Coweta's Professional Learning
December 2018
As we end this semester and look forward to time with family and friends, remember to plan for time to relax and rejuvenate. You have worked hard over the last few months to create the best learning environment for your students. Take time for yourself and enjoy your holiday season making sweet memories with family and friends!
As you plan for more discourse in your lessons, use the grid below to generate deeper questions.
ELA Professional Learning - Dr. Paula Baker
ELEMENTARY
Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 3:00 - 4:00pm, webinar
edWeb.net
Misconceptions About Student Literacy: Why Growth Flatlines and What to Do About It
In this professional learning session Dr. Gene Kerns, Chief Academic Officer with Renaissance will address the importance of literacy acquisition, strategies to assist students with building wider vocabulary and stronger background knowledge. Register for the webinar here. The recording will be available on Wednesday, December 5th.
Wednesday, December 5, 8:30 - 3:30 p.m., Auburn, Univ.
West GA RESA
Strategies and Structures for Reading and Writing
In this professional learning session teachers will draw from The Writing Strategies Book and The Reading Strategies Book. Jen Serravallo - author and presenter. Interested participants should communicate with school administration to complete registration process. Registration cost will be covered by respective school.
MIDDLE
Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 3:00 - 4:00pm, webinar
edWeb.net
Misconceptions About Student Literacy: Why Growth Flatlines and What to Do About It
In this professional learning session Dr. Gene Kerns, Chief Academic Officer with Renaissance will address the importance of literacy acquisition, strategies to assist students with building wider vocabulary and stronger background knowledge. Register for the webinar here. The recording will be available on Wednesday, December 5th
Tuesday, December 11, 4:00 p.m., Evans Middle School
Middle Grades ELA Department Meeting
The District and School Connect is a comprehensive educational platform designed to meet instructional and assessment needs of our schools. In this professional learning session participants will continue the discussion on the GCA item bank and Assesslet data. As time allows the participants will discuss the integration of Edgenuity MyPath and Renaissance STAR. Participants are asked to bring a Chromebook.
Thursday, December 13, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., Werz, SD1
Middle Grades ELA Department Meeting
In this professional learning session select school representatives will continue the data dig into the Assesslet data from the November 2018 administration. Participants are asked to bring a Chromebook.
HIGH
Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 3:00 - 4:00pm, webinar
edWeb.net
Misconceptions About Student Literacy: Why Growth Flatlines and What to Do About It
In this professional learning session Dr. Gene Kerns, Chief Academic Officer with Renaissance will address the importance of literacy acquisition, strategies to assist students with building wider vocabulary and stronger background knowledge. Register for the webinar here. The recording will be available on Wednesday, December 5th
Math Professional Learning - Mrs. Michelle Clarke
2019 STEAM Winterfest
Jan 5th, 2019 - West Georgia RESA, 8:30 - 1:00
Spend a day collaborating, sharing and learning the newest trends in STEAM education. Winterfest is for all grades and content areas. Event is free.
Middle School Math Collaborative Meeting
Jan 23, 2019 - Lee Middle School, 4:00 - 5:00
Collaborative Meeting among 6-8 teachers, review scope and sequence (2nd 9-weeks), and other updates. Please bring a charged chromebook to the meeting.
Making Sense of Mathematics, Grades 3-5: Algebraic Reasoning and Geometric Decomposition
January 29, 2019 - West Georgia RESA, 9:00 - 3:00
This workshop is intended to support content teachers, co-teachers and teacher leaders in situating this knowledge within learning progressions, classrooms, and the TQE (tasks, questioning, and evidence) process.
GoFormative Training: Instructional Technology Training
Jan 31, 2019 - Werz - PLC, 4:00 - 5:00
Training session on using GoFormative in your classroom to assess students in an effective way to collect data and item analysis. Want to learn more? Join us on Jan 31st. Please bring a charged chromebook and a short assessment (about 5 questions). Registration will open the beginning of January.
Science Professional Learning - Dr. Donald White
Social Studies Professional Learning - Mr. Phil Sykes
Other Professional Learning Opportunities
December 3, 2018 - 8:00am - 3:30pm
MS/HS Gifted Professional Learning - West GA RESA
December 3, 2018 - 2:00pm - SD#1
Elementary Gifted Professional Learning
December 4, 2018 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm - SD#1
Sexual Abuse Curriculum Committee
December 5, 2018 - 3:00pm - PLC
Assistant Principal training on OCR topics
December 6, 2018 - 12:30pm - 4:00pm - SD#1
ACCESS Test Coordinators
December 10, 2018 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm - SD#2
MTSS Professional Learning
December 11, 2018 - 3:30pm - SD#2
PBIS Professional Learning
December 2018, School Nutrition Building
School Nutrition - ServSafe training
Title I Technical Assistance Meeting
Wed., Dec., 12, 2018 SD#1
Immediately after the principals meeting
Topics of discussion: Budgets, Corrective action plans, Property inventory, and Parent engagement resources
References
https://www.edutopia.org/video/what-social-brain on December 3, 2018.
George Lucas Educational Foundation: Edutopia. (2018, July 25). The social classroom.
Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/video/what-social-brain on December 3, 2018.
Spicer, B. Building reading comprehension through questions, inquiry, and sketchnotes.
Retrieved from https://www.renaissance.com/2018/09/13/blog-building-reading-
comprehension-questions-inquiry-sketchnotes/ on December 4, 2018.