • Integrate active literacy strategies across the disciplines to equip every teacher as a language teacher
  • Expand articulated curriculum to include the components of 21st century literacy

Schedule Today
512-477-8200

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Assessment Strategies for Mathematics (One-Day)

Mathematics

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

This session is designed to provide teachers with specific assessment strategies to support lesson planning that is aligned to the rigor of the TEKS Readiness and Supporting Standards and the EOC. The uses of diagnostic, formative and summative assessment strategies will be targeted in this session. These strategies include: use of graphic organizers before, during and after instruction; and, appropriate strategies that facilitate the use of writing in mathematics to foster student meta-cognition and reflective thought processes.

Schedule Today
512-477-8200

Workshop Time
9 AM - 4 PM

Registration Time
8:30 AM

Assessment Strategies for Mathematics (Two-Day)

Mathematics

Multi-day Academy

$349
($299 for members)

This session is designed to provide teachers with specific assessment strategies to support lesson planning that is aligned to the rigor of the TEKS Readiness and Supporting Standards and the EOC. The uses of diagnostic, formative and summative assessment strategies will be targeted in this session. These strategies include: use of graphic organizers before, during and after instruction; and, appropriate strategies that facilitate the use of writing in mathematics to foster student meta-cognition and reflective thought processes.

Schedule Today
512-477-8200

Workshop Time
9 AM - 4 PM

Registration Time
8:30 AM

Begin with the Brain! Orchestrating the Learner-Centered Classroom (One-Day)

Differentiated Instruction / Brain Research

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

This engaging seminar provides valuable information about three key elements of Brain Compatible Teaching and Learning. Recent research about how student’s brains grow, develop and respond to the environment should influence our classroom practices. Understanding some “brain basics” can give educators guidelines that will help them design truly brain-compatible classrooms and school environments. Participants will gain specific practical strategies to help reduce student stress, discover systems and procedures for effective classroom management, orchestrate opportunities for differentiated instruction and learn a variety of strategies for grouping students. Discover how to create a brain and body compatible environment that will bring the JOY of learning into their classrooms! Creating a climate and environment that is conducive for learning is the foundation for success.

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Learn about the 3 Key Elements of Brain-Compatible Learning:

  • When the brain reacts to stress and perceived threat, its capabilities are MINIMIZED. Maintaining an emotionally SAFE and SECURE, and a physically HEALTHY environment is vital for learning!
  • For POWERFUL LEARNING to occur, the brain must be stimulated in multi-sensory, ENRICHED ENVIRONMENTS.
  • To assure long-term retention, the brain must ACTIVELY PROCESS new learning. Using preferred learning styles and intelligences, the learner can REFLECT, COLLABORATE and MAKE CHOICES.

Schedule Today
512-477-8200

Who Should Attend
Classroom Teachers, ESL, Instructional Support Staff, GATE Teachers, Specialists, Student Teachers and Administrators!

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Begin with the Brain! Orchestrating the Learner-Centered Classroom (Two-Day)

Differentiated Instruction / Brain Research

Multi-day Academy

$349
($299 for members)

This engaging seminar provides valuable information about three key elements of Brain Compatible Teaching and Learning. Recent research about how student’s brains grow, develop and respond to the environment should influence our classroom practices. Understanding some “brain basics” can give educators guidelines that will help them design truly brain-compatible classrooms and school environments. Participants will gain specific practical strategies to help reduce student stress, discover systems and procedures for effective classroom management, orchestrate opportunities for differentiated instruction and learn a variety of strategies for grouping students. Discover how to create a brain and body compatible environment that will bring the JOY of learning into their classrooms! Creating a climate and environment that is conducive for learning is the foundation for success.

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Learn about the 3 Key Elements of Brain-Compatible Learning:

  • When the brain reacts to stress and perceived threat, its capabilities are MINIMIZED. Maintaining an emotionally SAFE and SECURE, and a physically HEALTHY environment is vital for learning!
  • For POWERFUL LEARNING to occur, the brain must be stimulated in multi-sensory, ENRICHED ENVIRONMENTS.
  • To assure long-term retention, the brain must ACTIVELY PROCESS new learning. Using preferred learning styles and intelligences, the learner can REFLECT, COLLABORATE and MAKE CHOICES.

Schedule Today
512-477-8200

Who Should Attend
Classroom Teachers, ESL, Instructional Support Staff, GATE Teachers, Specialists, Student Teachers and Administrators!

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Classroom Management

Leadership

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

Every year bright, energetic young teachers enter their classrooms armed with lesson plans and a sincere desire to improve the lives of their students. Unfortunately, an alarming percentage of these teachers quit the profession after the first year because they cannot get the kids to behave.

In this workshop, we will talk briefly about the behavior problems teachers face in a typical classroom, but we will spend far more time discussing why these students act this way-in other words, what does the student gain by disrupting a class and disrespecting a teacher? We will work together to create a few simple, yet all-inclusive classroom rules, focusing on clear and effective consequences and rewards. We will also take a look at the theory of Transactional Analysis to clarify the motivations behind negative behaviors, so that teachers can learn to handle disruptive students without inadvertently creating even more problems. Each teacher will leave with an individualized plan for implementing an effective behavior management program in his or her own classroom.

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512-477-8200

Who Should Attend
Administrators, Principals and Classroom teachers

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Curriculum Leadership Academy

Curriculum Leadership Academy

Multi-day Academy

Are you leading school improvement, curriculum development, or working to transform learning for the digital student? If so, Texas ASCD’s Curriculum Leadership Academy is for you!

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Purpose:
Texas ASCD, as the premier professional organization for curriculum and instruction in Texas, is committed to the identification and professional development of individuals who currently provide leadership or aspire to be in positions of leadership in the areas of curriculum and instruction.

Audience:
Central office personnel with curriculum leadership responsibilities. However this session is beneficial for anyone involved in curriculum development and implementation regardless of the experience (lead teachers, department heads, principals, superintendents, curriculum directors, and central office support staff).

