Targeting Diverse Learners: English Language Learners,

Special Education, Gifted & Talented

Region One ESC Brownsville Extension Office Instruction, School Improvement, & College Readiness Support

Professional Development OfferingsSummer 2015

Summer Learning for Everyone!

Before you make plans this summer, be sure to check out the numerous training opportunities being offered by the Region One Education Service Center Brownsville Extension Office. Throughout the year, targeted and specific professional development training sessions are presented to educators within the cluster area districts/charter schools served by the Brownsville Extension Office. Those school districts include Brownsville ISD, Los Fresnos CISD, Point Isabel CISD, San Benito CISD, and charter schools within those district boundaries.

Primarily, sessions address collaborative and instructional approaches toward the education of diverse learners to include Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners, Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Special Populations.

We invite you to examine the course offerings and encourage you to register early.

See you this summer!

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gMaking Figure 19 Our Friend—Secondary Add depth and rigor to your reading lessons through fun activities that will capture your students’ attention! Learn strategies to stretch your students’ thinking, discover how to question students on a deeper level, and come to know how to stretch their own thinking when planning your lesson. Participants will be trained how to demonstrate to students how to use text structure and author’s craft to deepen their comprehension.

Workshop # 45498 June 9, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Making Figure 19 Our Friend—Elementary Add depth and rigor to your reading lessons through fun activities that will capture your students’ attention! Learn strategies to stretch your students’ thinking, discover how to question students on a deeper level, and come to know how to stretch their own thinking when planning your lesson. Participants will be trained how to demonstrate to students how to use text structure and author’s craft to deepen their comprehension.

Workshop # 45497 June 11, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Vocabulary Development Strategies Across Content Areas—Elementary Looking for new ways to develop students’ vocabulary? Learn strategies to help develop students’ vocabulary in all content areas by using teacher and student friendly activities. Maximize your time in the classroom to meet the needs of the diverse populations you serve!

Workshop # 45495 June 15, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Vocabulary Development Strategies Across Content Areas—Secondary Looking for new ways to develop students’ vocabulary? Learn strategies to help develop students’ vocabulary in all content areas by using teacher and student friendly activities. Maximize your time in the classroom to meet the needs of the diverse populations you serve!

Workshop # 45496 June 16, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Poetry for All! – Elementary How to teach and how not to teach poetry, we have the answers! Learn practical activities to use when teaching poetry that will engage your students and encourage participation. Take home valuable tools that range from teaching a lesson to providing interventions and help students understand and analyze poems.

Workshop # 45499 August 3, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Poetry for All! – Secondary How to teach and how not to teach poetry, we have the answers! Learn practical activities to use when teaching poetry that will engage your students and encourage participation. Take home valuable tools that range from teaching a lesson to providing interventions and help students understand and analyze poems.

Workshop # 45500 August 4, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Online registration for all sessions at www.esc1.net/staff development

Fee: $125 for each session, unless noted otherwise.

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What to DO with what is NEW! - Algebra I TEKS (Three repeat sessions) Participants will engage in understanding the changes of the Algebra 1 TEKS and experience the importance of the process standards towards developing Algebra concepts. Participants will leave with research-based activities and strategies that address the needs of diverse learners.

Workshop # 45627 May 26, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Workshop # 45628 May 27, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Workshop # 45629 May 28, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

STAAR Interventions for Diverse Learners: 3rd-5th Grade Mathematics Engage in authentic problem solving activities connected to real-world situations that will enhance your awareness of the levels of rigor of STAAR and components of proportional reasoning and algebraic thinking pertaining to upper elementary. Utilizing a hands-on approach the presenter will strive to deepen the participant’s conceptual understanding of mathematics through the use of manipulatives.

Workshop # 45501 June 23, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

STAAR Interventions for Diverse Learners: 6th and 7th Grade Mathematics Engage in authentic problem solving activities connected to real-world situations that will enhance your awareness of the levels of rigor of STAAR and components of proportional reasoning and algebraic thinking pertaining to upper middle school. Utilizing a hands-on approach the presenter will strive to deepen the participant’s conceptual understanding of mathematics through the use of manipulatives.

