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Welcome to Teacher Summer Institute 2017! For the first time ever, Boston Public Schools and the Boston Teachers Union are co-hosting an academic conference for teachers. TSI will focus on highlighting the best practices of some of our most passionate urban educators across BPS. Teachers, central office staff, and valued members of our community will join together to help bring a shared vision for instruction to life across the district. Please note, this is open to all educators, and is not exclusively for new teachers. We hope to see you there!

8:00am EDT

Essential 1: Create Safe, Healthy, and Sustaining Learning Environments

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Participants will understand three essential components of creating a safe, healthy and sustaining learning environment. The first component, Understanding Self, will help participants understand their own cultural background and how it impacts their actions and beliefs in the classroom. The second component, Community: School and Home, will help participants to understand how to educate the whole child by identifying student assets and needs as well as recognizing the cultural and linguistic identities of the students, families and communities. The third component, Facilitating Engaging Learning, will help participants learn to develop an active, student-centered learning experience that establishes classroom routines and rituals that affirms student identities and agency, promotes healthy choices, and develops a safe climate and environment.

Tuesday August 22, 2017 8:00am - 3:00pm EDT
224

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Essential 2: Design Learning Experiences for Access and Agency- Creating Access and Agency for Diverse Learners

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Participants will examine ways to better understand and engage each and every learner and employ instructional practices that support student ownership of learning. By facilitating opportunities for conversations, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking, we will be able to design instruction that provides access and agency for diverse learners.

All resources can be accessed at: http://bit.ly/ASSETaea

Presenters

Rhianon Gutierrez

Digital Learning Specialist, Boston Public Schools

Rhianon E. Gutierrez's varied background includes instructional design, media production, and disability advocacy. As a Digital Learning Specialist in the Boston Public Schools, she builds district-wide partnerships around inclusive uses of technology and leads and supports blended... Read More →

Connie Henry

Assistant Director, K-12 Mathematics, Boston Public Schools

Zachary Houston

Assistant Director for ABA, Boston Public Schools

Zachary Houston is the Assistant Director for Applied Behavior Analysis for the Boston Public Schools. As a Board Certified and Licensed Behavior Analyst, Zachary has over 15 years of experience supporting students with disabilities. He also serves on the board of the Association... Read More →

Chi Nguyen

Assistant Principal, Boston Public Schools

Chi Nguyen is the assistant principal of the Taylor School.

Pam Pelletier

Director, K-12 Science and Technology Engineering, Science/APL

Holly Rosa

Assistant Director of Implementation K-12 Science, Technology/Engineering, Boston Public Schools

Natacha Scott

Director of History/Social Studies, History & Social Studies Department

Tuesday August 22, 2017 8:00am - 3:00pm EDT
George Sherman Union - Back Court

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Essential 3: Facilitate Cognitively Demanding Tasks and Instruction

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In this workshop teachers will:

Understand the cognitive load theory as it applies to:

anticipating what students will do as they engage with CDI
monitoring students while they work using teacher questions that supporting engagement
identifying student work for analysis
developing effective sequencing of student work
orchestrating engaging instruction
ensuring access for all students

Consider the portrait of a learner
- Knowing who students are and what they bring to instruction
- Accessing social emotional skills so they can be engaged and take risk
Analyze of Cognitively Demanding Instruction within and across content
Develop a start of school year launch for cognitively demanding instruction

Tuesday August 22, 2017 8:00am - 3:00pm EDT
B12

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Essential 4: Assess for Learning

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Participants will learn about and practice the process of formative assessment in order to accelerate student growth. Teachers will learn to elicit, assess, and extend student thinking by asking questions, posing prompts, observing student work and facilitating conversations, and focusing on feedback that moves student learning forward.

Presenters

Mary Dillman

Executive Director, Data and Accountability, Boston Public Schools

Sarah Jay

Multi-Tiered System of Supports, Boston Public Schools

Linda Lipkin

Assistant Headmaster, O'Bryant School of Math & Science

Christina Scarlatos

Senior Inquiry Learning Manager - Data & Accountability, Boston Public Schools

Inquiry is a scaffolded process that guides teams of teachers and school leaders to identify student learning challenges based on data and adjust instructional practice until student learning improves. Collaborative inquiry is a vehicle for distributing school leadership and augmenting... Read More →

Tuesday August 22, 2017 8:00am - 3:00pm EDT
226

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Focus on First Curriculum Training

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Learning a new curriculum is challenging and exciting. These interactive and collaborative sessions will offer foundational understanding, instructional routines and strategies, introduction to materials, resources, and opportunities to talk with colleagues in order to prepare for the year ahead.

Presenters

Melissa Tonachel

Program Director, Early Childhood

Tuesday August 22, 2017 8:00am - Thursday August 24, 2017 3:00pm EDT
313

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Focus on Second Curriculum Training

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Learning a new curriculum is challenging and exciting. This will be especially so as the Focus on Second Pilot curriculum is in development, and teachers will participate in shaping it as the year progresses. These interactive and collaborative sessions will offer foundational understanding, instructional strategies, introduction to materials, resources, and opportunities to talk with colleagues in order to prepare for the year ahead.

