Kent
Course # and Title: EDUC 911D S10 - "In Pursuit of Teaching Excellence "
Pacific Lutheran Credits: 3 or 4 Semester units option ( 3 semester units = 4.5 quarter units, 4 semester units = 6 quarter units)
Three unit class is a forty-five hour week. Four units option requires working lunch assignments and an additional five hours of independent work.
(Professional growth units only, not for PLU degree - Check with your school district and local union for salary advancement)
Clock hours: 50 clock hours through North Central ESD. Clock hour participants need to register with Summer Institutes' and pay workshop fee only. NCESD $2 per clock hour fee is paid on-line, through NCESD's website, AFTER the class is completed. After the last day of class, the SI site coordinators will go into the NCESD system and document total clock hours attended. Once marked, attended participants will get an automatic email from the NCESD system. After the NCESD notification, participants will have seven days to fill out the evaluation and purchase their clock hours on-line. After seven days, NCESD might not award clock hours. Please check with NCESD for further information. On-line registration @ www.ncesd.org
* Early Bird Registration and/or Group rates: SAVE YOU MORE MONEY!
Register by May 15, 2010 and save $150. See rate chart at the bottom of page.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Everything you’ve grown to expect from SI and more!
- Relevant Washington Standards Based Presentations
- Interesting PLC Collaboration Component
- Field-based Learning Day Trips
- Important Wellness Activities
- Innovative Technology
2010 KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS That Address Today’s Standards:
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Professional Learning Community (PLC)
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Professional Learning Community
How often do you get to share and absorb successful teaching practices, in specific subjects, with your peers through Professional Learning Communities (PLC)?...Now you can! SI has facilitated popular PLC's since 1987! PLC Peer group horizontal and vertical sessions will be included in the weekly schedule.
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Barbi Riggs,
Wellness Coordinator
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Why Wellness Options are Relevant:
- National Health Epidemic
- NEA Magazine claims the leading health issue for women teachers is heart disease – stress
- Teachers operate at top performance levels when they are healthy & content
- Teachers modeling wellness for our next generation
- School Districts save money with healthy teachers
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Tom Champoux, |
Keynote Speaker
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“Use Your Strengths to be a Difference Maker:
A Teacher of the Highest Order”
Tom Champoux, nationally recognized as a dynamic speaker and energizing trainer, challenges long-held myths about leadership and followership. Drawing on over 25 years experience as a teacher, coach, trainer and speaker, he believes that those who do not balance the relationship between people skills and teaching skills will have difficulty succeeding in today's classroom. The heart of Tom's work lies in creating a classroom climate built around empowerment and the exchange of trust, respect and dignity.
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Dottie Coven CIM Tech Solutions,
www.cimtechsolutions.com,
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Keynote Speaker
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Tying Together Curriculum and Technology
Come spend some time to focus on how and why we use technology to enhance delivery and assessment of curriculum. The session will discuss the paradigm shift teachers and districts are making when choosing technology tools to assist in the delivery of content and will also explore how Mobi's and eInstruction Classroom Response Systems can be used to help with classroom management and delivery of curriculum. See examples of how using these tools can help teachers to actively engage all students in classrooms with ever increasing numbers, check student understanding throughout a lesson, provide on-going real-time feedback during lessons, differentiate instruction based on student understanding, and efficiently assess and record student knowledge. See examples of how teachers can use these tools to make learning visible and take learning to a deeper level using quality questioning strategies during instruction.
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Ilene Scheinbaum,
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Keynote Speaker
Superintendent Robert Reasoner,
Keynote Speaker
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Chris Carr,
Doug Gonzales
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Keynote Speakers
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Gill Chapa and Nancy Nelson, Challenge Masters,
Keynote Speaker
First Green Foundation
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“Investing in Turbulent Markets”
VALIC
Ilene will be discussing investing in turbulent markets. Are you concerned about the state of the market? Are you wondering how your nest egg might be affected by market downturns? During this presentation, you will learn financial tips to help you weather market downturns and gain a better understanding of both the challenges and opportunities.
"What Research Has To Say About Self-Esteem"
This workshop reviews over 1000 studies related to self-esteem and crime and violence, school dropouts, vandalism, teenage pregnancies, drug and alcohol abuse, suicide, eating disorders, and gang activity. Factors that either destroy or enhance self-esteem will be identified and effective strategies demonstrated.
