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Online Resources for "Tuesday Teacher Training"

• Tuesday Teacher Training: Brain Compatible Instruction Ensures Student Success   (feb 2004)
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  This course provides a brief review of the anatomy and physiology of the human brain, explores the relationship between learning and an emotionally safe environment, and describes key elements of programs designed to enrich the learner’s brain. Additionally, educators have the opportunity to observe teachers in their own classrooms modeling brain compatible instruction and brain compatible classrooms. These teachers provide excellent examples of what things can be done in the classroom to enhance learning and improve the achievement of all learners. Educators will then apply the strategies to develop a brain compatible classroom and a series of "brain compatible" lessons and evaluate the impact on student achievement.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Communication   (feb 2003)
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  This program is excellent for those who are new to the teaching profession, as well as for seasoned veterans. Panelists Dr. Randy Sprick, Dr. Karyn Combs, Dr. Anita Archer, and Eva Laurich provide practical advice grounded in research as they address basic guidelines for establishing classroom routines and for engaging in positive interactions with students. Participants have the opportunity to visit Cherokee Elementary School where both effective and ineffective practices are modeled.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Critical Thinking: Preparing Students for Life   (jan 2004)
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Join us as experts in the field of education; Dr. Edward Wright, Dean of the FSU Panama City Campus, Dr. Ken Shaw, Associate Dean of Academic Programs at FSU Panama City Campus, and Debbie Bush a high performing teacher at Kate Smith Elementary School in Chipley, Florida discuss the importance of providing opportunities that foster the development of critical thinking skills in students. This program highlights what should be happening in all classrooms as educators prepare students for the higher cognitive levels required by the real world.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Differentiated Instruction   (apr 2005)
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10 (Available for Endorsement Credit)
  This highly informative program will provide the target audience with information regarding the philosophical underpinnings and current research that support differentiated instruction as a means of crafting the classroom to meet the needs of our increasingly diverse student populations. Participants will have an opportunity to visit a differentiated fourth grade classroom at Bonifay Elementary School, a high-performing school for the past four years. Teachers in the fourth grade class will model strategies that may be employed to foster achievement in vocabulary, reading comprehension and various other core content areas. This course may also be applied toward the Reading Endorsement.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Differentiation: Evaluation and Assessment
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Dr. Oropallo clearly delineates the alignment that should exist among the curriculum that is written, taught and tested in this episode of Tuesday Teacher Training. The content also details how to effectively build the infrastructure for the assessment process in a differentiated classroom; where students become partners, not outsiders in the assessment process.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Differentiation: It's Personal
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  This online course explores how teachers may utilize student learning styles and multiple intelligences as means for differentiating learning. An overview of the principles of learning styles and multiple intelligences is provided. Supporting video segments illustrate collegial planning conversations and instruction that take these into consideration.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Differentiation: Learning Activities
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  This Tuesday Teacher Training program offers educators a critical look at the importance of learning stations or centers, anchor activities and homework assignments. Dr. Kathleen Oropallo helps teachers learn how to make these activities meaningful in order to provide rigorous and relevant opportunities for differentiated learners.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Differentiation: Principles of Differentiated Instruction
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Kathleen Oropallo, Ph.D. takes the lead as the "nuts and bolts" of differentiation are examined in this episode of Tuesday Teacher Training. What is differentiated instruction? What prerequisite processes and procedures are necessary for managing a differentiated classroom? What are the essential questions that must be asked in order to identify varying levels of student ability, differences in content understanding and learning preferences? What are tiered activities and how are they developed? All of these important questions are addressed in this Tuesday Teacher Training video and the accompanying online course.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Differentiation: Using Data to Differentiate Instruction
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  This practical course addresses how student data is used to differentiate reading instruction. Video clips showing reading coaches and skilled teachers asking critical questions, setting skill targets and forming flexible reading groups based on excellent data sources are incorporated into this excellent professional development opportunity. This course may also be applied toward the Reading Endorsement.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Effective Learning Environment
