UNA Regional Inservice Center
Summer 2023
OUR SERVICE AREA
Colbert County, Florence City, Franklin County,
Haleyville City, Jasper City, Lauderdale County,
Marion County, Muscle Shoals City, Russellville City,
Sheffield City, Tuscumbia City, Walker County,
Winfield City and Winston County
Staff
Dr. Deanna Hollimon - Director for Professional Learning
Kim Richardson - Administrative Assistant
This session will provide ideas and strategies on how to incorporate computer science standards into literacy instruction in grades Pre-K - 5. Participants will be introduced to robotics resources through hands-on activities while learning how to engage students with exciting learning experiences.
Audience: Pre-K - 5 Teachers, Administrators and Reading Coaches
Facilitator: Dr. Karen Thorn
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Monday, June 5, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
When principals and local reading specialists work shoulder-to-shoulder, priority is focused on high quality instruction and support for teachers. Viola! This is where the real MAGIC occurs. One of the most important factors shaping a local reading specialist’s effectiveness is support provided by the specialist’s principal. Through a balanced partnership, principals and specialists can create a culture of growth and reflection. In this session, you will learn how a strong partnership benefits student achievement and ways to measure the effectiveness of coaching. Join our session to learn the secret ingredients to transforming your literacy program into a MAGICAL experience.
Audience: School Administrators, Local Reading Specialists (Current and Aspiring)
District Personnel who support coaching
Facilitators: Dr. Amy Jones and Christy Johnson, ARI
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Monday, June 5, 2023 - CANCELED
Time: 8:30-11:30
Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Time: 8:30-11:30
This session will provide an opportunity for ELA teachers to become more familiar with the ELA Course of Study by exploring grade level standards with colleagues. Teachers will gain an understanding of the progression of skills from kindergarten to twelfth grade, while also noting the standards specific to the grade level they teach. While familiarizing themselves with the standards, teachers will engage in grade level collaboration in order to unpack the standards and build relevant lesson plans ready to use upon their return to their classroom.
Audience: 4-12 Educators
Facilitator: Charissa Lambert, ALSDE Office of School Improvement, Literacy Specialist
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Time: 8:30-11:30
Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Time: 8:30-11:30
How do we know when a student shows proficiency of a standard? How do we know what skills are barriers between a student and their proficiency? How do we communicate these concepts to students and/or parents outside of grades? Proficiency scales will help us solve all of these conundrums. This session will provide an overview of the “Why” and “How” of proficiency scales. Teachers will look at the ELA proficiency scales specifically to determine how to best use them in their own classrooms. While all levels of understanding should benefit from this session, this is geared toward beginning learners in the world of proficiency scales.
Audience: 4-12 Educators
Facilitator: Charissa Lambert, ALSDE Office of School Improvement, Literacy Specialist
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Time: 12:30-3:30
Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Time: 12:30-3:30
Experience Dyslexia is designed to increase awareness of the difficulties and frustrations that people with dyslexia, as well those with the characteristics of dyslexia, encounter daily. We hope this experience will provide insight into working more effectively with these students and lead to greater empathy and understanding.
Audience: General Ed. Teachers, SPED Teachers, EL Teachers, Administrators, Interventionists
Facilitators: Christy Johnson and Angela Richardson, ARI
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Time: 8:30-11:30
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Time: 8:30-11:30
According to Judith Birsh, author of Multisensory Teaching and Basic Language Skills, “Although teachers may emphasize the use of multisensory strategies as pivotal for student success, these strategies are not always well understood.” This hands-on, interactive session will define multisensory strategies and provide teachers a few more ideas that can be added to their current practices.
Audience: K-5 teachers, EL Teachers, Interventionists, SPED Teachers
Facilitators: Rochelle Harrison and Angela Richardson
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
Alabama Achieves, the strategic plan of the Alabama State Department of Education, specifically focuses on providing students with highly effective teachers. The ALSDE has partnered with Cognia in creating a teacher observation tool that provides educators with specific areas of strengths/growth and aligns with the Alabama Core Teaching Standards. The instrument also assists educators in developing professional development plans and choosing informed professional learning experiences. In this session, administrators will be able to Understand the Teacher Observation Tool Utilize the Teacher Observation Tool for classroom observation Calibrate scores on the Teacher Observation Tool.