Presenters

Melissa Tonachel

Program Director, Early Childhood

Tuesday August 22, 2017 8:00am - Thursday August 24, 2017 3:00pm EDT
522

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Introduction to Focus on K1

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Focus on K1 is the nationally-acclaimed preschool curriculum implemented in 200+ Boston classrooms. In this introductory session, participants will be trained in the First Three Weeks of School and Units 1 & 2. There will be 2 PD release days during the school year, with the possibility of additional after-school seminars. Participants will learn curriculum content, as well as high-quality practices for successful implementation.
This PD session addresses the following educator effectiveness competencies:
Standard I: Curriculum, Planning, and Assessment
Standard II: Teaching All Students

Presenters

David Ramsey

Program Director/ Developer, Early Childhoo

Tuesday August 22, 2017 8:00am - Thursday August 24, 2017 3:00pm EDT
426

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Introduction to Focus on K2

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Focus on K2 is currently implemented in 200+ Boston classrooms as well as in districts across Massachusetts and Rhode Island. During this 3 day session, participants will be introduced to the curriculum's pedagogical framework and components, classroom routines, environment setup and Unit 1. There will be 2 PD release days during the school year, with the possibility of an additional 2 to 4 after-school seminars. Participants will learn curriculum content, as well as high-quality practices for successful implementation.
This PD session addresses the following educator effectiveness competencies:
Standard I: Curriculum, Planning, and Assessment
Standard II: Teaching All Students

Presenters

Marina Boni

Program Developer, Early Childhood PreK-2nd

Tuesday August 22, 2017 8:00am - Thursday August 24, 2017 3:00pm EDT
235

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Instructional Components PreK-2

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Instructional leaders are struck by having to observe in the prekindergarten and kindergarten classrooms. This is a great opportunity to see and engage conversation regarding the alignment of the instructional components in grades pre-2nd grades.

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Mayra Cuevas

Liaison - Academics, Boston Public Schools

Wednesday August 23, 2017 8:00am - 9:20am EDT
229

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Understanding the Shifts: Unpacking the New Science & Technology/Engineering Standards

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Participants will work with the framework to better understand the expectations it holds and the instructional shifts needed for student success. We will unpack standards and explore implications for teacher practice, both vertically and horizontally. We will share resources for planning and instruction, and information about the materials transition underway.

Presenters

Pam Pelletier

Director, K-12 Science and Technology Engineering, Science/APL

Resources from TSI Unpacking STE Standards pdf

TSI Unpacking PD pdf

Wednesday August 23, 2017 8:00am - 9:20am EDT
B20

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Engaging Families for Student Success

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Participants will gain knowledge and tools for how to engage the families of the children they teach. We will role play how to make phone calls to families to establish two-way communication from the start of the school year, and we will plan the agenda for your interactive "Back to School Night" in the fall.

Presenters

Ilene Carver

Second Grade teacher

Wednesday August 23, 2017 8:00am - 9:20am EDT
B12

School Based Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Leveraging Major Standards To Create Intervention That Actually Works

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Want to learn how to implement an intervention plan that actually works? Together using data, curriculum resources, and our own observations, we will determine what the most important standards are in our grade-level and content area. Then, we will shift gears and identify what the data tells us about the achievement gap in our own schools/classrooms. Being empowered with both of these tools will leave teachers in a position to create meaningful intervention to ensure that all students are reaching the ultimate goal: meeting or exceeding grade-level expectations.

Who is this session for?
Elementary, Middle School, and High School Teachers teaching Math or ELA

What do you need?
LAPTOPS, Pencil or Pen, Your Thinking Caps

Presenters

Mike Macchi

Assistant Principal, Perry K-8 School

Leveraging Major Standards To Create Intervention That Actually Works Power Point pptx

Leveraging Power Standards to Create Intervention That Actually Works Agenda pdf

Wednesday August 23, 2017 8:00am - 9:20am EDT
233

School Based Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Using Behavioral Data Within Multi-tiered Systems of Support

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Do you strive to use behavioral data to make data-based decisions? Using the framework of multi-tiered systems of support within Behavioral Health Services' Comprehensive Behavioral Health Model, we will investigate how behavioral data is being used to select and monitor evidence-based behavioral interventions for individual students, classrooms and whole school initiatives.

Presenters

Alexander Freeman

Presentation pptx

Behavioral Data Action Plan doc

Case Examples (Partner Activity) docx

Wednesday August 23, 2017 8:00am - 9:20am EDT
211

School Based Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Coaching Educators to Build Practice

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This session will provide participants with practices they can use to coach other educators. This will be accomplished through resources, new learning, and significant opportunities for practicing these skills in action. Teacher leaders, administrators, and others can use this seminar as an opportunity to ground their support of others in established techniques and to practice those techniques with experienced coaches.

Presenters

Angela Hedley-Mitchell

Program Director- History/Social Studies K-12, Boston Public Schools

Courtney Wilkes

ELA/SS Manager for K-8, Academic Response Team

Wednesday August 23, 2017 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
237

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Teacher/Paraprofessional Teams: How to Effectively Educate Students

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This course will assist participants in promoting high quality special education, accessible, inclusive learning environments by enabling effective team instruction by dedicated special educators and paraprofessionals.

Wednesday August 23, 2017 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
428

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Using Data in Special Education Classrooms and IEP meetings

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This course will support attendees in identifying a variety of different types of data that can be used to inform the SST and IEP processes. Participants will identify and access a variety of tools for student data collection in order to maximize student outcomes that can be utilized unobtrusively within the classroom. Participants will also develop data-based decision making skills across, assessment, academic, and behavioral domains.

