County-Wide Professional Development Calendar 2008-2009:  August 8, September 22, October 15, November 4, April 27

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Professional Development Records

August 8, 8:30-11:30 (unless otherwise noted)
Location: Jefferson County High School

• PreK, Scope of Services, Piedmont Elementary
• K-5 Counselors, RTI @ Central Office Conference Room
• 6-8 Counselors, ACT Explore @ Jefferson Middle School
• Special Education Teachers, Leadership Profiling

• K-5 Social Studies Resources:

  • Kindergarten, 8:30 to 9:45 a.m.

  • Grades 1 and 2, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

  • Grades 3-5, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

• Grades 6-12 Social Studies:

  • Prentice Hall:  Grade 6 & High School U.S. Government

  • Glencoe Grades 7-8 & High School

• Grades 6-8 Math, Math Curriculum Team, JCHS

• Grades 6-8 Language Arts, JCHS Media Center

• Grades 6-8 Science Teachers

• Media Specialist (Librarians) TBA

• Music Teacher, TBA

• Band Directors, TBA

• 6-12 Certified Technolgy Teachers, Select a content area session in your grade level to attend

• Art Teachers TBA

• Physical Education Teachers, School Health Coordinator, Jim Hodge, JCHS Wellness Room

• Grade 9-12 Teachers Unless assigned to a session listed above, all grade 9-2 teachers will attend department level meetings

• ESL Teachers, TBA

September 22, 8:30-11:30 Mission Possible Grade Level/Content Area workshops  PRINT COPY

• 8:00-3:00, K-12 Teams Working Effectively With Difficult Defiant and Non-Compliant Students @ Dandridge First Baptist Church (Administrators, School Counselors, Teacher, Special Ed Teacher)

• PreK-K, Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Sherry Finchum & Marjorie Ballinger @ Dandridge Elementary School Media Center, (NOTE:  Each teacher should bring a copy of a worksheet that is a topic appropriate to a fall unit.)

• Pre-First & Grades 1-5, ThinkLink Data and Instructional Strategies (Please see your Literacy Coach for locations)

• Music Teacher, Orff Instruments, Georgie Schmitt (full day)@ Dandridge Elementary

• Band Directors, Basics of Program Advocacy, Ashley Glenn @ JCHS Band Room

• Grades 6-8 Math, Math Curriculum Team @ JCHS Room 316, (NOTE: Each teacher should bring your math textbook.)

• Grades 6-8 Language Arts & Read 180 Teachers, Curriculum Correlation Team Development, Connie Campbell & Susan Roberts @ JCHS, Media Balcony

• Grades 6-8 Science Teachers, Safety Review and Technology Tools That Enhance Science Instruction, Jan Coley @ JCHS Writing Lab

• Grades 6-8 Social Studies Teachers, Correlating the State Standards and New Textbooks, Sean Lares @ White Pine School (NOTE:  Participants need to bring their teacher's textbook to this meeting)

• Grades 9-12 Departmental Meetings, Curriculum Development @ JCHS

• Grade 6-12 Certified Technology Teachers: Select a content area session in your grade level to attend

• Media Specialist (Librarians), The 2009-2010 Language Arts Curriculum Standard 4: Research, Melissa Bibb, JES Librarian @ JCHS Media Center Reference Room

• Art Teachers, Guided Tour of the Knoxville Museum of Art  (NOTE:  If available, please bring a digital camera.)

• ESL Teachers, ESL Program Review @ New Market Elementary

• Special Education Teachers, Writing Effective Behavior Plans @ First Baptist Church Dandridge

• Physical Education Teachers, School Health Coordinator, Jim Hodge @ JCHS Wellness Room
   

October 15, 8:30-11:30 Mission Possible Print Schedule

• PreK Utilizing Support Personnel @ White Pine School

• Instructional Assistants: PreK, K, Pre-First, and 1st Grade, Positive Student Interactions @ Jefferson Elementary Media Center

• K-5 Teachers, Utilizing ThinkLink RTI Data @ Individual Schools

• Music Teacher, Plan for Orff instruction @ Individual Classrooms

• Band Directors, Building a Band Reference Library, Ashley Glenn @ JCHS Band Room

• Grades 6-8 Math, Math Curriculum Team, JCHS Room 314 (Achievement Center)

• Grades 6-8 Language Arts & Read 180 Teachers, New Standards SPI Scope & Sequence, Connie Campbell, Bertie Jean French & Earl Stroupe, Media Center, Lower Level NOTE:  Please bring your copy of the new curriculum standards which you received at the Sept.22 meeting and your Prentice Hall Literature book.

