tuesday concurrent session one at-a-glance

Tuesday Concurrent Session One At-A-Glance

Orchestrating Student Success: Sound Practices to Reach All Learners—1

7:30-8:00 a.m. Check In - Coffee and Pastries

8:00-8:45 a.m. – Team Time

9:00-10:10 a.m. – Auditorium Welcome and Opening Keynote Speaker: Jeff Utecht ‘Preparing for Doc and Marty’

10:20-11:30 am – Session 1 Breakouts

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Instruction TPEP

All-Day Kindergarten Early Learning

Assessment Assessment Curriculum Instruction

Curriculum Special Programs Instruction

How to use G.L.A.D. Strategies in PreK-12

Classrooms while meeting TPEP Goals

and CCSS for all Learners.

Kristi Beach Sally Mack

All Grade Levels

Improving Early Childhood Literacy and Kindergarten

Readiness through Parent Education

Rick Donahoe Erin Tomlinson

Lauren Schoenwald

All Grade Levels Preschool

Early Elementary (K-2) Administration

Teaching and Assessing the WA

State K–12 Learning Standards for Mathematics in

2015–16

Anton Jackson Jennifer Judkins

Julie Wagner

Upper Elementary (3-5)

Middle School High School

Getting to Know the ELA Performance Task

Cindy Knisely Beth Simpson


Middle School High Schoo

Also available

Session 4

For Richland SD READ 180 and System 44

Teachers and Administrators Only

READ 180 and System 44 End-of-Year Gains

Analysis

Dr. Karen Burke

Middle School; High School

RSD Staff only

All Special Education Staff Training Mandy Cathey Nita Kamphuis Sharon Bradley

All Grade Levels Related Services

Also available

Session 4

Inclusive Instruction Practices: Past,

Present, and Future

Dr. Yun-Ju Hsiao Dr. Yichien Cooper

All Grade Levels

3112 3113 3115 3118 3201 3202 3206

Curriculum Instruction

Instruction Instruction Special

Programs Technology

Curriculum Instruction Technology

Assessment Instruction

Special Programs

Civic Action Project (CAP)-Connecting Your Government Class and the Real

World

Laura Wesley Keith Mataya Steve Perez

Middle School

High School

Practical Social Emotional Learning Strategies for the

Classroom: Making it Happen

Dr. Gregory J. Benner

All Grade Levels Administration

For RSD—Marcus Whitman and

Jefferson Elementary staffs only

Advanced Singapore (Mental Math): The

Why Before How

Bobbi Buttars Brian Moore

Transition to Postsecondary

Education, Training, Employment, and

Independent Living

Dr. Sue Ann Bube

High School

Also available Session 2

Moving From Sorting to Searching

Jeff Utecht


Related Services

Hapara Powers Connected Learning

for Teachers and Students using Google

Apps for Education

Allison Winston All Grade Levels Administration

Also available

Session 3

Growing Poverty in Richland: Strategies to Engage Families

Melanie Cushing

Joely Nye-Felt Amy Strege

All Grade Levels

4110 Choir 4130 Band/Orch Library Library C Lab Upper Gym

Instruction Assessment


Instruction Instruction Assessment


Smarter Balanced Assessment System: Connecting the ELA Claims to Classroom

Instruction for Grades K-5

Dierdre Ducharme Dr. Cristi Alberino

Early Elementary (K-2) Upper Elementary (3-5)

Also available Session 2 & 4

iPads In The Music Classroom

Mike Klinger


Ignite Learning with a Growth Mindset –

Grades 4-5

Emily Diehl


Writing: Key Ideas and Strategies to Improve Student

Achievement across Content Areas

Dr. Bonnie Albertson




Building Teamwork and Skills in Physical Education

Part I

Fun PE Guy Dennis Stands

Early Elementary (K-2)



11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Lunch Break

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Kristina-Beach.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Sally-Mack.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Rick-Donahoe.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Erin-Tomlinson.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Lauren-Schoenwald.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Anton-Jackson.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Jennifer-Judkins.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Julie-Wagner.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Cindy-Knisely.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Beth-Simpson.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Karen-Burke.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Mandy-Cathey.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Nita-Kamphuis.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Sharon-Bradley.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Yun-Ju-Hsiao.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Yichien-Cooper.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Laura-Wesley.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Keith-Mataya.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Gregory-Benner.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Sue-Ann-Bube.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Jeff-Utecht-8-18-Keynote-Information2.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Allison-Winston1.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Melanie-Cushing.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Joely-Nye-Felt.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Amy-Strege.pdf

http://www.mindsetworks.com/about/emily.aspx

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Bonnie-Albertson.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/FunPEGuy-Dennis-Stands.pdf


Room 1240 How to use G.L.A.D. Strategies in Pre K-12 Classroom while meeting TPEP Goals and CCSS for all Learners

Presenters: Mrs. Kristi Beach and Mrs. Sally Mack, G.L.A.D. Train-ers, Richland SD

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Teacher Leaders; School Adminis-trators; Content Area Specialists; Para-Professionals

Target Level: All grade levels

Strand: Instruction; TPEP

During this session, the RSD G.L.A.D. trainers will review strategies, answer any questions you may have, and show how using these strategies will help teach the CCSS while meeting the needs of all students.

Room 1241 Improving Early Childhood Literacy and Kindergarten Readiness through Parent Education

Presenter: Mr. Rick Donahoe, CEO, Children's Reading Foundation and Richland SD School Board Member; Erin Tomlinson, Early Learning Coordinator; Lauren Schoenwald, Early Learning Specialist, ESD 123

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administra-tors; Content Area Specialists

Target Level: Preschool; Early Elementary (K-2); Administration

Strand: All-Day Kindergarten; Early Learning

Attendees will learn the strategies to get parents involved in their child's pre-K education. Results of research studies will be presented showing increased literacy rates through a family-based education curriculum. The importance of kindergarten readiness will be pre-sented through longitudinal studies.

Room 1242 Teaching and Assessing the WA State K–12 Learning Standards for mathematics in 2015–16

Presenters: Mr. Anton Jackson, Mrs. Jennifer Judkins and Julie Wagner,

Assessment Specialists, OSPI Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists Administrators; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists

Target Level: Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School; High School Strand: Assessment

After four years of transitioning instruction to the standards and two years of using the Smarter Balanced assessment system, what have we learned? OSPI staff will share ideas for using resources, including the Principles to Action, to support instruction. Bring a laptop/tablet and your login information as logistics and pointers on accessing the Digital Library and interim assessment system will be shown to lead-in to using these tools in instruction and a formative assessment process. Participants will develop an understanding of how to support students’ mathematical development aligned to the Washington State K–12 Learning Standards with the goal of preparing them for college and careers.

Room 1243 Getting to Know the ELA Performance Task

(also available Session 4)

Presenters: Cindy Knisely and Beth Simpson, ELA Assessment Specialists, OSPI

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; Content Area Specialists

Target Level: Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School; High School Strand: Assessment; Curriculum; Instruction

Learn more about the ELA Performance Task including the Class-room Activity, the Research questions and the full-write prompt. Discuss ways to integrate the PT concepts into your daily activities. Practice developing research questions and writing prompts specific to your classroom lessons.

Room 1244 READ 180 and System 44 End-of-Year Gains Analysis for RSD Staff Only

Presenter: Dr. Karen Burke, Executive Director of Academic Planning, Scholastic, Inc.

Audience: Classroom Teachers; School Administrators; District-Level Administrators

Target Level: Middle School; High School Strand: Curriculum

Participants will review end-of-year data and assess the growth of their students. As we analyze the data, we will set goals for the 2015-2016 school year.

Room 3102/04 All Special Education Staff Training for RSD Staff Only


Presenter: Mrs. Mandy Cathey, Assistant Director of Special Educa-tion; Mrs. Nita Kamphuis, Director of Special Education; Ms. Sharon Bradley, Assistant Director of Special Programs, Richland School District

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Content Area Specialists Target Level: All Grade Levels; Related Services Strand: Special Programs

This is a required training for all RSD special education staff. This session will provide follow up training as a response to questions raised during the spring training sessions including information on measurable goals, present levels of performance, Prior Written Notices, and progress reports. In addition, we will give you informa-tion on updates to the E-com system.

Room 3109 Inclusive Instruction Practices: Past, Present, and Future

Presenters: Dr. Yun-Ju Hsiao, Assistant Professor; Yichien Cooper, Adjunct Professor, Washington State University Tri-Cities

Audience: Classroom Teachers;

Target Level: All Grade Levels

Strand: Instruction

Session will include an overview of current status of inclusive practices in general and art classrooms, an interactive discussion with all participants on issues they encounter in their instructions, and resources teachers can use to implement when teaching students with disabilities.

Tuesday, August 18

2 - Eastern Washington Education Conference

1

Room 3112 Civic Action Project (CAP)-Connecting Your Government Class and the Real World

Presenter: Mrs. Laura Wesley, Mr. Keith Mataya, Senior Program Directors, Constitutional Rights Foundation; Steve Perez, Teacher, Richland SD

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administrators; Content Area Specialists

Target Level: Middle School; High School

Strand: Curriculum; Instruction

Civic Action Project is a free project-based way to teach U.S. government that: • promotes effective citizenship, • addresses state standards (including Common Core), and • provides a free interactive web site. Through free lessons, a self contained website and interactive activi-ties, CAP students learn how government content applies to policy-making at the local level, how policy is made and can be influenced, and practice effective citizenship that addresses problems and issues that they care about.

