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Launch 2019
Required for CREC Certified Staff

Description
Professional learning required for ALL CREC teachers and certified staff members. Launch focuses on new or revised curriculum as well as the introduction of the 2019-20 areas of focus. Sessions are assigned based on position and content area.

Session Type
Multiple Session

Year Code
2019-2020

Code
241-20-934-001

Activity Type
Face to Face

Status
CLOSED

Maximum Attendance
1000

Max # of Awards
6

Min # of Awards
0

Subject Area
[Curriculum]

Target Audience
[Certified Staff ], [CREC Staff]

Area of Focus
[District - Equity], [District - Instruction], [District - Relationships]

Topic/Subject:
934 Magnet Schools

Award
HOUR

Objectives
CREC Elementary teachers and certified staff will feel prepared for the 2019-20 school year, equipped with new or revised curriculum and an improved professional practice through the lens of the 2019-20 areas of focus.

Additional Notes

Address
OTHER

See Session Details, Connecticut

Schedule(s)

Date	Start Time	End Time	Session
Date -- 08/26/2019
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Elementary Computer Science Teachers and Library Media Specialists Elementary Computer Science Workshop: In this session participants will work with the computer science standards in order to identify and prioritize those being taught at the elementary school level. Teachers will also discuss best practices for teaching computer science at the elementary level, share activities, and discuss how to better implement the technology the schools already have. Objectives: Teachers will be able to identify critical computer science standards and discuss best practices in implementing these standards. Teachers will develop a year long plan to address their needs in teaching computer science during the "Elementary Computer Science Teachers Workgroup" meetings. Teachers will have time to discuss various forms of technology used to teach computer science. Instructions for Participants: Please bring a charged laptop and any materials you want to . CREC Discovery Academy Robotics Lab 176 Cumberland Avenue, Wethesfield, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Elementary EL Teachers Working with EL students across the Curriculum: In this session participants will learn strategies to support students across the content areas; explore tools to support language acquisition and use tools to progress monitor their students. Objectives: To identify strategies to support language acquisition, content area learning and monitor student progress. Instructions for Participants: Bring a laptop. CREC CENTRAL Council Room 111 CHARTER OAK AVENUE, HARTFORD, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Elementary Music & Art Teachers AM Session - Addressing the needs of your Special Education students in the Art and Music Room: In this session participants will Create useful scope and sequences for health and physical education Collaborate on tools for effective classroom management, grading, and inventory control. Objectives: At the end of this session, teachers will have strategies to use in their classrooms to meet the needs of their identified students. Instructions for Participants: Teachers may choose to bring a laptop but it is not required. PM Sessions: ELEMENTARY ART: Art and Empathy - In this session participants will discuss the Portrait of Toks Adewetan by Kehinde Wiley and complete partner portraits. Objectives: Use art as a gateway for exploring cultural exchange and activating empathy. In addition, teachers will be presented with tools and strategies for talking about art and using creativity as a form of expression. Instructions for participants: Bring a laptop. ELEMENTARY MUSIC: The Arts and Science - In this session participants will focus on integration of science in the arts. We will be unpacking the first grade lesson plans and offering ideas and lesson seeds for trans-disciplinary planning. Objectives: Plan to effectively integrate science into elementary arts instruction. Instructions for participants: Bring a laptop. CREC Discovery Academy Library and Room 229 176 Cumberland Avenue, Wethesfield, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Elementary Paraprofessionals, Associate Instructors, and Tutors AM Session: Compass Blended Learning PM Session: Culture and Climate CREC Montessori Magnet School Multi-Purpose Room 1460 Broad Street, Hartford, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Elementary PE / Health Teachers Elementary Physical Education: In this session participants will share scope and sequences for physical education and modify them as necessary. We will also share out strengths and weaknesses in grading, classroom management and inventory control. Objectives: Create useful scope and sequences for health and physical education Collaborate on tools for effective classroom management, grading, and inventory control Instructions for Participants: Brig a laptop. CREC Museum Academy Gym 11 Turkey Hill Road, Bloomfield, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Elementary Social Workers, Speech & Language Pathologists, and Building based Psychologists Social Learning in Elementary School: In this session participants will learn about social learning and strategies to improve pragmatic language and social communication through small group instruction. Objectives: Participants will learn