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Round Table Sessions
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Cox Convention Center, OKC
8:30-9:15 and 9:45-10:30 am
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TOPIC Sessions
| 1. MAX Teaching for the Special Needs Student
MAX Teaching is
a method of embedding language and written expression into
existing curriculum.
Jayson Floyd, jfloyd@cvtech.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited to
10 participants per session.
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| 2. Get the Right People on the Right Bus
Canadian Valley
Technology Center has refined an enrollment process that
utilizes an application, interview, attendance, and test
scores to place students in programs where they will be successful
and employable.
Kim Justus, kjustus@cvtech.org
Don Parrish, dparrish@cvtech.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited to
10 participants per session.
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3. Reaching the Back Row
Successful teaching strategies such as summarizing
work, prioritizing reading assignments, understanding what
I know, taking understandable notes, and involving all students
in a “Stump the Teacher” activity—all of
these are designed to get total involvement in classroom discussions
and assignments.
Terry Robinson, trobinson@cvtech.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited to 10 participants
per session.
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4. All That and Literacy Too? (2nd
Session Only)
This upbeat 45-minute presentation addresses
the current pursuit for the integration of literacy into the
classroom. Attendees will see examples of techniques for incorporating
literacy into careertech classrooms and how those
techniques can reinforce the concepts students learn at their
high schools. Attendees will receive handouts that include
techniques for enhancing the students’ literacy skills,
an outline of the presentation, and ideas for engaging the
teachers. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss and
share ideas about techniques for integrating or the enhancement
of literacy in classrooms.
Mark American Horse, marka@ctechok.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited to 10 participants
per session.
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5. Are
Senior Projects Possible in Your School?
Working through a School
Improvement Team as a part of the High Schools That Work
Initiative Claremore High School explored the feasibility
of Capstone/Senior Projects. The
following issues will be discussed during this presentation. Evaluative
process of the school improvement team, videos and manuals
from the Senior Project Group in Oregon, challenges to the
senior project as a graduation requirement, recognition and
publication of project-based learning already included in curriculum
and a plan of senior projects during a pilot project year.
Vicki Venable, vvenable@claremore.k12.ok.us
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited to
10 participants per session. |
6. Send Your Classroom
into FULL THROTTLE
Add “VROOM” to your classroom through
high energy, engaging, and memorable hands-on learning activities. We
will cover the utilization of discrepant events, synthesizing
methods, and project-based learning. You will learn strategies
that are not only engaging but also rigorous and motivating
for you as a teacher as well as your students. Develop
scenarios in which students combine skills to create solutions. Your
students won’t need caffeine to stay awake after being
in your classroom.
Laura Wisdom, lwisdom@mntechnology.com
Trisha Marlow, tmarlow@mntechnology.com
Susie Zaragosa, zaragosa@mntechnology.com
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited
to 10 participants per session.
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7. Implementing
Literature, Math, and Science from the Classroom to the Workplace
Teaching models and strategies for all technology
instructors to teach academic skills with workplace focus.
Bill Opdyke, bopdyke@mntechnology.com
Daniel Tysor, dtysor@mntechnology.com
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom A, Limited to 10 participants
per session.
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8. TCTW Assessment -The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
This session will review the path to a successful
TCTW assessment experience. An overview of the processes,
decision-making, and problems encountered will be given as
well as recommendations for a proactive approach. Highlighted
will be scheduling assessments, coordinating with partner schools,
and student incentives for testing. Also covered will
be ordering, administering, and returning assessment materials.
Carol Colwell, ccolwell@mntechnology.com
Jane Sarber, jsarber@mntechnology.com
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom A, Limited to 10 participants
per session.
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9. You
Want Me To Do What? Strategies
for Implementing MAX Teaching/Literacy Strategies in an Individualized
Learning Environment
This session will explore a variety of strategies
for implementing MAX Teaching and other strategies designed
to help careertech students build their literacy skills. The
focus will be on courses that utilize individualized instruction,
but teachers utilizing other delivery methods are welcome. Attendees
are also encouraged to bring their own ideas and strategies
to the discussion.
Kevin Gunter, kgunter@mntechnology.com
Scott Breshears, sbreshears@mntechnology.com
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited to 10 participants
per session.
