2015 NSD Summer Institute

Motivating adolescents and supporting them as they become proficient readers is a task requiring multiple teaching strategies. In this interactive session, participants will engage in physical movement activities and work in collaborative groups to explore close reading strategies they can use when teaching reading to students. Participants will receive several strategies they can immediately take back to their classrooms to use and share with their colleagues. This workshop has been presented at the Kappa Delta Pi Convocation, the AMLE Conference, and ASCD.

This session is part of the NSD Teacher Showcase, a full-day event where teachers share their expertise. Register for session #6043 in PD Place to attend this day-long event.

In this session I will focus on how I apply universal design principles to create flexibility in both instruction and student response. While universal design can be applied to all areas of instruction, I will focus on how I have used them in ELA in the mid-level special education setting.

This session is part of the NSD Teacher Showcase, a full-day event where teachers share their expertise. Register for session #6043 in PD Place to attend this day-long event. 

In this workshop, the presenters will provide attendees with an overview of the Teaching Up philosophy. Within the Teaching Up philosophy, teacher provide "all students, regardless of the backgrounds and starting points" the opportunity to receive educational experiences that "stimulate and stretch the" (Tomlinson & Javius, 2012). 

The presenters will highlight what it means to develop a growth mind-set, to appreciate the cultural backgrounds of students, to hold high expectation for students, to provide equitable instruction, and to differentiate according to student needs. This workshop will be highly interactive with several differentiation strategies modeled and practiced throughout the delivery and understanding of the material. 

The morning session will serve as an introduction to key principles of Teaching Up. The afternoon will encompass specific strategies teachers can use in all classrooms, followed by time for teachers to work individually or in teams to apply some of the Teaching Up principles to a specific lesson or unit.

This workshop will be offered twice during the Secondary Summer Institute. You may only take it once for clock hours and pay.

In this one-day class teachers will examine the features available in the SpringBoard Digital Platform and how to use them effectively to support teaching and learning, to differentiate instruction, and to actively engage students. They will also learn how to use SpringBoard digital tools such as Assessments, the eBook, and the SpringBoard Community, to deliver technology-rich lessons that foster an inquiry-based learning environment, meet College and Career Readiness Standards, and infuse 21st century learning skills in the classroom.

In this one-day class teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate with their colleagues to prepare for SpringBoard Implementation Year Two. The morning will spend in Grade Level Teams, and the afternoon will be spent in Building Level Teams/Sixth Grade Pilot Teacher Team. 

In this workshop, the presenters will provide attendees with an overview of the Teaching Up philosophy. Within the Teaching Up philosophy, teacher provide "all students, regardless of the backgrounds and starting points" the opportunity to receive educational experiences that "stimulate and stretch the" (Tomlinson & Javius, 2012). 

The presenters will highlight what it means to develop a growth mind-et, to appreciate the cultural backgrounds of students, to hold high expectation for students, to provide equitable instruction, and to differentiate according to student needs. This workshop will be highly interactive with several differentiation strategies modeled and practiced throughout the delivery and understanding of the material. 

The morning session will serve as an introduction to key principles of Teaching Up. The afternoon will encompass specific strategies teachers can use in all classrooms, followed by time for teachers to work individually or in teams to apply some of the Teaching Up principles to a specific lesson or unit.

This workshop will be offered twice during the Secondary Summer Institute. You may only take it once for clock hours and pay.

In this one-day class teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate with their colleagues to prepare for SpringBoard Implementation Year Two. We will being by using an open space protocol to explore participant’s goals for their time and possible collaborative projects. Teachers will direct their own use of time to prepare for Year Two Implementation.