Presenters

Aixa Borrero-Sanchez

Assistant Director of Related Services, Boston Public Schools

Related Services, co-teaching, co-treating with related services staff, special education.

Christine M. Panarese, Ed.D.

Assistant Director of Special Education,Schools/Settings, K-8, Boston Public Schools

Zachary Houston

Assistant Director for ABA, Boston Public Schools

Zachary Houston is the Assistant Director for Applied Behavior Analysis for the Boston Public Schools. As a Board Certified and Licensed Behavior Analyst, Zachary has over 15 years of experience supporting students with disabilities. He also serves on the board of the Association... Read More →

Wednesday August 23, 2017 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
B25B

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Executive Functioning In a Nutshell: Identification, Strategies and Intervention

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This course is designed for participants to expand their understanding of how executive functioning skills impact students in the classroom. We will focus on background information about brain development and executive function areas, how to identify needs in students and strategies for supporting and developing executive functions in the classroom.

Presenters

Bonnie OConnor

kiraly get ready do done visual pdf

Interventions for Executive Function

Part B Executive Functioning in a Nutshell Presentation pptx

Executive Skills Planning Interventions Form 2 docx

Intervention Planning Tool docx

Wednesday August 23, 2017 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
B18

School Based Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Starting Courageous Conversations about Race

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We will go through a series of protocols and activities designed to deepen the racial equity conversation within your self and your community. We will work to understand how our racial identity effects our life and our work as educators. This session will also be an introduction to this work and provide resources to begin the conversation at your school and community.

* I added components of what you need to bring with you! You will need a journal!

If you are interested in joining a year long session:

https://sites.google.com/view/bostoneducatorsforequity/

Thank you for coming!!!!! Powerpoint is uploaded! you can always email me at uainsworth@bostonpublicschools.org! I cannot wait to hear how your conversations are going!

Presenters

Ulana Ainsworth

Teacher, Guild

Some Aspects and Assumptions of White Culture in the United States pdf

Knapsack plus Notes Peggy McIntosh pdf

What to bring to Courageous Conversations docx

Starting Courageous Convs pptx

Wednesday August 23, 2017 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
226

School Based Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Physical Literacy: Setting the Standard in Physical Education

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This interactive workshop is designed to help physical educators better understand and apply the newly revised BPS physical education (PE) curriculum maps and grade-level student learning outcomes. Participants will first build a foundation of knowledge of physical literacy. Then, through both cognitive and psychomotor engagement, participants will get to experience and bring to life standards-based PE curriculum. Information gained from the workshop will assist teachers in rigorous, standards-based unit design and assessment of student learning. Dress to move!

Presenters

Jessica Greene

Wednesday August 23, 2017 8:00am - 3:00pm EDT
Boston University's College of General Studies (CGS) - Room 527 871 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215

Central Office Facilitator

9:30am EDT

Unpacking what it means to be a white female educator to urban students of color

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What unique experiences, thoughts and behaviors do white female educators bring to the urban classroom? What strengths do these educators bring and what are areas of growth? Learn what the research says and engage in self-reflection and discussion.

Presenters

Kris Taylor

Director of Leadership Development, Boston Public Schools

My direct work involves supporting and developing aspiring principals and new principals and creating professional learning experiences for adults. In addition to this, my passion is supporting the district with having conversations about race and inequity.

Urban Education 2016 Black Girls and School Discipline pdf

Trading Stories Middle Class White Women Teachers and the Creation of Collective Narratives about Students and Families in a Di pdf

K. Taylor.TSI Presentation pptx

Wednesday August 23, 2017 9:30am - 10:50am EDT
224

Central Office Facilitator

9:30am EDT

Building Discourse Communities: Rigorous Student-centered Learning through Evidence Based Argumentation

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This workshop will show how EBA activities transfer cognitive demand from teacher to student and increase academic discourse. Participants will leave with four EBA activities to help students speak, write, and read critically in a student-centered classroom.

Presenters

Mary Dibinga

English Teacher, Boston Latin Academy

Jana McCarthy

Lead Teacher of Curriculum and Instruction, West Roxbury Academy

2017 TSI Conference Building Discourse Communities Presentation pptx

Wednesday August 23, 2017 9:30am - 10:50am EDT
B20

School Based Facilitator

9:30am EDT

Ideas, Inspiration, and Inquiry in a K2 Classroom

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Session Description

This workshop will introduce participants to a year-long inquiry project that sought to identify the presence of inspiration in a Kindergarten 2 classroom and its contribution to building a learning community where collaboration, student talk, and engaging project-based activity all contributed to creative and cognitively demanding learning in the classroom.

This presentation is appropriate for teachers who are interested in teacher inquiry, project-based learning, and documentation of student learning. Although it is based on teaching and inquiry in a Kindergarten 2 classroom, teachers from all grade levels and content areas are encouraged to attend.

Presenters

Lisa LLORENTE

ESL Teacher

I have worked as an early childhood educator in general education, special education, inclusion, and SEI classrooms. I am currently working as an ESL teacher with K2 and first grade students. I am interested in arts integration and project-based learning and promoting student "voice... Read More →

Wednesday August 23, 2017 9:30am - 10:50am EDT
228

School Based Facilitator

9:30am EDT

Making Cognitively- Demanding Tasks Accessible to All Learners

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Participants in this session will learn how plan cognitively demanding tasks that are accessible to all learners including ELLs and students with special needs. We will discuss how to plan lessons using Hess's Cognitive Rigor Matrix. We will also work on providing appropriate scaffolds that foster a productive struggle but also support learners so that they can be successful.

