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January 18, 2010 Professional Development

Choices Day

Catalog of Courses

& Registration Process

PLEASE NOTE: All Instructional Staff: Please use KALPA to register for sessions

Non-Instructional Staff: Please use the form provided in email or this catalog to register

(This document contains 17 pages)

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Registration Process

1) Go to www.kalpapdms.com

2) The district ID is 50140

3) Login using your district login in (first five letters of last name, first two letters of first

name)

4) Enter password – the last four digits of social security number

5) Click on Enter Your Learning Path

6) Click on Registration

7) Click on Special Request

8) Click on Calendar

9) The calendar will appear on the right side of the page – Click on 18

10) Select courses by checking the box – there are four sessions 8:00, 9:30, 12:00, 1:30

Please select one course for each session. (CPR is a multi-session course –register once)

11) Click on Register which is found at the bottom of the page

12) You will receive a confirmation or conflict message- click OK for confirmation or adjust

courses based on conflict listed and then click on OK

13) You are now registered

14) To get a print out of sessions go to Main View

15) Click on Reports and select Schedule from dropdown list

16) Print

Any questions or concerns, please contact Elsie Oliver or Bev Polega at 56 ext 1231

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January 18, 2010

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Registration form for Non-instructional Staff

Please print:

Name: _____________________________

Building: ___________________________

Session #1 ______________________________________ Course Name

Session #2 ______________________________________ Course Name

Session #3 ______________________________________ Course Name

Session #4 ______________________________________ Course Name

Please choose 1 or 2 alternate classes: __________________________________

__________________________________

FAX THIS FORM TO : Elsie Oliver @ (586) 783-6309

by January 9th

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Session #1 Blackboard Work Session (All)

This Blackboard session is designed for current users of Blackboard. You will

have time to work on your site and share ideas for the effective use and

management of Blackboard. This is an unstructured session, designed to share

ideas, address questions, and provide development time. You must already have

a Blackboard site to attend this session. If you do not have a site, you can

request a site at http://misd.net/bb.

Presenter: Beth Broder Class Size: 35

Room

228

Session

15

Career Cruising 101 (Secondary)

This session is an overview of the Career Cruising program and useful features.

Learn how to access each career profile including finding information on job

outlook, salary, educational requirements and a list of colleges that offer related

programs. Other features include special search tools for finding careers,

researching colleges and tools that teachers can use to make their own career

related activities for their classes. An introduction to the administrative

companion site to Career Cruising will also be covered.

Presenter: Laura Arnold Class size: 35

Room

208

Session

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Daily 5 & Café (Elementary)

Come learn about the Daily 5 and Café for your classroom. The Daily 5 is a

structure that helps students develop the daily habits of reading, writing, and

working independently that will lead to a lifetime of literacy independence. The

Café is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding

Vocabulary.

Presenters: Kim Vigneron, Cathy Ciolino, Charlene Barrett,

Shelley Alwardt, Brooke Niskar & Karen Slifco Class Size: 60

Room

224

Session

8

Data Director (Secondary Administrators & Teachers)

Data Director is an exciting new on-line data management system. Learn how

you can view and analyze student data to identify specific strengths and

weaknesses of your students and much more! This session is an introduction to

Data Director including a review of the menus and pre-build reports most helpful

to secondary staff.

Presenter: Linda Lohrer Class Size: 35

Room

126

Session

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Dealing With Difficult Situations (Parapros & Supervisory Aides)

The focus will be on personal accountability when setting the stage for success.

In addition to conducting a self assessment to discover your personality type, we

will discuss assertive communication techniques, which include listening skills

and “I messages.” Conflict resolution skills for specific personality types will

also be included & assertive communication to avoid conflict and ways to diffuse

anger.

Presenter: Paddy Laske, C.A.R.E. Class Size: 50

Choir

Room

Session

1

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History Alive! (Middle School)

Engaging middle school students in the diverse classroom through Response

Groups: Participants will be immersed in a response group activity in order to

turn passive teacher led lectures into rich classroom discussions that allow all

students to succeed. The content focus will be History.

