1. EDCO Collaborative
Professional Development Programs
Summer 2011
2011 COLLABORATIVE SUMMER PROGRAM IN TECHNOLOGY: AN ARRAY OF
COURSES TO CHOOSE FROM
June - August, 2011 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
(Times will vary depending on the course.)
This collaborative summer program provides K-12 teachers and other school personnel from
participating EDCO districts with opportunities to extend their skill in using technology to
support and enhance their teaching. Workshops focus on the integration of technology in
curriculum areas, use of audio and visual tools, creation of web pages for curriculum use, and
introduction to a variety Web 2.0 tools.
Presenters: Teachers from EDCO districts
Audience: K - 12 teachers and other school personnel from participating EDCO
districts
Location: Throughout EDCO districts
Fee: No cost to members of participating EDCO districts.
Registration: Registration begins April 25, 2011. Courses and registration information
is available at ~ http://www.edcollab.org/~Seefurth/SummerTechnology
Register by: Registrations for each class will be accepted until the class is full. Early
registration is recommended as many classes fill up quickly.
MODEL DRAWING FOR ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS
June 28 - 30, 2011 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
(Co-sponsored with TEC)
Do your students have difficulty interpreting word problems on the MCAS or other assessments?
Have you seen children struggle with applying their math knowledge to new situations? In this
workshop you will master the technique of model drawing, a unique process for visualizing the
mathematical action in word problems. Mathematicians use models in their work and in this
course you will learn how to use a model drawing method that can be successfully employed in
elementary mathematics. This fun and easy to learn method can be applied to any curriculum at
most any grade level.
Model drawing greatly enhances problem-solving skills while at the same time connecting
computation to algebraic reasoning. Through engaging demonstrations alongside hands-on
practice with peers, you will leave the workshop confident in your ability to apply model drawing
to 70% of word problems found in typical elementary math textbooks, including addition,
subtraction, multiplication, division, fraction, ratio and percentage word problems. Through
mastering model drawing, you will also enhance your ability to teach number sense, algebraic
reasoning and mathematical communication. Your problem solving lessons will never be the
same!
2. Presenter: Kevin Mahoney, Math Curriculum Coordinator, Tenacre Country Day School
Audience: Teachers of grades 1 - 6
Fee: $210 EDCO and TEC members / $250 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for one graduate credit
from Worcester State College for an additional fee of $100.
Location: TEC Professional Development Center, Dedham
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: May 27, 2011 Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
ADDRESSING THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORY AND LANGUAGE ARTS
FRAMEWORKS WITH PRIMARY SOURCES FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS:
A Course for Teachers of U.S. History
June 29 - July 1, 2011 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Participants in this workshop will explore a rich array of primary source documents, and media-
based material available online through the Library of Congress. The presenter will introduce
and support each participant’s acquisition of the technology skills necessary for accessing Library
of Congress resources online such as identifying, collecting, downloading and managing images
and video. Participants will then choose a project and develop a model lesson using primary
sources, with the goal that students will use the documents to answer essential questions that will
be built into the lessons. These lessons will be designed to move students from merely accessing
primary sources to deep critical analysis and synthesis with other learning in history.
Prerequisite: Prior to the course, participants will identify a unit in which they wish to
incorporate use of primary sources
Presenter: Rich Young, former K - 8 curriculum coordinator in Brookline and Director of
Teaching American History Grant
Audience: Teachers of grades 4- 12
Credit: Participants may choose to register for 1 graduate credit from Framingham State
College for an additional fee of $75.
Fee: No cost to EDCO members ~ workshop supported by grant from Library of
Congress
Location: EDCO Collaborative, Waltham, MA
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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3. INCREASING LANGUAGE SKILLS AND LITERACY IN THE K-3 CLASSROOM:
THEATER GAMES, TRADITIONAL GAMES, AND STORY-TELLING
June 29 - July 1, 2011 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
(Co-sponsored with TEC)
This three day, action packed course will show teachers how to bring the power of dramatic play
and storytelling to improve students’ spoken, written, and non-verbal communication skills.
Charged with the responsibility to help our children learn to read, understand, and communicate,
participants will put down their plan books and grade books and participate in a wide range of
theater games and exercises that can supplement the curriculum and develop skills in
concentration, problem-solving, and group interaction. As the Alliance for Children states in their
2009 report Crisis in the Kindergarten:
Research shows that children who engage in complex forms of socio-dramatic play have
greater language skills than non-players, better social skills, more empathy, more
imagination, and more of the subtle capacity to know what others mean. They are less
aggressive and show more self-control and higher levels of thinking.
The course is designed on the work of renowned theater educator Viola Spolin and will provide a
wealth of activities and techniques for the K-3 teacher to use in the classroom. Participating
teachers will receive handouts describing the activities with step-by-step tips for integrating them
into the primary classroom community.
