2012 Spring Conference Workshops
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Sunday Morning
8:30-9:30
Pre-Conference Workshop: Literacy in Motion: Making the Most of Every Opportunity to Read
Dr. Chris Daniels, Heather Studkey & Lon Watterman
North Kansas City School District
This session will focus on the extension of our daily literacy block onto the bus. We will share how we have worked with our district transportation department to implement a peer tutoring program on the bus for both students in need of additional literacy work and for those students who want to read purely for enjoyment. The results are two-fold in nature. One, students are making progress academically with their reading. Two, behaviors on the bus have decreased along with referrals.
Sunday Morning
9:35-10:35
Pre-Conference Workshop: Rural Schools Grow PD Together
Shannon Rennaker
Tarkio R-I School District
All Missouri schools are under pressure to grow and improve; this usually means PD for teachers and administrators. I would like to present an idea for rural schools to ban together and share their best resources- teachers! This is a presentation to encourage schools to work together and throw away the idea of competing with one another. Currently the need for schools to align curriculum, implement the new Common Core Standards, create common assessments, find creative ways to get professional development, etc. means that many rural schools could easily deplete their funds quickly; my suggestion is designed to spark the idea of working together. I will explain how we can consider helping one another; a way to better serve our students.
Sunday Morning
10:40-11:40
Pre-Conference Workshop: Using Benchmark Testing to Drive Everyday Instruction
Shawn Page
Aurora School District
Learn how Robinson Intermediate School uses benchmark testing as a tool in their process of assessment for and of learning We will discuss how we use benchmark assessments to gain baseline data on all students and use that data to drive our lesson plans, assessments, interventions and every day instruction. An overview of how we use custom built formative and summative assessments to guide our intervention process, our data collection, and how we do goal setting will be provided along with how benchmark data serves as a validity check throughout our entire assessment process.
Monday Morning
11:00-12:00
Al - The Importance of Summer Reading
Sandi Novak
Scholastic
During this session, participants will examine effective ways to support the summer reading of children who struggle. Many of these children attend mandatory summer school, yet have few opportunities to read extensively in books that are at their level and about topics that truly interest them. Through demonstration, modeling and active participation, participants will have opportunities to listen to, discuss and examine ways to get children involved in topics that they select, or books about characters that they love, in order to develop extensive background knowledge that can scaffold their independent reading and sustain their engagement. Participants will learn about a successful summer school program that provides interventions to accomplish these goals and hear about schools that have witnessed improved gains in student performance.
A2 - 5 Important Things to Transforming Your School
Mike Ringen and Julie Brunner Holden
R-III School District
This presentation will teach schools how to use our "5 Important Things" to achieve long-term results in student success. The Five important things include: 1) changing culture, 2) collaborating about the right things, 3) being accountable, 4) having a collective commitment, and 5) empowering staff. Discussion topics include: The development of "5 Important Things," how to use celebrations to improve school culture, how to develop teams and provide direction for effective collaboration, how to use data and set goals to hold each other accountable and how to empower teachers in the decision-making process to achieve a collective commitment.
This refreshing approach can give you innovative and creative ideas to take back to your school and use to improve your ability to work together, achieve consensus, focus on the positive and help your staff carry those ideas back to the classroom to use with your students.
A3 - Small Intervention Groups that Focus on Authentic Literacy
Joan Aldrich Knight
Heinemann
So often struggling students read less and receive more "skill and drill." Reading connected leveled text would be more beneficial to meet their instructional needs. They would be learning more authentically and clocking up more reading mileage. This session will focus on small group intervention emphasizing oral language and student engagement, reading, writing and scaffolded phonics instruction that parallels classroom-guided reading instruction.
A4 - A New Professional Development Approach to Improving Literacy
Paul Worthington
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
This presentation will discuss the approach taken by two Missouri districts to implement a systematic professional development approach based on meeting the literacy needs of all students. The overall design consisted of accurately assessing student needs, creating an environment suitable for differentiated instruction and the use of instructional methods with strong research validation. Results from all Tiers of instruction will be provided.
