CCISD Grow 360 Professional Learning Day: Full Schedule

8:30am CST

5C's: Building Character, Culture, & Climate in our Classrooms and Campus

"Developing and fostering positive classroom culture that promotes high character values leads to more opportunities for students to positively connect with the content, their peers and teachers. In return, when students and staff feel safe, valued, cared for, engaged, and respected, learning measurably increases, and academic achievements advances. In this session, we will identify and analyze the importance of culture and climate, and it's relationship with character. We will also examine small ways and opportunities to build and foster positive relationships inside the classrooms that lead to a positive culture and campus climate. In effect, character values are modeled and implemented to maintain a positively enriched campus." "- Understand and analyze the importance of culture & climate inside the classroom - Identify and practice strategies to create and maintain a positive culture utilizing character modeling and developing - Make your school’s mission and vision visible to community members "

Speakers

Kylie Kunefke

Clear Creek HS, CCISD

Kylie Kunefke is a graduate of Taylor High School in Taylor, Texas. Kunefke attended Sam Houston State University where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism. Immediately upon graduation from SHSU, Kunefke earned her teaching certification, and began... Read More →

Friday February 15, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am CST
CF 5417

High School, Character/Core Values

8:30am CST

Connecting Mathematics and Coding

Students develop logic skills by using a TI calculator to code. We will also show how to graph piecewise functions on the TI calculator to help students understand domain and range. create a lesson to use in your classroom.

Speakers

Patricia White

Clear Creek HS, CCISD

Michelle Creswell

CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am CST
CF 4430

High School, Technology Tools to Support Instructional Practices

8:30am CST

Homer, Virgil and Workshop: Guided-Choice Book Clubs in HS Pre-AP/GT English

This session will explore book clubs’ potential to motivate Pre-AP/GT students to engage with pre-twentieth-century works of literature and to collaborate on making sense of these challenging texts. Participants will examine samples of student reading logs, video clips of book club seminars, and student feedback on the book club format. Handouts will include reading and discussion logs, protocols, and recommendations for book club routines. Participants will experience book club routines firsthand when exploring short texts in small groups.

Speakers

Natalia Bondar

Clear Lake HS, CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am CST
CF 4526

High School, Instructional Best Practices

8:30am CST

Understanding Approaches to Rhetorical Appeals

Participants will hear from AP Exam readers on the topic of rhetorical analysis and the most common mistakes seen on the exam. We will also discuss effective ways to plan for teaching rhetorical choices that create the appeals of pathos, ethos, and logos. Participants will come away with a better understanding of the most current thinking gleaned from College Board trainings on rhetorical choices to better align with leading students to do well on this particular essay on the AP English Language and Composition Exam.

Speakers

Ken Fontenot

CCISD

Jennifer Humphrey

Clear Creek HS, CCISD

Alex Moore

CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am CST
CF 5529

High School, Instructional Best Practices

8:30am CST

Winning Tactics for Tweens and Teens

Learn about simple strategies to combat the everyday common types of behavior struggles for secondary students. Topics include test anxiety, prioritization skills, and time management skill building. Participants will become familiar with some coping mechanisms used to lower anxiety, learn deep breathing techniques, and review the relationship between parts of the brain and behavior.

Speakers

Kimberly Blanchard

Stewart Elementary, CCISD

Cal Hitchman

CCISD

Emily Kelsey

CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am CST
CF 5528

High School, Instructional Best Practices; Physical Wellness

9:35am CST

5C's: Building Character, Culture, & Climate in our Classrooms and Campus

Speakers

Kylie Kunefke

Clear Creek HS, CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 9:35am - 10:25am CST
CF 5417

High School, Character/Core Values

9:35am CST

ALEKS for Fomative Assessment and More

Experienced teachers give examples of using ALEKS for in class assignments, quizzes, homework, and retesting. create a lesson for their classes.

Speakers

Patricia White

Clear Creek HS, CCISD

Linda Huebner

CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 9:35am - 10:25am CST
CF 4430

High School, Technology Tools to Support Instructional Practices

9:35am CST

Homer, Virgil and Workshop: Guided-Choice Book Clubs in HS Pre-AP/GT English

Speakers

Natalia Bondar

Clear Lake HS, CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 9:35am - 10:25am CST
CF 4526

High School, Instructional Best Practices

9:35am CST

Reaching reluctant readers

A librarian and literacy coach will describe how they work with teachers to reach reluctant readers. Participants will preview a variety of texts and genres that appeal to reluctant readers. Suggested activities will be provided to help these students find accessible and enjoyable texts and genres. Participants will leave with activities and suggested book lists to help students find their new favorite books!

Speakers

Mindy Hutt

Librarian Clear Brook High School, CCISD

Mindy Hutt completed her MLS in 1998 and has been a librarian at all three school age levels. She is now the librarian at the awesome Clear Brook High School. She has a passion for connecting kids with the right book and embracing new technologies.

Carey Johnson

CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 9:35am - 10:25am CST
CF 4617

High School, Instructional Best Practices

9:35am CST

Understanding Approaches to Rhetorical Appeals

Speakers

Jennifer Humphrey

Clear Creek HS, CCISD

Alex Moore

CCISD

Ken Fontenot

CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 9:35am - 10:25am CST
CF 5529

High School, Instructional Best Practices

9:35am CST

Winning Tactics for Tweens and Teens

Speakers

Kimberly Blanchard

Stewart Elementary, CCISD

Cal Hitchman

CCISD

Emily Kelsey

CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 9:35am - 10:25am CST
CF 5528

High School, Instructional Best Practices; Physical Wellness

10:45am CST

5C's: Building Character, Culture, & Climate in our Classrooms and Campus

Speakers

Kylie Kunefke

Clear Creek HS, CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 10:45am - 11:35am CST
CF 5417

High School, Character/Core Values

10:45am CST

Creating Student Activities in Desmos

Participates will be introduced to the teacher component of Desmos. This component gives the teacher the ability to create engaging classroom activities to enhance the student learning environment. Participates will be able to create student activities in Desmos. These activities consist of card sorts, surveys, polygraph (who's -who?) and teacher lead instruction.