Room 3113 Practical Social Emotional Learning Strategies for the Classroom: Making it Happen

Presenter: Gregory J. Benner, Ph.D., Professor and Executive Director, University of Washington - Tacoma, Center for Strong Schools

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrator; Professional Developers; Para-Professionals

Target Level: All Grade levels

Strand: Instruction

Are behavior problems detracting from teaching time in your class-room? You are not alone. Teachers cite this as their greatest chal-lenge and are often shocked by the variety and intensity of behav-ioral issues they face in the classroom (Dalton & Zanville, 2002; Meister & Melnick, 2003). Sound classroom management establishes the environmental context that makes good instruction possible (Emmer & Stough, 2001). The purpose of this presentation is to build your capacity to build a culture of positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) in your classroom. You will learn how to develop and teach behavioral guidelines and expectations, monitor and provide feedback, build student social emotional well-being. You will also learn how to respond to disruptive behavior in a healthier and stress-free fashion. Culturally and linguistically responsive classroom practices for differentiating to meet diverse student needs will be emphasized. Implementing and sustaining PBIS in your classroom will lead to a healthier, safer, and more positive classroom environ-ment. In addition, students with behavioral difficulties will experience improved self-regulation, less depressive symptoms, less externaliz-ing problems, and greater academic engaged time. Teachers imple-menting classroom PBIS report less stress and significantly more time to teach each day, not to mention much fewer power struggles. In this session, you will get an engaging, user-friendly blueprint for implementing and sustaining classroom PBIS. You will come away with doable and simple strategies to establish the positive classroom culture you envision and to keep it going all year.

Room 3115 Advanced Singapore (Mental Math): The Why Before How for Marcus Whitman and Jefferson Staffs Only

Presenters: Mrs. Bobbi Buttars and Mr. Brian Moore, Principals, Richland SD

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders

Target Level: Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5) Strand: Instruction

Participants will continue to deepen our understanding and imple-mentation of Singapore Instructional Strategies utilizing the book “Why before How.”

Room 3118 Transition to Postsecondary Education, Training, Employment, and Independent Living

(Also available Session 2)

Presenter: Dr. Sue Ann Bube, Director, Center for Change in Transi-tion Services, Seattle University

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Teacher Leaders; School Adminis-trators; Counselors/ Therapists

Target Level: High School

Strand: Special Programs

This packed session will examine transition resources aligned with evidence-based practices. Come and learn about all the FREE re-sources to assist youth with disabilities meet their postsecondary goals and learn what employers and colleges want youth to know.

Room 3201 Moving from Sorting to Searching

Presenter: Mr. Jeff Utecht, Educational Technology Consultant, Educator and Author

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administra-tors; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists; Counselors/Therapists; Para-Professionals

Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration; Related Services Strand: Technology

There was a time not too long ago when we taught students how to sort and organize their files., how to create folders inside of folders and basically do what we do in the physical world to our digital life. Then came the Internet and its endless websites. We tried to organ-ize them but at last there were too many. So we turned to something different….we stopped trying to organize the web and we started searching it. Search is the skill of our era, a life skill that once mas-tered opens up all sorts of opportunities. Do we teach search in your classrooms and schools? This session will focus on the skills and strategies of search. Participants will walk away with K-12 lesson plans, ideas and classroom routines they can start using tomorrow in their classroom to teach students the skill needed most in today’s connected world - the skill of search.

Room 3202 Hapara Powers Connected Learning for Teachers and

Students using Google Apps for Education


Presenter: Ms. Allison Winston, Customer Success Manager, Hapara

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrator; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists; Para-Professionals

Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration Strand: Curriculum; Instruction; Technology This hands-on introduction to Hapara is recommended for users who

have intermediate familiarity with GAFE, but are new to Hapara (or in need of a Hapara review). By participating in this workshop, users will develop the knowledge needed to begin using Hapara for col-laborative, connected, transformative teaching and learning. Non-Hapara customers/users are also welcome to attend, as this will be a unique opportunity for hands-on experience with Hapara tools (including our new releases).

Concurrent Session One


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Library Ignite Learning with a Growth Mindset - Grades 4-5

Presenters: Ms. Emily Diehl, Director, K-12 Professional Learning & Curriculum Design, Mindset Works


Target Level: Upper Elementary (4-5) Strand: Instruction

In a lively session, participants will learn about the growth mindset research and why it is a critical lever for motivation and suc-cess. Participants will explore and reflect on several tools, re-sources, videos and strategies to deepen their understanding of mindset's role in schools as well as how to support other adults in 1. changing their mindsets and 2. cultivating growth mindsets in stu-dents.

Library Writing: Key Ideas and Strategies to Improve

C Lab Student Achievement across Content Areas


Presenter: Dr. Bonnie Albertson, Claim 2 assessment lead for Smarter Balanced (Former Professor of Education), University of Delaware, Smarter Balanced

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists

Target Level: Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School; High School Strand: Assessment; Curriculum; Instruction Join librar-ian Michelle Participants will align CCSS Big Ideas with instruc-tional strategies (including AVID) to develop better writers. Out-comes: ➢ Recognizing importance of 3 assessment traits for CCSS writing purposes: o Clarify meaning of “Elaboration” for CCSS/SBAC o Move students’ understanding of “Organization” beyond beginning-middle-end o Examine learning progression for “Conventions of standard English” ➢ Using SBAC writing rubrics to inform instruction ➢ Maintaining a focus on instruction in a “test prep” culture ➢ Integrating CCSS-aligned Research

Upper Gym Building Teamwork and Skills in Physical Education – Part I

Presenter: Fun P.E. Guy - Mr. Dennis Stands, Owner/Instructor Audience: Classroom Teachers; Content Area Specialists



***Teachers should come dressed to participate. Tennis shoes! . The focus will be: (1) Warm-up/Cool Down activities that require minimal equipment, a 5-10 minute time period, with the objective of getting heart rates up, or, bodies cooled down. (2) Large Group Games that involve all students in fun, creative games. These games require more time and equipment. The objective is teamwork.

Room 3206 Growing Poverty in Richland: Strategies to Engage Families

Presenters: Mrs. Melanie Cushing, Mrs. Joely Nye-Felt. and

Mrs. Amy Strege, Site Coordinators, Communities in Schools of Benton Franklin

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; Counselors/Therapists Target Level: All Grade Levels

Strand: Assessment; Instruction; Special Programs Over recent years, there has been a demographic shift in our school

district. Through this presentation you will learn about the growing need throughout our community and the daily struggles that impact student learning. At the conclusion of this presentation you will be able to better understand the mindset of poverty, families’ view of the school system, and meaningful ways to engage families. This presentation will incorporate learning from other classes in this conference.

Room 4110 Smarter Balanced Assessment System: Choir Room Connecting the ELA Claims to Classroom Instruction for Grades K-5

(also available Session 2 & 4)

Presenters: Ms. Dierdre Ducharme and Dr. Cristi Alberino, Educa-tion Consultants, Connecticut State Department of Education

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administra-tors; Content Area Specialists; Para-Professionals

Target: Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5)

Strand: Assessment; Instruction

Educators who use the Common Core State Standards will under-stand that through the use of grade-appropriate complex texts, and the incorporation of multimedia, all students can engage in a variety of activities designed to increase rigor, but still afford them the content knowledge and allow students of varying levels to access the texts. Participants of this presentation will have the opportunity to engage in several focused activities to better understand what students need to know and be able to do to demonstrate mastery of the standards. Through this exploration, teachers will also under-stand how classroom instruction can support student learning.

Room 4130 iPads In The Music Classroom

Band Room Presenter: Mr. Mike Klinger, President, The Synthesis Midi

Workshop

Audience: Classroom Teachers; School Administrators; District- Level Administrators

Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration Strand: Curriculum; Instruction; Technology Mike Klinger will share his favorite apps for music educators. He will

also upload his favorite music bookmarks into the cloud. If you download the free browser called Puffin, you will be able to download those onto your own iPad.

Tuesday, August 18


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12:30-1:40 pm – Session 2 Breakouts

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Instruction Special Programs


TPEP

All-Day Kindergarten Curriculum

Early Learning Assessment Instruction

Special Programs


Culturally and Linguistically

Responsiveness is for Everyone!

Dr. Tricia Valdez-Zontek Dr. Teddi Beam-Conroy


Related Services


How to Avoid Burnout and Love

Teaching Again

Ryan Murtfeldt Jennifer Szolnoki

All Grade Levels

High Standards in Early Learning

Programs: Is DAP Dead and Gone?

Karen Weakley

Preschool


The ELA Smarter Balanced Assessment - What We're Learning

Part I (Double Session)




Writing, Writing, Writing! Engaging all Students Everyday! -

Middle School Part I

(Double Session)

Dr. Karen Burke

Middle School Administration

Math Is Cool and More

Chris Johnson


Middle School

Integrating Chinese Arts and Culture into

Curriculum

Dr. Yichien Cooper

All Grade Levels

3112 3113 3115 3118 3201 3202 3206


Instruction Assessment Special

Programs Technology


Special Programs Technology

Assessment Instruction Technology

Did You See That? Looking Closely at Sources of History

Laura Wesley Keith Mataya

Donnetta Elsasser

Middle School

Social Emotional Learning for Students

With Behavioral Disorders: Making it

Happen in the Classroom



For RSD—Marcus Whitman and

Jefferson Elementary staffs only

Design by Five

Mrs. Bobbi Buttars

Mrs. Ashley Dahlgren

Transition to Postsecondary

Education, Training, Employment, and

Independent Living

Dr. Sue Ann Bube

High School


Students as Creators and Contributors

Jeff Utecht

Upper Elementary

(3-5) Middle School

High School

Dreambox Learning Math

Wendy DeWeirdt

Preschool

Early Elementary (K-2) Upper Elementary

(3-5) Middle School Administration

Using Homeroom Data to Close the Gap

Brenda Marler

Ellen Eddy

Early Elementary (K-2)Upper Elementary (3-5)

3207 4110 Choir 4130 Band/Orch Library Library C Lab Upper Gym



Assessment Early

Learning

Curriculum Instruction Assessment


Hapara Powers Connected

Learning for Teachers and Students using

Google Apps for Education

Allison Winston All Grade Levels Administration

Also available

Session 1







Teaching Music In A Connected World

Mike Klinger



Grades K-3

Emily Diehl

Elementary (K-3)

Smarter Balanced Assessments:

Understanding Constructed Response,

Hand-scored Items

Dr. Bonnie Albertson Nicole Blake


Middle School

Building Teamwork and Skills in

Physical Education Part II





Tuesday Concurrent Session Two At-A-Glance


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http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Ryan-Murtfeldt1.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Karen-Weakley.pdf




http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Chris-Johnson.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Yichien-Cooper.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Laura-Wesley.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Keith-Mataya.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Donnetta-Elsasser.pdf




http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Wendy-DeWeirdt-.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Allison-Winston1.pdf





Tuesday, August 18


Room 1239 Culturally and Linguistically Responsiveness is for Everyone!