• Grades 6-8 Science Teachers, New Standards training in the Writing Lab @ JCHS

• Grades 6-8 Social Studies Teachers, Mitch Cain @White Pine School

• Grades 9-12 Departmental Meetings, Curriculum Development @ JCHS

• 6-12 Certified Technology Teachers, Select a content area session in your grade level to attend

• Media Specialist (Librarians) The 2009-2010 Language Arts Curriculum Standard 4: Research, Melissa Bibb @ Jefferson Elementary Computer Lab

• Art Teachers Knoxville Museum of Art Tour, Meet at 9:45 @ KMA followed by an 11:30 tour of the East Tennessee Historical Society's artwork.

• ELL Teachers, Lesson Planning Using SPIs and ESL Curriculum @ New Market Elementary School

• Special Education Teachers and Assistants, Inclusion Strategies Speech Pathologists: Language Links CDC Teachers and Teacher Assistants: Maintaining Student Engagement in the
  Self-Contained Classroom @ Dandridge Elementary Library

• K-12 Counselors, Crisis Intervention, Dr. Carolyn Brewer, Carson-Newman College (luncheon to follow)

• Physical Education Teachers, Think, Share and Learn: Current Trends in Physical Education, School Health Coordinator, Jim Hodge, JCHS Wellness Room
   

*November 4, 8:30-11:30 Mission Possible:

• PreK Teachers, Working With Instructional Assistants, Presenter Dr. Sharon Teets @ JES

• K-5 Elementary inclusion teachers (general and special) and school teams (1 teacher per grade level) , Differentiated Instruction, Kim Chester @ First Baptist Church Dandridge, Fellowship Hall

• Grades K-5 Classroom Teachers, PLCs  (individual school review of TVAAS data Grades 3-5)

• Grades 6-8 Language Arts Teachers, New Standards SPI Scope & Sequence, Connie Campbell, Bertie Jean French, & Earl Stroup, Media Center, Lower Level NOTE:  Please bring your copy of the new curriculum standards.  AGENDA

• Grades 6-8 Math Teachers, (no morning session, see 12:30 session below)

• Grades 6-8 Science Teachers, Revise Pacing Guides for grades 6, 7, and 8 @ JCHS Writing Lab

• Grades 6-8 Social Studies Teachers, McClung Museum Tour @ UT

• Grades 9-12 English Teachers, Strategies That
  Work: Comprehension, Susan Roberts @ JCHS Media Center Balcony

• Grades 9-12 Departmental Meetings, Curriculum Development @ JCHS

• Music Teachers, Finishing Touches on the All-County Chorus @ DES

• Band Directors, Old Room, New Sound and Quickie repairs on the go @ JCHS Band Room

• Grades 6-12 Certified Technology Teachers, Select a content area session in your grade level to attend

• Art Teachers Watercolors, Presenter:  Bill Houston @ JMS

• ESL Teachers, Effectively using ESL resources and Materials @ JES

• School counselors (K-12), Crisis Intervention Planning @ First Baptist Church Dandridge 

• Physical Education Teachers, School Health Coordinator, Jim Hodge, JCHS Wellness Room

*November 4, 12:30-3:30 Mission Possible:

• Grades 6-8 Math & Resource Teachers, Differentiated Instruction, Kim Chester @ First Baptist Church Dandridge, Fellowship Hall

• Media Specialist (Librarians) Research Standards, @Tech Center

April 27, 8:30-11:30 Mission Possible with Technology:

• Grades K-12,  Roll out of New Standards and Dynamic Curriculum

• PreK & Kindergarten Registration:

  • PreK Teachers

  • Kindergarten Teachers

  • Counselors

  • ESL Teachers

• Music Teacher, TBA

• Band Directors, TBA

• 9-12 Departmental Meetings

• Media Specialist (Librarians) TBA

• Art Teachers TBA

• Physical Education Teachers, School Health Coordinator, Jim Hodge, JCHS Wellness Room