An Introduction to National Board Certification (Tina Henrikson, June Winkel & Jennifer Marten) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B203
This session will focus on the 'how to's' and benefits of seeking National Board Certification.
A Week at Eisenhower's Camp: My Experience at the Freedoms Foundation (Jennifer Biller) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B213
Over a week in June, I had the opportunity to spend a week with the Freedoms Foundation. In this session, you'll get an overview of the mission of the organization, my experience meeting a Medal of Honor recipient and the programs they have available for teachers. The Freedoms Foundation provides a unique experience for teachers, counselors, and administration to attend a seminar that fuses character, citizenship, and service into a model that will impact students in a positive way improving school culture and community.
Autism: Understanding/Supporting Basic Communication Development (Elementary Years) (Carrie Nickel & Victoria Schilling) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B213
This workshop is designed for educational assistants who want to understand the communication needs that predominantly impact students on the Autism Spectrum in their elementary years. You will leave the session with answers to the following questions:
1.What areas of communication can Autism impact?
2.What does language development look like in a child with mild, moderate and severe Autism?
3.What supports are provided to augment communication development?
Beginning with the Basics! How do I work on this SMARTBoard? (Kay Tharp) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B215
This workshop, intended for Instructional Aides, will highlight the basic skills of turning on the computer, projector and SMART Board. Students will learn to touch, write and save using SMART ink. We will practice manipulating through different websites using the SMART board. Students will learn how to open a new SMART notebook file.
Break-Out Box (Sandy LeMahieu & Trudy Cohn) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B211
Use Cooperative Classroom Games & Team Building Activities in your classroom to promote collaboration, critical thinking, and a positive classroom climate.
"But I Already Know How to Read..." How to encourage and develop reading stamina in middle & high school students. (Bri Kappers & Sara Schubert) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B217
Many of our secondary aged students believe that since they know HOW to read, they don't need to dedicate time to increasing their skills. However, many studies have shown that the majority of students are unprepared for the amount of reading that they will be faced with in college and the workforce. In this session, we will discuss several strategies that we've used to help our students not only build their stamina, but their enjoyment of reading.
Canva (Kamie Gritt & Tracy Heinbuch) 9:00-9:50 in B117
Canva makes design simple for everyone. Create designs for web or print: blog graphics, presentations, flyers, posters, invitations, and so much more.
Chair Massages (Michelle Urbanek) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in A118 (Limit 10 people/Class /First Come First Serve)
TAKE 5! Learn about the benefits of massage and how to improve your overall wellbeing. Massage benefits include: headache and migraine pain relief, reduces stress, anxiety and depression, boosts your mood, lowers BP, increases circulation and improves flexibility.
Challenging Behaviors & Instruction: How Choosing a Mindset to Support Our Students with the Most Challenging Behaviors Impacts Instruction (Sarah Michlig) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B207
This session will explore causes of negative behaviors in the classroom, then consider alternative approaches to behavior supports and the beliefs behind these supports that make them so successful. Finally we will review a wide variety of instructional materials and supports that can be used across many different grade levels for many common behavior challenges.
Coping With Change (Michelle Urbanek & Sandy Stadler) 10:00-10:50 in A110
Co-Teaching (Megan Hummitzsch & Jodi Timler) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B221
Learn about the team teaching process from a special education teacher and English teacher who actively co-teach, from co-planning to co-teaching to co-assessing. This session is applicable to all special education teachers, general education teachers, paraprofessionals, and cross-curricular teachers. We will spend time discussing how to best use your time to plan using Understanding by Design to meet the needs of all learners to help them achieve success and move away from the "yours and mine" mentality. We will also discuss the importance of developing trust and respect through open communication and humor. Attendees will come away with strategies to use in their classroom.
Customer Service is an Attitude (Kym Leibham) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 & 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in 235
We are all dealing with "customers", learn how to make a good first impression, discussions on email and phone etiquette and why nice DOES matter.
Dive Into Stress Free Swimming (Kamie Gritt & Tina Henriksen) 1:00-1:50 in the Pool
Dive into stress free exercise. Grab your suit and goggles and head to the pool for a nice relaxing lap swim experience. The benefits to swimming are great for your body.
Full Stack Teaching to encourage Full Stack Students (Billie Rau & Kelly Ochalek) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B219
In this session, you will learn how to use a full stack of questions to bring purposeful discussion into your classrooms.