Presenters: Dr. Tricia Valdez-Zontek, Bilingual/ESL Consultant; Dr. Teddi Beam-Conroy, Bilingual/ESD Consultant Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administra-tors; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists; Counselors/Therapists; Para-Professionals

Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration; Related Services Strand: Instruction; Special Programs This session will provide an interactive dialogue to support partici-

pants’ professional growth in fostering culturally and linguistically responsive practices that promote the validation and affirmation of diverse student populations. Discussions will focus on what it means to be culturally and linguistically responsive, ways to influence institutional policies and practices, and hopefully inspire changes in actions and behaviors of individuals and institutions.

Room 1240 How to Avoid Burnout and Love Teaching

Again

Presenters: Mr. Ryan Murfeldt, Middle School Music Teacher & Professional Coach; Mrs. Jennifer Szolnoki, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Professional Coach, Two Rivers Coaching, LLC

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Teacher Leaders; Content Area Specialists

Target Level: All grade levels

Strand: Curriculum; Instruction; TPEP

You’re asked to do so much with so little. If you’re not careful, you’ll end up stressed out and burned out. In this workshop you’ll discover how to connect with your values, identify what’s working in your classroom, and get the support you need so that you can re-ignite your passion for teaching.

Room 1241 High Standards in Early Learning Programs: Is DAP Dead and Gone?

Presenter: Karen Weakley, Consultant, Karen Weakley Educational Consulting

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Para-Professionals Target Level: Preschool; Elementary (K-2) Strand: All-Day Kindergarten; Early Learning

Does the term "Developmentally Appropriate Practice" signal a respite from learning, after young children have been "taught" what they need to know, or does it signal "active learning" rooted in brain science and high standards? This session will help participants identify key elements critical to enhancing learning in young chil-dren's programs, particularly young children impacted by poverty and English Language Learners.

Room 1243 The ELA Smarter Balanced Assessment - What

We're Learning—Part I (Double Session)




What have we learned from using the Smarter Balanced Assessment system in Washington State? The OSPI ELA staff will guide you through the resources in the Digital Library and how they can be used effectively. Learn more about the ELA Interim Assessments with specific information on teacher scoring and using the re-sults. Finally, what have we learned about our students from the summative assessment and how can we use that to improve teach-ing and learning in our classrooms?

Room 1244 Writing, Writing, Writing! Engaging all Students

Everyday! - Part I (Double Session)


Audience: Classroom Teachers; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administrators; Content Area Specialists

Target Level: Middle School; Administration Strand: Instruction

Participants will engage in a variety of writing tasks to make writing both intentional and meaningful in the classroom. Join your colleagues to revisit techniques you may already use, to enhance strategies for engaging all learners, and to expand your repertoire while making each writing task intentional and meaningful.

Room 3102/04 Math Is Cool, and More

Presenter: Mr. Chris Johnson, Project Director, Team Battelle Math

Mentors/Coaches Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Content Area Specialists; Para-Professionals Target Level: Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School Strand: Special Programs

The Math Is Cool and More workshop is for those interested in pro-viding students with challenging and engaging opportunities in mathematics in the classroom and with extracurricular activities. We will learn about math contest opportunities, the benefits for students, how to prepare students, and resources to help your efforts. Prob-lem solving concepts, techniques, and examples will also be pre-sented. Come learn about using math contests to stimulate student interest and enthusiasm about math.

Room 3109 Integrating Chinese Arts and Culture into

Curriculum

Presenters: Dr. Yichien Cooper, Adjunct Professor, Washington State University Tri-Cities

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Content Area Specialists



This presentation will invite participants to explore and create opportunities to enrich students' learning via Chinese Arts and Culture. Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and hands-on activities will be included. Participants will learn practical approaches to address culturally significant materials.

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Concurrent Session Two


Room 3112 Did You See That? Looking Closely at Sources of History Presenter: Mrs. Laura Wesley, Senior Program Director; Mr. Keith

Mataya, Senior Program Director, Constitutional Rights Foundation; Ms. Donnetta Elsasser, Social Studies Teacher, Touchet School District

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administra-tors; Content Area Specialists

Target Level: Middle School

Strand: Curriculum; Instruction Participants will learn how to turn your students into historians in a few easy steps, teaching Common Core literacy strategies along the way! The History Experience program offers middle school students a unique opportunity to develop and enhance their research, writing, and critical thinking skills while they deepen their understanding and appreciation of United States history and civics. Through carefully planned lessons that build content knowledge and skills, students examine primary and secondary sources that engage them in rigorous reading and writing strategies.

Room 3113 Social Emotional Learning for Students With

Behavioral Disorders: Making it Happen in the

Classroom

Presenter: Gregory J. Benner, Ph.D., Professor and Executive Director, University of Washington - Tacoma, Center for Strong Schools

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrator; Professional Developers; Para-Professionals

Target Level: All Grade levels

Strand: Instruction

In this presentation we demonstrate a model for social emotional learning (SEL) for students with behavioral disorders within a multi-tiered system of support. We begin with a brief overview of the essential elements of primary level prevention system (Tier I) with emphasis on SEL. We offer strategies for embedding SEL into a multi-tier system of supports. We continue with a brief overview of evidence-based, standard protocol Tier II behavioral supports and data-based individualization. We conclude with demonstration of an easy to use, web-based system for teaching core SEL skills, screening, progress monitoring, and tier II and III SEL intervention.

Room 3115 Design by Five for Marcus Whitman and Jefferson Elementary Staffs Only

Presenters: Mrs. Bobbi Buttars, Principal; Mrs. Ashley Dahlgren, Instructional Specialist, Richland SD


Target Level: Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5) Strand: Assessment

This session introduces an assessment design process called De-sign in Five. Participants will visit the five phases to design a high-quality formative or summative assessments. This is a continuation of “The Teacher as an Assessment Leader” from last year.

Room 3118 Transition to Postsecondary Education, Training, Employment, and Independent Living

(Also available Session 1)

Presenter: Dr. Sue Ann Bube, Director, Center for Change in Transi-tion Services, Seattle University

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Teacher Leaders; School Adminis-trators; Counselors/ Therapists

Target Level: High School

Strand: Special Programs

This packed session will examine transition resources aligned with evidence-based practices. Come and learn about all the FREE resources to assist youth with disabilities meet their postsecondary goals and learn what employers and colleges want youth to know.

Room 3201 Students as Creators and Contributors


Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; Content Area Specialists

Target Level: Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School; High School Strand: Technology

New web tools have changed the way we interact with the web. In an old web world we used the Internet to gather information, to find answers, and absorb information. There was not an easy way for the average person to contribute to this landscape of knowledge. As the 21st century is upon us so is a new web. The new web otherwise known as the read/write web allows us not only to easily find informa-tion, but allows us to be creators and contributors to this new wealth of knowledge. As education has been slow to adapt to these new tools our students have taken them to heart and are using them to create content viewed the world over. Sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, and others allow our students to create information. Our students no longer want to sit in a classroom and be told information. They want to create it, share it, and contrib-ute to the growing knowledge base on the web.

Room 3202 Dreambox Learning Math

Presenter: Ms. Wendy DeWeirdt, Senior Regional Sales Manager, DreamBox Learning


Target Level: Preschool; Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School; Administration

Strand: All-Day Kindergarten; Assessment; Curriculum; Early Learn-ing; Instruction; Special Programs; Technology

Come learn about DreamBox® Learning which offers a personalized K–8 math environment that combines a rigorous curriculum for deep conceptual understanding, a highly engaging, game-like environ-ment, and our industry-leading Intelligent Adaptive Learning technol-ogy which dynamically adapts in real time to create millions of per-sonalized learning paths tailored to each student’s unique needs. The DreamBox student-centered environment differentiates content, pace, and sequence for the highest levels of student achievement so every student can learn to think like a mathematician.

Room 3206 Using Homeroom Data to Close the Gap

Presenters: Mrs. Brenda Marler, Instructional Coach, Mrs. Ellen

Eddy, Principal; Bethel SD Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors;

Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administrators;

Content Area Specialists

Target Level: Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5) Strand: Assessment; Instruction; Technology

See how Frederickson Elementary is rolling out and using Homeroom to close learning gaps and move students at historical growth rates. Attendees will learn how to use three of the Homeroom data tools (Assessments, Groups, and Longitudinal Extracts) to set SMART goals linked to evaluations 3.1, 6.1, and 8.1. Attendees will learn 3 high yield

data views that can be used during data team meetings.

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Tuesday, August 18


Room 3202 Hapara Powers Connected Learning for Teachers and

Students using Google Apps for Education


Presenter: Ms. Allison Winston, Customer Success Manager, Hapara

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrator; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists; Para-Professionals

Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration Strand: Curriculum; Instruction; Technology This hands-on introduction to Hapara is recommended for users

who have intermediate familiarity with GAFE, but are new to Hapara (or in need of a Hapara review). By participating in this workshop, users will develop the knowledge needed to begin using Hapara for collaborative, connected, transformative teaching and learning. Non-Hapara customers/users are also welcome to attend, as this will be a unique opportunity for hands-on experience with Hapara tools (including our new releases).