Workshop # 45502 June 24, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

STAAR Interventions for Diverse Learners: 8th grade and Algebra I Mathematics This workshop will engage participants in authentic problem solving activities connected to real-world situations that will enhance their awareness of the levels of rigor of STAAR and components of proportional reasoning and algebraic thinking . The presenter will use a hands-on approach to deepen the participant’s conceptual understanding of mathematics through the use of manipulatives.

Workshop # 45503 June 25, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Journaling in the Math Classroom This is a make-and-take workshop where participants will create a grade-level specific interactive journal. The journal encompasses the current TEKS to promote teacher/student success. Participants will leave with a completed journal.

Grade 3 - Workshop # 45630 July 27, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Grade 4 - Workshop # 45631 July 28, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Grade 5 - Workshop # 45632 July 29, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Grade 6 - Workshop # 45633 August 12, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Grade 7 - Workshop # 45634 July 30, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Grade 8 - Workshop # 45637 August 13,, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Journaling in the Math Classroom - Algebra I This is a make-and-take workshop where participants will create a grade-level specific interactive journal. The journal encompasses the current TEKS to promote teacher/student success. Participants will leave with a completed journal.

Workshop # 45638 July 14, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Fostering Algebraic Thinking Promote a deep understanding of the attributes of algebraic thinking! This workshop will engage participants in problem solving activities using manipulatives and math congressing .

Workshop # 45505 July 21, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Fostering Geometric Thinking Promote a deep understanding of the attributes of geometric thinking! This workshop will engage participants in problem solving activities using manipulatives and math congressing.

Workshop # 45506 July 22, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Literacy Strategies for Improving Mathematics Instruction This workshop will enhance the participant’s understanding of mathematics as a language by engaging in problem solving math activities that elicit the NOUNS and VERBS of math. Participants will make strong connections to the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) and graphic representations for improving mathematics instruction.

Workshop # 45504 July 23, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

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sReview Session for English as a Second Language Supplemental TExES #154 How would you like to receive targeted sessions aimed at preparing you for the ESL Supplemental TExES Exam? This review session is designed to provide a basic overview of content for those interested in taking and passing the English as a Second Language Supplemental TExES Exam.

Workshop # 45525 June 3-4, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas Workshop Fee: $200.00 (includes materials)

Review Session for English as a Second Language Supplemental TExES #154 How would you like to receive targeted sessions aimed at preparing you for the ESL Supplemental TExES Exam? This review session is designed to provide a basic overview of content for those interested in taking and passing the English as a Second Language Supplemental TExES Exam.

Workshop # 45604 June 8 & 10 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas Workshop Fee: $200.00 (includes materials)

Mural of comprehension in the Bilingual classroom/ Mural de la Comprension This session will target reading comprehension strategies for ELL students. High pay-off differentiated literacy strategies that will target listening, speaking, reading, and writing will be presented. (Make & take session)

Audience: K-5th Elementary Bilingual Workshop # 45522 June 22, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Bringing Grammar to Life!- Writing Strategies for ELLs (Gr. 3-5) This workshop will focus on providing teachers with a variety of strategies to prepare diverse students with a rich language experience in the reading classroom. Teachers will learn how to provide these experiences through exposure and discovery to reading and writing. They will have the opportunity to be actively creative, inventive and discoverers.

Workshop # 45518 May 20, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Linguistic Scaffolding Strategies in Reading for ELLs: Sheltered Instruction Strategies with Classroom Samples (Gr. K-2) Research-based sheltered English instructional strategies will be presented. These strategies provide targeted opportunities for close reading, for critical thinking, and the attainment of academic vocabulary. Ideas and resources to guide students to go beyond the text and develop higher order thinking skills will also be discussed.

