2019 Summer PD at APSRC

Course Descriptions and Credit Hours

Below are course descriptions and registration links. All of these trainings are free to APSRC member schools. To register, just click on the name of the course you would like to attend. 

Teaching and Learning Summer PD

 

Using ACT Score Reports to Inform Instructional Decisions

Hours: 3

Time and Date: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., June 10, 2019, at APSRC

Audience: Teachers and Administrators in grades 4-11

Presenter: Alex Pritchett, ADE Assessment Specialist

To register, click here.

 

High-Reliability Schools

Are you curious what to do now that you have received your High-Reliability School books?  Come learn about it from Dr. Mike Ruyle, an author and consultant with Marzano Research.

High-Reliability Organizations (HROs) continually pursue error-free performance and take proactive steps to prevent failure. In the era of accountability, schools are expected to be HROs. The Marzano High-Reliability Schools framework provides a clear blueprint for this purpose. This workshop will introduce school leaders to five levels of high-reliability schooling and the use of leading and lagging indicators as tools for strategic planning and monitoring school progress.

Hours: 6

Time & Date: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 12, 2019, APSRC

Audience: Administrators

Presenters: Dr. Mike Ruyle, Marzono Research

To register, click here.

 

Implementing Tasks in the Math Classroom

Before, During, and After the Task – You have a task, but now what?

By using the before, during, and after approach, teachers will have a structure for implementing tasks. Teachers will find connections among formative assessment, Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices, and Standards for Mathematical Practices. Resources for finding tasks will be shared. This session is designed for middle-school math teachers.

This training will be held at APSRC, Ste. 315 in the Victory Building, which is located at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201

Parking is available a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $5 to cover all-day parking or $1 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking also is available.

Hours: 6

Time & Date: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 14, 2019, APSRC

Audience: 6th-8th math teachers

Presenter: ADE Math Specialist Veronica Hebard

To register, click here.

 

R.I.S.E. Training for Returning Group of Charter Teachers (3rd-6th) – Day 4: Vocabulary

Join Literacy Specialist Mollie Thomas on June 26, 2019, for Day 4 (Vocabulary) of R.I.S.E. Training. This training will begin at 8:30 a.m. and last until 3:30 p.m. (Lunch is on your own.)

The session will be held in Room 445 at the Victory Building, which is located at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201

Parking is available a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $5 to cover all-day parking or $1 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking also is available.

Hours: 6

Time & Date: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 20, 2018, APSRC (Room 445)

Audience: Returning R.I.S.E. charter teachers (3rd-6th)

Presenter: Literacy Specialist Mollie Thomas

To register, click here.

 

Book Study of Disrupting Thinking: Why HOW We Read Matters

Participants will receive a copy of Disrupting Thinking: Why HOW We Read Matters by Kylene Beers and Bob Probst and participate in a book study emphasizing how critical it is that we teach students how to approach and read complex texts. This session will be led by ADE Literacy Specialist Connie Echols.

Hours: 6

Time & Date: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 26, 2019, APSRC

Audience: Teachers in grades 7-12 (any content)

Presenter: ADE Literacy Specialist Connie Echols

To register, click here.

 

R.I.S.E. Training for Returning Group of Charter Teachers (3-6) – Day 5: Comprehension

Join Literacy Specialist Mollie Thomas on June 27, 2019, for Day 5 (Comprehension) of R.I.S.E. Training. This training will begin at 8:30 a.m. and last until 3:30 p.m. (Lunch is on your own.)

The session will be held in Room 445 at the Victory Building, which is located at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201

Parking is available a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $5 to cover all-day parking or $1 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking also is available.

Hours: 6

Time & Date: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., June 27, 2019, APSRC

Audience: Returning R.I.S.E. charter school teachers (3-6)

Presenter: Literacy Specialist Mollie Thomas

To register, click here.

