TEC Summer 2010 Professional Development

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SUMMER 2010

Summer 2010

Dear Colleagues,

April & May are Registration Months at TEC! Please be sure to register as soon as possible. Many of our popular classes fill up quickly. When your registration is received, you will be notified and a final confirmation letter with directions will be sent approximately one week prior to the first class. We strongly encourage you to register before May 28. After that date, an additional $25 late fee will be required with each course registration fee. A refund is given only upon withdrawal at least ten business days prior to the start of the course. No credits or refunds will be given on withdrawals less than ten business days before the first class. If a class is cancelled, registrants will be given a full refund.

If there is a course you would like to see offered, or a course you would like to teach, please let us know.

Our courses list a TEC Member cost and a Non-TEC cost. The TEC Member Districts are: Canton, Dedham, Dover, Dover-Sherborn, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Medfield, Millis, Natick, Needham, Norwood, Sherborn, Walpole, Wayland, Wellesley and Westwood.

For more information, email [email protected] or call 781-326-2473. Also, be sure to check our website (www.tec-coop.org) for the most current information about this summer’s line-up. Often you will find that new courses or workshops have been added.

TEC Office of Professional Development

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TEC Professional Licensure Program .......................................................................... 1 TEC Initial Licensure (Administrative & Teacher) ....................................................... 2

ESPECIALLY FOR ALL TEACHERS Advanced Abstract Painting ....................................................................................... 3 Communication: Within the School and Without ....................................................... 4 Data Warehouse Modules 101-201 ............................................................................ �� Data Warehouse Training Module 202 ....................................................................... 6 Data Warehouse Modules 301 & 302 ......................................................................... 7 Executive Functioning Skills ..................................................................................... �1 Exploring Social Networks as Tools for Learning in Schools ................................... 8 How to Reach the Hard to Teach .............................................................................. �2 iLife ........................................................................................................................... 9 Integrating Technology with Education .................................................................... 10 Introduction to Second Language Teaching and Learning (Category I) .................. 11 It's App-etizing . . . iTouch for Educators .................................................................. 12 Multicultural Interactions .......................................................................................... 13 Plein Air (Take Your Painting Outside)...................................................................... 14 The Regional Orchestra Connection ......................................................................... 1� School Management .................................................................................................. 16 There's Got to Be a Better Way ................................................................................. 17 Universal Design of Curriculum ............................................................................... 18 WEB 2.0 Tools for the Classroom ............................................................................. 19 Wikis and Blogs ......................................................................................................... 20

ESPECIALLY FOR MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS Aerobic Reading ........................................................................................................ 21 Changing the Motivational Face of Fitness ............................................................... 22 Designing Dynamic Foreign Language Units ........................................................... 23 Developing the Communicative Skills Through Task-Based Activities ....................24 Facilitating Learning ................................................................................................. 2� Great Beginnings: Proven Strategies in the Foreign Language Classroom .............. 26 Improving Student Writing ........................................................................................ 27 Integrating the Arts Into the Spanish Classroom........................................................ 28 Life Strategies and Personal Empowerment ............................................................. 29 Making Reading Comprehension Accessible ............................................................ 30

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ESPECIALLY FOR MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, cont'd. Rivers and Revolutions .............................................................................................. 31 Summer Science Institute 2010 .............................................. ................................... 32 Strategies for Teaching Reading in the Spanish Classroom ...................................... 33 Striving for Success: Increasing Student Achievement in Math ............................... 34 Taming the Research Process in Your Classroom ..................................................... 3� ESPECIALLY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS Action Research Via Authentic Learning and Assessment ........................................ 36 Differentiating Mathematics Instruction ................................................................... 37 Electricity .................................................................................................................. 38 Enhancing English Language Learning (Category II) ............................................... 39 Enriching Your Reading Program with Music .......................................................... 40 From Language to Literacy (Category IV - Elementary) .......................................... 41 Geology is Elementary .............................................................................................. 42 Guided Reading for the 3-6 Classroom ..................................................................... 43 It'sTimeforNonfictionintheReadingandWritingWorkshop................................44 Project Read: Phonics ............................................................................................... �� Reasoning Algebraically About Operations .............................................................. 4� Sensory Diet in Your Classroom ............................................................................... �6 Simple Machines ....................................................................................................... 46 SMART Boards in the Elementary Classroom ......................................................... 47 Social Studies Literary Connection ........................................................................... 48 Strengthening Students' Writing ................................................................................ 49 SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS TEC Assistive Technology Master's Degree Program .............................................. �0 Executive Functioning Skills ..................................................................................... �1 How to Reach the Hard to Teach .............................................................................. �2 It's App-ealing ... An App for All Learners ............................................................... �3 Master of Science in Special Education - Licensure in Severe Disabilities ............. �4 Project Read: Phonics ............................................................................................... �� Sensory Diet in Your Classroom ............................................................................... �6 Topics in Autism ....................................................................................................... �7 Wilson Language Training (WRS Workshop) ........................................................... �8

Elementary Professional LicensureMathematics Professional Licensure

Special Education Professional Licensure

Audience: Grade 1-6 Elementary Educators Special Education Teachers PreK-8 or �-12 Grade �-8 Math EducatorsDate: Beginning September 2010Location: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham

TeacherlicensureinMassachusettsisatwo-stepprocessrequiringteacherstofirstob-tainanInitialLicenseandthengoontoearnaProfessionalLicenseinthesamefieldwithinfiveyears.IfyoupresentlyholdInitialLicensureintheabovereferencedfieldsanddonotexpecttocompleteaMaster’sinthesamefieldwithinfiveyears,pleaseseethe information below. By enrolling in theTECProfessionalLicensure program, participants do not haveto take a State test or “Performance Assessment” to earn Professional Licensure; nor dotheyhavetoenrollinorcompleteaMaster’sprogramwithinfiveyearsofhiretoearn Professional Licensure. Teachers can enroll in any one of TEC’s DESE approved district-basedprograms,startinginSeptember2010,successfullycompletetwocours-es: one 4-credit graduate course in math beginning September 2010 and one 4-credit graduate course in literacy during the winter 2011 semester – and earn Professional Licensure. (Note: special education teachers must also complete a 36-hour “Special Topics” semi-nar as a program requirement. This is offered during the summer 2011.) With Profes-sionalLicensure,youarefreetoearnaMaster’sDegreewhen,andif,youchooseandthefieldyouwant–specialeducation,technology,literacy,administration,etc.

Formoreinformationontheaboveprogram,gototheTECwebsite:http://www.tec-coop.org

and click onto Professional Development & Licensure.Also, please note that there will be Professional Licensure Information Sessions

on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 3:30–5:00 PMand Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 3:30–5:00 PM

at the TEC Offices, 1112 High Street, Dedham.

You may also contact Janice Yelland for additional information: 781-431-9120

[email protected]

TEC PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE PROGRAM

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Administrative Licensure

Audience: Teachers interested in becoming licensed as any of the following: Superintendent/AssistantSuperintendent,Principal/AssistantPrinci-pal(Elementary,MiddleSchoolorHighSchool),SpecialEducationAdministrator or Supervisor/Director

Dates & Times: Beginning May 2010Location: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $8,750forcoursesand$1,200forpracticum—additional$300for

non-TEC candidates

TheTEC/BUAdministrativeLicensureProgramconsistsoffive(5)BostonUniversitycourses that are held at the TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham. Par-ticipants may choose to complete their practicum with TEC and then be endorsed for licensure. Participants may then continue at Boston University if they wish to receive a C.A.G.S. or a Master’s in Education (Ed.M.). This program is approved through the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. It operates on a cohort model to foster collegiality and support.

Teacher Initial Licensure Program

Audience: Secondary Teachers seeking Initial Licensure (must already have a preliminary license)Dates & Times: Beginning June 2010Location: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $4,600forTECMembersand$5,100forNon-TECGrad. Credit: Graduatecontinuingeducationcreditsforthefivecoursesare available from Framingham State College at an additional cost. If you have Preliminary Licensure at the secondary level and are seeking Initial Licen-sure,TheEducationCooperative(TEC)hasaprogramthatwillmeetyourneeds.Itcon-sists of a teaching practicum and eight (8) Friday - Saturday sessions (one each month from September to April). There are three additional courses taken in the summer. Most courses meet at the TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham. Participants must also complete a practicum portfolio.

For more information on either of the above programs go to the TEC website: http://www.tec-coop.org

and click onto Professional Development & Licensure.Also, please note that there will be a Licensure Information Session

on Monday, April 5, 4:00–5:00 PM at the TEC Offices, 1112 High Street, Dedham.

You may also contact Karen Nerpouni for additional information: [email protected]

TEC INITIAL LICENSURE PROGRAMS

2 APRIL & MAY ARE REGISTRATION MONTHS!

COURSE OFFERINGSESPECIALLY FOR ALL TEACHERS

Advanced Abstract Painting

Audience: AllTeachers,ArtTeachersGrades3-12Instructor: Robert Collins Dates & Times: Monday–Friday,June28–July2,2010 9:00 AM – �:00 PMLocation: DanforthMuseum,FraminghamCost: $42� TEC Members / $47� Non-TECEarn: 36 PDPs 67.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 3 credits from Framingham State College for an additional $19�

Course Description: This studio course outlines the history of abstract painting from the early1940’sthroughthepresent.Explorematerials,methodsandtechniquesofabstrac-tion while creating paintings based on various selected periods in art history. Because it explorestheunderlyingstructureofabstractpaintings,thiscoursewillprovideanin-depthframework for the study of 2D design and pictorial composition. Students are responsible for their own supplies; see www.danforthmuseum.org/studentinfo for supply list. Cost will depend on what materials individual participants need. The Danforth Museum of Art is located at 123 Union Avenue in Framingham.

About the Instructor: Robert Collins received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. in painting from Boston University. He began his career as an industrial and commercial designer and illustrator,andnowpaintsand teachesfull time. Inaddition to theDanforthMuseumSchool,BobcurrentlyteachesattheSchooloftheMuseumofFineArtsandRhodeIslandCollege and has taught atBostonUniversity,University ofMassachusettsDartmouth,and the Brookline Art Center. Bob has exhibited throughout the New England area and hisworkisincludedinmanyprivateandcorporatecollectionsincludingHallmarkInc.,SearsRoebuck&Co.,andAMI/VerilyteCorporation.BobwasinductedintoWho’sWhoinAmerica 2003, 2004, 2005 for contributions in the areas of Painting and IndustrialDesign.

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Communication: Within the School and Without

Audience: K-12Teachers,Specialists,SpecialEducatorsInstructor: Mary Hawes Mahoney Dates & Times: Thursday–Friday,August19–20,2010 8:30 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham Cost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: Communication is a key skill for any educator. Talking to par-ents,colleaguesandadministratorsoftenrequiresthoughtfulpreparationtoassurethemost successful outcome. With the addition of email the opportunities to communicate have expanded far beyond the face-to-face meeting. What you say and how you say it in cyberspace can present additional challenges. A record of your communication can be used in legal proceedings. Learn how to use all the modes of communication productively and positively as you work with all the stakeholders in school.

About the Instructor: Mary Hawes Mahoney is currently an eighth grade history teacher in the Sudbury Public Schools and is the immediate past president of the Sud-buryEducationAssociation,havingservedinthatroleforsixyears.Shehastaughtavarietyofprofessionaldevelopmentcourses,including“WhatYourProfessorsForgottoTellYouAboutTeaching,”atMountHolyokeCollege,andaNewTeachersSemi-naratBostonCollege.Asateamleader,mentorandactivecommitteememberintheSudburyschools,shehasdevelopedawiderangeofstrategiesforeffectivecommuni-cationwithparents,colleaguesandadministrators.MaryhasaMaster’sdegreefromBoston College.