A5 - School Violence and Empowering Success
Andre Norman
National Gang Council
This session will present a reality-based approach to ending school violence which empowers students with difficult lives to succeed in school and in life. Drawing on his life story moving from gang leader to fearless youth activist, Andre Norman will share practical ideas that can be used immediately.
A6 - Lesson Study: Crafting Learning Together
Sue Wilder
Developmental Studies Center
Developmental Studies Center Lesson Study teachers learn to make student learning the heart of all discussions and the basis for making instructional decisions. Those attending this interactive session will hear and discuss how Lesson Study can help build a strong professional learning community and significantly improve instruction.
A7 - Going From Good to Great in the Elementary
Corey Pontius and John Elliston
South Callaway R-II
Presenters will discuss how they have made their schools positive, fun and challenging. They will look at how the day is structured to meet the needs of our students in regards to Rtl, core curriculum and common assessments. Lastly, there will be discussion on how to make a positive transition from the Early Childhood (PreK-2) to the Elementary school (3-5).
A8 - Calling All Mascots!
Liz Cooper, Chris Mendel, Teri Peterson & Stephanie Young
Springfield R-12 School District
Using school mascots and other fun avenues to help shape a school's culture, increase school spirit and improve both student and staff morale in the process. This presentation will include specific examples of how the presenters have incorporated their school mascots to teach Character Education, recognize student achievements, improve student and staff morale and increase school spirit.
A9 - The Leader in Me- Using the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with Kids
Matt Miller - Rockwood R-VI School District
Muriel Summers - Keynote Speaker A.B. Combs Elementary, Raleigh, NC
This presentation will focus on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It will include information on how these habits can be implemented into school curriculum. The presenters will share how they have used the 7 Habits in their schools and the impact it has had.
Monday Afternoon
12:10-1:10
Bl - Student Led Book Clubs
Sandi Novak
Scholastic
In this session, participants will learn about strategies to develop deep, engaging student-led discussions about books they have selected and read. Participants will view video clips showing the gradual release of responsibility needed in order to ensure student success. They will hear rich discussions among students as they eagerly talk about their books as compared to others that students have selected. Participants will engage in discussions about what they see and hear in order to replicate this experience in their schools.
B2- Implementing Rtl in your School
Amy Cox
Smithton R-VI School District
This presentation will include information on the "how to's" of implementing 3 tier instruction for reading in a school. The presenter will provide hurdles her school overcame; strategies and data used, and will show what Rtl looks like in her school.
B3- Read Naturally: The Bridge to Fluency and Better Comprehension
Linda Bradley
Read Naturally
The need for fluency instruction will be discussed. Teachers will be taken through the reading process using the Read Naturally materials. The session will show ways to use the material with any age reader needing fluency instruction. The Oral Reading Fluency Monitor will also be presented as part of the conference presentation. Linda Bradley is a professor at Columbia College and a Trainer for Read Naturally.
B4-Home Works
Karen Kalish
Home Works! The Teacher Home Visit Program
In an effort to increase academic achievement, attendance, parental involvement and attitudes about school and decrease discipline referrals, Home Works! The Teacher Home Visit Program trains teachers (especially in low income under-performing schools) to go to their students' homes to forge a relationship with the family and get them involved in their child's education. Teachers get to know parents, share information about the student and give parents/guardians the tools to help children do better in school and succeed academically and socially. Teacher participation in Home Works! is voluntary, recognizing that some teachers don't have the time to conduct home visits.
B5- Helping Behavioral Frequent Flyers Reach Their Potential: Managing Difficult Elementary Behaviors
Debbie From
Area Cooperative for Educational Support
Dealing with frequent flyers to the principal's office takes a team approach. This presentation will provide information on the approach used by the school districts in the ACES Cooperative to identify behavioral concerns through data collection, plan interventions using a team approach and monitor the interventions. The use of data collection sheets, behavior tracking forms and research based interventions will be discussed.
