Strength in Diversity - Workshops

Strength in Diversity- Join us this week as the KIS Student Support Team presents a diverse menu of hands-on workshops that will help you reach your students at every level. Walk away with concrete, practical tools that you can immediately apply in your classrooms.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:20		Paulson: Differentiating with Lexile Levels	C. Canales Teacher v. Student Behavior	H.Hale: ABC Guide for Teacher & TA Collaboration	Paulson: Differentiating with Lexile Levels
10:30	K.Callahan- English Language Learners and Technology Tools	H.Hale: ABC Guide for Teacher & TA Collaboration	A. McCullough Fun with Phonetics Understanding speech sounds of all languages	H. Jun- Recognizing and Facilitating Executive Function Skills in the classroom	A.McCullough- Caring for your "Teacher Voice"
12:35	C. Canales Teacher v. Student Behavior			A.McCullough- Caring for your "Teacher Voice"
2:05			H. Jun Recognizing and Facilitating Executive Function Skills in the classroom	K.Callahan- English Language Learners and Technology Tools	A.McCullough- Fun with Phonetics- Understanding Speech sounds of all languages

Teacher v Student Behavior

Christine Canales

This session will highlight several positive behavior supports that teachers can implement in their classrooms to increase desired behaviors and decrease disruptive behaviors. Some strategies and tools that will be highlighted include the use of technology to incorporate brain breaks/movement breaks into instruction as well as a fun, online behavior application that allows for immediate parent communication.

English Language Learners and Technology Tools

Karen Callahan

How can we use technology as a scaffold to help our English Language students succeed? What are tools that can help my EL students have the same access to content? This session is about helping our ELs gain a grasp on the English language and helping them display their content understandings through technology.   
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Caring for your “Teacher Voice"

Angie McCullough

Calling all coaches, singers, and orators: come and learn healthy habits to make your “teacher voice” all it can be. If you use your voice as a professional tool, this session is for you! Preventative care and other techniques will be taught and practiced during this session. 

Fun with Phonetics

Angie McCullough

Want to help students reduce heavy accents, correct a speech sound, or increase intelligibility? Join me for a quick and dirty way to learn about sounds of ALL languages. 

Recognizing and Facilitating Executive Function Skills in the Classroom

Helen Jun

Studies show that when children learn key life skills based on executive functions of the brain, they are more likely to thrive now and in the future..." Let's explore the topic of Executive Function Skills and how it could add another perspective in assessing your students.

Differentiating with Lexile Levels

Emily Paulson

Join this session to collect strategies on evaluating and selecting appropriate reading material for your students.  We will learn several lexile leveling tools that can be utilized to diversify reading content and enable students to perform research at their comprehension level.  

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ABC Guide for Teacher and TA collaboration
Heather HaleABC Guide for Teacher and TA collaboration- Have a TA in your classroom? Join me to effectively and efficiently collaborate with your assistant in order to make the most of your resources.

Presentations and Resources:

English Language Learners and Technology Tools

Karen Callahan

Differentiating with Lexile LevelsEmily Paulson