Presenter: Matt Moorman Class Size: 40

Room

204

Session

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Homeless in L’Anse Creuse (All)

This is an interactive session to help understand students who live in poverty,

specifically, in our district. We will walk through a simulation; discuss resources

and how to identify students that may be homeless.

Presenters: Timm Couto & Kathy Kropft Class Size: 60

Room

114

Session

12

Inquiry…What’s it all About? (Elementary)

Looking for new and exciting ways to spark curiosity among your students?

Trying to get your students to become more observant? Better thinkers? Ask

better questions? Come and fine out how inquiry-based instruction can change

the climate of your classroom. Walk away with ready to use lessons!

Presenters: Liz Allen and Susan Trebilcock Class Size: 35

Room

101

Session

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Physical Education (Middle School)

Teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate and share instructional

strategies and resources. Please bring with you examples of successful ideas,

approaches, and/or lessons that you have used in your classroom.

Presenter: Kirk Carolan Class Size: 35

Room

109

Session

7

Qualitative Reading Inventory (QRI) Training (MS & HS Special Ed

Teachers)

Come and learn how to administer the QRI, an informal reading inventory,

designed to be given by the classroom teacher. Knowing how to administer the

QRI will give teachers the ability to estimate a student’s reading level, to

determine strengths and weaknesses in reading, and to design intervention

instruction. This assessment is a valuable tool to consider using when assessing

progress on specific IEP goals in the area of reading.

Presenter: Jen Kowal Class Size: 35

Room

212

Session

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Safe Management of Disruptive and Escalating Behavior (Elementary)

This seminar will be an excerpt of the CPI Training Program. It will specifically

focus on preventive techniques to de-escalate a developing crisis situation. You

will learn to identify the behavior levels that contribute to the development of a

crisis and choose an appropriate intervention for each level; identify useful

nonverbal techniques which can help to prevent acting-out behavior; use verbal

techniques to de-escalate behavior; provide for the care, welfare, safety and

security of all those who are involved in an escalating situation.

Presenters: Stacey Detrick & Kimberly Hill Class Size: 20

Room

120

Session

10

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Science (Middle School)

Teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate and share instructional

strategies and resources. Please bring with you examples of successful ideas,

approaches, and/or lessons that you have used in your classroom.

Presenter: Angela Szczepanski Class Size: 35

Room

121

Session

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Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Model (All)

The SIOP Model caters to students that are English Language Learners as well as

at-risk students that are struggling in their content areas of instruction. The

workshop will identify the components and features that SIOP has designed to

implement best classroom practices.

Presenters: Su Polish, MISD & Beth Linenberg Class Size: 35

Room

124

Session

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SMART Board for Music Teachers (All)

From elementary to high school, the SMART Board can be used to enhance

music classroom instruction. This presentation will include some SMART Board

music lessons as well as some tips on creating lessons geared toward music

instruction using Pixie 2, PowerPoint, SMART Notebook and the Internet.

Presenter: Hope Comerford Class Size: 20

Room

Session

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Universal Behavior Supports & ASD (Elementary)

This session will provide an overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder, including

definitions and research. It will also include the supports considered critical for

the vast majority of students with ASD. These Universal Supports are those

identified as highly effective in teaching and supporting students with ASD in

order to provide a solid foundation for learning. Specific supports such as

functional communication systems, visual supports, structured environments,

peer to peer support, and behavioral programming will be discussed. Dialogue

and questions will be included.

Presenter: Shawn Jenuwine, ASD Consultant, MISD Class Size: 25

Room

128

Session

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What Kids Need to Succeed (All)

Learn some practical and research based ways to help your students succeed not

only in the classroom, but also in their life skills. You’ll hear about the “40

Developmental Assets” based on finding from thousands of 6th

– 12th grade

students surveyed over many years. Not another program or lesson plan to write,

but a whole new way of thinking. It’s good common sense application of what

great teachers already know and use! Presenters: Melissa DiPirro, CARE, Diana Conklin & David Brown, Community

Action Coalition Class Size: 40

Room

107

Session

14

NASA Smart Skies: Air Traffic Control to Engage Students in D=R*T Problems

(Gr. 5-8)

Explore distance-rate-time flight problems through an experiment, a graphing

tool, and an air traffic control simulator. Use multiple representations to connect

equations, their graphs, and real-world experiences. All materials are free

online.

