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Schedule Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Registration Session 1 Session 2 Lunch On your own Session 3 Session 4 8:008:15 8:209:35 9:4010:55 11:0012:15 12:201:35 1:402:55 2:553:00

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Table of Contents
Content Area Sessions Language Arts Mathematics Science History and Social Science General Sessions Page Numbers 4&5 6&7 8&9 10 & 11 12 - 14

Language Arts
Professional Learning
Rigor: Not a Four Letter Word The 2010 English Standards Presenters: Lynn Smith

Description
This session will address the significant changes in the 2010 English Standards of Learning. Participants will be exposed to Technology Enhanced Questions and address the added rigor required for both instruction and assessment. Teachers will practice rewriting old SOL formatted questions to create more rigorous assessments.

Audience Sessions Room #

Required session for all English teachers 1&3 Media Center

Spice Up Your Vocabulary: Red Hot Chinese five spice or plain old pepper thats the difference between teaching a word a day and giving your students a mental pantry of root words, cognates, and Root Word Instruction affixes to spice up their vocabulary. Root words are the perfect recipe for quick but meaningful vocabulary instruction that supports expanding prior knowledge, Presenter: Jennife r Poore Bentley increasing independent word attack strategies, and building word consciousness. In this session, teachers will acquire a taste for various approaches to root word instruction and cook up some activities together that can support multiple approaches to teaching roots in your classroom.

All content area teachers

1, 3 & 4

201

Seven Minute Make Over Presenter: Angela Cannady

Building Adolescent Literacy with Digital Composition Presenter: Clary Ca rleton

In this session participants will learn strategies to help keep their students actively engaged to create a collaborative environment that fosters independence and assists with meta-cognition. Digital Composition is a way of telling stories and investigating topics with computer-based tools. Through the use of traditional literacy skills, students can learn to compose short films with digital images, text, and audio on a wide variety of subjects. The workshop will explore the rationale for using digital storytelling in the English classroom and provide resources and examples to inspire you. Writing and performance workshop with William Robi, local professional poet/ spoken word artist and Programs Director for The Podium Foundation. Participants will discuss the process for inspiring students to draft original poems through creating a performance and digital publication as well as a strategy discussion for avenues to showcase student work. This exciting and energetic workshop is designed to assist all school stakeholders in how to address the issues and obstacles facing todays students. After meeting the challenge, the workshop will introduce strategies to assist with classroom participation, daily warm-ups, management, checking for understanding, and grading.

All content area teachers

1, 2 & 4

207

All English teachers

1, 3 & 4

203

Poetry and Penmanship: Writing, Performing, and Recording Poetry in the Classroom Presenter: William Robi, The Podium Foundation The 3Cs and R to C.P.R Todays

All English teachers

1, 2, 3 & 4

204

Student Presenter: Michael Jones

All content area teachers

1, 2 & 4

205

Language Arts
Professional Learning Description Audience Sessions Room #
All English teachers 1, 3 & 4 206 Get the DTs: Differentiating Tools Spruce up your lessons using free resources to differentiate instruction in Language Arts. The presenter will provide various websites and tools that will enhance your teaching strategies and get positive involvement from your students. Presenter: Yolanda Campbell Emphasis will be placed on vocabulary and reading. Teaching Classic Novels in a 21st Century Classroom Presenter: Adria Mayo Come explore your favorite classic novels and innovative ways to teach them in your classroom. We will look at how opening up rich discussion and critical thinking centered around the novels can have benefits for comprehension, vocabulary and higher level thinking, all while having fun. In this session participants will look in depth at an AP exam and discuss and share strategies to bridge the gap and prepare students for the rigors of AP courses in high school.

