Professional Development for EDUCATORS Grades: Pre-K through 12

The goal of our School Services Center is to provide quality workshops,

conferences, and other services to PreK-12 school districts in our region and across

New Jersey. Through us, you will be able to access professional development on

campus, as well as other locations. In addition, we can provide in-district services.

As you plan for improving student achievement, we encourage you to consider the

role we can play in assisting you with developing your annual plans for

professional development. As part of our valued services, we will work side by

side with your administration and staff to design the programs you desire. Our staff

is practiced field educators who can assist your efforts in finding solutions to move

forward.

Creating Safe and Welcoming Schools for Transgender Students This workshop’s topics include: basic knowledge and understanding, of sexual orientation; dispelling stereotypes about transgender people; the social, legal, and medical aspects of the transition process; supporting transitioning students and managing difficult situations, including parental non-acceptance; the rights of transgender students including gender-specific facilities and sports; and strategies for educating parents. Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 What Does Equity Really Mean AND Addressing 12 Legal Points to Start the School Year This two topic workshop for administrators will address equity issues such as: Equity is more than a QSAC check-off box… it goes beyond the legal manifestations and it needs to be embedded in the culture of the school/district. What are the legal guarantees to know? What are the challenges? What can be unintended consequences of the legal guarantees? Participants will also discuss the most important legal administrative obligations to put into place for the new school year. Administrators will share strengths, challenges and brainstorm ways to address them and create new opportunities.

Date: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Google Apps and More for Administrators Google Classroom and other apps in the Google Suite for Education have changed the landscape of digital workflow for administrators. In this hands-on workshop, we will create our own Google Classroom and explore the many Google applications, including Google Docs, Slides, Forms and Screencastify, that will increase the efficiency and output of PLCs, faculty meetings, and professional development. We will also discuss the SAMR Model, a framework for transforming teaching with technology, and how it can elevate instruction and engagement. Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 McRel Evaluation Training Day for Administrators Have you hired new or do you have novice administrators in your district? Do you have an administrator that needs to refresh their McRel evaluation skills? This workshop is for them! Participants will explore the McRel framework and discuss the evaluation process. There will be examples and hands-on techniques as well as a question and answer session at the end of the workshop. Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Hands on Math and Literature in Grades K-2 This workshop will engage participants in activities that focus on New Jersey Math Standards. The presenter will introduce teachers to a children’s book, poem, or song, addressing a particular standard. Participants will receive an idea packet and a list of children’s books. Date: Thursday, September 26, 2019

Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Co-Teaching and Collaboration Co-Teaching is emerging as one of the strategies through which professionals hope to achieve student success. The purpose of this workshop is to offer those developing co-teaching programs and refining the quality of their programs, research-based information on how to (a) create effective programs; (b) integrate quality instruction; (c) address sustainability; (d) conduct program evaluation; (e) discuss other issues common in co-teaching atmospheres. Bring your teaching partner! Date: Friday September 27, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 each Location: Connector Building Room 353 Google Classroom and Sooo Much More Google Classroom and other apps in the Google Suite for Education have changed the Landscape of the digital workflow for students and teachers everywhere. In this hands-on workshop, participants will create their own Google Classroom and explore the many Google applications that will save time and energy while elevating instruction, including Google Docs, Slides and Forms. Participants will also discuss the SAMR Model, a framework for transforming teaching with technology, and how it relates to Google products. Date: Friday, September 27, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Autism In this participatory workshop, attendees will discuss facts and myths about autism, gain an overview of how to support students with autism inclusively, and learn about person-first perspectives concerning those with autism labels. Presenter will discuss specific classroom strategies he has found effective with his own students, and facilitate small group discussions during which participants will review instructional content for students with autism labels. Participants will also

create materials that can be immediately applied to their specific classroom settings.

Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353

Dealing with Difficult Students This workshop will focus on designing and implementing individualized behavior improvement plans for helping students learn to behave independently and responsibly. The focus will be on identifying the factors that perpetuate any chronic misbehavior and then designing intervention strategies that “fit” the “function” of the problem. Participants will be presented with different techniques and strategies to use in the classroom to increase student motivation and decrease misbehavior. Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Washington Township School District, Board of Education Room Hands on Math and Literature in Grades 3-4 This workshop will engage participants in activities that focus on New Jersey Math Standards. Presenter will introduce teachers to a children’s book, poem, or song, addressing a particular standard. Participants will receive an idea packet and a list of children’s books. Date: Thursday, October 3, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Dyslexia Defined and Understood This workshop reviews the most recent legislation, the definition of dyslexia and the impact on the development of foundational reading. Participants will gain an understanding of the causes, prevalence and treatment for Dyslexia. Date: Friday, October 4, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353

McRel for Teachers Have you hired new teachers or do you have novice teachers in your district, or are you a new or novice teacher? This workshop is for you! The instructor will explore the McRel framework and discuss the evaluation process. There will be examples and hands-on techniques as well as a question and answer session at the end of the workshop. Date: Thursday, October 10, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Be Ready, Set and All in to Engage Your Students in Three-Dimensional Science Learning Participants will discuss how students can ask questions to drive their own learning, construct scientific explanations to promote understanding, and develop models to represent ideas. Educators attending this interactive and engaging workshop will:

realize how three-dimensional science teaching and learning is achieved

actualize a strategy through which their students make claims, support claims with evidence, construct explanations and engage in argumentation

recognize how and why students should develop, evaluate, and revise their own models

facilitate an approach to deliberately teach the skill of asking questions Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 A Look at Differentiated Instruction Participants will learn how to address student differences in readiness, interest, and learning profile in order to provide a genuine challenge for each student. Get hands-on experiences in designing lessons that are geared to the skills, knowledge, and readiness of all students in all grade levels. Date: Friday, October 18, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353

Maintaining Your Mentor Educator Program: A Collaboration Opportunity

This two part series will provide Mentor Educators with insight, direction, and resources for supporting the new teacher. Specific concerns, time-lines, and communication issues, as well as current mentor regulations will be addressed. Date: Part One: Friday, October 25, 2019 Part Two: Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $250 for the two sessions Location: Connector Building Room 353 Phonological Awareness and Phonemic Awareness, More Than Just Nursery Rhymes Phonemic awareness is a critical foundational skill that impacts the reading development of children. This workshop will provide information on the assessment and implementation of phonemic awareness in your classroom. Participants will enjoy a variety of hands-on activities that can easily be incorporated into any reading program. Literature selections will be unitized to practice phonological concepts. Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 2:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Standards Based Grading 101 This workshop will cover the research behind the standards based movement and tackle the major questions, challenges, and benefits to a standards based reporting system. Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 2:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Mental Health Issues in Children Participants will receive an overview of the specific mental health issues present in schools today. Discussions on how students display communication patterns and behaviors and how to distinguish from intentional disruptive behaviors will take place. Specific intervention techniques for communication with students who may be presenting mental health concerns will be discussed. Additionally,

school-based strategies and interventions in reference to restorative discipline practices will be presented with ways to incorporate social emotional development to combat some mental health concerns and increase coping skills. Date: Monday, November 18, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 2:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Instructional Strategies designed to meet the needs of ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: From Tried and True to New This workshop is designed to provide regular education teachers with specific strategies to deal with ELLs. You will leave with activities, resources and practices that you can use in class the very next day. Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 2:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Creating Engaging Learning Environments We know from research that there is a strong correlation between student

engagement, and student achievement. What does it look like when a lesson is

engaging the students?

This workshop will not just define engagement, but will also provide no less than

a dozen examples of engaging lessons that can immediately be transformed into

activities that can be used in your own classroom.

All participants will have access to the presenter’s e-mail address and the workshop slides, to ensure that coaching will be available long after the initial training has ended. Date: Friday, November 22, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 2:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 How to Design a Cohesive Art Lesson Participants will view student art projects on Pinterest, Artsonia and through image searches on the internet. Using an open mind, we will analyze and critique the work, as if it were a gallery piece, examining how the principles and elements

of design are being used. We will examine the following questions: How can this project connect with the previous project you just taught? What standards can be used? How will I relate this lesson to the district observation system? We will look at how to engage students through YouTube. We will also discuss how to develop habits for students to continue doing art at home and not only in your classroom. Date: Monday, December 2, 2019 Time: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Preschool from A to Z This workshop will focus on creating a functional classroom using lessons that focus on gross and fine motor skills and academics. Participants will discuss how to foster a positive relationship with parents, various behaviors and how to conquer them, and meeting the needs of all students through music, stories and more. Date: Thursday, December 5, 2019 Time: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 P-E Equals E-L-A During this workshop, participants will look at different activities that can be used in the Physical Education classroom to reinforce Language Arts content. Participants will leave with fresh ideas that incorporate movement and allow for an improved kinesthetic learning connection. This workshop is appropriate for elementary health and physical education teachers. Date: Thursday, December 12, 2019 Times: 8:00am to 2:30pm Cost: $149 Location: TBA RTI and Reading Disability This participatory workshop will discuss Response to Intervention (RTI) as a multi-tier approach to the early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs. The RTI process begins with high-quality scientifically based