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Am I intentionally inviting to myself and others? Does everyone at my school purposefully invite students, colleagues, parents and those in the extended community outside the school to become an active part of the school community? Is the overall environment one that invites all students to achieve? In this course based on the Tuesday Teacher Training series, Effective Learning Environment...Invitation to Achievement, Dr. William Purkey’s Invitational Education Framework will be used to develop a schema for intentionally inviting student success. Participants will become aware of the four cornerstones common to inviting schools: trust, respect, optimism and intentionality and will reflect on teaching practices that provide positive intentional invitations – those leading to a positive classroom and school culture for student success. Join us as we visit the campuses of two schools, Sneads Elementary School and Wakulla Middle School, both well-known in their communities for creating intentional invitations and high-levels of student academic achievement.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Effective Learning Environment-Exemplary Teacher Leadership:Means of Increasing Student Achievement
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  An exemplary classroom leader coordinates a supportive relational environment, facilitates connections between people and builds a working team. Furthermore, the classroom leader skillfully deals with the emotions of others through modeling, respecting, responding and building relationships. Viewers will gain insight into the various roles effective leaders must assume: resistance-melter, relationship-coordinator, real-person, responsible-adult, respect-giver, rapport-builder and reframer.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Erase the Fear When Parents are Near   (sep 2002)
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Dealing effectively with the parents of students sometimes requires teachers to tap deeply into their professional skills “toolbox.” In this program, Ron Walker shares research-proven, practical strategies that educators may use when dealing with parents so that the ultimate goal, that of helping the child, is met in a positive way. Program content fosters improvement of teacher conferencing skills, and also addresses means for increasing involvement of parents in the school’s educational activities. A review of the research that evaluates the impact of parent involvement on student achievement is also provided. This program is one that will benefit all teachers and administrators regardless of their amount of experience.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Examining Assessment for Unique Populations
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  This content-rich program focuses on research-evidenced best practices regarding instructional strategies and assessments in the area of reading. The classroom modeling takes place at San Jose Elementary School, an ESOL center in Duval County, Florida, where there is tremendous linguistic diversity among the student population. However, this is not merely a program about ELL students; the instructional and assessment strategies demonstrated are important for all who teach reading. In the program Dr. Kathy Oropallo asks critical questions that delve into what is proven to work, not only with ELL students, but with all students who are learning to read. Join us to hear the story of how Jacksonville, Florida is affected when trouble is brewing in any corner of our world, view intriguing classroom footage and listen to discussions pertaining to data interpretation and identification of instructional strategies that target specific skills. Additionally, valuable information is provided on modifications and accommodations, alternate versus alternative assessment, and Florida's Good Cause Exemption. This course may also be applied toward the Reading Endorsement.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Fluency and How it is Addressed
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  In this engaging professional development activity, Kathleen Oropallo, Ph.D. differentiates between assessing and teaching fluency . A wealth of practical information is provided to help participants implement numerous different activities to help their students become fluent readers. Participants are also afforded the opportunity to view best practices in fluency instruction being modeled at grades 2, 4, 7, and 9 in exemplary schools. This course may also be applied toward the Reading Endorsement.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: It Can Happen Here   (feb 2000)
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  The past few years have taught educators some hard lessons about the safety of our schools. In order to ensure that our schools are safe havens, educators must now face the reality of planning for preventing violence, or planning to react quickly and efficiently to violence. However unpleasant these options are, all teachers must be prepared. In this training, teachers will learn how to identify potential problems and to determine warning signs. In addition, teachers will identify effective behaviors that can help dangerous situations to be avoided and learn the most essential steps to take in the event that a violent act occurs. This is one lesson no one hopes to need, but also one that teachers cannot afford to be without.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Learning in Safe Schools: Bullies, Victims and Bystanders
