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
"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.
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.
Roxanna Elden is the author of ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS and SEE ME AFTER CLASS: ADVICE FOR TEACHERS BY TEACHERS. She combines eleven years of experience as a public school teacher with a decade of speaking to audiences around the country about education issues. She has been featured on NPR, as well as in the New York Times, The Washington Post and many other media sources. You can learn more about her work at: www.roxannaelden.com
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.
Specifically tailored for those new to the framework, this day will focus on the goals of the framework and how it supports broader achievement objectives. It will support the teaching of HSS standards and other statutory requirements like the FAIR Act. This day will include:
· Instructional shifts
· The content of the grade level and supporting chapters
· Alignment of CA ELA and ELD standards
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.
Specifically tailored for those new to the framework, this day will focus on the goals of the framework and how it supports broader achievement objectives. It will support the teaching of HSS standards and other statutory requirements like the FAIR Act. This day will include:
· Instructional shifts
· The content of the grade level and supporting chapters
· Alignment of CA ELA and ELD standards
Participants will have an opportunity to engage in hands-on lessons that integrates both science and mathematics. The Science and Mathematics Standards require that students learn disciplinary content and practices, and these practices intentionally overlap to demonstrate the connections between math and science.
Participants will:
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.
Participants will have an opportunity to engage in hands-on lessons that integrates both science and mathematics. The Science and Mathematics Standards require that students learn disciplinary content and practices, and these practices intentionally overlap to demonstrate the connections between math and science.
Participants will:
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.
The brain is an efficient and powerful learning machine, but it is also quirky, sometimes working in a counter-intuitive fashion. Researchers have now discovered many strategies and practices that increase initial learning and long term retention of concepts and knowledge. Unfortunately, many of these simple strategies are not commonly applied in classrooms.
This day will provide an overview of how an inquiry model of instruction should frame an integrated approach to teaching history-social science that includes history, geography, economics, civics, and the humanities in the elementary grades by addressing the question “How does inquiry factor into the new HSS Framework?” The workshop will emphasize the importance of:
· Inquiry based instruction
· Analyzing primary sources
· Utilizing perspectives to address questions
· Drawing conclusions based on evidence
This day will provide an overview of how an inquiry model of instruction should frame an integrated approach to teaching history-social science that includes history, geography, economics, civics, and the humanities in the elementary grades by addressing the question “How does inquiry factor into the new HSS Framework?” The workshop will emphasize the importance of:
· Inquiry based instruction
· Analyzing primary sources
· Utilizing perspectives to address questions
· Drawing conclusions based on evidence
"Why don't these kids know their facts?!" is one of the most common frustrations in math teaching. During this one day learning event, participants will learn the true meaning of mathematical fluency, engaging strategies to support students in their journey to said fluency, and opportunities for ongoing formative assessment of student progress.
At this workshop you will participate in grade-level lessons that integrate the NGSS with Dual Immersion ELA programs. The lessons will focus on ELA strategies that promote deeper understanding of science content. The workshop is facilitated in both Spanish and English; handouts will also be in both languages.
Participants will:
