22^nd Annual HSTW Staff Development Conference

Pre-Conference Workshops
July 7 - 9, 2008

Pre-conference workshops allow participants to receive in-depth training on a given topic and to develop action plans to take back to their schools and districts. Only pre-conference workshops that attract enough participants will be offered. If too few people sign up for a workshop, it will be cancelled. Those registered will be invited to make another selection or will be reimbursed.

• Registration for all pre-conferences will be in Delta Lobby B at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.

• Pre-conference P-1. Institute for Leading Technical Assistance Visits will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, July 7, 2008. The registration fee is $250 and includes continental breakfast on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; lunch on Monday and Tuesday; breaks; and workshop materials.

• Pre-conferences P-2 through P-15 will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 8, 2008. The registration fee is $225 and includes continental breakfast on Tuesday and Wednesday, lunch on Tuesday, breaks and workshop materials.

• All pre-conference workshops will end at noon on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. Certificates of participation will be issued at noon on Wednesday to those who participate in the entire workshop.

P-1. Institute for Leading Technical Assistance Visits	(2.5 days, by invitation only)	$250
P-2. Developing Master Teachers	(1.5 days, by invitation only)	$225
P-3: Getting Teacher Assignments to Grade Level Two strands: P-3a. High School     P-3b. Middle Grades	(1.5 days)	$225
P-4. Leading the HSTW/MMGW Effort: The Role of Principals and Site Coordinators	(1.5 days)	$225
P-5. Developing Programs of Study in Broad Career Pathways to Prepare Students to Meet College- and Career-Readiness Standards	(1.5 days)	$225
P-6. Teaching Mathematics Embedded in Career/Technical Studies	(1.5 days)	$225
P-7. Teaching Literacy Skills Embedded in Career/Technical Studies	(1.5 days)	$225
P-8. Actions Adults Can Take to Get Student Behavior to Meet School Expectations: The Well-Managed Classroom	(1.5 days)	$225
P-9. Designing Standards-Based "Catch-Up" Courses in Grade Nine	(1.5 days)	$225
P-10. Redesigning the Ninth-Grade Experience to Reduce Failure	(1.5 days)	$225
P-11. Technology Centers That Work	(1.5 days)	$225
P-12. Integrating 21st-Century Skills into Career/Technical and Academic Classroom Assignments	(1.5 days)	$225
P-13: The Big Six: What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do to Be Proficient Readers Two strands: P-13a. High School   P-13b. Middle Grades	(1.5 days)	$225
P-14. Strategies that Motivate Students to Redo Work Until It Meets Standard	(1.5 days)	$225
P-15. What School Boards and District Leaders Can Do to Support School Leadership Teams	(1.5 days)	$225

 

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For more information, e-mail SummerStaffDev@sreb.org.