Audience: All Observers; Principals, Assistant Principals, Counselors, Instructional Coaches
Facilitator: Dr. Barry Wiginton
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
In this session, educators will develop an awareness of Alabama's Core Teaching Standards. They will collaborate to apply the Core Teaching Standards in practice and identify evidence of the Core Teaching Standards in their daily practice. Educators will also align the Alabama Core Teaching Standards to the dimension within Alabama's new Teacher Observation Tool.
Audience: All Observers; Principals, Assistant Principals, Counselors, Instructional Coaches
Facilitator: Dr. Barry Wiginton
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Thursday, June 8, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
Looking for more information about becoming National Board Certified? Are you thinking about going through the National Board Certification process? Do you want to know more about the process and how to begin the journey? This session is designed to introduce the process in detail and to begin to help you map out a plan of approach to become certified. We will also discuss specific logistical requirements from the National Board as well as the opportunity to join the University of North Alabama NBCT Support Program to help guide you through the entire process from beginning to end.
Audience: This workshop is for teachers who are looking to achieve National Board Certification.
PS Section #470894 for the Following Counties:
Colbert County, Florence City, Franklin County, Lauderdale County, Muscle Shoals City, Russellville City, Sheffield City, and Tuscumbia City
Facilitators: Dr. Lisa Clayton and Madonna Choat
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Thursday, June 8, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
PS Section #471063 for the Following Counties:
Haleyville City, Jasper City, Marion County, Walker County, Winfield City, and Winston County
Facilitator: Kristy Watkins
Location: Jasper High School Library, 1501 Viking Dr, Jasper, AL
Date: Monday, June 12, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
UNA-RIC will be offering National Board Certification support for the 2023-2024 school year. If you are interested in participating in NBCT professional learning and mentoring opportunities for this school year, please complete the following google form. We will then add you to our NBCT email list.
Schoology is a learning management system that is available to all educators in Alabama. Schoology enables teachers to create, manage, and share assignments and resources with their students and empower students to be involved in their own learning. This session will introduce participants to Schoology and how to create a class, share resources, and develop assignments for students.
Audience: K - 12 Teachers and Administrators
Facilitator: Dr. Karen Thorn
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Thursday, June 8, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Overview the features of PowerTeacher Pro and learn how to enter attendance, create assignments, enter grades, and print reports. Take a deeper look into items that may be of interest to you such as attaching standards to assignments, viewing class and student mastery, and more!
Audience: K - 12 Teachers
Facilitator: Kendall Tankersly
VIRTUAL - See PowerSchool for Zoom Link
Date: Monday, June 12, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Date: Monday, July 24, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Overview the features of Schoology and learn how to create assignments, align learning objectives, and use outside resources to supplement your material. In addition, learn about the grade passback process from Schoology to PowerTeacher Pro and how to configure this setup.
Audience: K - 12 Teachers
Facilitator: Kendall Tankersly
VIRTUAL - See PowerSchool for Zoom Link
Date: Monday, June 12, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
Date: Monday, July 24, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
Do you know ANA? In this session, you will get to know the Alabama Numeracy Act. Do you need to know about math instructional practices, math coaches, and math summer programming ? Then this is the session for you!
Audience: K-5 Teachers
Facilitator: Paula Pounders
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Monday, June 12, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:00
We are serving up sizzling strategies for math instruction! No matter where you are in the grilling game, these strategies will take your math instruction from medium to well done! This session will provide a framework for the components of a strong 60-minute math block. Learn how to support all students through engaging instructional strategies for Tier 1 instruction.