Outcomes:

  • Develop a deep understanding of the concepts, processes, and skills required to organize, lead, and systemically improve curriculum design and delivery.
  • Know how to use data to improve student academic performance using conceptual tools and processes for decision-making.
  • Provide research-based best practices necessary to align, design and delivery in ways that engage students in meaningful, authentic learning.
  • Establish professional networks where professional learning and job alike dialogue is promoted and supported.

Focus:

  • Session 1: Connecting, Leading, Influencing
  • Session 2: Curriculum Design Models
  • Session 3: Assessment for Learning
  • Session 4: Curriculum Delivery: Instruction
  • Session 5: Professional Learning
  • Session 6: Transformative Processes – Continuous Improvement

The Curriculum Leadership Academies are scheduled for six days. Participants will need to attend all six days to complete the certification.

Designing the 21st Century Classroom

Curriculum

Multi-day Academy

$349
($299 for members)

“Education is serious, but that doesn’t mean it has to be grim.” “I don’t think we’re in Kansas any more.” “Schools are killing creativity.” These quotes by William Glasser, Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) and Sir Ken Robinson illustrate the philosophy of 21st Century Schools which is incorporated into all our professional development and curriculum design. The way we are educating children worldwide must change, and this is why:

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Diversity – Globalization and immigration have created a society of increased diversity. Old and new social issues demand an informed, concerned and empowered citizenry.

Standardized testing mania has made meaningful curriculum an endangered species. Find out why it’s not an “either-or” situation – you can still teach the way you know you should and your kids will excel on their standardized tests! Read the research!

Technologies and Multimedia – our students were born into a media-saturated world. Utilize these 21st century tools as the vehicles to implement your curriculum!

Media Literacies – Rapid developments in technology have brought many exciting changes to life in the new millennium, presenting new challenges for schools. Multiple new literacies are required to navigate the “forest of signs and symbols” of our globalized media culture. (Douglas Kellner, UCLA)

In this workshop we will address these issues, and more, as you . . .

Learn Curriculum Design and Classroom Strategies to:

  • Meet the needs of your students – differentiated C&I,
  • Bring your classroom into the 21st century,
  • Exceed the standards,
  • Raise standardized test scores,
  • Maintain meaningful, authentic curriculum!

Schedule Today
512-477-8200

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Differentiation and Personalizing Learning for All Students

Differentiated Instruction / Brain Research

One-day Institute

When teachers use both personalization and differentiation of instruction and curriculum, they are able to meet the diverse needs of students of all achievement levels. Using both differentiated content and instruction, teachers can meet the needs of a variety of learners in their classrooms through multiple approaches that modify instruction and curriculum. In this session, a rationale and specific examples will be provided about why and how educators can meet the needs of all students by differentiating learning activities, and challenging and personalizing instruction and content for all students.

PowerPoint Presentation

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512-477-8200

Digital Learning Academy

Learning

Multi-day Academy

Day One: Leading a Culture of Learning in a Digital Age

Day Two: Leveraging Digital Tools: Community Building and Professional Learning

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Day One: Leading a Culture of Learning in a Digital Age

Real-world ready schools are those focused on learning in a digital age and prepare students for the world of today and of the future. The culture of these real-world ready schools is based on building a leadership team, establishing a coherent vision for change, developing a systematic action plan, modeling for leaders effective and efficient ways to leverage digital tools to increase effectiveness, and modeling for teachers how to harness tools to support students’ learning. Working smarter not harder by discovering natural complements to the work already being done enhances outcomes. This highly engaging and interactive session will allow leaders to practice using digital tools to create a culture focused on rigor, relevance and engagement.

Learning outcomes:

  • Developing a vision to create a culture focused on rigor, relevance, and relationships that is enhanced by technology;
  • Supporting teachers in lesson design to develop students’ media literacy, digital responsibility, and their skills in using technology while also developing their critical thinking, communication, collaboration, problem solving, and creativity
  • Creating structures and supports for engaging learning spaces that reflect the real world environments students will experience
  • Increasing capacity for providing effective feedback on instruction
  • Establishing goals for individual professional growth and development


Day Two: Leveraging Digital Tools: Community Building and Professional Learning

A successful leader is one who communicates effectively with all stakeholders and takes control of public relations by becoming the storyteller-in-chief. Sharing your vision for learning in a digital age is about building a community and strengthening relationships with your stakeholders. This second day of professional learning will provide strategies and tools for digital leaders to build their community through effective communication strategies to market the highly rigorous and relevant student learning.

Learning outcomes:

  • Enhancing public relations with parents and the community
  • Creating your school’s positive brand presence
  • Building a professional learning plan for your faculty
  • Leveraging social media to create opportunities for student learning
  • Creating an action plan to empower faculty

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512-477-8200

Early Brain Development – Birth through Four and Building the Reading Brain

Early Childhood

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

With the rapidly expanding increase of knowledge about how the brain grows and develops, early childhood educators can align developmentally appropriate lessons with critical periods. The development of vision, language, emotions, and intelligence are explored.

The human brain is biologically organized for speaking not for reading. Using new findings from neuroscience, educators can support young developing brains to become reading brains. Strategies that have been substantiated by neurological studies will be shared. A brief, non-technical overview of early brain development will be included. The foundation for reading begins at birth!

Schedule Today
512.565.4755

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Early Literacy begins with Rhythm, Rhyme and Storytime!

Early Childhood

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

Snap, Clap, Wiggle and Giggle to the power of language. Light a fire in the imagination of children using simple, easy-to-do activities. Literacy and language become a daily activity when you find the resources you need. Connect standards as you jazz up your curriculum. You will capture ways to find a storytelling and literacy connection in every activity you present to the children. Learn how to make books, introduce poems and finger plays and sing catchy never to forget songs. Join the fun and experience activities that connect the classroom and the child’s family.

Schedule Today
512-477-8200

Who Should Attend
Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade Teachers.