Presenters: Nicole Leitz & Kelly McDevitt Class Size: 35

Room

224

Session

35

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Adult & Child C.P.R. / A.E.D. Certification Training – 5 hours (All)

This interactive daylong training will prepare you for emergency situations. You

will learn the signs of a heart attack, how to move a victim, how to use the

A.E.D. machine and more. You will review the Michigan Good Samaritan Law

and liability concerns. Upon successful completion of this program, you will be

given your certification at the end of the day.

Presenter: American Red Cross Class Size: 24

Room

Small

Gym

Session

16

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Adult & Child CPR – AED Recertification (3 ½ hours) (All)

This three session training is for anyone that has already been certified and

would like to renew their certification. You must bring your certification card

with you and it needs to be within 24 months of your expiration date. (1/18/08 or

later) Upon successful completion of this program, you will be given your

certification at the end of the day.

Presented by the American Red Cross Class Size: 24

Room

Main

Gym

Session

30

Curriculum Mapping ( Gr. 3-5)

Tired of writing weekly lesson plans…on Sunday afternoon? Matching GLCE’s

to whatever you are teaching that week? We have worked harder so you can

work smarter! Map out a year’s curriculum; break it down into monthly, weekly

and daily plans! Have nine weeks worth of lesson plans with matching GLCE’s

completed ahead of time! Also, learn how to use Blackboard to share this

information with each other.

Presenters: Bonnie Kohler, Sarah List & Jill Serruys Class Size: 40

Room

109

Session

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Formative Assessment: How Do I Implement it in My Classroom? (Gr. 5-

8)

Do my students get it? This session will provide participants with methods to

quickly assess student progress. These assessments will provide feedback to

students, and the teacher. You will also learn ways to incorporate writing into

the math classroom and differentiate instruction. You will love all the materials

you leave with!

Presenters: Trish Dunn, Nicole Leitz, & Kelly McDevitt ClassSize: 35

Room

208

Session

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Freshmen 101: Ways to Help Freshmen Succeed (HS)

This presentation will focus on ways to help freshmen succeed academically and

socially during their first year of high school. Topics will include identifying

struggling freshman, resources available to help them, and classroom methods to

get them energized.

Presenter: Rosa Hough & Jim Ekdahl Class Size: 35

Room

212

Session

18

Geography Alive! (Middle School)

Engaging middle school students in the diverse classroom through Response

Groups: participants will be immersed in a response group activity in order to

turn passive teacher led lectures into rich classroom discussions that allow all

students to succeed. The content focus will be World Geography.

Presenter: Matt Moorman Class Size: 30

Room

204

Session

22

Homeless in L’Anse Creuse (All)

This is an interactive session to help understand students who live in poverty,

specifically, in our district. We will walk through a simulation; discuss

resources and how to identify students that may be homeless.

Presenters: Timm Couto & Kathy Kropf Class Size :40

Room

114

Session

27

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Improving Your Videos (Secondary)

This session is an informative, hands-on look at improving your videos. Hints

and tips on how to improve lighting, sound and the look of your video will be

covered. This is especially helpful if you give your students the option to

produce a video project for class. The tips provided are simple and will help

guide students in creating a higher quality video project that they will be proud

to show. Whether you are an expert with technology, or a novice, this session

can help you provide guidance to your students.

Presenter: Michael Kaufman Class Size: 24

Room

130

Session

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Lap Booking (Elementary)

Are you a 1st – 5

th grade teacher looking for a way to integrate different subjects,

yet allowing your students to be creative? If so, “lapbooking”/“notebooking”

may be for you! Lapbooks are a mixture of academics and scrapbooking, and

can cover any topic of your choice. Examples include: author studies, math

skills, elections, the possibilities are endless! Come to this “make and take”

session and learn how to use them in the classroom!

Presenter: Ellen Closs Class Size: 40

Room

101

Session

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Managing Stress (All)

Learn the differences between healthy stress and distress, and develop techniques

to thrive. Tips for becoming both mentally and physically stress resistant will be

discussed.