The MA DESE publication Kindergarten Learning Experiences (April, 2008) describes the value
of theater and dramatic play in developing important skills: “Theatre is a natural vehicle for
integration with language and literacy as children listen to and read stories from various genres,
describe and recreate the characters, act out dialogue and sequences of events, and study the
settings in order to create scenery and props. Dramatic play and theater are especially important
in early childhood and give children mechanisms for representing, connecting, and integrating
many kinds of learning and experiences. Favorite stories, books, songs, or the events of a class
trip are all sources for elaboration and dramatization.”
Play is democratic. Anyone can play. Everyone can learn through playing. Come and join us and
see for yourself!
Presenter: Mary Ann Brandt is the editor for Viola Spolin’s Theater Games for the
Classroom and has twenty years of classroom experience at every level from
grade 1 through middle school. Recently retired as a classroom teacher at the
Merriam School in Acton, she conducts theater workshops for educators
throughout the United States and Canada.
Audience: Teachers of grades K - 3
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Fee: $145 EDCO and TEC members / $160 non-members
Credit option: Pending approval from Worcester State College, at the first class participants
may choose to register for 1 graduate credit for an additional fee of $100.
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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4. E.M.I. 24-HOUR (2 CREDIT) COURSES
Anti-racist School Practices to Support the Success of All Students (EMI 1)
July 5, 7, 12 and 14, 2011 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
This 24 hour course is designed to introduce educators to the complex issues raised by race and
racism and their impact on student learning and achievement.
Participants will examine personal, cultural and institutional racism, the cycle of oppression, and
racial identity development. Additionally, participants will discuss how these issues affect
classrooms and school systems, their impact on the academic achievement gap and how to
develop and implement practical ideas to help narrow the gap.
Location: Newton or Bedford
EMI Course for Administrators: Understanding Discrimination and Its Effects on Academic
Achievement
July 6, 7, 12 and 14, 2011 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Educational equity and academic success are core values embraced by educators. This 24-hour
graduate level course is designed to bring together administrators (new and experienced) to form
a cohort group to share ideas on creating/ maintaining culturally proficient environments that
support the academic achievement and engagement of all students. This course is appropriate for
any administrator that works directly and/or indirectly with students and their families.
Location: Newton
Presenters: EMI Instructors
Audience: K – 12 educators
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EMI once the course has been finalized.
Fee: $400 for non-EMI EDCO and Network members; $450 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may choose to register for 2 graduate credits from Framingham State
College for an additional fee of $150.
Location: See description above.
Register by: April 29, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if
space is still available.
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5. INTRODUCTION TO SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING
(CATEGORY I)
July 5 and 6, 2011 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
(Co-sponsored with TEC)
This course will provide educators with key skills and knowledge for helping English Language
Learners succeed in schools. Among the topics to be addressed and discussed are:
• Key factors affecting second language acquisition
• The interrelationship of language and culture
• How to identify linguistic demands of academic tasks
• How to analyze your classroom as a site for second language acquisition
• The implications of cultural differences for classroom organization and
instruction
This course provides the recommended number of hours of professional development for
Category 1 Sheltered English Immersion training.
Presenters: Kathy Lobo, ESL teacher, Belmont Public Schools
Jody Klein, ELL Director, Newton Public Schools
Kathy and Jody have presented Introduction to Second Language
Teaching and Learning numerous times throughout the Greater Boston
region. As current practitioners, they bring their recent experiences to
the training to reflect how student populations are constantly changing.
Audience: K- 12 classroom teachers
Fee: $175 EDCO and TEC members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for 1 graduate credit through
Cambridge College for an additional fee of $50.
Location: Chenery Middle School, Belmont
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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6. THE EDUCATIONAL AND PERSONAL BENEFITS OF MEDITATION: IMPROVING
FOCUS, CREATIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY AND WELL-BEING
July 6, 7, 8 and 11, 2011 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
(Co-sponsored with TEC)
The health benefits of meditation have been widely documented. Recent studies using
neuroimaging also report that practicing mindfulness meditation appears to be associated with
measurable changes in the brain regions involved in memory, learning, and emotion. Come and
learn how meditation can help you and your students manage stress and improve concentration.
The program will consist of four 2 ½ hour sessions. This will allow participants to experience and
practice different meditation techniques. The four sessions will include:
• Gentle stretching exercises, muscle relaxation and focus on the breath (each session).
• An introduction to a variety of guided meditation techniques (one per session).
• Discussion of current research on the benefits of meditation.
• Discussion of ways to incorporate meditation and other stress-reduction techniques into
everyday life.