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Five Day Math – Rigorous Assessment Strategies for STAAR Mathematics: Before, During and After Instruction

Mathematics

Multi-day Academy

$850
($750 for members)

Presenter: Beatrice Luchin

This 5-day academy is designed to provide participants with instructional and assessment strategies that target struggling students in the content area of mathematics. The academy will focus on the strategic use of graphic organizers (both teacher-directed and student-directed arrangements) and assessment strategies that can be used to complement existing programs and curriculum already in place. Participants will be provided planning time to develop plans that incorporate the use of Graphic Organizers and STAAR Assessment Strategies for current and upcoming topics of instruction during each session.

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  • Graphic Organizers: Participants will learn the components of graphic organizers, how to use graphic organizers within classroom routines to assist students in organizing and retaining information. For example, they will see how the use of a sequence diagram can help students represent sequential processes of an algorithm and solve a mathematical problem. Research indicates that use of Graphic Organizers is effective for helping elementary, middle school and secondary students organize and remember content area information, help students develop higher level thinking skills and promote creativity.
  • Assessment Strategies: Participants will be engaged in discussions and activities that address formative classroom assessment designed for both individual tasks and cooperative group tasks. These assessment options are designed to (1) increase students’ understanding of concepts through verbal interaction with peers, (2) provide feedback to the instructor on the cognitive processes students use to answer questions, (3) reinforce the classroom learning environment, and (4) model a variety of assessment methods. Because group work is targeted, additional strategies for forming groups quickly and efficiently and, at the same time, to vary the composition and sometimes the size of the groups throughout a lesson will also be addressed in this academy.

Tentative outline for the 5-days:

Days 1 and 2
Focus: Use of Graphic Organizers

Participants will learn to effectively use Graphic Organizers and be able to—

(a) Consistently, coherently, and creatively use Graphic Organizers
(b) Employ teacher-directed and student-directed approaches; and
(c) Address individual needs via curricular adaptations
(d) Create lesson plans that utilize Graphic Organizers to include one or more of these key components:
  • review
  • presentation
  • guided practice
  • corrections and feedback
  • independent practice
  • weekly and monthly reviews
  • formative assessment

The intent is to also shift the focus when working with struggling students from basic skills instruction in isolation, to the instructional focus supported by the TEKS and the NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000) includes teaching higher-level thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving skills that are embedded in real-world situations. Participants will engage in activities that illustrate how and why Graphic Organizers are a valuable tool for assisting struggling students with basic mathematical procedures and mathematical problem solving. At the end of the session participants will be knowledgeable of the following: What is a Graphic Organizer? Why Use Graphic Organizers for Content Instruction? What Are the Components of Graphic Organizers? How do I Use Graphic Organizers in My Classes?

Participants should bring and use resource and curriculum materials for day 2 to develop plans that incorporate the use of Graphic Organizers for current and upcoming topics of instruction and be prepared to collect student samples of work to bring to session 2 to share.

Days 3 and 4
Focus: Assessment for Individual and Small Groups Tasks

Participants will participate in a gallery walk where artifacts will be shared during the morning.
Continue to work on use of graphic organizers

Assessing Individual Tasks Participants will explore the use of formative assessments and be provided with strategies designed to assist them with how to ascertain how students are progressing in their learning. Formative assessments to be explored include student demonstrations, written projects, and interviews between teacher and student. The intent is that these formative assessments not be used for grading purposes, but provide both teacher and student with valuable feedback about the student’s progress. The desired outcome is that participants use this information to make informed decisions about their teaching, such as adjusting the rate of instruction, assigning remedial activities, and planning alternative experiences.

Assessing Small Group Tasks Participants will become acquainted with research and activities that illustrate how to assess learning is inherently social and gain a better understanding of how collaborative learning provides social stimulation of mutual engagement. This mutual exploration, meaning-making, and feedback often lead to better understanding on the part of students, and to the creation of new understanding as well. Participants will become familiar with specific strategies assessment strategies including Guided Reciprocal Peer Questioning, Double Entry Journal, Send-A-Problem, Paired Annotations, and Focused Listing will be explored and illustrated.

Day 5

Participants will bring sample of student work to share and discuss in a small group setting. What worked/did not work will be a facilitated discussion. Participants will begin to make plans for future use of strategies.

Final Reflection activities will be conducted as well as additional planning time to prepare for the remaining school year and use of the content and knowledge gained from the institute.

Some of the content from Day 5 will be adjusted based on the results of Days 3 and 4.

 

Schedule Today
512-477-8200

Who Should Attend
Elementary, Secondary Math Teachers, Mathematics coaches, Lead Teachers, and Administrators.

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Instructional Rounds

Learning

Multi-day Academy

Instructional Rounds is an instructional improvement practice. Networks of professionals – principals, teachers, central office personnel – from across a district come together to observe in classrooms and engage in deep dialogue about instruction.

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Presenter: Dr. Sheila Maher

There are four components of Instructional Rounds:

  • Problem of Practice
  • Observation
  • Observation Debrief
    • Description
    • Analysis
    • Prediction
  • Next Level of Work

Instructional Rounds Academy is an interactive professional development experience that provides district teams with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully implement Instructional Rounds as a powerful improvement practice in their districts. Four to six district member teams, including the top district academic officer, central office personnel, and at least one sitting principal, will work together to learn the four components of Rounds and keys to successful implementation. Eight district teams will be selected for the 2 ½ day training.

Learning Targets:
• Develop a deep understanding of the importance of Rounds in building and sustaining an instructional culture
• Learn how to create a high quality Problem of Practice, Theory of Action, and Essential Question
• Learn how to capture descriptive evidence that can be analyzed and used to improve the Problem of Practice
• Learn how to participate in and conduct a high quality debrief that drives the instructional work to learning and action
• Create a Rounds Momentum Plan and learn strategies that ensure Rounds is a powerful instructional improvement practice
• Create a plan to ensure a successful implementation of Rounds with fidelity

Day 1

  • Creating & Sustaining an Instructional Culture
  • What’s so different about Rounds?
  • Developing a Meaningful Problem of Practice
  • Observing Instructional Practice: the Power of Descriptive Evidence

Day 2

  • Conducting a High Quality Rounds Debrief
  • Analysis — Prediction — Next Level of Work — Short Term Targets
  • More than one day: Rounds Momentum Plan
  • Critical Details: Structure, Networks, & Norms

Day 3 (half day)

  • District Success: Who’s driving? What’s the Plan?
  • The Power of a Consultancy
  • Resources for Rounds

Testimonials:

One of the most transformational trainings I have ever attended in education! It was an impactful learning experience. Thank you for doing this work.