Presenter: Paddy Laske, C.A.R.E. Class Size: 50

Room

Choir

Session

28

MathMosis® 101 (K-5)

Developing Number Sense

MathMosis is an award winning supplemental program that teaches skip

counting utilizing music, movement, and number patterns. This research based

instructional approach helps develop number sense and provides a strategy

which assists children in understanding and memorizing multiplication facts. In

this workshop you will learn an instructional approach to teaching skip counting

and the research that supports this method.

Presenter: Jennifer Tuttle Class Size: 40

Room

107

Session

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Music and More Software (All)

In this session, you will get a hands-on experience with three music-related

software programs that can be integrated into the classroom: Audacity, a

recording and editing program; Finale Notepad, a music notation program; and

Windows Media Player as a tool for listening to, and burning CD’s. All three

programs are on the district approved software list. Come and see how these

programs can enhance the music experience for your and your students!

Presenter: Scarlett Treece Class Size: 35

Room

126

Session

26

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Safe Management of Disruptive and Escalating Behavior (Elementary)

This seminar will be an excerpt of the CPI Training Program. It will specifically

focus on preventive techniques to de-escalate a developing crisis situation. You

will learn to identify the behavior levels that contribute to the development of a

crisis and choose an appropriate intervention for each level; identify useful

nonverbal techniques which can help to prevent acting-out behavior; use verbal

techniques to de-escalate behavior; provide for the care, welfare, safety and

security of all those who are involved in an escalating situation.

Presenters: Stacey Detrick & Kimberly Hill Class Size: 35

Room

120

Session

34

Smart Notebook Software for the Smart Board (All)

In this session, we will cover the basics of the Smart Board hardware and some

basics for using the Smart Notebook software to create engaging and interactive

lessons. You will learn how to maneuver through the software using tabs,

toolbars, and menus and discover how to effectively use the hardware and

software with other applications.

Presenter: Beth Broder Class Size: 35

Room

238

Session

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Staff Web Pages (All)

This class is offered to staff members who currently have an active webpage.

We will cover the following: Create New, Production Manager, Page Properties,

Creating a hyper link and attachments. Followed by webpage development work

time.

Presenters: Rayann Bloch, Vikki Gray, Ginny McNabb Class Size: 35

Room

Media

Center

Session

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Time Saving Tips To Help Teachers Work Smarter, Not Harder (HS)

Demonstration and review of practical tips for saving time and getting your

student to work for you. Topics include: collection and distribution of materials,

setting up filing systems that work, classroom traffic and problem-solving (kid

problems-NOT yours!), cleaning up the room before students leave, how

teachers can model organizational strategies and why it’s important, bell work

and exit goals.

Presented by: Deanna Hammes Class Size: 35

Room

124

Session

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Universal Supports (Secondary)

This session will provide an overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder, including

definitions and research. It will also include the supports considered critical for

the vast majority of students with ASD. These Universal Supports are those

identified as highly effective in teaching and supporting students with ASD in

order to provide a solid foundation for learning. Specific supports such as

functional communication systems, visual supports, structured environments,

peer to peer support, and behavioral programming will be discussed. Dialogue

and questions will be included.

Presenter: Shawn Jenuwine, ASD Consultant, MISD Class Size: 35

Room

128

Session

20

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Session #3 Communication Arts ( Middle School)

Teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate and share instructional

strategies and resources. Please bring with you examples of successful ideas,

approaches, and/or lessons that you have used in your classroom.

Presentesr: Patti Rabenburg, Diane Mason, & Diane Vigneron Class Size: 30

Room

208

Session

38

Drug Awareness (All)

This eye-opening presentation will identify the latest trends in drugs and give

you the signs of what to look for in student behavior. Discussion will include

prescription medications, medical marijuana, alcohol and more. Come and see

the latest in drug paraphernalia and how the law affects students.

Presenter: Ken Krygel, Macomb Community College Police Academy Class Size: 50

Band

Room

Session

36

Excel (All)

PowerTeacher, PowerSchool, and Data Director all provide users with the option

of exporting data to Excel – but what do you do with it once it’s in Excel? This

session will provide tips for formatting, filtering, and sorting data to make it

manageable and meaningful. Users with beginning to advanced levels of Excel

expertise will learn something new in this session.