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  What is an appropriate working definition for the term bullying? How does bullying differ from other kinds of unacceptable behavior? What does the current research say about patterns of peer-on-peer bullying and intentional cruelty in schools. In what ways do these behaviors impact academic and social development of students? How may schools and teachers combat bullying and effectively address the needs of all involved: bullies, victims and bystanders? How does cyber bullying fit into the overall picture? Is there advice that educators may offer parents of bullies and parents of children who are bullied? All of these topics will be addressed in this online course to accompany Tuesday Teacher Training: Bullies, Victims and Bystanders.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Learning in Safe Schools: Ensuring Safe Schools through Ethical Conduct of Teachers
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  When parents send children to school, there is a justifiable expectation that the educators, with whom their children are in contact, will conduct themselves in an ethical and civil manner. Educators not only bear a significant responsibility for academic learning, they are also responsible for modeling appropriate and desirable behaviors for students. In the video accompanying the online course, a variety of scenarios that educators should avoid are examined. Expert commentary is provided by experts Marian Lambeth, Bureau Chief, and Ryan Healey, Investigator, Office of Professional Practices Services, Florida Department of Education.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Learning in Safe Schools: Gang Awareness, Prevention and School Response
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Do gangs exist in your community and exert influence among students in your schools? Is it possible that gang activity may put security on your campus and in your community at risk? What strategies will you put into place to successfully recognize, prevent and intervene in gang activities? While this online course addresses the importance of recognizing signs of gang activity, it delves much deeper into the topic and provides information about what may be done to prevent and intervene in gang activity. Experts Captain Ian Moffett, Sergeant William Tagle, both from Miami-Dade Public Schools Police Department, and Renee Parker from Project MPACT share critical information on this topic in the video that accompanies the online course
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Learning in Safe Schools: Healthy Students: The Key to Optimal Learning
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Educators are constantly pressured to optimize academic achievement of students, yet many of their students routinely deal with a variety of health-related issues that may significantly hinder the learning process. The episode, with guest expert, Florida State University College of Medicine, Pediatric Clerkship Director, Leah Kristin Parsley, M.D., delves into four medical issues that may be prevalent among school-aged students: diabetes, asthma, allergies, and eating disorders. An additional topic, one that has received considerable attention in recent years, autism spectrum disorders, will also be explored.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Learning in Safe Schools: Providing a Physically and Psychologically Secure School
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Ideally, a serious crisis situation on your school campus will never occur. However, no matter how “safe” your school seems to be, crisis avoidance cannot be left to chance. In this broadcast you will learn strategies, which are proven to be effective in promoting a psychologically safe and physically secure learning environment. Video clips from Rickards High School in Tallahassee, Florida will offer insights into some of the safety considerations that schools may implement to maintain the physical security of a campus. Important measures that must be considered when planning for and recovering from a large-scale natural disaster are described in video clips obtained at Enterprise High School in Enterprise, Alabama, a school where entire sections of the building were leveled by an enhanced F-3 tornado that struck the school during a school day.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Lesson Study: Data Charts the Course
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  What is a lesson study and why would a teacher want to take part in this ongoing professional learning experience? How does a group begin the process and establish specific learning goals for students targeted by the process? In this episode, the first of a three-part series dedicated to lesson study, Stuart Greenberg, Executive Director of Just Read! Florida, shares the rationale for lesson study and establishes guidelines, sure to work, for any group of teachers that chooses to undertake the lesson study experience. As the process begins, we will see teams of elementary and secondary teachers examine and use student reading data as a basis to establish learning goals. Online course participants will learn more about what the research has to say about the lesson study process and using student data as a starting point to plan instruction. Then, ideally, they will work as a part of a lesson study team to examine their own students’ data in order to identify a skill target and align the skill target with state standards and benchmarks. In the following online courses, they will use their instructional "stuff" to intentionally select strategies which may best be used to engage students and teach the skill, and discuss why the specific strategies were selected.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Lesson Study: Purposeful Lesson Design
