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WHERE:
Sonora, CA

Columbia State park, Eagle Cottage

Date: 
TBA

Time: 
TBA

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*Group rates (3 or more from same school).

CONTACT: 
Jeff Truesdail- Click for Bio
(209) 845-8509
Jeff@summerinstitutes.com

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.

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.

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 

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.

David Creech,

“Investing in Turbulent Markets”
District Manager, VALIC

Total wellness includes financial security! Valic teacher retirement seminars will be available for free financial consulting at all sites

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

Angels Camp,

 Angels is a small town that was for many years, more or less forgotten. Now it's pushing itself forward to the next century with all the speed that her old legs can muster. Old wooden buildings, some with false store fronts hide here and there presumably forgotten by time, the lettering on their sides fading in the sun.

 The Gold Rush to Columbia, California began on March 27, 1850 by a small party of prospectors. News of the discovery spread and they were soon joined by a flood of miners.
Unlike many settlements that have changed with the times, Columbia, California seems to be frozen in the 1800's. Today, Columbia State Historic Park is the best preserved of California gold rush towns.
As a popular destination for school living-history programs, special family gatherings, or a year-round getaway, Columbia State Historic Park offers a unique blend of museums, displays, town tours, live theater plays, shops, restaurants and attractions.

 At Foothill Horizons, the natural world provides an exceptional setting for outdoor education. Our 143 acre campus is located within an oak woodland that includes six species of oaks, large pines, and stands of beautiful manzanita. A perennial creek adds a cool, riparian zone for study. In the spring, wild flowers abound. Gray foxes, squirrels, raccoons, and mule deer are abundant. Sixteen acorn pounding-stone sites on the school property offer evidence that the Me-wuk people once stood on the land where the students now study that culture.

All of our lessons address California State Science standards for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade.

Visit these links for just a sampling of the many things to see and do while visiting the Murphys area. For complete information on area attractions, including a free Calaveras County Visitor's Guide, contact the Calaveras Visitors Bureau at (800) 225-3764.

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