Audience: K-5 Teachers
Facilitator: Paula Pounders
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Monday, June 12, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
This professional learning will provide K-5 educators the opportunity to delve into the 2021 Alabama Course of Study: English Language Arts (ELA COS). Participants will have an opportunity to explore the content and grade-level standards. Participants will be able to interact with, not only teachers who teach the same grade, but other grade-levels to explore the similarities and differences as students move through the progression of English Language Arts standards across grade levels.
ELA Couse of Study: https://www.alabamaachieves.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-Alabama-English-Language-Arts-Course-of-Study.pdf
**Participants should have a copy of the ELA COS for this session.
VIRTUAL SESSION: See PS Notes section for Zoom information.
Audience: K-5 General Ed. Teachers, SPED Teachers, EL Teachers, Administrators, Interventionists, Newly Hired Local Reading Specialists
Facilitator: Amanda McClure
Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
Facilitators: Jennifer Alberstadt and Vironica Simmons
Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
Facilitators: Dr. Destiny McCryndle and Amanda McClure
Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
Overview the workflow for teachers to have access to documents in Special Programs and view general security settings. Note: This session will not cover Special Education related content, the session will only focus on the basic workings of the program and who has access to view.
Audience: District and School Special Programs Admins, Special Education Personnel
Facilitator: Kendall Tankersly
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
What if you could assess on the Tier 1 level and provide both Tier II remediation and assessment for those who need it all using one Google Form? Join us and let us help you build an auto-graded, results-driven assessment ready to share with your students! Bonus: We will also show you the ins and outs of formatting your Google Sheet results to help you better analyze your assessment data for reporting and helping your students.
Audience: 6th - 12th Grade, All Subject Areas
Requirement: Bring Laptop
Facilitators: Rainbow Sidwell and Pam Pepper
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
Does your school have a successful RTI system in place? Are you meeting the needs of all of your middle and high school students? Are all of your teachers involved in the RTI process? Do teachers provide Tier Two instruction in all classes? How do we do this? Let’s discuss all of these questions (and more) as we learn how the secondary RTI process is unique - just like our students! Learn how to support all students with simple steps you can implement for next school year. We’ll talk about secondary RTI teams, meetings, referrals, TIer Two interventions, scheduling, and how to make them all simple. You CAN have an effective RTI system in place that includes all teachers and students! We can meet the needs of every secondary student!
VIRTUAL SESSION: See PS Notes section for Zoom information.
Audience: Secondary Teachers and Administrators
Facilitators: Wendy Arnold and Carol Clemens
Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Time: 3:00 - 4:30
Standards-based grading better informs instruction by identifying areas of strength and needed improvement while providing valuable feedback to students, parents, teachers, and administrators in creating meaningful interventions. Join us for this half-day session to learn more about the process and impact for your students.
VIRTUAL SESSION: See PS Notes section for Zoom information.
Audience: K-12 Educators
Facilitator: Dr. Andrew Maxey
Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Time: 9:00 - 11:00
In this session, participants will learn how to facilitate a student-led IEP meeting. They will also learn how to support students in facilitating their own IEP meetings.
Audience: Middle and High School Special Education Teachers, Special Education Coordinators, Secondary Administrators
Facilitators: Carli Haskovec and Lisa McDougal
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
This professional learning opportunity is offered over a two-day period and will provide novice principals, assistant principals, and aspiring principals with knowledge and skills that focus on the following:
- School Culture
- Relationships
- Communication
- Managing Your Day
- Discipline and Attendance
- Decision Making
- Teaching and Learning
- Critical Conversations
- Finance
- Hiring and Firing
Audience: For novice principals, assistant principals, and aspiring principals
Facilitator: Dale Hancock
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
*Note: This is a two day training. You must attend both days. Please check your calendar.
Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
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Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
Do you ever ask yourself how you can get your students actively engaged in learning? This professional learning opportunity will provide you with strategies to use project-based and collaborative learning strategies in the classroom across multiple subjects at the secondary level, including math, English, science, history, and personal finance.