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  It is likely you’ve taken part in many professional development activities, all designed to fill your instructional toolkit with a variety of clever “tools and tricks,” promised to make a positive difference in the academic achievement of your students. However, once the lesson planning process gets underway, do you find yourself randomly trying first one strategy and then another; or do you purposefully match specific learning strategies with your instructional goals? In this program Stuart Greenberg will provide expert commentary as we watch elementary and secondary teachers identify explicit instructional benchmarks, determine what evidence demonstrates student understanding, examine resources they have on hand, discuss and select strategies, proven to be most effective in helping students achieve the selected benchmark, and identify content-related difficulties students may encounter. In the video accompanying this online professional development opportunity, expert commentary is provided by Mr. Stuart “Stu” Greenberg, Executive Director for the Just Read, Florida!/Early Learning Office at the Florida Department of Education.  Stu has been a pivotal leader in improving literacy instruction throughout his professional career.  He served as the Regional Executive Director (RED) for Region One, where he utilized data to tailor instruction by providing direct support to schools that were low-performing.  He also serves as the Director of the Southern Regional Educational Board (SREB) for implementing statewide initiatives.   Prior to serving as the RED in Region One, Stu served as the Associate Director for The Florida Center for Reading Research (FCCR) at Florida State University and was the Director of the Eastern Regional Reading First Technical Assistance Center, providing technical support during the implementation phase of the federal Reading First program throughout the East Coast. An engaging presenter, he has presented at workshops on improving student academic achievement at the federal, state, and local levels for the past 12 years.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Lesson Study: Testing the Design
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Lesson development is complete and your team is certain the resulting lesson will make student thinking visible; so what’s next? How can you be sure the “great” lesson your team developed will actually provide the desired outcome – student understanding? According to Stuart Greenberg, the best way to find out requires a member of the team to teach the “great” lesson, while other members of the lesson study team collect specific, predetermined data. The data collected must then be examined, discussed and, if necessary, the lesson revised during a debriefing process. Mr. Stuart “Stu” Greenberg is the Executive Director for the Just Read, Florida!/Early Learning Office at the Florida Department of Education is the presenter in the video accompanying this online course.  Stu has been a pivotal leader in improving literacy instruction throughout his professional career.  He served as the Regional Executive Director (RED) for Region One, where he utilized data to tailor instruction by providing direct support to schools that were low-performing.  He also serves as the Director of the Southern Regional Educational Board (SREB) for implementing statewide initiatives.  Prior to serving as the RED in Region One, Stu served as the Associate Director for The Florida Center for Reading Research (FCCR) at Florida State University and was the Director of the Eastern Regional Reading First Technical Assistance Center, providing technical support during the implementation phase of the federal Reading First program throughout the East Coast. An engaging presenter, he has presented at workshops on improving student academic achievement at the federal, state, and local levels for the past 12 years.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Maintaining Momentum...Critical Strategies for Every Teacher   (apr 2004)
  Course Tuition: $119.00 - Inservice Points: 20
  Tuesday Teacher Training - Maintaining Momentum: Critical Strategies for Every Teacher How can you meet the challenges that strike at the end of the school year, while teaching each student at his or her level? Tune in to Maintaining Momentum: Critical Strategies for Every Teacher. You’ll see how the latest technology can help keep kids focused and motivated throughout the school year. We'll discuss Universal Design for Learning, Differentiated Instruction, Inclusion and the support that technology can provide to each of these critical strategies. The concept of Universal Design for Learning is the intersection where all our initiatives--integrated units, multi-sensory teaching, multiple intelligences, differentiated instruction, use of computers in schools, performance-based assessment, and others--come together. Donna Palley Special Education Coordinator/technology Specialist Concord, New Hampshire School System
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Navigating the Cyber Highway: Fabulous Free Web Tools for Teachers
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  In the fast-paced video that accompanies this online course, guest expert Tammy Worcester, takes you on a tour of her favorite free Web tools that may be used to enhance your teaching and excite your learners! We'll explore ways to create products, such as stories and drawings and design collaborative activities - including online chat rooms. Tools will be demonstrated from start to finish and Tammy will offer tips for integrating them effectively into your classroom -- and they won’t cost you a cent! In the course, you will practice using each tool and then, develop an action plan to use one of the tools in your own classroom. A veteran educator, Tammy Worcester has almost twenty-five years experience, which includes teaching students in grades kindergarten to middle school, serving as technology coordinator for her K-8 school, and presently working as an Instructional Technology Specialist at ESSDACK. In her present role she provides professional development in the area of technology integration. Tammy is very knowledgeable of best educational practices and uses those to collaborate with other educators in order to build models of effective technology implementation in schools. Tammy has her own Website, Tammy’s Technology Tips for Teachers, where a variety of resources that teachers will find helpful are posted.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Navigating the Cyber Highway: Google Tools for Teaching and Learning
