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REDMOND

3 - 4 Graduate Level Semester 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 785C "Effective Teaching in the Classroom" 

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

Three credit class is a 45 hour week (3 semester units = 4.5 quarter credits)
Four credit class is a 60 hour week (4 semester units = 6 quarter units) 

Check with your school district and/or local union for professional growth contract agreement.

Three credit class is a five-day week. Four credit option requires one extra day, daily summaries & reflection paper.

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 for the Week

Superintendent Robert Reasoner, Founder and President of the National Association of Self-Esteem.

Keynote Speaker

"Keys to Reduced Stress and Greater Staff Motivation" With accelerated change and increased expectations today, administrators need strategies that reduce stress, tension, or burnout and that increase motivation in others. How you feel about yourself makes a tremendous difference in how you relate to others and how you perform your role as an administrator. Here are some strategies based on 40 years of experience and research that have proven effective in developing personal self-esteem and increased motivation of staff and students. Specific suggestions will be shared to enable you to be more effective with your staff and better able to maintain a positive mental attitude as you face the challenges of being an administrator.

Ernie Chapin,

Keynote Speaker

PURE Teaching VI (Powerfully Using Relationships Effectively) This is the 6th installment of  P.U.R.E. Teaching. This year’s seminar will focus on relationships with students and colleagues and how to interact in ways that increase mutual understanding, promote cooperation, and decrease conflict. We will also discuss lessons on motivation, choice making and goal setting. These lessons are currently being taught by Mr. Chapin to educators in seminars across the United States through Bureau of Education & Research, Rachel’s Challenge, and through Mr. Chapin’s business, Positive Powerful Teaching. He is also teaching these lessons to students of all grades at various school districts and the Juvenile Justice Center. This year’s presentation will include the following: Basic attitude and behavior lessons for elementary school students. Classroom proven strategies for increasing academic performance and establishing mutual respect between you and your students. Highly effective methods for improving students’ attitudes about school, life, and learning. Practical methods to empower students to accept personal responsibility for what happens to them in school and in life. Student friendly ideas that prevent power struggles, apathy, and classroom disruptions. Where to find energy in teaching and how to plug the holes that drain that energy. Goal setting and problem solving for both the teacher and the student.  We will cover these and many other topics as well as receiving a packet containing some of these lessons and other useful information.

Dr. Johnny Lake

Title: Diversity: More than Just a Word...Culture, Context, and Communication

This training will begin identifying and building a Practical Framework of Skills, Strategies and Methods for teachers and schools respecting Diversity and Multiculturalism. These are critical and essential skills and tools for effectively understanding, engaging and utilizing diversity, as it exists and develops, in our classrooms, schools and communities. This training focuses on personal understanding and making Practical application of concepts, ideas and tools to support implementation.

Effective leadership, awareness of our own contexts and perspectives, understanding of other diverse perspectives, cross-cultural communication and cultural competency skills are key components to positive and productive working relationships with employees and clients alike and necessary in productive, effective working and living environments. Clear definitions of what we mean and what is expected are important. Culture, race, gender and multiculturalism are often used as code words or catchwords, but they are important words employed to describe the richness and challenges represented by or increasing diversity. We often talk about these issues, but we all need to develop practical and effective tools to understand and utilize the increasing diversity, to develop effective communication and interaction skills and to address significant institutional and historic challenges. Our future success depends on how well we develop and utilize practical skills and abilities to understand and address the increasing issues of diversity and change.

Erik Jespersen (on right)

Title: Instructional Strategies that Work; Connecting Theory to PracticalStrategies for Everyday Use in the Classroom

This presentation will be based on the book Classroom Instruction that Works (Marzano, Pickering and Pollock) 2003. We will examine nine strategies that research has found to be most effective in classroom instruction for K-12 teachers. With each strategy participants will be exposed to some practical and specific methods that can be embedded into their classrooms next Fall.

 Challenge Masters - Gil Chapa & Nancy Nelson

 The idea of Experiential Learning was conceived at the turn of the Twentieth Century. John Dewey recognized that learning is a process where students gain insights from their experiences. From his teachings, the philosophy of experiential learning continues to grow. In spite of trends in education, experiential learning has never been abandoned. Rather, it has been nurtured and developed by leaders in learning: David Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle, Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, and Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence.

It is current brain research that recognizes experiential education's impact on learning. In his book Learning with the Body in Mind, Eric Jensen reports, "Researchers know that 'play' plays an integral role in learning." He cites adventure play, non-competitive group play and exercise play as recommended programs. In Super Teaching, he further states, "Recent findings in brain research have validated the use of many types of games which were previously dismissed as play." Those findings recognize the importance of emotions, body memory, low threat and high challenge exercise. Play embodies each of those elements.

Most recent research points specifically to adventure education: Adventure Education has lasting impact on the social-emotional development of students.

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.

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

Dottie Coven CIM Tech Solutions, www.cimtechsolutions.com,

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.

Jennifer Jorgensen presents “Investing in Turbulent Markets”

Retirement and investment planning is a long-term process. Jennifer helps her clients identify their financial priorities and goals. She works with her clients to build a comprehensive program to meet those goals. 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 retirement plans and programs, offering customized solutions for individual needs.

Jennifer 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 within today’s economy.

 Wellness Options:

• Jogging/walking (both track and urban loop provided)
• Basketball
• Weights
• Biking
• Golf
• Bowling

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

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.

 What others have to say about our workshops:

“The summer institute has allowed me to form stronger bonds with my co-workers that attended and other teachers in the area.” Jessica Scott, Crooked River Elementary, Prineville, OR“

This class is truly an opportunity to learn and play. Come with a desire to try something new!"  Mandy Felton, Redmond High School, Redmond, OR.

“What a wonderful way to rejuvenate and inspire teachers after a long school year!” Laurie Edmonds, Ferguson School, Klamath Falls, OR.

“This class is awesome! I am ready for my next year’s students with new tools to teach with.” Brian Broaddus, Obsidian Middle School, Redmond, OR.

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 22 $525.00 Individual Rate 4 credits May 22 and prior to June 4 $555.00 Individual Rate 4 credits June 4 and prior to June 22 $675.00 Workshop Fee Before May 22 $295.00 Workshop Fee May 22 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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