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North Country Prevention Youth Council
Planning meeting at the Mountain View Grand on November 2.
Students representing 8 North Country high schools have joined together to form the North Country Prevention Youth Council. All Council representatives have participated in Youth to Youth International held at Bryant University in Rhode Island during the summer. Under the guidance of Sean O'Brien from LinWood's Student Assistance Program, the group has been meeting to plan regional prevention efforts. These students played an integral part in the three-day leadership and healty choices institute that took place at Camp Merrowvista on November 13, 14 & 15. The Prevention Youth Council members arrived a day early to be trained in facilitation by Ty Sells of Youth to Youth International.
Approximately 100 high schools students from Berlin, Gorham, Groveton, LinWood, Littleton, Profile, Stratford and White Mountains Regional participated in the Merrowvista program. The Council will now shift its planning to a weekend institute for middle school students that will take place at the Highland Center this spring.
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Understanding the Mind of Struggling Learners
NCES and the Center for School Success are considering offering this three credit course during April vacation if there is enough interest expressed. If you may be interested in this course, please contact Lori Langlois at lori@ncedservices.org.
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Teaching Math Effectively with Interactive Whiteboard Software
Interactive whiteboard/tablet software is an important element in teaching mathematics. The ability to move objects, group, annotate, rotate and problem solve are built into interactive whiteboard software. This program offers an opportunity to own interactive tablet technology, learn how to use it and learn how to specifically teach mathematics with IWB technology. The three session program covers the basics of the interactive software and how your tablets run the software, the mathematical tools included in the software and how they work, and actual files made with the software that you will take home with you.
The program is suited for teachers of all grade levels of mathematics. The third session will allow us to break up into grade level groupings to review and create appropriate activities. Topics covered will be:
- Habits of Mind – How do we act intelligently to solve a problem?
- Formative Assessment techniques to identify what concepts students need additional work on
- Focusing on solutions instead of answers
- Organizing notes and lesson plans in interactive whiteboard technology
- Math topics covered will be:
- Conceptualizing Time and Money, Addition, Subtraction, Patterns, Counting for Grade K-3
- Place Value, Number lines, fractions, Geometry for grade 4-8
- High School math topics based on make up of workshop attendees
Dates: Wednesday, January 12, 19 & 26, 2011
Time: 4:00 to 7:00 pm (light dinner provided)
Location: NCES
Cost, including one INTERWRITE Mobi Learner tablet:
Registration deadline: December 1, 2010. Payment or purchase order due by registration deadline.
Register: Contact Becky Ring to register at 800-268-5437 or becky@ncedservices.org. Purchase orders can be faxed to 603-466-2907.
Note: The Mobi tablet is used in conjunction with a projector (not provided). Unlike interactive boards that you or the students stand at to write on and operate, a tablet is mobile and can be operated from anywhere in the room.
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iPads in the Classroom
Get an Apple iPad! Learn how to place incredible power into your and your students' fingertips. Be among the first to discover how the iPad can impact teaching - from anytime, anwhere content development to merging 60 pounds of textbooks into a 1.5 pound device. We'll learn the basics of using the iPad for personal productivity and explore education apps that enable students to create, consume and reflect on their learning. Be one of the first to impress your colleagues and students with this revolutionary device. You'll leave with a brand new 32GB iPad (wifi only) of your own!
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011
(optional follow-up on March 8)
Time: 4:00 - 7:30 (light supper provided)
Cost: Member school staff $700, associate members $770, non-members $840.
Registration: Full payment must be received by January 21, 2011 to reserve your spot. Limited to 15 participants. Contact Becky at becky@ncedservices.org or 800-268-5437 by January 11th. Purchase orders may be faxed to 603-466-2907 or mailed to 300 Gorham Hill Road, Gorham, NH 03581. Credit card payment accepted by phone.
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Ages & Stages; Individual Differences; Developmentally-Appropriate Practices
Today's school environment, with its extremely wide range of learners, pressure to cover graded curriculum in tight time blocks, and emphasis on standardized testing, makes it difficult to meet the needs of all students. In this powerful workshop you will follow the predictable path of developmental growth patterns in children - cognitively, physically, socially, and in language - and see how each area influences the other. You will learn practical ways to align your curriculum planning, program use, and classroom practices to student's developmental needs and go back assured that you will provide optimal academic growth.
Intended for: K-4
Presenter: Jean Mann
Date: Wednesday, January 19 & 26, 2011
Time: 4:00 to 7:00 (light supper provided)
Location: NCES, Gorham, NH
Cost: $85 members, $95 associate members and $100 non-members
Registration: Contact Becky at becky@ncedservices.org or 800-268-5437 by January 11th. Purchase orders may be faxed to 603-466-2907 or mailed to 300 Gorham Hill Road, Gorham, NH 03581.
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Special Plymouth State University (PSU) Online Graduate Course Offer for North Country Educators
The Center for School Success (CSS), in partnership with PSU, offers a graduate program (certificate, Masters, CAGs) in the Neurodevelopmental Approach to Teaching.
CSS has been awarded a grant to pilot one of the courses in the program
online in the winter/spring term 2011 for North Country educators at a reduced rate.
Participants will be introduced to core principles and the newest research findings related to the brain and learning and begin to layer a neurodevelopmental framework with child development theories to understand what a student can be expected to do at a given age (e.g., developmentally appropriate practice-DAP). Participants will focus on the three networks and eight key neurodevelopmental learning functions of the brain and their impact on learning. Through a case study, participants will practice the skill of observing for evidence of student learning strengths and weaknesses and linking them to academic performance.
Cost: $155/credit (2 credit course), plus $25 registration fee
Register or for more information: Email Leslie Williamson at
To learn more about the program visit:
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Personalized Pathways: ELO – Competency Regional Meeting
Purpose:
To share practices and learn from each other regarding competency and ELO work.
For:
High school guidance counselors, principals, department heads
Guiding Questions
- Where are we with the conversion to a competency based assessment and credit system?
- What challenges are we facing in this new system?
- What are folks doing when students fail to demonstrate certain competencies?
- Where are we regarding school ELO options for students?
- How has/could this change how students can attain course credit?
- What challenges does this present?
Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010
Time: 10:30 – 11:30am (presentation) and 11:30-12:30 (question/discussion session)
Location: NCES, Gorham, NH
Facilitators:
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NH Environmental Literacy
You are invited to attend a small group discussion to help craft New Hampshire's Environmental Literacy Plan (ELP). NH's ELP will outline state-specific competencies for environmentally literate citizens and methods for implementation.
Your input would be an invaluable addition for creating an inspired, practical ELP for NH that improves the environmental literacy of the state's citizens, both youth and adults. The discussion, lead by a facilitator, will help identify efficient and effective systems for implementation. Please join us! RSVP requested.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
4:00-6:00 PM
Location: NCES, Gorham, NH
Questions and RSVP to: Andy Muller, amuller@outdoors.org or 603-466-2721
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Free Books Available
Susan Ackerman of Lancaster has 600 copies of "CHRISTMAS IS IN THE AIR" that she is willing to donate to schools. The story recaptures the kindness and loving spirit of Christmas. Harold, the main character, lives alone in the forest. He does have the company of four mice. When a storm strikes, he generously welcomes strangers (a bear and two deer) into his home. They all become loving friends. Together, they help a nearby town rekindle the joy of Christmas.
These books are not bound (could be spiral bound), but are each in an individual plastic case. Appropriate for grades 3-5. Contact NCES if you are interested in a free set.
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