All English teachers

1, 2 & 4

202

Geared Up for Success: Preparing Students for Success in Advanced Placement English

Honors,
advanced, pre-AP & AP English teachers Grades 6-12 1, 3 & 4 213

Presenter: Laura Ramsey

Mathematics
Professional Learning
Proportional Reasoning, Measurement, and Geometry: Incorpo rating Nanotechnology into

Description
Did you ever wonder why sugar crystals dissolve faster than sugar cubes? Using mathematics, explore how the size and/or shape of an object can change its behavior. This session will provide participants with hands-on activities that explore these concepts at the nano level, with a focus on surface area, volume, and proportional reasoning. Movies, weather, wireless communication, biology, the rain forest, and medical research all share a very important math concept fractals. See how this new math topic can help students learn SOL objectives and spice up your math

Audience Sessions Room #

Grades

101

Math SOL Presenter: Carrie Persing

Fractals: A Tool fo r Getting Kids Excited About Mathematics Presenter: Carrie Persing

6-8

Grades

2&3

101

classroom.
Spatial reasoning is an essential skill for many professions. Learn more about spatial reasoning and how it can be incorporated within other SOL concepts.

6-8
Algebra I & Geometry

How to Make Space for Spatial Reasoning Presenter: Brian Domroes Middle School Math Games Presenter: Brian Domroes Tell Me, Ill Forget. Show Me, Ill Remember. Involve Me, Ill Unde rstand. Presenters: Jackie Batchelder & Chaun Newkirk Note It, Justify It, Test It, Cornell Note Style!

111

Learn how to use games to reinforce and/or teach mathematical topics. All the games will be thought provoking, SOL related, and fun.

Grades 6-8 & Algebra I

2&3 111

You will find creative ways to get the students involved in discovering and doing the math to make better connections and to find meaning in math.

Grades 6-8, Algebra I & Geometry

1, 3 & 4

109

Presenter: Donovan Tucker

Bell to Bell Presenter: Regina Turner

This session will introduce and reinforce the history and value of Cornell Notes in mathematics. Teachers will be shown how to develop a Cornell Note sheet using MS Excel, loose-leaf paper, or notebook paper. Teachers will learn how to incorporate Cornell Notes into their lessons. Teachers will be presented with strategies to incorporate into their lessons that will keep students engaged throughout the 90 minute period. Teachers will be presented with the proper toolbox needed to enhance success and student performance on the SOL test.

Grades 6-8 & Algebra I

1, 2 & 3

110

Algebra II

108

Mathematics
Professional Learning
EOC versus SAT Presenter: Regina Turner Algebra Puzzlers Presenter: Kristine Vester Engineering with Phineas and Ferb Presenter: Kristine Vester I know what we are going to do today! Imagine having 104 days of summer vacation filled with engineering. Thats how Phineas and Ferb spend their summers. Join us in creating different feats of engineering while focusing on middle school objectives. What does self-assembly in nanotechnology have to do with geometry? Plenty! Ice crystals naturally self-assemble into snowflakes as hexagonal prisms. Students will discover the science of self-assembly by demonstrating problem solving skills. Patterns will be investigated when looking at interior and exterior polygon angle measures in order to derive algebraic formulas. The volume of a hexagonal prism model will be explored to determine its effectiveness in delivering cancer drugs to medical patients. Do you need some new ideas for teaching, reviewing, or enriching Algebra II topics? Well, this is the place for you! You will learn new ways to present quadratics, factoring, complex numbers, and fractals in a hands-on and interactive environment. Participants will get a packet of activities, games, journals and projects to take home. I CAN Learn Program is a full-curriculum mathematics software solution used to transform classrooms and increase math proficiency for students. This session is mandatory for Title One teachers and other personnel who are managing I CAN Learn labs this school year.

Description
Teachers will be presented with the proper strategies and techniques needed to prepare students for the SOL test. This session will adequately prepare teachers with strategies required for students to pass the EOC test. Experience different hands-on puzzles/games that encourage algebraic reasoning and help reinforce a students number sense skills.