Room 4130 Teaching Music in a Connected World Band Room Presenter: Mr. Mike Klinger, President, The Synthesis Midi

Workshop Audience: Classroom Teachers; School Administrators; District- Level Administrators

Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration Strand: Assessment Watch and learn and Mike Klinger presents a new concept allowing

music teachers to extend their classroom teaching using the Music First Online Classroom, complete with lessons, assignments, units, and assessments.

Library Ignite Learning with a Growth Mindset - Grades K-3 Presenters: Ms. Emily Diehl, Director, K-12 Professional Learning &

Curriculum Design, Mindset Works Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors;

Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administra-tors; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists; Counselors/Therapists; Para-Professionals

Target Level: Elementary (K-3) Strand: Early Learning

In a lively session, participants will learn about the growth mindset research and why it is a critical lever for motivation and success. Participants will explore and reflect on several tools, resources, videos and strategies to deepen their understanding of mindset's role in schools as well as how to support other adults in 1. changing their mindsets and 2. cultivating growth mindsets in students.

Library Smarter Balanced Assessments: Understanding

C Lab Constructed Response, Hand-scored Items

Presenter: Dr. Bonnie Albertson, Claim 2 assessment lead for Smarter Balanced (Former Professor of Education), University of Delaware, Smarter Balanced; Mrs. Nicole Blake, Executive Director of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum, Richland SD


Target Level: Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School

Strand: Assessment; Curriculum; Instruction Participants will examine the Smarter Balanced “brief write,” “full write,” and “short answer” items – how they are constructed, their relationships to CCSS standards, and how they are scored. Questions addressed include (but are not limited to) the following: • How do these item types differ? • How do these items change across grade levels? • What do the rubrics look like for each? • How does an understanding of constructed response questions affect instruction?

Upper Gym Building Teamwork and Skills in Physical Education – Part II




***Teachers should come dressed to participate. Tennis shoes! . The focus will be: (1) Sport Skills, with lead up games and activities to help develop skills in basketball, soccer, baseball, etc. (2) Rhythms, with the emphasis on movement with music. This includes folk dances of other countries and contemporary line dances.

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Concurrent Session Three At-A-Glance


1:50-3:00 – Session 3 Breakouts

1239 1240 1241 1243 1244 3102/04 3109

Assessment Curriculum Instruction




Instruction Instruction Curriculum Instruction

Special Programs

Understanding and putting the WA

English Language Proficiency Standards into Action in Schools



Also available

Session 6

Avid Note Taking K-5

Amy McLaughlin

Linda Stairet Jill Loftus

Early Elementary

(K-2) Upper Elementary

(3-5)

Developing the Building Blocks of Number Sense in

Kindergarten

Karen Lipp Tina Wutzke

Kendra Leggett Andrea Patterson

Preschool


The ELA Smarter Balanced

Assessment - What We're

Learning Part II

(Double Session)


Upper Elementary

(3-5) Middle School

High School

Writing, Writing, Writing! Engaging

all Students Everyday!

Middle School Part II

(Double Session)

Dr. Karen Burke

Middle School Administration

Integrating STEAM

To Increase Student Engagement

Trevor Macduff Carolyn Sturges



Administration

The REACH Museum: Your Partner in Education

Claire Dann

Stephanie Button Dale Jansons


3112 3113 3118 3201 3206 3207 4110 Choir

Early Learning Special Programs

Instruction Special

Programs Technology ——-


Special Programs Instruction Assessment

Communication Training Options for

the Non-Verbal Student – A Look at

the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)

Nancy Wittman

All Grade Levels

The Whole Child Initiative:

A Sustainable, City-Wide System

of Support for Tacoma Youth



Examining Post-School Survey Data

Dr. Sue Ann Bube

High School

Administration

Google Apps in the Classroom

Jeff Utecht

Upper Elementary

(3-5) Middle School

High School

PLACEHOLDER

Richland Education

Association

Identifying and Addressing

Anxiety in the

School Setting

Angie Withers

All Grade Levels


Instruction for Grades 6-HS




4130 Band/Orch 4150 Drama Library Library C Lab Upper Gym

Assessment Instruction Technology


Instruction Curriculum Instruction Assessment


Getting Better Recordings of Your

Bands/Choirs

Mike Klinger

All Grade Levels

Tips and Tricks in the Orchestra Classroom

Sarah Berglund


Middle School


Grades 6+

Emily Diehl


Administration

Using Smarter Balanced Resources as

Tools to Plan Instruction


Upper Elementary (3-5) Middle School

High School


Building Teamwork and Skills in Physical Education

Part III



(3-5) Middle School

High School

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http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Tina-Wutzke.pdf

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Tuesday, August 18


Room 1239 Understanding and putting the WA English Language Proficiency Standards into Action in Schools (also available Session 6)

Presenters: Dr. Tricia Valdez-Zontek, Bilingual/ESL Consultant; Dr. Teddi Beam-Conroy, Bilingual/ESD Consultant

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists; Para-Professionals Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration

Strand: Assessment; Curriculum; Instruction Participants will learn about the Washington English Language Profi-

ciency Standards (ELPS), how to integrate them with the College Career Readiness Standards (CCSS/NGSS) and use them to design effective classroom instruction for ELLs and all students.

Room 1240 AVID Note-Taking K-5

Presenters: Ms. Amy McLaughlin,Ms. Linda Stairet, Jill Loftus, CST, Richland SD

Audience: Classroom Teachers

Target Level: Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5) Strand: Curriculum; Instruction Participants will build on the skill of note-taking that supports evi-

dence and elaboration in writing.

Room 1241 Developing the Building Blocks of Number Sense in Kindergarten

Presenter: Mrs. Karen Lipp , Ms. Kendra Leggett, KiMrs. Andrea Patterson, Kindergarten Teachers; Mrs. Tina Wutzke, Classroom Coach, Richland SD

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; Para-Professionals Target Level: Elementary (K-2) Strand: All-Day Kindergarten; Curriculum; Early Learning; Instruction Through music and dramatic play we will demonstrate how to engage

young learners across the curriculum as they develop number sense in meaningful, fun ways! In this session we will introduce participants to the “Monkey Number System” to establish the conceptual under-standing of number sense by young children. Participants will have the opportunity to explore number sense activities for kindergarteners through engaging hands-on experiences that build an understanding of the symbolic level of thinking foundational to mathematics.


We're Learning—Part II (Double Session)





Room 1244 Writing, Writing, Writing! Engaging all Students

Everyday! - Part II (Double Session)


Audience: Classroom Teachers; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administrators; Content Area Specialists

Target Level: Middle School; Administration Strand: Instruction

Participants will engage in a variety of writing tasks to make writing both intentional and meaningful in the classroom. Join your colleagues to revisit techniques you may already use, to enhance strategies for engaging all learners, and to expand your repertoire while making each writing task intentional and meaningful.

Room 3102/04 Integrating STEAM to Increase Student Engagement

Presenter: Mr. Trevor Mcduff amd Mrs. Carolyn Sturges, Teachers, Three Rivers HomeLink Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists; Para-Professionals Target Level: Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School; High School;

Administration Strand: Instruction

Core disciplines are rarely used in isolation. Integrating the STEAM disciplines in a traditional classroom enhances student engagement by creating projects that more accurately replicate real-world scenar-ios. By developing multiple points of connection, students can find their own place in the learning. Come see how students are able to connect more authentically to their learning by inter-weaving the STEAM disciplines and watch engagement soar.

Room 3109 The REACH Museum: Your Partner in

Education

Presenters: Ms. Claire Dann, Curator for Education and Art; Ms. Stephanie Button, Curator for Education and Exhibits; Mr. Dale Jansons, Education Coordinator, The REACH Museum

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Teacher Leaders; District Level Administrators; Content Area Specialists; Instructional Coaches; School Administrators

Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration

Strand: Curriculum; Instruction; Early Learning; Special Programs

The REACH tells the unique stories of our region such as the Ice Age Floods, the Manhattan Project, the Shrub-Steppe, and Hanford Clean-up Efforts. Participants will become knowledgeable of programs, presentations and learning experiences available to both students and teachers at the REACH Museum in Richland. Examples of programs that support the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards will be shared, including a hands-on activity teachers can take back to their classrooms. Our education staff uses the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) philoso-phy to create integrative learning experiences for students of all ages.

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Concurrent Session Three


Room 3112 Communication Training Options for the Non- Verbal Student – A Look at the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)

Presenter: Mrs. Nancy Wittman, PECS Paraeducator, Richland SD Audience: Classroom Teachers; Counselors/Therapists; Para-Professionals


Strand: Early Learning; Special Programs This session is for anyone working with students who are non-verbal

or who are not effectively using speech. Participants will discuss the

value of investing class time to teach a foundational understanding of

communication and develop functional communication skills for these

students; examine a general overview of the key points of PECS; and

consider the benefits as well as common misconceptions of PECS.

This is not a training workshop. Contact Pyramid Educational Con-

sultants for information on training opportunities.

Room 3113 The Whole Child Initiative: A Sustainable, City-Wide System of Support for Tacoma Youth

Presenter: Gregory J. Benner, Ph.D., Professor and Executive Director, University of Washington - Tacoma, Center for Strong Schools Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors;

Teacher Leaders; School Administrator; Professional Developers; Para-Professionals

Target Level: All Grade levels; Administration

Strand: Instruction

The focus on the Tacoma Whole Child Initiative (TWCI) is

sustainable, systemic change so every child is a whole child—

healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. Our approach

combines city-wide PBIS, social emotional learning, school-based

mental health, dropout prevention, response to intervention, and

organizational change into one system of support. The ten-year

TWCI roadmap is built upon implementation science and

organizational change processes. The purpose of this presentation is

to provide a step-by-step walk through of the TWCI and offer

guidance to create sustainable change in your city or district.

