August 03
Integrating the Dispositions and K-12 Standards for Student Success
August 03, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Target Audience: Counselors, Teachers, and Administrators
Presenter: Dr. Derek Lambert and Stephanie Hayes
Description: This session will help teachers and counselors learn more strategies to integrate the Dispositions and Standards for Student Success. Participants will explore several free resources for lessons, ideas, and strategies. Whether you are new or experienced at integrating the Dispositions and Standards for Student Success, if you want to learn more this session is for you!
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Pre-K-Grade 12 Implementation Guide Overview
August 03, 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Target Audience: Pre-K through Grade 12 Administrators and Educators
Presenter: Monica DellaMea and Joey Wiseman
Description: This session will provide an overview of the newly-released West Virginia Early & Elementary Learning (Pre-K through Grade 5) and Middle and Secondary Learning (6-12) Implementation Guides and Companion Documents to the West Virginia Standards for Effective Schools. These are tools that can be used by educators and administrators to critically analyze their practice.
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STEPS Program for Speech – Speech Therapy Education and Prevention for Success
August 03, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Target Audience: Speech-language Pathologists, K-12 Administrators, Special Education Directors
Presenter: Lee Ann Brammer, M.A., CCC-SLP, Coordinator
Description: This session will provide an overview of the STEPS Program which is a prereferral consultation and intervention system of supports for students with mild speech and language disorders. Also, it is a post dismissal program that supports monitoring and “tune-ups” for students who have been in speech therapy and need to be followed for generalization. The session will cover the benefits, documentation, ethical considerations and allow plenty of time for questions.
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STEPS ACTIVITIES FORM with logo
STEPS Activities Form Example with logo
STEPS Parent Letter with logo
SCREENING LOG with logo
Dismissal from STEPS with logo
STEPS Activities revised horizontal with logo
STEPS List of Students with logo
West Virginia Department of Education Available Resources and Supports for Educators
August 03, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Target Audience: All WV Educators
Presenter: Dr. Jan Barth, Dr. Carla Warren, Joey Wiseman, Monica DellaMea, Susan Beck, Robert Hagerman, and Dr. Vaughn Rhudy
Description: Working with educators in the field, the WVDE has developed a plethora of resources, supports, strategies, student engagement activities, guidance, and best practices for use at the district and school levels. During this session, WVDE staff will walk participants through the webpages where these are located and will educate participants about their availability.
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“The Beat Goes On”: Reimagining Music Education
August 03, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12 Music Educators
Presenter: Dr. Ray Lowther
Description: In this session, middle and high school music educators will be encouraged to look at how their instruction, planning and strategies can be reshaped to accommodate changes they may be facing…social distancing, virtual performing ensembles, individual vs. group activities. Beginning by recognizing their strengths then identifying what changes and challenges lie ahead, this session will explore how instruction can be delivered that is grounded and creative yet still meets the needs of their students.
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Increasing Literacy Gains for ALL Students: Collaborating School-wide to Increase Literacy Gains in Grades 6-12
August 03, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12 Teachers, Coaches, and Administrators
Presenter: Dr. Andrea Lemon and Dustin Lambert
Description: This one hour informational session takes a close look at the benefits of implementing a comprehensive literacy approach school-wide and provides tools and tips for setting vertical and horizontal expectations for literacy achievement.
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Remote Learning with Science Articles
August 03, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12 Science Teachers
Presenter: Erika Klose
Description: Science articles can make science relevant to students as they explain science phenomena and connect science textbook information to local areas, global issues, or current events. There are several options for providing science content to students beyond or in place of the classroom instruction. This session will focus on supplementing instruction with online science news resources to provide science content that may be accessed remotely. Some of the resources provide methods for easily printing the articles for students who may have limited internet access.
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Remote Learning with Science Labs and Demonstrations
August 03, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12 Science Teachers
Presenter: Erika Klose
Description: Science labs and observations are a huge part of the experiential learning that gives students insight to how scientist and engineers think and what they do. Collecting data and making conclusions based on those observations, helps student better understand the world around them and make sense of information when it is presented to them later in their lives. Sometimes doing labs in the classrooms may be challenged, and students may not have the necessary resources at home to complete some lab activities. This session will explore several options for students to see science demonstrations, engage in interactive simulations, or watch science experiments beyond or in place of the science classroom experiences. The resources allow students to see science phenomena and get a better understanding of science processes.