Presenter: Beth Broder Class Size: 35

Room

238

Session

56

Industrial Tech (Middle School)

Teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate and share instructional

strategies and resources. Please bring with you examples of successful ideas,

approaches, and/or lessons that you have used in your classroom.

Presenter: Paul Lasala Class Size: 40

Room

130

Session

43

Integrating Music into the Classroom (Elementary)

Studies have shown that music enhances student learning as one of the multiple

intelligences. This session will provide you with simple, ready-to-use ideas and

resources to take the general education classroom to support concepts in Math,

Science, Language Arts and Social Studies. No previous music experience

required!

Presenters: Scarlett Treece, Gennifer Bradshaw & Julie Thompson Class Size: 40

Room

109

Session

40

K-12 Special Education Forum

Discussion with possible topics to include: Standards based IEP goal writing,

Writing PLAAFP statements, Quarterly Progress, Types of assessments, Tienet;

The new IEP electronic program, and communicating with General Education

teachers.

Presenters: Jen Kowal & Kelly Thalgott Class Size: 35

Room

211

Session

57

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Language Development and the Preschool Age Child (Elementary)

This is an informational session for early childhood teachers about the speech

and language development in preschoolers. This information will help preschool

teachers identify children who may be speech and language delayed. Teachers

will be provided with strategies to help students in the classroom and at home.

Presenters: Raechel Witter, Mary McCaffrey, Nancy Kleusch Class Size: 35

Room

209

Session

54

Performing Arts (Middle School)

Teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate and share instructional

strategies and resources. Please bring with you examples of successful ideas,

approaches, and/or lessons that you have used in your classroom.

Presenter: Michael Kaufman Class Size: 40

Room

107

Session

42

Podcasting 1…2…3… (All)

Come join us in this session and create a podcast using Audacity and post it so

that your students can access it from any computer. They don’t even need an

iPod! It doesn’t get any easier than this! Participants will receive a printed

handout with directions and have an opportunity to create and post a short

podcast.

Presenters: Elaine Siegle & Susan Buffa Class Size: 30

Room

Media

Center

Session

51

Pump Adrenalin Into Your Math Classroom with the TI-84 (Gr. 7-12)

Discover effective techniques and lessons to help students view multiple

representations using the TI-84. Participants will be involved in several

activities that can be immediately integrated into the classroom.

Presenters: Trish Dunn & Nicole Leitz Class size 30

Room

212

Session

37

Safe Management of Discipline and Escalating Behavior ( Secondary)

This seminar will be an excerpt of the CPI Training Program. It will specifically

focus on preventive techniques to de-escalate a developing crisis situation. You

will learn to identify the behavior levels that contribute to the development of a

crisis and choose an appropriate intervention for each level; identify useful

nonverbal techniques which can help to prevent acting-out behavior; use verbal

techniques to de-escalate behavior; provide for the care, welfare, safety and

security of all those who are involved in an escalating situation.

Presenters: Stacey Detrick and Kim Hill Class Size: 35

Room

120

Session

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School Employees Gone Wild: The Internet, Social Networking Sites, Email

and the First Amendment

The Internet and online communications are staples of our daily lives. Nearly

all teachers use online communications in keeping parents updated on the

progress of their children. However, like many great inventions, these important

communications tools may become traps for the unwary. This session will look

at the protections that school employees have under the First Amendment to the

US Constitution when using online sites and some guidance on how to use these

tools without creating employment problems.

Presented by: Art Przybylowicz, MEA Attorney Class Size: 35

Room

200

Session

55

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Sharing Session - Fourth Grade (Elementary)

Grade level teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate and share

instructional strategies in the area of managing literacy block. Please bring

with you examples of successful ideas, approaches, and/or lessons that you have

used in your classroom.

Presenter: Laura DeLore Class Size: 40

Room

108

Session

48

Sharing Session – Fifth Grade (Elementary)

Grade level teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate and share

instructional strategies in the area of struggling readers. Please bring with you

examples of successful ideas, approaches, and/or lessons that you have used in

your classroom.