about social learning and strategies to improve pragmatic language and social communication. Instructions for Participants: Bring a laptop. CREC IMS Spanish Classroom 625 Chapel Road, South Windsor, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Elementary Special Education Teachers MARBLES: Special Education Database - In this session participants will learn the new (and improved) special education billing database. Objectives: All participants will learn and interact with MARBLES. Instructions for participants: Bring a laptop. CREC CENTRAL Rooms 101/102 111 CHARTER OAK AVENUE, HARTFORD, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Elementary World Language Teachers Immersion and instruction in the elementary classroom: In this session participants will learn about using immersion techniques, technology, and interactive activities and repetition to build proficiency in the elementary world language classroom. Objectives: Teachers will be able to create lessons with new techniques and activities that will promote target language use with students within the foreign language classroom. Teachers will also learn how to use rhymes and songs for teaching culture. Instructions for Participants: Please bring electronic devices. CREC Museum Academy Conference Room 11 Turkey Hill Road, Bloomfield, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Grade 2 Teachers AM Session - Using High Impact Units to better Plan for DIfferentiated Instruction: In this session participants will review the curriculum updates and understand how to use these resources to plan instruction. Objectives: Name and define the parts of a CREC math block Identify key elements of the unit. Explore resources in the implementation guide. Plan with grade level teachers various methods and resources to differentiate the content. Instructions for Participants: Please bring a charged laptop. PM Session - F&P BAS Calibration and Connections to the Literacy Continuum: In this session participants will calibrate scoring the F&P Benchmark assessment. Participants will use the F&P Literacy Continuum to set goals for a whole class, small group and individual student. Participants will discuss the connections between the Literacy Continuum and our workshop instructional model. Objectives: 1. To administer an F&P benchmark assessment and calibrate scores. 2. To use the F&P data and the Literacy Continuum to plan whole class, small group and individual instruction. 3.To plan workshop instruction using the Literacy Continuum as a resource. Instructions for Participants: Please bring with you the Literacy Continuum book, a fully charged laptop, and headphones. CREC Museum Academy Library and Rooms 269 and 263 11 Turkey Hill Road, Bloomfield, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Grade 3 Teachers AM Session - F&P BAS Calibration and Connections to the Literacy Continuum: In this session participants will participants will calibrate scoring the F&P Benchmark assessment. Participants will use the F&P Literacy Continuum to set goals for a whole class, small group and individual student. Participants will discuss the connections between the Literacy Continuum and our workshop instructional model. Objectives: 1. To administer an F&P benchmark assessment and calibrate scores. 2. To use the F&P data and the Literacy Continuum to plan whole class, small group and individual instruction. 3.To plan workshop instruction using the Literacy Continuum as a resource. Instructions for Participants: Please bring with you the Literacy Continuum book, a fully charged laptop, and headphones. PM Session - Using High Impact Units to better Plan for DIfferentiated Instruction: In this session participants will review the curriculum updates and understand how to use these resources to plan instruction. Objectives: Name and define the parts of a CREC math block Identify key elements of the unit. Explore resources in the implementation guide. Plan with grade level teachers various methods and resources to differentiate the content. Instructions for Participants: Bring charged laptop. CREC Museum Academy Library and Rooms 269 and 263 11 Turkey Hill Road, Bloomfield, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Grade 4 Teachers AM Session - Using High Impact Units to better Plan for DIfferentiated Instruction: In this session participants will review the curriculum updates and understand how to use these resources to plan instruction. Objectives: Name and define the parts of a CREC math block Identify key elements of the unit. Explore resources in the implementation guide. Plan with grade level teachers various methods and resources to differentiate the content. Instructions for Participants: Bring charged Laptop PM Session - Planning for Integration: Grade 4: In this session participants will review curricular opportunities for integration, including integrated unit; Share and engage in best practices for integration; Collaborate and plan with grade level colleagues to integrate across the disciplines. Objectives: Participants will focus on opportunities and best practices for integrating across the disciplines in their grade level. Instructions for Participants: Please bring devices, access to any curricular materials. CREC IMS Cafeteria/Gym 625 Chapel Road, South Windsor, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Grade 5 Teachers AM Session - Planning for Integration across the disciplines: Grade 5: In this