Data Warehouse Modules 101-201:Understanding MCAS Reporting

Audience: K-12 Educators and Administrators Instructor: EDCO Trainers Date & Time: Thursday,July15,2010 8:30 AM – 3:00 PMLocation: KennedyMiddleSchool,WalthamCost: $110 TEC/EDCO Members / $130 Non-MembersEarn: 6 Hours of Participation

Course Description:Thisworkshopwillprovideanoverviewofthefirstthreemod-ules of training for Data Warehouse Users. Participants will get step-by-step instruc-tionsonhow toaccesspredefined reports,how to readandunderstand the reports,and how to avoid common mistakes when analyzing and interpreting data. Scenarios and examples are provided throughout the workshop to assist participants in the un-derstandingofthecontextandpurposeofvariousreports,measurementissues,andanalytical approaches.Workshop Topics: • The Inquiry-driven approach to analyzing data • Functionsandbenefitsofadatawarehouse • Different types and uses of data displays • Purposes of the MCAS • Assessment terms and concepts • Structure and format of various MCAS reports • Drawing appropriate conclusions from MCAS reports • AccessingMCASpre-definedreports • Usingdistracterstoidentifyspecificlearningneeds • Analyzing open response and short answer items • Diagnosinglearningneedsofclasses,sections,andindividualstudents • Action planning

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Data Warehouse Training Module 202:Multidimensional Analysis

Audience: K-12 Educators and Administrators Instructors: EDCO TrainersDate & Time: Friday,July16,2010 9:00 AM – 12:00 PMLocation: KennedyMiddleSchool,WalthamCost: $�� TEC/EDCO Members / $6� Non-MembersEarn: 3 Hours of Participation

Course Description: This workshop is the fourth of four training modules for Data Warehouse Users. While it is not required that participants take all four modules in order,doingsowillprovideyouwiththeconceptsandskillsnecessarytoaccessanduse the reports provided through the Education Data Warehouse.

Inthissectionyouwillbeintroducedto“Cubes”—predefineddatatablesthatmakeon-the-flydatamanipulationpossible.Thecoursebeginswithanoverviewofcubesand the different kinds of data displays that can be created in Cognos PowerPlay. The coursepresentsastep-by-stepinquiryprocessforhowtobuildadatadisplay,aswellas instructions about how to utilize all of the Cognos PowerPlay features. Scenarios and examples are provided throughout the course to assist you in understanding the context and purpose of various features.

The goal of the course is to build your capacity to use Cognos PowerPlay to turn a focusing question into a data display that is engaging and informative. When you pub-lishadatadisplaythatyouhavecreatedwithinacube,itisimportantthatthedisplayyou create appropriately conveys the intended information and is not misleading. If youare taking thiscourse,chancesare thatyouhavesomeknowledgeaboutusingdataanalytictoolsand/orhowtoaccessandusedatafromadatawarehouse,althoughyoumaynotbeentirelycomfortableonbothfronts.Asaresultofthiscourse,youwillhave improved your capacity to engage in ad hoc analysis of data while being guided by focusing and clarifying questions.


Data Warehouse Modules 301 & 302: Report Builder I and II

Audience: DataSpecialists,TechnologyStaffInstructors: Consultants from Public Consulting Group (PCG)Date & Time: Thursday,July22,2010 8:30 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: Bedford High SchoolCost: $400 TEC/EDCO Members / $42� Non-Members Earn: 6 Hours of Participation

Course Description: These two modules of Data Warehouse Training are designed for data report authors: people who will be creating their own customized reports within the Data Warehouse.

InModule301,youwillbe introduced touser-defined reports,whichallowyou tobuilddatadisplaysforotherstouseaspredefinedreports.Thecoursebeginswithanoverview of the Report Studio environment and the different kinds of reports that can be created in Cognos® Report Studio. The course presents a step-by-step inquiry pro-cessforhowtobuilddifferenttypesofreports,aswellasinstructionsabouthowtouti-lize all of the Cognos® Report Studio features. Scenarios and examples are provided throughout the course to assist in understanding the context and purpose of various features. The goal of the course is to build your capacity to use Cognos Report Studio to turn a focusing question into a data display that is engaging and informative.

InModule302,youwillbeintroducedtoadvancedconceptswhichallowyoutocon-tinuetobuilddatadisplaysforotherstouseaspredefinedreportsthathaveahigherlevelofflexibilityandutility.Thecoursebeginswithhowtobuildalistreportandin-cludesadditionaltopicsincluding:querycalculations,reportexpressions,conditionalformatting, cell suppression, and prompt pages.The course presents a step-by-stepinquiryprocessforhowtobuilddifferenttypesofreports,aswellasinstructionsabouthow to utilize many of the Cognos® Report Studio features. Scenarios and examples are provided throughout the course to assist you in understanding the context and pur-pose of various features.

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Exploring Social Networksas Tools for Learning in Schools

Audience: K-12 EducatorsInstructor: Aimee DeCoste-McAlpineDates & Times: approx.3hrs/weekonlinefromJuly5–August27,2010Location: Online via a social network site created for the courseCost: $3�0 TEC Members / $400 Non-TECEarn: 24 PDPs 4� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 2 credits from Framingham State College for an additional $130 (Acreditformwillbemailedtoparticipants.Thecheck,payableto FSC,andtheformaretobereturnedtoTECpriortoJune30.)

Course Description: Social network sites are ubiquitous in students’ non-academic lives. Facebook,MySpace andTwitter have increasingly become part of our ver-nacular. The potential of social network sites to connect and engage people with one anotherthroughvariousweb-basedmediumsforfree,andwithrelativeease,providesfertile ground for thinking about how these tools can enhance student learning in aca-demic environments. This course will explore the concept of social network sites as well as the possibilities and challenges of using social network sites with students in school environments. The course will be delivered via a custom social network site created for the purposes of the course. Course participants will have the opportunity to create,shareandrefineasocialnetworksiteforuseintheirprofessionallives.

About the Instructor: Aimee DeCoste-McAlpine has worked as an elementary schoolteacher,technologycurriculumspecialist,collegeinstructorandinstructionaldesigner. Aimee is afirmbeliever in the power of technology to enhance teacherproductivityaswellasteachingandlearningineducationalenvironments,includingonline environments.


iLife

Audience: K-12 Teachers Instructor: Eric Frere Dates & Times: Monday-Thursday,August9-12,2010 8:30 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $290 TEC/ $32� Non-TECEarn: 24 PDPs 4� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 2 credits from Worcester State College for an additional $200

Course Description: This course uses iLife’09 as simple but effective commu-nication tools between teachers and students and parents/guardians. Teachers will design an integrated web site which includes the product suite of iLife’09. Partici-pantswilllearntouseiLife’09(GarageBand,iMovie,iPhoto,iTunes,andiWeb).Theywillcreateandintegratephotos,music,video&podcastsintoonedynamicmultimedia website.

Course Requirements: • Participants should have knowledge of Mac computers. • EveryoneshouldbringaUSBflashDrive. • Brief readings will be required for all participants. • AfinaliLife’09projectwillberequiredforparticipantstakingthecoursefor

graduate credit. (Details will be provided in the course syllabus.)

About the Instructor: Eric Frere is a foreign language teacher at Pollard Middle SchoolinNeedham.Previously,hewasasoftwareengineer/instructoratDigitalEquipment Corporation and a consulting senior manager at Ernst & Young. Eric holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Western Ontario and a High-Tech MBA from Northeastern University.

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Integrating Technology with EducationAudience: K–12 Teachers Instructor: Barbara Lanzoni Dates & Times: Monday–Friday,July12–16,2010ORJuly19–23,2010 8:30 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $3�0 TEC Members / $43� Non-TECEarn: 36 PDPs 67.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 3 credits from Framingham State College for an additional $19�

Course Description: This course is designed to give participants an overview of effec-tive ways to use technology in the classroom. Participants will see how technology is usedtoprepareandteachlessonsandtoteachconceptsthatstudentsmayfinddifficulttounderstand. Theclasswillalsopresentprimarysourceandresearchtools,Internetsitesforteachersandstudents(freeandsubscription),technologyprojectsfortheclass-room,presentationsoftwareforstudentsandteachersandassessmenttools.Wewillalso“visit”onlinelibrariesandmuseumsandtake“electronicfieldtrips”aroundtheworld.InadditiontoMSWordandPowerPoint,theclasswillalsodiscussandbeintroducedtootherkindsoftechnologyusedinclassroomssuchasSMARTBoards,iPods,digitalphotoediting/slideshows,etc.ParticipantswilldiscussWeb2.0tools,Skypeandonlinecollaboration and how these tools might be used in the classroom.

Please bring a flash drive to class in order to save your work.

About the Instructor: Barbara Lanzoni,aformerclassroomteacher,workswithteach-ers and students integrating technology into classrooms in the Norwood Public Schools. She also does a great many Professional Development workshops for K-12 teachers and has taught graduate level courses demonstrating how to use technology in subject areas.


WHEN YOU REGISTER FOR THE ABOVE COURSE, PLEASE NOTE ON THE FORM

YOUR CHOICE OF SESSION I (JULY 12-16) OR SESSION II (JULY 19-23).

Introduction To Second Language Teaching And Learning(Category I)

Audience: K-12 Educators and Administrators Instructor: Kathy Lobo Dates & Times:Wednesday–Thursday,June24–25,2010 9:00 AM – 3:00 PMLocation: SeefurthEducationalCenter,WalthamCost: $17� TEC/EDCO Members / $220 Non-Members Earn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Cambridge College for an additional $�0

Course Description: This course will provide educators with key skills and knowledge for helping English Language Learners succeed in schools. Among the topics to be covered are: • Key factors affecting second language acquisition • The interrelationship of language and culture • How to identify linguistic demands of academic tasks • How to analyze your classroom as a site for second language acquisition • The implications of cultural differences for classroom organization and in-

struction

About the Instructor: Kathy Lobo is an ELL Teacher for Belmont Public Schools and is an Approved Trainer by the Massachusetts Department of Elemen-tary and Secondary Education.

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It’s App-etizing…iTouch for Educators

Audience: BeginnerUsers,Elementary-MiddleSchoolTeachersInstructor: Rosey McQuillan Dates & Times: Wednesday-Thursday,July7-8,20108:00AM–3:00PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham Cost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TEC Earn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: Current trends in technology have tremendous educational potential. iTouch applications enable teachers to expand their curriculum while meeting the needs of mobile and media rich learning styles of today’s learners. Most students already own iPods and educators need to take advantage of the power and potential of these mobile devices while extending teaching and learn-ing beyond the normal classroom day. The iTouch is so much more than just a musicplayer. It’s amobiledevice toaccesscontenton line,do research,digi-tallessonplanning,allowforcollaborationoutsideoftheclassroomandtohelpteachers with organization. This class will explore Apps across all content areas. We’lllookatfreeandlowcostapplicationsthatincreaseproductivity,reinforceskill development and promote collaboration. About the Instructor: Rosey McQuillan is an Assistive Technology Specialist for the Wellesley Public Schools. She has successfully provided professional de-velopment workshops for Pre-K-12 teachers that demonstrate how to use technol-ogy effortlessly across all curriculum areas.


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Multicultural Interactions

Audience: K-12Teachers,SpecialEducators,Specialists,AdministratorsInstructors: Dr. Paula S. Martin and Debbie Watters Dates & Times: Monday–Tuesday,July12–13,2010 8:30 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $3�0 TEC Members / $39� Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Framingham State College for an additional $6�

Course Description: This course is designed to provide educators with some of the toolsnecessarytocreateculturallyproficientclassroomenvironments,whichincor-porate an understanding and respect for cultural differences and learning styles. As aresultofthiscourse,educatorswill: • develop ways to intentionally invite students to be active participants in their

academic achievement. • begin to consider the importance of race and cultural identity in the teacher-

student relationship. • learn strategies for building a trusting and respectful relationship with students

and their parents/guardians. • understandthatspecificstrategiesandinterventionscanmakeadifferencein

students’ academic performance and in narrowing the achievement gap.