Game On: Using Games can Develop Learning Skills (Judy Woelfel, Kaitlyn Beck & Cassie Cotter) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B209
This sectional will share the value to be gained by incorporating games into your day. We will discuss the many values, both academic and social, that game playing brings to our students. Get ready to experience games you can purchase, games to play with cards and dice, and games that need only your brain!
Garden-based Learning (Tracy Heinbuch & Jackie Murphy) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in FSAC
We will be showcasing the Plymouth School Garden website as the main resource, sharing the garden related book sets for each school library, exploring the garden shed kits and doing some hands on garden-based learning! We plan to create learning stations for the staff. This session is geared more towards elementary teachers
Instructional Mentors at Your Service: Let's Get Better TOGETHER! (Judy Woelfel & Lori Brown) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B209
Who exactly is an instructional mentor and what do they do? Now is your chance to find out! Get ready to speak in question form as you play a rousing game of "Jeopardy" to learn all about Judy Woelfel, elementary instructional mentor, and Lori Brown, middle school instructional mentor, and the things that instructional mentors can do for you! Come join the fun and get ready to win some prizes!
Integrating your curriculum and reading into Google classroom (Tyler Gruett & Taylor Lembrich) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in C118
In this session we will cover Google classroom basics, integrating what you do now and transforming it in New ways to meet an organized digital classroom format and much more. Also how you can integrate reading pieces into any subject area for enhanced learning at all levels.
Introduction to Fitness Center (Alex Grahn) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in Fitness Center
Alex will be doing an intro to the fitness center equipment as well as demonstrating a sample personal training session using stations.
iReady Beginner (K-8) - What is iReady? (Keely Mey, Brad Mey & Sarah Paff) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 & 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B121
iReady Diagnostic Math and Reading Assessment information and how to use it with students and parents.
iReady Advanced (K-8) (Keely Mey, Brad Mey & Sarah Paff) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B117
How to use your reading and math diagnostic feedback with students and parents and in your classroom, Monitoring growth. Standards Mastery for reading and math
Keeping Your Gut Healthy and Happy (Anne Gamoke) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in C103
We will explore fermented beverages and foods for breakfast on the go that will keep your microbiome(the good bugs in your gut) thriving. Yes, certain high fat foods can be healthy and delicious...learn more!
Launching Your Reading Workshop (Karen Bennet & Jennifer Borth) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B223
Learn about instructional routines, and how to set your students up for success! Information & discussion of goals for learning, independent reading and centers, along with ideas for teaching mini lessons.
Launching Your Writing Workshop (Karen Bennet & Jennifer Borth) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B201
Learn about instructional routines, and how to set your students up for success! Information & discussion of goals for learning, how to organize and manage materials, and how to foster independence in students.
Let Collections Do the Work for You: Curating Library and Digital Resources (Shelly Taylor) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B211
Have you asked yourself this question at the beginning of a unit? "What was that book/video/webpage I used last year? It was perfect for teaching X." If so, let Destiny Collections, the newest feature in our library catalog, answer that question for you. Collections are themed, curated resource lists–digital scrapbooks–gathering a variety of media types to meet the needs of targeted groups of users. Materials may be gathered from the library catalog, webpages, images, eBooks, or documents from your computer or Google Drive. With Collections, teachers can quickly track resources used, pair content to instruction, collaborate with colleagues, and have students collect and curate resources for assignments and projects. Come see what this latest edition to the library catalog can do for you. Overview Video: https://tinyurl.com/y8uzvmu4
Participants will need a library catalog username and password, please contact your school librarian prior to attending if you need one.
Making the Horse Thirsty - Using Elements of Active Learning to Increase Motivation & Engagement (John Lenz & Lucas Cleary) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in C118
Participants will learn about and engage with the elements of active learning that we identified and tested in our masters project. The focus of the session will be what we believe to be the most important elements of active learning that teachers need to include in everyday lesson planning in order to cultivate authentic motivation and meaningful engagement. Special focus will be on innovative ways to bring game-elements into the classroom.
Mentor Sentences for K-2 (Jennifer Kiekhoefer, Sarah Fischer, Kristie Webb & Jessica Prusow) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B215
Mentor sentences are the perfect way to teach grammar, vocabulary and author's craft through examples of excellent sentences from your favorite read-aloud books!
