Surviving and ThrivingTools for building your first year |
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Surviving and ThrivingTools for building your first year |
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A series of free workshops designed to offer practical teaching tools for teachers who are new to the profession or experienced teachers who are new to the School District of Hillsborough County.
The purpose of all of these workshops is to provide teachers who are new to the profession or who are new to the School District of Hillsborough County with the tools necessary to have a successful first year.
The workshops will offer coping skills, methods to navigate the school system, and opportunities to network with other teachers throughout the district. Participants will have the opportunity to identify mentors upon whom they can call for support throughout the year.
Each workshop will range from two to four hours in length in a face to face group setting.
Workshops will be scheduled throughout the 2005-2006 school year and will be held at the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association - 4505 North Rome Avenue, The Technology Center - 2110 North Boulevard, and selected locations throughout the school district.
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1. Positive Parent Partnerships - Conferencing with Confidence How to cope with
progress reports, phone calls, notes, electronic interactive sites,
documenting communications. Conference guidelines and agendas, forms
available, how, when and where to hold them. 2. Grade Books that Hit the Mark How to set up and
use grade books—electronic and paper—and how to handle report cards. 3. Evaluating Effectively Evaluating student
work, homework parameters, guidelines for assessments and developing
rubrics. 4. Permission not to Sparkle How to handle
first-year stress, realistic expectations, peaks and valleys. 5. Unscrambling the Alphabet Soup of Education Writing referrals
and IEPs, navigating the process, understanding how to work with
students who are “initialed” - SLD, EH, ADD, ADHD, ESOL, ABC, Gifted,
developing 504 plans, documenting on paper and electronically. 6. Braving Block Scheduling Lesson planning
and curriculum pacing for the block schedule. 7. Teaching Content with Technology Methods of using
technology in the classroom to enhance student learning. 8. General Knowledge Exam, How Do You Rank? A. Discover your mathematical strengths and weaknesses – strategies for strengthening your skills.
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Discover our English strengths and
weaknesses--strategies for strengthening your skill. 9. Prepare the PARA Math preparation
for the ParaPro Assessment. 10. Successful Classroom Management - Setting Up Your Classroom The practices and
procedures that make an effective classroom. Classroom Arrangement –
How to set up your classroom, what to do with all that furniture, how to
beg, borrow and steal. 11. Middle School Integrated Curriculum Exam Review Math, Science,
Social Studies, and English. 12. ESE Portfolios Navigating skills
through the ESE process from I-Team to placement, to electronic IEP to
paperwork. 13. Always Another Beginning—Back to the Basics for Teens Procedures routine
management tips geared for adolescents. 14. Managing Anti-Social Behavior Strategies to
reduce and prevent the occurrence of disruptive or dangerous outbreaks. 15. Q & A Update Clearing the fog on National Board Certification. |
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For more information please contact |
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Sharon Hogan |
Mary Gonzalez Member Services Specialist Hillsborough CTA 4505 N. Rome Avenue Tampa, FL 33603 813-238-7902 mary.gonzalez@floridaea.org |
About the presenters...
Part of the mission of National Board Certified Teachers is to mentor other teachers in a variety of ways in order to assist those teachers in strengthening their practice, thus improving education for all students.
National Board Certification is a voluntary process that recognizes accomplished teachers who meet rigorous standards of performance. It attests that a teacher has provided evidence of quality teaching and leadership abilities. Through the National Board Certification process, teachers must document their performance relative to high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do. These standards are grounded in five core propositions that define accomplished teaching across all grade levels and content areas.
•Teachers are committed to students and their learning.
•Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students
•Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning.
•Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience.
•Teachers are members of learning communities.
A National Board Certificate affirms that a teacher holds these beliefs, honors these values, and is a master of his or her profession.