Room 3118 Examining Post-School Survey Data

Presenter: Dr. Sue Ann Bube, Director, Center for Change in Transition Services, Seattle University

Audience: School Administrators; District-Level Administrators Target Level: High School; Administration Strand: Special Programs

Are you drowning in data? Not sure how to make sense of your post-school survey results? Learn how Indicator 14 data are calculated and how to improve your district’s contact and performance rates. This is a great opportunity to see what’s new (and easy) with access to and reporting of YOUR post-school data. We will also explore data questions/concerns and resources related to transition as well as how to use your school’s data for program improvement.

Room 3201 Google Apps in the Classroom



Target Level: Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School; High School Strand: Technology

This session will focus on using Google Apps, a free educational service encompassing a powerful set of tools that is revolutionizing education. Combining these tools with other free Google products like Google Maps and Google Earth only enhances the learning for students. We will cover real hands-on lessons being used in class-rooms right now as we discuss how Google Apps changes the learning environment. From science notebooks, to collaborative notes and classroom newspapers we’ll get our hands dirty with what these powerful tools have to offer. Participants will need a Google account.

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Tuesday, August 18


Room 3207 Identifying and Addressing Anxiety in the School Setting

Presenter: Mrs. Angie Withers, School Psychologist, Richland SD

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Teacher Leaders; School Adminis-trators; Content Area Specialists; Counselors/Therapists; Para-Professionals


Strand: Assessment; Instruction; Special Programs

In this session, we will review the normal developmental pattern of anxiety in children, anxiety disorders, as well as the characteristics of anxiety (cognitive, behavioral and physical). Additionally, practical tips for identifying anxiety and intervention strategies for classroom teachers will be given..

Room 4110 Smarter Balanced Assessment System: Choir Room Connecting the ELA Claims to Classroom Instruction for Grades 6-HS




Target: Middle School; High School


Educators who use the Common Core State Standards will understand that through the use of grade-appropriate complex texts, and the incorporation of multimedia, all students can engage in a variety of activities designed to increase rigor, but still afford them the content knowledge and allow students of varying levels to access the texts. Participants of this presentation will have the opportunity to engage in several focused activities to better understand what students need to know and be able to do to demonstrate mastery of the standards. Through this exploration, teachers will also understand how classroom instruction can support student learning.

Room 4130 Getting Better Recordings of Your Bands/Choirs Band Room Presenter: Mr. Mike Klinger, President, The Synthesis Midi

Workshop Audience: Classroom Teachers


Strand: Assessment; Curriculum; Instruction; Technology Learn the tricks and tips of getting better recordings of your band/

choirs and student's. From proper mic placement, types of mics to use, recording/editing software, Mike Klinger will show you how to get the best recording.

4150 Tips and Tricks in the Orchestra Classroom

Drama Computer

Presenters: Ms. Sarah Berglund, Orchestra Teacher, Richland SD Audience: Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Content Area Special-

ists; Para-Professionals Target Level: ; Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School Strand: Curriculum; Instruction

Did a string break? Is your hair falling out....of the bow? Repairs are crucial in the orchestra classroom; What is considered a major repair or just something I can fix? What about that wiggly thing? (Vibrato) All this, plus many more tips and tricks to get your string ensembles in tune, in time, and enjoying their orchestra experi-ence.

Library Ignite Learning with a Growth Mindset - Grades 6+

Presenters: Ms. Emily Diehl, Director, K-12 Professional Learning & Curriculum Design, Mindset Works


Target Level: Middle School; High School; Administration

Strand: Instruction

In a lively session, participants will learn about the growth mindset research and why it is a critical lever for motivation and success. Participants will explore and reflect on several tools, resources, videos and strategies to deepen their understanding of mindset's role in schools as well as how to support other adults in 1) changing their mindsets and 2) cultivating growth mindsets in students.

Library Using Smarter Balanced Resources as Tools to

C Lab Plan Instruction



Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists


Participants will examine the instructional tools available to them on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium’s website. The resources to be reviewed include (but are not limited to) the following: • The Practice Test • Construct Relevant Vocabulary • Item Specifications • Annotated Baseline Writing Anchors • Stimulus Specifications (Text complexity rubrics, text lengths) Participants will consider how best to use these tools when planning instruction.

Upper Gym Building Teamwork and Skills in Physical Education – Part III




***Teachers should come dressed to participate. Tennis shoes! . The focus will be: (1) Cooperative Activities, where the goal is working together, as a group, to accomplish a task. (2) Homemade PE Equipment, that is useful for your PE program. Learning to construct homemade equipment is economical for your PE budget.

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Concurrent Session Four At-A-Glance


7:30-8:00 a.m. Check In - Coffee and Pastries

8:00-8:45 a.m. – Team Time

9:00-10:10 a.m. – Auditorium Welcome and Opening Keynote Speaker: Pete Hall ‘Any Bird Can Sing!’

10:20-11:30 am – Session 4 Breakouts

1240 1242 1243 1244 3102/04 3109 3113

Assessment Curriculum

Instruction TPEP Technology

Instruction Assessment Curriculum Instruction

Instruction Technology Instruction Special

Programs

AVID Strategies Instructional Technology =

Rigorous Learning

Linda Stairet Jill Loftus

Randy Fairfield


Tools for Launching

a Common Core Competency Vocabulary Campaign - Grades 3-5

Dr. Kate Kinsella


Getting to Know the ELA Performance

Task





All About that Bass: A Critical

Foundation for Innovative Instruction

Patti Davenport


PowerTeacher for Experienced Users

Greg Kelly


Nobody Gets to Opt Out.

Nobody Gets to Fail

Pete Perez Jerad Farley

Justin Johnson

All Grade Levels

RSD Staff only

All Special Education Staff Training

Mandy Cathey, Nita Kamphuis Sharon Bradley

All Grade Levels Related Services


3115 3116 3118 3201 3202 3206 4110 Choir

Assessment Special Programs

All Day Kindergarten Early Learning

Special Programs Technology

Instruction Curriculum Instruction


ELL/CLD-Separating Difference from

Disability

Keshia Shorts Tascina Penor

All Grade Levels

Communicating Within a Culture

of Poverty: Improving

Outcomes for Everyone

Part I (Double Session)

Amy Yardley

Preschool Early Elementary (K-2) Upper Elementary (3-5)

Administration

Overview of Assistive

Technology and SETC Services

Barb Lark

All Grade Levels

Building Your Capacity for

Success

Pete Hall


Related Services


Now THAT'S a Good Question!

Promoting Cognitive Rigor Through

Classroom Questioning

Erik Francis


Related Services

STEM Integration

Projects

Deborah Burke

All Grade Levels






4130 Band/Orch 4150 Drama Library C Lab

Instruction Instruction Instruction Assessment

Yes! You Can Help Your Students Sing

in Tune!

Dr. Christopher Rob-erts

Preschool Early Elementary (K-2)


266 Dog Years: Don’t Just

Survive, Thrive

Randy Bjur

All Grade Levels

Writing: Key Ideas and Strategies to Improve Student

Achievement across Content Areas



High School


11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Lunch Break


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http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Patti-Davenport.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Greg-Kelly.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Mandy-Cathey.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Nita-Kamphuis.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Sharon-Bradley.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Tascina-Penor.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Amy-Yardley.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Barb-Lark.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Pete-Hall-8-19-Keynote-Information1.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Erik-Francis.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Christopher-Roberts.pdf


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Concurrent Session Four


Room 1240 AVID Strategies + Instructional Technology = Rigorous Learning

Presenters: Ms. Linda Stairet, Mrs. Jill Loftus, Randy Fairfield, Classroom Support Teachers, Richland SD


Target Level: Middle School; High School Strand: Assessment; Curriculum; Instruction; Technology; TPEP Whatever the content, the rigorous learning of AVID strategies like

Socratic Seminar, Close Reading, and Reciprocal Teaching can be

"amped-up" with carefully designed technology-based instruction.

This session is not a one shot deal. Richland teachers who attend

should plan for ongoing implementation support this fall from their

RSD Classroom Support Teachers. Learning Objective: Improve

learning rigor by combining technology- based instruction and AVID

teaching strategies.

Room 1242 Tools for Launching a Common Core Competency Vocabulary Campaign – Grades 3-5

Presenters: Dr. Kate Kinsella, Professor, San Francisco University


Target Level: Upper Elementary (3-5) Strand: Instruction

The 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Vocabulary Report highlighted the dire need for schools to provide elementary school English learners and youths from low-income families with informed, consistent vocabulary instruction aligned with critical Common Core academic competencies such as comparing, making inferences, and describing causes and effects. Productive word knowledge, the ability to effectively use a word in speech and writing, is pivotal to academic interaction, presentation, and text dependent response. Drawing on scholarship and extensive classroom experience, Dr. Kinsella demonstrates explicit instruction of high-utility, competency-aligned word families (e.g., compare, comparison; infer. inference) underscoring skillful competent academic communication and explains how to design application tasks and formative assessments that deepen productive word knowledge. Participants observe video footage and review sample lessons, note-taking guide formats, and competency aligned word lists to establish a program-wide high-utility vocabulary initiative.

Room 1243 Getting to Know the ELA Performance Task



Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; Content Area Specialists


Learn more about the ELA Performance Task including the Class-room Activity, the Research questions and the full-write prompt. Discuss ways to integrate the PT concepts into your daily activities. Practice developing research questions and writing prompts specific to your classroom lessons

. Room 1244 All About that Bass: A Critical Foundation for Innovative Instruction

Presenter: Mrs. Patti Davenport, National Trainer, Equipping Educators

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; Content Area Specialists; Para-Professionals

Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration Strand: Instruction

Just as every musical composition needs a steady bassline, classrooms need a solid foundation upon which to build effective instruction. In this session, educators will receive practical strategies they can use immediately, including:

1. Powerful diffusers to maintain composure in challenging situations 2. Specific strategies to teach to and enforce expectations 3. Tools to handle negative classroom situations effectively, without interrupting valuable teaching time 4. Simple strategies to energize apathetic or unmotivated students

Room 3102/04 PowerTeacher for Experienced Users Presenter: Mr. Greg Kelly, Math Teacher, Richland SD Audience: Classroom Teachers

Target Level: Middle School; High School Strand: Technology

Using the PowerTeacher grading program to fairly calculate student grades and to clearly communicate to students and parents. Several less well-known features will be presented, including linking Pow-erTeacher to documents in Google Drive. There will also be a discus-sion of common teacher errors using PowerTeacher, and an opportu-nity to ask questions. This session is for teachers who have experi-ence using PowerTeacher but want to use it more efficiently.

