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KAPPA DELTA PI | SETON HALL UNIVERSITY | Oct. VOL. 3 ISSUE 2
Have a Spooktacular Fall with KDP!
This month's newsletter features some ghoulish delights
- Double, double, toil and trouble: What's All the Fuss About "PD"?
- Fire burn and cauldron bubble: Save the Dates!
- Eye of newt: Educator / Administrator Resources
- Toe of frog: Mary Jennings Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser
- Wool of bat: ELLs in the Mainstream Recap
- Blind-worm's sting: +More!
Here are some additional October observances you might consider talking about in your classroom this month:
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Worldwide)
- National Bullying Prevention Month (US)
- National Cyber Security Awareness Month (US)
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month (US)
Yours in Education,
Emma, Jacqueline, Karly, Katie, Caroline, & Sarah
Xi Gamma Chapter Executive Board, Seton Hall University
Κ Δ Π International Honor Society in Education
What's all the Fuss about "PD?"
What is PD? Why do I keep hearing about the importance of PD?
PD is any kind of formal in-service training to upgrade the content knowledge and pedagogical skills of teachers and administrators and is widely viewed - and sometimes required - as an important means of improving teaching and learning. Usually teachers are required to obtain a certain amount of hours of PD during the course of their teaching year.
How do I know if something I attend counts as PD?
Workshops, summer-institutes, conferences, programming, meaningful group learning sessions, and personal coaching sessions could all be considered PD.
PD should include components of:
- Theory and practice-based design
- Active learning
- Collaboration
- Data-driven
- Research
- Best Practices
- Evaluation
I participated in PD! Now What?
Make sure you receive a PD certificate or some sort of documentation. You may be required to prove your attendance. Next, note your PD on your resume. Need assistance? Either stop by The Career Center during daily drop-in hours or make an appointment: 209 Bayley Hall - (973) 761-9355
Learn more about PD here.
PD in NY! NY Elementary School Teachers for FREE Engineering Workshop
WNET is offering a free Professional Development Workshop for teachers in grades 3 – 5, as part of its new Teaching Engineering in New York project. This workshop and accompanying Teaching Engineering in New York resources are designed to help teachers incorporate engineering concepts and skills into science lessons and address the new New York State science standards.
Details:
- Date/ Time: November 7th, 2017, 9:00am – 3:00pm
- Location: WNET New York Public Media; 825 8th Ave, New York, NY
- Overview: Teachers will master the engineering design process and understand how it can be applied to their science teaching. Participants will identify engineering concepts that are already part of their lessons and discover opportunities to tie in new engineering concepts into existing and new lessons. Teachers will explore PBS LearningMedia, a free, online service that contains thousands of media-rich STEM resources aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and specifically support the engineering practices emphasized in the standards. Participants will undertake an engineering design challenge, which will inform the planning of an engineering lesson for their classroom. Teachers will also attend 90-minute follow-up workshop in the winter to present their lessons and learn from each other’s experiences. Both workshops qualify for CTLE hours.
Refreshments will be provided!
Please RSVP to Yehosheva Markovitz (MarkovitzY@thirteen.org) by October 30th, 2017. Include your name, the grade(s) you teach, and your subject specialization if any.
We live in a global society. How do we teach students to become global citizens? How do we prepare our lessons so they become more aware of diversity issues and have positive attitudes toward learning and understanding diverse people and cultures?
Educators must teach their students the importance of diversity and being inclusive by using a variety of books that incorporate many diverse elements across the curriculum.
Multicultural literature plays a key role to teach students about diverse people, cultures, history, and events. International literature also serves as a great resource to teach students differences and similarities of people and cultures around the world.
By attending this webinar, participants will learn:
- Key studies regarding the use of multicultural literature in the classroom
- An important link of multicultural literature to shaping students' identities
- Sources and recommended multicultural and international literature
- How to apply multicultural and international literature to teaching across the curriculum
Register Now! (Note: if you cannot attend live, register to receive the link to the recording.)
Check out our calendar of events to find upcoming webinars, too.
Achieve Volunteer Tutor Program
Interested in Tutoring? Participate in the Achieve Volunteer Tutor Program!
All tutoring takes place in South Orange & Maplewood public schools and is supervised by district personnel. Volunteers can choose after school, evening or weekend sessions.
There are two upcoming evening training workshops:
Wednesday, October 11th and 18th.
(Volunteers only need to attend one date, there are two choices to make scheduling as easy as possible for the tutors).
Additional information and online forms are available here.
October is National Bullying Prevention month! Help build empathy in your students from an early age by talking about how friends can be different and modeling healthy conflict resolution strategies. Sesame Street in Communities has resources to help you talk to parents about bullying and teach kids about empathy for others. Check out the Caring & Sharing page for articles, videos, printable activities, and story books. For updates and to receive the SSIC newsletter, create an account at www.sesamestreetincommunities.org.