About the instructors: Debbie Watters is the Director of World Languages for the NeedhamPublicSchools.Shehas taughtSpanishatelementary,middleandhighschool and also has experience as a special education teacher. Debbie has been an anti-racist trainer with EMI since 2001 and has also taught graduate courses in multicultural curriculum development. Dr. Paula S. Martin is currently the Grade 7 House Administrator at the Pollard Middle School in Needham. Dr. Martin served asacorporateproductionmanager,outplacementconsultantandHumanResourcesManager for several large corporations. Dr. Martin received her Ed.D. from The University of Massachusetts Boston. Her research focused on the impact of antira-cism professional development on white privilege awareness and racial develop-ment in white educators. Dr. Martin also teaches Administrators and Technology course at Simmons College within the Ed Leadership program. She is also the senior member of the MCAS Bias Review Committee for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Plein Air(Take Your Painting Outside)

Audience: Art Teachers and Others Who Seek Studio Professional DevelopmentInstructor: Diana Hampe Dates & Times:Monday–Thursday,July12–15,2010 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 1:00–4:00 PM (with adjustments for afternoon light)Location: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham and surrounding locationsCost: $3�0 TEC Members / $400 Non-TECEarn: 24 PDPs 4� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 2 credits from Worcester State College for an additional $200

Course Description: Participants will work in plein air to draw and paint the land-scape in and around Dedham. The Endicott Estate and the Town Forest in Walpole will be two of the locations where the class will learn to see and paint landscape composi-tions in morning and afternoon light. Strategies for editing the landscape and creating spatial illusions will be shared. All levels from beginners to experienced are welcome and instruction will be adjusted to meet the needs of all. Participants may work with pastel,watercolor,oil,oracrylicpaintsandwillsetupportableeaselstodrawandpaintfromobservation.Instructionandpositive,constructivecritiquewillbeheldeachday,either in the morning or the afternoon. A materials list will be sent prior to the first meeting.Thecourseisdesignedtoofferanopportunitytopracticestudioskills,learntechniques and processes for adding plein air drawing and painting to the curriculum andalsotoexperiencethejoyofobserving,orderingandrecordingpersonalviewsofour environment.

Note: If weather keeps the class inside, we will work from references. Although this is not ideal, the

studio practice and the curriculum sharing goals will be met.

About the Instructor: Diana Hampe was the Visual Arts Curriculum Coordinator K-12fortheWalpolePublicschoolswhereshetaughtDrawingandPaintingI,II,III,and Advanced Placement Studio Art: Drawing. Diana has been an AP Reader and given AP workshops at state and national conferences. She has studied with numerous pleinairpaintersanddrawsandpaintsthelandscapeinpastel,acrylic,oilandmixedmedia. Presently she is teaching curriculum planning in the Art Education Department at Boston University.


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The Regional Orchestra Connection

Audience: Grade 4-12 Music TeachersInstructor: Jim GiurleoDates & Times: Tuesday–Thursday,July27-29,2010 9:00 AM – 3:00 PMLocation: Westwood High SchoolCost: $210 TEC/EDCO Members / $2�0 Non-MembersEarn: 1� PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: This course introduces music teachers to ways of utilizing the many amateur semi-professional and professional orchestras surrounding the TEC area as resources for their teaching. The course will help teachers analyze and research the programming of these orchestras for musical content and concepts that could be taught in a unit of instruction to their classes or used as a supplemental activity. Teachers would create their own lesson plans to meet the needs of their students and instruction-alprograms.Intheprocess,theywillexplorecurriculumconnectionsandlearnhowtoinvolve parents in this learning experience with their child. The goal of this course is to help music teachers prepare students and their parents to attend a performance of any of the orchestras and to follow up with a variety of culminating assessments.

Orchestras: ArlingtonPhilharmonic,BostonPhilharmonic,CapeSymphonyOrches-tra,LongwoodSymphonyOrchestra,NewEnglandPhilharmonic,NewPhilharmonia,NewtonSymphony,PioneerValley,PlymouthPhilharmonic,QuincySymphony,Sym-phonyProMusica,TheConcordOrchestra,NeponsetValleyPhilharmonic,ParkwayOrchestra

About the Instructor: Jim Giurleo is the former Director of Performing Arts for the Westwood Public Schools where he also directed the school’s bands and orchestras. Jim currently serves in an advisory capacity to the executive board of the Neponset ValleyPhilharmonicOrchestra.andhasdegreesinmusiceducation,musictheoryandeducational management.

School ManagementAudience: K-12Teachers,AdministratorsInstructor: Dr. Donald J. Beaudette Dates & Times: Wednesdays,May12,19,26,June2,9,16&23,2010 4:00 – 9:30 PM Location: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $1,750Earn: 90 PDPsGrad. Credit: *The cost of this course includes 4 credits from Boston University Graduate School of Education

Course Description: Thiscoursedealswiththeeconomics,politicsandadmin-istration of public schools from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Em-phasis will be placed on the policy and operational aspects of governance and leadership,schoolfinance,andcurriculum,personnelandstudentissues.

About the Instructor: Dr. Donald Beaudette has been Superintendent of the NorwellPublicSchoolssince1994.Priortothatdate,heservedinthesameroleforsixyearsintheNewport,RhodeIslandPublicSchools.Since1991,Dr.Be-audette has also served as an adjunct professor in the Boston University Graduate SchoolofEducation,focusingonschoolfinanceandmanagement.Dr.Beaudettehas taught for the TEC Administrative Licensure Program for several years.


There’s Got to Be a Better Way:A Practical Approach to Classroom Management

Audience: K-12 TeachersInstructors: Emily Parks and Susan BycoffDates & Times: Thursday&Friday,June24&25 andMonday-Wednesday,June28,29,30,2010 8:00 AM – 4:00 PMLocation: Westwood High School Cost: $�00 TEC Members / $�7� Non-TEC Earn: 36 PDPs 67.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 3 credits from Framingham State College for an additional $19�

Course Description: Thiscourseisdesignedtosupportteachers,bothnewandex-perienced,indevelopingapractical,effectiveandlow-stressapproachtoclassroommanagement. The course focuses on a classroom management system with four com-ponents: classroom structure, limit-setting, responsibility training and back-up sys-tems.Throughcoursereadings,reflectivewriting,classdiscussion,andsimulations,participants will examine their current management practices, break current “highcost”andineffectivestrategies,andestablishaproactive,positiveclassroomsettingthat maximizes time on learning and minimizes classroom disruptions. Walk away fromthiscoursewithaspecificplantoimplementinyourclassroom!

About the Instructors: Emily Parks,formerlyahighschoolsocialstudiesteacher,iscurrentlythePrincipalofWestwoodHighSchool.InadditiontoherworkatWHS,she works as a professional development consultant and adjunct university instructor with a particular interest in supporting the growth of new teachers. Susan Bycoff cur-rently works as an educational consultant in the areas of classroom management and mathematics education. She is a former middle school and high school math teacher.

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Universal Design of Curriculum

Audience: K-12Teachers,SpecialEducatorsInstructor: Bob Tucker Dates & Times: Monday-Wednesday,August2-4,2010 8:30 AM – 12:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Framingham State College for an additional $6�

Course Description: This12hour,3-sessioncoursewilladdresstheskills,strate-gies and devices necessary to create a universally designed classroom that maxi-mizes every student’s ability to achieve. The Institute targets teams of general and special educators in grades K-12 and will focus on the development and univer-sally designed support of reading and writing skills across the curriculum. Every student will be viewed in the context of having unique strengths and learning need supports. Teachers will learn to employ varied strategies in working with students (wholeclass,smallgroup,peertopeer,individual)inordertoaddresstheneedsof their students as well as to provide multiple options for students to express an understanding of skills and concepts.

About the Instructor: Bob Tucker brings his experience as an elementary school teacher in Lexington and his work in Universal Design for Learning and Assistive Technologies with CAST to his role as education and technology spe-cialist at the Massachusetts Elementary School Principals’ Association (MESPA). BobdirectsanInstructionalTechnologyTeacherMasters/CertificationProgramin collaboration with Northeastern University. He teaches graduate online classes for Northeastern in Curriculum Design and Assistive Technology using Moodle. From 2003 through 200� he taught the DOE funded Assistive Technology/Uni-versal Design Summer Content Institute. Bob also works part-time as an assistive technology specialist for the Brockton Public Schools. Mr. Tucker received an Ed.M. in Interactive Technology from Harvard University Graduate School of Education in 1986.


WEB 2.0 Tools for the Classroom

Audience: K-12 EducatorsInstructor: Tom Daccord Dates & Times: Monday–Tuesday,August16–17,2010 8:30 AM – 4:00 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham Cost: $280 TEC Members / $300 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Framingham State College for an additional $6�

Course Description: The instructor will present his favorite free Web 2.0 sites and how to leverage them to transform learning – for students and teachers. These easytouse,freeandcollaborativeWeb2.0toolsalloweducatorstocreateonlineconnections that support both classroom instruction and professional learning. Wewillexplorestrategies,tipsandtricks.Participantswillgainhands-onexperi-ence using social media (some of the tools include nifty google tools).

About the Instructor: Tom Daccord is an educational technology specialist and author of Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology: A Practical Guide for Teach-ers by Teachers and The Best of History Web Sites. A veteran “laptop teacher” whoinstructedinawirelesslaptopenvironmentforsevenyears,TomhasbeenfeaturedintheBostonGlobe(“MakingTechConnect,”December29,2003)forhis contributions to teaching with technology. He is creator and co-webmaster ofBestofHistoryWebSites,anaward-winningportalthatreceivesupwardsoftwo million visitors a year. He is also co-director of The Center for Teaching His-torywithTechnology,anorganizationwith2400subscribers,whosemissionistohelp K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. In addition,Tom is the creator andwebmaster ofTeachingLiterature&WritingWithTechnology,designedtohelpEnglishandLanguageArts teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. Tom currently serves on the technology committee of the National Council of Social Studies and createditsonlinesocialnetwork,theNCSSCommunityNetwork.

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Wikis and Blogs: Which One is For You?

Audience: K-12 EducatorsInstructor: Rita PartridgeDates & Times: Thursday-Friday,August19-20,2010 8:30 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: Wikis and Blogs are part of the Read/Write Web. Blogs areaplacewhereconversationsandreflectionscanbeaddedtodaily.Thereadersare engaged and are asked to think and respond. Wikis began as a quick and easy way for people to publish on the web. They are best used with both teachers and students contributing to the content. Both of these tools have a place in education. In this class we will explore the uses as well as create accounts for each tool to use with your students. Once you try the tools you will be able to decide which tool is best for your style of teaching.

About the Instructor: Rita Partridge is an Instructional Technology Special-ist who has worked with students and teachers for more than 20 years. She has worked for educational publishers as a researcher and trainer for nationally pub-lished textbook programs. Rita has also taught graduate level courses as an adjunct faculty member for Lesley University in their Instructional Technology Master’s DegreeProgram.Currently,RitaisanInstructionalTechnologySpecialistintheWayland Public Schools.


ESPECIALLY FOR MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

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Aerobic Reading:Using Short, In-Class Readings to Exercise Critical Reading Skills

Audience: Middle and High School English TeachersInstructor: Maureen Kunz Dates & Times: Tuesday–Friday,July13–16,2010 9:00 AM – 12:00 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham Cost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: Thiscoursepairsshortreadings(flashfictionplussomepoetryandnonfiction)withclassroommini-lessonsdesignedtodevelopandexercisespecificcritical reading skills. The very elements that contribute to a work’s meaning – imag-ery,figurativelanguage,narrativevoice,inference,culturalcontext,andmore–cansometimesconfoundreaders.Short,in-classreadingsprovideopportunitiesforread-ers to identify and discuss elements that are both challenging and essential to their un-derstanding of the author’s intent. Participants will engage in short sample classroom learningexperiences,sharebestpractices,anddevelopstrategiesfornewandfamiliarshort pieces. Some readings may be more appropriate for older students.

