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3 - 4 Semester Graduate Level Credits 

 Rejuvenate and Retool

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

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An Oregon University TBA

Course # and Title: ED 733A "Leading, Learning, and Life-Changing" 

3 - 4 Semester Graduate Level Continuing Education Credits - NWCCU Accredited

Three credit class = 45 hours during the week, Monday - Friday (3 semester units = 4.5 quarter credits) 
Four credit class = 60 hours during the week, Monday - Saturday (4 semester units = 6 quarter units). This option requires working lunch assignments and the additional day (Saturday). 
Check with your school district and/or local union for your 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 requires pre registration through esd works prior to class. You will need to include your CERT #. 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 Oregon Standards Based Presentations
• Interesting PLC Collaboration Component
• Field-based Learning Day Trips
• Important Wellness Activities
• Innovative Technology

Keynote Presenters

Michael Geisen, 2008 National Teacher of the Year

 Michael Geisen has been helping students experience science at Crook County Middle School in Prineville, Oregon, for the past nine years. In his former career as a professional forester, legend has it that he scared away a charging black bear by hitting himself in the head with a stick. There have been no documented accounts of 7th graders charging him yet (at least not without permission.)

After a year as a full-time spokesperson for education, he still teaches adolescents in rural Oregon, but now also teaches educators, policy-makers, and businesspeople around the world about high quality teaching and learning. His creative and humorous approach has been widely acclaimed for helping people of all ages understand and apply big concepts in education and science.

@ Risk - How Our Aversion to Change Has Put American Schools and Their Students at Risk
The world is a rapidly changing place. New technology, shifting demographics and globalization offer incredible opportunities, but also threaten to make our traditional school system irrelevant and our students ill-prepared for the realities they will face during their lifetimes. The term “at-risk” now applies to all students, not just those on the fringes. In order to become a truly world-class education system we must keep up with the times, adapt our methods of instruction, and adopt a more balanced view of achievement. Michael Geisen, 2008 National Teacher of the Year, shares how he and his colleagues strive to make their students’ educational experience relevant, engaging, and balanced. It involves allowing educators to innovate and take risks, and then collaboratively learn from the experience if it doesn’t work as planned. In turn, this models the learning process for our students, helping them become more adaptable, innovative, and prepared for the changing world.

Steve Sanchez, School Counselor / District Trauma & Crisis Counselor

Successful Intelligence, Good Grief, and Asset Education

Enjoy three mini-sessions with Steve Sanchez, a retired district and school counselor, who will greatly benefit teachers with his research on eduction today.

"Good Grief" - Teacher's help in supporting students through grief/loss
Asset education - The 40 assets research says are necessary for individual success
"Successful Intelligence" - What it means to students and it's characteristics

Dr. Forrest Gathercoal, Author / Professor

Judicious Discipline

Forrest Gathercoal is a professor emeritus with the School of Education atOregon State University, Corvallis, and an adjunct professor at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. He teaches educational psychology and school law, conducts workshops on civil rights and school discipline, presents frequently at educational conferences, and serves as a consultant to school
districts, state education agencies, and colleges and universities across the United States.

Previously, at the public school level, Forrest has been a 6th through 12th grade music teacher, elementary and secondary school counselor, coach, and high school vice-principal. While at Oregon State University, he has been a faculty member in the Department of Educational Foundations and assistant dean of the School of Education.

Forrest holds two degrees from the University of Oregon, a bachelor¹s in music and a J.D. from the School of Law.

In addition to Judicious Discipline, Forrest is author of A Judicious Philosophy for School Support Personnel, Judicious Parenting, and Judicious Leadership for Residence Hall Living, co-author of Judicious Coaching and Legal Issues for Industrial Educators, and author of numerous journal articles and book chapters on educational discipline and school law.
 

PLC
Professional Learning Community (PLC)	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.

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.

Wellness Activities

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  Wellness Options* Jogging/walking (inside/outside available) LA Fitness Facility in Llyod Center Mall (free one-week trial membership pass) Ice Skating (fee) * Wellness options vary from site to site.

Note: Speakers and topics subject to change without notice. 

Earn Multiple Credits!   Other Summer Institutes in your area: 

Hillsboro            Redmond

Eugene              Roseburg

Each venue offers unique geographic opportunities: Check website for more info…

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!

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 $385.00 Group Rate 3 credits May 27 and prior to June 4 $415.00 Group Rate 3 credits June 4 and prior to June 22 $535.00 Group Rate 4 credits Before May 27 $505.00 Group Rate 4 credits May 27 and prior to June 4 $535.00 Group Rate 4 credits June 4 and prior to June 22 $655.00 Individual Rate 3 credits Before May 27 $405.00 Individual Rate 3 credits May 27 and prior to June 4 $435.00 Individual Rate 3 credits June 4 and prior to June 22 $555.00 Individual Rate 4 credits Before May 27 $525.00 Individual Rate 4 credits May 27 and prior to June 4 $555.00 Individual Rate 4 credits June 4 and prior to June 26 $675.00 Workshop Fee Before May 27 $295.00 Workshop Fee May 27 and prior to June 4 $325.00 Workshop Fee June 4 and prior to June 22 $445.00 Click Here to Sign Up

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