Workshop # 45519 June 17, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

Linguistic Scaffolding Strategies in Reading for ELLs: Sheltered Instruction Strategies with Classroom Samples (Gr. 3-5) Research-based sheltered English instructional strategies will be presented. These strategies provide targeted opportunities for close reading, for critical thinking, and the attainment of academic vocabulary. Ideas and resources to guide students to go beyond the text and develop higher order thinking skills will also be discussed.

Workshop # 45520 June 18, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

High Yield Sheltered Instructional Strategies for Secondary ELL Students (Gr. 6-12) This session will address the characteristics of sheltered instruction, research in second-language acquisition, needs of English Language Learners, and instructional strategies to deliver comprehensible instruction.

Workshop # 44521 June 12, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas

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sTitle III, Part A: ELPS Instructional Tool Participants will explore how to plan effective instruction that addresses the language development process of ELLs identified at the beginning and intermediate English proficiency levels in grade 3 and higher. This training meets the district responsibilities, a requirement in Chapter 74.4 (b) 4 and guides schools in providing Title III, Part A supplemental support using the ELPS Instructional Tool.

Workshop # 45532 July 13, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas Workshop Fee: $50.00

Review Session for Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test (BTLPT) How would you like to receive targeted sessions aimed at preparing you for the BTLPT? This review session is designed to provide a basic overview of content for those interested in taking and passing the Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Exam.

Workshop # 45605 July 15-16, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas Workshop Fee: $200.00 (includes materials)

Title III, Part A: Linguistic Instructional Alignment Guide (LIAG) Participants will learn to navigate the ELPS Linguistic Instructional Alignment Guide. They will examine the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) to see the connection between the ELPS, TELPAS, Proficiency Level Descriptors, and linguistic accommodations.

Workshop # 45529 July 20, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas Workshop Fee: $50.00

New Teacher AcademyNew to the teaching profession? Join us in August for an engaging two-day professional development conference for beginning K-12 teachers. The New Teacher Academy is an opportunity for you to:• Develop your classroom management plan• Learn Teaching strategies and management techniques• Gather practical tools and strategies to use with your diverse learners throughout

the academic year.

Workshop # 45508August 5-6, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m.Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas Workshop Fee: $250

Instructional Aide Academy—Bilingual & Special Education Learn how to incorporate effective strategies that will help students develop language proficiency and reading comprehension in the areas of reading and mathematics. By using flexible grouping, Instructional Aides can maximize their time in the classroom so as to meet the needs of the diverse populations (ELL and Special Education Students) they serve.

Workshop # 45507August 10-11, 2015 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m.Historic Brownsville Museum, 641 E. Madison St., Brownsville, Texas Workshop Fee: $250

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Online registration for all workshops at www.esc1.net/staffdevelopment

Fee: $125 for each session,

unless noted otherwise.

Board of Directors 2014-2015

Rubén Cortez, Jr., Chairperson Place 5 – Cameron County

Raul Roberto “Bobby” Chapa, Vice-Chairperson Place 7 – Willacy County

Dr. Manuel Gomez, Jr., Secretary Place 6 – Cameron County

Gilbert Enriquez Place 4 – Hidalgo County

Ricardo Gutierrez Place 2 – Jim Hogg County, Starr County

& Zapata County

Linda La Mantia Place 3 – Webb County

Alicia E. Requenez Place 1 – Hidalgo County

George Banda Charter Schools Representative

Brownsville Extension Office

Carmen Garcia Director

Benjamin Avalos Mathematics Specialist

Kathleen Estrada Reading Specialist

Anabel Rangel Instructional/Bilingual Education/

Special Education Specialist

Gloria Perez Program Assistant

Administration

Dr. Cornelio Gonzalez Executive Director

Dr. Eduardo Cancino Deputy Director

Instructional, School Improvement & College Readiness Support

Dr. Marco Antonio Lara, Jr. Deputy Director

Administrative Leadership, School & Community Support

Frances Guzman Deputy Director

Business, Operations & Finance Support

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