The SERC Effective Instruction booklet of is one of three volumes announcing professional development activities offered by SERC during the 2007-2008 school year. It is a compilation of trainings sponsored by SERC’s initiatives and projects that focus on curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Each activity is designed to provide educators and other professionals with instructional options for use in the general classroom with students who are demonstrating academic/behavioral difficulty.
Topical Index of Workshops
ACCOUNTABILITY, CURRICULUM, AND DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION
Making Standards Work (MSW)
Data-Driven Decision Making (DDDM)/ Data Teams
Effective Teaching Strategies (ETS)
Differentiating Instruction for Today’s Classrooms
Creative and Aesthetic Arts in Early Childhood
CO-TEACHING/ COLLABORATION
Making a Difference through Co-Teaching
An Advanced Session for Experienced Co-Teachers: Supporting Language Development in English Language Learners
Into the Classroom: SLPs as Co-Teachers
An Advanced Session for Experienced Co-Teachers: Planning for Powerful Instruction
EARLY INTERVENING SERVICES AND RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION
Early Intervening Services and Response to Intervention (RtI): What Does Connecticut Have to Build On?
Reflective Team Process (RTP): A Facilitated Dialogue to Support and Enhance
the Effectiveness of Early Intervention Teams
EIP Networking Sessions
Case Partner Training: Building Collaborative Partnerships with Colleagues
Embedding Early Intervention in the Culture of Daily Practice
Using Data to Define and Monitor Student Behavior
Monitoring for Student Success: Are Your Interventions Working?
LEADERSHIP
Evaluating and Supervising Teachers Working in a Co-Teaching Model
Evaluating and Supervising Teachers in Differentiated Classrooms
Reform, Results, and Relationships: The Keys to Comprehensive School Improvement
in the Age of Accountability
Leading within a Diverse Community
LITERACY
Integrating Early Literacy in the Curriculum: Selecting and Using Multicultural Children’s Books to Teach Social Skills, Equity, and Social Action: A Study Group
Making Connections with Writing
Talk to Write, Write to Learn
Turning Classrooms into Reading Workshops, K-2
Multi-Sensory Structured Language Instruction: A Literacy Intervention Approach for Children, K-2
Teaching Writing to Black and Latino Students in the Primary Grades
Tools for Teaching Content Literacy
Motivating the Struggling Adolescent Reader: A Study Group
The Fundamentals of Writing Sentences
Putting It Together with Science, Math, and Literacy
Project CRISS: Creating Independence through Student-Owned Strategies
Integrating Technology into Literacy Instruction
MATHEMATICAL LITERACY
Differentiated Instruction in Mathematics for English Language Learners
Tiered Lessons for Mathematical Instruction
Algebraic Reasoning
POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT
Positive Behavior Support in Connecticut
Conducting Functional Behavior Assessments and Developing Behavior Intervention Plans
Enhancing Students’ Executive Skills: Strategies to Support Student Learning
and Behavioral Regulation
SCIENCE LITERACY
Inquiry and Differentiation in the Elementary Science Classroom: A Study Group
Linking Elementary Science and Literacy: A Consortium Learning Opportunity
The Inclusive High School Science Classroom: Strategies and Tools for the Success of All Learners
Save the Date: A Showcase of Science Instructional Resources
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN GENERAL EDUCATION
Save the Date! Expanding Horizons 10th Annual Conference on Educating Students with Disabilities in General Education Classroom
A Step by Step Approach for Inclusive Schools
TECHNOLOGY
Technology Tools to Assist in the Writing Process for Students in Grades 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8
Current Trends in Online Resources for Grades 6-12 (Web-Based Seminar)
OTHER SERC ACTIVITIES
Save the Date! The 12th Annual Statewide Conference for Paraprofessionals
Paraprofessionals as Partners Study Groups
Save the Date! National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals Conference
Save the Date! Preparing for the Road Ahead: Helping Students Transition to College