• Brainstorming to develop strategies to incorporate meditation into the work with students
in the classroom.
This workshop is designed for those who have never meditated, and for those who meditate in
their personal life but would like to learn how to use it with students.
Presenter: Helen Rainoff, the founder of Getting Centered Meditation, has been a
meditator for over 25 years and a teacher of meditation for 15 years. She is a
science teacher at Wayland High School for 32 years, who has integrated
guided meditation sessions into her work with students during classes and during
special programs. Through this work, Helen has demonstrated that meditation is
a powerful tool in helping to improve focus, creativity and productivity, as well
as physical and emotional well-being.
Audience: K-12 teachers, specialists, administrators
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Fee: $80 EDCO and TEC members / $100 non-members
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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7. THE ART OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS: INSPIRATION FOR CREATING ART
July 6 - 8, 2011 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Are you looking for ways to make the study of ancient civilizations more engaging? The art of
ancient civilizations tells a great deal about the culture in which it was created. When students
learn how to look at works of art their appreciation grows. And when they use that art as an
inspiration for creating their own work their connection to both the art and the culture is enhanced
further. This course is designed to use ancient art as a starting point for creating new art. The
Worcester Art Museum is acclaimed for the quality of its collections, including Roman floor
mosaics excavated in Antioch that are the finest and largest of any US collection. A protocol for
looking at art will be shared and teachers will use observations and sketches made during gallery
visits to create artwork of their own. Among the artworks we will examine are Greek pottery,
Antioch mosaics, Chinese ritual containers, and Assyrian relief sculpture. A variety of materials
will be available to explore - drawing, painting, printing, mixed media - during workshop
sessions in the studio. There will be discussions about how to apply the experiences of this
course to classroom situations, making connections between art and other content areas.
Presenter: Diana Adams Woodruff has more than 25 years experience as an art educator.
Presently she is the K-12 Visual Arts Director for the Acton-Boxborough
Schools. Diana was an adjunct instructor at Lesley University, and has taught
several summer teacher institutes at the Worcester Art Museum on making
connections between art and other content areas.
Audience: Art teachers, History/Social studies teachers, any interested educator (you do not
have to be an artist!)
Location: Worcester Art Museum
Fee: $195 EDCO Members / $220 non-EDCO (Fee includes materials.)
Credit Option: Pending approval from Worcester State College, at the first class participants
may choose to register for one graduate credit for and additional fee of $100
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district.
Participants will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has
been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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8. THE SCHOOL MUSICAL: HOW TO DIRECT EFFECTIVELY AND ARTISTICALLY
WITHOUT GOING NUTS!
JULY 6 - 7 , 2011 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
This workshop will take you through the planning and creative process of producing and directing
a school musical. Topics covered will include repertoire, auditions, budget, schedule and
rehearsal strategies, musical and dramaturgical analysis, and teaching through the musical to
approach other disciplines. Participants will work collaboratively to apply the lessons to and
develop strategies for sample shows. Summary materials will be provided.
Presenter: Art Finstein and Richard Weingartner ~ Art Finstein is a retired Massachusetts
Music Educator and a veteran music director of nearly 190 productions in
regional scholastic, community and professional theater. Richard Weingartner is
the longtime Director of Drama at Wayland High School, and is a uniquely gifted
teacher, writer, actor and director.
Audience: Middle and high school music and drama teachers
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Fee: $210 EDCO and TEC members / $250 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for one graduate credit
from Worcester State College for an additional fee of $100.
Location: TEC Professional Development Center, Dedham
Register by: May 31, 2011 Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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9. AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE IN A DIVERSE WORLD
July 7, 12, 14 and 19, 2011 8:30 AM – 3:30PM
(Co-sponsored with TEC)
Our suburban high schools are becoming increasingly diverse, and many in the Boston area have
long been part of the METCO system. A course on African American Literature offers African
American students a context in which to learn more about their own heritage, and all students an
opportunity to explore a part of America’s literary history that has sometimes been overlooked.
Participants will explore fiction, prose, and poetry selections of African American writers. Using
the texts as a foundation, they will analyze the ideas expressed in them. Participants will take part
in conversations that mirror what students might say about what it means to be black in America.
As a final project, participants will design an African American Literature lesson series for their
classroom.
Prerequisite
Reading: Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel
Tatum; Additional Purchased Books: Makes Me Wanna Holler by Nathan
McCall and Sula by Toni Morrison; Additional readings provided by instructors,
e.g., W.E.B. DuBois, Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez
Presenters: Katani Sumner and Emma Leslie, Newton Public Schools
Katani Sumner has served in the capacity of METCO Counselor/Academic
Liaison in Weston and Newton for over 10 years and as a Literacy Specialist in
Newton for an additional five years. Outside of school she also works as an EMI
facilitator and consultant on issues around race for other school districts. Emma
Leslie has taught English at Newton South High School for 19 years. During that
time, she has been a coordinator for Smaller Learning Communities working on
issues of educational equity, and has taught English to all ages at all levels.
