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LAMAR CONSOLIDATED I ndependent S chool D istrict New Teacher Induction August 13-14, 2009 Thank you to the following sponsors for their generous support! United Global Securities, Inc. Brazos Valley Schools Credit Union AXA Advisors, LLC Lamar CISD New Teacher Induction Agenda Day 1 of 2 3 August 13, 2009 Foster High School Cafeteria 7:45 Registration and Breakfast - (Catered by Skeeters) Compliments of AXA Advisors, LLC 8:15 Welcome and Introductions Dr.

Randle, Superintendent of Schools 8:30 Greetings from Community Relations Christy Willman, Executive Director 8:45 Ice Breaker and Announcements Laura Lyons, Director of Staff Development 9:15 TRUST Initiative Training Elementary 3 Band Hall Secondary 3 LGI Room (1405) 12:00 Lunch 3 (Catered by Another Time Soda Fountain) Thank you to Brazos Valley Schools Credit Union for their generous donation 12:45 Inclusive Schools in Lamar CISD Sharon Azar, Consultant - Auditorium Lamar CISD New Teacher Induction Agenda Day 2 of 2 3 August 14, 2009 Foster High School Cafeteria 7:45 Registration and Breakfast - (Catered by Lonestar Kolaches) 8:00 Welcome Announcements-Laura Lyons, Director of Staff Development Message from Jennifer Roberts-FHS Counselor 8:15 cCurriculum 411 d Elementary K-2: Band Hall Elementary 3-5: LGI Room Secondary: Auditorium 9:15-11:00 Morning Breakout Sessions 3 See ... more. less.

Attached Schedule 11:05 3 12:30 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN 12:30-3:20 Afternoon Breakout Sessions 3 See Attached Schedule ***See schedule and breakout session descriptions attached*** Elementary Sessions 3 MORNING ONLY 9:15a.m. 10:15a.m. Subject : Years Exp . Session Title Room (Choose one) Session Title Room ELA Science Math SS **Core: 0 years Instructional Planning 1443/1444 1449/1450/ 1452 1445/1447/1448 1446 Meet Your Mentor See Table 1 Below for Room **Core: 1-3 years Instructional Planning 1443/1444 1449/1450/1452 1445/1447/1448 1446 Staff Dev Reqs. (DMA) LGI Room 1405 **Core: 4+ years ELPS Band Hall Staff Dev Reqs. (DMA) LGI Room 1405 Non-core: 0 years Meet Your Mentor See Table 1 Below for Room Meet the Director See Table 2 Below for Room Non-core: 1+ years Staff Dev Reqs. (DMA) LGI Room 1405 Meet the Director See Table 2 Below for Room Secondary Sessions 3 MORNING ONLY 9:15 a.m. 10:15a.m. Subject : Years Exp. Session Title Room Session Title Room (Choose one) ELA Science Math SS **Core: 0 years Meet Your Mentor See Table 1 Below for Room Instructional Planning 1443/1444 1449/1450/1452 1445/1447/1448 1446 **Core: 1-3 years Staff Dev Reqs. (DMA) LGI Room 1405 Instructional Planning 1443/1444 1449/1450/1452 1445/1447/1448 1446 **Core: 4+ years Staff Dev Reqs. (DMA) LGI Room 1405 ELPS Band Hall Non-core- 0 years Meet Your Mentor See Table 1 Below for Room Meet the Director See Table 2 Below for Room Non-core- 1+ years Staff Dev Reqs. (DMA) LGI Room 1405 Meet the Director See Table 2 Below for Room ** Core- Any teacher who will teach at least one class in Math, Science, ELA, Reading, or Social Studies Table 1 : Meet Your Mentor 3 Teachers from: Room : Mentor : Table 2 : Meet the Director : Room : Beasley, Bowie, Campbell, Dickinson, Long, Meyer, Thomas, Velasquez, Williams 2443 Susan Evans Fine Arts 3 Ram Estrada 1453 Austin, Frost, Hubenak, Huggins, Hutchison, McNeill, Pink, Ray, Seguin, Travis 2445 Shelly Towns Librarians 3 Michelle Carter, Joan Wiethorn, Lisa Rose Library George JH, Jackson, Lamar JH, Navarro, Smith, Wessendorff 2447 JoAnn Brown CTE 3 Tracie Holub 1512 1621, ALC, Lamar HS, Terry HS 2449 Elizabeth Voss P.E./Health 3 Mike Rice, Robin Wilborn 1409 Briscoe JH, Foster HS Wertheimer 2453 Elsie Keeling Special Education 3 Sped Staff Cafe Lamar CISD New Teacher Induction Day 2 3 August 14, 2009 Foster High School Breakout Sessions for Elementary and Secondary - AFTERNOON ONLY Afternoon Sessions 3 Select from the following: Title 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Understanding Student Support Services 3 Rhett Gray 1425 1425 1425 Print, Cut, and Fold 3 Jeff Peterson 2106 PowerPoint Games 3 Jeff Peterson 2106 2106 Geocaching and iPods 3 Melissa Inman, Paul Wagner 2108 Video Conferencing 3 October Smith DLL (2104) Moodle 3 October Smith 2110 2110 Student Response Systems 3 Katie Peterson, Paul Wagner 2108 Kidspiration and Inspiration - 3 Katie Peterson, Paul Wagner 2108 Learn How to Interact With Your Whiteboard 3 Jana Simoneaux, Katie Peterson 2117 Blogging in the Classroom 3 Jana Simoneaux, Valerie Roye 2117 Google - It's not just a search engine anymore! 3 Valerie Roye, Jana Simoneaux 2117 Get Ready to Get Ready! 3 Panel of Elementary and Secondary Teachers : Jane Devine, Chris Ruggard, Kevin Kracker, Ashley Lancaster, Barbara Damstra, Lauren Crew, Jose Diaz LGI (1405) LGI (1405) LGI (1405) How Smart Teachers Plan Their Financial Future: Survival Skills for Texas Educators 3 Reps from United Global Securities 1433 1433 1433 Practical Tips When you Suspect Child Abuse 3 Fiona Remko 1428 Everything You Have to Know About GT 3 Valerie Anderson 1413 1413 Tapping Into Technology Teaching Resources (6-12 Math)-Barbara Colihan-Holt McDougal 1435 1435 1435 Lamar CISD New Teacher Induction Afternoon Breakout Session Descriptions August 14, 2009 Foster High School Understanding Student Support Services &&&&&&.