The Ins & Outs of School Customer Service K-12
St. Clair ROEThe Ins & Outs of School Customer Service K-12
St. Clair ROEEffective K-12 IEP Goal Writing
Wingate Elementary: Library 150 Wingate Blvd., BellevilleNote: This workshop will be held at Wingate Elementary in the library.
Whether you're new to special education or you’ve been doing it for years the goal writing process can be a tedious one. Join Mascoutah # 19 Instructional Coach Shannon Knolhoff as we walk through a step by step process of writing strong present levels that will then lend itself to selecting a goal, determining success criteria, and finally developing the stepping stones (aka objectives) to achievement. Participants will work through a current goal of their own to determine if it is SMART and make changes when necessary.
Registration closes 4-5 days prior to the event unless tickets are sold out.Writers’ Workshop: A Self-Paced, Gamified Approach to Teaching All 6-12 Students to Write
St. Clair ROEBringing out the BEST in your paraprofessionals
Wingate Elementary: Library 150 Wingate Blvd., BellevilleThis event will be held at Wingate Elementary in the Library (150 Wingate Blvd. Belleville).
Join Shannon Knolhoff, Instructional Coach at Mascoutah # 19 in this session. The hard truth is the paraprofessionals serving in our schools today are not the same as they were 10 years ago. Back then, many of our paraprofessionals were certified teachers looking to get their foot in the door. Now, they’re adults who, oftentimes, have never stepped foot inside a school. During this PD, special education teachers will hear strategies, tips, and tricks to get your paraprofessionals off on the right foot and keep them eager to grow all year long. This session will offer opportunities for collaboration with fellow teachers facing the same challenges when it comes to paraprofessionals.
Registration closes 4-5 days prior to the event unless tickets are sold out.Advanced Classroom Management (Grades 5-12)
St. Clair ROECo-Teaching in Grades K-5
St. Clair ROEJoin Instructional Coach, Lori Griffith from Bethalto # 8 as she shares various aspects of co-teaching, emphasizing the collaboration and power it can bring to the classroom. The objectives of the presentation include:
- Understanding the importance of collaboration in co-teaching.
- Building and sustaining healthy relationships between co-teachers.
- Maximizing the benefits of co-planning.
- Engaging and exciting learners through effective co-teaching strategies.
- Setting personal goals for successful co-teaching.
- Identifying the six essential modules of co-teaching.
Unveiling Reading Fluency: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators
St. Clair ROEInclusive Coaching Collaboration: Dual Teacher Partnerships Connecting General and Special Education Teachers
St. Clair ROEBook Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers (6-12)
St. Clair ROEExplore ways to connect adolescent readers to books that will name their hearts. Study the practices that help all students develop a reading habit to increase stamina and joy in independent reading, leading to increased engagement in challenging, complex texts.
Independence is at the heart of the Common Core Standards. Adolescents must develop a reading habit that increases stamina and joy in reading, while increasing the complexity of the texts they can independently read. Our middle and high school teachers investigated widespread non-reading among our teenagers and transformed our culture through books, time to read, and conferring with readers. Come to listen to students, explore ways to measure growth in stamina, and the connections we can make between the most reluctant readers and books that will name their hearts. We will study the practices that help all students develop a reading habit to increase stamina and joy in reading. We’ll look at challenging readers through weekly goals and identifying rich books. Our whole school effort has more students challenging themselves as readers in English class and beyond. We can increase students’ ability to respond thoughtfully and analytically to their reading in conferences and in writing. This analytical reading leads students to deeper comprehension and vision for their own writing.
- Increase volume, capacity, and complexity for all readers over time
- Understand the wide range of books that appeal to teenagers
- Create a balance of weekly goals in independent reading, text study, and novel study in English class
- Use short text study to lead students to read rhetorically and broaden the genres they choose to read
- Increase the effectiveness of reading conferences
- Help students deepen their thinking through writing about independent reading
- Build a school culture & summer reading focused on the love of books