Summer 2017
CRCSD PL Courses
Registration Information
To find our more about each course you can visit the course offerings page by clicking here.
To register for courses click here.
Questions please contact Amy Marner at amarner@cr.k12.ia.us
Note: Courses that do not meet the minimum requirement of at least 12 participants registered at least 1 week prior will be canceled.
Online Courses
Tech for Online Learning Pt 1
Dates:
6/1/17 Course Opens
6/8/17 1st Module Due
6/15/17 2nd Module Due
6/28/17 Final Module and Paperwork Due
Description:
This course helps educators understand what online learning is like from the student perspective. It gives a firm foundation for the different type of activities that constitute online learning, as well as a firm pedagogical base for what students need in order to be successful. Focus on announcements, modules, discussions, and independent tool exploration.
This course is intended for all educators, including those who will teach online and those who will not.
Tech for Online Learning Pt 2
Dates:
6/22/17 Course Opens
6/29/17 1st Module Due
7/6/17 2nd Module Due
7/13/17 Final Module and Paperwork Due
Description:
This course helps educators understand what online learning is like from the student perspective. It gives a firm foundation for the different type of activities that constitute online learning, as well as a firm pedagogical base for what students need in order to be successful. Focus on screencasting, online assignments, rubrics and feedback, and quizzes.
This course is intended for all educators, including those who will teach online and those who will not.
Hybrid
Creating Classrooms for Social Justice
Dates:
June 26th 8am - 12pm
Individual Debrief - scheduled at your convenience
The rest of the course will be delivered online through Canvas, final date for all coursework is Friday August 4th.
Description
Participants in this class will have the opportunity to learn about and reflect on their own intercultural competence; they will engage with enlightening texts, collaborative dialogue, reflective assignments and instructional planning. In order to guide this work, participants are required to take the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) prior to the start of class. In addition to having a group debrief of the IDI in the kick-off face-to-face class, participants will be required to schedule and complete an individual debrief prior to the end of the course. At the end of this class, participants will have created an individual growth plan around their intercultural competence and will have developed a plan of action to implement learning into their instructional practice.
Face to Face
NGSS
Translating the NGSS into Classroom Instruction
8/7/17 8 am - 4 pm
8/8/17 8 am - 4 pm
Description:
Through this course, participants will be able to translate the Next Generation Science Standards into Classroom Instruction through the design of units/lessons using the NGSS and the 5 E Instructional Model of Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate. Participants will utilize backwards design to create assessments and design lessons to meet the performance expectations of the NGSS. Students will have a more authentic science experience where they will develop an in-depth understanding of content and develop key skills—communication, collaboration, inquiry, problem solving, and flexibility—that will serve them throughout their educational and professional lives.
LCA
Dates:
6/12/17 8 am - 12 pm
6/13/17 8 am - 12 pm
8/9/17 8 am - 12 pm
8/14/17 8 am - 12 pm
Harding MS Cohort
6/19/17 8 am - 4 pm
6/20/17 8 am - 4 pm
Description:
Through this course, participants will understand the Philosophy of Learner Centered Assessment and the Instructional Shifts that must occur to have a Learner Centered Classroom. It is more than Grading! Participants will engage with philosophical discussions and understand the theory of Learner Centered Environments. Participants will be guided by the work of John Hattie and the effect size of Assessment Capable Learners. “Assessment capable learners are students who can assess their own learning. They take risks and know what to do when they don’t know what to do. They know WHERE they are going in their present learning, HOW they are getting there and WHERE TO GO NEXT as they evolve as a learner.” Using Marzano strategies, participants will develop steps and tools to create a Learner Centered Classroom. Course is 15 hours of face-to-face instruction as well as approximately 15 hours of out of class assignments.
Engaging Audiences with Technology
7/24/17 8 am - 12 pm
7/25/17 8 am - 12 pm
7/26/17 8 am - 12 pm
7/27/17 8 am - 12 pm
Description
Participants will learn how to incorporate technology into professional learning and their classroom to provide an interactive and engaging learning experience for adults and/or students. Learned skills also have implications for incorporation into classroom lessons. Incorporated technology will include EdPuzzle. Plickers, Nearpod, Kahoot, Pechaflickr, Canvas, Versal, Office Mix, Quizlet and many others. Participants in this course will learn about features of technology that will aide in the delivery of professional learning, classroom lessons and create an engaging experience for adult and student audiences. Successful completion of the course will include the creation of professional learning and/or a classroom lesson incorporating learned technologies. Using technology tools will enhance professional learning, provide teachers differentiated learning opportunities and increase adult and/or student engagement. These technology tools can also be used directly in the classroom to provide a blended learning environment for students with embedded formative assessment.
LeTRS (2 opportunities)
Dates:
1994-17-003 @ Harding MS IMC
6/6/17 8 am - 4:30 pm
6/7/17 8 am - 4:30 pm
6/8/17 8 am - 4:30 pm
6/9/17 8 am - 4:30 pm
OR
1994-17-004 @ ELSC
8/1/17 8 am - 4:30 pm
8/2/17 8 am - 4:30 pm
8/3/17 8 am - 4:30 pm
8/4/17 8 am - 4:30 pm
Description:
This course is designed for K through 2nd grade teachers. It will focus on foundational reading skills and analyzing student work to determine why students may struggle with reading. Teachers will learn about why reading difficulties may occur, discuss instructional materials, practice new instructional routines, and analyze student work samples to determine next steps. Participants will move from theory to practice and will be expected to implement learning in their own classroom.
Marzano and Mindset (Under Construction)
We are anticipating two summer dates and then three additional sessions within the first couple months of school.
Participants will engage in learning around Marzano’s Instructional Framework and application to their classrooms. This course will focus primarily on elements within Communicating High Expectations and/or Building Relationships. To support this learning participants will self-assess over time utilizing Marzano’s scales and measures. The course will also incorporate the impact of teacher mindset on student achievement.