&&&&&&&&&&&&....Room 1425 Rhett Gray - ADM, Student Support Staff Participants will learn about students services offered to positively impact student success. Print, Cut, and Fold &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&..&&&.....Room 2106 Jeff Peterson - FHS Are you looking for hands on activities for your students? Print, Cut, and Fold uses templates in Word and PowerPoint to create mini-books, stretch books, cascading flip books, spinning wheels, flashcards, bookmarks, envelope notes, fan decks, tri-fold, peek-overs, postcards, and much more. Examples and templates are provided for each of the activities. All of the activities can be adapted to any grade level and all content areas. PowerPoint Games &&&&&&.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&...Room 2106 Jeff Peterson - FHS This session will show a variety of PowerPoint games that can be used in the classroom. The games can be used a great review tools for all classes at any level. There are a variety of games consisting of that consist of no-prep games and games that require a little preparation. Each attendee will be provided a CD containing the various templates. Geocaching and iPods &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&..&&&&...Room 2108 Melissa Inman - BJH, Paul Wagner - Velasquez Come and experience the high tech version of hide and seek, called geocaching. This is a fast growing hobby of people all around the world. In this session you will learn how to take activities and assignments that you are already doing and turn them into geocaching activities for your students. Video Conferencing &&&&&&.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&....Room 2104 October Smith 3 Dev. Center Would you like to connect to New York? Chicago? Australia? Come and see the equipment our district has in the Distance Learning realm. Examples will be shared how you can use this in your classroom. Moodle &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&...&&&.....Room 2110 October Smith 3 Dev. Center This course will show you how to use an online learning management system with your students. i.e. Blackboard Give quizzes, assignments and much more all in an online environment. Student Response Systems &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&.&&&.....Room 2108 Katie Peterson - Frost, Paul Wagner 3 Velasquez Make your lessons more interactive using student response devices. During this session, we will explore how using the instruction, Quizdom, and Promethean student response systems can help you create lessons that are more student centered and engaging. You will walk away prepared to build lessons and activities to be used right away in your classroom. Kidspiration and Inspiration &&&&&&.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&..&&.....Room 2108 Katie Peterson - Frost, Paul Wagner 3 Velasquez Creating visual representations for a concept can help students develop a deeper understanding for what that concept means and how it relates to other knowledge. Kidspiration and Inspiration are visual mapping software available for you to use in your classroom. Come explore the ins and outs of this software and learn how you can incorporate it into your daily lesson plans. Learn How to Interact With Your Whiteboard &&&&&&.&&&&&&&&&&....Room 2117 Jana Simoneaux - Dickinson, Katie Peterson - Frost Interactive whiteboards are becoming more and more available to those of us in the education field. This session will introduce you to two interactive whiteboards available in our district - promethean and smartboards. Come and see what these boards can do for you. Learn to make your classroom interactive. Blogging in the Classroom &&&&&&.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&.&...Room 2117 Jana Simoneaux - Dickinson, Valerie Roye - GJH Want a fun, new way to engage students? Learn how to set up a classroom blog to keep students up to date with important announcements. Google. . . It's not just a search engine anymore! &&&&&&.&&&&&&&&&...Room 2117 Valerie Roye - GJH, Jana Simoneaux - Dickinson Come learn the different tools that are available to you free through Google. Google Docs, Google Reader, Google Calendar, Google Bookmarks, and iGoogle, just to name a few. You'll see how to use these tools in the classroom and much more. Get Ready to Get Ready! &&&&&&.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&....Room 1405 Various Elem. And Sec. Presenters This session will allow you to listen to teachers that have survived one successful year of teaching and have lived to tell about it. The panel will provide participants with pointers and insight into making your first year of teaching a positive experience. How Smart Teachers Plan Their Financial Future: Survival Skills for Texas Educators &. Room 1433 Richard Blair, Barbara Sykes, Joan Wilson United Global Securities, Inc. presents basic strategies for financial survival as an educator in Texas. Practical Tips for When you Suspect Child Abuse &&&&&&.