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about upcoming Front Range BOCES and Painstitutes & workshops

Classroom Walkthrough Training (CWT)
Intervention & Learning Strategies Network Events   (Sponsored by ILSN)
Leading Groups - Effective Strategies for Building PLCs with Bruce Wellman (Co-sponsored by CTLT)
Thinking Maps   (Co-sponsored by CTLT)
Math & Science PD Opportunities - Summer/Fall 2008

The Teacher Leadership Certificate

Getting Grounded in Teacher Leadership
Collaborator and Facilitator

Curriculum and Assessment
Data Dialogue Facilitator
Instructional Specialist

Moving into Action
Reflective Coach

Staff Developer


Front Range BOCES
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Dates for all FRBOCES and partner events of 2008-2009

View all current registration information for the calendar year
 

University Credit Information
University of Colorado credit is available on-site for most professional learning events & programs. Credit is approved through the Division of Continuing and Professional Education at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. It is usually at the graduate level, but occasionally undergraduate credit or continuing education units are also available.
To order a transcript, check on a grade, or receive registration assistance, go to the CU Denver Registrar page on their website here, or you can contact the Registrar at 303-556-2389. For assistance with Early Literacy or Adolescent Literacy certificate programs, please contact Brian McEntee at
brian.mcentee@cudenver.edu

 

Front Range BOCES is part of the UCDHSC School of Education and Human Development

 


 

Institutes & workshops

All Front Range BOCES and Partner events are listed below

 
Thinking Maps
Thinking Maps® are a common visual language for learning within and across disciplines. They are a proven system that  builds a common language for learning through visual tools to achieve lifelong student success!
 
The Thinking Maps Training of Trainers (TOT) is a process used by schools and school districts for the purpose of developing either a singular trainer or team of trainers for expanding and deepening the use of Thinking Maps in a whole school and/or within feeder patterns.
Thinking Maps is a common visual language for learning within and across the disciplines.

Upon completion of the TOT trainers will be able to:

  • Lead introductory workshops for whole schools

  • Conduct systematic follow-up visitations in each school

  • Give model teaching demonstrations in classrooms

  • Facilitate the development of interdisciplinary applications with state objectives

  • Lead schools in assessing student learning using Thinking Maps

 

Location

Dates

Cost

Adams 12 Training Center

1500 E 128th Ave

Thornton, CO 80241

 

Choose 1 Date:

September 25, 2008

October 30, 2008

 


$295.00 for FRBOCES Members
$325.00 for Non-Member District
 

 

 

 
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Leading Groups - Effective Strategies for Building PLCs
with Bruce Wellman

Group leaders wear many hats at once as they bring positional responsibility, technical knowledge and information to meetings and work sessions. Knowing when and how to assert oneself with the group and when and how to integrate oneself with the group is often a delicate balancing act for mindful leaders. Skillful leaders are able to manage three simultaneous agendas with and for their groups; task focus; process skill development; and group development. 

This session includes:
·
 principles and formats for designing effective group work
·
 developing flexibility across a continuum of interaction
·
 presenting-collaborating-facilitating
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 concepts and skills for framing group purposes, tasks and processes
·
 a repertoire of strategies for energizing groups and supporting information processing
·
 a toolkit of verbal and nonverbal skills and moves; and  ways to increase confidence when dealing with difficult topics and difficult groups

 

Location

Dates

Cost

TBD

 

November 3 & 4, 2008

January 21, 2009

 


TBD

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
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Teacher Leadership Certificate
Getting Grounded in Teacher Leadership
 
  • Describe the various roles that teachers can assume as leaders in a school/district
  • Explain the relationship between teacher leadership to student learning
  • Provide illustrations of the achievement gap and summarize research findings regarding its causes and cures
  • Document the significant external forces that are impacting schools to improve
  • Recognize several models of change, applying them to innovations in your contex
  Skills
  • Self-assess according to the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to be a teacher leader
  • Ascertain the best leverage points in your situation for being a teacher leader that would influence student learning
 

Location

Dates

Cost

TBD

TBD


$350
FRBOCES and CTLT members

$400.00
non-members

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Teacher Leadership Certificate
Moving Into Action
 
  • Summarize research findings about the school conditions and practices that are most successful in helping all students achieve at high levels
Skills
  • Interpret data related to student learning and set measurable goals
  • Display skill and efficacy in facilitating the adoption of practices among colleagues to help all students achieve at high levels
  • Evaluate your development as a teacher and set goals for continued growth
 

Location

Dates

Cost


Colorado Education
Association (CEA)

1500 Grant Street
Denver, CO 80203
Columbine Room
 

Feb 7, 10, 11, 2009, 4:30pm -8:30pm (Cohort2)*


*requires follow-up work

$175.00

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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The Teacher Leadership Certificate
Curriculum & Assessment
 
  • Compare and contrast standards-based curriculum and classroom practices to non-standards-based systems
  • Analyze curriculum documents to determine quality according to current research about how people learn
  • Contrast assessment of learning and assessment for learning and analyze your school/district’s current practices in this area
  • Describe the range of assessment options and purposes at the classroom, grade, and school levels
  • Identify multiple forms/characteristics of rubrics and their different purposes
Skills
  • Select essential learning targets from a comprehensive curriculum
  • Align essential learning targets to specific assessment methods
               
 

Location

Dates

Cost


Colorado Education
Association (CEA)

1500 Grant Street
Denver, CO 80203
Columbine Room

 