B6- Looping to Raise MAP Scores
Justin Bennett, Dr. Brad Owings & Lenny Eagleman
West Plains R-VII School District
Looping is the process in which a group of students stay with the same teacher for two or more years. This session will include information about using looping as a specific strategy to raise academic success of students in elementary schools. Along with raising academic achievements, looping also helps with the following; parental relationships, student relationships, at-risk students, and high achieving students. The presenters will also cover the challenges associated with looping and how to overcome them.
B7 - Common Core State Standards -English Language Arts
Diane Audsley
DESE
This session will focus on ways that administrators can support language arts education through the implementation of the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards. We'll look at some specific actions you, the administrator, can take towards providing quality language arts instruction and assessment. A list of resources, many of which are free, to aid you in this process will be provided.
B8- Olweus Bullying
Brett Frerking
Fayette R-III School District
This session will be presented by members of the Fayette R-III Elementary and MS staff who have implemented the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in their school. Testimonials, data and actual experiences of implementation from education and health professionals from a public school will be featured.
B9 - The Leader in Me-Using the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with Kids
Matt Miller
Rockwood R-VI School District
After hearing the Muriel Summers' story, this "Leader In Me workshop" will follow-up by providing an opportunity to gather additional information and to learn how the program is being implemented at Stanton Elementary in the Rockwood School District. Stanton Elementary... where every kid is a leader! Come hear how 100% of kids use their strengths and leadership on a daily basis, how students goal set and track progress through a leadership binder and how Stanton is truly "building leaders... one relationship at a time." Stanton recently became only the 18th school in the world to be named a Lighthouse School with the Franklin Covey organization through its successful implementation of The Leader In Me.
Monday Afternoon
1:20-2:20
Cl - The 7 Keys to Common Core Writing Strategies
Suzanne Klein
WriteSteps
Increasing writing proficiency requires students to have well designed, targeted writing instruction that includes lessons written to meet the Common Core requirements. Learn how these practical strategies and lessons increase test scores and create a high-success atmosphere that improves the writing of all students! You will walk away with information you can use the next day.
C2 - Title Standards-Referenced Grading Practices in the Classroom
Michelle Hoffman
Raymore Peculiar School District
What would you be willing to change if you knew it would translate to unprecedented student achievement? Come hear how one school is launching their powerful transition from traditional teacher grading practices to standards-referenced practices that involve students in the process. In this session, participants will learn the research that motivated the principal and key teacher leaders to explore this area and the early steps in their journey. Specific emphasis will be on the strategies of effective feedback, goal-setting, learning targets, student error analysis and progress monitoring/tracking to¬wards standards. Presenters will also outline the professional development timeline that led, and continues to lead, their school along their path toward effective standards-referenced practices that translate to significant student achievement.
C3 - The Educational Environment of your School
Eric Snow
WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students)
WATCH D.O.G.S. is an innovative program focusing on education and safety in schools by using the positive influence of fathers and father-figures to provide an unobtrusive fathering presence and a positive and active role-model for students.
C4 - Building A Classroom Community through Cooperative Learning
Stefanie McKoy and Melissa Agnew
Branson R-IV School District
Participants will be engaged with a variety of tools and activities to promote quality cooperative learning through team building and content structures. The presentation will include a multitude of online resources. In addition, we will share activities from our books published through Kagan Publishing Company, Engaging Mathematics and Cooperative Learning: Grammar.
C5 - Practical Strategies to Help Students Succeed
Doug Thornton
Clarkton C-4
Clarkton Elementary School in Clarkton, MO is located in a high poverty area of Missouri with a free/reduced lunch count of 87%. Yet, this school continues to meet AYP in Communication Arts and Math in grades 3-6 according to the MAP results; has a 95% average attendance rate; formed strong partnerships between the school, parents and community and has closed the achievement gap between student groups. This presentation will include the sharing of ideas from Doug Thornton, Clarkton Elementary principal, that have worked in this school to help students succeed. Clarkton Elementary was awarded the 2008 National Title One School of Distinction in Missouri for closing the achievement gap between students groups.
C6 - Middle School Road Table
Michelle Norman
Belton 124 School District
Middle School Principals are invited to share their ideas on RTI, PBIS, Data Teams and any other topics relevant to middle level principals.