&&&&&&..&&.....Room 1428 Fiona Remko This session will give new teachers practical information regarding child abuse and the best way to handle situations in which you suspect abuse of a student. It will cover dynamics of abuse, best practices regarding child abuse outcries, and reporting concerns. Session will give teachers the opportunity to address concerns they have regarding possible child abuse situations. Everything You Have to Know About GT &&&&..&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&..&Room 1413 Valerie Anderson-Director of Advanced Studies The basic laws and district policy on teaching GT will be covered. Tapping Into Technology Teaching Resources &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&..&Room 1435 Barbara Colihan-Holt McDougal Learn how to register and navigate through the online resources available through the Math textbook adoption, Holt McDougal. Also receive an overview of exam view test generator. TEACHING I have come to a frightening conclusion. I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a child 9s life miserable or joyous. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides. A crisis will be escalated or de-escalated, and& A child is humanized or de-humanized. -Haim Ginott Dear Teacher, I would rather see a lesson Than hear one any day; I 9d rather you would walk with me Than merely point the way. The eye 9s a better trainer And more willing than the ear. And words can be confusing, But examples always clear. I can see you when in motion, But your tongue too fast may run. I soon can learn to do it, If you 9ll let me see it done. The best of all life 9s teachers Are the ones who live the creed, To see good put to action Is the model that I need. The counsel you are giving me May be very fine and true, But I 9d rather get my lesson By observing what you do. Author Unknown SECRETS FOR SUCCESS??? NOPE 3 JUST COMMON SENSE! PUT CHILDREN FIRST ALWAYS BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND OTHERS DON 9T WORRY KEEP LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN HAVE AN OPEN DOOR POLICY SOLVE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN BE DIFFERENT 3 DON 9T BE SCARED OF BEING INNOVATIVE! FOCUS ON PRIORITIES BE DETERMINED 3 WORK HARD WITHOUT STRESS NEVER STOP LEARNING HELP SOMEONE EVERY DAY 3 CHALLENGE THAT PERSON SET GOALS AND NEVER GIVE UP TRUST OTHERS 3 THEY, IN TURN, WILL TRUST YOU RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OTHERS BE RESPONSIBLE 3 BE ACCOUNTABLE BE CONSISTENT BE HAPPY 3 SMILE A LOT THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX HELP OTHERS ACHIEVE SUCCESS LIVE LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW MAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF 3 MAKE EVERY MINUTE COUNT CREATE LEADERS OF STAFF AND CHILDREN GET EVERYONE INVOLVED IN STUDENT LEARNING START EVERY DAY WITH SOMETHING POSITIVE Evaluation New Teacher Induction 3 August 14, 2009 PRINT Name 3 (Optional):_______________________Subject/Yrs. Exp.__________________________ ELA, Science, Math, SS,or Other:__________________________________________________________ Elementary or Secondary:_________________________________________________________________ I attended: _____ Instructional Planning _____ ELPS _____ Meet Your Mentor _____ Staff Development Requirements _____ Meet the Director _____ Understanding Student Support Services _____ Print, Cut, and Fold _____ PowerPoint Games _____ Geocaching and iPods _____ Video Conferencing _____ Moodle _____ Student Response Systems _____ Kidspiration and Inspiration _____ Learn How to Interact With Your Whiteboard _____ Blogging in the Classroom _____ Google-It's not Just a Search Engine Anymore! _____ Get Ready to Get Ready _____ How Smart Teachers Plan Their Financial Future _____ Practical Tips for When you Suspect Child Abuse _____ Everything to Know About G/T _____ Tapping Into Technology List 3 new concepts that were learned or reinforced: 1._____________________________________________________________ 2._____________________________________________________________ 3._____________________________________________________________ List 2 concepts you plan to implement: 1._____________________________________________________________ 2._____________________________________________________________ 3._____________________________________________________________ List 1 concept you would like to know more about: 1.____________________________________________________________ Overall, I felt the training(s) met my needs: (Circle One) Yes Somewhat Not at all Comments: ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ List any suggestions you have for future New Teacher Inductions: ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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