 

Instructional Strategies for Gifted Students (Elementary)

Spend a day learning and practicing classroom strategies designed to help increase the achievement of your advanced learners and provide them with the opportunity to learn something new each day. From bell-ringers to differentiation, best practices to use with advanced learners will be shared along with techniques to address their affective needs.

Topics include using essential questions, flexible grouping, curriculum compacting, thinking skills, genius hour, mindset, performance tasks, problem-solving, increasing self-efficacy, menus, tiered lessons, and learning contracts. Dr. Mary Kathryn Stein will provide numerous tools to use to support your high-ability learners.

This session will be held at APSRC, Ste. 315, which is in the Victory Building, located at 1401 W. Capitol Ave, Little Rock, AR 72201.

Garage parking is available on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The cost is $1 per hour or $5 for the entire day. Money is placed in a numbered slot that matches that of your parking space. Metered parking also is available.

Hours: 6

Time & Date: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., July 10, 2019, APSRC

Audience: Elementary classroom teachers

Presenter: Dr. Mary Stein, ADE Director of Gifted & Talented and Advanced Placement

 

Instructional Strategies for Gifted Students (Secondary)

Hours: 6

Time & Date: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., July 11, 2019, APSRC

Intended Audience: Secondary classroom teachers

Presenter: Dr. Mary Stein, ADE Director of Gifted & Talented and Advanced Placement

To register, click here.

 

ACT Aspire – Literacy (Grades 6-8 ELA)

Math Quest – 6th grade-Algebra II (Two-day training)

AR Math QuEST is a two-year, state-initiated professional development opportunity for exemplary teaching and learning based on NCTM’s Mathematics Teaching Practices and the Standards for Mathematical Practice. Join Sandra Leiterman, Mathematics Instructional Specialist, for this two-day training at APSRC.

We are located in Ste. 315 of the Victory Building, 1401 W. Capitol Avenue, Little Rock.

Parking is available a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $5 to cover all-day parking or $1 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking also is available.

Hours: 6

Time & Date: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., July 16-17, 2019, APSRC

Audience: Math teachers – 6th-Algebra II

Presenters: Mathematics Instructional Specialist Sandra Leiterman, STEM Education Center, UALR

To register, click here.

 

ACT Aspire – Literacy (Grades 9-12 ELA)

ADE has partnered with ACT to provide a one-day training centered around the design, scoring and reporting of ACT Aspire assessments and provide lessons that can be used in the classroom to help promote student success on these assessments. Participants will hear from experts at Pearson, ACT, and state content specialists about activities that can be incorporated into their classrooms to support success on the ACT Aspire assessments. This workshop is intended for ELA classroom teachers in grades 9-12.

Hours: 6

Time & Date: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., July 17, 2019, APSRC

Audience: Grades 9-10 ELA

Presenter:  ADE Public School Program Advisor Connie Echols

To register, click here.

 

R.I.S.E. Training for New Group of Charter Teachers (3rd-6th) – Day 1: Science of Reading and Phonology

Join Literacy Specialist Mollie Thomas on July 22, 2019, for Day 1 of R.I.S.E. Training for our new cohort of charter teachers. This training will begin at 8:30 a.m. and last until 3:30 p.m. (Lunch is on your own.)

The session will be held in Room 445 at the Victory Building, which is located at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201

Parking is available a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $5 to cover all-day parking or $1 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking also is available.

Hours: 6

Time and Date: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., July 22, 2019, APSRC (Ste. 445)

Audience: Charter school teachers, 3rd-6th

Presenter: Literacy Specialist Mollie Thomas

To register, click here.

 

R.I.S.E. Training for New Group of Charter Teachers (3rd-6th) – Day: Phonics

Join Literacy Specialist Mollie Thomas on July 23, 2019, for Day 2 of R.I.S.E. Training for our new cohort of charter teachers. This training will begin at 8:30 a.m. and last until 3:30 p.m. (Lunch is on your own.)

The session will be held in Room 445 at the Victory Building, which is located at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201

Parking is available a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $5 to cover all-day parking or $1 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking also is available.