session participants will review opportunities for integration including the integrated unit; share and engage in best practices for integration.; collaborate and plan with grade level colleagues for integration across the disciplines. Objectives: Participants will focus on opportunities and best practices for integrating across the discipline in their grade level. Instructions for Participants: bring devices, access to curricular materials PM Session - Using High Impact Units to better Plan for Differentiated Instruction: In this session participants will review the curriculum updates and understand how to use these resources to plan instruction. Objectives: Name and define the parts of a CREC math block Identify key elements of the unit. Explore resources in the implementation guide. Plan with grade level teachers various methods and resources to differentiate the content. Instructions for Participants: Bring a charged laptop CREC IMS Cafeteria/Gym 625 Chapel Road, South Windsor, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Kindergarten - Grade 1 Teachers K-1 NGSS Curriculum UNit 1 Launch Session: During this immersive session, teachers will be introduced to and practice the essential instructional strategies that will be present throughout the year in all of their curriculum units. Focusing on the science and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts, the grade level teams will work to operationalize three dimensional instruction for their classrooms. Teachers will experience the first curriculum unit, through collaboration with colleagues around best practices. Objectives: Know the district NGSS curriculum implementation plan. Consider how to leverage the Crosscutting Concepts for deepening student thinking. Plan and reflect on implemented lessons from the NGSS Curriculum. Instructions for Participants: Please bring a charged laptop to the session. If you would like materials printed, please do so in advance, as they will be available digitally at this session only. CREC Discovery Academy Cafeteria/Gym and STEM Lab 176 Cumberland Avenue, Wethesfield, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists and BCBAs (ALL) - DAY ONE Mindfulness and Regulation strategies : In this session participants will learn strategies and techniques to improve students who have sensory regulation needs. Objectives: To increase knowledge in the area of mindfulness strategies. To increase knowledge in sensory regulation strategies Instructions for Participants: Dress comfortably CREC IMS Upper Library 625 Chapel Road, South Windsor, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Prekindergarten Paraprofessionals Documentation & Observation for Teaching System (DOTS): In this session participants will learn about the new assessment system that will be used for PK. Teachers will get an overview of the system, receive materials, and learn about how to implement this assessment in their classroom this upcoming school year. Objectives: Teachers will begin to understand the DOTS assessment system. They identify the ways that it is aligned to the Kindergarten Common Core Standards. Teachers will utilize sample authentic assessments to practice scoring along the observation progression. Instructions for participants: Please bring your laptops. CREC University of Hartford Magnet School Agora and Library 196 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT
08/26/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Prekindergarten Teachers Documentation & Observation for Teaching System (DOTS) - In this session participants will learn about the new assessment system that will be used for PK. Teachers will get an overview of the system, receive materials, and learn about how to implement this assessment in their classroom this upcoming school year. Objectives: Teachers will begin to understand the DOTS assessment system. They identify the ways that it is aligned to the Kindergarten Common Core Standards. Teachers will utilize sample authentic assessments to practice scoring along the observation progression. Instructions for Participants: Please bring your laptops. CREC University of Hartford Magnet School Agora and Library 196 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT
Date -- 08/27/2019
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30AM	ELA Teachers Grade 8 AM Session - New Resources for Reading and Writing Workshop Instruction: Participants will be trained to administer the F&P benchmark assessment as a diagnostic for students reading below grade level who are not receiving special education services. Participants will practice administering the assessment and analyzing the data to make instructional decisions for small group instruction. Participants will plan the launch of workshop instruction focusing on the structures and routines of a workshop classroom Participants will review the principles of workshop instruction and will plan a week of instruction. Participants will review the online resources No Red Ink and Newsela. Objectives: To administer and analyze a F&P Benchmark Assessment. To prepare to launch workshop instruction with the necessary structures and routines. To plan a week of workshop instruction. To embed No Red Ink and Newsela into the weekly instructional block. Instructions for Participants: Please bring a fully charged laptop. PM Session - Interdisciplinary Collaboation: Visiting the Exhibit "Black Citizenship in the