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An Autism Toolbox For the General Education Setting presented by: Devine, Beckman
- This workshop will give a variety of autism strategies that can be created and implemented quickly and easily within a general education environment. The goal of this workshop is to remove the feeling of intimidation that many educators feel when beginning the process of implementing autism strategies.
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Are You Ready to Symbaloo? presented by: Koehn, Marsh, Mazza
- This workshop will guide teachers on how to easily create a free Symbaloo website page for their classroom. Teachers will also learn how to use Google Classroom as a platform for Symbaloo. Symbaloo is a collection of tiles (websites) that you and your students can easily access in one location. Click here for a Symbaloo Manual.
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Benchmark Assessment System Tips and Tricks presented by: Olsen
- Are you looking to make your BAS more efficient and effective? Beth will share her ideas and host your questions about this very best practice assessment.
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emPower Not Enable presented by: Schweitzer
- Show your students that they have more power than they think. Empower your students by not enabling them.
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Falling In Love With Flexible Seating presented by: Jarvis, Micklinghoff, DeBlok, Weston
- Come learn about the research behind flexible seating and let us show you how to transform your learning environment into a flexible seating oasis - creatively and on a budget! We will explain our systems and our routines and share our experiences. We will teach you how to make it work- NO TEARS INVOLVED (except maybe tears of joy)!
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How To Handle Hazing presented by: Bazer, Greer
- Discuss the topic of student hazing and the appropriate response.
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How To NGSS-ify Science Curriculum presented by: Vercelli, Thompson
- NGSS is not just a new curriculum, it is a shift in science teaching philosophy! When we learned about NGSS, we were immediately fired up because it was as if someone had gone inside our brains and saw how we wanted to teach science to our students and then said, Here you go! In this workshop you will experience NGSS from the student perspective, unpack the standards and discuss setting up classroom norms that will make NGSS work in your classroom.
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Learning About World Book Online presented by: Erber
- Come and see an overview of World Book Online on how this program can help your K-8 students research in a safe environment to learn up to date and accurate information. This is also a great addition for anyone doing Daily 5 or other literature stations.
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New Kids Literature With Classroom Connections K-3 presented by: Bergan, Velasquez
- Let the librarians from the McHenry Public Library get you up to date on some new books in children’s literature! Students will love the fresh new titles, and you will love how these books go hand in hand with topics you already cover. This session will focus on books for grades K-3. Please click here for additional resources.
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Plickers presented by: Kriewaldt, Reif
- Plickers is a FREE interactive app. It is user-friendly, can be used for formative assessments, and is great for warm-ups, quick checks, and review. Attend our workshop and leave ready to perform perfectly pleasing appraisals with Plickers!
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Teaching for Today In The Modern Language Classroom presented by: Hillier
- The ability to communicate in another language is essential for increased brain development and cognition, as well as advancing cultural sensitivity. The modern language classroom is more than worksheets and games--discover the latest methods and techniques used by language teachers that can be applied across all disciplines.
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Why Advanced Placement? presented by: Potthoff
- The College Board and MCHS offer a wide variety of Advanced Placement Courses. Attend this session to learn about the expectations of these courses, how students earn college credit, supports for students, other benefits of these courses, the testing process and how to promote this program at the middle school level.