Room 3109 Nobody Gets to Opt Out. Nobody Gets to Fail.

Presenters: Mr. Pete Perez , Principal, Wahitis Elementary, Justin Johnson, ELL Specialist, Othello School District; Mr. Jerad Farley, Principal, Rocky Heights Elementary, Hermiston School District

Audience: Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administrators

Target Level: Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5)

Strand: Assessment; Curriculum; Instruction

After considerable data analysis, the leadership team at Wahitis Elementary realized that they needed to find a new way of doing business. Through research, the Wahitis team overhauled their entire systems for ELA and Math instruction. What follows is their story of how in just one year they accomplished this task, the data that supports the changes to their system, and lessons that you might take away to make sweeping changes successful in your schools.

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Wednesday, August 19


Room 3113 All Special Education Staff Training for RSD Staff Only


Presenter: Mrs. Mandy Cathey, Assistant Director of Special Educa-tion; Mrs. Nita Kamphuis, Director of Special Education; Ms. Sharon Bradley, Assistant Director of Special Programs, Richland School District

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Content Area Specialists Target Level: All Grade Levels; Related Services Strand: Special Programs

This is a required training for all RSD special education staff. This session will provide follow up training as a response to questions raised during the spring training sessions including information on measurable goals, present levels of performance, Prior Written Notices, and progress reports. In addition, we will give you informa-tion on updates to the E-com system.

Room 3115 ELL/CLD-Separating Difference from Disability

Presenters: Ms. Keshia Shorts and Ms. Tascina Penor, School Psychologists, EdS, ELL-Endorsement, Richland SD

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administra-tors; Counselors/ Therapists


Strand: Assessment; Special Programs How can you tell if a culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) student struggles in school are primarily due to English Language Learner (ELL) development, a true disability, neither or both? This will be an introductory session on separating difference from disability. This course will cover: basics of language acquisition, pre-evaluation checklist/processes, interpretation of Washington English Language Proficiency Assessment (WELPA) scores and the Transitional Bilingual Instructional Program (TBIP) peer analysis. It will also demonstrate the use of the Cultural Linguistic Interpretative Matrix (C-LIM) on standardized test results with consideration of cultural loading and linguistic demand, when evaluating a student for Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD). A list of resources will also be provided.

Room 3116 Communicating Within a Culture of Poverty: Improving Outcomes for Everyone—Part I

(Double Session)

Presenters: Ms. Amy Yardley, Owner, Yardley Training & Consulting Audience: Classroom Teachers; School Administrators; District-

Level Administrators; Counselors/Therapists; Para-Professionals

Target Level: Preschool; Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5); Administration


This presentation summarizes key aspects of what it is like to live in chronic crisis and chronic poverty and how these aspects affect a person's point of view and impact their decision making. Strategies provided will help bridge the communication gap which is really better described as an expectation gap. Socio-economic characteristics, life experiences and the impact of deficit model 'helping' systems on people living in chronic crisis will be examined.

Room 3118 Overview of Assistive Technology and SETC Services

Presenter: Mrs. Barb Lark, SLP and AT Specialist, SETC Audience: Classroom Teachers; Teacher Leaders; District-Level

Administrators; Para-Professionals Target Level: All Grade Levels

Strand: Special Programs; Technology This session will provide an overview of various assistive technologies to consider when planning for students with special needs. We will cover AAC, alternate computer access, adaptive software, adaptive switches and basic environmental control. Learning Objectives:

1. gain an awareness of the range of AT products that can be used to support students with various disabilities.

2. gain an understanding of how specific features are matched to the needs of students with disabilities.

3. become familiar with AT resources.

Room 3201 Building Your Capacity for Success (also available Session 6)

Presenter: Mr. Pete Hall, Consultant, Educator and ASCD Author Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors;


Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration; Related Services Strand: Instruction

With teacher evaluation systems, public accountability, curriculum demands, and other pressures, the heat is on teachers more than ever. It’s important to remember that teachers have embraced the noblest profession known to humankind. Learn from award-winning principal and author Pete Hall how to increase your own self-reflective tendencies and professional intentionality. Take the reins of your own continuous growth through discussions of a strengths-based approach (via the Continuum of Self-Reflection), and discover dozens of strategies for working with colleagues, instructional coaches, administrators, and self-directed learning. This session is related to Pete's new book, “Teach, Reflect, Learn" (ASCD, 2015), which is the teacher's companion piece to “Building Teachers’ Capacity for Success” (ASCD, 2008).

Room 3202 Now THAT'S a Good Question! Promoting Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning

Presenter: Mr. Erik Francis, Professional Education Specialist and ASCD Author, Maverik Education LLC

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administrators; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists

Target Level: All Grade Levels; Middle School; High School; Administration; Related Services


Learn how to develop good questions that address the cognitive rigor of college and career ready standards by challenging and engaging students to think deeply as well as express and share their depth of knowledge through oral, written, creative, and technical communication.

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Concurrent Session Four


Room 3206 STEM Integration Projects

Presenters: Mrs. Deborah Burke, Educator, Richland SD Audience: Classroom Teachers Target: All Grade Levels

Strand: Curriculum

This session will involve how teachers can increase student engage-ment by including science and engineering practices side-by-side in the classroom. A model for developing integrated curricula.








Room 4130 Yes! You Can Help Your Students Sing in Tune! Band Room Presenter: Dr. Christopher Roberts, K-5 Music Teacher; Affiliate

Assistant Professor, St. Joseph School, Seattle; University of Washington

Audience: Content Area Specialists

Target Level: Preschool; Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5) Strand: Instruction When second-grade Maria sings, some might say that she sounds

like a wounded moose. In this session, participants will learn a variety of strategies to address this long-standing, vexing problem: How do you solve a problem like Maria?

Room 4150 266 Dog Years: Don’t Just Survive, Thrive

Drama Room Presenter: Mr. Randy Bjur, Band Director, Pasco SD

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Teacher Leaders


Strand: Instruction Much of the training and instruction for teachers is curriculum and

pedagogically based. At the same time, many areas of teaching are experiencing an alarming rate of exit from the profession. The pres-entation will focus on coping skills and approaches to life and teach-ing that will help position teachers to thrive in their profession.

Library Writing: Key Ideas and Strategies to Improve C Lab Student Achievement across Content Areas (also available Session 1)



Target Level: Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School; High School Strand: Assessment; Curriculum; Instruction Join librar-ian Michelle Participants will align CCSS Big Ideas with instruc-tional strategies (including AVID) to develop better writers. Out-comes: ➢ Recognizing importance of 3 assessment traits for CCSS writing purposes: o Clarify meaning of “Elaboration” for CCSS/SBAC o Move students’ understanding of “Organization” beyond beginning-middle-end o Examine learning progression for “Conventions of standard English” ➢ Using SBAC writing rubrics to inform instruction ➢ Maintaining a focus on instruction in a “test prep” culture ➢ Integrating CCSS-aligned Research

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Materials for Sessions Materials for most sessions are available at the Washington State ASCD website at www.wsascd.org under ‘Practitioner’s Best Friend.’

Concurrent Session Five At-A-Glance


12:30-1:40 pm – Session 5 Breakouts

1239 1240 1241 1242 1243 1244 3102/04

Instruction Special Programs

Instruction All-Day Kindergarten




Instruction

Culturally and Linguistically

Responsiveness is for Everyone!



Related Services


Close Reading – it is more than just

rereading the text! AVID – Reading

Inside and Outside of the Text

Amy McLaughlin Linda Stairet

Jill Loftus Kristina Tucker


(3-5) Middle School

High School

El camino al éxito - A Spanish

Kindergarten Early Reading

Intervention

Kerry Gavett


Tools for Launching a

Common Core Competency

Vocabulary Campaign – Middle School

Dr. Kate Kinsella

Middle School


Assessment - What We're Learning

Part I




Dare to break the mold: Maximizing

Student Engagement and Motivation

Patti Davenport

All Grade Levels

Algebra without Homework?

Reaching Every Student

Greg Kelly


3112 3113 3115 3116 3118 3201 3202


Instruction Assessment All-Day Kindergarten

Early Learning Special Programs

Technology Instruction ??

Hands-On Activities to Infuse

Nanotechnology Content into

Traditional Science Classes Part I

(Double Session)

Deb Newberry

High School

Creating a STEAM Program in Your School

Trevor Macduff Carolyn Sturges

Middle School

High School Administration

Group work session

for RSD School Psychologists only

Pattern of Strengths

and Weaknesses Evaluation

and Eligibility Criteria Part I

(Double Session)

Mason Rivers

Communicating Within a Culture of Poverty: Improving

Outcomes for Everyone

Part II (Double Session)

Amy Yardley

Preschool Early Elementary (K-2)

Upper Elementary (3-5) Administration

Augmentative and Alternative

Communication in the Self-Contained

Classroom Part I

(Double Session)

Barb Lark

All Grade levels

Teaching is a Team Sport

Pete Hall


Related Services

PLACEHOLDER For

ALEKS

4110 Choir 4130 Band/Orch Library C Lab





Instruction for Grades 6-HS


Middle School

High School


Singing Games for Upper

Elementary Students

Dr. Christopher Roberts


Middle School

Smarter Balanced Assessments:

Understanding Constructed

Response, Hand-scored Items


Nicole Blake


http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Amy-McLaughlin-.pdf


http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Kristina-Tucker.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Kerry-Gavett.pdf




http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Patti-Davenport.pdf

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Greg-Kelly.pdf



http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Amy-Yardley.pdf






Concurrent Session Five


Room 1239 Culturally and Linguistically Responsiveness is for Everyone!