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10. Developing
a Rigorous Course Syllabus (1st
Session Only)
Working with a group of instructors, a course
syllabus template was created with key component areas. Unlike
many forms/templates the format created allows instructors
to incorporate various instructional styles and student learning
characteristics. Instructors like to call this term the “buffet
line” approach. This session will review how rigor is
built through the alignment of the following key components:
course competencies/learning objectives, evaluation methods,
and course outline.
Aisha Ali, aali@mntechnology.com
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom A, Limited
to 10 participants per session.
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11. Programs to Courses: Establishing
Student Options for Career Readiness (2nd
Session Only)
You notice in each career major there is
a CORE or Workforce Transition/ Connection/ Learning course?
This session will discuss how you can establish options for
each and every one of your students towards “Career Readiness.” A
Career Readiness resource kit has been created with key components
to select from (“buffet line” approach). Once completed,
the final document can be added to an existing course or taught
as a stand-alone course.
Aisha Ali, aali@mntechnology.com
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom A, Limited
to 10 participants per session.
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12. Why
Be Good When You Can Be Great?
How establishing PLC’s has allowed Norman
North to disseminate information and solicit ideas for the
development of student enthusiasm and preparations for EOI
testing. Professional development can be given and books
discussed in smaller cohesive groups.
Mary Kay Hapke, mhapke@norman.k12.ok.us
Rita Uhlenhake, ritau@norman.k12.ok.us
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited to 10 participants
per session.
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13. The
Traveler’s
Gift-An Empowering Tool for Implementing Literacy
Struggling to implement literacy components into
your curriculum? Journal writing, vocabulary building,
and outside reading assignments are scary words to the typical
student. Learn how to engage your students in these areas
using a bestseller book, The Traveler’s Gift,
by Andy Andrews. Leave the workshop with test questions,
writing prompts, and resources ready to implement into your
program. This easy-to-read book provides the students
with the “Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success.”
Andrea Long, andreal@nwtechonline.com
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom A, Limited to 10 participants
per session.
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14. Creating a High Performance
School Environment Using Project-Based Learning
Presenters will provide an overview of ways to
redesign career/technical courses to include student projects
and problems requiring research and the use of both academic
and technical knowledge and skills. Ways to plan instruction
around authentic problems and projects to deepen subject-matter
applications and to advance higher-order thinking and analytical
skills will be reviewed. A student project-based assignment
developed and used in the business cluster will demonstrate
aspects of what should be included in a capstone project. Presenters
will share their capstone project, “Developing Your Own
Business Plan,” which engages students in a complex,
real-world problem that is academically rigorous, relevant
to the student and the community, and empowers the student
to be an active learner. Grading strategies, working
with others outside the classroom, and the overall project
strategy will be discussed.
Jane Bowen, janeb@nwtechonline.com
Lisa Fuller, lisaf@nwtechnonline.com
Amy McClure, amym@nwtechonline.com
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited to 10 participants
per session. |
15. Thirty-Four Years
in Thirty-Four Minutes
This session will introduce a variety of interactive
lesson ideas designed to incorporate literacy into the classroom. With
thirty-three years of experience in public education, she will
share what works and what doesn’t. Handouts will
accompany both sessions. As time allows, participants
will be provided an opportunity to share other interventions.
Judith Shirley, judis@nwtechonline.com
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited to 10 participants
per session.
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16. TCTW-A Continuous Improvement
Process at Pioneer Tech
Why bother with Tech Centers That Work? The
how’s, what’s, and why’s of the TCTW testing
process and what benefit for our students do we hope to derive
from the data collected.
Ginny Galbraith, ginnyg@pioneertech.org
Arlene Stauffer, arlenes@pioneertech.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom B, Limited to 10 participants
per session.
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| 17. The “Write” Stuff
In this session careertech teachers
in conjunction with academic instructors will learn how to
effectively use writing strategies that promote student performance.
Students gain knowledge of “how to” write using
curriculum that is relevant to their field of study.