Audience: High school English teachers
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Fee: $350 EDCO and TEC members / $430 non-members
Credit Option: Pending approval from a state college, at the first class participants may
choose to register for 2 graduate credits for an additional fee.
Location: TEC Professional Development Center, Dedham
Register by: May 31, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if
space is still available.
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10. ENHANCING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING (CATEGORY II)
July 7 and 8, 2011 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
October 29 and November 19, 2011 (Saturdays) 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
(Co-sponsored with TEC)
This course is designed to help elementary teachers learn how to modify their content instruction
so they can work more successfully with English language learners (ELLs) in regular classroom
settings. Educators learn how to adapt instruction and materials to help ELL students understand
academic content, develop academic and social language, and participate in classroom activities.
This course meets the requirements for Category Two of Sheltered English Immersion
professional development as needed for the Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education’s proposed ELL endorsement.
Presenters: Kathy Lobo, ESL teacher, Belmont Public Schools
Jody Klein, ELL Director, Newton Public Schools
Kathy and Jody have presented Enhancing English Language Learning
numerous times throughout the Greater Boston region. As current
practitioners, they bring their recent experiences to the training to reflect
how student populations are constantly changing.
Audience: K- 6 classroom teachers
Fee: $295 EDCO and TEC members / $350 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may register at the first class for 3 graduate credits from Cambridge
College for an additional fee of $150.
Location: Summer dates at Chenery Middle School, Belmont; Fall dates TBD
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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11. APPROACHING WALDEN
July 10 - 15, 2011
The annual seminar is designed to provide teachers with the skills they need to lead their students
in a study of their home community. This place-based interdisciplinary workshop uses Henry
David Thoreau’s writings and philosophy as a model. Through Thoreau's example of living
deliberately, we can learn how to do so in our own communities and pass it along to the next
generation.
The program features a daily mix of lectures, field trips, readings, discussions and reflection time.
The participants encounter speakers from different fields with expertise in the areas of natural
history, writing, literary analysis, art, and the environment. Some seminar features include:
• Lectures on Thoreau, Transcendentalism, and social reform
• Presentations and activities focused on historic land use, environmental issues in the
classroom, and nature journaling
• Trips to Walden Pond and historic Concord.
Presenters: Experts in science, literature and ecology
Audience: High school educators
Registration: Please register via email: education@walden.org
Fee: $50 to register but participants who complete a project are eligible to receive
a $100 stipend.
Credit Option: Participants have the option of registering for three graduate credits from
a state college for an additional fee of $255.
Location: Thoreau Institute, Lincoln
Register by: Registrations will be accepted on a rolling basis until seats are filled.
BEST PRACTICES IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Face-to-face: July 11 - 15, 2011 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Online: 6 hours
(Co-sponsored with TEC)
The key to a successful quality physical education program involves best/appropriate practices on
the part of the physical educator. Discussion and sharing of these varied practices by each of the
participants, as outlined by the National Association of Physical Education and Sport, will be the
main focus. Participants will be able to compile a notebook of appropriate practices and effective
teaching strategies while networking with fellow teachers for utilization within their own
programs.
Presenter: Maria Melchionda, Past President of the Massachusetts Association for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (MAHPERD) and member of the
National Association for Sport & Physical Education Public Relations
Committee
Audience: Physical Education Instructors (Classroom teachers welcome)
Fee: $430 EDCO and TEC members / $480 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for three graduate credits
from Worcester State College for an additional fee of $300.
Location: Westwood High School
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: May 31, 2011 Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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12. SACCO AND VANZETTI: AMERICAN ANARCHISM ON TRIAL
July 12 and 14, 2011 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
This course is designed for middle and high school teachers and library/media specialists who are
interested in learning more about the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and the Red Scare of 1919-1920.
An international sensation in the 1920’s, the trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo
Vanzetti, Italian immigrants and anarchists, still resonates today. Some refer to this case as a “a
story of America in its first age of terror.” In 1921, a jury convicted both men of committing
robbery and murder at a shoe factory in South Braintree. They were executed on August 23,
1927. While the debate continues whether one or both men were guilty, most agree that the
atmosphere of anti-immigrant and anti-radical sentiment and social unrest existing in Boston (and
the nation) was reflected in the trial proceedings. This session will make extensive use of the
John Adams courthouse exhibit on Sacco and Vanzetti and primary documents, including
photographs and excerpts from the trial testimony, to explore class, ethnic, and ideological
conflicts in American life, and to examine how prejudice can undermine the legal system’s
promise of justice. We will also study how this case inspired artists and writers ranging from
Edna St. Vincent Millay to Woody Guthrie to Ben Shahn.
