Grant County Schools
Continuing Education
2014-2015
ALL employees are required to receive 18 hours of continuing education each year.
Professional personnel are required to be in attendance on the following CE days: August 18 (6 hours), August 19 (6 hours), October 23 (3 hours), and January 16 (3 hours), even if they have already accumulated 18 hours of continuing education.
Service personnel are required to complete their 18 hours of continuing education on the following dates: August 18 (6 hours), August 19 (6 hours), October 23 (3 hours), and January 16 (3 hours).
Date / Topic / Presenter / Time / Location / Participants / Hours6/10 / LETRS / Dr. Carol Tolman / 8:30-3:30 / PHS / LETRS Cohort 3 – 7th & 8th grade teachers / 6
6/11 / LETRS / Dr. Carol Tolman / 8:30-3:30 / PHS / LETRS Cohort 3 – 7th & 8th grade teachers / 6
6/12 / LETRS / Dr. Carol Tolman / 8:30-3:30 / PHS / LETRS Cohort 3 – 7th & 8th grade teachers / 6
6/13 / Deepening Literacy Content Through LETRS with Emphasis on Vocabulary / Dr. Carol Tolman / 8:30-3:30 / PHS / Teachers of all subjects in grades 4th, 5th, & 6th
(bring your manual and vocabulary for the first two units of school) / 6
6/17 / TechSteps / Paige Perkins / 9:00-4:00 / PES
Library Lab / Invited Teachers Only / 6
6/18 / Techsteps / Paige Perkins / 9:00-4:00 / PES
Library Lab / New Teachers and Teachers interested in a review of Techsteps / 6
6/17 &
6/18 / CPI Training
Participants must attend both days. / Doug Turner & Graham Porter / 9:00-4:00 (6/20)
9:00-12:00 (6/21) / PHS
Cafeteria / Any Professional Not Previously Trained
Participants must pre-register with Vanessa Harlow. / 9
6/18 / CPI Renewal Training / Doug Turner & Graham Porter / 1:00-4:00 / PHS
Cafeteria / Any Professional Needing to Renew CPI Certification Participants must pre-register with Vanessa Harlow. / 3
7/22 / NEW Elementary Classroom Teachers ONLY – Curriculum Review / Amber Mongold / 9:00-12:00 / BOE Annex / NEW Elementary Classroom Teachers ONLY / 3
7/24 / Fundations Training / Amber Mongold & Jaimah Swick / 9:00-12:00 / BOE Annex / K – 3rd new teachers and others wanting a review / 3
7/29 / E-Missions and E-Labs / Challenger Learning Center / 9:00-12:00 / PES / Interested Employees / 3
7/30 / Just Words Training / Connie Steigerwald / 9:00-4:00 / BOE
Annex / New Employees and 7th/8th Grade Core Teachers and Administrators / 6
7/31 / Just Words Training / Connie Steigerwald / 9:00-4:00 / BOE
Annex / New Employees and 7th/8th Grade Core Teachers and Administrators / 6
8/1 / Email Changeover to Outlook 365 / Doug Turner / 9:00-12:00 / PES / Interested Employees / 3
8/1 / Email Changeover to Outlook 365 / Doug Turner / 1:00-4:00 / PES / Interested Employees / 3
8/1 / ISTE Webinar/Common Core Resources / Heather Yakubow or Julie Colaw / 9:00-12:00 / PES / Interested Employees / 3
8/1 / ISTE Webinar/Common Core Resources / Heather Yakubow or Julie Colaw / 1:00-4:00 / PES / Interested Employees / 3
8/5 / Administrative Summit / Senior Staff / 8:30-4:00 / Hermitage / Principals & Senior Staff / 6
8/6 / Administrative Summit / Senior Staff / 8:30-4:00 / Hermitage / Principals & Senior Staff / 6
8/6 / Educaching using GPS / Heather Yakubow & Julie Colaw / 9:00-?