Wow! What an eye-opening experience on how to look at finding solutions or ways to improve student learning. The responsibility of impacting a student’s future by implementing changes in the learning structure is huge.

This training is something I wish I had attended years ago!

Dr. Maher is a fantastic, knowledgeable presenter. Loved every minute!

Very powerful training. Instructional Rounds will allow for collaborative and thorough analysis of district needs to support our improvement plan and direct our professional development to support our teachers and ultimately our students.

This is what we’ve been searching for to push us to the next level!

I am excited to see the outcome and growth of our school and our district. I am honored to be part of the training and I know that this will improve me as a “whole” teacher.

Thank you for imparting the knowledge that will transform our district and allow us to positively impact our student body forever.

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512-477-8200

Instructional Strategies to Hook Every Learner: A Differentiated Instruction Stimulus Program (One-Day)

Differentiated Instruction / Brain Research

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

A whole day of practical strategies teachers can use in their classrooms right away! Already convinced that differentiated instruction is necessary in today’s diverse classrooms? Come fill up your “teaching tackle box” with dozens of ideas to help you modify, adapt and extend your basic lessons. Learn dozens of ways to integrate clever, engaging activities to help your struggling learners, as well as strategies to provide enrichment for your highly-capable students. Expand your knowledge of the Multiple Intelligences and discover how you can ‘hook’ every learner. Be ready to actively participate, network with other teachers, and go home motivated with ideas you can use on Monday morning!

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A few of the strategies you’ll walk away with:

  • Mini-books, flip-books, pop-up-books,
  • 2-D and 3-D graphic organizers,
  • Game show formats,
  • Hand jives, rhymes, and mnemonics,
  • Partner and small group tasks,
  • Movement and energizers, and
  • Creative drama, living tableaux, role-play ideas.

Schedule Today
512-477-8200

Who Should Attend
K-8 classroom teachers, specialists, GT and resource teachers

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Instructional Strategies to Hook Every Learner: A Differentiated Instruction Stimulus Program (Two-Day)

Differentiated Instruction / Brain Research

Multi-day Academy

$349
($299 for members)

A whole day of practical strategies teachers can use in their classrooms right away! Already convinced that differentiated instruction is necessary in today’s diverse classrooms? Come fill up your “teaching tackle box” with dozens of ideas to help you modify, adapt and extend your basic lessons. Learn dozens of ways to integrate clever, engaging activities to help your struggling learners, as well as strategies to provide enrichment for your highly-capable students. Expand your knowledge of the Multiple Intelligences and discover how you can ‘hook’ every learner. Be ready to actively participate, network with other teachers, and go home motivated with ideas you can use on Monday morning!

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A few of the strategies you’ll walk away with:

  • Mini-books, flip-books, pop-up-books,
  • 2-D and 3-D graphic organizers,
  • Game show formats,
  • Hand jives, rhymes, and mnemonics,
  • Partner and small group tasks,
  • Movement and energizers, and
  • Creative drama, living tableaux, role-play ideas.

Schedule Today
512-477-8200

Who Should Attend
K-8 classroom teachers, specialists, GT and resource teachers

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Leading the Content Areas

Assessment

One-day Institute

$199
($175 for members)

This workshop focuses on what district and campus instructional leaders need to know to effectively lead the transition to STAAR in each of the content areas. Structured as a typical school day (with each period devoted to a different subject area), this workshop is designed to provide school leaders with the most up-to-date information about STAAR.

Texas ASCD has teamed with Ervin Knezek’s company, lead4ward, to be able to offer the most complete and up to date information on STAAR and its implementation.

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512-477-8200

Literacy and The School Family

Early Childhood

Multi-day Academy

$349

Learn the importance of creating connections student to student and teacher to student to enhance literacy instruction in your classroom. In this workshop participants will learn how to use their literature block in ways that promote both school family and literacy.

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Participants will:

  • Learn practical skills and activities that enhance literacy learning in classrooms.
  • Learn how to develop a classroom environment that enhances emotional and academic literacy at the same time.
  • Learn ways to build shared language, literature, reading and writing activities that promote cooperation, literacy, self-control and self-discipline.
  • See how trained teachers use developmentally appropriate literature as well as incorporate literacy skills in building their school family.
  • Learn how to use the Shubert books to promote literacy skills as well as Social Emotional Learning (character development, conflict resolution, social skills and self control).
  • Discover how to create a School Family
  • Learn a variety of “I Love You Rituals” and ideas for how to create Literacy Centers using “I Love You Rituals”

Schedule Today
512.565.4755

Who Should Attend
Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade Teachers.

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm (Both Days)

Registration Time
8:30 am

Mathematics Literacy: Strategies for reading, vocabulary and concept development

Mathematics

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

EVERY test is a reading test. Learn effective literacy strategies for mathematics that will support the TEKS Readiness and Supporting Standards that will support STAAR and EOC. Reading strategies that are specifically designed for attacking math application problems will be shared. Students not only need to read words, but tables, graphs, charts and a variety of pictures as well. We will explore how specific language arts and reading strategies may be adapted for use in the mathematics classroom. We will use math examples throughout the day!

Schedule Today
512-477-8200

Who Should Attend
Middle School, High School, Mathematics coaches, and Summer School math and English teachers and administrators working with students who struggle to pass various standardized assessments.

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Maximizing Student Success: Building Background Knowledge and Academic Vocabulary

Leadership

Multi-day Academy

$385
($335 for members)

Students come to school with different levels of background knowledge that impact their academic success. Knowing what to do to support those students who do not have the background knowledge to be successful in school has not always been clear.until now. Attend this workshop, based on Robert J. Marzano’s Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools, to discover how to help students to become more confident and successful learners by building the background knowledge they may have missed in earlier years. A variety of strategies for building background knowledge that can be implemented, K-12, will be explored, modeled, and practiced, with special emphasis on the Six-Step Process for Teaching Academic Vocabulary in each discipline.