Audience: Grades 7-12 Educators
Facilitator: Dalina Hunter
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Thursday, June 15, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Date: Thursday, June 15, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
Vocabulary development is an essential skill students need to acquire to become English proficient. Learn how educators can use some strategies to support English learners' vocabulary development.
Audience: K-12 Teachers and EL Specialists
Facilitator: Miguelina Quinones
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Thursday, June 15, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
This session will provide an overview of how Strategic Goal 1 from the AL Framework for EL Success will be implemented, the ALSDE Guidance for High-Quality Instruction and Assessment (HQIA), the HQIA Training and Coaching Tools, and the Professional Learning Plan will be introduced.
Audience: K-12 Educators
Facilitator: Maria Franco, English Learner Education Administrator
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Friday, June 16, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Date: Thursday, July 13, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
During this session, P-12 educators will explore mindsets and beliefs related to classroom management practices; understand the link between disciplinary practices and achievement; and identify disparities in discipline. This session will focus on classroom climate and culture; clear, appropriate and consistent expectations and consequences; and equity and continuous improvement. This session is aligned to the following Alabama Professional Learning Standards: 3-Resources, 5-Learning Designs, 6-Implementation and 7-Outcomes. As a result of this session, P-12 educators will be equipped with skills to effectively manage classroom behavior by implementing supports and strategies that yield equity among students and greater student achievement results.
VIRTUAL SESSION: See PS Notes section for Zoom information.
Audience: P-12 Certified/Non-Certified/Emergency Teachers
Facilitator: Katryna Kinn
Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Time: 3:00 - 4:30
Schoology Basics will give 6-12 teachers an introduction into the Schoology learning management system. Teachers will learn how to set up and organize classes, enter assignments, and create tests and quizzes.
Audience: 6-12 Educators
Facilitator: Celeste McCollum
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
Crank up the bulldozers and backhoes! It’s time to dig the footers and lay the foundation for constructing dynamic problem-solving teams (PST) incorporating strong Tier I instruction, application of RTI and PBS models, and focused communication during PLC and PST meetings. Allow the guiding questions to help you consider the effectiveness of your existing PST process and generate ideas for improving problem-solving for all students.
Audience: District- and school-level administrators, PST/RTI/PBS coordinators, and school counselors. Potential Audience may include instructional specialists, teacher leaders, or anyone directly involved in the leadership/coordination of PST
Facilitator: Jill Edwards, ALSDE and Kevin Connell
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Date: Thursday, June 29, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Roll up your sleeves and grab your shovels for this deep-dive session exploring possibilities for improving the PST process at the primary level. Participants can expect to receive ideas and resources, as identified by school practitioners and leaders, to strengthen the K-6 PST process. Join us to consider ways you can renovate and revitalize your existing practices in supporting all students.
Audience: District- and school-level administrators, PST/RTI/PBS coordinators, and school counselors. Potential Audience may include instructional specialists, teacher leaders, or anyone directly involved in the leadership/coordination of PST
Facilitator: Jill Edwards, ALSDE
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
Audience: District- and school-level administrators, PST/RTI/PBS coordinators, and school counselors working with grades 6-12. Potential Audience may include instructional specialists, teacher leaders, or anyone directly involved in the leadership/coordination of PST.
Facilitator: Jill Edwards, ALSDE
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Thursday, June 29, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
The primary purpose for the cognitive complexity training to learn about the cognitive complexity embedded with the Text-Dependent Writing prompts included in the English Language Arts ACAP Summative.
In this training, participants will analyze 3 text dependent writing prompts across grades and genres to examine the type of thinking, action, or knowledge that must be demonstrated and communicated for a student to accomplish a task. Participants will discuss classroom application and review additional supporting resources provided by DRC.
Audience: 2-8 Teachers
Facilitator: Jill Edwards, ALSDE
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
This session provides educators with practical tools and strategies they can use to create a more engaging and effective learning experience for their students.