C7 - Transforming Your Staff
Mark Lukert
Mark Lukert Consulting
Research is clear: student success and school effectiveness are greatly impacted by the climate of a school building positive staff relationships is key. Join in this fun, interactive session and leave with creative ideas guaranteed to motivate and rejuvenate you and your teachers. Laughter and fun are guaranteed!
C8-AYP for your AYP
Connie Browning, Rockwood School District
Sherri Lindquist, Dunklin R-V School District
Are You Prepared for your AYP plan when the standards increase again this year? Two principals sharing their experience on what you should be doing to prepare for next steps. We 're not experts, so if you have any experience join us and help others who will be facing not meeting AYP.
C9- Just What the DR. Ordered
Scott Taylor
Lindbergh R-VIII School District
Just What the DR. (Data and Relationships) Ordered focuses on the key use of data analysis and relationship building; two keys to success in all high-performing schools. Data analysis is one of the vital keys to improving instruction and achievement. Learn of new ways to analyze data to ensure student growth. Relationship building and a positive school culture can also significantly impact student achievement. This presentation will help you dig deeper into your own data and give you ideas and methods to improve the culture in your school.
Monday Afternoon
2:30-3:25
Dl- The Retirement Puzzle: Make Sure You Have All the Pieces
Stuart Ruwe
Horace Mann
You work hard so you can enjoy a fulfilling retirement when the time comes. Whether your retirement is 20 years or 20 months away, this seminar provides the important information you need to know about your state teachers’ retirement system. Learn detailed information about your state teachers' retirement system benefits, how your state teachers* retirement system retirement income is determined and ask questions about your state teachers' retirement system retirement plan. It's your future. Be prepared.
D2- Every Student can be a Successful Reader
Maureen Brogdon
Title 1 Instructional Facilitator and District Coordinator/Trainer for Academic Associates
1st grade teachers at this school had to adjust their curriculum to accommodate the Kindergartners who came into 1st grade already reading at 1st grade level. How did this happen? This presentation will explain the successful implementation of the Academic Associates Reading/Phonics Program in the Springdale, AR School District. Teacher's responses and student outcomes over the past two years will also be shared.
D3- CYBER BULLYING: What Every Teacher/School Administrator Needs to Know
Glenn Berry
Hazelden
What are kids doing online and how can we help them be safe. This presentation ad¬dresses the issues of Internet Safety/ Cyber bullying What is the impact of Cyber Safety/Cyber bullying? How can Teachers/ School Administrators develop effective strategies? What are the legal considerations for schools? How can schools address the issues?
The session includes a PowerPoint presentation, video clips, interactive activities and time for Q and A.
D4- Taking Common Assessments to the Next Level
Julie Germann and Sherry Reed
CTB/McGrawHill
This session will provide an overview of effective practices to: improve student achievement using common assessments, integrate assessment results into PLC discussions and use the tools available to increase the technical quality of your common assessment.
D5- I’m Outta Here: How to Track Staff Absences
Andrea Follett
MAESP Director of Legal Services
Tracking staff leave is always time-consuming but can be especially difficult when a busy principal must also take on personnel and human resource management. In this program, attendees will learn how to track employee absences in light of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and district leave policies. This is an interactive session, so don’t be afraid to ask questions!
D6- iPad Roundtable Discussion
Ed Elsea
Lebanon R-III School District
Do you have an iPad or Galaxy Tablet or another electronic device in your school? Then pick it up, bring it to Spring Conference and please come to this prepared to share. This is going to be a share what you have session where we will show each other the great apps out there for schools. We all learn more by sharing with each other!
D7- Common Core State Standards -Math
Cindy Bryant
DESE
This session will focus on ways that administrators can support mathematics education through the implementation of the Math Common Core State Standards. We'll look at some specific actions you, the administrator, can take towards providing quality mathematics instruction and assessment. A list of resources, many of which are free, to aid you in this process will be provided.
