Professional Development Calendar

Understanding by Design

Understanding by design is a new program which the Mississippi Department of Education is promoting.  It was written by Dr. Grant Wiggins and is especially tailored for Mississippi.  Understanding by Design focuses around students' really understanding what they have learned and the ability to transfer or apply knowledge.  It focuses on essential questions, big ideas, and valuable assessments.  The curriculum framer is an online set of curriculum guides including all components of the math and language arts frameworks for Mississippi.  In this training participants will gain knowledge of how to teach for understanding andhow to use the framer to gain valuable lesson plans. This session carries 0.6 CEU credit for teachers.  Enrollment is strictly limited to 25 participant for this session and will be accepted on a first come-first serve basis.

Date:  June 12, 2008

Time:  8:30 - 4:00

Location:  Delta State University Training Lab (Ewing 238)

Surf's Up!  Finding Health Information on the Internet

This is a three hour workshop for librarians, school librarians, library staff, teachers, community health workers, community health advocates, and the general public.  An additional two hour afternoon session for 0.5 CEU credit will be provided through the Mississippi Library Commission.  You must register for both sessions to obtain the 0.5 CEU credit.  During this workshop you will learn criteria for evaluating health information websites, how to find reputable health information online, advanced searching techniques in MedlinePlus and several EBSCOhost consumer health databases through MAGNOLIA, and issues related to providing health information reference services.  You must register for this workshop by calling 662-846-4431.

Date:  June 5, 2008

Time:  9am-12(General Session) & 1:00 - 3:00 (CEU Workshop)

Location:  Roberts-LaForge Library Room 157 - Delta State University

Inclusion:  A Shared Responsibility

Bring a team from your school or just yourself to discuss the latest on creating classroom communities that foster success for all students.  The day will include time for you to problem solve with other professionals and to participate in breakout sessions on current issues in inclusive classrooms.  Topics will include not only how to survive, but how to thrive, by using strategies related to a) utilizing the inclusion teacher and paraprofessional in the classroom, b) co-teaching and teaming, c) response to intervention and 3 tier instruction, d) culturally responsive teaching, universal design for learning, e) differentiated instructional strategies in academic areas, and f) classroom management strategies in the inclusive classroom.

Requirements:  Register with DAAIS

Telephone:  662-846-4354

Fax:  662-846-4402

Email:  crjackson@deltastate.edu

Session I:  February 27, 2008

Time:  8:30 - 3:00

Location:  Delta State University  Jacob Conference Center

American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer

  This session provides professional rescuers (those with a duty to respond) the skills needed to respond appropriately to respiratory and cardiac emergencies.  Participates will also learn the skills and knowledge needed to provide care for victims of sudden cardiac arrest through the safe use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).  A fee of $10 is charged for this session and will be collected upon completion of the session.  This session carries 0.5 CEUs for teachers.

Requirements: Register with DAAIS         Telephone 662-846-4354    Fax 662-846-4402

Session I: August 28, 2007--DSU Aquatics Center

Time: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Depth of Knowledge! What You Need to Know

This session will focus on understanding Norman Webb's work on depth of knowledge (DOK) and its application in the classroom.  Participants will learn background on Webb's work and how it relates to Bloom's Taxonomy, and they will learn how to create assessment items using level of difficulty.  This session will carry 0.5 CEU credits for teachers.

Requirements:  Register with DAAIS
Telephone: 662-846-4354
Fax: 662-846-4402
Email: crjackson@deltastate.edu

Session I: October 15, 2007
Time: 8:30 - 3:00
Location: Delta State University - Jacob Conference Center

Session II: October 16, 2007
Time: 8:30 - 3:00
Location: Delta State University - Jacob Conference Center

Session III: October 17, 2007
Time: 8:30 - 3:00
Location: Delta State University - Jacob Conference Center

Session IV: November 2, 2007
Time: 8:30 - 3:00
Location: Delta State University - Jacob Conference Center

Introduction to World Geography

The new state requirement that all high-school students take the Introduction to World Geography course begins in the Fall of 2008.  This session will provide variable depth of coverage to help prepare teachers to teach the geography course.  Teachers with or without experience teching geography will benefit from the workshops and be able to improve student achievement in this subject.  This workshop can also help history teachers incorporate geography into their courses.  This session will carry 0.6 CEU credits for teachers.

