Here are the notes of some of the sessions that I attended. If I get a copy of their presentations, I will attach them to this page.
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Powerful Projects Involving Parents by Jill Sheehan (Killian Elementary)
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Carolina Life: A Post Secondary Program for Students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities by Karen Pettus, Laura Chezan, and Kathleen Marshall
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Free Resources for Behavioral Interventions by Cheryl Wissick
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How to Be “Sneaky Smart”: Responding to Classroom Misbehaviors by Jeffery Craver
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Enhancing Your Instructional Program with etvStreamlineSC and OnePlaceSC by Dianne Gregory
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Together We Create by Varnshi Rudrapati
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Teachers and Classrooms and Websites, Oh My! by April Garrett, Stacy Head, and Tyrone Jefferson
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First Year Teacher's Survival Guide
1, Powerful Projects Involving Parents by Jill Sheehan (Killian Elementary)
Book in a Bag:
- · Students read a book.
- · Decorate white bag with title, author, and illustration
- · Write a summary on the back of the bag
- · Place 5 objects in the bag to help tell about the story.
Go Home Journal
- · Each child gets a journal and copy of parent letter
- · Students write a letter to an adult at home each week.
- · Parents are asked to write back.
- · Teacher can also write home.
Informational Text
- · Students read a nonfiction book
- · Students must prepare written report on their topic.
- · Students present for the class.
- · Students must have a visual aid to use during their presentation.
Story Cloth
- · Students are given a brown paper bag to take home
- · Students choose a tale to retell on their story cloth (bag)
- · Sketch simple retellings in 3-5 parts
- · Was and crumple the bag.
- · Exchange cloth between 2 students. Let them tell the story from looking at the story cloth
My Adventures Journal
- · The class has a pet that goes home for the week with a student.
- · A disposable camera is included with a class journal.
- · Students write about the pet’s adventures at home.
Who am I? Biography
- · Students read a biography
- · They prepare a written report about their person
- · Students dress-up as their character for presentation day
Picture This!
- · Students are given a disposable camera and asked to take 2 pictures which could be put together to form a compound word.
Celebrity Reader
- · Students write letters to family members to read to the class
- · After visit, students write thank you notes
Mystery Writer
- · Parents take turns writing to the class
- · Parents give clues about their identity
- · Students guess whose parent wrote the letter.
Assessment
- · Rubrics are used for assessment
- · Rubrics are sent home with the assignments so parents are aware of criteria expected.
2. Carolina Life: A Post Secondary Program for Students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities by Karen Pettus, Laura Chezan, and Kathleen Marshall
This offers a college experience to individuals with intellectual disabilities that might otherwise not experience a college life. ($8000/per semester)
Students enrolled will be working on social, community living, vocational, and academic goals.
Post-secondary programs for students with disabilities are increasingly getting national support.
Important entry-level skills: Classroom behavior, social responsiveness, elementary reading and writing skills, following a written/graphic schedule, telling time/being on time, following directions.
How does CarolinaLIFE meet the long term goals?
- · Academic: based on individual level of functioning, individualized instruction, inclusive classes
- · Social: campus orientation, student organizations, peer mentors, cultural events
- · Vocational: job shadowing, internship, employment
- · Independent Living: money skills, time management skills, personal safety, self-determination, self-advocacy
Academic course content and structure:
- · CarolinaLIFE courses are designed to address basic skills across domains.
- · USC courses reflect a match between student’s interests and abilities.
- · Supports for classes and job shadowing are provided through individualized instruction, mentors, and group instruction
Vocational preparation: Job shadowing, job tryouts, looking for appropriate job placements, using data from job tryouts
Independent Living Preparation: Connections with vocational rehabilitation for job coaching, connections with other adult service agencies as necessary, providing some support and training for students living off-campus when appropriate
Social/Recreational Activities: establishing and maintaining peer network for students, Identifying group freshman activities, and campus recreational fuctions, locating local cultural and sporting events that match student interests, encourage students to join service as well as social university organizations.
3. Free Resources for Behavioral Interventions by Cheryl Wissick
4. How to Be “Sneaky Smart”: Responding to Classroom Misbehaviors by Jeffery Craver
Email him to get PowerPoint
- Classroom management research, especially at the elementary level…
- Behavior specific praise increases on-task behavior
- Mystery Motivators
- Chart Moves – any dot to dot
- Transition tickets/Lottery
- Mystery Hero Student
- Role Model Student
- No Salt, No Sugar & No $ www.Successfulschools.org
5. Enhancing Your Instructional Program with etvStreamlineSC and OnePlaceSC by Dianne Gregory
ETV’s k-12 Educational Portal - Teachers have a single sign-on to the website that will allow teachers to search all their quality educational content, including Knowitall.org, StreamlineSC, PBS Teachers and Kids, Annenberg and Teachers Domain. http://Oneplacesc.org
6. Together We Create by Varnshi Rudrapati
Free Websites for using Technology in the classrooms
7. Teachers and Classrooms and Websites, Oh My! by April Garrett, Stacy Head, and Tyrone Jefferson
8. First Year Teacher's Survival Guide by Amanda Walkup and Pat Hensley
(Powerpoint can be sent by request. please send email to Amanda or Pat)
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