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Upcoming SAREC Workshops
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Teaching Reading Effectively
The course content includes current research and evidence based practices that are necessary for the development of the technical skills of reading along with academic vocabulary and deep comprehension. Important components of an effective comprehensive reading program designed to develop proficient readers, competent writers and critical thinkers are included in this material.
Units to include:
- Foundations of Reading
- Learning to Read and Spell: A National Problem and Recommended Solutions
- Basic Principals of Reading Assessment
- The Structure of Language
- Graphophonemic Awareness
- Teaching Word Identification and Spelling Fluency
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension to summarizing
Course Dates: June 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 2019
Location: Pima County school Superintendent's Office | 200 N. Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701
Course Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $75 for all 5-days (Assessment book and fundamentals of reading book included. Parking is included; Lunch NOT included.)
Presenting Skills
Building on the work of Robert Garmston and other master presenters, this two-day seminar will focus on the skills, structures, and identity that support skilled presenting. The purpose of the training is to develop the confidence and competence a presenter needs. The presenter’s moves will also transfer to facilitations that the individual is asked to lead. Using the metaphor container, the participants will use the Event Design Map to structure an upcoming presentation. Outcomes for the two days are:
- Social and emotional—empowerment and comfort with presenting
- Declarative—knowledge and understanding of strategies that help participants construct meaning
- Procedural—skills and processes in designing effective presentations
Day 2: Developing and Maintaining Resourcefulness as a Presenter
Facilitator: Mary Bouley is an experienced educator and consultant with expertise in coaching, mentoring, project management, and professional development. She is a Cognitive CoachingSM Training Associate and Adaptive SchoolsSM Agency Trainer for the Arizona K12 Center.
Dates: June 17, 18, 2019; 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: $200 Early Bird Special before May 31, 2019 | $250 after May 31
Registration fee includes materials, continental breakfast and parking
Audience: Organizations and individuals who want to develop as skillful presenters
Location: Pima County School Superintendent’s Office | 200 N. Stone Avenue | Tucson, Arizona 85701
Provisional Gifted Endorsement Seminar
Completion of this training (45 contact hours, additional 45 hours completed independently) will qualify participant for AZ gifted provisional endorsement. Individual districts must approve professional development hours per gifted endorsements regulations. This training will focus on best practices in gifted instruction including navigating national gifted standards, social and emotional growth, differentiated instruction, critical thinking, creative thinking and problem solving.
Interactive workshops will provide participants with a knowledge base in gifted education and highly effective, research based strategies for instructing gifted students.
Date: Monday through Friday, July 8th - 12th, 2019 8:00 am - 4:30 pm; Friday August 9th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Cost: $ 240 Registration fee includes materials and dinner | lunch for six sessions
Location: Pima County School Superintendent’s Office; 200 N. Stone Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85701
Facilitators:
Marianne Landrith is a gifted endorsed certified teacher and Co-Chair for the Gifted Education Program in the Sunnyside Unified School District, and Coordinator of the Javits Grant for Sunnyside and Pima County Schools. Marianne has taught for 34 years in regular and gifted education. She has worked as a Teacher Trainer Mentor, Peer Coach Trainer, Program Facilitator and Career Ladder Peer Evaluator. She holds a B.A. in Elementary Education and an M.A. in Language, Reading and Culture.
Louise Till is a coordinator in the gifted education program in Tucson Unified School District. Louise has worked as a classroom teacher, librarian, mentor, coach and professional development facilitator. She is a gifted endorsed certified teacher who has taught kindergarten through college. She has her Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Creative Writing and is currently a board member of the Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented (AAGT).
Completion of this training (45 contact hours, additional 45 hours completed independently) will qualify participant for AZ gifted provisional endorsement. Individual districts must approve professional development hours per gifted endorsements regulations. This training will focus on best practices in gifted instruction including navigating national gifted standards, social and emotional growth, differentiated instruction, critical thinking, creative thinking and problem solving.
Interactive workshops will provide participants with a knowledge base in gifted education and highly effective, research based strategies for instructing gifted students.
- Monday, July 8th, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm: Introduction to Gifted Education
- Tuesday, July 9th, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm: Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Students
- Wednesday, July 10th, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm: Differentiated Instruction
- Thursday, July 11th, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm: Critical / Creative Thinking, Problem Solving and Questioning
- Friday, July 12th, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm: Inquiry, Project Based Learning and STEM
- Friday, August 9th, 5:00 - 7:30 pm: Best Practices in Gifted Instruction
Date: Monday through Friday, July 8th - 12th, 2019 8:00 am - 4:30 pm; Friday August 9th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Cost: $ 240 Registration fee includes materials and dinner | lunch for six sessions
Location: Pima County School Superintendent’s Office; 200 N. Stone Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85701
Facilitators:
Marianne Landrith is a gifted endorsed certified teacher and Co-Chair for the Gifted Education Program in the Sunnyside Unified School District, and Coordinator of the Javits Grant for Sunnyside and Pima County Schools. Marianne has taught for 34 years in regular and gifted education. She has worked as a Teacher Trainer Mentor, Peer Coach Trainer, Program Facilitator and Career Ladder Peer Evaluator. She holds a B.A. in Elementary Education and an M.A. in Language, Reading and Culture.
Louise Till is a coordinator in the gifted education program in Tucson Unified School District. Louise has worked as a classroom teacher, librarian, mentor, coach and professional development facilitator. She is a gifted endorsed certified teacher who has taught kindergarten through college. She has her Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Creative Writing and is currently a board member of the Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented (AAGT).
Teaching Reading Effectively
The course content includes current research and evidence based practices that are necessary for the development of the technical skills of reading along with academic vocabulary and deep comprehension. Important components of an effective comprehensive reading program designed to develop proficient readers, competent writers and critical thinkers are included in this material.
Units to include:
- Foundations of Reading
- Learning to Read and Spell: A National Problem and Recommended Solutions
- Basic Principles of Reading Assessment
- The Structure of Language
- Graphophonemic Awareness
- Teaching Word Identification and Spelling Fluency
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension to summarizing
Course Dates: August 28, 29 and September 11, 12, 13, 2019
Location: Nogales USD Board Room; 310 W. Plum Street | Nogales, AZ
Course Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $50 for all 5-days (Assessment book and fundamentals of reading book included. Lunch NOT included.)
**Notice**
You must register for workshops online. Submitting a purchase order without registering online will not hold a spot in any of the workshops.
You must register for workshops online. Submitting a purchase order without registering online will not hold a spot in any of the workshops.
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