Presenters

Ashley Patti

Wednesday August 23, 2017 9:30am - 10:50am EDT
Tsai Performance Center

School Based Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

2017 MCF for ELA and Literacy: Using District Curriculum Documents to Strengthen Aligned Instruction in Grades PreK-3

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Participants will deepen their understanding of the 2017 ELA and Literacy Curriculum Framework in Mathematics and how teachers and administrators can use district curriculum documents to support alignment and strengthen instruction at Grades PreK-3, including attention to cognitively demanding tasks, inclusive strategies, and attention equity and access.

Presenters

Dr. Oneida Fox Roye

Director of English Language Arts and Literacy, K-12, Boston Public Schools

Wednesday August 23, 2017 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
237

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Digital Learning and the Blended Classroom

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Technology gives teachers many opportunities to engage individual students and personalize instruction. A blended approach that seamlessly integrates digital learning resources can free teachers' hands, giving them time and space to work with students one-on-one and in small groups. Further, it allows students to build their digital literacy skills, making them more successful in a 21st century workforce. A strong blended learning approach builds digital literacy skills: students learn to communicate effectively across variety of platforms, collaborate with peers in a meaningful way, and think critically about and engage with content.

Presenters

Edward Considine

Boston Public Schools

Ed Considine has been working in the Boston Public Schools for over 20 years as a teacher, lead teacher, Program Director, and currently in the BPS Technology Department as a Digital Support Specialist. Since joining BPS Technology in 2005 he have been part of the district wide planning... Read More →

Wednesday August 23, 2017 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
B18

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Using Asset-Based Portfolios to Support All Learners

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In this session you will learn about the work the Perry K-8 School has been doing around selecting individual “focus” students and developing lessons based on student strengths. We chose our focus students based on the achievement gaps at our school. We focused on incorporating culturally and linguistically sustaining practices and social emotional learning to support our students of color, our English Learners, and our students with disabilities. From this session you will walk away with strategies to implement with your students in the fall.

View our presentation here.

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Presenters

Alicia Carey

Teacher

Michelle Sirois

Grade 4 Teacher

Wednesday August 23, 2017 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
428

School Based Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Special Education 101: Overview of Laws and Regulations

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Participants will review special education federal and state laws and regulations and requirements for IEP teams.

Presenters

Andrea Alves-Thomas

Manager of Compliance for Special Education, Boston Public Schools

Andrea Alves-Thomas is currently the Manager of Compliance for Special Education. Prior to this endeavor, she was an attorney in the Office of Legal Advisor for Boston Public Schools for 15 years litigating special education, employment discrimination and other matters. She attended... Read More →

Maryann Molloy

Supervisor/Special Ed. Dept.

Julie Muse-Fisher

Michele Plasse-Collins

Wednesday August 23, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
229

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Using Standards-Aligned Formative Assessments to Get the Most Out of Every Teaching Minute

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We will explore a pathway to maximize instructional time by effectively planning from Common Core standards to target your students’ specific learning needs. In the session, we will analyze how BPS formative assessments provide information on student performance on specific standards, we will utilize the UBD model to unpack key standards, and we will develop cognitively demanding tasks aligned to standards. As a result of this work, we will create a backwards plan for instruction that will provide progress-checks towards standard proficiency for all students. Participants will be able to replicate this best practice with ILT, CPT/PLC, or in other collaborative spaces.

Presenters

Erin Flynn

Instructional Coach, Curley K-8 School

Trish Irving

Liaison - Data & Accountability, Boston Public Schools

Wednesday August 23, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
233

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Why Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Practices?

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This session will highlight the necessity of Culturally Linguistically Sustaining Practices for effective classroom instruction of diverse learners.

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Hayden Frederick-Clarke

Boston Public Schools

Wednesday August 23, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
B25B

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Developing Earth, Sun and Moon Models

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Teachers will engage with materials to learn how the Science and Engineering Practices adopted in the the new MA Science Frameworks and how to implement them in the classroom. They will: go through a shortened version of the process the students do, and ultimately develop their own model using simple materials. They will then use the criteria to show what they learned during the session.

Presenters

Eric Meuse

Science Teacher, Boston Public Schools

Developing Earth Sun and Moon Models pptx

Wednesday August 23, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
228

School Based Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Differentiation: Where There is a Will (Shakespeare), There is a Way

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This interactive workshop presents a high-energy approach to exploring differentiate instruction and assessment. Using multiple intelligence activities, tools, and strategies that are designed to engage and energize learners on multiple levels as well as to deepen interpretative skills and build comprehension, participants who teach literature will gain techniques to expand their curricula and to consider multiple assessments. Everyone, including would-be thespians, is welcome to come and join in the fun.

Presenters

Connie Borab

Teacher, Boston Day and Evening Academy

btu Differentiation packet 8 22 17 docx

Wednesday August 23, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
226

School Based Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Project Based Learning: Personalizing Instruction with a Design Mindset

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Project Based Learning is an approach that allows students to work independently and collaboratively on a complex real world challenge. This program will explore how to create an extended experience in which student not only create a culminating project, but use a design mindset to develop possible short term solutions to help solve the problem.