Required Texts (available from barnesandnoble.com & amazon.com)Texts must be purchased and brought to first class.

Shapard,RobertandJamesThomas,eds.Sudden Fiction: American Short-Short Stories.SaltLakeCity:Gibbs-Smith,1986.ISBN-13978-0879052652Shapard, Robert and James Thomas, eds. Sudden Fiction International: Sixty Short-Short Stories.NewYork:W.W.Norton,1989.ISBN-13978-0393306132

The instructor will provide additional readings.

Participants are invited to bring in short pieces that have worked - or not worked - with their own students.

About the Instructor: Maureen Kunz taught high school English for 2� years and is the former Gr. 6-12 ELA Chair for Walpole Public Schools.

Changing the Motivational Face of Fitness

Audience: Middle School and High School Physical Education Teachers Instructor: Glenn D’Avanzo Dates & Times: Wednesday–Friday,August4–6&11-13,2010 10:00 AM – 2:00 PMLocation: Holliston High School - Room �01 and Weight RoomCost: $3�0 TEC/EDCO Members $400 Non-Members Earn: 24 PDPs 4� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 2 credits from Worcester State College for an additional $200

Course Description: This course will guide you in developing a core strength and conditioning curriculum to elicit a broad response in participation and motivation. Learntocreateanenvironmentinwhichfitnessisasportandallparticipantsareath-letes.Helpstudentsdevelopspeed,power,andoverallfitnessthroughcross-traininganduseofmultiplemodalities,includingOlympiclifts,kettlebells,plyometrics,medballs and more. We will create classroom and gymnasium-based lessons that foster highlymotivatedgroupfitnessinasupportiveatmospherewithhealthyandemotion-allysafecompetition.Conceptsforassessingprinciplesoffitnessandmaintainingwellness throughout life will be reinforced. Participants will practice setting goals anddesigningapersonalfitnessprograminordertobringthesameskillstostudentsviaJigsawandWebquests.Throughthisexercise,studentswilldiscoverthebenefitsofnutrition,exerciseandstressmanagement.

About the Instructor: Glenn D’Avanzo has presented at MAHPERD and TEC conferences. He has been teaching wellness and coaching a variety of sports and clubssince1987.Inaddition,hehassupervisedanddesignedfitnessprogramsintheeducationalsettingaswellasinthecorporatefitnessarena.Mr.D’AvanzocurrentlyteacheswellnessandrockclimbinginHolliston.HeiscertifiedbyProjectAdventureinexperientialadventureandgroupdynamics. Hispassionfor teaching,coachingand learning earned him Holliston’s “Teacher of the Year” as well as MAHPERD “Teacher of the Year” for Physical Education in 2007.


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Designing Dynamic Foreign Language Units

Audience: Foreign Language Teachers Instructors: Karen Nerpouni and Robin Neuman Dates & Times: Wednesday,August18,2010,9:00AM–1:00PM Thursday,August19,2010,9:00AM–2:30PM Friday,August20,2010,9:00AM–1:00PMLocation: SeefurthEducationalCenter,WalthamCost: $22� TEC/EDCO Members / $2�0 Non-Members Earn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: No textbook is perfect. Teachers are often frustrated by the fact that their textbooks are inadequate resources to promote student learning. In this work-shop, teacherswill takeanexistingunit fromacourse they teachand revamp it sothatitreflectswhatstudentsreallyneedtoknowandbeabletodo.Wewillidentifydesiredoutcomes,develop scaffolded learningprogressions andcreateperformanceassessments. All skills will be addressed. Participants will leave the workshop with a completed unit and the ability to use this model in future unit planning.

About the Instructors:Duringhermorethanthirtyyearsasaprofessionaleducator,Karen Nerpouni workedasateacherofFrench,foreignlanguagedepartmenthead,K-12 curriculum coordinator and assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruc-tion. She is currently an educational consultant and coordinates the TEC Licensure Programs. Robin Neuman worked as a middle school teacher and foreign language department head. She is currently a consultant who specializes in mentoring and super-vising aspiring middle school teachers.

Developing the Communicative Skills Through Task Based Activities

Audience: K-12 Foreign Language TeachersInstructor: Dr. Marcel LaVergne Dates & Times: Monday-Wednesday,August2-4,2010 8:30 AM – 4:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $300 TEC Members / $37� Non-TECEarn: 24 PDPs 4� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 2 credits from Framingham State College for an additional $130

Course Description: This course is designed to help teachers develop the Communi-cative Skill in Foreign Language students through Task-Based Activities. After explor-ingthenotionofcommunicationandthe3communicativemodes,theparticipantswillexamine the types of activities that they create and that are available in their textbooks to determine if they lead students to communicate. Then they will be introduced to task-based activities as an alternative approach to developing communicative skills by actually creating those activities which they can use in their classrooms.

About the Instructor: Marcel LaVergne,Ed.D.,theretiredK-12DirectorofFor-eignLanguagesintheNeedhamPublicSchools,hastaughtFrenchatthesecondaryand college levels. Co-author of the Scott Foresman French textbooks for high school use,hewasaprofessorofForeignLanguageandSecondLanguageMethodologyatBostonUniversity,TuftsUniversity,andFraminghamStateCollegeformanyyears.He has been a presenter of many workshops on foreign language teaching methods and has published articles in professional journals. He is currently associated with the National Capital Language Resource Center as an active contributor to its Culture Club and serves as its French Book Review Editor.


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Facilitating Learning

Audience: Secondary Teachers in the Early Stages of their Careers Instructor: Karen Nerpouni Dates & Times: Monday-Friday,August2-6,2010 8:1� AM – 4:00 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $3�0 TEC Members / $430 Non-TECEarn: 36 PDPs 67.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 3 credits from Framingham State College for an additional $19�

Course Description: This course will provide participants with a range of strate-gies they can use to promote student learning. It is intended primarily for secondary level teachers in theearlystagesof theircareers,and inparticular, for those in theTECTeacherLicensureProgram.Moreexperiencedteachersmayfinditvaluableinexpanding their repertoire and in matching strategies to the varied needs of students. The required text is The Skillful Teacher(fifthedition)bySaphierandGower,butmaterials from Dimensions of Learning will supplement it. Please purchase book be-forethefirstclass.

Topicswillinclude:CreatingtheClimateforLearning,ManagingtheLearningEnvi-ronment,HelpingStudentsAcquireKnowledgeandUseitMeaningfully,andPlanningto Facilitate Learning.

About the Instructor: Duringhermorethanthirtyyearsasaprofessionaleducator,Karen Nerpouni workedasateacherofFrench,foreignlanguagedepartmenthead,K-12 curriculum coordinator and assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruc-tion. She is currently an educational consultant and coordinates the TEC Licensure Programs.

Great Beginnings: Proven Strategies in the Foreign Language Classroom

Audience: Foreign Language Teachers (those new to teaching and others who wish to learn new techniques) Instructor: Karen Nerpouni Dates & Times: Monday–Tuesday,August16–17,2010 8:30 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: SeefurthEducationalCenter,WalthamCost: $17� TEC/EDCO Members / $220 Non-Members Earn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: This course is designed for those who are new to foreign lan-guage teaching or experienced teachers who want to refresh their thinking. Get ready forthebeginningofagreatschoolyear!Joinyourcolleaguesinexploringwaystostartalesson,keepstudentsengaged,createeffectivelearningactivitiesandbringalesson to closure. Participants will learn about: • Creating a positive classroom climate • Activating students’ prior knowledge • Generating student interest • Presenting new material • Creating activities and materials to promote learning • Using Summarizers • Generating formative and summative assessments • Integrating games

Required text (to be purchased and brought to first class): Activities, Games and Assessment Strategies

for the Foreign Language Classroom by Amy Buttnersold by Eye on Education

http://www.eyeoneducation.com/prodinfo.asp?number=7064-8

About the Instructor:Duringhermorethanthirtyyearsasaprofessionaleducator,Karen Nerpouni workedasateacherofFrench,foreignlanguagedepartmenthead,K-12 curriculum coordinator and assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruc-tion. She is currently an educational consultant and coordinates the TEC Licensure Programs.


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Improving Student Writing: Mastering Paragraph Structure and Patterns of Organization

Audience: Middle and High School English TeachersInstructor: John LaFlamme Dates & Times:Mondays-Thursdays,July12-15&19-22,2010 9:00 AM–12:00 PMLocation: Westwood High SchoolCost: $3�0 TEC/EDCO Members / $400 Non-MembersEarn: 24 PDPs 4� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 2 credits from Framingham State College for an additional $130

Course Description: The purpose of this course is to explore the various ways of teachingwriters tomaster the paragraph. Teacherswill focus on four specific ar-easoftheSix-TraitWritingRubric–Ideas,Organization,Voice,andWordChoice.By establishing a Scope and Sequence for instruction involving the various facets of theparagraph(topic,main idea, supportingdetails,elaboratingdetails), teacherswill examine the research that promotes teaching paragraph structure through student writing. The course will provide a solid foundation in designing mini lessons that targetspecificwritingconceptsemanatingfromstudentwritingintermsofparagraphstructureandpatternsoforganization(exposition,narration,persuasion,description,extendeddefinition,compare-contrast,dialogue,andprocessorhow-to).Thecoursewill clearly delineate the latest information regarding written feedback. Participants will also study learning theories that bear directly on writers’ abilities to comprehend theconcepts related tocraftingparagraphs. Inaddition, teacherswill learnhowtotranslate this instruction into having students produce a complete essay. Thefinalproducts for the course will include a Scope and Sequence related to paragraph struc-ture,ananalysisandidentificationofstudents’writingstrengthsandweaknessesandan explanation of how the feedback the teacher provided will impact the progress that studentscanexpectiftheyaddresstheissuestheteacheridentified.

About the Instructor: John Laflamme is the English Dept. chairperson for grades 6-12 in the Dedham Public Schools. He is currently an adjunct professor at Lesley University and teaches the Teaching of Writing course for grades K-12. John received hisBachelor’sfromFairfieldUniversity,hisMaster’sfromBridgewater,andhisDoc-torate from UMass at Lowell.

Integrating The Arts Into The Spanish Classroom

Audience: Grade 6 - 12 Spanish Teachers Instructor: Patricia Donahue-McElhiney Dates & Times:Monday–Thursday,July12–14,2010 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM plus one afternoon session in the fall 2010 - TBDLocation: SeefurthEducationalCenter,WalthamCost: $17� TEC/EDCO Members / $220 Non-Members Earn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: This course is designed for middle and high school teachers ofSpanishwhowouldliketouseart,music,poetryandfilmtogeneratediscussionand projects on historical events and cultural aspects of Spain and Latin America. Using the principles of Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences and Jay McTighe andGrantWiggins’UnderstandingbyDesign,thecoursewillshowhowtointegratethese art forms to enrich the curriculum and improve student understanding. The instructorwilldemonstratehowtouse theseactivities to includeskills inreading,writing,listening,speaking,culturalawareness,andaccuracy(grammar).Bytheendof thecourse,participantswillhaveplannedactivities touseintheirclassroomtosupplement their texts. This course will be conducted in Spanish.

About the Instructor: Pat Donahue-McElhiney recently retired from Brookline HighSchoolwhereshetaughtSpanish4HonorsandSpanish4/5video,acourseshedeveloped over 9 years that uses video as its focus to teach all the skills. Pat’s career began at Salem High School where she taught for 1� years and was the Director of Foreign Languages for another 3 years. While Director of Foreign Languages she taught Spanish 1-4 and an Immersion Class at North Shore Community College for � years. She moved to Brookline High School where she taught Spanish for 17 years. Pat has been teaching medical Spanish to medical personnel and resident doctors at a clinic in Lawrence for over 16 years. She has also taught Spanish to elementary schoolstudentsinanafterschoolprograminWenham,MA.Pathasbeentheco-co-ordinator of the National Spanish Exam for 18 years and is active in AATSP. She has beenapresenteratMaFlaandAATSP,andhasincludedinthesesessionspresenta-tions on the use of video in the classroom.