Audience: All Educators
Facilitator: Leigh Twigg
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
In this session, educators will explore differentiation in the classroom through the lens of cooking. Like a chef, teachers can use a variety of "ingredients" and "cooking techniques" to create a unique and flavorful learning experience for each student. Participants will leave with a recipe book of practical strategies to spice up their teaching.
Audience: All Educators
Facilitator: Leigh Twigg
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
Teachers explore Pre-AP design and instructional content-specific topics that empower them to apply what they’ve learned to their own grade level or course within their content area.
Target Audience: 6-12 Educators or Leaders
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Registration Fee: FREE for Alabama Educators and Leaders
Pre-AP English Language Arts: From Sentence to Synthesis
The Pre-AP English classroom trains students to craft complex sentences. By doing this, students build a foundation for complex thinking and for communicating ideas clearly. Students improve their reading comprehension through writing instruction and practice at the same time they learn to create clear sentences that incorporate textual evidence. By first concentrating on sentences and paragraphs, participants in this workshop learn how to help students acquire strong skills they can later use with essays and other types of writing.
Date: June 26, 2023
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
TEAMS APPROVED! Pre-AP Mathematics: Using Higher-Order Questioning
The Pre-AP shared principles of higher-order questioning and academic conversation support student engagement in mathematical argumentation and building connections among multiple representations as tools to develop fluency through conceptual understanding. In this workshop, participants examine the characteristics of a classroom culture of questioning in which both students and teachers are actively engaged in the questioning process. Participants will actively engage in a Pre-AP model lesson focused on purposeful questioning and academic conversations, to examine characteristics of questions that motivate student thinking and promote student access to grade-level content.
Date: June 27, 2023
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
TEAMS APPROVED! Pre-AP Science: Developing and Using Models
Modeling is a core practice for scientists as they use a variety of models to develop, refine, and communicate their ideas. In this workshop, participants will actively engage in a Pre-AP model lesson with an attention to modeling. They will examine how the Pre-AP shared principles and science areas of focus support student engagement in science practices such as modeling and scientific argumentation. Participants will then consider how they can apply new learning within their own classroom context to support students in constructing and then modifying their own scientific knowledge as new information becomes available.
Date: June 28, 2023
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Pre-AP Social Studies: Fostering Shared Principles
This workshop addresses the shared principles that build readiness for high school and beyond: close observation and analysis, higher-order questioning, academic conversation, and evidence-based writing. Through engagement with model lessons from the Pre-AP World History and Geography course, participants will explore how these interconnected shared principles, in partnership with the social studies areas of focus, help all students work with primary and secondary sources in the way that historians do.
Date: June 29, 2023
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Supporting the Pre-AP Program
Pre-AP administrators include anyone at the site or district level supporting the implementation of the Pre-AP Program. This may include District-Level Leaders, Principals, Instructional Coaches, and Counselors, in addition to the Pre-AP Coordinator. Pre-AP Administrators are strongly encouraged to engage in professional learning.
Pre-AP Readiness Workshop for Leaders: Leading with Pre-AP Shared Principles
Focus: The Readiness Workshop helps leaders examine gaps in student learning and explore why grade level content must be a priority in classroom instruction.
Participants will:
- Use data to identify equity gaps and explore ways to address those gaps
- Establish clarity on grade-level content and student work
- Explore the use of the Pre-AP shared principles in the classroom
- Connect this work to the goals of the Pre-AP program
Date: June 29, 2023
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
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This session will introduce educators to online applications and resources that are designed to support EL students in their learning and academic success.
Audience: K - 12 Teachers and Administrators
Facilitator: Dr. Karen Thorn
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Thursday, July 6, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Teachers are constantly looking for ways to support students with learning challenges in the classroom. This session is designed to offer general ed. classroom teachers ideas to make learning more engaging, effective, and efficient for students who need extra assistance in the classroom. Come and learn about instructional technology with built-in support tools that will increase capabilities for your EL and special needs students. Some of the things we will explore are tech tools with immersive reader, speech-to-text, recordable responses, and those that provide features that make differentiation easier.