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August 04
Policy 2510 Best Practices
August 04, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Target Audience: Administrators and Counselors Pre-K-12
Presenter: Joey Wiseman and Monica DellaMea, WVDE
Description: In this session, participants will be introduced to the changes and updates to Policy 2510, Assuring Quality of Education: Regulations for Education Programs, which became effective July 1, 2020.
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Three-to-One Model of Service Delivery for Related Service Providers – COVID-19 Scheduling Survival
August 04, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Target Audience: Related service providers, Special Education Directors
Presenter: Lee Ann Brammer, WVDE
Description: This session will detail the 3:1 Model and how it could be used by related service providers to allow flexibility during times of remote learning and brick and mortar school attendance to provide services using an evidence-based format. Not all students would benefit from this model, so the session will include a description of students who might. The discussion will provide strategies that support collaboration with the classroom teacher with visual examples available. Documentation of 3:1 Model use for the Monitoring Team from the Office of Federal Programs will be delineated. Participants will be left with another scheduling option to consider for students or for whom it would be applicable.
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Schedule for Indirect Service Week- Blank
Monthly 3-1 Schedule Template Draft
Indirect Week Planning Sheet
Indirect Week Activities Cheat Sheet
Compliance Week Example RR Raleigh 3-8-19
Schedule 3to1
Schedule 3to1 With Calendars
Schedule for Indirect Service Week – Final Example
“A Whole New World…” Reimagined Point of View for Secondary (Grades 6-12) Visual Art Education
August 04, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12 Visual Art Educators
Presenter: Dr. Ray Lowther
Description: In this session, middle and high school visual art educators will be encouraged to look at how their instruction, planning, and strategies can be reshaped to accommodate changes they may be facing. Beginning by recognizing their strengths then identifying what changes and challenges lie ahead, participants in this session will explore how instruction can be delivered that is grounded and creative yet still meets the needs of their students.
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Effective and Engaging Mathematics Instruction using Digital Tools (Grades 6-12)
August 04, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12 Math Educators
Presenter: Cindy Burke and Joseph Mastracci
Description: Participants will utilize digital tools as a conduit for engaging students and facilitating student learning. This session models a blend of proven research- based teaching strategies and technology to improve student outcomes in mathematics.
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Increasing Literacy Gains for ALL Students: Text Complexity and Diverse Readers in the 6-12 Classroom (Part 1)
August 04, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12 ELA and Social Studies Educators
Presenter: Dr. Andrea Lemon and Dustin Lambert
Description: In this two-hour interactive session, participants will take a deep dive into the three components of text complexity and examine how to overcome barriers that each component may present for students as well as how to leverage each component to increase student comprehension, vocabulary, and reading stamina. Throughout the session, educators will have opportunities to engage in activities and discussions designed to further their understanding of text complexity and literacy instruction in in-person and remote learning environments. Participants will also receive rubrics that they can use to evaluate the qualitative complexity of informational and literary texts and a list of resources made available through the Lexile Hub.
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SCASS Info Text Complexity Qualitative Measures Info Rubric
SCASS Info Text Complexity Qualitative Measures Lit Rubric
Integrating STEM into Classroom Instruction
August 04, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12 Science, Math, Technology, and STEM Educators
Presenter: Erika Klose
Description: This session will introduce participants to transdisciplinary STEM instruction. Participants will learn tools for STEM planning, as well as exploring resources for teaching STEM remotely. This session will model how the STEM mindsets and skillsets can be used to drive STEM instruction.
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Disciplinary Literacy In Social Studies and Supporting ALL Readers (Lexile/Text Complexity) (Part 1)
August 04, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12 Social Studies and ELA Educators
Presenter: Dustin Lambert and Dr. Andrea Lemon, WVDE
Description: In this two-hour session, social studies teachers will examine the literacy demands found within the domains of civics, geography, economics, and history while highlighting the vital role that social studies plays in students’ overall literacy development. Throughout the session, educators will have opportunities to engage in activities and discussions designed to further their understanding of text complexity (including Lexile) and literacy instruction in in-person and remote learning environments. Participants will receive resources to help support social studies literacy needs found within the West Virginia College- and Career-Readiness Standards.
