4TH ANNUAL

INTEGRATED TEACHING CONFERENCE

LITERACY: CONTENT IN CONTEXT

(SOCIAL STUDIES, LANGUAGE ARTS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY)

A workshop designed for middle school and high school teachers

 

Friday, October 12, 2001
7:30 AM to 2:30 PM

WSU Vancouver

Presented by S.W.E.P.

Southwest Washington Educational Partnership


SCHEDULE

 7:30 -- 8:00  Registration Student Services Building, Gallery
 8:00 -- 9:00  Keynote Address Student Services Building, Lecture Hall
 9:10 -- 10:10  Concurrent Session I, Classrooms to be announced
 10:20 -- 11:20  Concurrent Session II, Classrooms to be announced
 11:30 -- 12:30  Concurrent Session III, Classrooms to be announced
 12:40 -- 1:10   Lunch, Library Building, Rms. 203, 261, 265
 1:20 -- 2:20  Concurrent Session IV, Classrooms to be announced
 2:30  Workshop Evaluations, Student Services Building, Lecture Hall Foyer

COST: $30.00, includes lunch and parking (to be paid to SWEP). Sign up your whole staff: Enroll 5 for the price of 4. In addition, 5 clock hours are available at $2.00 per clock hour (to be paid to WSU on day of workshop).

LOCATION: WSU Vancouver, Student Services Building, 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98686. Directions.

REGISTRATION FORM for printing.


KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Tanis Knight, Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction, Camas School District.

"Welcoming Students to Learn and Think in an Era of Standards"

Never before have teachers been forced to juggle so many expectations from both internal and external constituencies. This presentation will explore the possibilities for infusing accountability into a classroom rich with innovation and integration.


CONCURRENT SESSIONS: These teacher-led sessions on integrated instruction, differentiated learning, practical teaching strategies, content literacy, student literacy, and democratic literacy are designed to help develop units that meet State EALRs and district standards and are of high interest to students. The sessions are designed to share best practices.

MS = middle school; HS = high school presentation level

  1. Differentiation Strategies for Teachers -- MS

    Roger Fisher (Wy'East MS, Evergreen SD)

    Relate differentiation to effective instruction and learn to modify and extend curriculum aligned to state standards. Examples of differentiated content, process, and products will be shared.

     

  2. Read Alouds in the Curriculum -- MS & HS

    Beverly Brink (WSU Vancouver, Education Dept.)

    Explore with the presenter the use of read alouds in the secondary classroom. Engage your students and enrich your curriculum.

     

  3. The Washington Geographic Alliance: Its materials and Services for Teachers-- MS & HS

    Rawhide Papritz, Geographer

    This session will introduce the Washington Geographic Alliance, its goals in education and what it can provide the K-12 teacher. Free maps, posters, lesson will be given out during this presentation.

     

  4. The Cofan Indians of Eastern Ecuador; Past vs. Present-- MS & HS

    Rawhide Papritz, Geographer

    This session will contrast hunting/gathering and slash and burn agriculture of the Cofan Indians of 1978 with their culture in 2001.

     

  5. Discovering History in Your Own Backyard: Neighborhood and Community Projects -- MS & HS

    Laurie Mercier and Jackie Peterson (WSU Vancouver, Humanities Dept.)

    Laurie Mercier will describe the Center for Columbia River History web site project, "Columbia Communities," and the resources it provides to help students and teachers explore community and Columbia Basin history.

    Jackie Peterson will describe the memory mapping and oral history components of the Old Town History Project which is attempting to reconstruct the multicultural history of Portland's oldest historic district.

     

  6. Building a Learning Culture for the Disinterested Student -- MS & HS

    Karen Gozart, Jeff Culp, David Cooke (Heritage HS, Evergreen SD)

    The ninth grade team will discuss team building, curricula projects and activities that promote learning with at-risk or disinterested students.

     

  7. Literacy Ties: Linking Literacy Benchmarks to the Core of Social Studies -- MS & HS

    Kay Stern (WSU Vancouver, Education Dept.)

    This session will link literacy benchmarks to the core of Washington State History, civics and public participation. Several projects and programs designed to let students show what they know and can do using literacy skills to be an active, participating citizen will be reviewed.

     

  8. Lights, Camera, Exhibit! National History Day -- MS & HS

    Irene Soohoo (Amboy MS, Battle Ground SD)

    Teachers will receive a free historical context poster, tape, national curriculum booklet, rules, lesson plans, and ways to implement History Day into reading, language arts, social studies, and the performing arts. Grades 6-12 students create performances, documentaries, exhibits, and papers to communicate the results of their historical research on this year's theme: "Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History."

     

  9. Take an Integrated Byte of the Science EALRs -- MS

    Evelyn Ko (McLoughlin MS, Vancouver SD)

    Teachers will learn to use technology to help develop an integrated curriculum that meets middle school science essential learnings in physical science, and how to use reciprocal reading to teach reading skills in content area.

     

  10. An Integrated Study of the Pacific Northwest -- MS & HS

    Jennifer Hockhalter (School of Arts & Academics, Vancouver SD)

    Teachers will be given an overview and framework of ways to implement the humanities (even some science and math examples) in their study of the Pacific Northwest. Focus and examples will be based on the Columbia River and its cultures.

     

  11. Maximizing Curriculum Integration Through Democratic Education -- MS & HS

    Art Pearl & Armando Laguardia (WSU Vancouver, Education Dept.)

    Democratic education requires integrating curriculum to provide students with the knowledge necessary to solve important societal, community and personal problems. The integration of disciplines is obtained through carefully designed student projects and community development service. Drawing on many years of experience, Laguardia and Pearl will lead a discussion on how curriculum integration based on democratic principles can be instituted in today's classroom and the benefits of such innovation.

     

  12. Looking at Lessons Through the Kaleidoscope: Using Communicative Modalities to Enhance Student Learning -- MS & HS

    Brenda Richardson (Bilingual ESL Support Training--BEST Project, Certified Science teacher, WSU Vancouver graduate student)

    Adele Brown (English Language Learner lead teacher, Ft. Vancouver HS, Vancouver SD)

    Carol Maloney (BEST Project Coordinator, WSU Vancouver)

    A summer experiment with high school English Language Learners demonstrates how focusing teacher planning on student involvement is effective. This presentation will also include a description of the summer institute science week, as well as actual video clips from the institute.

     

  13. Using Adventure Activities as a Tool to Teach Students About Diversity -- MS & HS

    Carol French (Counselor, Heritage High School, Evergreen SD)

    This interactive session will provide participants with adventure-based activities that can be used in a classroom setting to foster better connections and communication among students. Addressing issues of diversity in a positive way supports student learning, assists students in their acquisition of life skills, enhances their decision making skills, and generally improves the school environment.

     

  14. Lewis and Clark Meet Washington EALRs -- MS & HS

    Larry McClure (Education Liaison, National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial; Retired, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory)

    If Lewis and Clark were to visit Southwest Washington 200 years later, they would again need every skill and attitude we address in K-12 education standards. The upcoming Bicentennial provides an unprecedented opportunity to link every subject at every grade level to this story. Integrated curriculum projects are already underway in many schools. This session will overview plans and resources available locally, regionally and nationally.

     

  15. Facing History in Ourselves: The Holocaust and Human Behavior -- MS & HS

Gregg Ford (Ridgefield HS, Ridgefield SD)

Using the Holocaust as a vehicle, students can be exposed to critical questions involving the individual's difficult role in society. Students can examine the difficulty of decision making by understanding historical events past and present.


For further information, including registration information, please call or email Marion Gust.

Phone: 360-546-9675

Email: gustm@vancouver.wsu.edu