Protecting Your Weeblys & More (Dena Budrecki & Georgia Tucker) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in C106 and B117
Learn how to password protect your weebly and documents to make sure your are copyright compliant.
Revision: An Ongoing Process (Brad Feick) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B203
Students of any level often approach writing through a one-and-done mindset. However to really improve as writers, students need to buy into revision. Brad will share revision strategies that he has found to be successful for students at multiple levels.
Stress to Strength (Michelle Urbanek & Sandy Stadler) 9:00-9:50 in A110
Taking Care of our Kids' Health (Sara Stout & Anne Nelson) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B223
for any staff member who assists, monitors or teaches a child with a health condition such as severe allergy, diabetes, seizure disorder or asthma
~Learn/ Review emergency medication administration (Epinephrine, Glucagon, DiaStat & Inhalers)
~Learn/ Review Diabetes and how to manage our students who have it
~What is a seizure and how do I respond?
~Ask a nurse...
Using Learning Trajectories to differentiate your math instruction! K-3 (Heather Gehri) 12:00-1:50 in B205
Learning Trajectories are the foundation of the Common Core and understanding and applying them into your math instruction helps you create years growth goals as well as differentiate and implement learning paths for each individual child. Weather you are an experienced teacher looking to better differentiate or a new educator looking to become more familiar with Common Core expectations this class is the place for you! Work time included!!! Please bring a device of some kind to be used during worktime.
Writing Strategies Make and Take (Stacey Ross & Katie Barrows) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in the Library
If you attended Reading Strategies last year, expect a similar experience, but with writing strategies. Attendees will be introduced to Jennifer Serravallo's new book Writing Strategies and have an opportunity to participate in a gallery walk of her strategies and mentor texts. If you're looking for new ideas to supplement your writing curriculum or lessons for small groups of students that need additional instruction, you'll find what you need. Materials will be available to create anchor charts.
An Introduction to National Board Certification (Tina Henrikson, June Winkel & Jennifer Marten) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B203
This session will focus on the 'how to's' and benefits of seeking National Board Certification.
A Week at Eisenhower's Camp: My Experience at the Freedoms Foundation (Jennifer Biller) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B213
Over a week in June, I had the opportunity to spend a week with the Freedoms Foundation. In this session, you'll get an overview of the mission of the organization, my experience meeting a Medal of Honor recipient and the programs they have available for teachers. The Freedoms Foundation provides a unique experience for teachers, counselors, and administration to attend a seminar that fuses character, citizenship, and service into a model that will impact students in a positive way improving school culture and community.
Autism: Understanding/Supporting Basic Communication Development (Elementary Years) (Carrie Nickel & Victoria Schilling) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B213
This workshop is designed for educational assistants who want to understand the communication needs that predominantly impact students on the Autism Spectrum in their elementary years. You will leave the session with answers to the following questions:
1.What areas of communication can Autism impact?
2.What does language development look like in a child with mild, moderate and severe Autism?
3.What supports are provided to augment communication development?
Beginning with the Basics! How do I work on this SMARTBoard? (Kay Tharp) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B215
This workshop, intended for Instructional Aides, will highlight the basic skills of turning on the computer, projector and SMART Board. Students will learn to touch, write and save using SMART ink. We will practice manipulating through different websites using the SMART board. Students will learn how to open a new SMART notebook file.
Break-Out Box (Sandy LeMahieu & Trudy Cohn) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B211
Use Cooperative Classroom Games & Team Building Activities in your classroom to promote collaboration, critical thinking, and a positive classroom climate.
"But I Already Know How to Read..." How to encourage and develop reading stamina in middle & high school students. (Bri Kappers & Sara Schubert) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B217
Many of our secondary aged students believe that since they know HOW to read, they don't need to dedicate time to increasing their skills. However, many studies have shown that the majority of students are unprepared for the amount of reading that they will be faced with in college and the workforce. In this session, we will discuss several strategies that we've used to help our students not only build their stamina, but their enjoyment of reading.
Canva (Kamie Gritt & Tracy Heinbuch) 9:00-9:50 in B117
Canva makes design simple for everyone. Create designs for web or print: blog graphics, presentations, flyers, posters, invitations, and so much more.
