Professional Development​/Meetings

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ROE #40 Professional Development​​
                         
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Fitting It All In: Teaching Social Science in an Already-Packed Elementary Classroom
Event Date: September 12, 2019
Event Time:  9 am to 3 pm
Event Address: ROE #40 Carlinville Office. 225 East Nicholas, Carlinville, IL 62626
Contact us at (217)854-4016
   Description: K-5 teachers are charged with the heavy load of implementing a vast array of standards. Fitting these standards in an already packed school day/year and teaching social science with fidelity presents some unique challenges and raises many questions such as: How do the Illinois Learning Standards for Social Science connect to the concepts and content currently being taught? What adjustments may need to be made? Where does social science fit into the already-crowded day? What does inquiry look like in an elementary classroom? This session will address these questions and allow participants to discover how to begin designing a quality social studies curriculum in an already packed classroom.
   The afternoon of this full-day training will be a chance to begin to incorporate what you’ve learned into your classroom and network with other colleagues from the area. Planning and work time will be provided with the opportunity to break up by grade level to collaborate and begin planning a unit to use this school year. Presenters will be available to provide guidance and answer questions as participants work. To maximize the effectiveness of your afternoon, please bring or have in mind curricular materials that you’d like to adapt into a unit of inquiry.
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Google Educator Level 1 Certification Training
Event Date: September 24, 2019
Event Time: 8:30 to 3:30
Event Address: ROE #40 Carlinville Office. 225 East Nicholas, Carlinville, IL 62626
Contact us at (217)854-4016
   Description: The Level 1 Certification workshop will prepare participants to take the Google Educator Level 1 certification exam. Level 1 certification indicates a fundamental understanding of using Google Tools in the classroom and confirms standard technology implementation skills. Educators who pass the certification test will be able to advertise their status with a personalized certificate and badge. Certification lasts 36 months.
   Participants in this workshop will learn about:
Tech Integration with the 4 C’s
Digital Citizenship
Utilizing Google Drive with efficiency
Creating, sharing, and collaborating with Google Docs
Creating, Formatting, and Analyzing Data with Google Sheets
Developing and Using Google Forms for Quizzes and Data Collection
Design and Edit Google Slides
Set up and Operate Google Classroom
Personalize your Gmail Account & Create User Groups
Engage with Google Groups incorporating Text & Video Hangouts
Manage your Google Calendar, Tasks, and Google Keep
Create a Google Site
Develop YouTube Channels and Playlists
Use Google Help to Find Answers, Join a Google Educator Group & Professional Learning Network
   Duration: 6 hours
   Audience: Classroom Teachers, Tech Teachers, District & Building Administrators, Tech/Instructions Coaches, Curriculum Staff
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Creating a Body Confident School Environment
Event Date: September 26, 2019
Event Time: 9 am to 3 pm
Event Address: ROE #40 Carlinville Office. 225 East Nicholas, Carlinville, IL 62626
Contact us at (217)854-4016
   Description: Adolescents’ body dissatisfaction has reached critical levels in today’s "Kardashian Culture." The increase in the last 10 years of students' visual social media — like Instagram and Snapchat — has created an environment where 70% of girls and 45% of boys dislike their bodies.
   Body dissatisfaction affects adolescent mental health. Research links body dissatisfaction to eating disorders, low self-esteem, depression and lack of self-care. It interferes with children’s school performance and hampers kids' ability to reach their potential in other areas of their lives.
   Participants in this course will:
Learn how body image issues arise for adolescents
Learn how to create a body confident school environment
Be introduced to an evidence based, HECAT complaint body image curriculum that can be taught in health or advisory classes, in middle school and high school
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Engaging 6-12 Students in the Inquiry Process in the Social Science Classroom
Event Date: October 17, 2019
Event Time: 9 am to 3 pm
Event Address: ROE #40 Carlinville Office. 225 East Nicholas, Carlinville, IL 62626
Contact us at (217)854-4016
​   Description: This session is targeted for educators who are not sure that the instruction, materials and the time spent on the foundational skills in their classroom is moving students to read on grade level by 3rd grade
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Take Your Classroom to Hyper Speed: Using the HyperDocs Concept with all Google for Education Tools
Event Date: November 5, 2019
Event Time: 9 am to 3 pm
Event Address: ROE #40 Carlinville Office. 225 East Nicholas, Carlinville, IL 62626
Contact us at (217)854-4016
​   Description: HyperDocs create an interactive learning experience for students, allowing them to explore content, create and curate digital artifacts that demonstrate what they know, think, feel, and understand. The misconception about HyperDocs is that they are simply Google documents with hyperlinks in them. However, when used appropriately, they can transform teaching and learning into interactive, engaging, student-centered environments. Similarly, a HyperDoc doesn’t have to be only a Google Document, in this session we will explore how to use the HyperDoc process to transform the learning experience using the full Google Suite: including Slides, Forms, Sheets, Drawings, and MyMaps.
   Duration: 3 hours
​   Audience: Classroom Teachers, Tech Teachers, Building Administrators, Tech/Instructions Coaches, Curriculum Staff
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Instructional Technology Roundtable: "Everything You Wanted to Know About EdTech, but You Were Afraid to Ask the Tech Director"
Event Date: December 3, 2019
Event Time: 9 am to 11 pm
Event Address: ROE #40 Carlinville Office. 225 East Nicholas, Carlinville, IL 62626
Contact us at (217)854-4016   Description: A facilitated discussion specifically for tech directors/coordinators, curriculum staff, building administrators, and tech/instructional coaches built around the theme of educational technology infrastructure, support, and services. During the session, the facilitator will briefly introduce the topic, provide a list of resources, and then facilitate an informal discussion that explores emerging trends, challenges, and benefits. The goal of roundtable is to crowdsource ideas and provide the participants with strategies to better open lines of communication between tech and curriculum in their school districts.
   Duration: 2 hr
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Other Professional Development

​​      For your convenience we have included some workshops hosted by other organizations that may be of interest to you.  Click on the green link for more information regarding fees, dates, presenters, registration and locations. For all off-site workshops, please use the contact listed for that event if you have additional questions. ​
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​Needing additional CPDUs? Having trouble finding workshops in your area? Would you rather earn CPDUs at your own pace? In your own home? Then check out Illinois Virtual School:   http://www.ilvirtual.org/pd/index.cfm  ​​​
   TeachIllinois is a brand new, 100% online, center for educator professional development.  Educators can either self-register, or districts can bulk register their staffs.  Upon completion of the material, learners will complete the ISBE Seminar Evaluation Form, after which, the official ISBE Evidence of Completion form will be made available. All e-learning courses are currently free, although in the near future TeachIllinois will start charging a nominal, per-PD-hour fee.  New content is added every month, and we welcome suggestions for future courses.  Our e-learning platform is robust enough that a PD provider (such as a District) could subscribe and create their own ‘channel’.
   For questions, please contact Matt Weld, Director of the Area 5 Learning Technology Center: mweld@roe41.org.​​