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Professional Development 2009-2010
Dianna Hopper, division director of staff development in Irving ISD, talks about the staff development that we will have for this year.  She explains the vocabulary that we use and about the professional growth that we expect here in Irving ISD. 

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Classroom Management Videos Now Online
You may receive one hours of staff development credit after viewing each video by returning the documentation form to the staff development office.  Just click on the link below  save the form to your computer and after you complete it send it via email to Mickie Cox or to Kaye Christian or via school mail to the staff development department.  Substitutes must watch both elementary and secondary videos to qualify for the increase in pay. These must be done outside of regular school hours. Approved for professional development only.

 

Try and Make Me: Working with Oppositional Students: This workshop presents a behavioral method designed with Positive Behavior Support in mind. Every other program designed for difficult student shows them what not to do in a particular situation. The chronic troublemaker in your class already knows what should not be done. Let's teach these children what they should be doing and reinforce the desired behaviors. Kelly Smith presents background information on Dr. Ray Levy’s researched step-by-step techniques that illustrates how one can help students gain the skills needed to succeed in a classroom setting.  Approved for District Exchange credits for Paraprofessionals for the 09-10 school year and for distributed learning credits for teachers. This workshop also approved for substitutes. Workshop equals 2 credits.  These must be done outside of regular school hours. Professional staff may submit for distributed learning credits if you have never done it before.

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Classroom Behavior

Audio CD - I'VE HAD IT WITH THAT KID!
By Dr. Ray Levy with Kelly Smith
A Practice Academy is where you have your student practice the desired or appropriate behaviors.

      ■  H
ow to get good classroom behavior in 4 easy steps.
      ■  How would I do a Practice Academy for that misbehavior?

DISCIPLINE WITH LOVE AND LOGIC: The Love and Logic process includes sharing control and decision-making, using empathy with consequences, and enhancing the self-concept of children. Research has shown these methods can lead to improved student behavior and achievement.  A link to the video of a session presented to Irving ISD New Teachers is below.  Please fill out the documentation form for entry into CourseWhere and send to Mickie Cox mcox@irvingisd.net .  Approved for District Exchange credits for Paraprofessionals for the 09-10 school year and for distributed learning credits for teachers. This workshop also approved for substitutes. Workshop equals 2 credits.  These must be done outside of regular school hours. Professional staff may submit for distributed learning credits if you have never done it before.

http://video.irvingisd.net/videos/iisd/staff_development/love_logic/love_and_logic.wmv

Documentation form for Staff Development Credit

TIPS AND TOOLS FOR TERRIFIC BEHAVIOR: This course will give you some great ideas and materials to help you achieve terrific behavior in your classroom. Presenter: Kelly Smith. Please fill out the documentation form for entry into CourseWhere and send to Mickie Cox mcox@irvingisd.net.  Approved for District Exchange credits for Paraprofessionals for the 09-10 school year and for distributed learning credits for teachers. This workshop also approved for substitutes. Workshop equals 2 credits. These must be done outside of regular school hours.  Professional staff may submit for distributed learning credits if you have never done it before.

http://video.irvingisd.net/videos/iisd/staff_development/classroom_management/tools_tips_behavior.wmv

Documentation form for Staff Development Credit

ANNENBERG VIDEO WORKSHOPS

Go to www.learner.org/channel/workshops/workshop_list.html to view a list of workshops.  Click on the course you would like to take, click on video on demand and it will take you to a list of videos for that workshop.  Click on this icon and the video will start.  After watching the video complete the documentation form and send via email or school mail to Mickie Cox, mcox@irvingisd.net, in the staff development office for credit.  These must be done outside of regular school hours.

Annenberg Media is a unit of The Annenberg Foundation. Their mission is to advance excellent teaching in all disciplines throughout American K-12 schools. Former names of Annenberg Media are: Annenberg/CPB, The Annenberg/CPB Project, and The Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project.

They pursue this mission by funding and broadly distributing multimedia resources for teachers to help them improve their own teaching practice and understanding of their subject. Annenberg Media makes use of telecommunications technologies—the Internet, including broadband video streaming, and satellite television broadcast—as well as hard copy media to disseminate these multimedia.  

Annenberg Video Workshop Information

Annenberg Video Documentation Form

U.S. Department of Education E-Learning Courses
Go to www.paec.org/teacher2teacher/ and register, choose courses in your subject area or in general education topics and then follow instructions on how to view the videos and complete the course assessment.   Send a copy of your certificate from their website after you have completed the course to be added to your professional development transcript. These must be done outside of regular school hours. 
Gatorade Sports Science Institute Online Workshops
Credit will be given when the staff development department receives copies of certificates.  http://www.gssiweb.com/continuing_education.aspx

LinguiSystems Online CEUs for Speech Language Pathologists  Go to http://www.linguisystems.com/ceu_intro.php At LinguiSystems, theydon't believe you should have to pay a high price (or any price at all for that matter!) for continuing education.  That’s why they've committed to offer you FREE CEUs.  They've added new courses and varied the formats (online, Source® courses and DVD presentations) to give you lots of learning options. They are FREE!

Other online workshops accepted by Staff Development for professional development:

  • ATPE Continuing Education Courses Online (Association of Texas Professional Educators approved for professional development credit or paraprofessional district exchange credit)
  • NATA  Continuing Education Courses Online (National Athletic Trainers' Association approved for district exchange or distributed credits for Athletic Trainers ONLY)
  • Medscape Continuing Education Courses Online (Approved for Nurses)
  • TCTA Continuing Education Courses Online (Texas Classroom Teachers Association approved for PD for teachers)
  • Western Schools Continuing Education Courses Online (Approved for Nurses)

*Credits to be determined on an individual basis.