Presenters: Barbara Berenson and Thomas J. Brown
Audience: Middle and high school teachers and library specialists
Fee: $25 EDCO and TEC members / $50 non-members
Workshop is funded by TEC Teaching American History Federal Grant
Credit Option: Participants have the option of registering for one graduate credit from
Framingham State for an additional fee of $75.
Location: John Adams Courthouse, Boston
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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13. TEACHING STRING INSTRUMENTS: TECHNIQUES, PERFORMANCE AND
COLLABORATION
July 12 and 13, 2011 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(Co-sponsored with TEC)
This hands-on workshop will provide beginning to experienced string teachers with an
opportunity to learn and/or review methods for improving technique and performance in the
school setting. Jennie Chan, the Executive Director of FASE (the Foundation for the
Advancement of String Education) will engage participants in practices based on the Bornoff
approach. Among the topics that will be addressed are methods of teaching vibrato, ideas for
teaching shifting, working with homogeneous and heterogeneous string groupings, new
approaches to classroom management, and ideas for presentations in concerts. The workshop
will be open to teachers of violin, viola and cello.
Presenter: Jennie M. Chan is Past-President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American
String Teachers Association. In addition to teaching in the Brookline and
Cambridge Public Schools, she served as the Director of the Bornoff String
Teachers Workshop and Bay State String Camp for 27 years. In 2000, she
received the Lowell Mason Award for outstanding leadership and contributions
in the field of music education from the Massachusetts Music Educators
Association.
Audience: K - 12 teachers of violin, viola and/or cello
Fee: $95 EDCO and TEC members / $125 non-members
Location: Waltham Public Schools (exact location TBD)
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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14. BRINGING ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TO LIFE: A NATURE CAMP FOR K-6
CLASSROOM TEACHERS
Camp Sessions: July 12 - 15, 2011 9:00AM - 3:00PM
Follow-up Session: November 9, 2011 4:00 PM - 7:00PM
Nature Camp for teachers will combine habitat exploration, hands-on fieldwork, labs and
classroom seminars taught by Mass Audubon educators and scientists. Participating teachers will
practice field science and inquiry-based learning methods by studying local habitats, reflecting on
our ecological history, invasive species and designing investigations that will have direct
applicabiity to their classroom. The course will introduce principles of ecology (habitats,
adaptation, food webs, cycles and systems, carrying capacity, etc. ) and suggested methods and
resources for helping students learn and practice science through the exploration of their
schoolyards and neighborhoods. Presenters will also model ways to teach in an outdoor
environmnent - in a classroom without walls.
Participants will reflect on their experiences by keeping a science notebook and, as a final project,
will design a scientific investigation and create field or study tools and activities to be used by
their students.
Presenters: Kris Scopinich, Education Manager, Mass Audubon
Tia Pinney, Teacher/Naturalist, Mass Audubon
Audience: K - 6 classroom teachers
Fee: $225 for EDCO members / $275 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may choose to register for 2 graduate credits from Framingham State
College for an additional fee of $150.
Location: Mass Audubon in Lincoln
Child Care
Option: Option to enroll child in Drumlin Farm Summer Camp - an ACA-
certified farm and nature camp. The schedule runs the same hours as the
teacher seminar. Please call (781) 259-2221 for details.
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Early registration is encouraged, as seating is limited.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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16. E.M.I. 12-HOUR (1 CREDIT) COURSES
Using Multicultural Literature and Media to Affirm Identity
July 19 and 21, 2011 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
This course is designed to encourage K-12 educators to recognize the connection between a
positive sense of self and academic achievement. This course will equip participants with the
tools to affirm the identities of students from racially and ethnically diverse groups and increase
school engagement.
Location: Bedford.
Difficult Conversations: Talking about Race and Racism with Students, Colleagues, and
Parents/Guardians
July 26 and 28, 2011 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
This course is designed to help educators develop a better understanding of ways to address and
respond to issues of race and racism on a personal and professional level. Participants will consider
the experiences of students and families from ethnically or racially diverse backgrounds in
predominantly white schools, and will examine both the barriers to/challenges of talking about
race/racism/ethnicity and strategies for engaging in productive discussions.
Location: Needham.
Understanding Self-Efficacy: Helping Students Do Their Best Work
August 2 and 4, 2011 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
This course will provide participants with an opportunity to explore concepts such as praise,
feedback, effective effort and self-confidence. Participants will learn how to use a strengths
approach, give praise and constructive feedback that promote student engagement and academic
success in the school setting. Participants will examine the relationship between efficacy and
attribution as well as how to help build confidence in students.
