Sunday, November 19, 2017
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Looking for classroom grants?
- Tech & Learning Grants Central - This website provides tips about writing grants as well as links to grants that are posted by their deadlines.
- CenturyLink Grants Teachers and Technology Grants- this is open to all educators who live in a region this is served by CenturyLink. A simple series of questions at the beginning of the grant will tell you if you are qualified or not.
- DonorsChoose- This service can be used to request funds to improve your classroom or for professional development. There are a few steps involved when setting up a DonorsChoose project, but it is a really good program.
- Teach.com Grants- List of 20 grants available to teachers.
- EdTechTeam Grants- Apply to bring PD to your school.
- Edutopia Big List of Educational Grants- this list is updated on a regular basis so make sure you check back every few weeks for new opportunities.
- GrantWatch- Searchable list of grants for teachers.
- Grants.gov- hundreds of grants specifically for education.
- TeachersCount- Dozens of grants that include a description, deadline, and maximum award.
Posted on http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Guest post from ORRTIi coach Dean Richards
Often when teams start thinking about Multi-Tired Systems of Support, conversations begin to slide into the supports that are needed for our most struggling students. While instructional and behavior interventions are a key piece of a strong school system, the heart of the school lies in every day core classes. The first level of instructional supports for struggling students always occurs in core classes.
Across all subject areas, ELA, Math, Social Studies, Science and beyond, digging deep into the content will require reading. The Institute for Educational Sciences has looked at the research and given five recommendations. These recommendations provide guidance to core teachers.
The first recommendation is to provide explicit vocabulary. This includes an instructional routine with distributed practice rather than just looking up words in the dictionary or glossary and filling in a work sheet.
The second recommendation is direct and explicit instruction in comprehension. The use of instructional routines before, during and after will aid all students in the thinking of text.
Recommendations 1 and 2 both have instructional moves that can be found on http://www.adlit.org/strategy_library/
Recommendation three emphasizes the importance of discussion about text. As we ask purposeful questions for discussion, keeping the questions bound to the text and asking for evidence is key. Discussions also do not need to run through the teacher. Speaking and Listening standard 1 asks students to engage in purposeful conversations with a variety of partners. Structured purposeful partnerships is a great way to work toward this standard.
Motivation and engagement are always a struggle with middle school age students. This is the focus of recommendation four. Kelley Gallagher, teacher and author writes that there is a difference between liking a text and gleaning information from a text. Finding ways to provide a meaningful connection between content and within content is likely to increase student motivation. Additionally, recommendation four suggests providing ways to increase student choice in the text they read, “Empowering students to make decisions about topics, forms of communication, and selections of materials encourages them to assume greater ownership and responsibility for their engagement in learning.”
The last recommendation is to provide interventions for struggling students. While this is a part of a good MTSS system, we cannot close the gaps of struggling readers during one period a day. So it falls on ALL teachers to employ the recommendations across the day in order for us to help our students have a full option graduation.
Motivation and engagement are always a struggle with middle school age students. This is the focus of recommendation four. Kelley Gallagher, teacher and author writes that there is a difference between liking a text and gleaning information from a text. Finding ways to provide a meaningful connection between content and within content is likely to increase student motivation. Additionally, recommendation four suggests providing ways to increase student choice in the text they read, “Empowering students to make decisions about topics, forms of communication, and selections of materials encourages them to assume greater ownership and responsibility for their engagement in learning.”
The last recommendation is to provide interventions for struggling students. While this is a part of a good MTSS system, we cannot close the gaps of struggling readers during one period a day. So it falls on ALL teachers to employ the recommendations across the day in order for us to help our students have a full option graduation.
To learn more about the Improving Adolescent Literacy IES Practice Guide follow this link:
https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/8
https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/8
Monday, October 2, 2017
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Oregon Educator Network
tate’s New Oregon Educator Network Connects Educators to Resources, Tools, and Each Other
(Salem, Ore) – This fall, the Oregon Department of Education and the Chief Education Office launched a new online resource to support educator professional development, connection, and collaboration. Designed as an interactive professional learning space, the Oregon Educator Network (OEN) allows educators to connect with others with similar roles or interests, share tools, resources, and best practices, and create groups to advance their professional learning.
The Oregon Educator Network is a place for educators to:
• Collaborate and engage in dialogue about professional practice
• Share, discover, and rate education resources
• Create and participate in groups, blogs, and events
• Find professional development opportunities
“Oregon has outstanding educators working in classrooms all across the state,” said Deputy Superintendent Salam Noor. “The Network helps educators connect, collaborate, and take their professional learning to the next level. By sharing best practice and expanding proven programs, we can empower educators and better support student success.”