Requirements:  Register with DAAIS
Telephone:  662-846-4354
Fax:  662-846-4402
Email:  crjackson@deltastate.edu

Date:  October 10, 2007
Time:  8:30 - 3:00
Location:  Delta State University - Jacob Conference Center

Stock Market Game

In this session teachers will be trained on basic ecomonic concepts, stock market investing priciples in order to train students how to use the website and participate in the program.  There will be a lecture, demonstration, question and answer session and guided excercises.  This session carries 0.5 CEU credits for teachers.

Requirements:  Register with the Mississippi Council on Economic Education
Telephone:  601-974-1325
Email: jamesk@millsaps.edu

Date:  September 21, 2007
Time: 8:30 - 3:30
Location: Delta State University - Ewing Hall 238 (Training Lab)

Mississippi School Closing Table Top Excercise

The world has experienced three influenza pandemics within the last one hundred years-1918, 1957, and 1968.  The 1918 pandemic was the most fatal event in human history killing an estimated 100 million people world wide.  Could this happen again?  The answer to this question and many other will be explored during this session.  The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers this subject of such significance that it entered into cooperative agreements with the health departments in each state to deliver a series of excersises designed to aid in planning for an influenza pandemic in the context of the potential of closing schools as a primary community mitigation measure.  The Mississippi School Closing Table Top Exercise is sponsored by the Mississippi State Department of Health and will be delivered by the South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health.  This session carries 0.6 CEU credits for teachers.

Requirements: Register with DAAIS
Telephone: 662-846-4354
Email: crjackson@deltastate.edu

Session I: November 13, 2007
Place: Delta State Jacob Conference Center
Time: 8:30 - 3:00

Session II: November 14, 2007
Place: Grenada, MS  Country Inn and Suites
Time: 8:30 - 3:00

Session III: November 15, 2007
Place: Vicksburg Convention Center
Time: 8:30 - 3:00

2007 Mississippi Mathematics Frameworks Revised Training Sessions

Requirements:  Register with Mississippi Department of Education
Telephone: 601-359-2586

Date:  November 29 & 30, 2007
Place:  Delta State University - Jacob Conference Center, Ewing 219, and Ewing 224
Time: 8:30 - 3:30

Introduction to Microsoft Word

This one day training session will help develop a basic understanding of word processing and document preparation.  Activities include, creating documents, formatting documents, using the toolbars, setting tabs and so on.  The only prerequisite for this workshop is keyboarding.  This session carries 0.5 CEU credits for teachers.

Requirements: Register with DAAIS
Telephone: 662-846-4354
Email: crjackson@deltastate.edu

Date: December 7, 2007
Time: 8:30 - 3:00
Place:  Delta State University - Ewing Hall 238(Training Lab)

Introduction to Microsoft Excel

This one day training session will introduce participants to the basics of Microsoft Excel.  Participants will learn to create and manipulate spreadsheets for numerical calculations and information management.  The session carries 0.5 CEU credits for teachers.

Requirements: Register with DAAIS
Telephone: 662-846-4354
Email: crjackson@deltastate.edu

Date: January 9, 2008
Time: 8:30 - 3:00
Place: Delta State University - Ewing Hall 238(Training Lab)

Kindergarten Academy

The Mississippi Reading Kindergarten Academies (4 days) are professional development institutes that can help schools meet the challenge of "No Child Left Behind".  The Academies are built on scientifically based components that include explicit and systematic instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.  The Academies will highlight grouping, monitoring student progress to inform instruction, and providing interventions for struggling readers.  This session carries 2.4 CEUs for teachers or 20 SEMI credits for career level administrators.  This session carries 2.4 CEU credits for teachers or 20 SEMI credits for career level administrators.