Audience Sessions Room #

Algebra II 2 108

Grades 6-8 & Algebra I

2&3

112

Grades 6-8 & Algebra I

112

Let It Snow
Presenter: Monique Merriman

Geometry

2&4

103

Potpourri of Algebra II Presenter: Monique Merriman

Algebra II

103

I Can Learn Support Presenter:s Cassandra Willis & Jacqueline Benitez

Only for Title I Teachers & Personnel Managing I CAN Learn Labs

102

Science
Professional Learning
Science in Math, Math in Science Presenter: Aaron Fristoe

Description
Science and math go hand-in-hand, but teachers often get so busy addressing their own standards they forget about cross-curriculum connections. In this session, teachers will get hands-on experience with many math-science connections using probe ware and graphing calculators. (25 Teacher Limit)

Audience Sessions
All teachers

Room #

1, 2 & 3

232

Eco-Inquiry and GLOBE Presenter: Wayne Gilchrest

Engage your students with authentic field science. We will investigate the All Biology, GLOBE Program (globe.gov), an international environmental science education AP Biology, partnership, and ways to do effective hands-on field work. This session has an Life Science, outdoor field component. Earth Science, AP

1, 2 & 3

230

Environmental Science and Environmental Science teachers Assessing Research Projects Presenter: Martha Vogel
Stick to It Presenter: Rachel Martin What should be included in a well-researched project, and how can you tell? Examine examples of past projects and learn how to evaluate student-focused science projects. (25 Teacher Limit) Coughing, runny nose, fever, and headaches are unfortunately familiar symptoms that we have all experienced. The culprits behind these symptoms are the bacteria or viruses that we come in contact with in our daily lives. In this lesson, students will discover the very small scale that is used to study these germs and how advanced research in nanotechnology has provided new ways to prevent their colonization. Who knows, the cure for the common cold may just be lying on the surface of your classroom. Grades

1, 2 & 3 7-12

210

All Biology, AP Biology and Life Science teachers

1, 2 & 3

211

Questions with Answers: Easily Imple- What causes prisms to appear? How does the Doppler Effect work? Whats a menting Inquiry- Based Lab Activities real world example of frequency and wavelength? Students enjoy asking questions; however, they learn best when they discover the answers themselves. Physical and Inquiry-based learning supports all learning styles and brings life to science Life Science Presenter: Phyllis Wilson through interactive learning. Learn inquiry-based strategies and activities that Teachers you can easily incorporate in your classroom this year. Activities guaranteed to increase student learning, retention, and motivation in science.

1&4

228

Science
Professional Learning
Lab Makeover: Turning Those Labs Into an Inquiry Experience Presenters: Nancy Alexander, Dr. Elizabeth Edmondson & Dr. Jackie

Description
Are you and your students tired of doing the same old cookie cutter labs each year? Let the VCU VISTA Team show you how to turn that lab around! More inquiry, greater student engagement, and more fun for both students and teachers alike. We will show you how to transform normal cookie cutter labs into an inquiry based student driven opportunity.

Audience Sessions Room #

All teachers

1, 2, 3 & 4

234

McDonnough
Inquiry in 3 -D: Doing, Discovering, and Discussing Presenter: DeAndra Braxton Discovery of the real world is helping students to learn to become selfmotivated, critical thinkers, innovators and communicators. Teachers will learn to increase rigor through inquiry-based labs. Come experience Inquiry

All teachers

2&3

229

in 3-D.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, how can we have more rigor, more inquiry, more critical thinking and more engineering knowledge in our instruction? How can we provide our students with engineering information and still have fun? All of these questions will be answered, so come by this session, get involved, and get some ideas, strategies and handouts. This workshop will give teachers an understanding of how inquiry can move students from good to great! Science inquiry is required in the newly REVISED science SOL and should be an integral part of any science classroom. Participants will examine different ways of teaching hands-on science, explore the process skills of inquiry, engage in a full scientific inquiry, and consider ways to include inquiry in their own classrooms.

Keeping the STM and Adding mo re E Presenter: Mary Strother

All teachers

2, 3 & 4

231

Inquiry Dos and Don'ts! Presenter: Latonya Waller

All teachers

2&3

228

Chemistry Inquiry Labs Presenter: Monica Murray

Teaching chemistry by guided inquiry is simple! It will give you more time to prepare labs and more time to help students. You will have more time to prepare other lessons and demonstrations. And none of this extra time will be at the expense of your students. In fact, your students will learn more effectively and become more successful. Participants will get inquiry based labs that are quick, cheap and introduce rigor! What more could you ask for?