instruction and universal screening of all children in the general education classroom. Participants will look at interventions provided to struggling learners at increasing levels of intensity to accelerate their rate of learning. Date: Friday, January 10, 2020 Times: 8:00am to 2:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Writing IEPs In this workshop, participants will review writing useful IEPs. They will focus on the “three-way match” between present levels, goals, and modifications. Participants will learn to strengthen the clarity and overall effectiveness of their IEPs. Writing useful PLAAFPs, goals, and modifications, as well as transition plans will be discussed and modeled. This workshop is for elementary and secondary special education teachers. Date: Friday, January 24, 2020

Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Best Practices for Paraprofessionals The role of the teacher’s aide has morphed into the role of the paraprofessional.

This workshop examines how you can successfully work side-by-side with the

classroom teacher.

We will explore sub-topics that will enhance classroom and behavior

management, the paraprofessional’s teaching roles, and the methods that you

can implement to help keep creativity alive in the classroom.

All participants will have access to the presenter’s e-mail address and the

workshop slides, to ensure that coaching will be available long after the initial

training has ended.

Date: Friday, January 24, 2020

Times: 8:00am to 1:30pm Cost: $149 Location: TBA

Primary Educators Conference Keynote on Early Childhood Education and Family Engagement by NJDOE. Featured topics are Creating Positive Learning Environment, Google Classroom, RTI, and Art in the Primary Classroom. Date: Friday, March 13, 2020 Times: 8:00am to 2:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 54 Ways to Review This workshop will show ways to add fun and interest to what many students see as boring instructor led monologues. Some areas covered: numbered heads, games, yes/no answers only, quiz/no quiz, gallery walk ambush, and many more. A laugh and learn session! Date: Friday, March 20, 2020 Times: 8:00am to 2:30pm Cost: $149 Location: Connector Building Room 353 Live From Surgeries From the first incision to the last suture, students can witness the excitement and drama of science in action. Through real-time interactive video conferencing with the hospital doctor and surgical team, students will have a front row seat to surgeries. We will offer Live From Surgery sessions on, Kidney Transplants, Neurosurgery, and Robotic Surgery. We also have the option to offer Meet the Surgeon sessions, where students interact with individual surgeons who explore their surgeries and expertise. Contact us for additional options! Date(s): TBA Times: 8:00am to 12:30pm Cost: $40 per student Location: Taft Presentation Room *District Administrators, Directors, Principals, Supervisors… Are you confident that the teaching and learning of science and engineering in your school/district occur with optimal outcomes and reflect the instructional and conceptual shifts called for by the new science standards? The Educational School

Services Center offers an In-district Program to Support the Implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards. Consider partnering with us to ensure that your students develop their conceptual understanding of science and engineering. Contact us for additional information!

*In-District Programs for Language Arts, Literacy This ground breaking workshop can be brought right to the classroom with your students. You do not need a professional development day. Our presenter will demonstrate how to teach your students to write for any prompt. Teachers can be trained in their classrooms or in groups. Contact us for additional information! *School Services Center is offering Community Engagement through Strategic Planning to your district……. Strategic Planning Services are designed specifically for schools and other public organizations. We work directly with your community… parents, teachers, administrators, students, the Board of Education, to help you build community consensus. The planning will address:

Building a realistic approach to achieving the vision that emerges form the plan

Gather enthusiastic public support for budgets, referendums and special questions

Identify current strengths, future expectations and action steps to enable the vision

Contact us for additional information! *School Districts interested in these services should call Steve Derkoski for more information at 856-227-7200, ext.4165 How to Register for School Services Workshops: ONLINE

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MAIL-IN Use registration form in this booklet. Payment may be in the form of check or purchase order. Mail completed form and payment to: Camden County College

Workforce Training & Continuing Education Programs Community Center, Room 101B College Drive Blackwood, NJ 08012 FAX IN (856) 374-4866 QUESTIONS 856-227-7200 ext. 4165

**If you would like to be a presenter, please contact Steve Derkoski at Sderkoski@camdencc.edu**