Chair Massages (Michelle Urbanek) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in A118 (Limit 10 people/Class /First Come First Serve)
TAKE 5! Learn about the benefits of massage and how to improve your overall wellbeing. Massage benefits include: headache and migraine pain relief, reduces stress, anxiety and depression, boosts your mood, lowers BP, increases circulation and improves flexibility.
Challenging Behaviors & Instruction: How Choosing a Mindset to Support Our Students with the Most Challenging Behaviors Impacts Instruction (Sarah Michlig) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B207
This session will explore causes of negative behaviors in the classroom, then consider alternative approaches to behavior supports and the beliefs behind these supports that make them so successful. Finally we will review a wide variety of instructional materials and supports that can be used across many different grade levels for many common behavior challenges.
Coping With Change (Michelle Urbanek & Sandy Stadler) 10:00-10:50 in A110
- Define stress and identify the stress response
- Identify several techniques for short-circuiting stress
- Demonstrate at least one relaxation technique
- Begin creating a personal stress management plan
Co-Teaching (Megan Hummitzsch & Jodi Timler) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B221
Learn about the team teaching process from a special education teacher and English teacher who actively co-teach, from co-planning to co-teaching to co-assessing. This session is applicable to all special education teachers, general education teachers, paraprofessionals, and cross-curricular teachers. We will spend time discussing how to best use your time to plan using Understanding by Design to meet the needs of all learners to help them achieve success and move away from the "yours and mine" mentality. We will also discuss the importance of developing trust and respect through open communication and humor. Attendees will come away with strategies to use in their classroom.
Customer Service is an Attitude (Kym Leibham) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 & 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in 235
We are all dealing with "customers", learn how to make a good first impression, discussions on email and phone etiquette and why nice DOES matter.
Dive Into Stress Free Swimming (Kamie Gritt & Tina Henriksen) 1:00-1:50 in the Pool
Dive into stress free exercise. Grab your suit and goggles and head to the pool for a nice relaxing lap swim experience. The benefits to swimming are great for your body.
Full Stack Teaching to encourage Full Stack Students (Billie Rau & Kelly Ochalek) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B219
In this session, you will learn how to use a full stack of questions to bring purposeful discussion into your classrooms.
Game On: Using Games can Develop Learning Skills (Judy Woelfel, Kaitlyn Beck & Cassie Cotter) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B209
This sectional will share the value to be gained by incorporating games into your day. We will discuss the many values, both academic and social, that game playing brings to our students. Get ready to experience games you can purchase, games to play with cards and dice, and games that need only your brain!
Garden-based Learning (Tracy Heinbuch & Jackie Murphy) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in FSAC
We will be showcasing the Plymouth School Garden website as the main resource, sharing the garden related book sets for each school library, exploring the garden shed kits and doing some hands on garden-based learning! We plan to create learning stations for the staff. This session is geared more towards elementary teachers
Instructional Mentors at Your Service: Let's Get Better TOGETHER! (Judy Woelfel & Lori Brown) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B209
Who exactly is an instructional mentor and what do they do? Now is your chance to find out! Get ready to speak in question form as you play a rousing game of "Jeopardy" to learn all about Judy Woelfel, elementary instructional mentor, and Lori Brown, middle school instructional mentor, and the things that instructional mentors can do for you! Come join the fun and get ready to win some prizes!
Integrating your curriculum and reading into Google classroom (Tyler Gruett & Taylor Lembrich) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in C118
In this session we will cover Google classroom basics, integrating what you do now and transforming it in New ways to meet an organized digital classroom format and much more. Also how you can integrate reading pieces into any subject area for enhanced learning at all levels.
Introduction to Fitness Center (Alex Grahn) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in Fitness Center
Alex will be doing an intro to the fitness center equipment as well as demonstrating a sample personal training session using stations.
iReady Beginner (K-8) - What is iReady? (Keely Mey, Brad Mey & Sarah Paff) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 & 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B121
iReady Diagnostic Math and Reading Assessment information and how to use it with students and parents.
iReady Advanced (K-8) (Keely Mey, Brad Mey & Sarah Paff) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B117
How to use your reading and math diagnostic feedback with students and parents and in your classroom, Monitoring growth. Standards Mastery for reading and math
Keeping Your Gut Healthy and Happy (Anne Gamoke) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in C103
We will explore fermented beverages and foods for breakfast on the go that will keep your microbiome(the good bugs in your gut) thriving. Yes, certain high fat foods can be healthy and delicious...learn more!