Jim Croww Era" (offsite): In this session participants will visit and engage with the exhibit "Black Citizenship in the Jim Crow Era" utilizing discussion card and opportunity to view artifacts. discuss and debrief the exhibit to consider curricular implications for new learning. collaborate with grade level colleagues around interdisciplinary opportunities that exist in content, themes, and approach to the content. Objectives: Participants will engage with a historical exhibit to learn and apply content to their curriculum. Instructions for Participants: devices, any related curricular materials CREC Greater Hartford Academy of Arts HS (Colt Building) S1009 160 - 172 Hupshope Avenue, Hartford, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	ELA Teachers Grade 9 AM Session - Choice and Voice in the English Class: In this session participants will have a choice of learning opportunities related to best practices in the high school English classroom. Teacher leaders will lead one hour sessions on the following topics: 1. Standards based learning targets and success criteria, 2. Students as published writers, 3. Engaging all learners with visual literacy, 4. Launching the year with book talks and book clubs 5. Embedded online resources: No Red Ink, Newsela, Actively Learn, 6. Introducing project-based learning. Participants will be able to attend three different one hour sessions. Objectives: 1. To envision the 2019-2020 English class. 2. To learn three instructional strategies focused on engaging high school students. 3. To practice new instructional strategies with other high school English teachers. 4. To co-plan with grade level colleagues. Instructions for Participants: Fully charged laptop and curriculum documents PM Session - Interdisciplinary collaboration: Visiting the exhibit "Black Citizenship in the Jim Crow Era": In this session participants will visit and engage with the exhibit "Black Citizenship in the Jim Crow Era" utilizing discussion card and opportunity to view artifacts. discuss and debrief the exhibit to consider curricular implications for new learning. collaborate with grade level colleagues around interdisciplinary opportunities that exist in content, themes, and approach to the content. Objectives: Participants will engage with a historical exhibit to learn and apply content to their curriculum. Instructions for Participants: devices, any related curricular materials CREC Greater Hartford Academy of Arts HS (Colt Building) S1037 160 - 172 Hupshope Avenue, Hartford, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	ELA Teachers Grades 10-12 AM Session: Choice and Voice in the English Class: In this session participants will have a choice of learning opportunities related to best practices in the high school English classroom. Teacher leaders will lead one hour sessions on the following topics: 1. Standards based learning targets and success criteria, 2. Students as published writers, 3. Engaging all learners with visual literacy, 4. Launching the year with book talks and book clubs 5. Embedded online resources: No Red Ink, Newsela, Actively Learn, 6. Introducing project-based learning. Participants will be able to attend three different one hour sessions. In the afternoon 10th, 11th and 12th grade teachers will have grade level co-planning time to plan the implementation of one strategy learned during choice sessions. Objectives: 1. To envision the 2019-2020 English class. 2. To learn three instructional strategies focused on engaging high school students. 3. To practice new instructional strategies with other high school English teachers. 4. To co-plan with grade level colleagues. Instructions for Participants: Fully charged laptop and curriculum documents PM Session: Tour the Hartford Public Library Main Branch with grade level planning time CREC Greater Hartford Academy of Arts HS (Colt Building) S1039, S1043, S1053 160 - 172 Hupshope Avenue, Hartford, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	ELA Teachers Grades 6-7, Interventionists, and Tutors AM Session: New Resources for Reading and Writing Workshop Instruction: Participants will be trained to administer the F&P benchmark assessment as a diagnostic for students reading below grade level who are not receiving special education services. Participants will practice administering the assessment and analyzing the data to make instructional decisions for small group instruction. Participants will plan the launch of workshop instruction focusing on the structures and routines of a workshop classroom Participants will review the principles of workshop instruction and will plan a week of instruction. Participants will review the online resources No Red Ink and Newsela. Objectives: To administer and analyze a F&P Benchmark Assessment. To prepare to launch workshop instruction with the necessary structures and routines. To plan a week of workshop instruction. To embed No Red Ink and Newsela into the weekly instructional block. Instructions for Participants: Bring a fully charged laptop. PM Session: Tour the Hartford Public Library Main Branch with grade level planning time CREC Greater Hartford Academy of Arts HS (Colt Building) S1007 and S1016 160 - 172 Hupshope Avenue, Hartford, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	MLC Design Teachers Best Practices for Effective IB Design Cycle Units: MLC Design teachers will review 2019-2020 course and unit updates and understand how