Archive: Professional Development

The Confidence Game: Using Math Games to Engage Students

Experience and break down the use of games in a secondary (high school and middle) math class with adaptations for the high elementary level. This session will make use of games such as Battleship, baseball, relay races, Chutes and Ladders, and various puzzle games. These games have been used to ...read more

Secondary Principals Meeting

The annual meeting for principals and assistant principals for DeKalb ROE updates and planning for the year. Truancy, homelessness, educator licensure, health life safety and building inspections, professional development offerings and gathering of feedback.

Elementary Principals Meeting

The annual meeting for principals and assistant principals for DeKalb ROE updates and planning for the year. Truancy, homelessness, educator licensure, health life safety and building inspections, professional development offerings and gathering of feedback.

Introduction to NGSS

Participants will be given an overview of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), including the three components of science learning that weld practice to theory. Participants will also experience examples of inquiry learning in science, discovering ways to guide students to draw their own conclusions based on evidence and reasoning. Presenter: ...read more

Trauma-Informed Practices

This is the second of a two-part Trauma-Informed Approach that focuses on informing educators about the effects of early childhood adverse events on students and ways they can better support students. Session 1, October 30, 2018, deals with brain development and the effect of ACES (adverse childhood events) on cognitive ...read more

Trauma Awareness

This two-part Trauma-Informed Approach focuses on informing educators about the effects of early childhood adverse events on students and ways they can better support students. Session 1, October 30, 2018, deals with brain development and the effect of ACES (adverse childhood events) on cognitive and emotional development. The second session ...read more

Kindergarten Networking Session with KIDS Coach

Kindergarten teachers and administrators will be provided a free networking opportunity and professional development on successful KIDS implementation. Topics to be discussed include: authentic data collection, KIDS reports, communicating with parents, and resource sharing. Breakfast will be provided. Presenter: Peggy Potthoff

The Interactive Classroom Ages 3-8

In the Interactive Primary Classroom Workshop teachers will learn how to bring movement and play back into their day through the use of items they already have or inexpensive items they can purchase at a dollar store. In addition, teachers will brainstorm ways they can include movement and play into ...read more