#8311 Science+Language Arts+Math=Improved Achievement
Not enough time to teach science and meet all the standards in math and language arts? Use of an interdisciplinary approach can help meet the standards, improve student learning, and bolster ISAT scores in all areas. Participants will actively sample classroom tested ideas and activities that help students retain the knowledge and skills of inquiry based science, data collection & analysis, and non-fiction reading and writing. This standards-based approach also helps students develop important critical thinking skills. Participants will receive the NSTA book "Picture Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry". One grad credit through Aurora University is also available at an additional $100.
Date: June12 & 19, 2008
Times:8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: WIU, QC Campus, Moline
Presenter: Dr. Laverne Logan & Carol Van De Walle
Audience: 2nd-8th Grade Classroom Teachers
Cost: $100
CPDUs: 15
Registration Deadline: 6/5/2008

#8222 The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth about ISAT Reading and Extended Response
Are you tired of ISAT rumors? Do you want the TRUTH about ISAT reading? This ISAT Reading workshop is presented from the perspective of a former teacher and ISBE Assessment Consultant who has actually written and scored items for the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Reading ISAT. Teachers and administrators will experience hands-on activities and teaching strategies that will help them embed ISAT test preparation into daily instruction. Workshop materials will include graphic organizers, story maps, worksheets, sample ISAT reading passages and student responses. Roni Haller-Ohare has 20 years of teaching experience and was an education consultant for the Illinois State Board of Education for 10 years where she worked in the ISBE Assessment Division and was the State Coordinator for the National Assessment of Education Progress. Roni now serves on several ISBE committees, including ISAT Reading and Writing Validation, ISAT Item Writing and Review, Standards Reorganization and the State Language Arts Assessment Advisory Committee. She is also a member of the design team for the Administrator's Academy on Literacy Leadership. She has "trained the trainers" to present these 25 hour academies across the state.
Date: June 16, 2008
Times:8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: ROE Moline
Presenter: Roni Haller-Ohare
Audience: K-8 Grade Classroom Teachers and Administrators
Cost: $150
CPDUs:6
Registration Deadline: 6/9/2008

#8223 ISAT Writing Workshop: Unlock the "Secrets" of ISAT Writing
Just exactly what are they looking for when they score ISAT writing? What are the secrets? What are the myths? In this workshop, teachers and administrators will receive up-to-date information about the 2008 ISAT writing test and will experience hands-on activities that will help them understand the ISAT writing rubrics. Workshop materials will include graphic organizers, worksheets, sample ISAT prompts and student responses that can be duplicated for use in the classroom to improve student writing. This ISAT workshop is presented from the perspective of a former teacher and ISBE Assessment Consultant who is a current member of the ISAT Writing Validation Committee and has actually scored ISAT writing.
Date: June 17, 2008
Times:8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Location:ROE Moline
Presenter: Roni Haller-Ohare
Audience: K-8 Grade Classroom Teachers and Administrators
Cost: $150
CPDUs:6
Registration Deadline: 6/10/2008

#8174 See the Sound: Visual Phonics Level I
Visual Phonics is a system of 45 hand signs and written symbols which helps to make the connection between sounds and letters clear and understandable so that written and spoken language are less confusing. Each hand sign suggests something about how a sound is made. Visual Phonics can be used in conjunction with any good reading, literacy, speech, or ESL program. By focusing first on the sounds of language, Visual Phonics captures the power of the language before it becomes a confusion of rules. Registration fee includes the cost of Visual Phonics binder. One grad credit is available through Aurora University for an additional $100 due the first day of class.
Date: June 19 & 20, 2008
Times:8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: ROE Moline
Presenter: Dave Krupke, Certified Trainer
Audience: K-5 Grade Classroom Teachers
Cost: $125
CPDUs: 12
Registration Deadline: 6/12/2008