to use these resources to plan instruction. Objectives: - Read and understand the revised units (MSAP and IB alignment) - Apply student-centered strategies in instructional planning - Plan with other MLC Design teachers for best practices in implementing the Design Cycle and magnet standards to units/courses Instructions for Participants: Bring a laptop. CREC Academy of International Studies Design Classroom 1551 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	MSAP Theme Coach Planning In this session participants will review grant objectives and plan professional development and other activities that will take place over the course of the 19-20 school year. Objectives: 1. Review grant activities to take place during 19-20 school year. 2. Develop professional learning content for teachers in at least one area related to grant goals and/or collaborate with a consultant to develop such content. 3. Develop a plan to roll-out new MSAP initiatives, support existing MSAP initiatives, and recommend revisions to existing plans. OTHER Various MSAP Locations See Session Details, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Occupational Therapists - DAY TWO Sensory Activities to Reduce Restraint: In this session participants will discuss sensory activities to reduce restraint. The participants will be able to implement these strategies within the classrooms. Objectives: To discuss sensory activities to reduce restraint. To implement sensory activities to reduce restraint. To be able to share out sensory activities with regular education classroom teachers. Instructions for participants: Bring laptops. CREC CENTRAL Room 201 111 CHARTER OAK AVENUE, HARTFORD, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary Art Teachers AM Session - Addressing the needs of your Special Education students in the Art and Music Room: In this session Participants will meet with Dr. Kim McCord who will present strategies to meeting the needs of our identified students in the art and music classroom. Teachers have the opportunity to send her questions/concerns in advance to ensure that all teachers come away with information to help their specific students. Objectives: At the end of this session, teachers will have strategies to use in their classrooms to meet the needs of their identified students. Instructions for participants: Teachers may choose to bring a laptop but it is not required. PM Session - Art and Empathy: In this session participants will discuss the Portrait of Toks Adewetan by Kehinde Wiley and complete partner portraits. Objectives: Use art as a gateway for exploring cultural exchange and activating empathy. In addition, teachers will be presented with tools and strategies for talking about art and using creativity as a form of expression. Instructions for participants: Bring a laptop. CREC Greater Hartford Academy of Arts HS (Colt Building) Rooms 1048 and 1059 160 - 172 Hupshope Avenue, Hartford, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary Digital Media and Computer Science Teachers, and Library Media Specialists Choices (see email from Meredith Oliveira with survey): ISTE Standards: Best Practices in Using Technology Getting Students Excited About Engineering, OR Join Secondary Science Teacher Session CREC Aerospace and Engineering High/Middle School Labs 126 and 128 1101 Kennedy Road, Windsor, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary EL Teachers Working with EL students across the Curriculum: In this session participants will learn strategies to support students across the content areas; explore tools to support language acquisition and use tools to progress monitor their students. Objectives: To identify strategies to support language acquisition, content area learning and monitor student progress. Instructions for Participants: Teachers may choose to bring a laptop but it is not required. CREC CENTRAL Council Room 111 CHARTER OAK AVENUE, HARTFORD, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary Mathematics Teachers Using Instructional Routines to Create a Student Centered Classroom: In this session participants will learn about and plan for various instructional routines to increase engagement and classroom discussions in the secondary mathematics classrooms. Instructional routines include "Three Reads," "Connecting Representations," "Capturing Quantities" among others. Objectives: Teachers will be able to explain how creating a student centered classroom supports the CREC mathematics vision statement and action plan. Teachers will be able to identify and apply the critical components of math specific instructional routines. Teachers will plan for the implementation of these instructional routines in grade level or subject specific groups. Instructions for Participants: Please bring a laptop. CREC - Academy of Science and Innovation Lecture Hall and Breakout Rooms: 218, 216, 214, 206 600 Slater Road, New Britain, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary Music Teachers AM Session - Addressing the needs of your Special Education students in the Art and Music Room: In this session Participants will meet with Dr. Kim McCord who will present strategies to meeting the needs of our identified students in the art and music classroom. Teachers have the opportunity to send her questions/concerns in advance to ensure that all teachers come away with information to help their specific students. Objectives: At the end of this