The OEN is offered through the Network of Quality Teaching and Learning which the Oregon legislature founded under House Bill 3233. Educators from pre-kindergarten through higher education are encouraged to join the Network, participate in groups or blogs, connect with others who share similar interests or roles, and post or rate resources. Through the 2014 TELL Survey, educators consistently expressed a need for more time for peer-to-peer collaboration, mentoring, and professional development. The Oregon Educator Network is one tool designed to respond to this feedback.
“Teaching often feels like being on an island,” said Rob Coulson, social studies teacher in Powers. “The Oregon Educator Network allows teachers to collaborate and utilize the best resources and pedagogy from the whole state.”
Learn more or join the Network today by going to: http://www.oregonednet.org/.
(Salem, Ore) – This fall, the Oregon Department of Education and the Chief Education Office launched a new online resource to support educator professional development, connection, and collaboration. Designed as an interactive professional learning space, the Oregon Educator Network (OEN) allows educators to connect with others with similar roles or interests, share tools, resources, and best practices, and create groups to advance their professional learning.
The Oregon Educator Network is a place for educators to:
• Collaborate and engage in dialogue about professional practice
• Share, discover, and rate education resources
• Create and participate in groups, blogs, and events
• Find professional development opportunities
“Oregon has outstanding educators working in classrooms all across the state,” said Deputy Superintendent Salam Noor. “The Network helps educators connect, collaborate, and take their professional learning to the next level. By sharing best practice and expanding proven programs, we can empower educators and better support student success.”
The OEN is offered through the Network of Quality Teaching and Learning which the Oregon legislature founded under House Bill 3233. Educators from pre-kindergarten through higher education are encouraged to join the Network, participate in groups or blogs, connect with others who share similar interests or roles, and post or rate resources. Through the 2014 TELL Survey, educators consistently expressed a need for more time for peer-to-peer collaboration, mentoring, and professional development. The Oregon Educator Network is one tool designed to respond to this feedback.
“Teaching often feels like being on an island,” said Rob Coulson, social studies teacher in Powers. “The Oregon Educator Network allows teachers to collaborate and utilize the best resources and pedagogy from the whole state.”
Learn more or join the Network today by going to: http://www.oregonednet.org/.
Monday, September 18, 2017
Monday, August 28, 2017
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
A primary tweak on SLANT
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/rug-partners-sfusd
https://k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com/tlb/what-is-the-slant-strategy-and-how-does-it-improve-student-achievement/
https://k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com/tlb/what-is-the-slant-strategy-and-how-does-it-improve-student-achievement/
Monday, January 23, 2017
Update on 2016-2017 Harney PD
Harney ESD PD thus far….2016-2017 (Updated 1/19/2017)
July 20-21 Math with Drones/Real Life Math @ HESD
Aug 8-10 Oregon Community Foundation Art Grant Rendezvous
Aug 11--Rural Teacher Inservice
5:30-7:30pm @ HESD
Sept 19, Oct 10, Nov 14, Dec 7/14, Jan 18, Feb 15, Apr 12/19--
Tentative Dates and Tentative in a Nutshell
Sept 19--New Teacher Support
Sept 23--District & School Report Card support 8-11am @ HESD
Oct 7--Malheur PD Day
Oct 10--New Teacher Support
Oct 13-14 Idaho Humanities Council Conference
Oct 14--School Voice
Oct 18/20--Individual Problem Solving
Oct 21 - Writing Scoring In-Service @ HESD
Oct 22- Next Generation Science Standards @ HESD
Nov 14--New Teacher Support
Nov 19 - Next Generation Science Standards @ HESD
December 2nd--Oregon State University STEM PD
December 5th - New Teacher Support meeting - HESD
December 6th/8th--ORTIi SLD
January Weeks of 23rd & 30th Puppet Master @ HMS
Feb 10--The Classroom Chef: Sharpen Your Lessons, Season Your Classes, and Make Math Meaningful-@ HESD
March 16-17 YES! @ HMS & HESD
March 17 School Voice @ HESD
April 7--Technology Conference--Drone Presentations & a whole lot more with Abbey Futrell, Nancy Mangum, John Spencer, Joe Buglione, Heidi Paulus, Tim Welch & more @ BHS
April 26-28 ORTIi Annual Conference
May 5 Katrina Ayres P-3 community
May 10-11 YES! @ HMS
May 12--School Voice @ HESD
May 19--Matt Glover P-3 Writing
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