25ANNUAL TH - Southern Regional Education Board

FRIDAY, 1 P.M.REGULAR SESSIONSMINI-SHARING SESSIONS552. Focusing on Rigor and Engagement in Classroom ObservationsROOM: JACKSON ABPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/A553. A Phoenix Rising: Creating Positive School Culture From theAshes of the OldROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 1PRESENTER(S): Kathy Banta, Katie Marsh, Linda Reischman and Tim Zolyniak,Teachers, Goodyear Middle School, Akron, OH554. Building College Awareness: Choice Matters — RROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 2PRESENTER(S): Elizabeth Foye, Language Arts Department Chair, Spring OaksMiddle School, Houston, TX555. Covering All Bases With All Students — RROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 3PRESENTER(S): Doug Gilbert, Holly Goetz and Kellie Porter, Teachers,Akron Public Schools, Akron, OH556. Creating a Student Success Leadership Club — RROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 4PRESENTER(S): Allison Glidden, Kristy Mazey and Tracey Wathen, Teachers,Akron Public Schools, Akron, OH557. Creating the Next Generation of College- and Career-ReadySTEM Graduates — RROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 5PRESENTER(S): Terri Schulz, National Director, Project Lead the Way, Indianapolis, IN558. Data Meetings: Don’t Just Give Them Lip Service — RROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 6PRESENTER(S): John Poiroux, Assistant Principal; David Weems, Teacher; andWade Whitney Jr., Principal, Grand Bay Middle School, Grand Bay, AL559. Engaging Science Students Through Critical Reading andWriting — ROBJECTIVE: 8FCODE: SLParticipants will learn a model for implementing a FOREmative (FocusingOn Rigor and Engagement) Classroom Observation system. The presenterwill cover what constitutes rigorous and engaging teaching and learning andhow to identify and record indicators for each. Participants will focus ontransforming the profession of teaching into clinical practice.PRESENTER(S): Jeffrey Zoul, School Improvement Consultant, SREB, Atlanta, GAMINI-SHARING SESSIONSROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 7PRESENTER(S): Jeff Cramer and Korri Ellis, Science Teachers, Henry Grady HighSchool, Atlanta, GA560. Finding an App for That: Using iPads in the Classroom — RROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 8PRESENTER(S): Sherry Bennington, Assistant Principal; Jennifer Blankenship,Paula Ulrich, Susan West, Dolores Whaley and Christine Workman,Teachers; and Dottie Colopy, Intervention Specialist, Roswell KentMiddle School, Akron, OH561. Freshman Transition: A Comprehensive Program — RROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 9PRESENTER(S): Megan Babcock, Teacher, and Melinda Weakland, School Counselor,Springfield High School, Akron, OH562. Implementing a No-Zero Grading Policy in a Career Center — RROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 10PRESENTER(S): John Davis, Assistant Principal, West Holmes Career Center,Ashland, OH563. It’s Not All About College! Some Students Will Choose a CareerPathway — RROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 11PRESENTER(S): Virginia Dean, School Improvement Consultant, SREB, Atlanta, GA564. Options for the At-Risk Student — RROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 12PRESENTER(S): Charles Bennett, CTE Instructor, and Jackie Beverlin,Assistant Principal, Mineral County Technical Center, Keyser, WV565. Providing Credit-Deficient Students With the Opportunity toGraduate — RROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 13PRESENTER(S): Stacey Holycross, Intervention Specialist, Bellefontaine High School;and Ric Prine, Opportunity Teacher, Bellefontaine City Schools,Bellefontaine, OH566. Talk About Value-Added and Making It Rewarding! — RROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE • TABLE: 14PRESENTER(S): Jennifer Goins, Eighth-Grade Language Arts Teacher, andJamie Johnson, Guidance Counselor, Bloom-Carroll Middle School,Carroll, OH567. Try a Better Inquiry Lab Experience: Use Science WritingHeuristicsROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 15Repeated as a mini-sharing session; Friday, 2:15 p.m. in Governor’s Ballroom AEPRESENTER(S): Nancy Caukin, Chemistry and Principles of Technology Teacher,Eagleville School, Eagleville, TN568. Using Mobile Learning Devices to Increase ExpectationsThrough Meaningful Assignments — RROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM AE TABLE: 16PRESENTER(S): Nathan Freelander and Ronda Simpson, Instructors, andMax Thomas, Superintendent, Chisholm Trail Technology Center,Omega, OK78 Code: HS – High School MG – Middle Grades TC – Technology CenterSL – Outstanding Educators and LeadersPresenting School: S – Small M – Medium L – LargeR – Rural Su – Suburban U – Urban