Professional Development

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:55:18 -0500

"The young child approaching a new subject or a new problem is like the scientist operating at the edge of his chosen field."
--Jerome Bruner

"A child's attitude towards everything is an artist's attitude."
--Willa Cather

"All true thoughts have been thought through already a thousand times; but to make them truly yours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience."
--Goethe

"Being 'educated' means knowing how little I really know."
--Carol T. Lloyd

Recent Professional Development Activities

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:51:29 -0500

• Middle School mathematics teachers Ginna Ezernack, Jennifer Rorabaugh, and Becky Green attended the Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (GCTM) Yearly Conference and studied topics such as developing reading skills in math, teaching vocabulary and technical reading, integrating mathematics with other areas of study, teaching elements of geometry to middle schoolers, and moving middle schoolers from concrete to abstract thinking with fractions and decimals.

• English Department Head, Jeff Stachura, recently attended the American Studies Association’s annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jeff was part of a panel that included teachers from The Asheville School, Oyster River High School, and The Howard School. Their presentation, “Visions and Revisions: How to Build a High School American Studies Program” was sponsored by the ASA’s K-16 collaboration committee giving Jeff an opportunity to spend time working with high school teachers and college educators from across the country.

• Melton Weekley and Preschool teachers Libby Carson, Beth West, Deena Eberhardt, Ellen Cunningham, and Cindy Boerma attended the popular Handwriting Without Tears workshop, a handwriting program based on developmentally appropriate practices using a multisensory approach. Teachers learned about the developmental stages of the handwriting process, techniques to incorporate into their teaching, and the most effective ways to correct handwriting errors.

• Middle School Language Arts teachers Alice Ann Colley and Margaret Wellborn attended a workshop in Atlanta on the importance and craft of reading aloud to Middle School students led by nationally renowned author and speaker Dr. Jim Trelease. Because this presentation was part of his last public tour before his retirement, it has caused much interest across the country among educators.

Off-Campus Opportunities for Teachers

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:26:10 -0500

For information about continuing education courses at Kennesaw State University go to http://www.kennesaw.edu/coned/sdu_approved.htm.

Professional Development Opportunity

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:12:37 -0500

Georgia Educational Tools Professional Development will offer seminars for elementary teachers in Atlanta on October 14th, when the topic will be "Reaching the 21st Century Learner" and on October 15th, when the topic will be "Cross Curriculum Integration".
To register, go to http://www.educationaltools.org/pd/upcoming.asp.

Description of Seminars

Georgia Council for the Social Studies annual conference

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:48:56 -0500

To get up to date on the latest in social studies, join your colleagues this October 23 and 24 at the Georgia Council for the Social Studies annual conference at the Classic Center in Athens. There will be more working sessions (105), exhibitors (50), speakers (2), and awards, and the chance to win great prizes for the classroom.

The early bird registration deadline is October 6. For more details and to download a registration form go to http://www.gcss.net/annualconference.htm.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:42:55 -0500

There are free resources for all subject areas at http://www.free.ed.gov/

GISA Annual Conference

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:36:55 -0500

The GISA Annual Conference will be November 3 at Brookstone School in Columbus, GA. For more information or to register online go to http://www.gisa-schools.org/evn_annual_meeting.asp

Creative Minds Symposium

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:32:53 -0500

For more information about the programs at Savannah Country Day School, go to http://www.savcds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=109029

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:19:05 -0500

"All learning begins when our comfortable ideas turn out to be inadequate."
--John Dewey

"To be a teacher you must be a prophet--because you are trying to prepare people for a world thirty to fifty years into the future."
--Gordon Brown, MIT

"Intelligence is knowing what to do when you don't know what to do."
--Art Costa

Sixth Grade AA Teacher

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:55:52 -0500

Mondays 1:45-2:30

September 15 and 29
October 6 and 27
November 10
December 8

Fifth Grade AA Teacher

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:53:34 -0500

Mondays 2:30-3:20
September 15 and 29
October 6 and 27
November 10
December 8

Fourth Grade AA Teacher

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:50:00 -0500

Wednesdays 11:25 to 12:05

September 10 and 24
October 8 and 29
November 10
December 10

Third Grade AA Teacher

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:47:37 -0500

Tuesdays 1:55-2:35

September 9 and 23
October 7 and 28
November 1
December 9

Second Grade AA Teacher

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:42:12 -0500

Thursdays 10:10-10:40

September 11 and 25
October 9 and 30
November 13
December 10

First Grade AA Teacher

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:20:43 -0500

Monday, 10:00-10:40
September 8 and (Wednesday, September 24) one time change)
October 6 and 27
November 10
December 8