session, teachers will have strategies to use in their classrooms to meet the needs of their identified students. Instructions for participants: Teachers may choose to bring a laptop but it is not required. PM Session - Secondary Music Curriculum Launch: In this session participants will learn about and begin to explore implementation of the finished CREC Early & Late Secondary Music Curricula. Objectives: Participants will 1) receive all curricula related to their content, 2) interact with the Pillars and National Standards, 3) explore the CREC Benchmark Assessments and 4) connect their new curricula to what they already do Instructions for Participants: Please bring Charged Laptop, Open Mind CREC Greater Hartford Academy of Arts HS (Colt Building) Rooms 1048 and 1059 160 - 172 Hupshope Avenue, Hartford, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary Paraprofessionals, Associate Instructors, and Tutors AM Session: Behavior and Trauma PM Session: Compass Blended Learning CREC Aerospace and Engineering High/Middle School Rooms 243 and 241 1101 Kennedy Road, Windsor, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary PE / Health Teachers PE / Health: In this session participants will work to create a scope and sequence for the new health curriculum. Participants will also share scope and sequences for physical education and modify them as necessary. We will also share out strengths and weaknesses in grading, classroom management and inventory control. Objectives: Create useful scope and sequences for health and physical education Collaborate on tools for effective classroom management, grading, and inventory control Instructions for Participants: Please bring a laptop. CREC Aerospace and Engineering High/Middle School Gym and Room 246 1101 Kennedy Road, Windsor, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary School Counselors Charting New Paths: In this session counselors will review best practices and develop additional programming ideas for college and career readiness. Objectives: 1.Counselors will work in whole and small groups to develop new strategies to engage students 2. Counselors will strategize to unify certain counseling processes throughout the district, and develop a uniformed calendar for those processes. Instructions for participants: Please bring Laptops, School Counseling Calendar CREC Aerospace and Engineering High/Middle School Room 238 1101 Kennedy Road, Windsor, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary Science Teachers Powerful Science Instruction: Science teachers will collaborate to define three-dimensional teaching and learning, as well as what makes three-dimensional science assessment. By participating in a three-dimensional like assessment and reviewing sample assessments, teachers will be better prepared to assess students during their instructional practice. Teachers will also participate in mandatory safety training. Objectives: Meet the instructional and assessment demands of the NGSS. Maintain safe classroom environments. Plan for aligned instruction. Instructions for Participants: Please bring a charged laptop. CREC Aerospace and Engineering High/Middle School Auditorium, Lab 125, and Lab 124 1101 Kennedy Road, Windsor, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary Social Studies Electives (Sociology, Psychology, IB Courses) AM: The Secondary Social Studies classroom: Instructional practices to engage all learners: In this session participants will discuss instruction in Social Studies to engage all learners. collaborate and apply instructional practices in planning. review curricular changes, mandates, and resources in Social Studies. Objectives: Participants will work together as Social Studies teachers across the district to review and explore high quality instruction. Instructions for Participants: Please bring electronic devices, access to curricular materials. PM Session - Collaborative planning for elective: Infusing project based practices: In this session participants will Collaborate with colleagues who teach electives at different schools. Examine project based learning practices. Infuse PBL practices into elective courses and planning. Objectives: Participants will collaborate with others who teacher the same or similar electives. Instructions for Participants: Please bring electronic devices CREC Academy of Computer Science and Engineering Middle Great Hall and Breakout Rooms 240, 241, 242 337 East River Drive, East Hartford, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary Social Workers, Speech & Language Pathologists, Building based and district-wide Psychologists Social Learning in the Secondary Classroom: In this session participants will learn about social learning in the secondary years with a focus on pragmatic language and social communication. Objectives: Participants will learn about social learning and it's impact on students diagnosed on the autism spectrum, with specific strategies on pragmatic language and social communication. Instructions for participants: Bring a laptop. CREC Aerospace and Engineering High/Middle School Room 231 1101 Kennedy Road, Windsor, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary Special Education Teachers and MSAP School Social Workers, SLPs, and Psychologists MARBLES: Special Education Database - In this session participants will learn the new (and improved) special education billing database. Objectives: All participants will