“Applying the Brain Rules...in Education”
Chris and Doug are secondary teachers who have been mastering their crafts for almost 20 years each. Chris and Doug will demonstrate and present workable lessons and examples for the classroom that implement the latest in brain research.
"Challenge Masters"
Adventure Education is true hands-on learning! In our session, we will play, problem solve, establish rules to maintain a safe learning environment for everyone. We will evaluate our learning and identify behaviors that contribute to our success and those that impede it. The activities we do in this session will be directly applicable to the students you reach within the school learning environment. Empower your students and to develop skills they need to succeed in life.
"Links as Labs"
The First Green is an innovative environmental education outreach program using golf courses as environmental learning labs. Golf course superintendents and/or local golf course representatives host students on field trips where they test water quality, collect soil samples, identify plants, design plantings, assist in stream bed restoration and are involved in the ecology and environmental aspects of the golf course. The students are also introduced to many other aspects of golf.
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Note: Speakers and topics subject to change without notice.
See 2009 line-up examples below:
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| Boeing Museum of Flight Experiential Learning Trip, |
Experiential Learning Trip
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Take a guided tour of what has been one of the staples of the Seattle-area economy for decades. Your tour will be specialized for you as an educator. Content area and grade-level specific attractions will be highlighted so you can show your classes how your content is related. An additional fee is required.
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| Don Fogel, |
Keynote Speaker
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W.E. C.A.R.E. Cognitive Creativity, Movement with Meaning
Don has spent the last 25 years as an Educational Entertainer. Using his skills as a teacher and performer, he has made presentations and
facilitated workshops at more than 5,000 schools across the nation.
He has also been a presenter, facilitator and guest speaker at corporate seminars, school district's staff development programs, and educational conferences.
He was the curriculum designer/director and lead artist for "Kid Connection", a federal "youth at risk" program, based in Newport, OR. from 1990 to 1993. He is also a former World Master Freestyle Frisbee Champion.
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Note: Speakers and Topics subject to change without notice
How Often Do You Get To Share and Absorb Successful Teaching Practices in Specific Subjects
With Your Peers? ...Now You Can! Peer group buzz sessions will be included in the weekly schedule.
Daily Wellness Options What to Bring:
Casual attire, comfortable walking shoes AND a good attitude for learning, improving your wellness and building relationships! We’ll provide everything else!
Facilitated and Self guided activities available:
- 6th Annual Golf Tourney
- Tennis
- Nature Walks
- Aerobics/weight Lifting
- Golf Tournament for Beginners to Pros
Why Wellness Options are Relevant:
- National Health Epidemic
- NEA Magazine claims the leading health issue for women teachers is heart disease – stress
- Teachers operate at top performance levels when they are healthy & content
- Teachers modeling wellness for our next generation
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Earn Multiple Credits!
ONE ADDITIONAL WEEK = 4 or 3 semester units (6.5 quarter or 4.5 quarter)
EXPAND YOUR 09 “SI EXPERIENCE ”
BY ATTENDING OTHER SI WORKSHOPS
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Earn Multiple Credits! Other Summer Institutes in your area:
- Montesano, EDUC 900A S10 -
- Port Townsend, EDUC 900B S10 - "Effective Teachers = Effective Students"
Each venue offers unique geographic opportunities: Check website for more info…
Check with your school district and local union for salary advancement.
Note: Staff development funds may be used for these classes (check with your school district). Also, Treasury Regulation Schedule I-162 permits income tax deduction. Be sure to save your receipt. There will be a $100 non refundable deposit and no refunds after June 1.
Class sizes are limited-based on facility capacity.
Registration and Payment Instructions:
College Credit
• The course fee includes Summer Institutes’ workshop fee
• Group rate discount is for three or more teachers from same school
Washington Clock Hours:
• You must register with Summer Institutes by clicking workshop fee only
• Your $2 clock hour fee ($100, 50 hours) is paid directly to NCESD
• Registration online with NCESD must be completed by the last day of the course. Click here to register: www.ncesd.org then on the left hand side, click on esdWorks (Class Registration).
• $2 per clock hour payment fee is paid online to NCESD after the course is completed and the instructor has submitted your total hours of attendance. Participants have one year to pay NCESD fees. After one year of unpaid fees, participants will lose their clock hours. Click here to pay fees. www.ncesd.org .
Register before May 15, 2010, and save $150
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