Location: Newton.
Presenters: EMI Instructors
Audience: K – 12 educators
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EMI once the course has been finalized.
Fee: $200 per course for non-EMI EDCO and Network members / $240 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may choose to register for 1 graduate credit from Framingham State
College for an additional fee of $75.
Location: See description above.
Register by: April 29, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if
space is still available.
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17. ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC AND ACTION WORKSHOP
July 20 - 21, 2011 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
This two-day workshop will illustrate ways to foster an environmental ethic in your students
through fun and thought provoking activities, group discussion and practical tools for your
classroom. Participants will also learn how to connect with environmental-minded students
across the globe. The workshop features a daily mix of lectures, field trips, readings, discussions
and reflection time. The participants will encounter speakers from different fields with expertise
in the areas of natural history, journaling, service learning and literature. Some time will also be
spent in the field.
Presenters: Experts with experience in natural history, service learning, journaling, and
literature
Audience: High school educators
Registration: Please register online at The Walden Woods Project at:
http://www.walden.org/Education/Environmental_Ethics_&_Action_Workshop
Fee: $50 to register but participants who complete the workshop are eligible to receive
a $50 stipend.
Location: Thoreau Institute, Lincoln
Register by: Registrations will be accepted on a rolling basis until seats are filled.
ASSESSING SKILLS AND PROJECTS IN THE SPANISH CLASSROOM
July 25 – 26, 2011 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
October 11, 2011 3:45 PM – 5:45 PM
(Co-sponsored with TEC)
Cultural and creative activities are essential for engaging students in the Spanish classroom, but
assessing those activities can be challenging. This course is designed to help middle and high
school teachers of Spanish develop meaningful performance assessments and rubrics to measure
students’ oral, listening, reading and writing skills. The workshop will show how to establish
measurable goals for projects that encourage creativity and individuality. Participants will also
engage in activities that demonstrate how good assessment can create better outcomes. By the
end of this workshop, teachers will have designed performance assessments, developed rubrics,
and learned to use them in evaluating and tracking student progress in a standards-based course.
The call back date in the fall will allow participants to share their assessments and rubrics and
receive feedback from fellow class members. This course will be conducted in Spanish.
Instructor: Patricia Donahue-McElhiney, Coordinator of National Spanish Exam,
Mass Bay Chapter and former Spanish teacher, Brookline Public Schools
Audience: Middle and high school teachers of Spanish
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Fee: $175 EDCO / TEC/ MaFLA members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: Pending approval from Worcester State, at the first class participants may
choose to register for 1 graduate credit for and additional fee of $100
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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18. MELA-O TRAINING (MASSACHUSETTS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT -
ORAL) (CATEGORY III)
July 25 and 26, 2011 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
(Co-sponsored with TEC)
This training will prepare participants to take the qualifying test for administering the assessment
that is used to evaluate the English speaking and listening skills of limited English proficient
(LEP) students. The Massachusetts English Language Assessment - Oral is administered by
observing students performing academic and social tasks in the classroom over a period of time.
Participants will learn:
• The multiple dimensions of oral proficiency: comprehension, production, fluency,
pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary
• The concept of communicative competence and its role in assessment
• The six levels of oral proficiency assessed by the MELA-O and their relation to the four
levels of English language proficiency as described in the Massachusetts English
Language Proficiency Benchmarks and Outcomes
Presenter: Kristy Hartono, ESL teacher, Carlisle and Harvard Public Schools
Kristy is an experienced MELA-O trainer, having presented for both
EDCO and the Newton Public Schools.
Audience: K - 12 classroom teachers without prior background in administration of
the MELA-O
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
SAM ANIMATION: WAYS TO USE A SIMPLE SOFTWARE PROGRAM TO
ENHANCE AND ASSESS CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING
July 27, 2011 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
This workshop will demonstrate another way to uncover your students’ conceptual
understandings of a scientific process, story plot, or mathematical concept with a simple intuitive
software developed by Tufts University researchers. With its low cost implementation, and
powerful method of uncovering students’ misconceptions, you’ll discover how SAM Animation
can be used to enhance the learning of your content area.
Attendees will leave knowing how to use SAM Animation, including:
• making movies, adding audio, editing, and time lapse features
• thinking about how stop-motion animation is particularly good for enhancing classroom
activities
• how to use student-generated animations as conversation starters
• how animation can be a formative assessment technique
This is a hands-on workshop, and attendees will spend the bulk of the time making movies. For
those who have some initial experience with SAM, there will be opportunity to focus on specific
extended topics such as: the power of storyboarding, more advanced prop making and classroom
techniques right for your school. Attendees will leave with tools for sharing why animation is a
powerful, cross-disciplinary platform that can enhance everything from STEM classes to art and
literacy work.