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Testimonials

  • Superb! Made complete sense. I feel building background knowledge is the first step to teaching.
  • Great job! After 24 years of teaching, I feel like I learned some new techniques that I will use in my classroom.
  • Wonderful – I’ve learned great things to use in the classroom!
  • First day – Exciting, Second day – Thrilling!
  • Great training… containing state-of-the art strategies.

Schedule Today
512-477-8200

Who Should Attend
Principals, Teachers, Curriculum administrators, Curriculum designers and Professional developers.

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm (Two Day)

Registration Time
8:30 am

Meeting the Challenge of Curriculum Alignment

Curriculum

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

Curriculum Alignment is a process that ensures the written, taught, and tested curricula are nested, coherent, and research-based. This session will explore the essential steps of curriculum alignment within grade levels and content areas of the TEKS, while also uncovering “points of integration” that are aligned between content areas. Participants will experience the steps of alignment as well as explore a plan to create systems in districts and schools to support this process through focused professional development experiences, the development of leadership layers, and data analysis.

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512-477-8200

Who Should Attend
Administrators, Principals and Classroom teachers

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Puppet Pizzazzzz with the Pepper Puppets!

Early Childhood

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

Enter the imaginary world of puppets. Learn the simplest techniques for using puppets in your classroom. Meet the Peeper puppets and learn how they become a magical connection for all children and adults. Bring along your imagination and create a puppet to take back to your classroom. Puppets are playful but educational to help you meet the state educational standards for young children. You will captivate your children with the whimsy activity of a favorite puppet pal.

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512-477-8200

Who Should Attend
Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade Teachers.

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Real Discussions about Response to Intervention

Differentiated Instruction / Brain Research

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

Response to Intervention is uniquely implemented in each district. This session is designed to enable the participant to examine the philosophy of RTI development and implementation that best matches their local practices. Participants will be asked to share the guidelines and process of RTI in their district and to identify challenges of RTI implementation. Time to develop a problem solving approach to the challenges will be included.

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The session will be developed around the following principles:

  • RTI is a process, not a document
  • Understanding district philosophies about special education and intervention are paramount to the successful design of a local RTI model
  • Skills/content included in tiered instruction should be clearly identified
  • Analysis of data and is the foundation of tiered instruction
  • Time is a critical element in the implementation of RTI
  • District standards for student performance must be established
  • Student performance using classroom interventions must be documented
  • Consistency and communication are underlying attributes of successful RTI implementation
  • RTI development and implementation is a journey and must be monitored and reviewed

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Who Should Attend
Administrators, Principals, Directors of Assessment and those involved in tiered instruction.

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Real Reading for STAAR: Teaching Reading Across Content Areas (One-Day)

Reading

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

This institute will provide fresh ideas for integrating reading instruction into any content area, especially when the text is complex and challenging. No longer is it okay for students to read a text at the surface level; they must read deeper. The state standards (TEKS) and assessment system (STAAR) call for a close analysis of texts that demonstrates critical thinking skills. Through interactive learning, participants will acquire new strategies that can be implemented to meet state standards, encourage student engagement, and make STAAR manageable for teachers to foster student success in real reading.

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Components of Institute:

  • Strategies for before, during, and after reading
  • Alignment to STAAR and TEKS objectives (including the Figure 19 TEKS Comprehension Table)
  • Text from a variety of content areas
  • Memorable methods to engage students in the reading process
  • Opportunity to practice newly acquired skills

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Who Should Attend
Educators and Administrators of Grades 3-8

Workshop Time
8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Registration Time
8:00 am

Real Reading for STAAR: Teaching Reading Across Content Areas (Two-Day)

Reading

Multi-day Academy

$349
($299 for members)

This institute will provide fresh ideas for integrating reading instruction into any content area, especially when the text is complex and challenging. No longer is it okay for students to read a text at the surface level; they must read deeper. The state standards (TEKS) and assessment system (STAAR) call for a close analysis of texts that demonstrates critical thinking skills. Through interactive learning, participants will acquire new strategies that can be implemented to meet state standards, encourage student engagement, and make STAAR manageable for teachers to foster student success in real reading.

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Components of Institute:

  • Strategies for before, during, and after reading
  • Alignment to STAAR and TEKS objectives (including the Figure 19 TEKS Comprehension Table)
  • Text from a variety of content areas
  • Memorable methods to engage students in the reading process
  • Opportunity to practice newly acquired skills

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Who Should Attend
Educators and Administrators of Grades 3-8

Workshop Time
8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:00 am

Realizing the Potential of Literacy Coaching (One-Day)

Reading

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

Literacy coaching has swept the nation, and for good reason. Literacy coaching can dramatically increase student success by enhancing teacher decision-making and instruction. However, some literacy coaching does not produce lasting success; in these programs, teachers go through the motions of making superficial changes and then quickly revert to less-successful practices and perspectives. This workshop will help you ensure that coaching in your school or district has lasting effects by providing practical strategies, supported by current research and theory, for coaching that zeroes in on teachers’ concerns, creates partnerships with teachers, makes use of data, and gauges success.

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Workshop Agenda:

  • Introductions and overview
  • Coaching models, formats, and outcomes
  • Coaching for teacher learning
  • The coaching conversation
  • Coaches’ roles in professional learning communities
  • Coaching challenging people
  • Finding time for coaching
  • Successful demonstration lessons
  • Optimizing your success

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Who Should Attend
New and experienced literacy coaches, Principals with literacy coaches in their schools, Program and curriculum leaders who work with literacy coaches

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Realizing the Potential of Literacy Coaching (Two-Day)

Reading

Multi-day Academy

$349
($299 for members)

Literacy coaching has swept the nation, and for good reason. Literacy coaching can dramatically increase student success by enhancing teacher decision-making and instruction. However, some literacy coaching does not produce lasting success; in these programs, teachers go through the motions of making superficial changes and then quickly revert to less-successful practices and perspectives. This workshop will help you ensure that coaching in your school or district has lasting effects by providing practical strategies, supported by current research and theory, for coaching that zeroes in on teachers’ concerns, creates partnerships with teachers, makes use of data, and gauges success.