Requirements: Register with North MS Education Consortium
Telephone 662-915-7905    
Fax  662-915-3790

Session I: January 15-16 & January 22-23, 2008
Place:  Delta State University Jacob Conference Center
Time:  8:30 - 3:30

Session II:  March 19-20 & March 26-27, 2008
Place:  Greenwood, Mississippi
Time:  8:30-3:30

1st Grade Academy

The Mississippi Reading First Grade Academies are professional development institutes that can help schools meet the challenge of "No Child Left Behind".  The Academies are build on scientifically based components that include explicit and systematic instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.  The Academies will highlight grouping, monitoring student progress to form instruction, and providing interventions for struggling readers.  This session carries 2.4 CEU credits for teachers or 20 SEMI credits for career level administrators.

Requirements:  Register with North Mississippi Education Consortium
Telephone:  662-915-7905   
Fax: 662-915-3790

Session I:  March 25-26 & April 1-2, 2008
Place: Delta State University Jacob Conference Center
Time:  8:30-3:30

Session II:  February 19-20 & February 26-27, 2008
Place: Grenada, Mississippi
Time:  8:30-3:30

2nd Grade Academy

 This four-day institute presents second grade teachers with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills so they can effectively teach young children to read and meet the challenge of “No Child Left Behind.”  Academy topics include phonics and word study, using assessment to inform instruction, reading groups, designing effective lessons, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and interventions for struggling readers.  The format of the Academy includes video segments, instruction, group activities and group discussions.  Participants will receive two resource notebooks and other instructional materials to use in their classrooms.  This session carries 2.4 CEU credits for teachers or 20 SEMI credits for career level administrators.  

Requirements: Register with the North Mississippi Education Consortium
Telephone 662-915-7905    
Fax  662-915-3790

Session I: February 5-6 & February 12-13, 2008 cancelled
Place: Grenada, Mississippi  cancelled
Time: 8:30-3:30  cancelled

Session II:  February 7-8 & February 21-22, 2008
Place: Delta State University Jacob Conference Center
Time: 8:30-3:30

Session III:  February 14-15 & February 21-22, 2008
Place: Canton, Mississippi
Time: 8:30-3:30

Differentiated Instruction

During this workshop, presenters will share strategies for instruction and assessment that will help meet the needs of all learners in the classroom.  This seminar is designed to provide the participant with practical, easy to implement strategies that support all learners.  This session offers a wealth of new ideas and pratical strategies for both teaching and assessing all learners in the classroom.  These will be summarized in an extensive resource handbook that will help classroom teachers begin implementing these ideas as soon as they return to the classroom.  This session carries .6 CEU's for teachers or 5 SEMI credits for career level administrators.

Session I: February 1, 2008
Place: Yazoo City, Mississippi
Time: 8:30-3:30

Session II: February 29, 2008
Place: Delta State University Jacob Conference Center
Time: 8:30-3:30

Mississippi Assistant Teacher/Paraprofessional Training

This one day training is designed to help assistant teachers and paraprofessionals in understanding their role, and utilizing that information to increase student performance and instructional delivery.  During the training session, the participants will utilize a variety of learning strategies including hands-on activities, viewing instructional videos, listening to lectures, and participation in group discussion.

Session I: December 4, 2007 Cancelled
Place: Greenwood, MS  Cancelled
Time: 8:30-3:30  Cancelled

MS Language Arts Framework K-3 Training

This one day training provides an introduction to the newly revised MS Language Arts Framework 2006 for Kindergarten through 3rd grade.  The training includes an overview of the organization of the MLAF, an explanation of the competencies and objectives for each grade level, examples of teaching strategies, and suggested assessments for the areas of reading, language arts and writing.  The MLAF training addresses what students should know and do in English, language arts, and reading classrooms.

