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Moses Lake

3 - 4 Semester Graduate Level Credits or 50 Professional Clock Hours

 Rejuvenate and Retool! 

You gave them 180 days, now take 5 for yourself!

Registration now open for 2012 - Payment costs/options at the bottom of the page!

Course # and Title: EDUC 500 Preparing Educators for the Challenges in Education

Pacific Lutheran University 3 - 4 Semester Graduate Level Credits - NWCCU Approved 

Three credit class is a forty-five hour week (3 semester units = 4.5 quarter credits)
Four credit class is a 60 hour week (4 semester units = 6 quarter units) This option requires working lunch assignments and ten hours of independent work or one extra day. Check with your school district and/or local union for professional growth contract agreement.

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

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

Nancy Lyons,

Keynote Speaker

Nancy B. Lyons, MN, RN I have been a Registered Nurse since 1978 and a nursing administrator for over 25 years. I have a Masters’ degrees in Parent-Child Nursing from the University of Washington and in Biological Sciences from Northwestern University. Since 2006, I have been the Chair of the Food and Fitness Coalition of the Benton Franklin Community Health Alliance in the TriCities area of Washington State. I am a certified CHIP (Coronary Health Improvement Project) facilitator and a Food is Elementary educator. I have earned a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from eCornell. I also am a Food for Life instructor for The Cancer Project, a national nonprofit, based in Washington DC. I was named the Kennewick School District’s Outstanding Partner of the Year for 2008-2009 for my volunteer work at Lincoln School teaching the Food is Elementary curriculum. I am a community representative on the Health & Fitness Advisory Committee of the Kennewick School District and on the Pasco Family & Consumer Science Advisory Committee. I am enthusiastic and passionate about teaching people how to incorporate a healthy, plant-strong diet into their lifestyle

Johnny Lake, Dr. Keynote Speaker Multi-Culturalism and Diversity Diversity: More than just a word... Johnny Lake is a nationally certified and internationally recognized speaker and trainer in programs focused on leadership, diversity, community-building, cross-cultural interactions skills, promoting equity and ethics.The focus will be on identifying and building a Practical Framework of Skills, Strategies and Methods for teachers and schools respecting Diversity and Multiculturalism. It will include personal understanding and making practical application of concepts, ideas, and tools to support implementation. Eugene OR  jalake@uoregon.edu Dottie Coven CIM Tech Solutions, www.cimtechsolutions.com, Keynote Speaker Tying Together Curriculum and Technology Being engaged in the classroom is one of the keys to deep learning. 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. Dottie Coven - Dottie has a Masters in Teaching and taught elementary school for 13 years. Dottie has worked as a consultant and technology trainer since 1992 and joined CIM Technology Solutions Group as they expanded into the Western Region in 2007. Nancy Newman and Gil Chappa, Challenge Masters, Keynote Speaker Exploring Brain Rules Nancy Newman & Gil Chapa of Challenge Masters Inc. ~ We take play seriously! Come to our adventure workshop ready to play. From author, John Medina, professor and director of the Brain Center at Seattle Pacific University, we will play, learn and employ the points of his book: Brain Rules. Did we mention play? From beginning to end we will nourish our brains with what they crave. We need to move! Our brains require movement and learning throughout our entire lives. We need to play more! This session will give you tools and activities to help you optimize your students’ learning. C’mon Let’s Play   David Creech, Keynote Speaker   “Investing in Turbulent Markets” District Manager, VALIC As District Manager for the Sierra Pacific District, David supervises operations for VALIC in the Bay Area, Central Valley and Central Sierra Mountains . David focuses on providing comprehensive retirement planning solutions to clients and assist and develop new group and individual clients who have pension and financial planning needs. VALIC has more than half a century of experience helping Americans plan for and enjoy a secure retirement. VALIC provides real solutions for real lives by consistently offering products and services that are innovative, simple to understand and easy to use. VALIC takes a personal approach to retire

 Choice of Multiple Experiential Field Trips are also available. 

Facilitated and Self guided activities available:

• Tennis
• Nature Walks
• Aerobics/weight Lifting
• Frisbee Gol

Earn Multiple Credits! Other Summer Institutes in your area:

• Tri Cities
• Wenatchee
• Sunnyside
   

Each venue offers unique geographic opportunities: Check website for additional information.

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.  

Class Rates Group Rate 3 credits Before May 27 $375.00 Group Rate 3 credits May 27 and prior to June 4 $405.00 Group Rate 3 credits June 4 and prior to June 25 $525.00 Group Rate 4 credits Before May 27 $495.00 Group Rate 4 credits May 27 and prior to June 4 $525.00 Group Rate 4 credits June 4 and prior to June 22 $645.00 Individual Rate 3 credits Before May 27 $395.00 Individual Rate 3 credits May 27 and prior to June 4 $425.00 Individual Rate 3 credits June 4 and prior to June 25 $545.00 Individual Rate 4 credits Before May 27 $515.00 Individual Rate 4 credits May 27 and prior to June 4 $545.00 Individual Rate 4 credits June 4 and prior to June 25 $665.00 Workshop Fee Before May 27 $290.00 Workshop Fee May 27 and prior to June 4 $320.00 Workshop Fee June 4 and prior to June 25 $440.00 Click Here to Sign Up

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