Life Strategies and Personal Empowerment

Audience: MiddleSchoolandHighSchoolHealth/WellnessEducators, Guidance Counselors & School PsychologistsInstructor: Glenn D’Avanzo Dates & Times: Wednesday–FridayAugust18,19,20,2010 10:00 AM – 2:00 PMLocation: HollistonHighSchool,Room501Cost: $210 TEC/EDCO Members / $2�0 Non Members Earn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: Be the guide on the side for your students to help them under-stand what drives the human spirit to succeed and how to achieve everyday personal empowerment.Aperson’sfocusdictatesattitude,attitudeinfluencesemotionsandemotions impact everyday behaviors and life experiences. This course will prepare you to teach students effective strategies to control motivating forces and set achiev-ablegoals.Inaddition,thesestrategieswillhelpimprovestudents’abilitytoplan,makeassertivedecisions,andstrengthenrelationshipsandcommunicationskills.Byevaluatingpatternsofbehaviorandchoosingwellnessasapriority,studentswillbebetter equipped to perform in any chosen endeavor.

About the Instructor: Glenn D’Avanzo has presented at MAHPERD and TEC conferences. He has been teaching wellness and coaching a variety of sports and clubssince1987.Inaddition,hehassupervisedanddesignedfitnessprogramsintheeducationalsettingaswellasinthecorporatefitnessarena.Mr.D’AvanzocurrentlyteacheswellnessandrockclimbinginHolliston.HeiscertifiedbyProjectAdventureinexperientialadventureandgroupdynamics. Hispassionfor teaching,coachingand learning earned him Holliston’s “Teacher of the Year” as well as MAHPERD “Teacher of the Year” for Physical Education in 2007.

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Making Reading Comprehension Accessible

Audience: Grade 6-8 Regular and Special Education TeachersInstructor: Katherine KerriganDates & Times: Wednesday–Friday,July28,29and30,2010 8:00 AM – 12:00 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham Cost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: This course is designed to enhance educators’ (regular ed and special ed) understanding of reading comprehension and the components involved in this critical skill. Participants will learn techniques for teaching students how to moni-tor their comprehension,visualize the text (especiallyabstract text) andparaphrasethe information read. Both regular education and special education students struggle withthisskill,andtoooftenskimthetextwithoutunderstanding.Participantsinthisclass will learn a technique that teaches students how to read to learn and not merely to memorize or to learn random facts from the text.

About the Instructor: Katherine Kerrigan,formerlyaspecialeducatorofstudentswithlanguage-basedlearningdisabilities,iscurrentlyaReadingSpecialistintheSud-bury Public Schools. Her passion for reading comprehension has led her to develop aprogramthatteachesstudentshowtobecomeindependent,activereaders.Inaddi-tion,shehasabusinessinwhichsheworkswithstudentsondevelopingtheirreadingcomprehension and writing skills outside of school.


Rivers and Revolutions: Lowell as a Case Study of American Industrialization

Audience: Grade �-12 EducatorsInstructor: Sheila Kirschbaum & Tsongas Staff Dates & Times: Tuesday&Thursday,July13&15,2010 9:00 AM – 4:00 PMLocation: TsongasIndustrialHistoryCenter,LowellCost: $2� TEC Members / $�0 Non-TEC (Non-refundable registration fee) FUNDED BY THE TEC TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM Earn: 22.� PDPs Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Framingham State College for an additional $6�

Course Description: This course examines the nineteenth-century transformation of farmlandattheconfluenceoftheConcordandMerrimackriversintooneofAmeri-ca’searliestindustrialcities,Lowell,Massachusetts.Theadventoflarge-scale,wa-ter-powered factory production in Lowell hastened American industrialization and urbanization.Byexaminingthephysical,economic,andsocialtransformationsthatoccurredinLowell,participantswillappreciatetheprofoundimpactoftheAmericanIndustrialRevolutiononworkers,theenvironment,andpeople’sviewsofnature.Ex-ploretheseeffectsofindustrialization—andthequestionsofperspectiveandpointofview—throughtours,scholarlypresentations,andhands-onactivitiesattheTsongasIndustrialHistoryCenter,LowellNationalHistoricalPark,andotherkeysitesinLow-ell.

About the Instructors: Sheila Kirshbaum is Assistant Director at Tsongas Indus-trial History Center and oversees all aspects of school programming and professional development. Other instructors include Lowell scholars and historians and Tsongas Industrial History Center education staff.

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Summer Science Institute 2010

Audience: Middle and High School Science TeachersDates & Times: Monday–Friday,July12–16,2010 8:00 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: Dover Sherborn Regional High School Cost: $320 TEC Members / $390 Non-TEC Earn: 36 PDPs 67.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 3 credits from Worcester State College for an additional $300

Course Description: The Summer Science Institute has been providing middle and high school teachers with cutting edge updates in science for many years. The Sum-mer Science Institute provides an opportunity to challenge your thinking and to earn thosePDPsincontentareathataresohardtofind.Althoughtheformatisthesameeachyear,thepresentersarenot.Ourrosterofscienceexpertswillprovideintellec-tualchallengesthatreflecttheirresearchanddevelopmentandworkinthefield.Thisgroupofspeakerswillpresentupdatesintheareasofmedicine,biology,nutritionandastronomy.Mid-weekparticipantswillspendatime“inthefield”withexperiencednaturalists. Participants will return to their classrooms with new insights into sciencethatreflectcurrentresearchandadvancements.

About the Instructors: Eachpresenterisanexpertinhisfieldofscience.Includedinthe roster are: Dr. Peter Schultz,PlanetaryGeologist,BrownUniversity;Dr. Ann Li-chtenstein, Tufts University Nutritionist; Dr. George Church,HarvardGenomeProj-ect; Dr. Chris Hug,HarvardCysticFibrosisresearcher.Ateamofteachernaturalistswillleadthedayinthefield.ChecktheTECwebsiteforupdatedlistsofpresenters.


Strategies For Teaching Reading in The Spanish Classroom(Online Course)

Audience: Grade 6-12 Teachers of Spanish Instructor: Cynthia CrimminDates & Times: Face-to-FaceSessions:June23,July29andAugust26,2010 3:00 PM - �:00 PM Online:June23-August25,2010 (No set times for online portion but assignments will be due approximately every two weeks.)Location: Face-to-facesessionsatSeefurthEducationalCenter,WalthamCost: $17� TEC/EDCO Members / $220 Non-Members Earn: 18 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Framingham State College for an additional $6�

Course Description: Inthisblendedface-to-faceandonlinecourse,participantswillrevisit strategies for teaching reading to Spanish learners. Using short stories by SpanishandHispanicauthors,participantswillduplicateandreflectonwhatstudentsmight experience when reading authentic texts. Online discussions will focus on boththepedagogyofteachingreadinginasecondlanguage,andontheselectionoftexts that capture students’ imagination and interest. The majority of the interactions willbeinSpanish,allowingparticipantstopracticeandmaintaintheirownoralandwritten languageskills. Inaddition,participantswillbe introduced toavarietyoftechnology tools that can be used to support their work in the foreign language class-room. This class is intended to provide Spanish teachers with a supportive environ-mentinwhichtodeveloptheirownskills,regardlessoftheirculturalbackgroundorprevious experience with the language.

About the Instructor: Cynthia Crimmin,Ph.D. inEducation, is theDirectorofCurriculum and Instruction for the Bedford Public Schools and former Foreign Lan-guage Department Chair in Weston and was Chairman of the Language Department at the Fessenden School.

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Striving for Success:Increasing Student Achievement in Math

Audience: Grade4-8Teachers,MathCurriculumCoordinators, Special EducatorsInstructor: Kelly Whittier Dates & Times: Monday–Tuesday,July26–27,2010 9:00 AM – 4:00 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: This course is designed to help classroom teachers increase their effectivenesswithgrades4–8studentswithspecialneedsorstudentshavingdifficultyin math. Participants will learn a multitude of strategies and techniques to engage and motivatethesestudentsinaninclusivemathsetting.Hands-on,participatoryactivitiesfocusingonNumberSenseandOperations,GeometryandMeasurement,andAlge-braicReasoning,withparticularattentionpaidtotechnologyintegrations,willserveas our base as we delve into how to help all students achieve success in mathematics. SoftwareprogramssuchasFirstinMathandStudyIsland,aswellasMoodleandvari-ousotherwebsiteswillbeexplored.Didyouknowthere’sevenaflashcardprogramfor your iPhone?

About the Instructor: Kelly Whittier is an inclusion classroom teacher with 16 yearsofexperience.Shehastaughtfourth,fifth,andsixthgradesintheSuttonPublicSchools,andisthemathenrichmentteacherforgradestwoandfive.ShehasbeenaMathCoachforgrades6–8,aswellasaconsultantforgradesK-8onmathandtechnol-ogy. Ms. Whittier has presented at numerous conferences on various topics including “MathematiciousWebsites”and“WorkingWithTalentedMathematicians”.Shefirmlybelievesallstudentscanlearnmathgiventherighttools,instruction,andsupport.


Taming the Research Process in Your Classroom

Audience: MS/HSSocialStudies,English&ScienceTeachers (Teacherteamsareencouragedtosignuptogether!)Instructor: Diane CilenoDates & Times: Monday–Thursday,August9–12,2010 8:30 AM – 3:00 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham Cost: $3�0 TEC Members / $430 Non-TECEarn: 24 PDPs 4� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 2 credits from Worcester State College for an additional $200

Course Description: Have you ever been frustrated with student research assign-ments? Feel that there must be something you could do differently to get more student buy-in?Thishands-onworkshopisforyou!Overthecourseoffourfun-filleddays,participantswillexplorethechallengesandbenefitsofstudentresearch,andlearnhowtheymightre-structurecurrentassignmentsordesignnewones,inwhichthestagesof the information search process (ISP) are thoroughly considered and addressed to maximize student learning and improve outcomes. Participants will spend most of the weekworkingwithothereducators,sharingideasforlessonsandprojects,problem-solving areas in which students struggle with research assignments and creating new orrevisedassignmentsheets,rubricsandstudenthandoutstoprepareforactualclass-es.(Thisisthestuffyouweregoingtodoanyway,butnowyoucangetcreditforit!)Attheendoftheweek,youwillbebetterpreparedtohelpyourstudents: • Definetheirproblem/task/question • Read for information • Sort information to make connections • Work with information and test their ideas • Analyzeandsynthesizetheirfindingsanddrawconclusions • Encouragestudentstoreflectandassesstheirwork

Course Requirements: Please bring materials related to a research unit that you currently teach, or an idea for a new unit, as well as any graded student projects or papers that were a result of student research.

About the Instructor: Diane Cileno is currently the high school librarian for Ac-ton-Boxborough Regional School District and has worked as Director of Libraries in WellesleyandasalibrarianinWestboroughandSudbury,whereshespentmuchofhertime collaborating with classroom teachers around student research.

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ESPECIALLY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERSAction Research Via Authentic Learning and Assessment

Audience: K-5Teachers,SchoolLibrarians,CurriculumCoordinators (Teams Encouraged)Instructor: Susan Ballard Dates & Times: Thursday–FridayAugust5–6,2010 9:00 AM – 4:00 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: Is there a question or a hypotheses you have regarding the de-signorimplementationofalesson,unitorcourseofstudy,orabouttherealvalueofaprogram or service? Are you wondering how they might be more effective and most importantly,howyourstudentsaredoingorhowtheymightbebetterserved?Thistwo-day workshop will introduce you to the use of Action Research as an intentional and systematic means to investigate your own professional practice using a model that is connected to authentic learning and assessment. We’ll also explore the use of Action Research to tackle school-wide and district-level issues and concerns.