Presenters

Bruce Pontbriand

Teacher, Boston

This is my 28th year in education. At the present time, I am a lead teacher and also coordinate human capital at TechBoston Academy. My interest in project based learning was the focal point of my doctoral research at Boston College. My content interests are government and civics... Read More →

Wednesday August 23, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
326

School Based Facilitator

1:30pm EDT

Performance Evaluation 101 for Educators

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Educators have the opportunity and responsibility to engage in a dialogue with their supervisor to shape their professional growth and development. This session provides educators with information about the five-step evaluation process, an opportunity to unpack the standards of effective practice, and individual and small-group work time with colleagues.

Presenters

Charmie Curry

Jerome Doherty

Director of Performance Management, Boston Public Schools

Jerome serves as the Director of Evaluation and Performance Management, where he oversees all aspects of the evaluation/performance management process for BPS educators and non-instructional staff. He leads the OHC Performance Management Team (PMT), which provides direct support... Read More →

Ali Gross

School Partner

Chason Ishino

Performance Management Partner, Boston Public Schools

Leah Levine

Performance Management Partner, Boston Public Schools

Jackie Nazzaro

Mark Seide

Professional Growth Specialist

BPS Evaluation Overview For New Educators TSI 2017 pptx

Wednesday August 23, 2017 1:30pm - 2:50pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center

Central Office Facilitator

1:30pm EDT

Cognitively Demanding Task Rubric for Students with Special Needs

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The participants will learn about the development of the Carter School CDT Matrix for students with severe special needs. I will go over each level of the Matrix and provide examples for better clarity. Participants will learn the difference between simple discriminations and conditional discriminations and how to apply these concepts in our teaching. We will end the session with a group share out of findings and discuss ways to apply the CDT Matrix in our instruction.

Presenters

Kimberly Kulasekaran

Lead Teacher, Quincy Elementary School

Hello, My name is Kim Kulasekaran and I am the Lead Teacher at the William E. Carter School in Boston's South End. Our school specializes in educating students, ages 12-22 years, with severe special needs. I am approaching my 9th year as a teacher at the Carter School and am so proud... Read More →

Note Catcher docx

Do Now Carter CDTM docx

Developmental Milestones docx

Wednesday August 23, 2017 1:30pm - 2:50pm EDT
B12

School Based Facilitator

3:00pm EDT

ALANA

Limited Capacity seats available

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In this informal session, participants will meet ALANA executive members, participants and members of OHC and be introduced to a network of individuals committed to supporting their development in BPS.

Wednesday August 23, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
B12

3:00pm EDT

Schedule A Teacher Facilitator Share- Out & Networking

Limited Capacity seats available

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Wednesday August 23, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
226

3:00pm EDT

Student Rights and Responsibilities: BSAC's Boston Student Rights Phone App

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With the recent overhaul of the Boston Code of Conduct and the passage of Chapter 222 legislation to reduce out-of-school suspensions and expulsions and promote alternative methods of discipline, the Boston Student Advisory Council (BSAC) developed a Boston student rights phone app that allows students, teachers and administrators to stay up-to-date with policy and practice and report violations of the Code to the BPS Office of Equity, in addition to empowering the user to identify, interrupt and report hate crime and speech and harassment. Available on both the Apple and Android Google store, the app has been downloaded close to 12,000 times and is the first of its kind.

Wednesday August 23, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
233

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Using Language Objectives to ensure ELL access

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What many teachers don't know about language objectives is that they are not another bureaucratic nuisance; rather, they are an integral part of lesson construction that should directly reflect how a teacher makes content comprehensible. This is designed to be the next level after RETELL training for teachers.

Presenters

Jamie Staraitis

EL Director, East Boston High School, 1070

Thursday August 24, 2017 8:00am - 9:20am EDT
233

School Based Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Engagement Matters: Building Trust & Relationships with Families

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This interactive professional learning experience has been developed to provide teachers and educators with the research, tools and resources to implement effective engagement strategies that will build trust and relationships between the classroom/school and home.

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Karla Jenkins

Principal, Higginson Inclusion K0-2 School

Thursday August 24, 2017 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
226

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Explore Boston and Incorporate Place-Based Learning into Your Instruction!

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Want to use the city as your classroom? Struggle to connect field trips meaningfully to your instruction? Gain a deeper understanding of place-based learning opportunities that exist in Boston from a variety of local social studies and science organizations. Explore their vast collection of programs and resources that directly align to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.
(Hint: Many sites even offer free buses!)

Presenters

Natacha Scott

Director of History/Social Studies, History & Social Studies Department

Thursday August 24, 2017 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
B20

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Student Leadership in and out of the Classroom

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Students placed at the center of decisions involving their own education are more engaged and take more ownership of their own academia. In this session participants will reflect on their experiences as students and leaders, draw on those experiences, and explore strategies for engaging students in and outside the classroom.

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Maria Ortiz

Boston Public Schools

Thursday August 24, 2017 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
221

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

The Art of Effective IEP Team Meetings

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The course will focus on the IEP process from point of referral to the actual IEP development. We will review disability categories that qualify students for special education, including 504 eligibility. We will review a range of placement options (IDEA) from low level of services to more restrictive educational settings. The law governing special education will be discussed and how it guide development of an IEP.

