ER&D Courses for Summer 2024

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Checks and Registration Form must be in the Union Hall TWO WEEKS prior to the start of the class. Please do not jeopardize the class by registering too late. All classes are held at the Union Hall.

Thinking Math 3-5  

Tuesday, May 28^th - Saturday, June 1, 2024

9:00am- 3:00pm (2 CRD, 30 PDU)

This course is centered on multiplication and division, including making sense of remainders and zero, along with the start of proportional reasoning. Just like all Thinking Math courses, Thinking Math 3-5 focuses on the situational context of word problems. The course stresses the understanding and recording of student thinking, balancing conceptual and procedure learning, and mathematical justification.  This course has no prerequisites.  Thinking Math courses can be taken in any order and the content can be transferred to other grades and content areas.

Enhanced English Language Arts with Common Core State Standards

June 3^rd - June 7, 2024

9:00am - 3:00pm (2 CRD, 30 PDU)

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for ELA/Literacy were developed to provide clear and rigorous expectations, which progress across the grades, of what all students should know and be able to do to graduate with the literacy skills necessary to be college and career ready. Implementing the CCSS for ELA/Literacy will require major changes in teaching and learning: The text will be at the center of student learning, and students will be expected to delve deeply into complex texts and to demonstrate facility in reading, writing about and discussing that text. Teachers will need to understand well what the standards are, what instructional shifts are aligned to the standards, how to support students’ progress toward mastery of the standards, and how to determine and use CCSS-aligned resources. Participants will: Learn about the development and implementation of the CCSS. Learn about the standards and the major instructional shifts inherent in instruction designed to help students meet the standards. Discuss CCSS-aligned resources that can help build knowledge and support implementation of the ELA standards.

Journey to Algebra

June 10^th - June 14, 2024

9:00am - 3:00pm (2 CRD, 30 PDU)

This course is centered on fractions, decimals, ratios, percents and assessment issues for rational numbers.  Like all Thinking Math courses, Thinking Math Journey to Algebra focuses on the situational context of word problems.  The course stresses the understanding and recording of student thinking, balancing conceptual and procedure learning, and mathematical justification.  This course has no prerequisite.  Thinking Math courses can be taken in any order and the content can be transferred to other grades and content areas.

Reading Comprehension Instruction

June 17^th - June 21, 2024

9:00am - 3:00pm (2 CRD, 30 PDU)

This course focuses on how children learn to read and the best ways to teach reading from kindergarten to the end of the primary grades.

Strategies for Student Success Part 1

July 8^th - July 12, 2024

9:00am - 3:00pm (2 CRD, 30 PDU)

The Strategies for Student Success program is a research-based program consisting of modules that address teaching and learning aspects of the classroom for both new and veteran teachers.  Concepts and/or topics include professional learning teams, setting measurable objectives and meeting the needs of a diverse student population in the classroom.  These modules are designed to be delivered in three-hour sessions, which create a manageable method of connecting with educators.  The goals of this program are to offer quality professional learning.

Strategies for Student Success Part 2

July 15^th - July 19, 2024

9:00am- 3:00pm (2 CRD, 30 PDU)

The Strategies for Student Success program is a research-based program consisting of modules that address teaching and learning aspects of the classroom for both new and veteran teachers.  Concepts and/or topics include professional learning teams, setting measurable objectives and meeting the needs of a diverse student population in the classroom.  These modules are designed to be delivered in three-hour sessions, which create a manageable method of connecting with educators.  The goals of this program are to offer quality professional learning.

English as a New Language 101

July 22^nd - July 26, 2024

9:00am - 3:00pm (2 CRD, 30 PDU)

This course is designed for K-12 mainstream or general education teachers and paraprofessionals of English language learners who have little to no information or preparation to work with this rapidly growing population of students. There are four sections (modules) that will include research-based information on second-language acquisition; information about the cultural, academic, and linguistic diversity of ELLs, and a range of strategies and skills to differentiate instruction for ELLs while maintaining academic rigor. 

Managing Student Behaviors

July 29^th - August 2, 2024

9:00am - 3:00pm (2 CRD, 30 PDU)

The anti-social actions of a small but powerful number of students in school not only put their own academic success at risk but threaten the learning environment for everyone. This course presents research on emotional and behavioral problems of students who consistently act out. Participants will learn strategies to reduce and/or prevent the occurrence of disruptive or dangerous outbreaks.

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