Spring 2020 Course Catalog 1021

Course Number: PLAT-SPRING-20-06 CREDIT OR STIPEND
Course Name: Engaging Children: Igniting a Drive for Deeper Learning K-8
Dates: Feb 26, 2020 3:30 PM , Mar 4, 2020 3:30 PM , Mar 11, 2020 3:30 PM , Mar 25, 2020 3:30 PM , Apr 1, 2020 3:30 PM ,
Apr 8, 2020 3:30 PM
Instructor: JILL ELLINGER
Location: GREEN TRAILS ELEMENTARY
Description: As an educator, you will learn to cultivate an environment where student- driven engagement becomes the norm.
You will explore four pillars of
engagement that provide a framework for considering what it means to be engaged: intellectual urgency, emotional resonance,
perspective bending, and the aesthetic world. Through this understanding, you will reflect on your current practices and outline
ways to increase engagement. You will develop tools for both you and your students to use to increase engagement.
Course Number: PLAT-SPRING-20-25 CREDIT OR STIPEND
Course Name: Fake News? - Finding Credible Sources
Dates: Feb 10, 2020 N/A
Instructor: KATIE PENDLETON
Location: VIRTUAL
Description: Participants will gain a better understanding of source credibility for personal/professional use as well as explore
ways to integrate media literacy into classroom curriculum. The course will focus on analyzing sources for credibility and bias,
search tips, and use of library resources.
The course will be online, accessed through Schoology. Participants will work at their own pace and the course must be
completed by May 21, 2020.
Course Number: PLAT-SPRING-20-20 CREDIT OR STIPEND
Course Name: Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen with Addition
Dates: Feb 10, 2020 N/A
Instructor: ELLEN WILSDON
Location: online
Description: Addition fluency doesn’t just happen! According to mathematician and author of Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen,
Dr. Nikki Newton, fluency is like a four-legged stool. The four legs are accuracy, flexibility, efficiency, and automaticity. You
can imagine what happens if one or more legs of the stool is missing! In this online class, we will explore how students work
concretely, pictorially, and finally abstractly to build their addition fluency. Additionally, you will write practice story problems
and anchor charts. You will also have the opportunity to build a math toolkit for yourself, as well as creating toolkits for your
students. Finally, you will build your fluency math workshop activities based on concrete, pictorial, and abstract activities.
Course Number: PLAT-SPRING-20-19 CREDIT OR STIPEND
Course Name: Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen with Subtraction
Dates: Feb 10, 2020 N/A
Instructor: ELLEN WILSDON
Location: online
Description: Subtraction fluency doesn’t just happen! According to mathematician and author of Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen,
Dr. Nikki Newton, fluency is like a four-legged stool. The four legs are accuracy, flexibility, efficiency, and automaticity. You can
imagine what happens if one or more legs of the stool is missing! In this online class, we will explore how students work
concretely, pictorially, and finally abstractly to build their subtraction fluency. Additionally, you will write practice story problems
and anchor charts. You will also have the opportunity to build a math toolkit for yourself, as well as creating toolkits for your
students. Finally, you will build your fluency math workshop activities based on concrete, pictorial, and abstract activities. If you
want your mathematicians to be capable and confident, the class is for you!
Course Number: TECH-SC-20-02
Course Name: Google Certification - Level 1 - Spring 20-SALARY CREDIT-NO MATERIALS REQUIRED
Dates: Mar 9, 2020 N/A
Instructor: AMY JOHNSON
Location: Self-Paced Online - Start anytime before March 9
Description: Are you Googley? Do you want to be? Did you know that Google has an entire training program where you can
get certified as a Google Educator? This course is online, self-paced, and is meant to get you to earn your Google Educator
Level 1 Certification. In order to receive salary credit, you must pass the Google certification test and submit certificate to Amy
Johnson at ajohnson@parkwayschools.net prior to May 15, 2020. Access the course by going to Google Classroom at
http://classroom.google.com and entering the code ehudd4.
Take note: 1. Email Amy 48 hours before you plan to take the exam so that we can send you a voucher code to use as payment.
2. Registration for the exam must be done 24 hours in advance of the time you wish to take it.
This class is self-paced allowing you to start and finish at your convenience. You do not have to wait until March 9 to start.
ISTE Student Standards 1. Empowered Learner 2. Digital Citizen 3. Knowledge Constructor 4. Innovative Designer 5.
Computational Thinker 6. Creative Communicator 7. Global Collaborator
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Course Number: TECH-SC-20-01
Course Name: Google Certification - Level 2 - Spring 20-SALARY CREDIT-NO MATERIALS REQUIRED
Dates: Mar 9, 2020 N/A
Location: Self-Paced Online - Start anytime before March 9
Instructor: Amy Johnson
Description: This course is designed to take your Google skills to the next level. To enroll, you must have passed Google
Certification Level 1 and have already received credit for that class. Email Amy Johnson at ajohnson@parkwayschools.net when
you register to gain access to the class. In order to receive salary credit, you must pass the Google certification exam and submit
certificate to Amy Johnson prior to May 15, 2020. Take note: 1. Google Level 1 Certification is a prerequisite for this class. 2.
Email Amy 48 hours before you plan to take the exam so that we can send you a voucher code to use as payment. 3.
Registration for the exam must be done 24 hours in advance of the time you wish to take it.