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19. Presenters: Brian Gravel and Melissa Pickering, Tufts University and iCreate
Audience: Teachers of grades K - 12
Fee: $175 ~ Participants may choose to pay an additional $75 and receive the
recommended webcam classroom kit, allowing for easy integration of
stop-motion into a lesson upon returning to the classroom.
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
DIFFERENTIATED MATH INSTRUCTION FOR GRADES K - 5
July 27 and 28, 2011 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
This math workshop will address the basic tenets of differentiation as described by Carol Ann
Tomlinson. The instructor will model various ways to differentiate process, product and content.
Participants may bring units from whatever mathematics program their system uses and apply
strategies used to differentiate the unit so that it will better meet the needs of the range of learners
in their classrooms. For the final product, participants will use some of the principles of
differentiation to plan a series of mathematics lessons. Final products require that participants
demonstrate acquisition of concepts and skills of differentiation such as pre-assessment, use of
multiple intelligences, flexible grouping, and modification of content, processes and products.
Presenter: Debbie Shein-Gerson, Elementary Math Coordinator, Maimonides School
Audience: Teachers and specialists who work with students in grades K - 5
Fee: $185 EDCO members / $225 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for 1 graduate credit from
Framingham State for an additional fee of $75.
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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20. ADAPTATIONS, ORGANISMS, AND ECOSYSTEMS: A FIELD-BASED
EXPLORATION OF SCIENCE AND INQUIRY
Camp Sessions: August 3 - 6, 2011 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Follow-up Session: November 2, 2011 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
This Nature Camp for Teachers experience will focus on the application of inquiry-based learning
techniques into field-based investigations in a variety of habitats-forest, field, and wetlands.
Through hands-on, interactive experiences, we will review core scientific and ecological concepts
followed by surveys of local ecosystems. As we explore different ecosystems using a variety of
field study tools, we will discover and discuss the unique adaptations of plants and animals that
live there and how they are interdependent.
Throughout our field work, we will practice methods for supporting student data collection,
analysis and reporting. Presenters will also share resources and techniques for integrating
technology and mathematics into field-based explorations including participating in community-
based scientific research.
Participants will document and reflect on their experiences by keeping a science notebook and, as
a final project, will design a scientific investigation and create field study tools and activities to
be used by their students.
Presenters: Kris Scopinich, Education Manager, Mass Audubon
Tia Pinney, Teacher/Naturalist, Mass Audubon
Audience: K - 6 classroom teachers
Fee: $225 EDCO members / $275 non-members
Credit Option: Pending approval from Framingham State, participants may choose to register for
2 graduate credits for an additional fee of $150.
Location: The sessions will be held at Mass Audubon in Lincoln
Child Care
Option: Option to enroll child in Drumlin Farm Summer Camp - an ACA-
certified farm and nature camp. The schedule runs the same hours as the
teacher seminar. Please call (781) 259-2221 for details.
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Early registration is encouraged as seating is limited.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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21. ART INSTITUTE AT THE DECORDOVA: ANDY GOLDSWORTHY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ART
August 8 - 12, 2011 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
(Co-sponsored with TEC)
The theme for DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum’s fourth annual art institute for teachers is
environmental art. Students will explore nature not only as inspiration, but also as media; nature
will quite literally be their canvas. The institute will also draw from Andy Goldsworthy: Snow at
the Museum. With only the materials a given environment possesses, Goldsworthy creates forms
in the interest of interacting with his surroundings rather than controlling them. Finally, he
photographs his work, understanding that decay and change with time are unavoidable parts of
nature and thus a part of the art. Through studio time, artist demonstrations, and art assessment,
students will similarly seek to collaborate and connect artistically with the natural surroundings in
the Sculpture Park. These new skills will be taught and discussed with application for the
classroom setting in mind. Participants may choose to register for one of the workshops listed
below.
(A) Capturing the Ephemeral ~ Presented by: Darlyne Murawski
Photography is often a key element of Environmental Art, whether it is documenting a natural
phenomenon or the effects of time on a constructed work. Drawing from that tradition, students
will photograph subjects from nature in the DeCordova Sculpture Park using digital cameras. The
first class will be an overview of nature photography and useful techniques. Subsequent classes
will focus on ways of viewing nature and classroom applications. In each session, students will
have time devoted to lessons, photography, and critiques.
(Please bring a digital camera with camera manual, laptop, card reader or download wire, plus a
thumb drive for group critiques.)