Presenter: Teri Wrubel Class Size: 40

Room

124

Session

49

Sharing Session – First Grade (Elementary)

Grade level teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate and share

instructional strategies in the area of struggling readers. Please bring with you

examples of successful ideas, approaches, and/or lessons that you have used in

your classroom.

Presenter: Kelly Darlington Class Size: 40

Room

121

Session

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Sharing Session – Kindergarten (Elementary)

Grade level teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate and share

instructional strategies in the area of struggling readers. Please bring with you

examples of successful ideas, approaches, and/or lessons that you have used in

your classroom.

Presenter: Joan Dopp Class Size: 40

Room

117

Session

44

Sharing Session – Second Grade (Elementary)

Grade level teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate and share

instructional strategies in the area of struggling readers. Please bring with you

examples of successful ideas, approaches, and/or lessons that you have used in

your classroom.

Presenter: Rebecca Gillich Class Size: 40

Room

119

Session

46

Sharing Session – Third Grade

Grade level teachers will have the opportunity to collaborate and share

instructional strategies in the area of guided reading. Please bring with you

examples of successful ideas, approaches, and/or lessons that you have used in

your classroom.

Presenter: Rhonda Mosley Class Size: 40

Room

126

Session

47

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Universal Supports (Secondary)

This session will provide an overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder, including

definitions and research. It will also include the supports considered critical for

the vast majority of students with ASD. These Universal Supports are those

identified as highly effective in teaching and supporting students with ASD in

order to provide a solid foundation for learning. Specific supports such as

functional communication systems, visual supports, structured environments,

peer to peer support, and behavioral programming will be discussed. Dialogue

and questions will be included.

Presenter: Shawn Jenuwine, ASD Consultant, MISD Class Size: 35

Room

128

Session

50

Working with Difficult Students (High School)

This session is geared toward H.S. staff. De-escalation techniques will be

discussed as they are related to disrespectful behaviors, oppositional defiance,

passive aggression, power and control. Attendees will take away specific

interventions which can be used in these difficult situations. Presenters : Renee Radke, Andrea Glynn, Jason Townsend, Ray Henderson Class Size: 35

Room

101

Session

39

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Session #4 Data Director (Elementary Administrators & Teachers)

Data Director is an exciting new online data management system. Learn how

you can view and analyze student data to identify specific strengths and

weaknesses of your students and much more! This session is an introduction to

the Data Director, including a review of the menus and pre-build reports most

helpful to elementary staff.

Presenter: Linda Lohrer Class Size: 35

Media

Center

Session

63

Dealing with Difficult Students (High School)

This session is geared toward H.S. De-escalation techniques will be discussed

as they are related to disrespectful behaviors, oppositional defiance, passive

aggression, power and control. Attendees will take away specific interventions

which can be used in these difficult situations. Presenters: Renee Radke, Andrea Glynn, Jason Townsend, Ray Henderson Class Size: 35

Room

101

Session

58

Drug Awareness (All)

This eye-opening presentation will identify the latest trends in drugs and give

you the signs of what to look for in student behavior. Discussion will include

prescription medications, medical marijuana, alcohol and more. Come and see

the latest in drug paraphernalia and how the law affects students.

Presenter: Ken Krygel, Macomb Community College Police Academy Class Size: 50

Band

Room

Session

59

Glass Fusing (All Art Teachers)

This hands-on workshop will explore elementary through high school art

classroom fabrication of 4” Glass Tiles and Fused Glass Jewelry. Using a

variety of dichroic, opaque, and transparent glass, participants will learn to cut,

design, and fire glass to cabochons for pendants and earrings and glass tiles.

This workshop will also cover safety, kiln use, design and lesson planning.

Presenters: Dena Mell and Sue Smyk Class Size: 15

Room

132

Session

62

Green Energy Initiative (All)

Be a part of the Green Team for this engaging and informational session!