Presenters: Dr. Tricia Valdez-Zontek, Bilingual/ESL Consultant; Dr. Teddi Beam-Conroy, Bilingual/ESD Consultant Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administra-tors; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists; Counselors/Therapists; Para-Professionals

Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration; Related Services Strand: Instruction; Special Programs This session will provide an interactive dialogue to support partici-

pants’ professional growth in fostering culturally and linguistically responsive practices that promote the validation and affirmation of diverse student populations. Discussions will focus on what it means to be culturally and linguistically responsive, ways to influence institutional policies and practices, and hopefully inspire changes in actions and behaviors of individuals and institutions.

Room 1240 Close Reading – it is more than just rereading the text! AVID – Reading Inside and Outside of the Text

Presenters: Ms. Amy McLaughlin, Mrs. Linda Stairet, Mrs. Jill Loftus, Classroom Support Teachers; Mrs. Kristina Tucker, ELA Coordinator, Richland SD


Target Level: Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School; High School

Strand: Curriculum; Instruction; TPEP

K-12 participants will participate in close reading activities that will involve utilizing AVID strategies before, during, and after reading to ensure deeper understanding of a text.

Room 1241 El camino al éxito - A Spanish Kindergarten Early Reading Intervention

Presenter: Ms. Kerry Gavett, Director, Kids Learning for Success, LLC

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors

Target Level: Early Elementary (K-2)

Strand: All-Day Kindergarten; Curriculum

"El camino al éxito" is a research-based Spanish Kindergarten curriculum designed to provide intervention to small groups of at-risk children learning to read in Spanish. It is a daily 30-minute program that includes 118 lessons, with explicit teaching routines and fun activities. "El camino" was developed in 2006 in the Tigard-Tualatin School District in Oregon and meets Common Core Standards. The workshop will present the components of the curriculum and re-search demonstrating its effectiveness.

Room 1244 Tools for Launching a Common Core Competency Vocabulary Campaign - Middle School

Presenter: Dr. Kate Kinsella, Professor, San Francisco University Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders Target Level: Middle School Strand: Instruction

The 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Vocabulary Report highlighted the dire need for schools to provide

middle school English learners and youths from low-income families with informed, consistent vocabulary instruction aligned with critical Common Core academic competencies such as comparing, making inferences, and describing causes and effects. Productive word knowledge, the ability to effectively use a word in speech and writing, is pivotal to academic interaction, presentation, and text dependent response. Drawing on scholarship and extensive classroom experience, Dr. Kinsella demonstrates explicit instruction of high-utility, competency-aligned word families (e.g., compare, comparison; infer. inference) underscoring skillful competent academic communication and explains how to design application tasks and formative assessments that deepen productive word knowledge. Participants observe video footage and review sample lessons, note-taking guide formats, and competency aligned word lists to establish a program-wide high-utility vocabulary initiative.


We're Learning—Part I (Double Session)





Room 1244 Dare to Break the Mold: Maximizing Student Engagement and Motivation

Presenter: Mrs. Patti Davenport, National Trainer, Equipping Educators




When we provide multiple opportunities for students to respond to instruction we help maximize student growth, increase student responsibility for learning and have a lot of fun doing it! In this session participants will learn specific, unique strategies they can use immediately to maximize student engagement and motivation including: randomization, story telling, dynamic tension and more. Bring your own passion and creativity back into the classroom. Your students will thank you for it!

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Room 3102/04 Algebra without homework? - Reaching Every Student

Presenter: Mr. Greg Kelly, Math Teacher, Richland SD

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Content Area Specialists Target Level: Middle School; High School Strand: Instruction

Many students can’t or won’t do homework. The traditional math class with a minimum of instruction and large homework assignments does not work for these students. Last year I challenged myself to teach Algebra 2 classes without homework, and the result was very successful. Times are changing, and in this presentation I will dis-cuss the innovations necessary to make this work. The goal is to reach every student.

Room 3112 Hands-On Activities to Infuse Nanotechnology Content into Traditional Science Classes – Part I

(Double Session)

Presenter: Ms. Deb Newberry, Director/PI, DCTC/Nano-Link Audience: Classroom Teachers; Teacher Leaders Target Level: High School

Strand: Curriculum; Instruction; Technology National Science Foundation funded Nano-Link: Center for Nanotechnology Education, has created over 25 modules that bring nanoscale concepts to chemistry, physics, biology and material science classes. Modules are self contained, topic specific and are designed to fit in to 1 classroom period. Nano-Link provides activity materials to educators at no cost. In these sessions, participants will practice several of the hands-on activities, learn the basic concepts of nanotechnology and how to integrate the modules into their classes. These sessions (Part I and II) will also discuss how to use the modules for critical thinking and problem based learning.

Room 3113 Creating a STEAM program in your school

Presenter: Mr. Trevor Mcduff and Mrs. Carolyn Sturges, Teachers, Three Rivers HomeLink Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors;

Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; Content Area Specialists Target Level: Middle School; High School; Administration Strand: Instruction

Integrating STEAM is vital in every classroom for 21st Century learners. But is there a way to create a 'school within a school' to develop a culture of innovation? Trevor Macduff and Carolyn Sturges have been doing just that for the last 3 years. Come glean from their successes and failures as you consider how to create your own pull out STEAM program.

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Room 3115 Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses Evaluation and Eligibility Criteria—PART I (Double Session) Group work session for RSD Psychologists only

Presenters: Mr. Mason Rivers, President, Oregon School Psycholo-gists Association

Audience: School Psychologists Target Level: Related Services Strand: Assessment; Special Programs This work group session will focus on developing an operational

definition of a Specific Learning Disability as defined by a pattern of strengths and weaknesses. Guidelines in collecting data to support eligibility criteria will be presented along with recommendations for operationalizing each criteria measure. Additionally, guidelines for reporting on pattern of strengths and weaknesses criteria will be explored and developed.

Room 3116 Communicating Within a Culture of Poverty: Improving Outcomes for Everyone—Part II (Double Session)

Presenters: Ms. Amy Yardley, Owner, Yardley Training & Consulting Audience: Classroom Teachers; School Administrators; District-

Level Administrators; Counselors/Therapists; Para-Professionals

Target Level: Preschool; Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5); Administration


This presentation summarizes key aspects of what it is like to live in chronic crisis and chronic poverty and how these aspects affect a person's point of view and impact their decision making. Strategies provided will help bridge the communication gap which is really better described as an expectation gap. Socio-economic characteristics, life experiences and the impact of deficit model 'helping' systems on people living in chronic crisis will be examined

Room 3118 Augmentative and Alternative Communication in the Self-Contained Classroom—Part I (Double Session)

Presenter: Mrs. Barb Lark, SLP and AT Specialist, SETC Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors;

School Administrators; District-Level Administrators; Content Area Specialists; Counselors/Therapists; Para-Professionals


Strand: Special Programs; Technology In this session we will explore the supports that Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) tools, can provide to your stu-dents. We will explore a variety AAC systems, from low tech to high tech, including AAC apps for mobile devices. Features of various tools and how they might match with individual student needs will be examined. We will also cover specific strategies and implementation ideas within the classroom setting. Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will gain an awareness of a variety of AAC tools and their uses. 2. Participants will gain an understanding of matching features of AAC tools with specific student needs. 3. Participants will become familiar with basic AAC strategies and ideas for implementation.

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Concurrent Session Five


Room 3201 Teaching is a Team Sport

Presenter: Mr. Pete Hall, Educational Consultant, Educator and ASCD Author

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists; Counselors/Therapists; Para-Professionals


The era of closed-door, “they’re my kids” teaching is over. However, eradicating decades of accepted practice is no easy task. With award-winning principal and author Pete Hall, participants in this session will learn to embrace the necessity and benefits of establish-ing a collaborative culture within a school. Start determining how to truly function as a team: establish norms, define excellence, set SMART goals, utilize formative assessments, analyze data, design units and lessons, provide interventions, and evaluate progress…then celebrate the small victories! Learn a dozen keys to effective professional collaboration and establishing a culture in which all stakeholders share the collective pursuit of instructional excellence.

Room 3202 PLACEHOLDER FOR ALEKS

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Target Level: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Strand: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Room 4130 Singing Games for Upper Elementary Students Band Room Presenter: Dr. Christopher Roberts, K-5 Music Teacher; Affiliate

Assistant Professor, St. Joseph School, Seattle; University of Washington Audience: Content Area Specialists

Target Level: Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School Strand: Assessment; Curriculum; Instruction Children + play + music = singing games! In this session, learn

singing games that are enjoyable for "too-cool-for-school" upper elementary students. In addition, participants will identify effective ways to teach singing games, determine qualities of student-preferred games, make connections to music literacy skills, and watch videos of children at musical play.

Library Smarter Balanced Assessments: Understanding

C Lab Constructed Response, Hand-scored Items

Presenter: Dr. Bonnie Albertson, Claim 2 assessment lead for Smarter Balanced (Former Professor of Education), University of Delaware, Smarter Balanced; Mrs. Nicole Blake, Executive Director of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum, Richland SD


Target Level: Middle School; High School

Strand: Assessment; Curriculum; Instruction Participants will examine the Smarter Balanced “brief write,” “full write,” and “short answer” items – how they are constructed, their relationships to CCSS standards, and how they are scored. Questions addressed include (but are not limited to) the following: • How do these item types differ? • How do these items change across grade levels? • What do the rubrics look like for each? • How does an understanding of constructed response questions affect instruction?