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Dr. Ivonne Borrero

Program Director, Boston Public Schools

Dr. Ivonne Borrero is a member of the Behavioral Health Services under the Social Emotional and Wellness Department of the Boston Public Schools. Supervising the districts School Psychologists is her main responsibility but she also works with teachers, Special Education and EL staff... Read More →

Phyllis Mclean

Phyllis McLean has been with Boston Public Schools for 29 years.She started as a special education teacher; teaching at all levels in a range of settings. Phyllis then moved on to the position of Evaluation Team Facilitator,both school based and as a Citywide Team Facilitator. Phyllis... Read More →

Nilsa Reis

Assistant Director, Boston Public Schools

Nilsa Reis is our Special Education Assistant Director for TLT 4B. She has worked in BPS for 20 years in a variety of roles which include teaching at the Shaw Middle school and the Special Ed department for 13 years. She is passionate about reading and supporting students and s... Read More →

Thursday August 24, 2017 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
211

Central Office Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Appropriating the Canon: Teaching Race and Politics Through Intertextual Pairings

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This interactive session provides a framework for how to create intertextual units of study with canonical and contemporary works (poetry, drama, literature, music, movies, visual arts). Participants will learn strategies for how to demystify the canon that enable students to appropriate and argue their own politics in ways that are meaningful and relevant.

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Katherine Petta

Senior Academy Team Leader, Burke High School

Katherine Petta, Ed.D., MEd, NBCTKatherine is currently the Senior Academy Team Leader at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School, a Boston Public school. Prior to this leadership position, Katherine was an English teacher at the Burke for 17 years.Katherine earned a B.A. in English and... Read More →

Thursday August 24, 2017 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
228

School Based Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Restorative Justice Practices

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In this session, participants will learn the basics of Restorative Justice - including both the philosophy/mindset but also some of the technical components (e.g., keeping a circle). The aim of this session is to help us learn ways we can use restorative practices to end the school-to-prison pipeline.

Presenters

Stefani Harvey

Jess Madden-Fuoco

Instructional Coach at The English High School, Boston Public Schools

Bio: Jess Madden-Fuoco started teaching in 1997, and even since becoming an assistant school leader and coach in 2006, Jess is always looking for ways to keep teaching and spreading love. Jess is passionate about several topics including restorative justice, online learning, teacher... Read More →

TSI 2017 Restorative Justice Practices Introduction pptx

Thursday August 24, 2017 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
George Sherman Union - The Alley

School Based Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Social Cognition in the Classroom

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This course is designed for participants to expand their understanding of social cognition concepts and strategies for teaching students about pro-social behavior and social skill development in the classroom. The course will focus on the Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking curriculum as well as incorporate other social intervention tools including the Zones of Regulation.

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Bonnie OConnor

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Student Skill Streaming Checklist pdf

Parent Skill Streaming Checklist pdf

Social Cognition in the Classroom pdf

Thursday August 24, 2017 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
428

School Based Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Theory Applied to Practice

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Participants will learn about the 3 core concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as well as the structure and meaning of the UDL Guidelines. Participants will be engaged in practical activities and discussions where they will apply the guidelines to lesson plans and examine examples of UDL lesson implementation. If possible, please bring a lesson plan or an idea for a lesson to the session.

Presenters

Liz Byron

Liz Byron has been teaching in BPS for 10 years. She is currently the K1-8th Grade Visual Art Teacher at Mildred Avenue, a full-inclusion BPS in Mattapan, MA. Liz has also taught middle school math, special education, ESL, and ELA. Liz has co-taught a graduate course at Boston College... Read More →

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TSI UDL Aug 2017 pptx

Thursday August 24, 2017 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
326

School Based Facilitator

8:00am EDT

Routines are for Teachers Too: a practice-based approach for the early days

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A must for all novice teachers. Prepare to start the year off successfully by exploring classroom management strategies; effective classroom routines and procedures; and tools to use for the early days/ weeks of school.

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Steven Benjamin

Teacher, Lilla Frederick

Katy Briggs

Transformation Coach, Mason Elementary School

Nehemie Cesar

Amrita Dani

Chandra Joseph-Lacet

Ailis Kiernan

Julie Sloan

BTR Early Career Teaching Network

Kaitlin Torossian

Thursday August 24, 2017 8:00am - 11:15am EDT
Tsai Performance Center

Central Office Facilitator

9:30am EDT

'Essentials' of the Teacher Evaluation Rubric

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In order to meet or exceed the expectations placed on us as professional educators, we must first be clear on what those expectations are. In this course, we will investigate the interrelationships between the four Essentials for Instrucitonal Equiy and the four standards of the DESE Educator Rubric. We will make connections to how these relationships manifest in the classroom and discuss next steps for instructional practice.

Presenters

Charmie Curry

Jerome Doherty

Director of Performance Management, Boston Public Schools

Jerome serves as the Director of Evaluation and Performance Management, where he oversees all aspects of the evaluation/performance management process for BPS educators and non-instructional staff. He leads the OHC Performance Management Team (PMT), which provides direct support... Read More →

Ali Gross

School Partner

Chason Ishino

Performance Management Partner, Boston Public Schools

Leah Levine

Performance Management Partner, Boston Public Schools

Jackie Nazzaro

Mark Seide

Professional Growth Specialist

Essentials of the Teacher Evaluation Rubric TSI 2017 pptx

Gallery Walk follow up pdf

Thursday August 24, 2017 9:30am - 10:50am EDT
B18

Central Office Facilitator

9:30am EDT

The BTU Inquiry Project: How does teacher research improve practice while affirming and deepening professional identity?

