Region 13 Fall and Spring PD
Social Studies (2014-2015)
Fall and Spring Workshop Offerings
rachel.hernandez@esc13.txed.net or 512.919.5425
Unless noted otherwise, all face-to-face workshops will be held at:
Education Service Center Region 13
5701 Springdale Rd. Austin, TX 78723
Workshops run 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (check course offering for any change of time)
For detailed workshop descriptions and to register, log-in to Region 13's e-campus system (click on link below). Other Social Studies workshops may be added to this list over the course of the year. Workshops lacking at least 10 participants, 7 business days prior to the workshop date, may be subject to cancellation.
Accessing the General Curriculum in the Social Studies Classroom: Inclusion in the Age of STAAR
Audience: Secondary Social Studies Teachers & Special Education Support Teachers
Cost: $45.00 (Free to all Region 13 teachers. Check the registration page for the discount code!) All participants will receive a copy of Marcia Tate's book, Social Studies Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites.
CPE: 6 hrs
Workshop ID: FA1430153
Presenters: Rachel Hernandez & JC Sanders, Region 13 Education Specialist: Special Education
The Social Studies Critical Thinking Lab (Cancelled due to low registration. Join the December session!)
Audience: Social Studies Teachers - Grades 4 & 5, Secondary Social Studies Teachers through U.S. History
Cost: Free (This workshop is supported by a Teaching with Primary Sources - Library of Congress grant)
CPE: 12 hrs (partial credit will not be awarded for attending one day only), 3 hrs GT credit
Workshop ID: FA1430054
Presenters: Rachel Hernandez & SSCTL Grant Cohort Teachers
Social Studies Tech Tools Camp (Cancelled due to low registration)
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Cost: $80.00
Workshop ID:
Presenters: Rachel Hernandez and Jennifer Woollven (Region 13 Technology Specialist and former Social Studies teacher)
Check out the Tech Tools Camp Website
The Big Learn: Distance Learning Connect and PBS LearningMedia (Cancelled - yup, due to low registration)
Audience: Grade 5 and 8 Social Studies teachers and all level school librarians
Cost: $20.00
CPE: 6 hrs
Workshop ID: FA1430818
Presenters: Morning - Rachel Hernandez & Carol Teitelman, Region 13 Distance Learning Coordinator/Afternoon - Rachel Hernandez & Ben Kramer, Director of Education, KLRU-TV, PBS Austin
Revving Review for STAAR Success in High School U.S. History
Audience: High School U.S. History Teachers & Special Education Co-Teachers
Cost: $80.00
CPE: 6 hrs
Workshop ID: FA1429092
Presenter: s3strategies
Social Studies Leadership Meeting (2014)
Audience: Social Studies District Coordinators & Specialists, Instructional Coaches, Social Studies Teacher Leaders
Cost: Free
CPE: 3 hrs
Workshop ID: FA1428547
Presenter: Rachel Hernandez
*This will be the only Region 13 Social Studies leadership meeting for the 14-15 school year. No spring meeting will take place.
Exploring Texas Workshop Series: Discovering Texas History Conference - Focus 1836 to 1900
Audience: Grade 4 & 7 Texas History Teachers
Cost: $35.00
CPE: 12 hrs (partial credit will not be awarded for attending one day only), 12 hrs GT credit
Workshop ID: FA1428864
Presenters: Various Presenters
*Location: Bullock Texas State History Museum
Games that People Play! Interactive Games that Promote Language Development in the Social Studies Classroom
Audience: K-8 Social Studies Teachers & K-8 Teachers Supporting English Language Learners
Cost: $80.00
CPE: 6 hrs
Workshop ID: FA1429099
Presenter: Bill Perryman, co-author of 7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom, Navigating the ELPS in the Social Studies Classroom, and author of From Lanterns to Liberty: The Story of Midnight Rider - Paul Revere.
Echoes and Reflections - Teaching the Holocaust
Audience: Grade 6, World History, U.S. History Teachers & secondary school librarians.
Cost: Free (This workshop is joint program of the Anti-Defamation League, USC Shoah Foundation and Yad Vashem)
CPE: 6 hrs
Workshop ID: FA1430159
Presenter: Mary Lee Webeck, Ph.D., Director of Education, the Houston Holocaust Museum
The Social Studies Critical Thinking Lab (Cancelled, Sorry!)
Audience: Social Studies Teachers - Grades 4 & 5, Secondary Social Studies Teachers through U.S. History
Cost: Free (This workshop is supported by a Teaching with Primary Sources - Library of Congress grant)
CPE: 12 hrs (partial credit will not be awarded for attending one day only), 3 hrs GT credit
Workshop ID: FA1430057
Presenters: Rachel Hernandez & SSCTL Grant Cohort Teachers
Curriculum Connections: Elementary Science and Social Studies Connected
Audience: Grades 3-5 Teachers
Cost: $80.00
CPE: 6 hrs
Workshop ID: SP1530123
Presenters: Cynthia Holcomb, Region 13 Elementary Science Specialist, & Lori Reemts, Region 13 Project Coordinator, Curriculum & Instruction
Seven Steps to an Interactive Language-Rich Classroom
Audience: K-8 Social Studies Teachers & K-8 Teachers Supporting English Language Learners
Cost: $100.00 (All participants will receive - 7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom)
CPE: 6 hrs
Workshop ID: SP1530048
Presenter: Bill Perryman, co-author of 7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom, Navigating the ELPS in the Social Studies Classroom, and author of From Lanterns to Liberty: The Story of Midnight Rider - Paul Revere.