The Royal Oak Education Association

Topic

Presenter

Description

I

8:30

Working with Below Grade Level Students

Linda Burton

Organizing Your Literacy Block for Instruction:  Implementing the Daily 5/CAFE  to support Guided Reading.

Authentic Assessment Design

Kerry Derminer

Go beyond multiple choice tests...real assessment does not have to be difficult to facilitate or check.  Learn methods to help you assess your students.

II

9:30

Parents:  Communication & Inclusion

Paul Surdenik

Ways to turn parents into partners in our educational goals.  Tips, strategies, and approaches.

Managing Paperload

Steve Chisnell

Inundated with papers? Here’s how de-centering the teacher-manager role and expanding audiences can save hours and offer more authentic assignments, too.

III

10:30

Quality Classroom Management

Patti Bostwick

A discussion of ways to build student responsibility into students using Glasser’s Choice Theory.

Planning a Middle Years Programme (MYP) Unit

Kerry Derminer

Participants will explore the parts of the MYP Unit Planner from the Significant Concept to Reflection.  The MYP Curriculum Framework provides best practice methods to construct effective inquiry based instruction.

Lunch

“Words of Wisdom”

tbd

Our catered lunch (free but with donations going to ROEA Scholarship Fund) will find some contentious table-talk topics ready for you to tackle!

IV

12:30

Accommodating Instruction for English Language Learners

Christy Osborne & Violet Andoni

This session will give an overview of the cultural and educational needs of English Language Learners in Royal Oak. IVParticipants will hear overviews about the major cultures and cultural needs of Royal Oak's ESL students and leave with some practical ways to accommodate instruction in their classroom.

Writing Digitally

Steve Chisnell

How our writing assignments and assessments change when done electronically.  Changing our frameworks of thinking, rubrics, and applications.

V

1:30

Lesson Idea Roundtable:  Elementary

Karen Christian

Bring your ideas and questions!  Here we will share and build upon a wide range of elementary lesson plans.

Lesson Idea Roundtable: Secondary

Mia Gutierrez

Bring your ideas and questions!  Here we will share and build upon a wide range of secondary lesson plans.

VI

2:30

Student Growth – Defining & Collecting Evidence  

Steve Chisnell

New evaluations in Royal Oak ask us to offer evidence of student growth.  What does this look like and how do we find it?  Here is a primer.

Tbd

tbd

Description will be forwarded as soon as it is available.

Close

“What’s Next?”

Steve Chisnell

So how do we continue our discussion?  Beyond ideas for expanding discussion with your ROEA colleagues, we will discuss how to incorporate today’s work into evaluation goals, IDPs, and mentor talks.