  Course Tuition: $89.25 - Inservice Points: 15
  Google is NOT just another search engine! In this engaging Tuesday Teacher Training program, Tammy Worcester will show you how Google's fabulous and free tools can radically transform your classroom. We’ll explore advanced features of the Google Search engine, iGoogle, Blogger, Google Maps and Google Docs and learn to use them for management and instructional purposes. A veteran educator, Tammy Worcester has almost twenty-five years experience, which includes teaching students in grades kindergarten to middle school, serving as technology coordinator for her K-8 school, and presently working as an Instructional Technology Specialist at ESSDACK. In her present role she provides professional development in the area of technology integration. Tammy is very knowledgeable of best educational practices and uses those to collaborate with other educators in order to build models of effective technology implementation in schools. Tammy has her own Website, Tammy’s Technology Tips for Teachers, where a variety of resources that teachers will find helpful are posted.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Navigating the Cyber Highway: Preventing and Responding to Electronic Aggression
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  The number of people, currently participating in digital communication, such as texting and online social networking, is staggering. Although most teenagers are responsible and exhibit appropriate behavior online, cyberabuse is also rampant. No longer can students escape to the safety of home; no boundaries exist in the world called cyberspace. Threats, harassment and teasing may come at any time and take a variety of forms which may include instant messages, text messages, e-mails, or chat room conversations. What can be done to help students avoid these situations? How can schools make it easier for students to report these situations when they occur, so they can obtain help? This segment of Tuesday Teacher Training, with a focus on cyber aggression, offers timely advice for all educators about helping students recognize and/or prevent it and respond appropriately when it occurs.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Navigating the Cyber Highway: Web 2.0 Legal Issues
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Innovative teachers, who are constantly exploring ways to engage learners through meaningful use of interactive technologies for instructional activities, may be found in all schools. As a result of their efforts, legal issues related to student privacy, free speech, copyright and fair use, attribution and publishing standards may be encountered. What must teachers know in order to steer clear of the pitfalls associated with each? What guidelines should be in place, at the school level, to prevent liability? This online course, an introduction to Web 2.0 legal issues, provides participants an opportunity to become knowledgeable about the issues, learn what is necessary to avoid them, and apply this knowledge to encourage ethical digital citizenship of their students.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Navigating the Cyber Highway: What Educators Need to Know About Cybersafety
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Because our students live in a world where interactions in cyberspace have become the norm, Public Law 110-385, also known as the Broadband Data Improvement Act, provides for Internet safety training. This law will require schools that receive federal funding through the E-rate Program for Internet service, Internet access or internal connections, to include as a part of their Internet safety policy, “educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms and Cyberbullying awareness and response.” For maximum effectiveness, the responsibility to provide appropriate safety instruction for students is one that must be shared by all educators. What do teachers need to know to ensure the information they provide is accurate and appropriate? How can educators help students understand what constitutes responsible online conduct? What ethical guidelines should educators follow when posting online? What do students say their teachers should know about Internet safety? The information in this episode of Tuesday Teacher Training is critical for all who are invested in ensuring the safety of students in today’s digital age.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Planning for Differentiation
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Tuesday Teacher Training: Planning for Differentiation will lead participants through a careful examination of the tools and decision making processes necessary for effective planning of differentiated instruction. Participants will learn to develop essential questions and plan instruction, based on those questions, to foster learning experiences that are challenging and result in enduring understandings for every student.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Professionalism Through Integrity   (apr 2003)
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  A practical, common-sense approach to understanding the educator's obligation to students, the public and the educational profession through the use of The Code of Ethics and The Principles of Professional Conduct is demonstrated in this program.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Reading Across the Content Area, Its Just Different   (Feb 2005)