About the Instructor: Susan BallardistheDirectorofLibrary,MediaandTechnol-ogy Services for the Londonderry (NH) School District. The Londonderry program is a past recipient of the National School Library Media Program of the Year. Susan has served on the American Association of School Librarians Board of Directors and is the current chair of ASASL’s Standards and Guidelines Implementation Task Force. She hasbeenaninstructorforgraduatelevelcoursesatRutgers,Rivier(NH),Fitchburg,and Plymouth (NH). She is cited in the American Library Association’s Whole School Library Handbook as one of the country’s “103 Outstanding School Librarians” and is afrequentpresenteratstate,regionalandnationalconferences.Susanalsoservesonseveral publisher and journal advisory boards.


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Differentiating Mathematics Instruction

Audience: K-� Teachers Instructor: Debbie Shein-Gerson Dates & Times: Tuesday-Wednesday,July6-7,2010 8:30 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Framingham State College for an additional $6�

Course Description: This two-day workshop will teach the basic tenets of differentia-tion as described by Carol Ann Tomlinson. The instructor will model various ways to differentiateprocess,productsandcontent.Teacherswillapplystrategiesofdifferen-tiation to a unit of study in order to better meet the needs of the range of learners in their classrooms. Participants are encouraged to bring the mathematics program that is currently used by their school systems. About the Instructor: Debbie Shein-Gerson is the Elementary Mathematics Coor-dinator for Weston Public Schools and was previously in Brookline as an elementary math coordinator. She was a classroom teacher and a Title 1 math specialist. Debbie consults for many school systems in the Northeast. She has been an instructor for numerousgraduatelevelcoursesthroughEmmanuelCollege,FitchburgStateCollegeand Framingham State College. She has been a member of the National Council of SupervisorsforMathematicsformorethan25yearsandhaspresentedat local,re-gional and national mathematics conferences.

Electricity

Audience: Grade 2-6 Classroom TeachersInstructors: Kelly Corbett and Mary Rizzuto Dates & Times: Tuesday–Wednesday,June29–30,2010 8:30 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description:Thiscoursewillexaminethesciencecontenttopicsofmatter,staticelectricity,currentelectricity,andelectromagnetismastheyconnecttothe“BigIdeas”ofenergy.Asanintegralpartoftheclass,participantswillengageinactive,in-quiry-basedtasks,viewvideocasestudies,andexamineauthenticstudentnotebooks.Throughtheseexperiences,theparticipantswillparallelthesequenceofinquiry-basedinvestigations and create science notebook entries that foster curiosity and individu-al investigativequestions. Inaddition togettingfirsthandknowledgeofelectricity,participantswill examine the role that inquiry, sciencenotebooks, and science talkcanplayinthedevelopmentofachild’scriticalthinkingskillsandscientificcontentknowledge. Collectively we will identify strategies that support the use of science notebooks,anauthenticassessmenttool,tobuilduponachild’sownunderstandingofelectricity.Participantswillhavetheopportunitytochoose,plan,andimplementaninvestigation based on their own curiosities.

About the Instructors: Kelly Corbett is a third grade teacher in the Needham Public Schools. She is a graduate of Simmons College and has a background in psychology and music. She has presented at regional conferences and district workshops. Mary Rizzuto serves as the Elementary Science Curriculum Specialist for the Needham Public Schools and Manages the Needham Science Center. She is a Teachers21 consul-tant and adjunct professor at Simmons College.


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Enhancing English Language Learning (Category II)

Audience: K-12 Educators and Administrators Instructor: Kathy Lobo Dates & Times: Monday–Tuesday,June28-29,2010 andSaturdays,October2&16,2010 9:00 AM - 3:00 PMLocation: TBDCost: $300 TEC/EDCO Members / $37� Non-MembersEarn: 36 PDPs 67.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 3 credits from Cambridge College for an additional $1�0

Course Description: This course is designed to help elementary and middle school teachers learn how to adapt their content instruction so they can work more success-fully with English language learners (ELLs) in regular classroom settings. Educators learn how to adapt instruction and materials to help ELLs understand academic con-tent,developacademicandsocial language,andparticipate inclassroomactivities.This course meets the requirements for Category Two of Sheltered English Immersion professional development as needed for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s proposed ELL endorsement.

About the Instructor: Kathy Lobo is an ELL Teacher for Belmont Public Schools and is an Approved Trainer by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Sec-ondary Education.

Enriching Your Reading Program with Music

Audience: GradePreK-2Teachers,SpecialNeedsTeachers and Reading Specialists Instructor: Marilyn Salerno Dates & Times: Tuesday–Wednesday,July6–7,2010 9:00 AM – 4:00 PMLocation: Miller/PlacentinoSchool,Holliston Multi-Purpose Room Cost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: Energizeyourreadingprogramwithaspecialtwist...music!Inarelaxedandenjoyableenvironment,musicwillbeusedasatooltoenrich,rein-force,reviewandsupportmanyreadingskills.Theserhythm,movement,andkines-theticactivities,alongwithsinging,aresuitableforearlychildhooddevelopmentallevels and abilities. Musical connections to literature will be shared. Many reluctant readers easily learn the words to several songs because using music taps into an-other intelligence other than visual. Using auditory and kinesthetic approaches will strengthen students’ reading and make for a pleasant way to end a hectic day or week while increasing teachers’ instructional time.

There will be an additional $10 fee for instructional materials, to be paid at the first class.

About the Instructor: Marilyn Salerno is the New England Coordinator for the Society of Children’s Bookwriters and Illustrators. She has published with Odyssey andCobblestonesMagazines,HopscotchforGirlsMagazineandCurriculumAsso-ciatesaswellastheadultmagazinemarket.Herlateststory,“LearningtheEnglishofIreland,”waspublishedintheMarch2008issueofFACESMagazine.Herstorieshave also been used by the states of Kentucky and Arkansas for their reading testing programs. She is currently working on a middle grade level novel. Before retire-ment,Marilyntaughtdevelopmentallanguageartsandreadinginkindergarten,firstand second grades during her 36 years of teaching. As an undergraduate she received a B.S. in Early Childhood Education with a minor in music. She has a M.Ed from Northeastern University.


From Language To Literacy: Reading and Writing for English Language Learners

in Sheltered Elementary Classrooms (Category IV - Elementary)

Audience: Teachers Grade 1-� (or higher if teacher is teaching all subjects in his/her classroom)Instructor: Laurie Zucker-Conde Dates & Times: Monday–Tuesday,July19–20andSaturday,September25,2010 9:00 AM - 3:00 PMLocation: SeefurthEducationalCenter,WalthamCost: $19� TEC/EDCO Members / $220 Non-Members Earn: 18 PDPs

Course Description: This training is designed to enhance elementary teachers’ pro-ficiencyindeliveringreadingandwritinginstructionthatisoptimally“sheltered”forEnglishLanguageLearnersattheintermediateorhigherlevelofEnglishproficiency,while still promoting the students’ ongoing development of English language skills. Participants will leave with the following knowledge: • Approaches and practices for developing reading skills and reading comprehen-

sion in English for English Language Learners • Strategies for developing content vocabulary for English Language Learners • Approaches and practices for using writing in sheltered content classrooms

About the Instructor: Laurie Zucker-Conde teaches for the Bedford Public Schools. She is a presenter and approved trainer by the Massachusetts Department of Elemen-tary and Secondary Education.

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Geology is Elementary

Audience: K-� TeachersInstructor: Tish WillisDates & Times: Monday–Tuesday,July26–27,2010 9:00 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: HollistonHighSchool,Room304Cost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: This two-day workshop will provide a unique opportunity to explore the geology frameworks for the elementary classroom. The focal con-ceptoftheworkshopwillbetheearthasadynamic,ever-changingentity.Inahands-onformat,participantswilldiscoverhowmountainsareformed,explorethecharacteristicsofrocksandtheirformation,discusstheformationandloca-tion of volcanoes and earthquakes and investigate the layers of the earth itself. Participants will experience activities that will be classroom friendly and easy to replicate.

About the Instructor: Tish Willis is an experienced Science instructor. She is currently teaching physics and earth science at Holliston High School. She has alsodevelopedcurriculumandprovidedinstructioningeology,meteorology,andastronomy.Mrs.Willishasextensivefieldworkexperienceintheareaofgeol-ogy.


Guided Reading for the 3-6 Classroom

Audience: Grade3-6Educators(ClassroomTeachers,SpecialEducators, Specialists) Instructor: GinnyBalicki,KarenGouletDates & Times: Wednesday-Friday,July7,8,9,2010 8:00 AM – 4:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $3�0 TEC Members / $430 Non-TECEarn: 24 PDPs 4� PDPs for graduate creditGrad Credit: 2 credits from Framingham State College for an additional $130

Course Description: This course is designed to provide strategies for conducting effec-tive guided reading sessions for intermediate students. Participants will become more masterful practitioners in using guided reading strategies to help students consolidate and applytheimportantreadingstrategiesthatareessentialtobecomingconfidant,indepen-dent and competent readers.In this course you will: • Discuss and develop assessment skills to inform instruction • Developflexibilityinguidedreadinginstruction • Explore reading workshop structures such as Readers Notebook to ensure purposeful work for all learners • Develop program ideas and interventions that will directly impact your planning for

literacy instruction

Required text: Notebook Connections, Aimee Buckner, Stenhouse Publishers, 2009Text must be purchased and brought to first class.

About the Instructors: Ginny Balicki is a former elementary literacy coordinator. Cur-rently,Ginnyisaliteracyconsultantwhoprovidesprofessionaldevelopmentforpublicand private school systems. Karen Goulet is the elementary literacy coordinator for the WellesleyPublicSchools.Inherrole,Karenconsultsandcoacheseducatorsonbestprac-tices in literacy.

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It’s Time for Nonfiction in the Reading and Writing Workshop

Audience: K-3Educators(ClassroomTeachers,CurriculumSpecialists, Special Educators and Administrators)Instructors: GinnyBalicki,KarenGouletDates & Times: Monday–Wednesday,August9,10,11,2010 8:00 AM – 4:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $3�0 TEC/EDCO Members / $43� Non-MembersEarn: 24 PDPs 4� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 2 credits from Framingham State College for an additional $130

Course Description: Openthedoortotheworldofnonfictionreadingandwritinginyour primary classroom. Why? Informational texts are everywhere in our lives and over85percentofthereadingandwritingwedoasadultsisnonfiction.Thiscoursewillteachyoustrategiesonhowtoinfusenonfiction,anessentialingredient,intoyourliteracyprogram.Participantswill:learnhowtosetupandorganizeanonfictionclass-room,developflexibilityinstrategybasedinstructioninwhole-group,smallgroup,andindependentinstructionalsettingsfornonfictionreadingandwriting,andexploreprogramideasthatwilldirectlyimpactplanningofnonfictioninstruction.

About the Instructors: Ginny Balicki is a former elementary literacy coordinator. Currently,Ginnyisaliteracyconsultantwhoprovidesprofessionaldevelopmentforpublic and private school systems. Karen Goulet is the elementary literacy coordina-torfortheWellesleyPublicSchools.Inherrole,Karenconsultsandcoacheseducatorson best practices in literacy.