Hours: 6

Time & Date: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., July 3:30, 2019, APSRC, (Ste. 445)

Presenter: Literacy Specialist Mollie Thomas

To register, click here.

 

R.I.S.E. Training for New Group of Charter Teachers (3rd-6th) – Morphology

This PD will be a one-day training centered on the design, scoring, and reporting of ACT Aspire assessments and provide lessons/activities that can be incorporated into the classroom to help support success on these assessments.  This workshop is intended for classroom teachers in grades 6th-8th who teach literacy.

Hours: 6

Time & Date: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., July 24, 2019, APSRC

Intended Audience: New group of charter teachers (3rd-6th)

Presenter: Literacy Specialist Mollie Thomas

To register, click here.

 

Instructional Supports for Secondary Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

This training will focus on the instructional needs of secondary students with significant cognitive disabilities.  Participants will explore IEP resources needed to ensure IEP goals are aligned with Essential Elements. This session will benefit all secondary teachers who teach students with significant cognitive disabilities.

Hours: 3

Time & Date: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., July 25, 2019, APSRC

Intended audience: Secondary teachers

Presenter: ADE Secondary Literacy Consultant Robin Stripling

To register, click here.

 

DLM Basics

 

2019 Aspire Portal Training – Morning Session

Per an ADE Commissioner’s Memo: In the 2019-2020 school year, the ACT Aspire Portal will undergo significant changes that will affect the way testing coordinators prepare for administering the assessments. The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) in conjunction with ACT Aspire has developed a 3-hour training to prepare districts for these changes.

Attendance at the training is required for the district test coordinator in each district or public charter school. The DTC may bring a team of district or building personnel who will help plan for and train test administrators.

NOTE: Participants will need access to computers for this training. 

Hours: 3

Time & Date: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., July 30, 2019, APSRC

Intended Audience: Required for district test coordinators and encouraged for building test coordinators

Presenters: ADE Public School Program Advisors Susan Gray and JJ Walker

To register, click here.

 

2019 Aspire Portal Training – Afternoon Session 

Per an ADE Commissioner’s Memo: In the 2019-2020 school year, the ACT Aspire Portal will undergo significant changes that will affect the way testing coordinators prepare for administering the assessments. The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) in conjunction with ACT Aspire has developed a 3-hour training to prepare districts for these changes.

Attendance at the training is required for the district test coordinator in each district or public charter school. The DTC may bring a team of district or building personnel who will help plan for and train test administrators.

NOTE: Participants will need access to computers for this training. 

Hours: 3

Time & Date: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., July 30, 2019, APSRC

Intended Audience: Required for district test coordinators and encouraged for building test coordinators

Presenters: ADE Public School Program Advisors Susan Gray and JJ Walker

To register, click here.

 

R.I.S.E. Training for New Group of Charter Teachers (K-2) – Day 1: Science of Reading

Join Literacy Specialist Mollie Thomas on August 1, 2019, for Day 1 of R.I.S.E. Training for our new cohort of charter teachers. This training will begin at 8:30 a.m. and last until 3:30 p.m. (Lunch is on your own.)

The session will be held in Room 445 at the Victory Building, which is located at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201

Parking is available a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $5 to cover all-day parking or $1 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking also is available.

Hours: 6

Time & Date: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., August 1, 2019, APSRC

Intended Audience – New cohort of charter teachers (K-2)

Presenter: Mollie Thomas

To register, click here.

 

Instructional Strategies for Secondary Classroom Teachers

In her highly engaging and interactive presentation, Polly Patrick of ICLE, will share strategies for effective differentiation and model how to structure the secondary classroom for maximum learning. This session will draw an explicit connection between differentiation and improving student engagement and providing more rigorous and relevant learning through researched-based teacher moves. Polly will challenge educators to evaluate their own experiences and strategies to examine how these relate to their day-to-day practice.

 

 

R.I.S.E. Training for New Group of Charter Teachers (K-12) – Day 2: Phonology

 

Technology Summer PD