Audrey Grunst has been a provider in the mental health field since 2007, most known for her therapy skills in outpatient and intensive therapeutic programs. She opened Simply Bee in 2018 after spending 10 years in residential, group homes, intensive outpatient and partial hospital... Read More →
Want increased engagement? Higher scores? Student ownership? Improved learning? Try implementing student centered learning strategies into your classroom. These strategies can be used with any level of students and can be used across all disciplines. Join us as we share lesson ideas to promote student centered learning. We will explore what has worked, what hasn’t, and look at examples from high school teachers across various divisions. You will leave with ideas from other divisions to implement in your own classroom! LINK TO FOLDER
This session will provide participants with a variety of strategies and recommendations for working with students who struggle to engage in the classroom. We will address topics such as assessment, executive functioning, building a culturally responsive classroom, and supporting students with scaffolds and differentiation.
My name is Lauren and I am about to enter my tenth year as a bilingual math educator at Mundelein High School. In 2019, I founded the Consortium for Teachers of Multilingual Learners in Secondary Mathematics - an annual summit at which local math educators meet for the purpose of... Read More →
Friday August 30, 2024 9:25am - 10:15am CDT
CSTI 411
You will be introduced to the guitar, learn how to tune, warmup and play some simple chords. You will also leave with a great "start up packet" that can help you get into the first levels of playing chords, melodies and even bass guitar.
The McHenry Landmark Commission has developed a local history video for use in the classroom. The video traces the development of McHenry pre and post European development. We will also be handing out study guides, lesson plans and resources for teachers tied to the video. There will also be local history resource kits for teachers. This is appropriate and designed for grades 6-12 and would be useful for Social Science teachers as well as Natural Science teachers.
In this workshop, participants will learn the tools, routines, and tenets of a DuFour Award-winning PLC Math team. Please click here for the presentation for both sessions.
Marc Delisle mdelisle@cusd201.org Katrina Zorbas kzorbas@cusd201.org
This workshop will discuss the use of graphs and other mathematical models in science and math classes. It will introduce tools and techniques to help students build fluency in working with real-world data. Cross-curricular discussions and teaching strategies will be encouraged.
I have been a physics teacher for 14 years. I graduated from ISU in 2007 and learned about the Modeling Method of Instruction developed at ASU. I have incorporated Socratic dialogue and inquiry-based laboratory experiments to help my students develop critical thinking skills that... Read More →
I have been teaching Physics for nearly 20 years, and this is my 7th year at MCHS. My interest is teaching at the regular level. I have also taught Geometry, Astronomy, Engineering, and Computer Science. Prior to entering the field of education, I was an engineer in the semiconductor... Read More →
There is great power in teaching students math through small group instruction. It's the implementation that's challenging. In this session, educators will explore strategies to support small group math instruction implementation in the secondary classroom.
Becky is going on 14 years as a math educator. She served her first 6 years in East Aurora (Illinois) as a 6th grade math teacher. The next 6 years, as an elementary math instructional coach in D300 (Illinois), Becky supported dual language and monolingual teachers in both... Read More →