Reasoning Algebraically About Operations

Audience: K-7Teachers,MathSpecialists* *At least two years experience with a standards-based math curriculum strongly recommended; previous DMI course desirable Instructor: Nancy Holland BuellDates & Times: Monday–Friday,August16–20,2010&Saturday,October16,2010 8:30 AM – 3:00 PMLocation: Westwood High SchoolCost: $3�0 TEC Members / $43� Non-TECEarn: 36 PDPs 67.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 3 credits from Salem State College for an additional $200

Course Description: In thiscourse,K-7 teacherswill think through themajoral-gebraic ideas embedded in whole number computation strategies and examine how studentsdevelopthoseideas. Throughwrittenandvideocasesandmathactivities,participants will have the opportunity to: • articulate generalizations implicit in students’work, aswell as those that stu-

dentsstateexplicitly,astheynoticepropertiesoftheoperationsandrelationshipsamong operations

• express thesegeneralizations innatural language, insymbolic forms,withdia-gramsordrawings,andwithphysicalmodels

• examine the connections among students’ thinkingabout thesegeneral claims,teachers’ownthinking,andtheformalstatementsknownastheLawsofArithme-tic

• explore “representation-based proofs” – arguments based on diagrams and physi-cal models – as well as proofs based on symbolic notation

About the Instructor: Nancy Holland Buell has more than 40 years of experience as aclassroomteacher,mathematicsspecialist,workshopandgraduatecoursefacilitator.She is a former president of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Massachu-settsandhaspresentedatlocal,state,andnationalconferences.SheiscurrentlytheElementary Mathematics Curriculum Coordinator in the Westwood Public Schools

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Simple Machines & Engineering Design Process

Audience: Grade 2-6 Classroom Teachers Instructor: Mary Rizzuto Dates & Times: Tuesday–Wednesday,August17–18,2010 8:30 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: Needham Science Center at Newman Elementary SchoolCost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: This course will relate the function of simple machines to the principles of physics behind their design. Participants will examine the role of engineering/technology within the grade 2-6 Science curricula. They will also collaborate in design challenges that use the engineering design process as part of the task and will evaluate and discuss their solutions to the proposed challenge. All design challenges presented incorporate simple machines and can be inte-gratedintotheelementaryclassroom.Examinationofglobalcompetencies,21stcenturyskillset,scientificinquiry,sciencenotebookusageandexpositorywritingtasks are integrated throughout each session.

About the Instructor: Mary Rizzuto serves as the Elementary Science Cur-riculumSpecialistfortheNeedhamPublicSchools.Shecontinuesanaffiliationwith theChecheKonnenCenter atTERC, inCambridge,where, as a teacherresearcher,sheexaminestherolelanguageplaysinhowyoungchildrencometounderstand the big ideas of math and science. She is an adjunct professor at Sim-monsCollegefortheUrbanEducationGraduateProgram,aNationalConferencepresenter and published author. Mary’s expertise is in inquiry teaching and learn-ing.Shedrawsonherexperienceasaclassroomteacherandsciencespecialist,havingtaughtintraditional,loopingandmulti-gradedclassroomsfromKinder-garten through sixth grade.


SMART Boards in the Elementary Classroom

Audience: K-� TeachersInstructors: Barbara Lanzoni & Erica SimmondsDates & Times:Wednesday–Thursday,June23-24,2010 8:30 AM – 3:00 PMLocation: HopkinsSchool,HopkintonCost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: SMART Boards engage students in learning and teachers can take advantage of this enthusiasm by using the interactivity of a SMART Board in their classrooms. Participants in this course will learn the basics of using a SMART Board aswellasthesoftwareandgeneralsetup,toolsincorporatedintotheSMARTBoardNotebook,websitesthatlendthemselvestointeractivity,lessonplansforteachers,andhow other teachers use SMART Boards in their classrooms. Each week will focus onadifferentsubject(Math,ELA,SocialStudies,Science).Teacherswillworkonaproject for their own classes and will be able to share their ideas/projects during the lastclass.Pleasebringaflashdrivetoclass.

Note: There are many different kinds of interactive boards. This course will be using SMART Boards from SMART Technologies.

About the Instructors: Barbara Lanzoni is a former classroom teacher who excels in her work with teachers and students as they integrate technology into the classroom. Barbara’scourse,IntegratingTechnologywithEducation,isanintegralpartofTEC’steacher licensure program. She has successfully provided professional development workshops for K-12 teachers as well as graduate level courses that demonstrate how to usetechnologyinsubjectspecificareas.Erica Simmonds has taught fourth grade and is presently teaching third grade in the Norwood Public Schools. She has effectively incorporated the SMART Board in her everyday teaching and uses the SMART Board in lessons across the curriculum. She guides her students to make the most out of the interactivity to improve their learning. Erica has successfully conducted other profes-sional development workshops as well as workshops on the SMART Board.

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Social Studies Literary Connection

Audience: ElementaryTeachers,MiddleSchoolSpecialists, Curriculum CoordinatorsInstructor: Carol Cohen Dates & Times: Monday–Tuesday,July19–20,2010 8:30 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham Cost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: “Notmuch time for Social Studies” – Nonsense! Thiscourse will explore creative ways to teach Social Studies using books from vari-ous genres and grade levels. Major themes of the History and Social Sciences Framework (civics,history,economicsandgeography)andEnglishLanguageFramework will be addressed.

Among topics to be covered: • Exploring Multiple Intelligences as they relate to ELA and Social Studies • Beginning with a book – creative and motivating lesson introductions • Exploringnon-fictionasavaluableresourceforexploringprimarysources • FictionforSocialStudies–frompicturebooks,chapterbooksandbeyond

About the Instructor: Carol Cohen has many years of experience working in thefieldofeducation.SheisanadjunctfacultymemberatLesleyUniversityinthe Graduate School of Education where she teaches Social Studies Methods and PracticumSeminar.Withhercompany,NowVoyagerEducation,CaroltravelstoschoolsalloverNewEngland,presentinghistoryandgeographyworkshopstoel-ementary and middle school students and teachers. She holds three Massachusetts teachingcertificationsandisanapprovedMassachusettsProfessionalDevelop-mentProvider.Carolisapublishedhistorian,havingauthoredtheOregonTrailJackdaw for Golden Owl Publishing.


Strengthening Students’ Writing in the Intermediate Writing Workshop

Audience: Grade3-5Educators(ClassroomTeachers, CurriculumSpecialists,SpecialEducatorsandAdministrators)Instructors: GinnyBalicki,KarenGouletDates & Times: Monday–Wednesday,July12,13,14,2010 8:00 AM – 4:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $3�0 TEC/EDCO Members / $43� Non-MembersEarn: 24 PDPs 4� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 2 credits from Framingham State College for an additional $130

Course Description: This course is designed to help participants implement a respon-sive writing workshop in the grade 3-� classroom. Across the span of our three-day sessions,youwillbecomemorefamiliarwiththearchitectureofminilessons,confer-ences,andsmallgroupstrategysessions.Videoclipswillbeusedforobservationanddiscussion.Youwillobservethoughtful,reflectiveteachinginwaysthatwillenableyou to apply methods to strengthen your own teaching of writing. Use three days this summer to develop program ideas that will directly impact your weekly planning of writing instruction..Course Requirements: • Participantsarerequestedtobringtothefirstclassprofessionaltexts/materials

that focus on writing instruction. • Required readings will be distributed at the end of each session. • Afinal reflectionpaperwill be required for participants taking the course for

graduate credit. (Details will be provided in the course syllabus.)

Required text: Assessing Writers by Carl Anderson (Heinemann)Text must be purchased and brought to first class.

About the Instructors: Ginny Balicki is a former elementary literacy coordinator. Currently,Ginnyisaliteracyconsultantwhoprovidesprofessionaldevelopmentforpublic and private school systems. Karen Goulet is the elementary literacy coordina-torfortheWellesleyPublicSchools.Inherrole,Karenconsultsandcoacheseducatorson best practices in literacy.

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SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMSTEC Assistive Technology Master’s Degree Program

Audience: All Educators and TherapistsInstructors: Madalaine Pugliese and Simmons Assistive Tech FacultyDates & Times: Starting Fall 2010Location: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham Cost: $1,500percourse(9Courses)Earn: Master’s Degree or Ed. S. from Simmons College

The Assistive Special Education Technology program provides graduate course work in thespecializedfieldofassistiveoradaptivetechnologyanduniversaldesignforlearn-ing. The program focuses on designing practical ways to accommodate learners with specialneedsingeneraleducationsettings.Educators,therapists,andotherswilllearnhow to choose and use the best tools and teaching methods for helping these special needs students.For example, apieceof readingmaterial thatmightpresentbarriersto children who are legally blind or have challenges with access to print can be pre-sentedinauniversallydesigneddigitaldevice,offeringthesamematerialinBrailleoraread-aloud format. Hands-on technology guidance ranges from low-tech recorders and digitalclocks,tocomputerswithsynthesizedspeech,interactiveeducationalsoftwareprograms,andelectronicportfolios.This36-creditprogramprovidesexpertiseinareassuchasassistivetechnology,softwareevaluation,alternativeassessmentmethods,cur-riculumframeworks,andcurriculumadaptations.Coursesareofferedonweeknights,weekends,andoccasionallyasone-weekscheduledsessions.

For more information contact Madalaine Pugliese: [email protected] or617-521-2521,orcometoanopenhouseattheTECProfessionalDevelopmentCen-ter for any of the following 2010 Information Sessions from 4:00 – 5:00 PM to hear about the program: April 14, May 11 or June 9, 2010.


Executive Functioning Skills:Describing Student Learning and Planning for Differentiation

Audience: Grade3-12Teachers,SpecialEducators,SLPs,OTs, GuidanceCounselors,AdministratorsInstructor: Nancy TarulliDates & Times: Tuesday–Wednesday,August17–18,2010 8:00 AM – 3:00 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham Cost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Framingham State College for an additional $6�

Course Description:Thegrowthofnewbrain-basedunderstandings,astheyapplyuniversally to all students, gives educators the opportunity to build a commonvo-cabularytodiagnose,plan,accommodateandteachallofourstudents.Thegoalofthis course is to give participants an overview of these Executive Skills so they might describestudentsaslearners,gettingawayfromgenericlabelssuchasADHDorASDas a way to evaluate and plan intervention. Once these Executive Function understand-ingsareshared,theapproachbecomesmoretransdisciplinaryinnature,focusingonacommonlanguageamongstudent,teacher,therapist,andparent.

About the Instructor: Nancy Tarulli has worked as a speech/language pathologist inavarietyofenvironmentsincluding;publicandprivateschools,institutionalanduniversity clinics as well as private practice. She has a Master’s in Speech/Language PathologyandiscertifiedinReading.SheispublishedinTheReadingTeacherandLanguage Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools. She has been presenting work-shopsonLanguageDisabilities,ClassroomInclusionforLanguageArts,ASD,TheSpeechtoReadingContinuum,andExecutiveFunctionsince1989.

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How to Reach the Hard to Teach

Audience: K-12Teachers,SpecialEducatorsandGuidancePersonnelInstructor: Julie Kiricoples Dates & Times: Thursday–Friday,August12,13andMonday,August16,2010 8:30–�:00 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham Cost: $3�0 TEC Members / $400 Non-TECEarn: 24 PDPs 4� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 2 Credits from Worcester State College for an additional $200

Course Description: This course is designed to give participants basic knowledge on someprevalentlearningdisabilities,including,butnotlimitedto,ADD,ADHD,AspergerSyndrome,SensoryIntegrationDisorderandDepression.Participantswillexaminetheneurological aspects of each syndrome and explore interventions and accommodations for classroom practice. Strategies for both students and parents will also be explored. A portfolio-styleproductwillbecreated,whichincludesresearch,data,professionalread-ings,classroomstrategiesandaproactiveActionPlan.

Required text: Different Brains, Different Learners. Eric Jensen

Text must be purchased before first class.

About the Instructor: Julie A. Kiricoples,M.Ed.,hasdesignedanddevelopedvariouscurriculum materials and professional development programs for both public and private schoolsandcolleges.Sheaddressescurrentpedagogyinthefieldofneurobiologyandutilizesitstenetstoeducateparents,teachers,andstudentsontopicsrelatedto:thebrainand learning; strategies for teaching special education students; and classroom techniques and behavior management.


