Eastern Washington Education Conference Presenters

Bonnie Albertson
Bonnie Albertson;  Nicole Blake
Janet BalesSessions have been cancelled
  • Fast Math: Math Fluency AND Fraction Nation: Building Fraction Fluency
  • Scholastic Math Inventory (SMI) Formative Assessment
  • Math 180-Middle School Math Intervention
Kristina Beach          Sally Mack
  • How to use G.L.A.D. strategies in PreK-12 classroom while meeting TPEP goals and CCSS for all learners
Michael Bell
  • Data With Intention – Using Math-Whizz Reports
Dr. Gregory Benner
  • Practical Social Emotional Learning Strategies for the Classroom: Making it Happen
  • Social Emotional Learning for Students With Behavioral Disorders: Making it Happen in the Classroom
  • The Whole Child Initiative: A Sustainable, City-Wide System of Support for Tacoma Youth
Sarah Berglund
  • Tips and Tricks in the Orchestra Classroom
Randy Bjur
  • 266 Dog Years: Don’t Just Survive, Thrive
  • Handout
Deborah Burke
  • STEM Integration Projects
  • Handout
Dr. Karen Burke
  • READ 180 and System 44 End-of-Year Gains Analysis  (For Richland SD READ 180 and System 44 Teachers and Administrators Only)
  • Writing, Writing, Writing! Engaging all Students Everyday! – Middle School – Part I & II
Mandy Cathey; Nita Kamphuis; Sharon Bradley
  • All Special Education Staff Training
Jane Chadsey
Dr. Yichien Cooper
  • Integrating Chinese Arts and Culture into Curriculum
Melanie Cushing        Joely Nye-Felt             Amy Strege
  • Growing Poverty in Richland: Strategies to Engage Families
Claire Dann, Stephanie Button, Dale Jansons
  • The REACH Museum: Your Partner in Education
  • Handout
Patti Davenport
  • All About that Bass: A Critical Foundation for Innovative Instruction
  • Dare to break the mold: Maximizing student engagement and motivation
Wendy DeWeirdt
  • Dreambox Learning Math
Emily Diehl
  • Ignite Learning with a Growth Mindset – Grades 4-5
  • Ignite Learning with a Growth Mindset – Grades K-3
  • Ignite Learning with a Growth Mindset – Grades 6+
Rick Donahoe; Erin Tomlinson; Lauren Schoenwald
  • Improving Early Childhood Literacy and Kindergarten Readiness through Parent Education
  • Handout
Dierdre Ducharme     Dr. Cristi Alberino
  • Smarter Balanced Assessment System: Connecting the ELA Claims to Classroom Instruction for Grades K-5
  • Handout
  • Smarter Balanced Assessment System: Connecting the ELA Claims to Classroom Instruction for Grades 6-HS
  • Handout
FunPEGuy – Dennis Stands
  • Building Teamwork & Skills in Physical Education– Part I
  • Handout
  • Building Teamwork & Skills in Physical Education– Part II
  • Handout
  • Building Teamwork & Skills in Physical Education– Part III
  • Handout
Kerry Gavett
  • El camino al éxito – A Spanish Kindergarten Early Reading Intervention
  • Handout
Pete Hall
Dr. Yun-Ju Hsiao        Dr. Yichien Cooper
  • Inclusive Instruction Practices: Past, Present, and Future
Anton Jackson      Jennifer Judkins      Julie Wagner
  • Teaching and Assessing the WA State K–12 Learning Standards for Mathematics in 2015–16
  • Handout
Chris Johnson
Greg Kelly
  • PowerTeacher for Experienced Users
  • Handout
  • Algebra without homework? – Reaching Every Student
  • Handout
Dr. Kate Kinsella
Mike Klinger
  • Getting Better Recordings of Your Bands/Choirs
  • Teaching Music In A Connected World
  • iPads In The Music Classroom
Cindy Knisely            Beth Simpson
  • The ELA Smarter Balanced Assessment: What We’re Learning – Part I
  • Handout
  • The ELA Smarter Balanced Assessment: What We’re Learning – Part II
  • Handout
  • Getting to Know the ELA Performance Task
  • Handout
Barb Lark
Karen Lipp                      Tina Wutzke            Kendra Leggett              Andrea Patterson
  • Developing the Building Blocks of Number Sense in Kindergarten
  • Handout
  • Creating a STEAM program in your school
  • Integrating STEAM to increase student engagement
Melissa McBurney    Brian Sites
  • Utilizing EdReady for College Math Readiness
Amy McLaughlin    Linda Stairet                 Jill Loftus
  • AVID – Note Taking K-5
Amy McLaughlin    Linda Stairet Jill Loftus Kristina Tucker
  • Close Reading – it is more than just rereading the text! AVID – Reading Inside and Outside of the Text
Brenda Marler             Ellen Eddy
  • Using Homeroom Data to Close the Gap
Ryan Murtfeldt   Jennifer Szolnoki
  • How to Avoid Burnout and Love Teaching Again
Deb Newberry
  • Hands-On Activities to Infuse Nanotechnology Content into Traditional Science Classes – Part I & Part II
  • Handout
Pete Perez; Jerad Farley; Justin Johnson
  • Nobody Gets to Opt Out. Nobody Gets to Fail.
Mason Rivers
  • Richland School District Psychologists work group session – Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses evaluation and eligibility criteria
Dr. Christopher Roberts
  • Singing Games for Upper Elementary Students
  • Handout
  • Rockin’ Music Literacy Segments
  • Handout
  • Yes! You Can Help Your Students Sing in Tune!
  • Handout
Kesha Shorts       Tascina Penor
  • ELL/CLD Separating Difference from Disability
  • Handout
Randall Spaur
  • Make Google Work for You
Linda Stairet                Jill Loftus                 Randy Fairfield
  • AVID Strategies + Instructional Technology = Rigorous Learning
Jeff Utecht
  • Keynote Session – Preparing for Doc and Marty
  • Moving From Sorting to Searching
  • Google Apps in the Classroom
  • Students as Creators and Contributors
Dr. Tricia Valdez-Zontek; Dr. Teddi Beam-Conroy
  • Understanding and putting the WA English Language Proficiency Standards into action in schools
  • Culturally and Linguistically Responsiveness is for Everyone!
Karen Weakley
  • High Standards in Early Learning Programs: Is DAP Dead and Gone?
Laura Wesley           Keith Mataya                Steve Perez                Donnetta Elsasser
  • Did You See That? Looking Closely at Sources of History
  • Civic Action Project (CAP)-Connecting Your Government Class and the Real World
Jack Williams
  • Teaching with Love and Logic In Mind
Allison Winston
  • Hapara Powers Connected Learning for Teachers and Students using Google Apps for Education
Angie Withers               Trish Hilt
  • Identifying and Addressing Anxiety in the School Setting
  • Handout
Nancy Wittman
  • Communication Training Options for the Non-Verbal Student – A Look at the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
Amy Yardley
  • Communicating Within a Culture of Poverty:  Improving Outcomes for Everyone  Part I & II
  • Handout

