On Friday, March 30, 2012, Colorado College and University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS) hosted its first Education Symposium, made possible by generous funding from Colorado Campus Compact’s Training Ground Grant. The symposium was the result of feedback from recent graduates of our Master of Arts in Teaching program and the federal requirement to provide training on specialized topics to in-service teachers.
The symposium was open to current and recent alums of both Colorado College and UCCS, with targeted marketing to AmeriCorps members. In an effort to collaborate with the community, we also opened the symposium up to current teachers in the surrounding school districts. School District 11 approved the symposium as a qualifying event for teachers to receive D11 incremental credit and CDE credit towards licensure renewal. With this approval, D11 advertised the event to all teachers in the district, which produced strong attendance by current D11 teachers.
Workshops offered, including links to PowerPoint presentations and handouts where available.
Autism Spectrum Disorder 101 by Cara Woundy, school psychologist in Harrison D2 and autism expert
Breaking Down the Language Barrier by Jennifer Duarte and Aimee Dyrek, Academy District 20 teachers
Breaking Down the Language Barrier Presentation
Children with Clinical Conduct Disorders: Strategies for Success! by Dr. Jessica Copeland, associate director of CC’s Partnership for Civic Engagement
Conduct_Disorders_Presentation
Differentiating Instruction for both High and Low Performing Students by Megan Sheppard and Virginia Owen
Differentiating Instruction Resources
Teaching and Learning in the Urban Classroom by Dr. Manya Whitaker, Riley Scholar in Residence, Education Department at CC
Common Teaching Practices in Urban Schools
Using the RtI Framework to Implement IEP’s/ILP’s by Vince Puzick, D11 Literacy Facilitator
Colorado Department of Education’s Response to Intervention (RTI) site: http://www.cde.state.co.us/RtI/
Colorado Basic Literacy Act: http://www.cde.state.co.us/coloradoliteracy/cbla/index.htm
