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What: Teacher-to-Teacher Workshop
When: June 25 - 26, 2008
Where: Daniel Webster College
20 University Drive
Nashua, NH 03063
Cost:

Free

Presented by: Deparment of Education and FAA
Sponsored by: Pratt & Whitney
Contact: Julie Seltsam-Wilps (781) 238-7389

Register for the Teacher-to-Teacher Workshop in Nashua, NH

  • Learn math, science and reading strategies from prominent teachers and district officials in a FREE, two day professional development workshop.
  • Receive a certificate of completion to submit to your disctrict or state to possibly earn professional development credit.
Schedule, Day 1
Time Event
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast, registration
9:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m. Plenary
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Break-out
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break-out
2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Break-out
Schedule, Day 2
Time Event
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast, registration
9:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m. Plenary
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Break-out
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break-out
2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Break-out

Math

  • Assessing for Understanding: Formative Assessment in Mathematics (Grades 1-5)
  • Learning To Use Graphing Calculators To Develop Key Concepts (Grades 7-12)
  • Math 911 Foundations for Success: The National Mathematics Adivsory Panel Final Report (Grades K-12)
  • We Can Teach Problem Solving! (Grades 4-10)

Reading

  • Engaging Reluctant Students (Grades K-12)
  • Implementing Reading Intervention in Secondary Schools (Grades 7-12)
  • Improving Fluency To Increase Comprehension for Struggling Adolescent Readers (Grades 6-12)
  • Teaching Vocabulary: Incorporating Explicit Instruction (Grades K-6)

Schoolwide Interest

  • Assessment in the Differentiated Classroom(Grades 4-10)
  • Closing the Achievement Gap: Strategies for Teaching Content to Low Achieving Students (Grades 4-12)
  • Managing Differentiated Instruction: Why, What and How (Grades 4-12)
  • NCLB: Past, Present, and Future (Grades K-12)
  • Teaching Content to All Students (Grades 4-12)
  • Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning (Grades K-12)

Science

  • Blending Content and Process To Meet Science Standards (Grades 6-8)
  • Correcting Misconceptions in Science (Grades K-5)
  • Designing Effective Science Instruction (Grades K-5)
  • Increasing Rigor and Relevance in Secondary Science (Grades 7-12)
  • On Ramps: Bringing Every Student Up to Speed (Grades 6-12)
  • Phenotypes Versus Genotypes A Module in Genetics (Grades 6-8)
  • The Science of CSI (Grades 3-8)
  • Understanding Inquiry’s Tool: The Scientific Method (Grades K-12)
  • Why Ben Franklin Didn’t Fry: Discover Concepts of Electricity the Way History Did (Grades 3-8)

FAA Sessions

  • AEROLAB (Grades 6-12)
  • From Aerospace to Outer Space : STEM Activities to Engage Young Minds in the Classroom (Grades K-12)
  • Microgravity: Falling Through Space (Grades 5-9)
  • NASA Smart Skies: Proportional Reasoning in Air Traffic Control (Grades 5-9)
  • STS 118 Design Challenge (Grades 1-12)
  • The Mathematics of Navigation (Grades 10-12)

Updated: 6:41 am ET May 19, 2008