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Workshop Agenda:

  • Introductions and overview
  • Coaching models, formats, and outcomes
  • Coaching for teacher learning
  • The coaching conversation
  • Coaches’ roles in professional learning communities
  • Coaching challenging people
  • Finding time for coaching
  • Successful demonstration lessons
  • Optimizing your success

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512-477-8200

Who Should Attend
New and experienced literacy coaches, Principals with literacy coaches in their schools, Program and curriculum leaders who work with literacy coaches

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Riveting Exploration in Science – K-12

Science

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

This one-day session will take participants through an examination of what hands-on, minds-on science should look like, and sound like, and what this can do for students, Grade 4-8th, using standard based strategies to connect across all contents. Participants will develop an overall understanding of what you, as the expert, want your students to come away with at the end of the lesson. These inquiry based lessons will guide participants in determining what student to know and be able to do. This structure will guide student in investigation and question strategies to get the most out of every lesson. This session will feature performance expectations, graphics, and other metacognitive aids that can be used by teachers and students alike to guide and assess growth in the use of language through science activities. Through the Connection of literacy we will show how teachers can use practical classroom techniques for combining science and language literacy at different grade levels.

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Riveting exploration in Science, uses tools to make every classroom engaging for students,while building foundational structures across all content. This session will use research based instructional strategies, formative assessment processes, current best practices in science, all connected to literacy. Participants will have opportunities to experience hands-on, minds-on science lessons, from pre to post preparation. Participants will take away some great tools and tips to use with students, as soon as you return to your classroom.

  • Examine levels of complexity of student driven questions.
  • Improve student writing by supporting students to deepen student understanding.

Students will use investigated data to formulate and write a conclusion support to support their findings. This session will allow teachers to give the ‘power’ of learning back to the students.

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Who Should Attend
Grades 4-8 Science Teachers, Science Coordinators, Instructional Specialists & Administrators

Workshop Time
8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Registration Time
8:00 am

Secondary Reading Comprehension: Removing the Fluency Barrier

Reading

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

Every day secondary English/Language Arts teachers face students with different independent and instructional reading levels within the same classroom. In today’s climate of high-stakes testing, they consequently confront a seemingly impossible task: facilitating student mastery of the TEKS SEs when many students read below grade level and need differentiated instruction in order to develop the metacognitive skills necessary for “reading to learn.” The first step in addressing this challenge is providing middle and high school teachers with the tools they need to integrate direct instruction in reading into their lessons. This session addresses ways to do this without sacrificing the teaching of rigorous content and the attainment of high standards by all students.

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Who Should Attend
Educators and Administrators of secondary English/Language Arts Learners

Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

STAAR Chemistry Preparation Workshop (One-Day)

Science

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

The Chemistry End of Course Exam is here!

This spring, students will take the end of course chemistry exam. Success on this exam is required for graduation. Stakes are high for students, teachers and schools. More rigorous student expectations will be assessed multiple times and in multiple ways.

Join us for a hands-on, lively workshop designed to address the urgent and critical needs of high school chemistry teachers and students. Teachers will return to their classrooms better equipped to support student learning and achievement.

Utilizing the 5E instructional model and cooperative learning strategies, teachers will practice and receive lab-based activities designed to address TEA Chemistry STAAR performance descriptors. Opportunities for extension and remediation will be included for each activity.

Don’t miss this opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the Chemistry STAAR test, and the skills students will need to be successful!

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Who Should Attend
Science Supervisors, High School Chemistry Teachers and Administrators

Workshop Time
8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Registration Time
8:00 am

STAAR Chemistry Preparation Workshop (Two-Day)

Science

Multi-day Academy

$349
($299 for members)

The Chemistry End of Course Exam is here!

This spring, students will take the end of course chemistry exam. Success on this exam is required for graduation. Stakes are high for students, teachers and schools. More rigorous student expectations will be assessed multiple times and in multiple ways.

Join us for a hands-on, lively workshop designed to address the urgent and critical needs of high school chemistry teachers and students. Teachers will return to their classrooms better equipped to support student learning and achievement.

Utilizing the 5E instructional model and cooperative learning strategies, teachers will practice and receive lab-based activities designed to address TEA Chemistry STAAR performance descriptors. Opportunities for extension and remediation will be included for each activity.

Don’t miss this opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the Chemistry STAAR test, and the skills students will need to be successful!

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512-477-8200

Who Should Attend
Science Supervisors, High School Chemistry Teachers and Administrators

Workshop Time
8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Registration Time
8:00 am

Starting STEM: First Looks & Steps for K-5

Science

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) inititive and focus in education is gaining ever-increasing interest from educators. STEM programs and resources abound for middle and high school levels, but what about STEM for our earliest learners in kindergarten through grade 5?

This one-day session will take participants through a day of examination of what STEM is, looks like, sounds like and can do for students in K-5. District and campus leaders and teachers interested in getting started in STEM will have opportunites to define and refine their understanding of STEM and learn about current programs and practices at the elementary level. Participants will also explore connections and resources that link STEM and 21st century skills essential for student success.

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Join us for a hands-on, minds-in day of learning the landscape of STEM, starting points for your district or school and implications for your students’ success.

Starting STEM: First Looks & Steps for K-5 participants will:

  • Develop an clear understanding of what STEM is and is not as it relates to K-5 learners
  • Participate in hands-on examples of STEM reflective of best practices and 21st century skills
  • Learn and explore specific K-5 STEM programs, resources and ideas for district, campus-level and classroom levels
  • Construct a working plan of first steps and beyond for their district, school or classroom

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Who Should Attend
Principals, Curriculum/Program Leaders, K-5 classroom teachers

Workshop Time
8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Registration Time
8:00 am

Successful STAAR Strategies for Measurement, Data, and Geometry and Spatial Reasoning

Mathematics

Multi-day Academy

$349
($299 for members)

Students must learn mathematics with understanding, actively building new knowledge from experiences and prior knowledge. Participants will evaluate the reasonableness of solutions to application problems focusing on Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Reasoning, and data. They will explore estimation and accuracy, and formulas in perimeter and area.