Audience: K - 12 Teachers
Facilitator: Janet Burnett
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Monday, July 10, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Artificial Intelligence is changing the world and it is definitely going to change how we educate students. This session will delve into AI, including ChatGPT, and provide greater understanding and ideas on how to embrace this technology to empower teaching and learning.
Audience: K - 12 Teachers and Administrators
Facilitator: Dr. Karen Thorn
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Monday, July 10, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
This is a 6-hour virtual training that will take place in two, 3-hour blocks.
The professional learning session will Identify the purpose of using AlaKiDS.
- Review the assessment prompts and observation process
- Explore the AlaKiDS Materials Kits.
- Demonstrate how to enter the information into the AlaKiDS portal
VIRTUAL SESSION: See PS Notes section for Zoom information.
Audience: Kindergarten Teachers new to AlaKiDS
Date: Tuesday, July 11-12, 2023
Time: 9:00 - 12:00
Facilitator: Teaching Strategies Facilitator, Sheila Lewis
This professional learning will provide K-5 educators the opportunity to delve into the 2021 Alabama Course of Study: English Language Arts (ELA COS). Participants will have an opportunity to explore the content and grade-level standards. Participants will be able to interact with, not only teachers who teach the same grade, but other grade-levels to explore the similarities and differences as students move through the progression of English Language Arts standards across grade levels. NOTE: This is a summer offering of all the sessions ARI Local Reading Specialists facilitated to K-5 teachers throughout the school year in 2021-2022.
ELA Couse of Study: https://www.alabamaachieves.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-Alabama-English-Language-Arts-Course-of-Study.pdf **Participants should bring the copy of the ELA COS that was provided to them by their school system.
VIRTUAL SESSION: See PS Notes section for Zoom information.
Audience: K-5 General Ed. Teachers, SPED Teachers, EL Teachers, Administrators, Interventionists, Newly Hired Local Reading Specialists
Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
Facilitator: Jennifer Alberstadt and Vironica Simmons
Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
Facilitator: Dr. Destiny McCryndle and Amanda McClure
In this session, we will be sharing several interactive mathematics activities that can be done with materials teachers already have or which can be easily (and cheaply) obtained. The activities cover a wide range of content areas including algebra, geometry, and statistics. Participants will need to bring their own device (iPad, laptop, etc.) with internet capability and a graphing calculator.
Audience: Teachers of Mathematics in Grades 7-12
Facilitator: Joel White
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Thursday, July 13, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
This session examines how project-based learning (PBL) helps motivate, prepare, and inspire our students. PBL can take an overwhelming amount of planning and hard work. So, how do teachers overcome that obstacle? We will explore an example of PBL for 6th – 12th graders that is exemplary and FREE, BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science & Technology) Robotics. It is about much more than robots! This session will walk you through a season of BEST and help you make your PBL for 2023 the BEST ever! No knowledge of robots is necessary. If you want to prepare and inspire our future workforce, this session is for YOU!
Audience: Teacher and Administrators, Grades 6-12
Facilitator: Kim Sheppard
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Friday, July 14, 2023
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Join Paisley Varano, MA, BCBA, LBA and Haylee Goode, MS, RBT for a time dedicated to discussing behavior management and different proactive/reactive strategies to utilize in the school setting. You will learn some basic tips and tricks based on the science of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), new ways to use students' strengths to help them grow, and techniques for identifying why a behavior is occurring and what to do with that information. You will also discuss the importance of "picking priorities" for individual students, even in the general education setting. In this interactive training, there will be opportunities to brainstorm about different behaviors and situations, as well as to discuss specific ways to support your classroom or learning environment. Whether you are new to the education world or are a seasoned veteran, collaboration and learning from each other are of utmost importance in these ever-changing times.
Audience: Administration, General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, etc.