Session I: January 10, 2008
Place: Delta State University Jacob Conference Center
Time: 8:30-3:30

Session II: January 15, 2008
Place: Clarksdale, Mississippi
Time: 8:30-3:30

Session III: February 8, 2008
Place: Canton, Mississippi
Time: 8:30-3:30

Reading Instructional Intervention Model

Formally the 3-Tier Reading Model holds promise for reducing the overall reading problems by providing intensive early intervention for the students most at-risk for reading difficulty.  It consists of three tiers of levels of reading instruction.  Tier 1: Core Classroom Reading Instruction, Tier II: Supplemental Instruction, Tier III: Instruction for Intensive Intervention.  This model will make a highly significant contribution to the knowledge base on preventing reading disabilities through effectively early reading instruction.  This session carries 0.6 CEU credits for teachers or 5.0 SEMI credits for career level administrators.

Requirements: Register with the North Mississippi Education Consortium 
Telephone: 662-915-7905     
Fax:   662-915-3790

Session I: December 12, 2007
Place: Delta State University Jacob Conference Center
Time: 8:30-3:30

Session II: April 3, 2008
Place: Canton, Mississippi
Time: 8:30-3:30

Session III: April 4, 2008
Place: Vicksburg, Mississippi
Time: 8:30-3:30

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills

In this one-day workshop, participants will be instructed on the use of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills (DIBELS) instrument to screen students, monitor progress, and guide instruction.  This session carries 0.6 CEU credits for teachers or 5.0 SEMI credits for career level administrators.

Requirements:  Register with the North Mississippi Education Consortium
Telephone:  662-915-7905     
Fax:  662-915-3790

Session I: December 11, 2007
Place: Delta State University Jacob Conference Center
Time: 8:30-3:30

Session II: January 16, 2008
Place: Clarksdale, Mississippi
Time: 8:30-3:30

Session III: January 18, 2008
Place: Delta State University Jacob Conference Center
Time: 8:30-3:30

Integrating Learning Centers

This one day training is designed for teachers and administrators.  The participants will receive valuable information on the use of curriculum based learning centers in the classroom.  During the training, participants will review the philosophy of learning centers, explore room designs and center arrangements, and discuss implementation of learning centers and classroom management.  The learning center training will provide the opportunity for participants to use hands-on activities and design lessons that connect to the Mississippi Language Arts Framework.  This session carries 0.6 CEU credits for teachers or 5.0 SEMI credits for career level administrators.

Requirements: Register with the North Mississippi Education Consortium
Telephone: 662-915-7905     
Fax: 662-915-3790

Session I: December 11, 2007
Place: Grenada, Mississippi
Time: 8:30-3:30

An Exploration in Fluency

This one-day training is designed to assist Kindergarten through third grade teachers in meeting the goal of "Every Child a Reader."  This training provided a knowledge base of fluency and its importance in the process of reading acquisition.  Conclusions derived from the current research in the essential component of fluency are discussed.  A correlation to the Mississippi Language Arts Framework, benchmarks, assessments, and intervention strategies is provided.  Numerous teaching strategies to facilitate the development of fluency in children are examined.  The session will conclude with additional hands-on activities to demonstrate how the fine arts can easily be integrated into instruction to support the development of fluency in children.  This session carries 0.6 CEU credits for teachers or 5.0 SEMI credits for careel level administrators.

Requirements:  Register with the North Mississippi Education Consortium.
Telephone: 662-915-7905     
Fax: 662-915-3790

Session I: December 7, 2007  Cancelled
Place: Greenwood, Mississippi  Cancelled
Time: 8:30-3:30  Cancelled

Session II: January 30, 2008
Place: Delta State University Jacob Conference Center
Time: 8:30-3:30

Essential Components of Reading Instruction - Comprehension

During this one-day session, the Comprehension training focuses on the research related to the ability to comprehend, processes which affect reading comprehension, and appropriate types of assessment.  Instructional strategies to increase students' comprehension abilities are modeled, including strategies that incorporate the language arts.  The session will conclude with additional hands-on activities to demonstrate how the fine arts can easily be intergrated into instruction to support the development of comprehension in children.  This session carries 0.6 CEU credits for teachers and 5.0 SEMI credits for career level administrators.