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This workshop will focus on the following topics:

  • Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Reasoning, and Data
  • Develop and use Effective Questioning Strategies during instructions

Participants will work on activities and instructional strategies that will advance their teaching skills and help you promote mathematical proficiency in their students. They will evaluate the supporting and readiness standards, given the opportunity to work cooperatively in developing mathematical concepts concretely to build understanding and then abstractly to apply information for problem solving. This strategy will assist teachers in addressing the unique learning styles of many students in their classroom. The participants will be given opportunities to explore mathematical relationships, develop skills and communicate their ideas through multiple representations.

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Who Should Attend
Classroom Mathematics instructors - Grades 5-8

Workshop Time
8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:00 am

Survival Tools for New Teachers

Leadership

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

In this workshop, we will discuss how to be professional with our students and with our colleagues. This program covers the essentials (major and minor) for new teachers, such as getting organized and keeping up with the required paperwork, dressing in an appropriate way for the job, dealing with stress and frustration, communicating with parents, and learning to respect the power that is given to us as educators.

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When one teacher really wants to insult another teacher, he or she will say with a slight sneer, “That wasn’t very professional of you.” As we head for our first teaching job, our professors wave goodbye and murmur, “And remember, above all, be professional.” We nod knowingly, yet walk away without a clue as to what that specifically means. It’s kind of like telling your class to “Be good!” when you have to run to the office for a few minutes. You have to define your terms. One student may think that means to read quietly in the textbook until you return, another may think you’ll be quite pleased that she didn’t set anything on fire.

In this workshop, we will discuss how to be professional with our students and with our colleagues. This program covers the essentials (major and minor) for new teachers, such as getting organized and keeping up with the required paperwork, dressing in an appropriate way for the job, dealing with stress and frustration, communicating with parents, and learning to respect the power that is given to us as educators.

We will also discuss how to create and implement a logical, efficient, and effective plan for maintaining discipline, both inside and outside of the classroom. In addition, participants will find a clear and persuasive answer to the dreaded question that at least one student will ask every year: “Why do we have to learn this stuff?” Teachers do not always have a great deal of control in choosing what to teach, but finding a way to communicate the importance and usefulness of what they teach is key to their success.

 

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Who Should Attend
Administrators, Principals and Classroom teachers

Workshop Time
9 am - 4pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Teaching to Achieve Deep Level Reading Comprehension for STAAR

Reading

One-day Institute

$349
($299 for members)

Reading involves lifting meaning from the printed page. Comprehension occurs when skilled readers interact with the text and self-question, infer, make connections, summarize, synthesize and relate. As STAAR requires close reading and an ability to provide text evidence, participants in this session will explore approaches for teaching these important skills.

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Topics to be covered in this session include:

  • 12 Guidelines for powerful reading instruction
  • Developing strategic actions for comprehending texts
  • Implications of modern brain research for reading instruction
  • Strategies that promote students’ self-monitoring of comprehension
  • Equipping students for STAAR’s close reading and text evidence requirement
  • Utilizing think alouds to model effective comprehension strategy use
  • Developing an understanding of text genres and implications for instruction
  • Recognizing the power of writing in comprehension skill development
  • Creating a vocabulary rich classroom environment

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Who Should Attend
Administrators, Principals and Classroom teachers

Workshop Time
8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:00 am

The Principal As Inspirational Leader

Leadership

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

All great leaders are able to inspire others to take positive action. Principals will participate in a book study with emphasis on discussion on modeling effective instructional behavior and learning/relearning leadership skills. The principal is the key to success in any school and so it is important that he/she understands this role and is able to communicate just what is to be undertaken.

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Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

The Principal’s Leadership Challenge

Leadership

Multi-day Academy

$349
($295 for members)

The principal is expected to be able to handle any problems with parents, teachers and students, manage the facility, enable teachers to teach, and to know the latest information on curricular issues. This seminar will address Texas and national standards, challenges with regard to creation of learning communities, and possible curricular trends for the 21st century.

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This session will provide strategies to:

  • Strengthen your own leadership skills
  • Build leadership teams and learning communities
  • Review Texas curriculum standards and compare them with national core standards
  • Develop a plan of action to be used by the principal to build teams in the school building with a focus on curriculum

A curriculum leadership plan of action will be developed and/or revised for actual implementation.

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Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm (Two-Days)

The Science of Learning: STAARing The Whole Child

Learning

One-day Institute

$210
($185 for members)

The science of learning tells us that addressing the needs of “the whole child” is what will raise test scores. How do we incorporate soft skills into the curriculum? into the classroom? With the emphasis on STAAR, is there a way to meet the requirements of social and emotional learning? There is, and this Institute is a way to begin to design this work.

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This past summer the National Academy of Sciences issued a report on student learning that outlined the necessity of addressing the whole child for improving performance. This winter, Christine Drew and Richard Erdmann, two authors who have worked with numerous Texas school districts, are releasing a very exciting new book that addresses these same issues.

Through Texas ASCD, we will offer a one-day Institute.

Workshop Overview:

When we walk into a classroom, what do we see? Engaged learners? A safe and orderly classroom where discipline problems aren’t disrupting the learning? A supportive learning environment? Rigorous content? Group work and collaboration?

We might see any or all of these things in many or most classrooms. We expect to see most of these attributes in classrooms with highly effective teachers, but is what we observe really the most effective practice? If we are observing to identify a problem of practice, what are we looking for and how do we know it and differentiate it? In this Institute we will explore the science behind learning that makes a good practice become great. We will work together to answer the question, what kind of teaching, based in the science of learning, helps a good teacher become a better one? and, what do non-cognitive skills have to do with learning?

