MPACT 2013

In this interactive session participants will learn quick strategies to actively engage students in vocabulary development and leave with BOY activities to implement.  Higher level thinking skills paired with visual memory help ensure that key content/elective words are remembered. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops.

• Teachers will use available technology to access resources.
• Teachers will gain comfort and become familiar with the functionality of our ebook platform.
• Teachers will introduce students to ebook access thereby expanding the library beyond the limits of a brick and mortar building.

Utilizing a synthesis of Continuous Improvement Cycle models, the MISD leaders will provide information on the strategies utilized to improve ELL Secondary Student Success and facilitate a group of Secondary Educators through a roundtable discussion of critical success factors for ELL success identified as a fourfold: 1) Keys to Relationship Building with Secondary Students; 2) Building Trust Amongst Staff: 3) Building a Collaborative Culture Continuum; 4) From Data to Action-Monitoring Systems for Interventions. Participants will have have a chance to provide personal insight on these key variables for ELL success.

Does anyone question the need for students to critical thinkers? The answer many may seek is how to do this in a systemized manner across all subjects: You can do assist the students at any grade level 6-12 in any class subject. Come and join us in the demonstration of different ways of Socratic Seminars. In this session, teachers will understand how to conduct while participating in various Socratic Seminars.

• Running your classroom in Edmodo with online quizzes, assignments, and planners
• Creating open online discussions with students using Edmodo posts.
• Cutting your paper consumption using Google Drive.

Take the technology that is a typical distraction for students and put them to educational use.

1. Ideas for iPad use in the classroom

2. A look at assignments created using iPad apps

3. See how easy it is to create templates and assignments for students on iPads.

Participants will:

* discuss examples of successful routines that build student buy-in and increase engagement

* collaborate on the DOs of successful relationship building – an essential factor in student and teacher success

• Receive information about the LGBTQIA teen population.
• Gain appropriate language to use when working LGBTQIA youth. 
• Have the opportunity to process issues they have experienced with LGBTQIA youth in the school system.

• Learn basic grant writing skills.
• Find where and how to apply for grants.
• Partner with other school employees to make the best of your grant writing experiences.
• You've got the money, now what?

Over the past several years much has changed in schools.  Federal education laws have raised student academic standards; professional accountability for student outcomes is a requirement--everyone counts; and access to the curriculum is the expectation for all students--it is no longer an option. As these changes have occurred, co-teaching has increased in importance.  As educational personnel strive to meet state and federal accountability mandates to improve the achievement of students with disabilities, schools are exploring various inclusive service delivery models to fulfill the needs of diverse learners. The co-teach model is one effective model allowing general and special educators to differentiate and deliver instruction with assurances that all students have full access to the grade-level expectations of the general curriculum. The purpose of this presentation is to help participants establish a common understanding of various co-teaching configurations and to explain considerations necessary to implement and evaluate an effective co-teaching program. The Power of 2 video provides a comprehensive look at co-teaching as part of the foundation of an inclusive and collaborative school.