D8- Self-Monitoring Checklist for Dummies
Toni Wankel, Elsberry R-II School District
Linda Hays, DESE
This workshop is designed to help principals who are also Federal Program Coordinators simplify the Self-Monitoring Checklist. We will go through the checklist item by item and each attendee will receive a copy of a handbook (created by principals) with examples for each item. The handbook also serves as a guide to disseminate what is needed from each responsible party in your district, making it easier to collect documentation.
D9 - Our Wish for BLUE came TRUE
Scott Taylor
Lindbergh R-VIII School District
Crestwood had an exciting year in 2011 being named a Missouri Gold Star School, A National School of Character and a National BLUE Ribbon School. A huge factor in success was the use of eValuate, a monthly assessment program that allowed Crestwood staff to assess students, create lessons based on their needs and allow students to achieve at a high level on the Missouri MAP Test. Come and see how amazing this program predicts student achievement. Predictions prior to the MAP Test in 2011 were incredibly accurate. This is a session you don't want to miss!
Monday Afternoon
3:35-4:30
El- Overview of Public School Retirement System
Stacie Verslues
PSRS
This educational session provides an overview of the Public School Retirement System. How the system is funded, general retirement planning considerations and resources that are available to members.
E2- Teaching that Sticks
Eliott Shostak
University City School District
Based on the work of Chip and Heath Dean, this presentation will identify and cover six techniques all teachers should incorporate in their lessons to ensure the effective transfer of knowledge.
E3- Acronyms and the Arts: Tips for Including Every Subject
Rebecca Moppin
Blair Oaks R-II School District
With more and more schools looking to incorporate RtI, PBS, PLC, TIA and offer PDC, the following question always comes up: What do we do with the Arts (and even PE, library and computers)? This workshop will offer tips on how to obtain teacher buy-in and inclusion with these areas so the focus can shift from subject areas being excluded to everyone taking part in successful futures.
E4- Guided Math: A DI Approach to Math Block
Monica Shane & Mike Cummins
Fort Osage R-I School District
This session will be engaging teachers with thought provoking strategies that will influence professional growth as teachers of mathematics. Come willing to step out of the traditional math class and into a classroom of math instruction that meets the needs of diverse individual learners in the classroom.
E5- Legal Issues Round Table
Andrea Follett
MAESP Director of Legal Services
Get to know your association's legal counsel. Bring your questions and participate in a small group discussion with legal counsel and a group of your peers. Some questions require individualized attention. In this roundtable discussion we strive to provide individualized responses to issues you are facing in the principalship.
E6- Make Room for Literacy
Gina Johnson
Raymore-Peculiar R-II School District
"GLES, CLES, Common Cores, and now you want me to teach Reading, too?" This session focuses on providing content area teachers with the background knowledge and tools they need to successfully embed literacy into an already overflowing curriculum. Educators attending this session will not only learn how to incorporate comprehension strategies into their current lessons, but they will discover why it is imperative that all students utilize these research-based strategies in all subject areas. The presenters will engage the audience.
E7- Acuity in Action!
Lori Allen
Marshfield R-I School District
Students need timely feedback, teachers want less grading. Make them both happy by using Acuity for everyday assessments. Acuity is more than just a predictor for MAP success, it is a tool that can be utilized for common assessments, to differentiate instruction and generate valuable data. Come see Acuity in action!
E8- Innovate your Literacy Program
Ike Moore
myON reader
"myON reader" is a personalized literacy program that motivates students to read by appealing to their interests and providing books at the right reading level. Students are given anytime, any-where access to the largest library of enhanced digital books that include reading supports to help with comprehension, fluency and stamina. Through embedded assessments, students and teachers are able to accurately track time spent reading and quantity of books read while monitoring their own reading progress.
E9- Got PRIDE?
Teresa Tulipana
Park Hill School District
Got PRIDE? Renner Elementary does! Hear one school's story of transformation through the power of Positive Behavior Supports. Presenters will share the impact of PBS on school climate, discipline data and academic achievement. Participants will leave with ideas for branding their PBS program, implementing tier 1 universal and tier 2 strategic aspects of PBS, keeping PBS alive, and working with the data. Presenters represent a cross section of the school community including principal, counselor, ELL and classroom teachers.
