Muskingum Valley ESC PD Offerings

1. Professional Development Offerings
Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Department
2011-2012
Professional Development Name and Description Audience
Scaffolding K-3 Math with Ky Davis Teachers
Scaffolding Math Instruction is a comprehensive overview of the Common Core math standards at Grades
each grade level. Each Common Core math standard is chunked into smaller partitions and K-3
sequenced. Pretests, lesson plans, and unit planning guides complete this system of teaching for each
grade level. Please arrange for professional development at your site today. Contact Cathy Morgan
@ MVESC, cmorgan@mvesc.k12.oh.us or 740-452-4518.
Integrating Technology in to the Curriculum Teachers
For technology to be effective in today's education system, it needs to be intelligently integrated into Grades
a rich, meaning-centered curriculum. Accomplishing this goal requires designing new kinds of K-5
creative learning environments involving the collaboration of all stakeholders. Effective integration 6-8
of technology is achieved when students are able to select the necessary technology tools, analyze
and synthesize the information, and present it. As we prepare our students with those 21st Century
skills, we need to connect today’s technology into our curriculums for greater motivation and
achievement. Cost $85.00
November 18, 2011 for 6-8 educators and February 9, 2012 K-5 educators
Literacy Foundations Teachers
The Common Core Literacy Foundation standards are directed toward fostering students’ Grades
understanding and working knowledge of concepts of print, the alphabetic principle, and other basic 4-5
conventions of the English writing system. These foundational skills are not an end in and of
themselves; rather, they are necessary and important components of an effective, comprehensive
reading program designed to develop proficient readers with the capacity to comprehend texts across
a range of types and disciplines (Standards are in Phonics, Word Recognition and Fluency). This
session will focus on these standards and the instructional strategies that will help teachers create the
reading program that will develop proficient independent readers. Cost $85.00
October 24, 2011 for 3-5 educators and March 7, 2012 for K-2 educators
Inquiry-based Learning Teachers
Inquiry is a study into a worthy question, issue, problem or idea. Inquiry-based learning involves Grades
engagement, investigation and the active creation and testing of new knowledge. The inquiry study K-5
begins with an issue, problem, question, exploration or topic that provides opportunities to create or 6-8
produce something that contributes to the world’s knowledge. The inquiry study encourages students
to develop habits that encourage them to ask questions about:
• Evidence (How do we know what we know?)
• Viewpoint (Who is speaking?)
• Pattern and connection (What causes what?)
• Supposition (How might things have been different?)
• Why it matters (Who cares?)
The study requires students to address a semi-structured question, issue or problem, relevant to your
curriculum, but based on the life and work beyond the school. On-going assessment is woven into the
design of the inquiry study providing timely descriptive feedback and utilizes a variety of methods.
Assessments should guide student learning and teacher’s instructional planning. Cost $85.00
October 19, 2011 for 6-8 educators and March 14, 2011 for K-5 educators
Cathy Morgan, Curriculum Director
[Type text] Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center
205 North 7th Street, Zanesville, Ohio 43701
MaMay P: 740.452.4518, 111 E: cmorgan@mvesc.k12.oh.us
www.mvesc.k12.oh.us

2. Professional Development with Common Core Standards
Scaffolding K-3 Math with Ky Davis
Learn…
• The Common Core Math Standards at each grade level
• How each math standard is chunked in to smaller partitions and
sequenced
• Ways to pretest and assess learning during and after a unit
• Instructional activities and ways to organize units and lesson plans
Understanding the ELA Literacy Foundation
Learn…
• The Common Core ELA Literacy Foundation Standards of Print
Concepts, Phonological Awareness, Phonics, Word Recognition and
Fluency
• Instructional strategies that will reinforce the foundations of reading
• Ways to assess and analyze the ELA Foundation Standards
Using Common Core ELA and Math Sentence Strips
Learn to…
• Map the Common Core standards
• Use teacher-based teams to see the vertical alignment of standards
• Turn standards into learning targets
• Communicate Common Core standards to students and parents
Contact Muskingum Valley ESC to arrange for a Order Common Core
professional development session near you. Curriculum Tools Today!
Cathy Morgan, Director of Curriculum & Instruction
Go to the MVESC Marketplace
cmorgan@mvesc.k12.oh.us or 740-452-4518
at www.mvesc.k12.oh.us