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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
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The Teacher Leadership Certificate
Getting Grounded
in Teacher Leadership
Collaborator and Facilitator
Curriculum
and Assessment
Instructional Specialist
Data Dialogue
Facilitator
Moving into
Action
Reflective Coach
Staff Developer
Intervention & Learning
Strategies Network Opportunities (Sponsored by ILSN)
Powering-Up Problem-Solving Teams at the K-12 Level
Improving General Education Opportunities for students with ASD
Enhancing Communication Skills for students with ASD
Positive Behavior Supports for students with ASD
Enhancing Social Skills for students with ASD
Special Education Litigation Prevention: Avoiding Attorneys
Response to Intervention at the Secondary Level
Candidate
Support for National Board Certification (Sponsored
by NBPTS)
Front Range BOCES
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University Credit
Information
University of Colorado
Denver Continuing Ed graduate credit is available for most professional learning opportunities. Registration information and forms are available to participants onsite during scheduled training. Credit is approved through the Office of Continuing and Professional
Education at the University of Colorado Denver and costs $60 per semester credit (15 instructional hours).
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If you need to request a transcript or receive registration
assistance, please go to the UC Denver Registrar page on their website at
www.cudenver.edu/registrar, or contact the Registrar at
303-556-2389. To check on a grade or processing of a grade, contact the Office
of Continuing and Professional Education at 303-315-6312 or
cpe@ucdenver.edu
Front Range BOCES is a partner with
UCD School of Education and Human Development
Institutes & workshops
Thinking Maps: A Language for Leadership
Thinking Maps: A Language for Leadership is designed for school leaders to ensure deeper levels of thinking and improved levels of student achievement. The purpose of this training is to use Thinking Maps as a common visual language in your school or other learning organization for applying and improving thinking processes, communicating ideas and points of view, generating sustainable solutions, and assessing progress over time.
Participants in this training will:
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Review Thinking Maps
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Be introduced to the Thinking Maps Implementation Rubric
• Learn to use Thinking Maps as tools to facilitate organization thought processes, communication, problem solving and decision-making
• Build personal and professional fluency with thinking processes.
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Thinking Maps: Write from the Beginning
A K-5
Developmental Program for School-wide Writing Success
Training of
Trainers will Prepare you to:
Present
the Write…from the Beginning
concept to whole schools
Lead
introductory workshops for whole schools
Conduct
systematic follow-up visitations in each school
Give model
teaching demonstrations in classrooms
Facilitate
the development of curriculum applications
Lead
schools in assessing student learning using
Write…from the Beginning
This 7-day
workshop, spread over several months will offer you time to learn and
incorporate these great tools into your classrooms and your schools.
**To attend
this training, you MUST be trained and proficient in the use of
Thinking Maps®.
Instructor: Certified Thinking Maps Instructor: Jane Bruckner
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FEATS Summer 2010
| Facilitating Elementary
Achievement Through Science is an institutional model for
elementary school teams. The model supports students in writing
about their inquiry and learning from standards-based hands-on
science experiments. Dr. Michael Klentschy, in collaboration
with San Diego State University, has documented increasing
achievement scores in schools where students are highly impacted
by poverty and learning English as a second language. Students
made significant gains in writing, mathematical graphing
and science |
FEATS participants will:
- Understand the key program elements that lead to increasing
student learning and assessment results in writing, science, and
mathematics.
- Understand how to provide a foundation for student engagement
through the use of instructional strategies with "hands-on" science
materials that promote inquiry.
- Develop integrated literacy/science lessons that are consistent
with current research and best practices in standards-based
elementary science instructional planning.
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Teacher Leadership Certificate
Getting Grounded in Teacher Leadership
Please join
instructor Susan Sparks for this 4-day training module which
includes the following content:
- 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
context
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
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The Teacher
Leadership Certificate
Data Dialogue Facilitator
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Describe the key characteristics of collaborative inquiry
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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
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Recognize the importance of facilitation skills in achieving
desired outcomes and differentiate between helpful and
non-helpful facilitation
Skills
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Facilitate a collaborative, data-driven inquiry process with
a learning team
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Facilitate groups through dialogue that is focused by data
using several key strategies
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The Teacher
Leadership Certificate
Reflective Coach
Please
join instructors Heather Clifton, Cindy Harrison and Chris Bryan for
this 2-day training module which includes the following content:
- 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
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The Teacher Leadership Certificate
Collaborator & Facilitator
Please join instructor Heather Clifton on day 1 and Susan Sparks on day 2 for this 2-day training module which will include the following content:
- 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.
