2004 - 2005 School Year
(Dates in descending order)

January 14, 2005   Geographic Information System
Meetings held quarterly.

What Is GIS?

Link to GIS Meeting Minutes


http://www.gis.com/whatisgis/


2003 - 2004 School Year

(Dates in descending order)

January 7, 2004   Reading for Understanding
Two part workshop designed to teach reading comprehension strategies.  Session 2 (March) is for teachers who participated in Session 1.
Link to Reading for Understanding page
December 1 - 2, 2003    Big Blocks Training    
Training in the Four Blocks Literacy Model.  Addresses various learning styles and helps you match your teaching styles. Also offers reading suggestions.
Link to Bibliography for Big Blocks (contains hot links)
November 20, 2003    Four Square Workshop    Grades 2 and 3  - Center State Teacher Center
Exploring how you can help your students become successful writers!
Link to Four Square page
November 8, 2003    Artistic Graphic Organizer Workshop - Center State Teacher Center
This was a "make & take" workshop where teachers created colorful, artistic graphic organizers to use in the classroom. 
Link to Graphic Organizer page
November 4, 2003    Program & Professional Development Workshop - Internet 101 
Link to a PDF of PowerPoint presentation
October 24, 2003    Regional Superintendents Conference Day (at Jervis High School) 
“Catching Kids Up-How to Implement Acceleration to Improve Student Learning” 
Link to a PDF of PowerPoint presentation 
September 3    Harry Wong
Harry K. Wong, a former high-school science teacher, is now one of the country's leading speakers in the field of education. 
Link to an article, "Effective Teaching...," by Harry and Rosemary Wong on the Teachers.net website. There are many links to other Harry Wong articles at the bottom of this article.