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August 05
Addressing Standards with Primary Documents and Document-Based Questioning (Part 2)
August 05, 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12 Social Studies and ELA Educators
Presenter: Dustin Lambert and Dr. Andrea Lemon, WVDE
Description: In this two-hour interactive session, participants will engage in discussions and resources to help facilitate remote learning aligned to West Virginia Social Studies College- and Career-Readiness Standards using primary documents and document-based questioning. Organizations and foundations from around the world have continued to share their vast repertoires of primary resources to expose students to these important documents. Participants will have an opportunity to brainstorm both reading and writing exercises as well as learn how using primary documents can improve the literacy skills of middle and high school students.
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Increasing Literacy Gains for ALL: Addressing the WVCCRS for ELA through Text Dependent Questioning (Part 2)
August 05, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12 ELA and Social Studies Educators
Presenter: Dr. Andrea Lemon and Dustin Lambert, WVDE
Description: In this two-hour interactive session, participants will engage in a close examination of the integrated literacy approach embedded in the West Virginia College- and Career-Readiness Standards for English Language Arts. During this examination, educators will explore how this purposeful design, paired with the intentional vertical progression of the standards, provides English language arts teachers with a powerful framework for supporting the literacy development of all students. Participants will also receive tools and templates for writing standards- based text dependent questions and organizing sets of text dependent questions to provide scaffolding or enrichment for diverse student needs.
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Checklist for Evaluating Question Quality
Remote Learning with Science Videos
August 05, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12 Science Educators
Presenter: Erika Klose, WVDE
Description: Direct instruction can be an important part of science classroom instruction because it can provide clear instructions and eliminate misinterpretations of science phenomena. Well-developed and explicit instruction can improve and accelerate science content learning. Sometimes, students being out of the classroom cannot be avoided. There are several options for providing science content to students beyond or in place of in-person instruction. This session will focus on supplementing instruction with online video resources which provide science content and may be accessed remotely.
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Promoting Proficiency in the World Language Classroom
August 05, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Target Audience: Grades K-12 World Language Educators
Presenter: Debora Nicholson, WVDE
Description: Students often prefer to read and write the language rather than speak and, for the teacher, reading and writing is much easier to incorporate in the classroom, remote learning, and the grade book. We all recognize that focusing on reading and writing in the world language does not provide real-life skills for our students. This session will focus on ideas, strategies, and methods that will promote interpersonal communication both in the in-person classroom and through remote learning: student to teacher, student to student, and even student to community member. The session will be interactive, and participants will have the opportunity to share their successful strategies.
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August 06
Adding Context to Content Instruction Using Digital Online Mapping Tools
August 06, 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Target Audience: Grades 4-12 Science, Social Studies, Math, ELA Educators
Presenter: Erika Klose, WVDE
Description: In this session, participants will utilize digital real-world mapping tools as a method of creating context for their content (Math, ELA, Science, Social Studies, and Elementary). This session will model using online digital mapping technology to improve student engagement and outcomes across content areas.
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August 07
Personal Finance and the Citizenship Test (Grades 9-12)
August 07, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Target Audience: Grades 9-12 Social Studies Educators
Presenter: Dustin Lambert, WVDE
Description: In this session, participants will engage in professional development that builds content knowledge of personal finance. Participants will be provided with free resources that can be implemented with students in remote learning environments. This session will also briefly cover policy expectations for the high school citizenship test and provide teachers an understanding of how the civics standards in their grade levels build the necessary knowledge needed for high school students to be successful on the test.
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The 3 P’s of Providing Protocol P.E. in the Secondary Setting
August 07, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12 Physical Education Educators
Presenter: Josh Grant, WVDE
Description: In this session, participants will discover the 3 P’s of Protocol Physical Education and explore how to make secondary (6-12) Physical Education Possible, Practical and Purposeful following a variety of protocols and models. Participants will be provided examples on how to conduct a socially distanced secondary physical education class in a variety of settings and explore resources to utilize to address remote learning and blended learning models to address secondary Physical Education standards.
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