Date:  Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Check-in:  8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Workshop:  Dr. Vicki Gibson – 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. / Dr. Tim Shanahan – 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Registration Fee (includes facility fee, breakfast and lunch):  $15.00/participant for events held at Community of Christ
Your district will be billed unless registration is cancelled one week prior to event.
Districts will be billed after the workshop.

Workshop Description:
Dr. Vicki Gibson will discuss differentiating teaching and practice to implement the CCSS.   Providing student-focused, differentiated teaching and collaborative practice daily in small groups requires systematic classroom management routines and procedures.  Establishing routines for managing behaviors and utilizing flexible grouping and engaging students in collaborative discussions is essential to ensure teachers can conduct small group lessons without constant interruptions.  This session provides practical, evidence-based suggestions for managing whole class and small group activities in any grade level or content area.

Dr. Tim Shanahan will discuss an organizational plan that is best when scheduled around the outcomes rather than the teaching activities. Teachers need activities, of course, but they need to keep focused on what they are using those activities towards. A complaint of most of the big names in education is that teachers get too bogged down in methods, activities, approaches and the like, and lose sight of the purpose of those actions.

Workshop Location:
Community of Christ Auditorium
1001 W. Walnut
Independence, MO  64050