Educational Links

Other State Associations

Association of Washington School Principals
www.awsp.org

Washington State Learning First Alliance -see additional information below*
www.sbe.wa.gov/WSLF/wslfa.htm

Education Northwest
www.educationnorthwest.org

Partnership for Learning
www.partnership4learning.org

Washington Association of School Administrators
www.wasa-oly.org

Washington Education Association
wa.nea.org

Washington Education Research Association
www.wera-web.org

Washington State Parent Teachers Association
www.wastatepta.org

Washington State School Directors' Association
www.wssda.org

Useful Educational Links

ASCD Whole Child website
www.wholechildeducation.org

Kristin Souers
Fostering Resilient Learners

Pete Hall
http://www.educationhall.com/

U.S. Census Bureau
https://www.census.gov/schools

Education Northwest
http://educationnorthwest.org/

Site listing of available teaching positions
www.wateach.com

National Center for Education Statistics
https://nces.ed.gov/

On-line support and resources for educators in smaller, rural schools.
https://www.ed.gov/rural-education

The Center for Learning Connections serves community and technical college administration in Washington State. The Appreciative Inquiry page on its Web site examines an approach to organizational change based on strengths rather than weaknesses, on a vision of what is possible rather than an analysis of what is not.
www.learningconnections.org

Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession
www.cstp-wa.org

Washington State Learning First Alliance | Mental Health Resources

Washington State ASCD is in partnership with the Learning First Alliance an association dedicated to improving student learning in America's public schools. Together with the Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP), Washington State Board of Education, Washington State School Directors’ Association (WSSDA), Washington Association of School Administrators, Washington Education Association (WEA), Office of Superintendent and Public Instruction (OSPI), Washington State Parent Teacher Association (WSPTA); we share examples of success, encourage collaboration, and work toward the continual and long-term improvement of public education based on solid research.

The purpose of the Washington State Learning First Alliance (WSLFA) organization is to:

  • ensure that high academic expectations are held for all Washington students;
  • ensure a safe and supportive place of learning for all Washington students; and
  • ensure that adequate resources and funding are provided to achieve these goals.

 

The most recent focus of the WSLFA is to ensure that schools, educators, and the families/students we serve are aware of the OSPI mental health resources available and to share them within the membership of the collective organizations.

