Thursday Afternoon Workshops

Thursday, November 8, 2012
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

CW121 ($35)
Supporting Student Learning Through Professional Learning Communities: Using Teaching Practices as Data to Improve Instruction
Melissa Goff
This session explores how PLCs can impact student learning by implementing the practices of a data-driven inquiry cycle and by leveraging the public/private partnership between the Nike School Innovation Fund and Portland Public Schools. Through a presentation of a case study and interactive protocols, participants will learn how to connect data to classroom practice and leave with strategies they can implement immediately back at their schools.

CW122 ($35)
The Power of the ICU...The Defeat of Student Apathy
Danny Hill
Apathetic students are draining the life out of our teachers and administrators. Educators are being told to have higher expectations from a growing number of students who have an energy shortage. Encouragement, rewards, punishment, and motivational speeches are supposed to help, but nothing is working. The “Power of the ICU” will change that. This is not a short-term, Band-Aid approach to education. Watch how the ICU is a catalyst for a new culture of learning, increased achievement, and for “Every Student to Complete Every Assignment.” There is a moral obligation to take back the reins to guiding students’ habits. The “Power of the ICU” hands you a blueprint on how to defeat apathy in your school.

CW123 ($35)
Leading Learning for Children Who Live in Poverty
Cynthia "Mama J" Johnson
Children who live in poverty are capable of achieving high expectations and standards. Who and what bridges the gap between a culture of despair to a future of hope for children of poverty? The answer is easy: EXCELLENT educators! Participants will be presented with strategies for building relationships, teacher efficacy, instructional practices, and interventions for responding to students. Mama J “keeps it real” and equips participants with a plan to move students from despair to hope.

CW124 ($35)
Positive Leadership - The Key to a Successful School
Mark McLeod
This session explores strategies used by administrators to successfully lead a school. Proven techniques will be shared for parental involvement, raising test scores, student/teacher recognition, community involvement, instructional supervision, professional development, relationship building, school rules/procedures, effective instruction, and teacher/student motivation. Expect to leave this session with practical strategies to become a more POSITIVE leader.

CW125 ($35)
Effective Leadership for Sound Assessment and Grading
Tom Schimmer
With the implementation of promising practices, leadership matters! This session, designed specifically for those in positions of leadership or those aspiring to be leaders, will explore the necessary conditions that build collective capacity and make it possible to take your implementation plan to scale. Specifically, this session explores the aspects of successful implementation planning, strategies that have proven to be successful, and addressing roadblocks and challenges.

CW126 ($35)
Implementing Positive Behavior Support Strategies in Middle School Settings
Ellie Young
Participants will learn how to adapt principles of School-wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) to middle grades settings. Implementing SWPBS in the middle grades requires awareness of the developmental needs of students, organizational structures, and teacher caseloads. Using an interactive presentation, the presenters will discuss how attending to the behavioral, social, and emotional needs of students actually increases academic outcomes and creates a positive school climate.