(could be 3 or 6 hours) / PES / Interested Employees / 3
8/7 / Project Learning Tree / Linda Carnell / 9:00-12:00
1:00-4:00 / PES
Science Lab / PreK – 8th grade interested teachers
Environmental Education - 96 hands-on activities that are correlated to current standards in WV, plus NGSS, Common Core / 6
8/7 / AIMS Web / AIMS Web Consultant / 9:00-12:00
1:00-4:00 / PHS
Media Center Computer Lab / 7th & 8th grade Core Teachers
SPED Teachers of 7th & 8th grade / 6
8/8 / Infusing Technology in the Classroom / Katie Barill / 9:00-4:00 / PHS
Media Center / Interested Employees
(bring Ipad if you have one, if not one will be provided) / 6
8/11 / Higher Order Thinking Skills / John Milliman & Sarah Shveda / 9:00-12:00 / PES
Cafeteria / Interested Employees / 3
8/11 / Classroom Management / John Milliman & Sarah Shveda / 1:00-4:00 / PES
Cafeteria / Interested Employees / 3
8/13 / Email Changeover to Outlook 365 / Doug Turner / 8:00-12:00 / MES / Interested Employees / 3
8/13 / Email Changeover to Outlook 365 / Doug Turner / 1:00-4:00 / PES / Interested Employees / 3
8/13 / Standards Based IEPs/Special Ed. Academy / Sarah Shevda & John Milliman / 9:00-4:00 / PHS
Media Center / Special Education Teachers / 6
8/14 / Email Changeover to Outlook 365 / Doug Turner / 8:00-11:00 / UEC / Interested Employees / 3
8/14 / New Employee Orientation / Troy Ravenscroft / 9:00-12:00 / BOE Annex / All New Professional Employees (Mandatory) / 3
8/14 / New Employee Orientation / Principals / 1:00-4:00 / Schools / All New Professional Employees (Mandatory) / 3
8/14 / Evidence of Learning / Barb Mongold & Donica Rogers / 9:00-12:00 / PES / ALL Kindergarten Teachers / 3
8/15 / Special Education Academy / Debbie Mohr / 9:00-4:00 / PHS
Media Center / Special Education Teachers / 6
8/18 / State of the County Address / Dr. DeEdra Bolton / 9:00-12:00 / Landes Art Center / All Employees (MANDATORY) / 3
8/18 / Policies & Procedures / Principals/Supervisors / 1:00-4:00 / PES & PHS
MES – in Annex
UEC – at PHS / All Employees (MANDATORY) / 3
8/19 / Blood borne Pathogens / Kathy Verzich / 9:00-12:00 / PHS
Media Center / Coaches (even volunteer and/or community) / 3
8/19 / Diabetes / Pam Robinette / 9:00-12:00 / PES
Cafeteria / Interested Employees / 3
8/19 / Live Grades / Jon Webster / 9:00-12:00 / PHS
Media Center
Computer Lab / New Teachers and Interested Employees / 3
8/19 / Six Syllable Types/Fundations & Just Words Updates / Amber Mongold/
Jaimah Swick / 9:00-12:00 / PES
Media Center / Fundations and Just Words Teachers / 3
8/19 / CPI Training / Doug Turner and Graham Porter / 9:00-12:00 / PHS
Cafeteria / Bus Drivers / 3
8/19 / Food Handlers / Grant County Health Department / 9:00-12:00 / PES
Art Room / Cooks ONLY
Participants must pre-register with Tamera Gossard by August 6 / 3
8/19 / WVEIS Secretary Training / Melissa Doman / 9:00-12:00 / PES
Science Computer Lab / Secretaries / 3
8/19 / Custodian Training / Brent Nelson / 9:00-4:00 / PHS
Classroom / Custodians & Maintenance Workers / 6
8/19 / Study Island / Media Tech Specialist/Doug Turner / 1:00-4:00 / MES – PES Media Center Computer Lab
PES – PES Science Computer Lab
UEC – PHS Lab 43
PHS – Media Center Computer Lab / Grade 3-11 ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, Special Education Teachers, & interested K-2 teachers / 3
8/19 / Food Handlers / Grant County Health Department / 1:00-4:00 / PES
Art Room / Interested Employees
Participants must pre-register with Tamera Gossard by August 6 / 3
8/19 / Parent Involvement / Title I Teachers / 1:00-4:00 / PES
Media Center / Interested Employees / 3
8/19 / Collaborative Teaching / Sarah Shveda / 1:00-4:00 / PHS
Media Center / Interested Employees / 3
8/19 / Child Nutrition Training / Tamera Gossard / 1:00-4:00 / PES
Cafeteria / Cooks / 3
8/19 / Secretary Update / Tony Oates &
Debbie Mohr / 1:00-4:00 / PES
Science Lab / Secretaries / 3
8/19 / Bus Driver Training / P. Landis, V. Harlow & K. Verzich / 1:00-4:00 / PHS
Cafeteria / Bus Drivers / 3
9/9 / Wilson Training / Connie Steigerwald / 8:00-3:00 / BOE
Annex / Special Education Teachers / 6
9/10 / Wilson Training / Connie Steigerwald / 8:00-3:00 / BOE
Annex / Special Education Teachers / 6
9/11 / Wilson Training / Connie Steigerwald / 8:00-3:00 / BOE
Annex / Special Education Teachers / 6
Teachers attending the appropriate CE sessions scheduled above from June 10-August 15 will receive a stipend.
This is a current schedule as of August 14, 2014! As the schedule is updated it will be posted on our county website.