Kendra Keelin, kendrak@pioneertech.org
Johnny Thornburgh, johnnyt@pioneertech.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited to 10 participants
per session. |
| 18. Let’s Get It
Started-Establishing Your Tech Centers That Work Team
Tri County Tech Center started at the classroom
level and developed a Tech Centers That Work initiative that
has grown to a school-wide literacy culture. This approach
has proved successful because in addition to being student-focused,
it is teacher-driven and supported wholeheartedly by administration.
Barbara Herren, bherren@tctc.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom A, Limited to 10 participants
per session. |
19. Five-Minute Literacy Activities
These teachers
with more than 40 years of combined teaching experience have
accumulated many easy-to-use literacy activities that work
in every classroom from Automotive to Welding and everything
in between. Walk
away from this workshop with practical tools that you can easily
adapt to your own students.
Michelle Thompson, mthompson@tctc.org
Susan Peterson, speterson@tctc.org
June Lee, jlee@tctc.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited to 10 participants
per session. |
| 20. Literacy for Students
in Every Classroom
Information and examples used to enhance
literacy through CTE curriculum, which have been used by the
TCTC leadership team, will be presented. Included are
journaling and journal topics, reading sessions, jig sawing,
anticipation divides, Campbell notes, and an entire lesson
integrating these techniques and tools.
Cena Clancy, cclancy@tctc.org
Carolyn Miller, cmiller@tctc.org
Vicki Bledsoe, vbledsoe@tctc.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom B, Limited to 10 participants
per session. |
| 21. Integration of Academics
The integration of core subject matter into careertech
curriculum isn’t a new concept, but two projects developed
this past year approached this task in new ways. In the
first model, teachers created projects that incorporated PASS
objectives for middle school math, language arts, algebra,
and sophomore English. In the second, CT teachers collaborated
with academic teachers to create projects that merged the two
teacher’s objectives.
Pam Lundy, lundypa@tulsaschools.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited to 10 participants
per session. |
| 22. Using Data to Improve
Student Success in the Counseling Program
The age of accountability is here. As counselors,
it is challenging to think of data and how to use it to help
students. The presenter will share how one school is collecting
and analyzing data to help students improve achievement.
Dru Ransom, RansoDr@tulsaschools.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom B, Limited to 10 participants
per session. |
| 23. STEM: A Four-Letter
Word that Should Be Used
Instructors will take an in-depth look at a few
teaching strategies used in the pre-engineering program that
involve concepts in science and mathematics. Some possible
discussion topics include the use of trigonometric and physics
concepts in Principles of Engineering. Also, mathematics concepts
with Microsoft Excel will be discussed. There will be a time
for question and answer discussion if desired by participants.
Derek Beller, derek.beller@tulsatech.org
Leon Hadley, leon.hadley@tulsatech.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom B, Limited to 10 participants
per session. |
| 24. Y Podcast
In this hot topics session you will learn about
using technology to communicate with students of generation
Y. We will highlight ways to use Podcasting in class and discuss
blogs, wikis, and other technology-driven learning tools that
will get the attention of generation Y students.
Gwen Hornsey, gwen.hornsey@tulsatech.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom B, Limited to 10 participants
per session. |
25. TV Production in the Real World
Bringing “real
world” experiences
into the classroom is a part of the Oklahoma CareerTech concept.
The TV production program at Tulsa Technology has set this
as a standard from the day the doors to the TV studio first
opened in August of 2007. Students have submitted PSA’s
to national contests, created videos for various Tulsa Tech
programs, shot and edited videos for local organizations, and
even created news stories with the Tulsa Zoo.
Teresa Piper, teresa.piper@tulsatech.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited
to 10 participants per session. |
26. Utilization of Literacy Laps
Develop
common lessons to enhance literacy among all CT students and
analyze rubrics to create new lessons.
Natalie Kennedy, nkennedy@wwtech.org
Lynn Brooksher, lbrooksher@wwtech.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited
to 10 participants per session. |
27. War Room – Making Use
of Data
The presenters will describe how the development of a data
room and making data more visible has been an important component
of the school improvement model. The implementation of the
data room, also known as the war room, has helped identify
red-flag issues by making data more meaningful and effective.
Linda Sanford, lsanford@wwtech.org
Jodie Dunn, jdunn@wwtech.org
Carmen Hunt, chunt@wwtech.org
Cox Convention Center, Ballroom C, Limited to 10 participants
per session. |
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