Requirements: Register with the North Mississippi Education Consortium
Telephone: 662-915-7905
Fax: 662-915-3790

Session I: December 4, 2007  Cancelled
Place: Yazoo City, Mississippi  Cancelled
Time: 8:30-3:30  Cancelled

Session II: January 31, 2008
Place: Delta State University
Time: 8:30-3:30

Essential Components of Reading Instruction - Phonemic Awareness

In this one-day interactive session, participants will become acquainted with the importance of Phonemic Awareness to reading and will learn to distinguish it from other related areas, such as phonics.  Particpants will learn the developmental progression of this essential component of reading instruction, its correlation to the Benchmarks of the Mississippi Language Arts Framework, and methods of assessment.  Throughout the session, participants will engage in a variety of instructional strategies which can be implemented in the classroom.  The session will conclude with additional hands-on activities to demonstrate how the fine arts can easily be integrated into instruction to support the development of phonemic awareness in children.  This session carries 0.6 CEU credits for teachers or 5.0 SEMI credits for career level administrators.

Requirements:  Register with the North Mississippi Education Consortium
Telephone: 662-915-7905
Fax: 662-915-3790

Session I: November 29, 2007 CANCELLED
Place: Clarksdale, Mississippi CANCELLED
Time: 8:30-3:30 CANCELLED

Session II: March 4, 2008
Place: Delta State University Jacob Conference Center
Time: 8:30-3:30

Essential Components of Reading Instruction - Phonics

The Phonics training focuses on providing participants with a thorough knowledge base of phonics.  During the one-day training, the participants will develop an understanding of the phonics conclusions derived from current research and resources for teaching strategies to facilitate the development of phonics.  The session will conclude with additional hands-on activities to demonstrate how the fine arts can easily be integrated into instruction to support the development of phonics in children.  This session carries 0.6 CEU credits for teachers and 5.0 SEMI credits for career level administrators.

Requirements: Register with the North Mississippi Education Consortium
Telephone:662-915-7905
Fax: 662-915-3790

Session I: December 5, 2007  Cancelled
Place: Yazoo City, Mississippi  Cancelled
Time: 8:30-3:30  Cancelled

Session II: February 28, 2008
Place: Delta State University Jacob Conference Center
Time: 8:30-3:30

Essential Components of Reading Instruction - Vocabulary

Beginning with the developmental progression of vocabulary and background knowledge, this one-day training provides participants with the research that documents the importance of spoken and written vocabulary acquisition to the process of reading.  Participants are given a wealth of practical, age appropriate, and "classroom tested" strategies that promote the vocabulary and background knowledge students need to become fluent readers.  The session will conclude with additional hands-on activities to demonstrate how the fine arts can easily be integrated into instruction to support the development of vocabulary in children.  This session carries 0.6 CEU credits for teachers or 5.0 SEMI credits for career level administrators.

Requirements:  Register with the North Mississippi Education Consortium
Telephone: 662-915-7905
Fax: 662-915-3790

Session I: December 5, 2007  Cancelled
Place: Greenwood, Mississippi  Cancelled
Time: 8:30-3:30  Cancelled

Session II: January 29, 2008
Place: Delta State University Jacob Conference Center
Time: 8:30-3:30

MS Superintendents Academy

The Superintendents Academy provides opportunities for any MS educator to explore the most crucial leadership position in American education, the role of the superintendent.  Delta State University, Nissan and the Delta Area Association for Improvement of Schools designed the format to allow participants to engage in meaningful interaction with presenters, while also allowing time to reflect on their goals and develop strategies to achieve them.  Sessions are held over a 12-month period which includes one week on campus and five additional sessions spaced throughout the year.  Space is limited, so early registration is recommended.

Requirements: $50.00 non-refundable program fee for Summer Institute

Dates: June 18-22, 2007 & 5 Additional Dates to be announced --DSU

Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.