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The
Teacher Leadership Certificate
Curriculum & Assessment
Please join instructor Tina Kerschen for this 2-day training module which includes the following content:
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Compare and contrast standards-based curriculum and
classroom practices to non-standards-based systems
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Analyze curriculum documents to determine quality according
to current research about how people learn
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Contrast assessment of learning and assessment for learning
and analyze your school/district’s current practices in this
area
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Describe the range of assessment options and purposes at the
classroom, grade, and school levels
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Identify multiple forms/characteristics of rubrics and their
different purposes
Skills
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Select essential learning targets from a comprehensive
curriculum
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Align essential learning targets to specific assessment
methods
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The
Teacher Leadership Certificate
Instructional
Specialist
Please join instructors Donna Sobel and Chris Bryan for this 2-day training module which includes the following content:
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Describe various instructional
strategies that work well for students varying in culture,
language, abilities, and other characteristics
Skills
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Analyze diverse learning needs of a given student population
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Plan, implement, and assess varied approaches in response to
student differences in a classroom that ensure equity and
close the achievement gap
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Exhibit skills of collaboration in work with colleagues to
meet the needs of learners from diverse backgrounds and with
diverse needs
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The Teacher
Leadership Certificate
Staff Developer
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Demonstrate an understanding of research-based standards for
effective staff development
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Describe various models of staff development
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Justify ways staff development can have an impact on student
learning
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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
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Plan a staff development activity utilizing various models
of staff development and offer rationale for why they are
appropriate
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The Teacher
Leadership Certificate
Moving Into Action
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Summarize research findings about the school conditions and practices that
are most successful in helping all students achieve at high levels
Skills
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Interpret data related to student learning and set measurable goals
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Display skill and efficacy in facilitating the adoption of practices among
colleagues to help all students achieve at high levels
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Evaluate your development as a teacher and set goals for continued growth
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Intervention & Learning
Strategies Network (ILSN)
The Intervention & Learning Strategies Network provides professional development and leadership
opportunities for educators in the Denver area. 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 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
Powering-Up Problem-Solving
Teams at the K-12 Level
Every educator is central to the RtI process. The processes associated with the Response to Intervention (RtI) movement means that educators need to improve or develop new skills and strategies. This two-day workshop presents a systematic approach to collaborative problem-solving, for all school personnel, that is grounded in realistic and practical solutions
Instructor: Nancy Steele
Location |
Dates |
Cost |
Wheat Ridge Recreation Center
4005 Kipling Street
Wheatridge, CO 80033
303.231.1300 |
Future Dates TBD |
$125
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Improving General Education Opportunities for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
The dramatic increases in the number of Autism Spectrum Disorders calls for administrators, general and special educator, and related service personnel to have a knowledge and skills to effectively meet the needs of these students.
Instructor: Dr. Laurie Sperry
Location |
Dates |
Cost |
Wheat Ridge Recreation Center
4005 Kipling Street
Wheatridge, CO 80033
303.231.1300 |
Wednesday February 24, 2010
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$125
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Enhancing Communication Skills for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Many individuals with autism do not develop effective spoken language; these individuals require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to meet their communication needs. The first part of this workshop will focus on embedding communication opportunities into classroom routines and provide examples of communication temptations to elicit communication from students who are pre verbal. Strategies for staying on topic, conversation strategies and the pragmatic use of language will also be discussed.
The second portion of this workshop will discuss effective AAC systems and strategies to ensure individuals with autism can effectively communicate their wants and needs and make choices. Strategies to utilize AAC to address challenging behavior will be incorporated. User-stories via video and photographs will demonstrate the use of empirically validated strategies. Hands-on learning opportunities with low and high tech communication systems will be incorporated for attendees.
Instructors: Dr. Laurie Sperry & Dr. Patricia Wright
Location |
Dates |
Cost |
Wheat Ridge Recreation Center
4005 Kipling Street
Wheatridge, CO 80033
303.231.1300
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Thursday April 8, 2010
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$125 |
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Positive Behavior Supports for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
In the absence of a reliable and functional means of getting their wants and needs met, people with ASD may use problem behavior as a default means to make their needs known. This session will focus on teaching participants to functionally assess problem behavior and identify the “why” or purpose of problem behavior.