Chemistry & Physical Science teachers

3&4

227

History and Social Science

Professional Learning
United States History to 1865: Rigor and Effective Delivery of Instruction Presenter: William Craig Civics and Economics: Rigor and Effective Delivery of Instruction Presenter: Chantae Gudger Wright Increasing Student Achievement with Differentiated Instruction Presenter: Rodney Robinson Streaming into the Past Presenter: Jeff Rew In this session we will look at social studies websites geared towards the middle and high school social studies curriculum. These sites will add interactive and engaging activities to your lessons and get your students interested in and excited The presenter will model strategies for differentiated instruction that will lead to increased student achievement and enhanced classroom management. All history/ social science teachers The presenter will discuss engaging strategies with rigor, effective resources, and the most effective practices for student achievement in the subject area.

Description
The presenter will discuss engaging strategies with rigor, effective resources, and the most effective practices for student achievement in the subject area.

Audience Sessions
US I 1, 2 & 3 Teachers

Room #
214

Civics & Economics Teachers

1, 2 & 3

224

1, 2 & 3

222

about history.

All history/ social science teachers AP U.S. History & AP U.S. Government Teachers

1, 3 & 4

212

Advanced Placement Strategies for United States History and Government

The presenter will discuss effective strategies for AP success that can be used with both AP U.S. History and U.S. Government.

1&2

215

Presenter: Kristen Baber

Wo rld Histo ry I: Rigor and Effective Delivery of Instruction Presenter: Richard Segres

The presenter will discuss engaging strategies with rigor, effective resources, and the most effective practices for student achievement in the subject area. World History I Teachers 3&4 215

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History and Social Science

Professional Learning Description Audience
U.S. History I Teachers

Sessions

Room #

Improving Student Achievement in USI The presenter will provide a binder with lessons, activities, assessments, and other United States History to 1865 valuable resources to incorporate rigor and to increase student achievement. Presenter: Janet Stephens

1, 2 & 3

221

Virginia and United States History: Rigor and Effective Delivery of Instruction Presenter: Arthur Peebles

The presenter will discuss engaging strategies with rigor, effective resources, and the most effective practices for student achievement in the subject area.

Virginia/ U.S. History Teachers

1, 3 & 4

220

What the Museum of the Confederacy Can Do For You!

The presenter will discuss activities, materials, and hands-on experiences that will enhance instruction.

Presenter: Kelly Hancock

All History/ Social Science Teachers

1, 2 & 3

218

U.S. Government and Economics: Rigor and Effective Delivery of Instruction Presenter: Sarah Boyd

The presenter will discuss engaging strategies with rigor, effective resources, and the most effective practices for student achievement in the subject area.

Virginia/ U.S. Government Teachers

1, 3 & 4

219

Wo rld Histo ry II: Rigor and Effective Delivery of Instruction

The presenter will discuss engaging strategies with rigor, effective resources, and the most effective practices for student achievement in the subject area.

Presenter: Shaneka Oliver

World History II Teachers

1, 2 & 3

217

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General Sessions
Professional Learning
IEP's That Make "Cents" - How to Write an IEP That's Wo rth its Weight in Gold Presenters: Adah Parashar and Elaine

Description
An interactive presentation session where participants will construct an objective, positive and measurable Present Level of Performance (PLOP); compose observable and measurable IEP goals and objectives/benchmark; compose services for an IEP; and compose a Least Restrictive Environment

Audience Sessions
All teachers (general and exceptional

Room #

1, 2 & 3

115

education)

(LRE) rational.

