What you will accomplish when you enlist:

¨ Investigate the role of trust and confidentiality
¨ Introduce/review the basic building blocks of coaching conversations:  listening, paraphrasing, questioning, pressing for commitment
¨ Practice the craft of reflective coaching conversations
¨ Reflect on the skills required, personal strengths & challenges in regard to instructional coaching

Focus: ERWC Implementation

• Collaborate with fellow teachers to share best practices for implementing ERWC modules and curriculum.
• Increase your expertise related to rhetorical strategies for reading and writing.
• Gain valuable skills in feedback and assessment to improve student writing.
• One unit for the Expository Reading and Writing Network is available for $40 through CSU Stanislaus.  Participants must attend all 6 sessions and complete the minimal homework.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) & Arts Integration Lesson Study is a four-night series of workshops designed to introduce ULD and Arts Integration to teachers, and help teachers utilize UDL and Arts Integration in their classrooms.  Participants who attend all evenings and complete all work are eligible for 1 extended learning credit through CSUS.

The objectives of this lesson study are:

· Understand the UDL framework, and be able to utilize it in teaching practice.

Components of Coaching Network

1. Development of Skill Sets - Filling the Coach's Tool Bag

2. Networking - by topic and role, opportunities to talk to coaches from other districts

Focus: ERWC Implementation

• Collaborate with fellow teachers to share best practices for implementing ERWC modules and curriculum.
• Increase your expertise related to rhetorical strategies for reading and writing.
• Gain valuable skills in feedback and assessment to improve student writing.
• One unit for the Expository Reading and Writing Network is available for $40 through CSU Stanislaus.  Participants must attend all 6 sessions and complete the minimal homework.

This network supports middle grades administrators dedicated to sharing best practices where all students experience success and are prepared to meet the challenges for the twenty-first century.

English Learner Leadership Network (ELLN) is a venue for collaboration and professional development.  It’s to support district and school personnel whose responsibility is to promote linguistic and academic success with English Learners.  Through these meetings, participants will:

• Learn and share best practices for meeting the academic and social emotional needs of English learners
• Stay abreast of state and federal guidance for meeting the needs of English learners
• Network with other educators working to support the needs of English learners

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) & Arts Integration Lesson Study is a four-night series of workshops designed to introduce ULD and Arts Integration to teachers, and help teachers utilize UDL and Arts Integration in their classrooms.  Participants who attend all evenings and complete all work are eligible for 1 extended learning credit through CSUS.

The objectives of this lesson study are:

· Understand the UDL framework, and be able to utilize it in teaching practice.

This network supports middle grades administrators dedicated to sharing best practices where all students experience success and are prepared to meet the challenges for the twenty-first century.