Based on the identification of the function of problem behavior, participants will develop a Positive Behavior Support plan that includes proactive strategies to prevent the problem behavior from occurring in the first place, and short term intervention strategies to put in place while the student is learning the replacement behaviors.
Participants will be taught new ways of responding when the problem behavior does occur and will develop a reinforcement plan to reward the desirable replacement behavior. The end of the session will focus on the development of a Crisis intervention plan to implement in the event of plan failure
Instructor: Dr. Laurie Sperry
Location |
Dates |
Cost |
Wheat Ridge Recreation Center
4005 Kipling Street
Wheatridge, CO 80033
303.231.1300
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Wednesday June 16, 2010
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$125 |
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Enhancing Social Skills for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Children with ASD may have a marked lack of interest in social interactions and need direct social skill instruction and numerous opportunities to practice. Children with ASD require meaningful experiences to generalize the direct instruction. Too often in inclusive settings there is an expectation set for children to use “their level of social development, and the resulting social goals may be unrealistic.
This session was created to help teachers and therapists plan for and identify meaningful social opportunities in an inclusive classroom. Teachers will learn ways of embedding social skills into naturally existing routines in their classroom. In addition to walking away with practical strategies we will pair data collection strategies for planning with
individualization of the social skill techniques.
Each participant will have the opportunity to utilize planning forms, data collection forms, and social skill work plans.
Instructors: Dr. Laurie Sperry & Katie Wells, MS Ed.
Location |
Dates |
Cost |
Wheat Ridge Recreation Center
4005 Kipling Street
Wheatridge, CO 80033
303.231.1300
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Thursday June 17, 2010
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$125 |
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Special Education Litigation Prevention: Avoiding Attorneys
Special education legal
involvement can often be avoided by simply understanding the law.
Special education law is complex, but the basics are not. Real
cases and a real teacher give this workshop a high relevance
factor. This training is for all school personnel who may be
involved with special education legal issues.
Instructor: Dr. Jacque Phillips, JD
Location |
Dates |
Cost |
Wheat Ridge Recreation Center
4005 Kipling Street
Wheatridge, CO 80033
303.231.1300 |
Friday March 12, 2010
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$125
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Response to Intervention at the Secondary Level
Dr. Larry Tihen, Executive
Director of Curriculum, Quality and Staff Development in
Lee County, FL, will explore three different implementation
models of RtI at the secondary level. Participants will be
provided with research-based practices that describe procedures
for:
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Establishing student criteria for entering and exiting interventions
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Linking appropriate interventions to specific academic challenges
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Determining data collection procedures and using data to
drive instruction
and
much more...
Location |
Dates |
Cost |
Embassy Suites Hotel
4444 North Havana Street
Denver, CO 80239
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Monday April 19, 2010
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$99
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National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
Candidate Support for National Board
Certification
The
primary goal of this course is to facilitate and support National
Board Candidates in a professional learning community setting to complete the
process of National Board Certification. This involves becoming a
reflective practitioner through a deep analysis of instruction,
pedagogical practice, student work, student learning, and
professional involvement.
Teachers will be given the opportunity to:
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Demonstrate knowledge and application of the NBPTS
Standards to their teaching practice.
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Analyze their practice, instructional goals,
concepts, methods, strategies, and student evaluation by
interpreting and examining the teaching and learning process.
- resent written commentaries which
include extensive analysis of videotaped lessons.
- Collaborate in a reflective community
with other candidates completing the NBPTS process.
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Dates |
Cost |
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Colorado Education Association
1500 Grant Street Denver, CO 80203
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September 26, 2009 - April 10, 2010 |
$175 |
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Upcoming
Opportunities
FEATS Summer 2010
Thinking Maps: Write from the Beginning
The Teacher Leadership Certificate
Getting Grounded in Teacher Leadership
Data Dialogue Facilitator
Collaborator and Facilitator
Curriculum and Assessment
Instructional Specialist
Staff Developer
Moving into Action
Reflective Coach
Intervention & Learning Strategies Network Opportunities (Sponsored by ILSN)
Improving Education Opportunities for
ASD
Enhancing Communication Skills for
ASD
Positive Behavior Supports for
ASD
Enhancing Social Skills for
ASD
Special Education Litigation Prevention
RtI at the Secondary Level
Candidate Support for National Board Certification
(Sponsored by NBPTS)
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