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2012-2013 National Webinar Programs (Continued)Mathematics Series: Improving Mathematics Instruction Using the Common Core State or Other Rigorous Standards for Middle GradesFALL 2012 – SPRING 2013SERIES 2: MIDDLE GRADESWEBINAR OBJECTIVES• Learn about the CCSS for mathematics for grades six through 12 and how they impactcurrent instructional practices.• Learn promising new techniques for changing mathematics teaching from isolatedskills instruction to more active approaches for preparing middle grades students forAlgebra I and other rigorous high school mathematics courses.• Understand how FALs can help target students’ gaps in understanding and reasoning inorder to quickly make adjustments in instruction to address these gaps.• Practice engaging classroom techniques to deepen students’ mathematical reasoningabilities and extend them to new problems and assignments.• Use new tools so instructional teams can work more efficiently to build a repositoryof robust classroom assignments and vary their rigor to differentiate mathematicsinstruction.• Develop an action plan for getting the interdisciplinary instructional teams tocollaboratively plan hands-on projects and other active learning experiences to engagestudents in mathematics.Mathematics Series: Improving Mathematics Instruction Using the Common Core State or Other Rigorous Standards for High SchoolFALL 2012 – SPRING 2013SERIES 3: HIGH SCHOOLWHO SHOULD ATTENDSeveral mathematics teachers should participate in this Webinar series along with theschool’s principal or assistant principal, mathematics coach or district instructionalsupervisor. These individuals will serve as professional developers by sharing the Webinarcontent with colleagues and promoting interdisciplinary efforts to advance students’mathematics understanding and reasoning ability. Ideally, a postsecondary partner fromthe local community or technical college should also participate to build commonunderstanding of postsecondary expectations and determine ways to help more graduatesavoid remedial mathematics courses in college.WHY YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATEThis Webinar series is for schools that are ready to take an active approach to preparingtoday’s students with skills for tomorrow. SREB’s High Schools That Work (HSTW ) initiativehas identified successful strategies to help high schools reduce failure rates and increasegraduation rates — particularly strategies aimed at accelerating students’ achievement in therigorous mathematics courses needed to be competitive in today’s economy. This Webinarseries will outline and break-down the mathematics standards and share new techniquesand tools to help secondary mathematics teachers provide richer, more robust mathematicsexperiences. Participants will collaborate and share teacher-designed classroom assignmentsand FALs and participate in a peer-review process to improve their work. Participants willbecome part of a PLC that continues to identify engaging and novel problem- and projectbasedmathematics assignments. Sessions also will include presentations of successfulimplementation of newly designed transitional courses for grades nine and 12 and possiblesolutions to challenges in working more effectively with middle grades and postsecondarypartners along the mathematics continuum.WEBINAR OBJECTIVES• Understand how the CCSS are organized and focus on mathematics achievement.• Understand the value of FALs to accurately determine students’ current mathematicsknowledge and skills needed for successful completion of classroom assignments.• Learn about engaging classroom strategies for the mathematics classroom to helpstudents learn individually, in small groups and as a whole class and to makemathematics instruction more engaging.• See the value of transitional mathematics courses for incoming freshmen and underpreparedseniors to strengthen current programs of study.• Develop and implement an action plan to redeliver Webinar content to other faculty.13
2012-2013 National Webinar ProgramsLiteracy Series: Embedding Literacy into Career/Technical StudiesFALL 2012 – SPRING 2013SERIES 1: CAREER/TECHNICAL PROGRAMSWHO SHOULD ATTENDEach site should choose a group of teacher-leaders from several academic and CT subjectareas for this Webinar series. The team of teacher-leaders, along with the principal or aninstructional supervisor at each site, will redeliver Webinar content to the entire facultybetween sessions.WHY YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATEAll teachers, not just English teachers, need a wide variety of literacy activities for studentsto build the reading, writing and thinking skills that advance achievement in each contentarea. This Webinar series will provide academic and CT faculty information on the newCCSS for literacy including technical studies. Each Webinar session will share new toolsand processes that will permit more efficient collaboration across disciplines for embeddingapplicable reading, writing and thinking skills into classroom instruction. Participants willcontinue to learn and improve instructional strategies that engage students in reading andwriting using the language of their academic or CT content area. At the end of the series,participants will share lesson plans, participate in a peer-review process to improve theirwork and become part of a PLC that continues to collaborate to identify robust literacyassignments. Sessions will include presentations of successful implementation of schoolwideliteracy efforts and brainstorming of solutions to challenges encountered.WEBINAR OBJECTIVES• Learn the elements and tools of the LDC that are aligned to the CCSS and designed toprovide a more systematic approach to planning and implementing secondary literacyinstruction so that more students graduate college- and career-ready and proficient inreading, writing and thinking skills.• Identify the literacy skills and habits of successful, independent learners that studentsneed in order to master academic and technical content and skills.• See how to quickly adjust literacy instruction at the right time for the right studentsbased on classroom assessment information.• Develop robust literacy assignments that engage CT students in reading, interpretingand demonstrating their understanding of technical material.• Develop an action plan for getting the entire faculty to engage students with literacystrategies, technical content and technology tools embedded in authentic, integratedinterdisciplinary projects.• Redeliver Webinar content to other faculty and implement the action plan fordeveloping and teaching an authentic project.Literacy Series: Improving Literacy Instruction Using the Common Core State or Other Rigorous Standards for Middle GradesFALL 2012 – SPRING 2013SERIES 2: MIDDLE GRADES14WHO SHOULD ATTENDParticipating school teams should include teachers representing English/language arts,social studies, science and exploratory classes from each grade level and interdisciplinaryteam, along with the school’s principal or assistant principal, literacy coach or districtinstructional supervisor. These individuals will serve as professional developers by sharingthe Webinar content with their colleagues and promoting schoolwide efforts to advancestudents’ reading, writing and thinking skills.WHY YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATEThis Webinar will help every middle grades teacher, not just the English and readingteachers, understand how to incorporate reading and writing into the classroom in waysthat advance student achievement. Webinar participants will learn the elements and toolsof the LDC aligned to the new CCSS and designed to foster collaboration across contentareas to provide literacy-rich middle grades programs. The goal is for more students to beready for the demands of rigorous high school programs requiring them to comprehendand analyze reading materials in various content areas. Participants will learn and improveon instructional strategies that engage students in reading and writing the language of theiracademic content areas. By the end of the Webinar series, participants will share lessonplans, participate in a peer-review process to improve their work and become part of a PLCthat continues to collaborate to identify robust literacy assignments. Sessions will includepresentations of successful schoolwide literacy efforts and brainstorming of solutions tochallenges encountered.
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