Date(s)

Events

Audience

Location

December 17

Getting Better at Professional Assessments:

Framework Observation Program Refresher

With Dr. Paula Bevan

Supervisors

Hampton Inn

Jan. 11

Thru

April 16, 2010

Online Course

Contemporary Middle East

for Educators

This is a geographic, political, social, religious, cultural, and economic study of the modern Middle East, focusing on the 20th Century but reaching back in time to understand historical foundations of present realities.

Instructor: Phil Crossman

Middle and High School

Online

Jan.  13 & 17

Feb. 10

March 3, 17, 31

April 14

May 5 & 19

June 2

A Matter of Equity:

The Principles of Writing for Understanding

This introductory course will help teachers of all grade levels and content areas to design instructional sequences that incorporate both clearly articulated content understanding and standards-based writing skills. It is designed for K-12 teachers who want to begin incorporating content-based and standards-based writing into their curriculum in a thoughtful and manageable way, so that all their students learn to write effectively.

Instructors: Beth Lane, Teacher, BSD

                Jane Miller, Literacy Teacher, BSD

K-12 Teachers

Edmunds Elementary,

Burlington

Jan. 13, 20, 27

Feb. 3, 10, 17

March 10, 17,

          24, 31

April 7, 14 2010

Building Upon the Foundation

This 3 credit graduate course will focus on examining research about how students construct an understanding of addition and subtraction and the relationship between them, analyzing strategies students use, and exploring various ways to assess and promote additive reasoning.

Prerequisite: Laying the Foundation

Instructor: Sandi Stanhope

Early Educators and Special Educators in the Primary and Elementary level

St. Albans City School

Jan 20, 27

Feb 3,10,17

March 3,10,17,24

And 31

April 7,14,21

May 5,12

And 15 online hrs.

CLIMBS®

Professional Development Course

Content and Language Integration as a Means of Bridging Success (CLIMBS)®, is a course designed to assist educators in applying the WIDA English language proficiency (ELP) standards in their classroom instruction using a sheltered instruction approach.

Instructors:  Kathy McLean,

   ELL Content Specialist for BSD, former ELL teacher

   Beth Evans, ELL teacher at Integrated Arts Academy   

   at HO Wheeler

School teams of ESL and General Ed. Teachers who teach ELL in the K-12 setting

Burlington School District

Feb. 1 thru

May 31

12 online sessions

Online Math Course

Proportional Reasoning in the

Middle Grades

This three graduate credit course we will investigate deeply proportional reasoning content in the middle grades and identify proportionality in each strand of the NCTM Standards, Number and Operations, Geometry and Measurement, Algebra and Functions, and Probability and Statistics.

Instructors: Marny Frantz and Leslie Ercole

Middle Level Teachers

Online

March 25

Connectivity 21

Dine & Discuss

with Scott McLeod

Transitioning Vermont Schools in the

21^st Century:

How to survive disruptive innovation

Connectivity 21 Teams and Others

TBD

March 26

Connectivity 21

21^st Century Schooling:

What does it look like and how do you support it?

with Scott McLeod

Connectivity 21 Teams and Others

TBD

March 31

Flynn Workshop

Engaging Active Learners

Integrating Drama and Movement

into the Curriculum

A day of workshops for Educators

Teachers K-8

Flynn Center

    SUMMER 2010

SAVE the DATES

June 28

Thru

July 1

Formative Assessment for Keeping Learning on Track:

Train the Trainer

TBD

June 28

Thru

July 1

With 1 fall follow-up

“Spark Your School”

Darienne Oaks

All Educators

Shelburne Community School

July 13-16,2010

Launching the READING WORKSHOP

with Leah Mermelstein

Teachers K-2

TBD

July 19-22,2010

Differentiated Instruction Institute

Instructor: Cindy Strickland

K-12

Teams are encouraged

FHTMS,

South Burlington

Global Classroom

Partnership with Global classrooms to offer on-line courses.