Tues., August 19th, 4:30p-8:30p

Thurs., August 21st, 4:30p-8:30p

Sat., August 23rd, 8:30a-3:30p

$175.00

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Teacher Leadership Certificate
Instructional Specialist
 
  • Describe various instructional strategies that work well for students varying in culture, language, abilities and other characteristics
Skills
  • Analyze the diverse learning needs of a given student population
  • Plan, implement and assess varied approaches in response to student differences in a classroom that ensure equity and close the achievement gap
  • Exhibit skills of collaboration in work with colleagues to meet the needs of learners from diverse backgrounds and with diverse needs
 

Location

Dates

Cost


Central Location TBD

 

 Sep. 27, 2008, 8:30a-3:30p
Oct. 4, 2008, 8:30-3:30p

$175.00

 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Teacher Leadership Certificate
Data Dialogue Facilitator
 
  • Describe the key characteristics of collaborative inquiry
  • Identify different types of data that can be used to inquire about learning, the questions that can be answered by each type and how to access them within the context of your school or district
  • Recognize the importance of facilitation skills in achieving desired outcomes and differentiate between helpful and non-helpful facilitation
Skills
  • Facilitate a collaborative, data-driven inquiry process with a learning team
  • Facilitate groups through dialogue that is focused by data using several key strategies 
 

Location

Dates

Cost

Central Location TBD

 

October Dates TBD

 

$175.00

 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Teacher Leadership Certificate
Reflective Coach
 
  • Know what kinds of coaching build what kinds of teacher thinking
  • Discuss how reflection on practice can impact teacher’s effectiveness in the classroom
  • Distinguish between coaching behaviors that  move teachers to higher levels of thinking and those that do not
  • Describe adjustments that can be made for coaching situations in order to be more culturally responsive
Skills
  • Conduct an effective planning and reflection conference
  • Apply effective communication skills in a coaching situation such as utilizing positive suppositions, designing questions, and using several types of paraphrasing
  • Exhibit coaching behaviors that move teachers to higher levels of thinking
 

Location

Dates

Cost


Central Location TBD

 

 November 8 & 15, 2008, 8:30a-3:30p

$175.00

 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Teacher Leadership Certificate
Collaborator & Facilitator
 
  • Recognize various strategies a facilitator can use for groups solving problems and making decisions
  • Summarize the research about collaboration and improved student achievement gains
  • Critique how professional learning communities facilitate student learning
Skills
  • Illustrate skills in the planning and selection of strategies for facilitating groups for different purposes
  • Display proficiency in utilizing various strategies and interventions for conflict situations so as to increase the benefits of healthy disagreements in serving students.
 
 

Location

Dates

Cost

 

TBD

 

 

(Cohort 2)

Dec. 2nd, 4:30pm-8:30pm

Dec. 13th, 8:30am-4:30pm

Dec. 16th, 4:30pm-8:30pm
 

$175.00 (Sign up for one Cohort Only)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Teacher Leadership Certificate
Staff Developer
 
  • Demonstrate an understanding of research-based standards for effective staff development
  • Describe various models of staff development
  • Justify ways staff development can have an impact on student learning
  • Compare/contrast the differences between teaching adults and children
Skills
  • Exhibit skill and efficacy in teaching the adult learner
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of a staff development experience using standards for effective staff development
  • Plan a staff development activity utilizing various models of staff development and offer rationale for why they are appropriate
 

Location

Dates

Cost


Central Location TBD
 

 

January 10, 2009, 8:30a-3:30p
January 13, 2009, 4:30p-8:30p

January 20, 2009, 4:30p-8:30p
 

$175.00

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Classroom Walkthrough Training
This on-site training provides
  • A unique process and set of practical tools to monitor and sustain effective practice and improved student outcomes.

  • A way to build a professional learning community at a school with a common language and understanding of effective practices.

  • Built upon research on leadership, school effectiveness, professional development, teaching and learning, and reflective practice.

 

 
Intervention & Learning Strategies Network (ILSN) Events

The Intervention & Learning Strategies Network in collaboration with the Metro Regional Professional Development Council provides professional development and leadership opportunities for educators in the Denver Metropolitan Region. Its activities are designed to support School District , Front Range BOCES for Teacher Leadership, and Colorado Department of Education initiatives.

 
The overall goals are to increase the skills and leadership capacity of Metro educators and to increase achievement for all students, but especially students with disabilities. High quality professional development is provided through trainings, workshops, book studies, and intensive classes. Nationally known and local experts in their fields provide professional development in Response to Intervention, Language and Literacy Development, Data Informed Instruction, and Differentiation of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
 
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Math and Science Professional Learning Opportunities - Summer/Fall 2008

 
Are you a K12 Math or Science teacher looking for learning opportunities? Check out this comprehensive list of summer and fall Professional Development and Content courses geared toward k-12 Science and Math Teachers. Locations vary across the central region of the state.
 
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Quicklink to ALL Upcoming Events

Great Opportunities!

Wisdom of Mentoring
Online Mentor Training w/ Peer Seminars
Register Now!

Teacher Leadership Certificate: Curriculum and Assessment
Aug. 19th, Aug. 21 and Aug. 23

Thinking Maps 1-Day Intro!
Teachers: Implement Immediately
into Your Classroom!
Registration opens in August!

 

 

 

 

 

  Susan Sparks Executive Director

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Susan Sparks
Executive Director
susan.sparks@cudenver.edu

Baye Taff
Program Coordinator
baye.taff@cudenver.edu