Welcome to the District Wide Staff Development for Special

Education teachers and staff. This morning you will attend break-

out sessions presented by your peers. These sessions are

grounded in the beliefs of Conroe ISD’s Instructional Model and

remind us that to serve our students, we are better as one. We

are better as we learn, teach, create and face challenges as one.

We are a team of dedicated educators striving to bring our

individual talents together as one group for the betterment of

our students. We may come from different backgrounds,

experiences and learning, but to provide the best for ALL of our

students, we come together… Better as 1.

SPECIAL EDUCATION

AUGUST 8, 2019

DISTRICT WIDE STAFF DEVELOPMENT

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Special Education Day at a Glance

8:00 am - 8:30 am Welcome and General Session (Cafeteria)

8::35 am - 9:15 am Session I

9:20 am - 10:00 am Session II

10:05 am - 10:45 am Session III

10:50am - 11:30 am Session IV

Please see the next

page for the Required

Session for your area.

Required Sessions

As you plan your sessions, please note the required sessions below. These sessions are designed to

provide important updates and information to each specific area. Thank you!

SDC PPCD Life Skills

SDC Teachers must attend:

The Social Development Classroom

(Session I - LGI)

PPCD Teachers must attend:

Alternate Instruction in PPCD Building ONE Vision

(Session I - Room 109)

LIFE skills and Rise Teachers must attend one

session: An Overview of LIFE Skills

(Session II, III, or IV - LGI)

The above sessions for SDC, PPCD, and Life Skills are reserved ONLY for teachers that are currently working that District Service

Program. Thank you!

Resource / In-Class Support

K - 4th Grade - ALL Resource and In-Class Support Teachers

5th - 12th Grade - If you teach and/or support English Language Arts

Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities

(Session I, II, III, or IV - Room 27 - (2nd floor - Fine Arts/PE Hall)

Session Options Throughout the Day

Title & Presenter Description Session Time & Rooms

I II III IV

Better as ONE

Lindsey Scott & Amber Miller

District Instructional Coach & Birnham Woods Elementary

Working together with general education staff to collaborate for the needs of all students.

X Room

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X Room

003

X Room

003

X Room

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Instructional Strategies for Better Learning

Kim Combs Conroe High School 9th Grade

Using interactive word walls, quizizz, and edpuzzle to help students monitor their

learning.

X Room

033

X Room

033

Cohesive Grading with Rubrics

Baillie Smilie District Instructional Coach

Creating and implementing rubrics for grading Resource/ICS student work in

alignment with TEA & grade level standards.

X Room 005

X Room 005

X Room 005

X Room 005

How do you Provide Support Without a Person? Part 1

Tracy Kline Mraz & Lindsey Frehe District Instructional Coaches

Come and learn how to provide support for students that do not require a person to be

by their side.

X Room

007

X Room

007

How do you Provide Support Without a Person? Part 2

Natascha Webb District Instructional Coach

Come and learn more awesome strategies that will provide support for students, but do

not require a person to be by their side.

X Room 048

X Room 048

Collaboration as ONE

Brianne Burks & Jenna Alders Grangerland Intermediate

How to implement collaboration successfully by utilizing small group, classroom

management, and consistent communication.

X Room

041

X Room

041

Session Options Throughout the Day

Title & Presenter Description

Session Time & Rooms

I II III IV

Anchored in Learning

Marleigh Clayton & Katie Michna Irons Jr. High & District Instructional Coach

Come explore the possibilities of bridging educational gaps through small group

interventions/anchor stations.

X Room 004

X Room 004

X Room 004

Reading Strategies

Ashley Lawless Kaufman Elementary

Overview of how to use The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo.

X

Room 014

X Room

014

Levels of Instruction

Megan Wollenburg & Joni Gricar District Instructional Coaches

Participants will be exposed to the 4 levels of learning for both academic and behavioral skills.

X

Room 008

X Room

008

Working as One to be Better as One

Anna DeBreaux & Elizabeth Pacheco Cryar Intermediate

Providing tools to assist Special Education Staff (teachers and paraprofessionals) for data

collection in the resource and general education setting.

X

Room 012

X Room

012

ONE Mission: Rotations

Ashleigh Gay & Maggie Thompson Synder Elementary

Come learn how to implement rotations for LIFE Skills and PPCD teachers! Learn ways to

implement IEP buckets, Unique Curriculum and functional skills all together!

X Room 024

X Room 024

Session Options Throughout the Day

Title & Presenter Description

Session Time & Rooms

I II III IV

Learning Together as One

Lara Zamora & Rachael Vogler Kaufman Elementary

This session will share how to create a singular learning community across multiple grade levels

in a self-contained classroom while following grade level TEKs and scope and sequence.

X

Room 037

X Room

037

Better as One...How to Incorporate Technology into the Resource Room

Luke Silvera & Chelsea Quintanilla Grangerland Intermediate

Are you struggling to support the varying levels of students in your resource room? Come learn

how to use your Aver document camera to create videos that you can use in a myriad of

ways to support all of your students. Even when there are 10 of them and 1 of you.

X Room

039

X Room

039

Reinforcement Works for EveryONE

Melanie Plaster Patterson Elementary

Do you need a break or a happy visit? Chocolate or sour candy? Finding what

students will work for is GOLD in the classroom! This presentation will help find what students

prefer and hopefully work for!

X

Room 043

X Room 043

Bend Don’t Break: You are not an Island

Nikki Shields Ride Elementary

How to build collaborative relationships with general education staff.