*Please bring notebook and pen/pencil
Facilitator: Paisley Varano and Haylee Goode
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Friday, July 14, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 3:30
This class provides teachers 36 hours of training in the Science of Reading through opportunities to plan instruction to meet student needs in the context of their classroom while gaining knowledge on reliable reading and spelling patterns, development of oral language and world knowledge, and metacognitive strategies for comprehension. The coaching staff at Neuhaus will follow up with each participant during the school year to assist you as you apply what you have learned in your classroom to best fit the needs of your students. The first Cohort of teachers who participated in this professional learning opportunity increased their knowledge of the science of reading by an average of 19% over the course of the class. A prerequisite to this course is: Reading Readiness 6 hours, on demand- pre-recorded and must be completed prior to September 1, 2023. Research has demonstrated the importance of phonological awareness, letter recognition, and oral language in the acquisition of reading and spelling skills. Participants will learn foundational skills that are necessary to develop fluent readers and accurate spellers, and receive hands-on, multi-sensory activities to teach and reinforce these skills. This virtual class provides remote learning with real-time instruction from Neuhaus instructors.
Audience: K-5 General Ed. Teachers, SPED Teachers, EL Teachers, Administrators, Interventionists
Facilitator: Neuhaus
Format: Virtual via Zoom
Date: July 24-28, 2023
You must register by July 3, 2023, to attend our center's session.
No partial credit will be given for this class, so please check your calendar before you sign up.
Neuhaus Summer 2023 Materials: In order to provide the best experience, we ask that all registered participants pick up their materials prior to day 1. It’s extremely important that the participants are prepared with materials in hand on Day 1.
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Audience: 6-12 Social Studies Teachers
Facilitator: Blake Busbin
Location: UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence, AL
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
This presentation offers an introduction to the Quantile Framework for Mathematics and addresses the following points:
(1) What is The Quantile Framework for Mathematics?
(2) What are Quantile measures for students and Quantile measures for math materials?
(3) Where can Quantile measures be found?
(4) What can be done with Quantile measures?
(5) How can Quantile measures be used in the classroom? (6) What resources are available for The Quantile Framework?
Requirements: Participants should have an electronic device with internet capabilities.
This session requires an email address provided by an Alabama public school system in order to access the account.
VIRTUAL SESSION: See PS Notes section for Zoom information.
Target Audience: K-12 Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Administrators
Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
This presentation offers an introduction to the Lexile Framework for Reading and addresses the following points:
(1) What is The Lexile Framework for Reading?
(2) What are the Lexile measures for students and Lexile measures for text?
(3) Where are Lexile measures found?
(4) How can The Lexile Framework be used?
(5) What are the benefits of The Lexile Framework?
(6) What resources are available for The Lexile Framework?
Requirements: Participants should have an electronic device with internet capabilities.
This session requires an email address provided by an Alabama public school system in order to access the account.
VIRTUAL SESSION: See PS Notes section for Zoom information.
Target Audience: K-12 Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Administrators
Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
We know too well that many of our students have experienced trauma, deeply affecting their foundational wellness, as well as their academic performance. Dr. Shields will share information, resources, and instructional tools to arm educators with a better knowledge to address these critical needs. She will also review ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) research and how ACEs impact resiliency, stress, and learning.
VIRTUAL SESSION: See PS Notes section for Zoom information.
Audience: All Educators
Facilitator: Dr. Melissa Shields, Asst. Superintendent ALSDE
Date: Friday, July 28, 2023
Time: 9:00 - 11:30
The Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program (ACAP) features a text-dependent writing (TDW) portion for second through eighth grade students. This professional learning session will guide participants to a new deeper understanding of the TDW portion of the assessment. Participants will analyze the cognitive complexity of TDW and explore instructional strategies for student success. Participants will develop next steps for classroom instruction and take away information to guide long term planning.
VIRTUAL SESSION: See PS Notes section for Zoom information.
Audience: 2nd-8th Grade Educators
Facilitator: Misty Wilson and Charissa Lambert
Date: Monday, July 31, 2023
Time: 8:00 - 11:00