(B) Sculptural Forms from Natural and Recycled Materials ~ Presented by: Karen Ristuben
Rather than depicting the natural world, engage it. In this workshop, students will develop elegant
forms from found materials. These structures will be built using a variety of joining techniques
that include: taping, gluing, coiling, wrapping, wire joining, tying, crocheting, stapling, riveting,
and mold making. Students will explore not only sculptural possibilities, but also surface pattern
applications such as layering, stitching, burning, and color application. Experimentation will be
encouraged through the use of varied media such as sticks, bamboo skewers, recycled containers,
papers, and fibers.
(C) The Found and the Castoff - 2D ~ Presented by: Joan Loewenberg
In an increasing urban landscape, some environmental artists now employ the objects “natural” to
the concrete jungle. Following in that vein, this workshop emphasizes that art of meaning or
beauty can come from oft-overlooked or tossed aside items. Students will create drawings,
rubbings, collages and mixed media pieces with empty boxes, various paper and plastic items,
pins, paper clips, pompoms, etc. In each class, students will document and share their experience
with words and/or visuals and develop ideas for bringing this experience back to the classroom.
Both art and non-art teachers are welcome.
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22. Presenters: Staff from the DeCordova – see workshop descriptions
Audience: K-12 art teachers and other interested educators
Location: DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln
Credit Option: Pending approval, participants may register for 2 graduate credits from
Framingham State for an additional fee of $150
Fee: $395 per workshop EDCO and TEC members / $450 per workshop non-members
Fee includes materials.
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
GUIDED READING: USING CHAPTER BOOKS (GRADES 2-5) FOR EXPLICIT
STRATEGY INSTRUCTION
August 15 - 17, 2011 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Do you love guided reading but wish it were easier to coordinate? Would you like to:
• manage multiple groups in multiple books more easily
• use a guided reading model that is thoughtful yet practical
• routinely guide children to consciously employ meaning-based strategies
• enlarge your repertoire of chapter book units
• be assured that you are not locked into a set focus with any unit
• have the capacity to efficiently adjust any unit as needed for your learners
• expand your assessment options
This hands-on workshop will provide models and a methodology for creating guided reading
instruction using chapter books. A key workshop goal will be for participants to create one (or
more) units using self-selected literature. The unit(s) will be organized around explicit instruction
which promotes the use of strategies for expanding meaning.
Prerequisites: Computer access and a pre-read chapter book that you would like to develop into a
guided reading unit. Participants need the proficiency necessary to submit their projects in a
word processing file. Final products must be submitted in an electronic format so that they may
be easily altered to meet the differentiated needs of reading groups, and readily shared with
members of the class.
Presenter: Lynda Steinberg, Reading and Writing Specialist for K – 5
Weston Public Schools
Audience: Teachers of grades 2 - 5
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Fee: $295 EDCO members / $355 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may choose to register for 2 graduate credits from Fitchburg State
College for an additional fee of $215.
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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23. MOVING BEYOND EDUCATIONAL BUZZWORDS
August 15 - 18, 2011 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
August 19, 2011 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
An additional half day in August will be decided and scheduled by the class.
(Co-sponsored with TEC)
This course is designed to help participants create standards-based curriculum, instruction and
assessment. Focused on moving beyond the educational buzzwords, the instructors model a
standards-based approach, complete with course learning goals and associated rubrics. While
grounded in readings on standards-based philosophy, this course is primarily practical in nature,
including a number of hands-on, interactive activities to help connect the approach to classroom
practice. By the end of the course, participants will have developed the instruments they need,
including a model unit plan, to implement standards-based education.
Presenters: Ken Brooke and Dan Hudder, Needham High School
Audience: Teachers of grades 7 - 12
Fee: $430 EDCO and TEC members / $480 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for three graduate credits
from Framingham State for an additional fee of $225.
Location: TEC Professional Development Center, Dedham
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: May 31, 2011 Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
DESIGNING DYNAMIC FOREIGN LANGUAGE UNITS
August 15, 2011 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
August 16, 2011 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
August 17, 2011 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
(Co-sponsored with TEC)
No textbook is perfect. Teachers are often frustrated by the fact that their textbooks are
inadequate resources to promote student learning. In this workshop, teachers will take an existing
unit from a course they teach and revamp it so that it reflects what students really need to know
and be able to do. Participants will identify desired outcomes, develop scaffolded learning
progressions and create performance assessments. All skills will be addressed. Participants will
leave the workshop with a completed unit and the ability to use this model in future unit planning.
Presenters: Karen Nerpouni, former teacher, Department Chair, and Assistant
Superintendent, Concord Public Schools
Robyn Neuman, former teacher and Department Chair,
Concord Middle School
Audience: Foreign language teachers
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Fee: $175 EDCO/TEC/MaFLA members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for one graduate credit from
Worcester State College for an additional fee of $100.
Registration: Contact the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district. Participants
will receive confirmation details from EDCO once the course has been finalized.
Register by: June 3, 2011. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space
is still available.
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