Education Career Fair
SAVE THE DATE!
Meet educators and administrators from all of New Jersey!
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Saint Peter's University - McMahon Center - Duncan Family Sky Room - Jersey City, NJ
4-6:30pm
More information to follow soon!
Mark your Calendar
October 21: Run with Dean Maureen!
October 22: Mary Jennings Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser Game
October 26-28: KDP Convo 2017, Pittsburgh
November 9-10: NJEA Conference, Atlantic City
March 1: Author Matthew Despond Visiting SHU
March 7: Education Career Fair, St. Peter's University
Calling all CEHS Alumni
ALUMNI!
Are you doing something amazing in your classroom/school/district/institution? A project you are working on? A presentation? A talk? A workshop?
Please get in touch so we can celebrate your accomplishments together! We would love to feature you in this newsletter and do a write up a short narrative about the project.
Please email kdpxigamma@gmail.com to share with us.
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Halloween dates back thousands of years to the Celtic people of ancient Europe, who recognized October 31 as the last day of autumn and had festivals to celebrate. Over time, the holiday evolved into the secular and community-based event known for activities like trick-or-treating and bobbing for apples that we love today. Make slime, use math to share candy, study zombie brains, and explore the concept of fear with these videos and lesson plans for PreK-12. Check out PBS' Halloween Resource Collection here.
Educator Resource: Self Care Mini Retreats
Time
Spend at least two full hours in silence, distraction-free. Often, the best times to take a retreat are when we feel too busy to do so. Intentionally carve out the time you’ve decided to give yourself in silence, and put it on your schedule to make sure it happens.
Permission
It can be a radical gesture not to be doing something 24/7 and to take the time to just ‘be.’ A two or three-hour mini-retreat isn’t self-indulgent. It’s an essential part of self-care that can help you better serve your students or clients.
Preparation
Listen to yourself and what you feel you need. Consider creating a schedule of meditation and mindful movement. Or you might simply want to sit quietly and rest and/or go for a long walk in nature.Decide if you want to retreat alone or with a like-hearted friend or small group of colleagues. If you decide to retreat with others, make sure to cover ground rules and expectations before diving in.
Silence
Turn off your phone and unplug all other communication and entertainment devices. If you live with others, ask them to respect the period of silence and to please not disturb you.
Dedicating time just for you isn’t self-centered. It’s self-centering. Letting go of everyday stresses and distractions can help you clear your head and reconsider your priorities, which will enable you to be more present and responsive to your students. Read Sit, Walk, Don't Talk: How I Survived a Silent Meditation Retreat by Jennifer Howd
Program Recap: ELLs in the Mainstream
ELLs in the Mainstream: A Toolkit for Pre-Service Teachers with Dr. Bryan Meadows
A great success! Thank you to those who attended!
Sponsors: Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education and Educational Studies Department
Conference in Education
About #KDPconvo17
- Convocation, or Convo, is more than just a biennial conference—it’s one of KDP’s longest-standing traditions.
- The workshops, idea exchanges, keynote speakers, and networking opportunities make Convo truly a one-of-a-kind experience.
- Attendees have an opportunity to meet education rock stars including members of the Laureate Chapter, present workshops or poster sessions, and get training as chapter leaders.
- Convo is also where chapter and individual award winners are recognized. It is an event that every Kadelpian should experience at least once.
Mary Jennings Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser
Autism Speaks WALK
Autism Speaks Walk is powered by the love of parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, relatives and support providers for people with autism.
With every step you take and every dollar you raise, you help enhance lives today and accelerate a spectrum of solutions for tomorrow.
Register here.
TESOL Certification at SHU: Did You Know?
"It would be great for Education majors to know about SHU's Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Graduate Certification because the courses take place over a single weekend (one weekend per course) and there are only 5 courses that need to be taken to become certified as an ESL teacher. They can be taken at the Undergrad or Graduate level as well! I found out about it while tabling at the Involvement Fair, and I just don’t think many Education majors know about it!"
- Jacqueline, KDP E.Board Member
Find out more here.
Free Cyberchase Workshop and STEM texting program in NYC for Elementary Teachers
Do you teach grades 1-3 in or near NYC? Would you like to help pilot a new texting program for teachers? Want to learn about free STEM resources for your classroom from the award-winning children’s program Cyberchase?
If so, sign up for WNET’s free workshop for teachers in grades 1-3, taking place on Wednesday, November 1st from 4:30-6:30pm in NYC.
Dinner will be served.
All attendees will receive free Cyberchase/WNET items.
Register here.
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