Schein Recipe for Student Success

Presenter: Anita C. Swan, M.Ed, Parent Educator Coordinator Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active How do you know if students are engaged? How can you encourage higherorder thinking? Participants will learn easy-to-use techniques that will not only keep your students tuned in but also create opportunities for higher-order thinking. This session will outline and discuss the ingredients for effective communication and partnership building with teachers and families. All teachers (general and exceptional

1, 2 & 4

116

education)
All teachers (general and exceptional

Learner Presenters: Maurice Burton and Jermaine Harris

1, 3 & 4

131

education)

Whats Data Got to Do With It? Every- Would you like your student's behavior to change? Is it affecting instruction thing!! in your classroom? Just guessing at the problem won't help you get to the root of the issue. Participants will collect and analyze data to developing positive Presenters: Judy Howlett and Daryl behavior supports to assist your student in changing his or her behavior and Roselle improving learning! Abuse and Neglect of Children with Disabilities: A Collabo rative Response Violence does not discriminate. It occurs in relationships between people of all educational, racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds, including those with disabilities. This presentation will discuss the ways in which abuse differs among children with disabilities, the warning signs, risk factors, and what you can do to address the problem.

All teachers (general and exceptional

1, 2 & 3

117

education)

Only social workers can attend session 3 119 All teachers (general and special education) can attend

Presenters: Molly Dellinger-Wray, VCU/TTAC and Jennife r Schooler, Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN)

session 4

12

General Sessions
Professional Learning
Best Interest Meetings: An Overview, Purpose, Legal Requirements Presenter: Nicole Thompson; Stock, Harrell & Chambliss, LLP

Description
This presentation is an overview of the school divisions obligations under the federal and state laws regarding the education of students involved in the foster care system.

Audience
For social workers only

Sessions
2

Room #

Media Center

Websites for the Classroom with A Focus Using good websites is always on the radar of the tech savvy on The Power of Using Web 2.0 educator. Some new and some teacher tested sites will be demonstrated. Additionally, using Web 2.0 websites in Presenter: Terry Frazier your 6 th grade through 12th grade classroom will be advanced. A Web 2.0 site, by definition, means there will be some degree of interactivity between the user and the website. A variety of sites will demonstrate the power and excitement the interactivity of Web 2.0 brings to all lessons.

All teachers

1, 2 & 3

208

EVERNOTE Presenter: Rose Martin-Turnage

EVERNOTE acts as a superhuman memory that allows you to create and store various types of content. From very simple notes, to webpages, even those precious emails you want to keep as reminders of important events or dates. You are just one EVERNOTE away from capturing the Things you Like, See, Hear! (LSH)

All teachers

1, 3, & 4

226

Jog the Web Presenter: Shana Williams

JOG THE WEB is a web-based tool that allows anyone to create a synchronous guide to a series of web sites. Its step by step approach of taking viewers through web sites allows the author to annotate and ask guiding questions for each page is unique.

All teachers

1, 2 & 3

129

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General Session
Professional Learning
Edmodo: Creating Your Online Classroom Network

Description
Now more than ever before, students are becoming active citizens of online communities through social networking sites like Facebook, Bebo, Twitter, and MySpace. Spark student discussions and foster growth of your classroom community by creating online learning networks for your students. Students and teachers can connect with each other, share information, post videos, create and turn in assignments, take quizzes and polls, and help one another through a secure online learning network called Edmodo. Via Edmodo, teachers can allow parents to observe their child's progress in the online classroom environment without fear of exposing other students' private information or progress. Learn how to set up your online classroom, create, post, and grade assignments and quizzes, create student accounts, and generate parent access codes.

Audience

Sessions

Room #

All teachers

Presenter: Carla Achter

1, 2, & 4

118

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Acknowledgements The Department of Instruction would like to thank the following people for their support with the preparations for and the success of this years Secondary City-wide Staff Development: Ms. Beverly B ritt, Principal of John Marshall High School Mr. Glenn Starnes, Assistant Principal of John Marshall High School All of the presenters Our staff of administrative assistants and office associates Midge Liggan, ITRT Brent Evans, ITRT George Berry, ITCS Support

School Board Dawn C. Page, Chair Mau rice A. Henderson, Vice Ch air Kimbe rly M. B ridges Kimbe rly B. Gray Norma H. Murdoch-Kitt Adria A. Grah am S cott Ch andra H. Sm ith Donald L. Coleman Eve tte L . Wilson D r. Yvonne W. Br andon, S uperinte ndent

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