It’s App-ealing…An App for All Learners:iTouch for Special Educators

Audience: BeginnerUsers,SpecialEducatorsandSpeechPathologistsInstructor: Rosey McQuillan Dates & Times: TuesdayandWednesday,June29-30,2010 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM Location: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham Cost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: We are a mobile society and our students are part of that world. Oftentheapplicationsthattheyneedtouse,andtheinformationneededtousethem,arenotinthesameplace!TheiPodTouchcanbeusedformorethanjustlisteningtomusicor playing games. This device offers great possibilities as an assistive technology tool. Lettheapplicationsandinformationtravelwiththem,fromhometoschoolandclass-to-class!Notonlyisitportable,mobileandaccessible,it’scool.Withtechnologyadvanc-ingfasterthanmostofuscanadapt,itisoftendifficulttoseetheusefulnessofthelatesttoolonthemarket.Wewillreviewapplicationsthatassistwithcommunication,allowingthe iTouch to be an augmentative communication device. We will explore apps for read-ing,writingandmath,includingthosethatprovidesupportforstudentswithprintbaseddisabilities and students who may need visual prompting tools. Many new applications are designed for access on the web. Learn how to access these web-based tools using youriTouch.Thismeansthatstudentsarenolongertiedtotheirclassroomcomputers,also eliminating the issue of Mac vs. PC. This workshop will present many of these new apps,whereandhowtofindthemandhowtheyintegrateintotheeducationalenviron-ment to increase student productivity.

About the Instructor: Rosey McQuillan is an Assistive Technology specialist for the Wellesley Public Schools. She has successfully provided professional development workshops for Pre-K-12 teachers that demonstrate how to use technology effortlessly across all curriculum areas.

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Simmons College at The Education Cooperative (TEC)Master of Science in Special Education

Licensure – Teacher of Students with Severe Disabilities (All Levels)

Contacts at Simmons College: Allan S. Blume,AssistantProfessor,SimmonsCollege(617-�21-2�47) or [email protected] Nancy Ortega,Off-SiteProgramManager,SimmonsCollegeCASGraduate(617-�21-2626) or [email protected]

Program Description: The Simmons College graduate program in severe disabilities hasanaction-orientedcurriculum,allowingstudentstopracticewhattheylearnthroughhands-on projects and research. Course offerings address topics such as classroom management,collaborativeconsultation,assistivetechnology,behavioralstrategies,re-searchdesign,andgrantwriting.Becausethecurriculumpreparesstudentstoprovidedirect service in specializedand inclusiveclassrooms,generaleducationcourseworkis further refined toaddressavarietyof learningstyles.Studentsalsogainexpertisein how to lead and implement changes in school systems so that learners with special needs can be accommodated in general education settings.

Althoughtheprogramsareacademicallydemanding,learningtakesplaceinasupport-ive, collegial environment.Small classes facilitate individualmentoringandprovideopportunitiesforgroupdiscussions,teamprojects,andcollaborativeresearchwithfac-ulty. Simmons’ professors in special education are experienced practitioners who are ac-tiveintheirfieldsasresearchers,teachers,administrators,andnationallydistinguishedexperts.

Severe DisabilitiesThis program provides preparation for licensure in teaching learners with severe dis-abilities (PreK-12). Coursework and related practicum experiences prepare teachers to workinavarietyofsettings,includingclassesingeneralorspecialeducation,aswellasin residential or day schools. Students are prepared to teach in all core general education curriculumareas.Inaddition,graduatesaretrainedtoteachskillssuchascommunica-tion,socialbehavior,andspecificjobcompetencies.

One-Year Practicum ExperienceEachstudentpursuinglicensurecompletesafull-timepracticum,consistingofayear-long teaching position in a school setting. This extensive classroom experience allows candidates to develop teaching skills— including strategies for inclusion, behaviormanagement,socialskill instruction,andadaptingclassroominstruction.Inaddition,eachcandidatebenefitsfromthesupervisionandmentorshipofexperiencedpractitio-nersandfieldsupervisors.

For more information, come to TEC on: April 12, May 12 or June 3, 2010 at 4:00 PM


Project Read®: Phonics

Audience: K – 4 Teachers Instructor: Nancy Raskind Dates & Times: Monday–Wednesday,July26–28,2010 8:30 AM – 3:30 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in DedhamCost: $680 TEC Members / $720 Non-TECEarn: 18 PDPs 4� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 2 credits from Endicott College for an additional $100

Course Description: Project Read® Phonics curriculum leads teachers through a sys-tematicorderofphonics skillsusingvisual, auditory,kinesthetic, tactile, andbodylanguage teaching strategies. Each skill is presented using direct instruction. Lessons includemulti-sensory activities, letter formation, vocabularydevelopment, spellinggeneralizations, student practice exercises, and readingmaterials for skillmastery.The lessons teach to transfer through sentence dictation and reading comprehension strategies. The Language Circle/ Project Read® Phonics program integrates decod-ingstrategies,vocabularydevelopment,narrativeandexpositoryreadingprocesses,questioning strategies for higher level processing and independent study skills. The curriculummaterialsincludeagradeareascopeandsequence,andacurriculuminte-grationplanfordecoding,spelling,readingcomprehension,andwritingskills.ProjectRead® materials are based on a research-driven language arts curriculum that meets theNationalReadingPanel’sfiveessentialcomponentsofeffectivereadinginstruc-tion.Designedin1973byDr.MaryLeeEnfieldandVictoriaGreene,ProjectRead®materialshonordiverselearningprofilesandprovidecurriculawithlessonsbuiltondirectconceptteaching,multi-sensoryprocessing,systematicinstruction,andhigherlevelthinkingskills.ProjectRead®curriculaandinstructioncreateacaptivating,re-spectful,anddignifiedenvironmentforyouandyourstudents.

About the Instructor: Nancy Raskind is a national consultant for the LanguageCir-cle®.ShehasbeenpresentingProjectREAD®formanyyears.Previously,shetaughtfor 21 years at the Carroll School for learning disabled students. Nancy also worked in the Brookline and Chelmsford Public Schools as a classroom teacher for grades fourandfive.Inaddition,shehasworkedasateachertrainerattheGarsideInstitutefor Teacher Training for 11 years. She has served on the board of the New England Branch of the International Dyslexia Association for two years. Nancy holds a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master’s in Education from Boston University.

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Sensory Diet in Your Classroom

Audience: PreK-5Teachers,SpecialEducators,OccupationalTherapistsInstructor: JocelynnB.Wallach,MS,OTR/LDates & Times: Tuesdays&Thursdays,August3,5,10,12,2010 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM andWednesdays,October6,13,20,2010 3:4� PM – 6:30 PMLocation: DeerfieldSchool,WestwoodCost: $3�0 TEC/EDCO Members / $400 Non-MembersEarn: 24 PDPs 4� PDPs for graduate creditGrad Credit: 2 credits from Worcester State College for an additional $200

Course Description: Why do some of your students grab everything in sight? Why do some of your students hum? Why do some of your students lean on people and walls? Learn the answers to these questions and develop a sensory diet for your class-room!Thiscoursewillallowparticipantstodefinesensoryintegration.Theywilllearnthe basic neuroanatomy/neurophysiology of the sensory systems involved in sensory integration. Participants will review normal development. They will learn the newly revised theory of Sensory Processing Disorders. They will identify aspects of im-pairedsensorymodulation,sensoryregistration,motorplanning,executivefunction,andhandwriting.Inaddition,teacherswilllearnhowtoapplythetheoryofsensoryintegrationto theclassroomtohelptheirstudents toattend, tosustainfocusandbemore available for learning. Teachers will also learn how to improve students’ mo-tordevelopment,academicacquisition,andexecutivefunctioning.Lectures,videos,readings,in-depthdiscussions,researchandcaseanalysiswillbeusedtohelpdevelopa sensory diet relevant to their practices and classrooms. The course will be divided into two parts. The summer sessions will focus on the theory and the fall sessions will involve the application of theory in the classroom.

Students will need to take pictures of their classroom and acquire the books Out-of-Sync Child – revised and Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, both by Carol Stock Kranowitz.

About the Instructor: Jocelynn B. Wallach,MS,OTR/Lhasbeenworkingasape-diatricoccupationaltherapistforover32years.Shehasworkedinthecommunity,inearlyintervention,inhospitals,andschools.Shewashiredasaconsultantandprac-titioner to develop the pediatric occupational therapy departments for the Brockton VisitingNursesAssociation,BraintreeRehabilitation,andNewEnglandSinaiHospi-tal. She has been an associate professor at Boston University and lectured at a variety ofvenuesincludingtheNortheastRegionalConferenceonAutism.Presently,sheisworking full-time in the Westwood Public Schools and has her own private practice.


Topics in Autism: Strategies, Ideas, and Activities

Audience: SpecialEducationTeachers,Paraprofessionals and Inclusion SpecialistsInstructor: Shauna Jean Dates & Times: Monday–Thursday,July19–22,2010 4:00 – 7:00 PMLocation: TEC Professional Development Center in Dedham Cost: $210 TEC Members / $2�0 Non-TEC Earn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate creditGrad. Credit: 1 credit from Worcester State College for an additional $100

Course Description: Feeling stuck in a rut? Needing new ideas for September? This classisdesignedtoaddnewlifetoyourcurrentAutismcurriculum.Referencingsolid,award-winningbooks on a variety ofAutism-related topics, you can enterSeptemberarmedwithfresh,easytoimplementapproaches.

Class Design:Eachclasswilluseaspecificbookasastarting-offpoint.Wewillreviewimportant points from each book. We will also create materials and programs while shar-ing ideas on integrating the concepts from our books into our various classrooms and educational settings.

Class 1: Teaching Emotional Understanding Class 2: Fostering Successful Inclusion Class 3: Using High-Interest Topics to TeachClass4:GreatIdeas!

Required texts (All texts must be purchased and brought to first class)Brookes Publishing Autism Division should have these titles.

Most Autism sites will have them as well.

1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

by Ellen Notbohm and Veronica Zysk, Future Horizons, Inc.Teaching Children with Autism to Mind Read

by Patricia Howlin, Simon Baron-Cohen and Julie Hadwin, Wiley & SonsYou’re Going to Love This Kid, Teaching Students With Autism in the Inclusive

Classroom by Paula Kluth, BrookesJust Give Him the Whale, 20 Ways to Use Fascinations, Areas of Expertise and Strengths to Support Students with Autism by Paula Kluth and Patrick Schwarz,

Brookes

About the Instructor: Shauna Jean,M.S.Ed.,BCBAistheBehaviorServicesCoordi-natorforTheEducationCooperative.ABoardCertifiedBehaviorAnalystandCertifiedSpecialEducationTeacher,shebrings19yearsofexperienceinteaching,supervising,and consulting to her work with students with special needs.

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Wilson Language Training: Wilson Reading System (WRS)

Introductory Workshop / Applied Methods

Audience: Elementary and Secondary Reading and SPED Teachers and Specialists Instructor: CertifiedWilsonTrainerDates&Times: Wednesday–Friday,August4-6,2010 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: TBA Cost: $37� TEC Members / $42� Non-TECEarn: 12 PDPs 22.� PDPs for graduate credit Grad. Credit: 1 credit from Endicott College for an additional $1�0

Course Description: This 1�-hour workshop presents multi-sensory structured lan-guage principles and techniques of the WRS program. It provides hands-on and practi-cal training to teachers implementing the WRS Intervention Model. The training in-cludes: • Reading research • Principles of language structure • Howtoteachlanguagewithdirect,multi-sensorymethods • Program implementation • Studentplacement,progressmonitoringandscheduling • Fiveareasofreading:phonemicawareness,phonics,vocabulary,fluency, comprehension • HowtheWRSaddressesthefiveareasofreading • Creating a successful classroom environment • WRS lesson planning and procedures • Lesson plan writing and practice

Please note: This 3-day workshop replaces the 2-day Overview, which is no longer available.


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The Education Cooperative

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