School green teams will learn many great ideas along with resources to help get

the ball rolling to become a Green Certified School, or even for those who are

working on their Emerald status! Participants will have the opportunity to

interact with knowledgeable presenters in the Macomb County area in

environmental responsible practices. Learn about local grants, curriculum

instruction that is related to the 10-20 Michigan points that each school can

easily implement, as well as other types of school gardens, composting that is

easy and much more! All staff will receive materials and have the resources to

implement a successful and non-stressful Green Initiative.

Presenter: Katie Hoffner Class Size: 40

Room

121

Session

65

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K-12 Special Education Forum

Discussion with possible topics to include: Standards based IEP goal writing,

Writing PLAAFP statements, Quarterly Progress, Types of assessments, Tienet;

The new IEP electronic program, and communicating with General Education

teachers.

Presenters: Jen Kowal & Kelly Thalgott Class Size: 35

Room

211

Session

73

Managing Stress (All)

Learn the differences between healthy stress and distress, and develop

techniques to thrive. Tips for becoming both mentally and physically stress

resistant will be discussed.

Presenter: Paddy Laske, C.A.R.E. Class Size: 50

Room

224

Session

69

MathMosis® 102 (2nd

– 5th

grades)

Developing Fact Fluency~ Multiplication

MathMosis is an award winning supplemental program that teaches skip

counting utilizing music, movement, and number patterns. This research based

instructional approach helps develop number sense and provides a strategy

which assists children in understanding and memorizing multiplication facts.

In this workshop you will learn games that will help your students develop fact

fluency and assessments that will help track each child’s progress.

Presenter: Jennifer Tuttle Class Size: 35

Room

107

Session

64

Research without Copying (Elementary)

Standard research assignments often encourage copying and pasting from the

Internet. Come find out how to create research assignments that encourage

creativity and higher level thinking skills. Walk away with over 15 lessons you

can take back to your classroom and use right away for any grade level and any

subject area!

Presenters: Liz Allen & Susan Trebilcock Class Size: 35

Room

209

Session

71

School Employees Gone Wild: The Internet, Social Networking Sites,

Email and the First Amendment

The Internet and online communications are staples of our daily lives. Nearly

all teachers use online communications in keeping parents updated on the

progress of their children. However, like many great inventions, these

important communications tools may become traps for the unwary. This

session will look at the protections that school employees have under the First

Amendment to the US Constitution when using online sites and some guidance

on how to use these tools without creating employment problems.

Presented by: Art Przybylowicz, MEA Attorney Class Size: 35

Room

200

Session

72

Smart Board for Music Teachers (All)

From elementary to high school, the SMART Board can be used to enhance

music classroom instruction. This presentation will include some SMART

Board music lessons as well as some tips on creating lessons geared toward

music instruction using Pixie 2, PowerPoint, SMART Notebook and the

Internet.

Presenter: Hope Comerford Class Size: 35

Room

TBD

Session

67

17

Turning Point

Every building in L’Anse Creuse has at least two sets of Classroom

Performance Systems from Turning Point Technologies (Clickers). This

session will provide hands-on training for creating a Turning Point presentation,

using the response devices to get immediate feedback, and printing reports to

guide instruction. We will also cover some troubleshooting tips for using the

hardware and software as well as some best practice suggestions for using

classroom performance systems in the classroom.

Presenter: Beth Broder Class Size: 35

Room

238

Session

61

Universal Support (Elementary)

This session will provide an overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder, including

definitions and research. It will also include the supports considered critical for

the vast majority of students with ASD. These Universal Supports are those

identified as highly effective in teaching and supporting students with ASD in

order to provide a solid foundation for learning. Specific supports such as

functional communication systems, visual supports, structured environments,

peer to peer support, and behavioral programming will be discussed. Dialogue

and questions will be included.

Presenter: Shawn Jenuwine, ASD Consultant, MISD Class Size: 35

Room

128

Session

66

Using the TI-73 to Actively Engage Students in Math (Gr. 6)

Scared of those things in a box under your desk? If so, this session is for you.

Teachers will learn strategies and activities for using the TI-7e graphing

calculator. You have the opportunity to explore multiple representations and

make connections to be implemented in your classroom the next day! Walk

away with lessons, instructions and student activity sheets

Presenter: Kelly McDevitt Class Size 30

Room

212

Session

60