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For the last three years, the BTU has collaborated with UMASS Boston and the Boston Writing Project to create this deeply personalized action research graduate course. Former Inquiry Project participants will present their research and then work with attendees to develop research questions that are meaningful and relevant personally and professionally.

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Colleen Mason

Teacher, East Boston Early Education Center, 4450

Paul Tritter

Director of Professional Learning, Boston Teachers Union

BTU Inquiry Teacher Summer Institute pdf

Thursday August 24, 2017 9:30am - 10:50am EDT
224

Central Office Facilitator

9:30am EDT

Proficiency in languages and technology for all students

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Participants will use their own laptops or devices to design their own classroom websites, interactive assessment and student-centered activities. By the end of the session, participants will have at least one classroom website/blog on line, an e-book design for each participant's class and an interactive, student-centered classroom activity using Google Forms or other technology to bring back to their own classrooms.

Presenters

Shan-Lee Liu

Teacher, Boston Latin School

歡迎! Welcome to my session! I love to share my experience regarding technology integration into everyday classroom pedagogy and curriculum design. Using educational resources like Google Classroom, Google Forms, Docs, Slides, Sheets as well as other software and apps to encourage... Read More →

Important reminder before session begin pdf

STI Proficiency in Languages and Technology for all Students ppt pdf

Thursday August 24, 2017 9:30am - 10:50am EDT
B12

School Based Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

BTU 101: Resources for New Educators from the Boston Teachers Union

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In this session educators will learn about resources available at the BTU in supporting new educators in and outside of the classroom as well as a bit of our history of strong teacher voice in Boston! Join us for a panel of early career educators sharing their successes and pitfalls to avoid in your first year!

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Jonathan Rodrigues

Organizer-BTU, Boston Teachers Union

Thursday August 24, 2017 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center

BTU Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

2017 MCF for Mathematics: Using District Curriculum Documents to Strengthen Aligned Instruction in Grades K-9

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Participants will deepen their understanding of the 2017 Massachusetts Curriculum Framework in Mathematics and how teachers and administrators can use district curriculum documents to support alignment and strengthen instruction at Grades K-9, including attention to cognitively demanding tasks, inclusive strategies, and attention equity and access.

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Linda Davenport

BPS K-12 Math Director, K-12 Math Director

Thursday August 24, 2017 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
225

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Digital Citizenship for the Tech Generation

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As technology becomes a presence within students’ lives the importance of teaching students to navigate technology safely and efficiently is rising. This session explores key elements of "Digital Citizenship" such as social media, cyber-bullying, digital footprint, and digital learning. Participants will analyze safe, efficient, responsible, and respectful student uses of technology while learning to infuse digital citizenship/literacy activities into their curricula.

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Nikolas Gonzales

Digital Learning Specialist, OIIT

Nick Gonzales has taught for over 10 years in New York City, BPS, and abroad as an ESL, EFL, and ESL/world history teacher. He has worked as a Digital Learning Specialist for the past 10 years for Boston Public Schools, is a Google certified educator, an adjunct world history professor... Read More →

Thursday August 24, 2017 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
233

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Hit the Ground Running with Units and Measurement

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Students rarely appreciate the importance of units and measurement. In this session participants will build timing and distance instruments to measure their own walking or running speed. Comparing and manipulating data will demonstrate how bring concepts to life for students.

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Aaron Osowiecki

Thursday August 24, 2017 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
114A

School Based Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Utilizing Digital Storytelling to Understand the Transmigration Experience

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Participants will become familiar with how to create digital stories with ELLs. This presentation provides the rationale of utilizing digital stories and gives step-by-step guidance in bringing this culturally competent, instructional strategy into one’s classroom. Digital stories can be used in any content and with a range of linguistic abilities.

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Elizabeth Tonogbanua

ESL Teacher

With fifteen years’ experience teaching students from many culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, I am a passionate educator who strives to provide quality instruction to all learners. Currently, I am a middle school ESL teacher at Umana Academy and have taught in BPS... Read More →

Thursday August 24, 2017 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
228

School Based Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

BPS Interim Assessments: How to Get Started!

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Interested in supporting your school in launching the new BPS Interim Assessments for ELA/Math in grades 2-11 through the Illuminate Platform? This session will allow you to both train your colleagues on administering the assessments, as well as serve as an on-the-ground Illuminator.

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Mary Dillman

Executive Director, Data and Accountability, Boston Public Schools

Mike Rubino

Formative Assessment Manager, O'Donnell Elementary School

TSI Interim Assessments 8.24 (1) pptx

TSI Interim Assessments PD Handout docx

Thursday August 24, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
B25B

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Culturally Sustaining Practices for Black & Latino Students

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This workshop will focus on strategies to build social and cultural competency of every teacher while building a collective student culture that validates while also celebrating the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of every students.

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Donkor Minors

Liaison - Opportunity Gaps/ART, Boston Public Schools

Thursday August 24, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
326

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Designing the Inclusive Google Classroom

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Teachers must be given adequate opportunities to engage in design sessions with technology tools. In this session, participants will explore the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) capabilities of select Google Apps like Classroom, Docs, and Drawings and use UDL to tackle learning barriers they have encountered in their professional practice.

