Mission
To support a regional network of elementary administrators dedicated to sharing best practices where all students experience success and are prepared to meet the challenges for the 21st century.
Collegial Support
Addressing needs of new and experienced Elementary School Leaders
Providing opportunities for professional growth and dialogue among experienced administrators
Study - Closely examine the development of mathematical concepts, instructional strategies, and assessment within a Eureka Math module.
Plan - Learn a step-by-step process to customize and deliver Eureka Math lessons, fine tuning them to meet the needs of your students.
Teach - Prepare for the beginning of your school year by planning at the module, topic, and lesson levels.
Study - Closely examine the development of mathematical concepts, instructional strategies, and assessment within a Eureka Math module.
Plan - Learn a step-by-step process to customize and deliver Eureka Math lessons, fine tuning them to meet the needs of your students.
Teach - Prepare for the beginning of your school year by planning at the module, topic, and lesson levels.
Study - Closely examine the development of mathematical concepts, instructional strategies, and assessment within a Eureka Math module.
Plan - Learn a step-by-step process to customize and deliver Eureka Math lessons, fine tuning them to meet the needs of your students.
Teach - Prepare for the beginning of your school year by planning at the module, topic, and lesson levels.
Close reading is the end result of strategies that help students to overcome issues of text complexity so that they make meaning of their reading. Even though your instructional program now includes close reading lessons, understanding the process will help you to focus your instruction and get more out of those lessons.
In this workshop, teachers will:
Close reading is the end result of strategies that help students to overcome issues of text complexity so that they make meaning of their reading. Even though your instructional program now includes close reading lessons, understanding the process will help you to focus your instruction and get more out of those lessons.
In this workshop, teachers will:
Do poems scare you? Do you quickly turn the page when a poem shows up in your lesson plans? If so, then this is the workshop for you!
California standards have explicit expectations around students reading poetry. This can be exceptionally challenging for language learners, as issues of vocabulary and language structures are often critical to making meaning of poems.
In this workshop, teachers will learn:
Join us for an exciting and engaging night of hands-on STEAM learning. Utilizing STEAM in the classroom is an amazing way to rigorously teach students about the intersection and interrelation of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math. This workshop focuses on defining and identifying STEAM learning, how to source quality STEAM projects, and engages participants through hand-on STEAM projects. Attendees will receive copies of lesson plans used for the hand-on portions of the workshop. All lessons align to VAPA and CCSS Standards.
Close reading is the end result of strategies that help students to overcome issues of text complexity so that they make meaning of their reading. Even though your instructional program now includes close reading lessons, understanding the process will help you to focus your instruction and get more out of those lessons.
In this workshop, teachers will:
Join us for an exciting and engaging night of arts integration and arts making! This workshop, inspired by the fall season, focuses on integrating elements of fall, and books about fall into classroom curricula and the visual arts. Attendees will participate in the making of four full arts projects and will receive lesson plans for four projects. Provided lesson plans align to VAPA and CCSS Standards.
Do poems scare you? Do you quickly turn the page when a poem shows up in your lesson plans? If so, then this is the workshop for you!
California standards have explicit expectations around students reading poetry. This can be exceptionally challenging for language learners, as issues of vocabulary and language structures are often critical to making meaning of poems.
In this workshop, teachers will learn:
Are you looking for your student to develop a better understanding of basic scientific concepts through classroom talks? This hands-on workshop will demonstrate how to use scientific talks in your classroom through an NGSS-aligned lesson sequence. Teachers will learn how and when to use science talk strategies to deepen students' understanding.
Participants will learn how to:
Are you looking for your student to develop a better understanding of basic scientific concepts through classroom talks? This hands-on workshop will demonstrate how to use scientific talks in your classroom through an NGSS-aligned lesson sequence. Teachers will learn how and when to use science talk strategies to deepen students' understanding.
Participants will learn how to:
What does it mean to be a maker, and how can educators use the power of making in the classroom? In this workshop, participants define Maker education and experience how profound making integrates multiple subjects through a rigorous hands-on activity. All activities align to CCSS Language Arts, CCSS Math, NGSS Science, and California Arts Standards through the integration of reading, writing, sketching, planning, engineering, building, coding, and presenting.
"Fluency with fractions, decimals and percentages is a critical gatekeeper to higher mathematics."
Number Talks is a powerful mental math routine that builds fluency. Number Talks: Fractions, Decimals and Percentages features Number Talks that help students build fractional reasoning and operate with fractions and decimals.
Given the expectations of close reading and complex instruction, students must learn to observe, listen, and apply information to complex academic tasks. In addition, English Learners are now asked to listen, take notes, and summarize as part of their annual assessment.
Given the expectations of close reading and complex instruction, students must learn to observe, listen, and apply information to complex academic tasks. In addition, English Learners are now asked to listen, take notes, and summarize as part of their annual assessment.
This workshop utilizes the beloved children’s book as inspiration for cross-curricular integration that demonstrates how the visual arts are a powerful tool for teaching literacy skills. Participants engage in hands-activities, investigate how to utilize tools and strategies presented, and receive CCSS and NGSS aligned lesson plans. The workshop coincides with the Gallo Center for the Art’s production of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Helping students build Mental Math and Computation Strategies by engaging them in discourse routines that support Common Core Standards.
The Number Talks book, by Sherry Parrish, has more than 850 purposefully designed number talks and a DVD featuring 19 number talks filmed in Actual Classrooms.
Given the expectations of close reading and complex instruction, students must learn to observe, listen, and apply information to complex academic tasks. In addition, English Learners are now asked to listen, take notes, and summarize as part of their annual assessment.
Given the expectations of close reading and complex instruction, students must learn to observe, listen, and apply information to complex academic tasks. In addition, English Learners are now asked to listen, take notes, and summarize as part of their annual assessment.