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Conference Evaluation The conference evaluation is

important to our future conference planning! After the conference, you will receive an email message with

a link to an evaluation tool.

Concurrent Session Six At-A-Glance


1:50-3:00 – Session 6 Breakouts

1239 1240 1241 1242 1243 3112 3113


Instruction Technology

Instruction Instruction Assessment Instruction


Instruction Technology

Understanding and putting the WA

English Language Proficiency Standards into Action in Schools




Blended Learning: What is it and How Do We Get There?

Jane Chadsey


Tools for Launching a Common Core

Competency Vocabulary Campaign – High School

Dr. Kate Kinsella

High School


Assessment - What We're Learning

Part II




Hands-On Activities to Infuse Nanotechnology

Content into Traditional Science

Classes – Part II (Double Session)

Deb Newberry

High School

Data With Intention - Using

Math-Whizz Reports

Michael Bell


Middle School

3115 3116 3118 3201 3202 4110 Choir 4130 Band/Orch

Assessment Instruction Special

Programs Instruction


Technology TPEP


Instruction

Group work session for RSD School

Psychologists only

Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses

Evaluation and Eligibility

Criteria Part II

(Double Session)

Mason Rivers

Teaching with Love and Logic

In Mind

Jack Williams


Augmentative and Alternative

Communication in the Self-Contained

Classroom Part II

(Double Session)

Barb Lark

All Grade levels

Building Your Capacity for Success

Pete Hall


Related Services


Make Google Work for You

Randall Spaur

All Grade Levels

Smarter Balanced Assessment

System: Connecting the ELA Claims to

Classroom Instruction for Grades 6-HS


Middle School

High School


Rockin’ Music Literacy

Segments

Dr. Christopher Roberts



Library C Lab


Using Smarter Balanced Resources

as Tools to Plan Instruction




Also available

Session 3

http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Jane-Chadsey.pdf




http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Michael-Bell.pdf



http://wsascd.org/wp-content/uploads/Randall-Spaur.pdf




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Room 1239 Understanding and putting the WA English Language Proficiency Standards into Action in Schools (also available Session 3)

Presenters: Dr. Tricia Valdez-Zontek, Bilingual/ESL Consultant; Dr. Teddi Beam-Conroy, Bilingual/ESD Consultant

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists; Para-Professionals Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration

Strand: Assessment; Curriculum; Instruction Participants will learn about the Washington English Language Profi-

ciency Standards (ELPS), how to integrate them with the College Career Readiness Standards (CCSS/NGSS) and use them to design effective classroom instruction for ELLs and all students.

Room 1240 Blended Learning: What Is It and How Do We Get There?

Presenters: Mrs. Jane Chadsey, Vice President, Educurious

Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administrators; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists

Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration

Strand: Instruction; Technology

In this session you will learn about and discuss trends in blended learning as an instructional model that can help students meet the rigor of the CCSS and gain competencies in 21st century skills. Blended learning instructional models include flipping your classroom, flex models and rotation models. Each of these models changes the role for teachers and the leaders who support them.

Room 1241 XXXXXXXXXXXX

Presenter: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Audience: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Target Level: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Strand: XXXXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.

Room 1242 Tools for Launching a Common Core Competency Vocabulary Campaign - High School

Presenter: Dr. Kate Kinsella, Professor, San Francisco University Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders Target Level: High School Strand: Instruction

The 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Vocabulary Report highlighted the dire need for schools to provide

high school English learners and youths from low-income families with informed, consistent vocabulary instruction aligned with critical Common Core academic competencies such as comparing, making inferences, and describing causes and effects. Productive word knowledge, the ability to effectively use a word in speech and writing, is pivotal to academic interaction, presentation, and text dependent response. Drawing on scholarship and extensive classroom experi-ence, Dr. Kinsella demonstrates explicit instruction of high-utility, competency-aligned word families (e.g., compare, comparison; infer. inference) underscoring skillul competent academic communication and explains how to design application tasks and formative assess-ments that deepen productive word knowledge. Participants observe video footage and review sample lessons, note-taking guide formats, and competency aligned word lists to establish a program-wide high-utility vocabulary initiative.


We're Learning—Part II (Double Session)





Room 3112 Hands-On Activities to Infuse Nanotechnology Content into Traditional Science Classes – Part II

(Double Session)

Presenter: Ms. Deb Newberry, Director/PI, DCTC/Nano-Link Audience: Classroom Teachers; Teacher Leaders Target Level: High School

Strand: Curriculum; Instruction; Technology National Science Foundation funded Nano-Link: Center for Nanotechnology Education, has created over 25 modules that bring nanoscale concepts to chemistry, physics, biology and material science classes. Modules are self contained, topic specific and are designed to fit in to 1 classroom period. Nano-Link provides activity materials to educators at no cost. In these sessions, participants will practice several of the hands-on activities, learn the basic concepts of nanotechnology and how to integrate the modules into their classes. These sessions (Part I and II) will also discuss how to use the modules for critical thinking and problem based learning.

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Concurrent Session Six


Room 3113 Data With Intention - Using Math-Whizz Reports

Presenter: Mr. Michael Bell, Customer Success, Whizz Education Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors;

Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; District-Level Administra-tors; Content Area Specialists; Para-Professionals

Target Level: Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School

Strand: Instruction; Technology Participants will explore the Math-Whizz reporting suite related to how to use, interpret, and examine student data. In particular looking at the Common Core Curriculum Report and how to integrate the data from these reports into the classroom

Room 3115 Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses Evaluation and Eligibility Criteria—PART II (Double Session) Group work session for RSD Psychologists only

Presenters: Mr. Mason Rivers, President, Oregon School Psycholo-gists Association

Audience: School Psychologists Target Level: Related Services Strand: Assessment; Special Programs This work group session will focus on developing an operational

definition of a Specific Learning Disability as defined by a pattern of strengths and weaknesses. Guidelines in collecting data to support eligibility criteria will be presented along with recommendations for operationalizing each criteria measure. Additionally, guidelines for reporting on pattern of strengths and weaknesses criteria will be explored and developed.

Room 3116 Teaching with Love and Logic in Mind

Presenters: Mr. Jack Williams, School Counselor, Richland SD Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors;


Target Level: All Grade Levels; Administration Strand: Instruction

Love and Logic is certainly not a new concept...it's been around since the late 70's but even today's educator and parent alike can use the time tested tools behind Love and Logic for upping the odds of raising respectful, responsible, and resilient children. We'll focus on two of the many insightful and fun techniques associated with Love and Logic; "Guiding Kids to Own and Solve Their Problems and Teaching Children Responsibility Without Losing Their Love.”

Room 3118 Augmentative and Alternative Communication in the Self-Contained Classroom—Part II (Double Session)

Presenter: Mrs. Barb Lark, SLP and AT Specialist, SETC Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors;

School Administrators; District-Level Administrators; Content Area Specialists; Counselors/Therapists; Para-Professionals


Strand: Special Programs; Technology In this session we will explore the supports that Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) tools, can provide to your stu-dents. We will explore a variety AAC systems, from low tech to high tech, including AAC apps for mobile devices. Features of various tools and how they might match with individual student needs will be examined. We will also cover specific strategies and implementation ideas within the classroom setting. Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will gain an awareness of a variety of AAC tools and their uses. 2. Participants will gain an understanding of matching features of AAC tools with specific student needs. 3. Participants will become familiar with basic AAC strategies and ideas for implementation.

Room 3201 Building Your Capacity for Success (also available Session 4)

Presenter: Mr. Pete Hall, Consultant, Educator and ASCD Author Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors;



With teacher evaluation systems, public accountability, curriculum demands, and other pressures, the heat is on teachers more than ever. It’s important to remember that teachers have embraced the noblest profession known to humankind. Learn from award-winning principal and author Pete Hall how to increase your own self-reflective tendencies and professional intentionality. Take the reins of your own continuous growth through discussions of a strengths-based approach (via the Continuum of Self-Reflection), and discover dozens of strategies for working with colleagues, instructional coaches, administrators, and self-directed learning. This session is related to Pete's new book, “Teach, Reflect, Learn" (ASCD, 2015), which is the teacher's companion piece to “Building Teachers’ Capacity for Success” (ASCD, 2008).

Room 3202 Make Google Work for You

Presenter: Mr. Randall Spaur, Teacher, Richland School District Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentor;

Teacher Leaders Target Level: All Grade Levels Strand: Assessment; Instruction; Technology; TPEP Most if not everyone uses Google for searching internet. But did you

know that Google can do so much more? With a free Google ac-count you will have access to many resources that can help you in the classroom. From collaborating and group work on documents, to creating tests and having Google grade them for you! Come with a computer, or we can hopefully provide you one, if you want to try these tricks out.

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Library Using Smarter Balanced Resources as Tools to

C Lab Plan Instruction



Audience: Classroom Teachers; Instructional Coaches/Mentors; Teacher Leaders; School Administrators; Professional Developers; Content Area Specialists


Participants will examine the instructional tools available to them on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium’s website. The resources to be reviewed include (but are not limited to) the following: • The Practice Test • Construct Relevant Vocabulary • Item Specifications • Annotated Baseline Writing Anchors • Stimulus Specifications (Text complexity rubrics, text lengths) Participants will consider how best to use these tools when planning instruction.








Room 4130 Rockin’ Music Literacy Segments Band Room Presenter: Dr. Christopher Roberts, K-5 Music Teacher; Affiliate

Assistant Professor, St. Joseph School, Seattle; University of Washington Audience: Content Area Specialists

Target Level: Early Elementary (K-2); Upper Elementary (3-5); Middle School

Strand: Instruction Music literacy is a major goal in elementary music classrooms, but

students often find it among the least interesting activities. In this session, learn how to write short literacy segments in order to maximize learning but minimize time spent, providing more time in a lesson to spend on kid-preferred activities. The session will include a specific sequence for teaching the pattern of four sixteenth notes, and videos of children participating in the literacy activities will be shown.

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