Professional Development Log

Professional Development Log

Name: Kathy Wise School: Henry County Middle School Year: 2003-04

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7-21-03 / Cynthia Tobias; How Children Learn (TIP) / Humorous comments about children and how we can find the best way to “connect” with them.
7-21-03 / Reading and Writing in the Content Area (TIP) Suzanne Parker, Phyllis Pendergrass / Ideas for connecting reading and writing in different subject areas
7-22-03 / Gradequick (TIP) Rosetta Riddle / Intro to computerized grading system in the county. It will be more useful when we can see it in action.
7-22-03 / Problem Based Learning (TIP) Ken Loach, Mary Harmon / Ideas to use in the classroom.
7-22-03 / Ethics (TIP) Preston Malcolm, Tony Pickett / Review of the legal do’s and don’ts of teaching.
7-22-03 / Curriculum (TIP) Terri George, Greg Fields, Michael Eddy, Lois Wolfe / Good intro to the county prioritized curriculum
7-23-03 / Special Education Meeting for New Teachers (TIP) Danny Martin, et.al. / Very useful info on IEP, files, re-evals, legal issues, who to go to for help
7-24-03 / Strategies to Build Academic Success in the Hard to Teach (TIP) Ron Walker / Very good ideas- big color words, place info on walls where students will look; leave up for practice quiz
7-24-03 / First Days of School- Amanda Baker, Susan Bowlin, Amy Morris (TIP) / Based on Harry Wong’s book. Some ideas from veteran teachers for new teachers.
7-24-03 / Nuts and Bolts Session: Math (TIP) Cynthia Crutchfield / Math programs in the county- where are they headed?
7-24-03 / The Classroom teacher role in SST. (TIP) Nancy Bailey / Not much help, as most of this is done by regular ed before they come to special ed.
7-25-03 / Ron Walker presentation for new Henry County teachers (TIP) / Always awesome and motivational- MANY ideas to manage the classroom
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7-30-03 / All day staff development for Henry County Special Education teachers (Doug Medford) / GREAT! Many ideas in resource book for managing tough students
8-1-03 / Training on Gradequick with J. Harrison / IMPORTANT- got students in roster- learned basics of how to enter grades
8-12-03 / TAPP meeting at RESA for Special Education teachers / Discussed writing IEPs; what to put in- how to write goals
8-14-03 / TSS meeting / Discussed procedures in the classroom- some very good ideas
8-19-03 / TSS meeting / Discussed writing lesson plans, planning ahead- helpful advice from veteran teachers
8-27-03 / TEAM meeting/RESA / Discussed modifications and how to use in collab class
8-28-03 / TSS meeting / Sharing successes/failures of classroom management; some new ideas- “pretend” to be writing down names
9-2-03 / K-BIT and KTEA training with M. Culver / Overview of testing process; how to read results
9-4-03 / TSS meeting / Discussed learning styles; received practice sheet
9-5-03 / Training on Edline program with J Harrison / Getting ready to send grades via edline; setting up personal web pages within school site.
9-25-03 / TSS meeting / Classroom management with veteran teachers. Use of stamps, “private office” other methods discussed.
9-30-03 / Edline training / How to send grades to Edline for parents to access. J. Harrison
10-9-03 / TSS meeting / Topic: parent conferences. Helpful hints- always start with positive.
10-21-03 / TEAM meeting at RESA / Introduction to PEGS; improving classroom management (ongoing)
10-23-03 / TSS meeting / How regular ed classrooms need to deal with special education children- modifications
11-3-03 / Staff development: Redefining Success / How LD students cope in school
11-3-03 / Staff development: Special Education Legal Update / Recent court outcomes that affect special education programs
11-13-03 / TSS meeting / Discussion of legal issues that can occur with teachers.
11-14-03 / EBD conference / Excellent presentation with suggestions for how to redirect students who disrupt class
11-20-03 / TSS meeting / Summary of ideas we plan to use in the classroom
12-3-03 / TEAM meeting at RESA / Continued discussion of PEGS program, ideas to help with classroom distractions by students
1-5-04 –
3-22-04 / Identification and Education of the Exceptional Child / Gathered a lot of great information for recognizing and creating modifications for special education students.
1-8-04 –
5-3-04 / Henry Integrating Technology Class / How to use Microsoft. Some information new, some not. Tested out on 5-3-04
2-12-04 / Workshop at Griffin RESA; Victor Hobbs / “It’s not you fault- these students were this way last year, and the year before, and the year before.” Very uplifting for working with BD students. Always be the stimulus- make students be the response. Shared information with other teachers during morning duty conversations.
3-17-04 / Met with Thomas Stegarp, school psychologist / Helped teach how to use KTEA brief to test and score students. Very confident afterward.
3-24-04 / TEAM meeting at RESA / Good video on classroom management. Let them THINK they are in charge: “Why don’t you just do half of the problems?”

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