X

Room 047

X Room 047

Session Options Throughout the Day

Title & Presenter Description

Session Time & Rooms

I II III IV

One Place for All - The Parent Resource Center

Barbara Grogan, Stacy Stratton, & Carolina Carvajal

Parent Resource Center

Overview of the supports and resources offered through the Conroe ISD Parent Resource Center

for both special education teachers and parents.

X Room 045

X Room 045

X Room 045

X Room 045

Guides to using ULS (Unique Learning System)

Ashley Culver, Erica Castillo, Dan Christenson The Woodlands College Park High School &

District Instructional Coach

Our ULS training will explore the differentiating lesson plans needed to reach students with

diverse cognitive abilities, while complying with all state standards, addressing social-emotional

needs, utilizing classroom management techniques, tracking data and monitoring

progress. We will discuss n2y in helping every student reach their full potential .

X Room

028

X Room

028

Elementary Attainment Math

Megan Biscamp & Kelli Lauret Patterson & Tough Elementary

We will learn how to incorporate the Early Numeracy Math Attainment into the curriculum in Elementary LIFE Skills and Elementary RISE

classrooms.

X Room 048

X Room 048

The Math Progression—Progressing as One

Michelle McQueen & Christine Noriega Runyan Elementary

Come see examples of what a math block looks like while using the number progression lessons

and working on IEP Goals.

X Room 046

X Room 046

Session Options Throughout the Day

Title & Presenter Description

Session Time & Rooms

I II III IV

Increasing Disability Awareness

Lesa Bolling & Kimberly Pullen District Instructional Coaches

Helping your campus improve diversity related to students with disabilities.

X Room

105

X Room

105

X Room

105

X Room

105

Keeping it Together with Google Keep

Lisa McGarrah District Instructional Coaches

Google Keep is an online, digital note-taking app that allows you to organize your thoughts using virtual sticky notes. Explore how students collect their online research, capture images,

create project checklists, and organize using a tag system, all in one location. With Google

Docs integration, students have access to their organized thoughts from a convenient sidebar

window.

X Room

002

X Room

002

X Room

002

X Room

002

Every Thought You Make

Dana Ruppert , Tammy Baker, Debbie Archacki, & Ashlee Clark

David Elementary

Every step you take, we'll be watching you discover strategies to uncover effective social thinking in our students. We will discuss social

thinking vs. social skills and how to improve reading comprehension through social

thinking.

X

Room 106

X Room

106

Hitting a Home Run Working with Support Staff - Roles & Responsibilities

Stephanie Jenkins District Instructional Coach

Participants will learn how to facilitate relationships with paraprofessionals and other

staff members.

X Room

107

X Room

107

X Room

107

X Room

107

Session Options Throughout the Day

Title & Presenter Description Session Time & Rooms

I II III IV

Incorporating Assistive Technology into Classrooms

Aimee Owen , Marla D’Antoni, Melissa Alexander

District Instructional Coach, Lead Therapist -OT/PT, District AT Teacher

Learn how to use assistive technology to provide access for students to instruction and

communication.

X Room

104

X Room

104

X Room

104

X Room

104

Dealing with Difficult Behaviors

Heather Hebert District Instructional Coach

Tips and techniques to work through problem behaviors in any setting.

X

Room 111

X Room

111

X Room

111

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) in the Classroom

Amy Longaker District Instructional Coach

Overview of ABA principles and appropriate ways to use them to build student success.

X Room

026

X Room

026

X Room

026

X Room

026

Social Skills: The Next Level

Heather Irwin District Instructional Coach

Get tools and resources to walk away and teach social skills to all types of students in a

variety of settings.

X Room 044

X Room 044

X Room 044

X Room 044

Coming Together as One Under Special Education Law

William Zappa & Randy Mayer Vogel Intermediate & District Instructional

Coach

Introduce different court cases which impact special education and due process.

X

Room 108

X Room

108

Session Options Throughout the Day

Title & Presenter Description

Session Time & Rooms

I II III IV

Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities

Brooke McCoy, Cheryl Morris, Kim Bowman District Instructional Coach & Reading

Intervention Teachers.

This is a required session for all Kinder - 4th Resource/In-Class Support teachers and 5th - 12th grade resource and/or support teachers

for English Language Arts.

X Room

27

X Room

27

X Room

27

An Overview of LIFE Skills

Krystal Vincent & Elizabeth Villalta Special Ed Coordinators

All current LIFE Skills teachers should attend one session. Topics will include an overview of

program elements and frequently asked questions.

X

Room LGI

X Room

LGI

X Room

LGI

Alternate Instruction in PPCD—Building ONE Vision

Elizabeth Villalta & Sarah Michell Special Ed Coordinator & District

Instructional Coach

All PPCD teachers should attend for an overview of PPCD instructional programming

and structure.

X Room

109

The Social Development Classroom

Lauren Hickman & SDC District Instructional Coaches

This session will be for Social Development Classroom teachers. We will provide an

overview of the SDC program, discuss any changes for the 2019-2020 school year.

X Room

LGI

Random Moment in Time

Mandy Deckwa Professional Medicaid Accountant

Come and learn how to complete SHARS Random Moment in Time.

X Room 025

X Room 025

X Room 025

X Room 025

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Many thanks to Peet Jr. High School Administration and Staff for their

cooperation and support in making this Staff Development day a huge success. We could have not done this without a great

team effort!

THANK YOU