Washington State ASCD believes in the five tenets of the Whole Child (WC) approach, which ensures each student is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.  We understand that the support of physiological needs - a child’s safety, mental health and well-being – along with each of the WC tenets is fundamental for a positive learning environment and long-term student success.

To support educators, families, and children we want to highlight the behavioral resource guide from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).

Link: https://www.k12.wa.us/student-success/health-safety

Presenter Materials

2016 Washington Teachers’ Conference – Westside

2016 Washington Teachers’ Conference – Eastside

Sound Practices to Reach Every Student: Making Sense of ACEs and PBIS
Wenatchee Event with Dr. Garcia, Dr. Benner and Dr. Kubista
Keynote 1 – The Importance of Whole Child Development
Keynote 2 – Social and Emotional Learning Core Competencies
Keynote 3 – Effective Practices that Support the Whole Child

Dr. Pedro Noguera – Equity through Excellence

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

Questions and Prompts for Discussion
PSESD Policy Review Worksheet
2 Minute Share Out
FWPS Action Planning Template
FWPS Cause Cards
FWPS Data Driven Dialogue
FWPS Noguera Facilitator Guide
Root Cause Analysis Protocol

2015 Eastern Washington Education Conference – Richland

Presenter Materials

https://wsascd.org/?p=439

5th Annual (2014) RTI-PLC Conference – Richland

Appel – CCSS in the Middle School ELA Classroom
Berger – Research Standards in the Common Core and Smarter Balanced: A Synthesis of Learning
Berglund – Basic Orchestra In-Class String Repairs
Bryan, Muntean, Stordeur – What’s New with National Board Certification?
Buttars – Singapore Advanced ‘Make and Take’ Session
Cooper – Wheel of Awareness: Students-Centered Curriculum and Assessment
Cooper – Moving Ahead: Common Core and National Coalition for Core Arts Standards
Craig-Mickel – User Defined Uploads for Homeroom Progress Monitoring
Craig-Mickel – Homeroom Data Extracts to Show Student Growth

DeJong – Collaboration for Successful Inclusion   

DesChane & Poff – Special Education Basics for the General Educator
DeTienne and Jones – Implementing CCSS with Differentiated Instruction and hands-on Activities for the K-2 Classroom
Diehl – Mindsets and Motivation 

Doyle – SBAC Performance Task Math   

Doyle – SBAC on-Line Assessment Math  

Dueck – Wednesday Keynote Materials – The Value of a Target
Dueck – Collared Shirts and Canned Food Drives Not in Standards
Dunn – Smartboards in your Universal Design for Learning Toolkit  
Dunn – Smart Inclusion: I have lots of Stuff – Now what?  
Dunn – iPads as Part of your Universal Design for Learning Toolkit
Gookin – The Art of Musical Conducting  
Guaman – Collaboration and Engagement Strategies
Hitch – Homeroom Basics  
Howard – Overview of TPEP and CEL 5-D for teachers newly transitioning in 14-15
Klug- Khan Academy  
Lane – Using Encyclopedia Britannica and Image Quest in the Classroom
Lane – Atomic Learning
Lane – Navigating the World of eBooks: Classroom Integration
Leppien – What Makes Quality Curriculum for Advanced Learners and What Does This Have to do With CCSS?
Macias, Wheeler, Hall – Daily 5/Cafe Overview and TPEP Connections  
Picanco – Accelerated Learning & Enhanced Instruction: Differentiation for Highly Capable Students
 
Poff & DesChane – Understanding the IEP for General Education Teachers
 
Blank Accommodations Form

Pottle – Math Tools for Educators  

Rohman – Sensory Accommodations for the Classroom   

Rose, Carri – K-5 Music Composing Strategies  
Rose, Carri – Teaching Music through Movement  
Rose, Jason – Sibelius Briefs  
Soots – OER and the Common Core      

Stewart – The Many Faces of Anxiety  

Tunnell – Read Well Refresher  
Weakley – Observation As A Key To Responsive Teaching
Weast, Jerry – Lessons from PreK-3 in Montgomery County Schools

Yecha – ECOM Advanced  


CCSS Communication Symposium – Yakima

Co-Sponsored with CCSSO, ASCD, OSPI
Symposium Materials

2014 Spring Conference

Co-Sponsored with WERA and Learning Forward

Keynote Session (Stephanie Hirsh): Increasing the Effectiveness of Professional Learning

Session: Facilitating Change: Supporting the Work and Managing Resistance;Dissenting Voice and Why Structure ; Managing Resistance ppt ; Managing Resistance handout