learn and interact with MARBLES. Instructions for participants: Bring a laptop. CREC CENTRAL Rooms 101/102 111 CHARTER OAK AVENUE, HARTFORD, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary Technology Education / Robotics / Engineering Teachers Choices (see email from Meredith Oliveira with survey): ISTE Standards: Best Practices in Using Technology Getting Students Excited About Engineering, OR Join Secondary Science Teacher Session CREC Aerospace and Engineering High/Middle School Labs 126 and 128 1101 Kennedy Road, Windsor, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Secondary World Language Teachers Comprehensible Input and Target Language use: In this session participants will learn about comprehensible input, circling and questioning, the Somos curriculum, a frequency dictionary and the use of storytelling to teach Spanish. Teachers will explore supports and strategies to manage assessment and track progress of the natural approach. Objectives: Participants will be able to: learn about and practice circling techniques to enable continued use in the target language, Use reading and interactive notebooks as supports for the natural approach and comprehensible input, Implement storytelling as tool to teach the language. Instructions for Participants: Please bring laptops and ideas. CREC - Academy of Science and Innovation Room 204 600 Slater Road, New Britain, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Social Studies Teachers - World History Teachers AM Session - The Secondary Social Studies classroom: Instructional practices to engage all learners: In this session participants will discuss instruction in Social Studies to engage all learners. collaborate and apply instructional practices in planning. review curricular changes, mandates, and resources in Social Studies. Objectives: Participants will work together as Social Studies teachers across the district to review and explore high quality instruction. Instructions for Participants: Please bring electronic devices, access to curricular materials PM Session - Big History and On World History: Resources and exploration: In this session participants will Share and explore available resources from Big History and On World History. Collaborate and discuss best practices for utilizing the resources. Collaborate around pilot program some teachers are engaging in. Objectives: To share and collaborate around high quality World History resources. Instructions for Participants: Bring electronic device. CREC Academy of Computer Science and Engineering Middle Great Hall and Breakout Rooms 240, 241, 242 337 East River Drive, East Hartford, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Social Studies Teachers Grade 6 & 7 AM Session - The Secondary Social Studies classroom: Instructional practices to engage all learners: In this session Participants will discuss instruction in Social Studies to engage all learners; collaborate and apply instructional practices in planning; and review curricular changes, mandates, and resources in Social Studies. Objectives: Participants will work together as Social Studies teachers across the district to review and explore high quality instruction. Instructions for Participants: Please bring electronic devices, access to curricular materials PM Session - A Project BAsed Approach to World Regional Studies: In this session review 6/7 grade curriculum, addressing changes and major themes. engage with project-based learning materials to consider how to bring this model to this curriculum. collaborate with grade level and school-based teams. Objectives: Participants will discuss and apply project- based learning as an instructional approach for World Regional studies (grades 6 & 7). Instructions for Participants: Please bring devices, any curricular materials CREC Academy of Computer Science and Engineering Middle Great Hall and Breakout Rooms 240, 241, 242 337 East River Drive, East Hartford, CT
08/27/2019	8:30AM	3:30PM	Social Studies Teachers Grade 8, US History Teachers, and Civics Teachers AM Session - The Secondary Social Studies classroom: Instructional practices to engage all learners: In this session participants will discuss instruction in Social Studies to engage all learners; collaborate and apply instructional practices in planning; and review curricular changes, mandates, and resources in Social Studies. Objectives: Participants will work together as Social Studies teachers across the district to review and explore high quality instruction. Instructions for Participants: Please bring electronic devices, access to curricular materials. PM Session - Interdisciplinary collaboration: Visiting the exhibit "Black Citizenship in the Jim Crow Era": In this session participants will visit and engage with the exhibit "Black Citizenship in the Jim Crow Era" utilizing discussion card and opportunity to view artifacts. discuss and debrief the exhibit to consider curricular implications for new learning. collaborate with grade level colleagues around interdisciplinary opportunities that exist in content, themes, and approach to the content. Objectives: Participants will engage with a historical exhibit to learn and apply content to their curriculum. Instructions for Participants: Please bring devices, any related curricular materials. CREC Academy of Computer Science and Engineering Middle Great Hall and Breakout Rooms 240, 241, 242 337 East River Drive, East Hartford, CT