All resources can be accessed at: http://bit.ly/GCinclusion

Presenters

Rhianon Gutierrez

Digital Learning Specialist, Boston Public Schools

Rhianon E. Gutierrez's varied background includes instructional design, media production, and disability advocacy. As a Digital Learning Specialist in the Boston Public Schools, she builds district-wide partnerships around inclusive uses of technology and leads and supports blended... Read More →

Thursday August 24, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
116

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Kinesthetic Strategies to Engage Students in Learning

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Structured movement opportunities address the needs of active learners while promoting acquisition of information and health. Focusing on Math and ELA concepts, elementary level teachers will engage in strategies from Let’s Move More in the Common Core that integrate movement into direct instruction.

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Lori Marcotte

Curriculum & Program Specialist, BPS Health & Wellness

Lori is an educator, trainer, and communications specialist at BPS in the Health & Wellness Department. She has developed several programs that integrate physical activity and health instruction within traditional academic subjects. Over the past 5 years she has supported BPS teachers... Read More →

TSI Kinesthetic Learning Aug262017 pdf

LMMCC lesson samples docx

Thursday August 24, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
229

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Writing an IEP to reflect Transition Appropriately

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Participants will receive a basic overview of Transition; services, supports, and objective for effective Transition planning and documentation.

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Michael Losche

Liaison - Special Education, Boston Public Schools

Marissa McCarthy

Jennifer Sweeney

Assistant Director

Thursday August 24, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
428

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Building Collaborative Scientific Discourse: Rigorous Student-centered Inquiry through Evidence-Based Argumentation

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In this workshop, teachers explore how EBA activities transfer cognitive demand from teacher to student, and foster scientific inquiry and student voice. Participants experience three EBA activities that help students speak, write, read, and collaborate critically in science classrooms, and develop ideas to implement these activities in their own classrooms.

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Carlos Monteiro

Liaison - Data & Accountability, Boston Public Schools

Thursday August 24, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
324

School Based Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Immigrant Narratives of Transformative Love

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Blending culturally responsive teaching principles with art and writing, educators explore their own identities while guiding immigrant students to reflect on theirs. The focus is on identifying and breaking down internalized oppression to recreate a positive self-image. Scaffolded for marginalized students including English Language Learners. No art teaching experience necessary.

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Prema Bangera

Executive Director // Social Justice Arts Facilitator, N/A

Prema Bangera, who is born in Mumbai, and partially raised on the unceded land of the Wampanoag and Massachusett people (so-called Boston), is a multidisciplinary artist, an editor, an educator, and a community organizer. Bangera is a certified yoga instructor, raising awareness on... Read More →

Ivana Perez-Redondo

ELL Teacher, East Boston High School

TSI Presentation pptx

Thursday August 24, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
221

School Based Facilitator

1:30pm EDT

Climate Change Curriculum Project

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Teaching about climate change is both important and challenging. Participants will be introduced to a series of units and lessons created by BPS teachers that focus on the topic of climate change. Additionally there will be the opportunity for future collaboration to create lessons and units for the online open access database climatecurriculum.com

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Timothy Gay

Students from the Boston Student Advisory Council and dedicated science teachers have worked together to create a framework of lessons to incorporate essential concepts about Climate Change into K-12 science lessons. This is a partnership between people in the Boston Public Schools... Read More →

Thursday August 24, 2017 1:30pm - 2:50pm EDT
224

School Based Facilitator

1:30pm EDT

Promoting Civil Discourse on Race and Identity

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After a tumultuous year at Boston Latin School around the issue of race, the librarian and 8th grade history teacher created a unit focusing on identity, race, and civil discourse. We selected a variety of media, tools and strategies from Facing History to engage students and help them make connections between identity, stereotypes and individual world views and build a foundation for continued discussions. Links to our presentation slideshow and resource folder.

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Cate Arnold

Teacher, History Dept., Boston Latin School

Cate Arnold teaches United States History I to 8th grade at Boston Latin. As an advocate for environmental issues and as part of her commitment to prepare students as future leaders, she is the advisor for the Freight Farm and YouthCan clubs at Boston Latin.

Deeth Ellis

Head Librarian, Boston Latin School

Ms. Ellis has been the head librarian at the Harry V. Keefe Library at Boston Latin School since 2013. She received her B.A. in History at Bennington College in Vermont (1987), a M.L.S. at Simmons College (2006), and an administrative license from Boston University through The Education... Read More →

Thursday August 24, 2017 1:30pm - 2:50pm EDT
George Sherman Union - The Alley

School Based Facilitator

1:30pm EDT

Signal Words: The Key to Connecting Skills to Language

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Teachers will examine how explicitly teaching signal words in the middle and upper grades gives students access to grade level content and connects to language and grammar. Teachers will identify signal words to break down the language demands of a unit and brainstorm ways signal words can enhance units of study.

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Martha Boisselle

Multilingual Instructional Coach, OMME

Kristen Leathers

Multilingual Instructional Coach, OMME

Thursday August 24, 2017 1:30pm - 2:50pm EDT
B12

School Based Facilitator

1:30pm EDT

Supporting Undocumented Students in Our Schools

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The current discourse around immigration has increased fear and concern for undocumented students and families. When young people are afraid, they cannot learn. Come and learn strategies to make your school and your classroom a safe and welcoming space for undocumented students and families.

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Claudia Martinez

Maya Taft-Morales

4th Grade Inclusion Teacher, Donald McKay K-8 School

Thursday August 24, 2017 1:30pm - 2:50pm EDT
226

School Based Facilitator