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June 2020
QuEST for Mathematical Proficiency: High School – Virtual Course
This interactive session will focus on supporting students to make sense of problems, model with mathematics, and justify and explain their reasoning across math content standards. Participants will explore strategies, tools, and resources that promote reasoning and problem-solving and prepare students for rigorous, standardized assessments like the ACT Aspire. Strategies to support all students including Gifted and Talented, Special Education, and English Learners will be included. The session is open to all high school math educators. Participants will need a…
Find out more »Toolkit 2.0
Whether you are a new teacher or veteran teacher in special education, you more than likely have questions about transition assessments, goal-writing, or other components of transition planning. Have you reviewed your transition plans for compliance and meaningfulness lately? This workshop will present information on transition planning using the Assessment to Practice Model from the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT), a seven-step process outline that includes all components of transition planning. Also included is the correlation of Arkansas…
Find out more »Transition Planning for Students with Significant Disabilities
This online training will provide interactive opportunities to review assessments and tools that can provide the information needed to write meaningful transition plans for students with significant disabilities. Activities will be included to help determine post-secondary goals and help build skills needed throughout life, as well as providing ideas for family engagement and interagency collaboration—essential components of effective planning. Ideas for options for post-school outcomes will be shared, as well as examples of Arkansas students who have reached positive post-school…
Find out more »Decoding – Virtual Course
This one-day virtual training is meant only for those Administrators who have taken Arkansas Ideas Pathway D as their Prescribed Pathway for Proficiency that requires an additional stand-alone day of decoding in order to attend the Assessor training in July. Participants will focus on defining decoding, discussing the knowledge needed to teach decoding, as well as how to teach and assess decoding in a way that it promotes permanent word storage rather than visual memory. You must attend all six…
Find out more »Encoding – Virtual Course
This one-day virtual training is meant only for those Administrators who have taken Arkansas Ideas Pathway D as their Prescribed Pathway for Proficiency that requires an additional stand-alone day of encoding in order to attend the Assessor training in July. Participants will focus on defining encoding, discussing the knowledge needed to teach encoding, as well as how to teach and assess encoding in a way that it promotes permanent word storage rather than visual memory. You must attend all six…
Find out more »DSC Teaching Middle Grades Math with Graphing Technology- Virtual Course
This 90-minute virtual Zoom session will focus on teaching middle grades math using technology. Focus areas will include Probability and Statistics and graphing. This session will include a basic overview of TI-84 features and potential applications for student use throughout the middle grades with linear functions systems, STAT plots, and probability simulation. The course will be held Tuesday, June 23 from 10 to 11:30 am To attend the course you must create an ESCWorks login, and then register at https://www.escweb.net/ar_esc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=415293.…
Find out more »Tier 1 Training – Virtual
A.C.A. §6-20-2204 requires all superintendents and open-enrollment public charter school directors to attend Tier 1 Training each year. The law further stipulates that this annual training also is required of anyone “whose job responsibilities include preparing the budget or overall accounting responsibility” for the district. APSRC’s finance team offers Tier 1 training to ensure that school districts remain in compliance with state law. Our staff has extensive experience working with charter schools, school districts, administrators, and board members to implement best…
Find out more »GeoGebra Basics, Activities and Resources- Virtual Course
This interactive Zoom session is designed for teachers to learn about GeoGebra technology and its use in the classroom. Learn how to quickly create graphs, inequalities, translations, constructions, and much more in the GeoGebra interface. We will also learn about navigating and using the pre-created classroom activities for GeoGebra. The course will be held Wednesday, June 24 from 8:30 to 11:30 am To attend the course you must create an ESCWorks login, and then register at https://www.escweb.net/ar_esc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=409598. Instructors: Tim Brister…
Find out more »DSC Teaching Geometric Transformations with Graphing Technology – Virtual Course
This 90-minute virtual Zoom session will use Geogebra and TI-84's to explore geometric transformations. This session will explore reflections, rotations, translations, and dilations in ways that allow students to investigate and develop conceptual understanding. The course will be held Tuesday, June 30 from 10 to 11:30 am To attend the course you must create an ESCWorks login, and then register at https://www.escweb.net/ar_esc/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=415295. Instructors: Tim Brister and Corey Boby Credits Available: 1.5 hours
Find out more »July 2020
Phonological Awareness – Virtual Course
This one-day virtual training is meant only for those Administrators who have taken Arkansas Ideas Pathway D as their Prescribed Pathway for Proficiency that requires an additional stand-alone day of phonological awareness in order to attend the Assessor training in July. Participants will focus on phonological awareness by discussing the phonological continuum, examining the role of phonemic awareness in skilled reading and applying the knowledge of phonological awareness to instruction. You must attend all six hours to receive credit. Date:…
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