Based on the first two chapters of The Art of Learning, this Institute will provide an overview of findings in neuroscience, some new and some old, that can be applied to observations of all kinds, whether they are instructional rounds, teacher observations for evaluation, or even peer coaching. We will work to reframe the perspective of participants to transform the learning environments that support The Whole Child.

Next level of Work:

Today’s emphasis on teacher evaluation implores us to create an environment for reflective practice and self-evaluation combined with peer learning.

The next level of work for those who want to continue in this study will have the opportunity to engage in further study of The Art of Learning: Using Models and Stretching to Rigor, concepts strategically aligned with Marzano’s Art and Science of Teaching.

Registration Fee includes the book “The Art of Learning“.

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Who Should Attend
Classroom teachers, Principals and campus administrators

Workshop Time
8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Registration Time
8:00 am

Think Big, Start Small: How to Differentiate Instruction in a Brain-Friendly Classroom

Differentiated Instruction / Brain Research

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

Successful teachers keep the brain’s natural learning abilities in mind. Expand your understanding of brain-friendly teaching strategies with an enthusiastic veteran “neuroeducator.” Learn how stress and perceived threat, lack of inclusion, and chaos in the classroom can minimize learning. Discover how multi-sensory experiences in an enriched environment can promote brain growth and development. Build up your repertoire of differentiated instructional strategies to help students actively process new learning to assure long-term retention. Learn new techniques to engage your students as the presenter models the strategies. No matter what grade level or subject you teach – you will gain tons of ideas from this popular presenter.

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Presentation Part 1: “Begin with the Brain: Three Things New Teachers Need to Know

Brain-Compatible Element # 1 – LESS STRESS!!

  • Stress, and Perceived Threat can minimize the brain’s capabilities to learn
  • Create a Safe and Secure Climate and Environment
  • Avoid the REFLEX Response: Inclusion & Physical Environment

Brain-Compatible Element # 2 – DO THE REAL THING

  • Neural Plasticity: Multi-sensory experiences promote brain growth and connections
  • Provide Enriched “Learner-Centered” Environments for learning
  • Encourage First Hand Experiences, Discovery Play and Meaningful Engagement

Brain-Compatible Element #3 – USE IT OR LOSE IT!

  • Multiple opportunities to Actively Process new learning assures Long Term Retention
  • Differentiate Instruction, Provide Choices, Vary Grouping and Honor the Multiple Intelligences
  • Orchestrate opportunities to apply new learning in real-world experiences

Presentation Part 2: “Think Big, Start Small: Differentiated Instructional Strategies That Work!”

  • Managing the Differentiated Classroom: Systems & Procedures – The Key to Successful Differentiation.
  • Build up a repertoire of practical differentiated strategies to:
  • Engage Learners: Get students’ attention using novelty, movement, and humor. Keep them engaged using variety, relevancy and meaningfulness.
  • Explore the Concepts and Skills: Learn a variety of ways to differentiate tasks and vary how students process what they are learning. Learn ways to adapt, modify and tier lessons so that all students are working on challenging tasks.
  • Extend Learning: Discover ways to challenge highly-capable learners with lateral enrichment. Learn how to set up Anchor Activities for students who finish assignments early.

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Using Effective Questioning Strategies to promote Student Engagement and Increase Achievement in the Mathematics Classroom

Mathematics

One-day Institute

$175
($150 for members)

Today’s assessments – EOC, STAAR, SAT, PSAT, AP and district benchmarks – require that teachers have the ability to create and pose questions to students in order to engage them and elicit deeper-level thinking about the subject under discussion Skillful us of the art of questioning is one of the basic skills of good teaching. Increased student achievement has directly linked to teachers use of effective questioning strategies. This seminar will focus on how instructors can use the art of thoughtful questioning to extract not only factual information, but aid learners in connecting concepts, making inferences, increasing awareness, encouraging creative and imaginative thought, aiding critical thinking processes, and generally helping learners explore deeper levels of knowing, thinking, and understanding.

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Workshop Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Time
8:30 am

Writing Prep for Secondary STAAR/EOC

Writing

Multi-day Academy

$349
($299 for members)

How ofter do teachers hear, “I don’t know what to write!”? Teachers of writing know that developing students as writers is not a clean, linear process. Writing instruction and development of students as writers is multi-faceted and challenging.

This two day, multi-level, academy focuses on research based strategies to improve student writing ability and engagement.

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Unmasking Imagination: from Experience to Writer

Grades: 6-12

“Out of the hundreds of workshops I have attended over the years, this was, by far, the BEST one I have ever attended”

“This was the most informative workshop that I have been to in the last 10 years. I was able to learn in order to accommodate a new generation of students”

“Lots of Innovative ideas” “… relevant to every teacher, not just English teachers”

Major topics include: Research on Writing, The Teacher as a Writer and The Student as a Writer. Emphasis will be on developing an understanding about the place of STAAR/ EOC writing assessments in the overall development of students as writers.

Teacher will leave the session equipped with strategies for immediate implementation in the classroom to help students prepare for success on STAAR/ EOC and beyond.

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Who Should Attend
Secondary School Teachers and Administrators

Workshop Time
8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Host a Session

Texas ASCD Professional Learning Sessions

By hosting one of our professional learning sessions you will receive a proportionate number of complimentary registrations. Choose either an Institute or Academy in any of our available course topics.

Institute

1-day professional learning session

Academy

2 or more day professional learning session

What does hosting a session involve?

  • Providing a contact person for arrangements before and during presentation
  • Help in promoting this session to surrounding schools/districts
  • Providing a location for the professional development session
  • Providing morning and afternoon snacks, of your choice, for participants (usually consisting of morning coffee and doughnuts, afternoon soft drinks and cookies)
  • Providing audio visual equipment for the presenter (usually consisting of a projector, screen, computer, microphone, and flip chart with markers)
  • Providing a registration table at the session

What does Texas ASCD provide?

  • A quality professional learning session
  • Qualified presenter in the field of education
  • A contact person in the Texas ASCD office that will attend the professional learning session
  • Promotion of your professional learning session
  • Copies of all handouts
  • Handling all presenter travel and expenses

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