This workshop is designed to demonstrate and utilize technology integration tools specifically for the career and technical education classrooms. Featured throughout the day will be web resources, software, and other technology that encourage the use of 21st Century skills for students.

Conference Rooms E & F - South Wing
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

This workshop is one that was rescheduled from December due to the weather.

Click to register https://odie.esu10.org/

I just ran across this Distance Learning opportunity and thought some of you might be interested in see what it is all about. Contact John Stritt (jstritt@esu10.org) for connection questions.

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Title:  Counselors Corner: Advice For Students To Get Into The Right University:
Status: Open
URL: http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=646
Connections:
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Subjects: Business, Career Education, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Performing Arts, Physical Education, Social Studies/History, Special Education, World Language
Dates: March 12 7:30-9:30 CST
Description: Confused over college. Don't know what you want to do or how to get help? Please attend this conference. We have counselors from several schools and countries here to help you.

Sir Ken Robinson video - Education and Creativity
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga2CYYCrtNE

Please respond to the following questions by clicking on the Post Your Comment link below:

• What was your biggest take-away from the 01/21/2010 Principal & Guidance Counselor Meeting that you will you use at school? 

• What 21st Century Skill would you like to know more about?

Focus: Excellence in Professional Practice (Professional Development)

Topics include:

• professional development for teachers (Roger Nyffeler)
• break out
  •     teacher evaluation tools (principals) (Lance Bristol - Ansley)
  •     scholarships, college/career prep (guidance counselors) (Dustin Favinger - Cozad)
• classroom observation tools (Tony Little - Shelton)
• para and substitute teacher staff development
  •     para handbook (Paul Anderson - Ravenna, Todd Beck - Greeley/Wolbach, Jason Alexander - Ord)
• IEP - what's your role?
• focused continuous staff dev (Nick Hodge - Loup City)
• teacher mentoring (Darrin Max - Anselmo Merna, Sam Stecher - Kearney Public)
• administrative professional development

Special Guest:  Roger Nyffeler, former KPS Central Elementary principal and current UNK Network of Partner Schools director, will be with us the whole day and will share his wisdom with us as well as seek your input on matters related to his current role in UNK's college of education.


Remember our start time is 8:30 a.m.

Please bring:

• your current teacher evaluation tool
• ISTE Administrator Standards Handbook (given to you at an earlier meeting)
• para handbook
• laptop if you have one (laptops available at ESU 10)

Register at https://odie.esu10.org/workshops

In this series we are featuring nine webinars on Marzano's instructional strategies. Each webinar will focus on the how to use specific instructional strategies in your classroom as well as technology tips and tricks to integrate along the way!

Each webinar is a one-hour session from 4-5PM.  A day or so before the webinar, you will receive an email with instructions and the website for the webinar.

There is no driving or weather worries, all you need is a computer! Choose just one webinar to attend or choose them all! These are great refreshers if you attended Classroom Instruction That Works this last summer! Even if you don't know anything about these instructional strategies, please join us and find out all the easy ways of engaging and reaching your students.

Summarizing and Note Taking - January 19, 2010
Reinforcing Effort/Receiving Feedback - February 2, 2010
Homework and Practice - February 16, 2010
Non-Linguistic Representation - March 2, 2010
Cooperative Learning - March 23, 2010
Setting Objectives/Providing Feedback - April 6, 2010
Generating and Testing Hypothesis - April 20, 2010
Ques, Questions, and Advanced Organizers - May 4, 2010

Register on ODIE at https://odie.esu10.org/

Topics in AM....

Focus of the Day - ISTE NETS for Administrators #4 - Systemic Improvement http://sn.im/t0uiq

Standardized Testing vs. CBM

    Standardized Testing
        * MAPS - Dick Meyer (KPS)
        * Terra Nova
        * ITBS

    Curriculum-Based Measurement

        * DIBELS
        * AIMSweb

Alternative Education

    * NOVAnet
    * Odessyware
    * A+
    * NROC

Open-ended topics

Distance Learning Scheduling in PM...

We look forward to our continuing discussion and hope that you'll all be ready to contribute as to what you use in your district regarding testing and alternative ed - what has worked and what hasn't.

 

Principal & Guidance Counselor Meeting Agenda

Monday, September 28, 2009

8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

ESU 10 – Kearney

Conference Rooms E & F (South Wing)

Morning Topics

Distance Learning - John Stritt

• DL Teacher meeting/training each semester
• Teaching Effectively
• Learning Effectively

SPED - Missy Dobish

• Highly Qualified Teachers
• Accommodation Guidelines
• NeSA Allowable Accommodations
• Paraprofessionals

ISTE NETS for Administrators - Julie Everett

• Visionary Leadership

Discipline & Classroom Management Panel - Jason Alexander, Todd Beck & Dale Hafer

Afternoon Topics

ISTE NETS for Administrators - Graci Gillming

• Digital Age Learning Culture
• Blogs in Education

Balancing Your Workload

Staff Development Opportunities

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Don’t delay!  Register today at https://odie.esu10.org so we can get an accurate count for our caterer. The lunch is MMMMMM good!

 

See you Monday for great discussion.

Contact Graci Gillming (ggillmin@esu10.org 308-865-5664) or Julie Everett (julie@esu10.org 308-237-5927) if you have any questions.

2009-2010 Principal & Guidance Counselor  Meetings

ESU 10 – Conference Rooms E & F (south wing)

8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

 

Mark your calendar for the following dates:

• Monday – September 28, 2009
• Monday – November 9, 2009
• Thursday – January 21, 2010
• Tuesday – March 30, 2010

ESU 10 staff invite you to join us for four days of sharing ideas, struggles, and successes with other principals and guidance counselors.  A wide variety of topics are covered, so each meeting will be different, although some topics may continue from one time to another.

Sign up on ODIE at https://odie.esu10.org.

Agenda for September 28 will be coming soon.

Free Live Webinar:
Cellphones as Instructional Tools
Thursday, July 23, 4-5 p.m., Eastern time

Free registration is now open at
http://www.edweek.org/ew/marketplace/webinars/webinars.html.

Cellphones have been called "the new paper and pencil" or "the new laptop," and they could be in the hands of as many as 10 million to 15 million schoolchildren in the next few years. For their instructional potential and ability to connect students to the Internet, mobile devices are quietly making their way into schools in the United States and abroad. What does your district, school, or classroom need to make this technology leap? Guests will discuss policy and implementation issues and offer practical curriculum ideas for every subject.
 
Guests:

Elliot Soloway, professor, School of Information, School of Education, and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

Liz Kolb, education technology instructor, University of Michigan and Madonna University; author, Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education

Ron Myers, principal, Trinity Meadows Intermediate School, Keller, Texas
 
Related stories:

Students Turn On Their Cellphones for Classroom Lessons
Mobile Devices Seen as Key to 21st-Century Learning
Adding a Touch of Technology
This webinar will be moderated by Elizabeth Rich, online editor of teachermagazine.org and Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook. 
 
Register for this free, live event at http://www.edweek.org/ew/marketplace/webinars/webinars.html.