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Teaching reading at the secondary level often falls to the language arts teacher or to the lone reading teacher in a school. Studies show that schools in which all content area teachers provide reading instruction are more successful in increasing student achievement. This course may also be applied toward the Reading Endorsement.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary   (sep 2004)
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Master educators provide strategies that are research based to be used to foster vocabulary mastery. Whether the goal is to develop rich content-specific vocabulary or to add new vocabulary words to make up for deficiencies in vocabulary, teachers in any classroom will find useful strategies that they may use. The video embedded in this course uses footage from the USDOE’s Teacher to Teacher Initiative and from classroom modeling. Comments from a practical perspective are provided by panelists both of whom are veteran educators; Dr. Bobbie Dawson, who is currently serving as a principal and Karen Odom an educator with teaching experience that spans all grade levels. This course may also be applied toward the Reading Endorsement.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Technology Tools for Students with Special Needs: Books in the Digital Age
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  What special tools are available to help students with special needs improve literacy skills? Join us as two highly regarded experts in the field of assistive technology, Dr. Dave Edyburn and David Davis answer this question. During this episode of Tuesday Teacher Training, the viewer may expect to explore available technology designed to support and engage students as they write, share, and read books. Dr. Edyburn, an Associate Professor in the Department of Exceptional Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is the author of more than 100 articles and book chapters on assistive and instructional technology. He is also a co-editor of the recently published book, Handbook of Special Education Technology Research and Practice. Dr. Edyburn’s academic interests focus on how technology may be used to enhance teaching, learning, and performance. David Davis is the Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resource System Instructional Technology Statewide Project Coordinator. David has a wealth of experience in identification and appropriate use of technologies to access, retrieve, demonstrate, problem solve, and present information and concepts through distance learning, on-line services, telecommunications, remote access, digital presentations, videoconferencing, and virtual simulations.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: The Complexities of Reading to Learn
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  This is a "must see" program for all middle and secondary content area teachers. Dr. Kathy Oropallo demonstrates how teachers can help students recognize organizational structures in content area textbooks and shares techniques to help them interpret graphic displays. This Tuesday Teacher Training features video clips of content teachers modeling instructional practices used to facilitate student ownership of strategies needed for accessing content area texts. This course may also be applied toward the Reading Endorsement.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: The Learning Environment, Making Space Work
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  This informative Tuesday Teacher Training addresses the learning environment, specifically the issue of classroom arrangement and its relationship to overall teacher effectiveness. Veteran teachers give expert advice regarding optimal classroom arrangement and one classroom receives a makeover, illustrating that although classroom arrangement may be a major obstacle to teacher effectiveness, it is one of the easiest to overcome. As an added bonus, teachers will have the opportunity to tour several classrooms where effective designs are modeled and each teacher explains how his/her classroom arrangement facilitates student achievement.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: The Warm Demander
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10
  Warm demanders are caring teachers who are known throughout their schools and communities for their unique ability to make all students believe in their capacity to be successful. Actions common to these teachers include: building relationships deliberately; seeking to understand students’ cultural backgrounds and learning styles and using the knowledge to appreciate individual students; communicating and insisting students meet high expectation levels; providing learning support for students; supporting students’ positive behaviors; and conveying expectations clearly and consistently (Bondy & Ross, 2008). In this online course, developed to accompany the Tuesday Teacher Training video, you will learn more about what you can you do to become “that” teacher – the one, peers, administrators, students and parents respect as a warm demander.
  
  
• Tuesday Teacher Training: Using Reading Assessments to Inform Instruction   (oct 2003)
  Course Tuition: $59.50 - Inservice Points: 10 (Available for Endorsement Credit)
  This course, an introduction to reading assessment, affords the opportunity for educators to observe pre-service teachers administering reading assessments and working collegially to plan instruction based on the assessment data. Dr. Charlotte Boling, a reading instructor at University of West Florida and Ellen Marsh, a veteran elementary teacher and reading coach add their expertise on what information may be gained from various reading assessments and how their use should play a significant role in the manner in which teachers plan and deliver instruction designed to ensure student success. This course may also be applied toward the Reading Endorsement.