Launching Your Reading Workshop (Karen Bennet & Jennifer Borth) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in B223
Learn about instructional routines, and how to set your students up for success! Information & discussion of goals for learning, independent reading and centers, along with ideas for teaching mini lessons.
Launching Your Writing Workshop (Karen Bennet & Jennifer Borth) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B201
Learn about instructional routines, and how to set your students up for success! Information & discussion of goals for learning, how to organize and manage materials, and how to foster independence in students.
Let Collections Do the Work for You: Curating Library and Digital Resources (Shelly Taylor) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B211
Have you asked yourself this question at the beginning of a unit? "What was that book/video/webpage I used last year? It was perfect for teaching X." If so, let Destiny Collections, the newest feature in our library catalog, answer that question for you. Collections are themed, curated resource lists–digital scrapbooks–gathering a variety of media types to meet the needs of targeted groups of users. Materials may be gathered from the library catalog, webpages, images, eBooks, or documents from your computer or Google Drive. With Collections, teachers can quickly track resources used, pair content to instruction, collaborate with colleagues, and have students collect and curate resources for assignments and projects. Come see what this latest edition to the library catalog can do for you. Overview Video: https://tinyurl.com/y8uzvmu4
Participants will need a library catalog username and password, please contact your school librarian prior to attending if you need one.
Making the Horse Thirsty - Using Elements of Active Learning to Increase Motivation & Engagement (John Lenz & Lucas Cleary) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in C118
Participants will learn about and engage with the elements of active learning that we identified and tested in our masters project. The focus of the session will be what we believe to be the most important elements of active learning that teachers need to include in everyday lesson planning in order to cultivate authentic motivation and meaningful engagement. Special focus will be on innovative ways to bring game-elements into the classroom.
Mentor Sentences for K-2 (Jennifer Kiekhoefer, Sarah Fischer, Kristie Webb & Jessica Prusow) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B215
Mentor sentences are the perfect way to teach grammar, vocabulary and author's craft through examples of excellent sentences from your favorite read-aloud books!
Protecting Your Weeblys & More (Dena Budrecki & Georgia Tucker) 9:00-9:50 & 10:00-10:50 in C106 and B117
Learn how to password protect your weebly and documents to make sure your are copyright compliant.
Revision: An Ongoing Process (Brad Feick) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B203
Students of any level often approach writing through a one-and-done mindset. However to really improve as writers, students need to buy into revision. Brad will share revision strategies that he has found to be successful for students at multiple levels.
Stress to Strength (Michelle Urbanek & Sandy Stadler) 9:00-9:50 in A110
- Identify the overall role change plays in life
- Learn about the change process
- Assess personal change readiness
- Discuss the six stages of change
- How you can monitor your reaction to change
Taking Care of our Kids' Health (Sara Stout & Anne Nelson) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in B223
for any staff member who assists, monitors or teaches a child with a health condition such as severe allergy, diabetes, seizure disorder or asthma
~Learn/ Review emergency medication administration (Epinephrine, Glucagon, DiaStat & Inhalers)
~Learn/ Review Diabetes and how to manage our students who have it
~What is a seizure and how do I respond?
~Ask a nurse...
Using Learning Trajectories to differentiate your math instruction! K-3 (Heather Gehri) 12:00-1:50 in B205
Learning Trajectories are the foundation of the Common Core and understanding and applying them into your math instruction helps you create years growth goals as well as differentiate and implement learning paths for each individual child. Weather you are an experienced teacher looking to better differentiate or a new educator looking to become more familiar with Common Core expectations this class is the place for you! Work time included!!! Please bring a device of some kind to be used during worktime.
Writing Strategies Make and Take (Stacey Ross & Katie Barrows) 12:00-12:50 & 1:00-1:50 in the Library
If you attended Reading Strategies last year, expect a similar experience, but with writing strategies. Attendees will be introduced to Jennifer Serravallo's new book Writing Strategies and have an opportunity to participate in a gallery walk of her strategies and mentor texts. If you're looking for new ideas to supplement your writing curriculum or lessons for small groups of students that need additional instruction, you'll find what you need. Materials will be available to create anchor charts.