Session: Keeping the Course: Sustaining Momentum and Progress on Your Initiative

Session: Teachers as Agents of ChangeBarth Synopsis ; Barth The Time is Right 2013

Session: Assessing the Impact of Professional Development: Reality and TheoryHarmon & Taylor OSPI CSTP ; Data-Related Quotes ; Qualitative Data Collection Methods


4th Annual RTI-PLC Conference – Richland

Bradley, Pardini & Bolson Social Thinking for General Education Students

Butler (13 Items) Students as Assessment Partners by Answering the 4 PLC Questions

Cable Cultural Competence Training for Educators (teacher website)

Doepker & Holbrook Platooning: Content Teaching in an Elementary Setting

Dluhosh (2 Items) Music Therapy: An Introduction and Uses in the Classroom

Ebert  Next Generation Science 101

Feldman (3 Items) Materials for Keynote

Feldman (5 Items) Leading RTI: A Potential Key to Increasing Student Achievement

Feldman (4 Items) Improving Secondary School-Wide Literacy in Light of RTI and CCSS 6-12

Feldman (4 Items) Improving Elementary School-Wide Literacy in Light of RTI and the CCSS K-6

Gallagher (5 Items) Because You Can’t Memorize Understanding: Implementing the CCSS-Math for ALL Students

Howard  Keynote Teacher Evaluation (TPEP)

Johnson Working with Difficult People

LaBryer Read Well: Grade 1-2 Refresher

Lane (5 Items) Navigating Online Resources for Middle and High School Language Arts and Reading

McCullough Read Well: Kindergarten Refresher

Page (7 items) Learning Games for Vocabulary and Skills

Pottle Math Tools for Paraeductors

Rose & Abrams – Education Preschool to Grade Three: Setting a Firm Foundation in Academic and Social Skills

Soots (3 Items) OER 101: Introduction to Open Educational Resources

Stafford  Common Core with Technology Skills for Digital Communication (website)

Stafford  Common Core With Technology Skills for PBL (website)

Tunnell  Using Read Well in Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grade

Valdez-Zontek (3 items) Serving English Language Learners


Technology Institute with Jeff Utecht

Website used for Institute – http://jeffutecht.com/wsascd


Dr. Harvey Alvy – Learning from Lincoln

Powerpoint (pdf)

Rick Wormeli – Standards-Based Grading

Powerpoint

Rick Wormeli – Differentiated Instruction

Powerpoint


2012 Annual Conference Presenters’ Handouts

Reality Needs a Better Game Design (pdf) – Jane McGonigal

Backwards Design with our Students in Mind (pdf) – Tammy Campbell

OSPI Updates: Current Trends and the Evolving Assessment Landscape – Alan Burke, Robin Munson

Engaging with Washington’s Common Core Mathematics: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going (pdf) – Greta Bornemann, Anne Gallagher

State Early Learning and Assessment Priorities (pdf) – Kathe Taylor, Bob Butts

Hopeful and Whole: Hidden Creek Elementary, a School Moving Toward Joy! (link) – Laura Smith, Maura Crisp, David Listoe, Kim Ellis, Frank Laverty, Wally Endicott

Whole Child Approaches to Improving Student Learning and Well-Being (pdf) – Greg Williamson, Ron Hertel, Sarah Butzine, Dixie Grunenfelder

Implementing Innovative and Effective Assessment Strategies at the Secondary Level  (pdf) – Myron Dueck

Motivating Kids in the Gap: Building Efficacy through the Arts (pdf) – Sibyl Barnum, Terese Emry, Shelby O’Connor

Money, Manpower and Measurement: How Smaller Districts Can Adapt Best-Practice to effecitively Mentor Teachers (pdf) – Jeremy Delamarter

Assessing Text Complexity Using the Common Core State Standards (pdf) – Laura Willner

Empower Students: Five Powerful Strategies (pdf) – Celina Brennan, Ann Ottmar

Empower Students with Rich Vocabulary (pdf) – John Helgeson

Online Learning: A How-To Guide (pdf) – Karl Nelson

Creating an Engaging and Safe School Culture: Implementing PBIS (pdf) – Lori Lynass, Jinna Risdal

The Cowardly Lion Had it Right: Courage to be an OZ-Some Principal (pdf) – Larry Davis, Bruce Davis

Student Engagement: Engaging Classroom Practices (pdf) – Bridget Hocutt, Betsy Casteel, Lisa Hagen, Lisa Heffernan

Engaging with Washington’s Common Core English Language Arts: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going (pdf) Related Materials – Liisa Moilanen Potts, Luisa Sanchez-Nilsen

Communication, Collaboration and Success with Social Media and Technology (link) – Hannah Gbenro, Ron Mayberry