Speakers

Stacey Karpowicz-Boring

Clear Springs HS, CCISD

Shannon McClellen

CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 10:45am - 11:35am CST
CF 5619

High School, Technology Tools to Support Instructional Practices

10:45am CST

Reaching reluctant readers

Speakers

Mindy Hutt

Librarian Clear Brook High School, CCISD

Carey Johnson

CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 10:45am - 11:35am CST
CF 4617

High School, Instructional Best Practices

10:45am CST

Writing Assessment Items for Secondary Sources in the AP Histories

This session explores the types of secondary sources to use for Stimulus-Based Multiple Choice and Short Answer Questions in AP History Courses. It includes pedagogical discussion for revising secondary sources to meet the needs of students with diverse reading skills. Participants will review assessment items provided by the College Board. They will then analyze a selection of secondary sources and create assessment items for their history courses.

Speakers

Deborah Wing-Leonard

Clear Lake HS, CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 10:45am - 11:35am CST
CF 4527

High School, Instructional Best Practices

11:55am CST

5C's: Building Character, Culture, & Climate in our Classrooms and Campus

Speakers

Kylie Kunefke

Clear Creek HS, CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 11:55am - 12:45pm CST
CF 5417

High School, Character/Core Values

11:55am CST

FRC - CCISD/NASA Robotics Coaching

This session will get all of the CCISD/NASA representatives prepared for the upcoming FRC season. Be ready to better contribute to the Robonauts and understand how team travel will be done.

Speakers

Andy Schaafs

Robotics and Engineering Program Manager, Clear Creek ISD

- B.S., Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University- 8 years in Oil & Gas- 9 years teaching chemistry, physics, and engineering (PLTW)- 2 years managing the engineering and robotics programs for CCISD- Passionate about PLTW and REC Foundation (VEX) programs. They do amazing things... Read More →

Friday February 15, 2019 11:55am - 12:45pm CST
CF 4611

High School, Technology Tools to Support Instructional Practices

11:55am CST

Small Changes Make a Big Difference!

Sometimes it’s the little things you do that make the biggest impact. During this session I will share some of the little changes I have made over the years that have made the biggest difference for me and for my students. Session will be interactive, and participants will be encouraged to share ideas they find useful for making a difference in their own classrooms. Topics covered will be daily chores made simple, keeping up with student work, and daily routines for building relationships. Participants will learn and share ideas for making a difference in their classrooms and will leave with ideas to try and templates for organizational documents they can use immediately.

Speakers

Angela Vong

Clear Brook HS, CCISD

Angela is a Health Science Technology instructor currently teaching Medical Terminology and Health Science Theory/Clinical in her 8th year at Clear Brook HS. She has over 20 years teaching experience. She's a Licensed Veterinary Technician, a CBHS HOSA Advisor and Texas HOSA Area... Read More →

Friday February 15, 2019 11:55am - 12:45pm CST
CF 4408

High School, Instructional Best Practices

1:05pm CST

Diverse YA Books for Diverse YA Readers

All six high school librarians will book talk books that cover every imaginable diversity group on our campuses. The goal is to help our fellow educators have great recommendations at their fingertips so that we can all reach more learners with more titles that touch their lives, and help our learners through whatever puts them outside the mainstream. We will provide take-away lists of YA books that meet the needs of these special populations, in addition to those we book-talk throughout the session.

Speakers

Shirley C. Dickey

Librarian Clear Lake High School, CCISD

CLHS Librarian, techie, makerspace freak, and book lover. Shirley is determined to make her library a safe space for every student. She has previously presented around the state and local area on topics like 3D printing, genrefication, makerspaces, fake news, libraries as safe spaces... Read More →

Mindy Hutt

Librarian Clear Brook High School, CCISD

Valerie Loper

Librarian, CCISD

Former English teacher who just finished her 22nd year in education; talk to Valerie about books, research, fake news, teaching, references, citing, library stuffFollow Valerie on:Twitter:@cfhs_libraryInstagram: @cfhs_library

Laura Gladney-Lemon

Librarian, Clear Creek HS, Clear Creek ISD

Laura “G-L” Gladney-Lemon is so thankful for the opportunity to be the librarian at Clear Creek High School. She cares deeply about creating opportunities for students, struggling readers, and making the library a safe space.

Amy King

Clear Springs HS, CCISD

Rebecca Hoffman

librarian, CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 1:05pm - 1:55pm CST
CF 4617

High School, Instructional Best Practices

1:05pm CST

Making Inclusion Support Work in your Classroom

Mrs. Hawkins and Ms. James will highlight the various models of co-teaching and show how they are being implemented effectively in their classroom.

Participants will be given strategies to make the inclusion support more purposeful in their classroom.

Speakers

Erin James

Clear Lake HS, CCISD

Amanda Hawkins

Clear Lake HS, CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 1:05pm - 1:55pm CST
CF 5527

High School, Instructional Best Practices

1:05pm CST

Music and Memes: Engaging the 21st Century Learner

Teachers will discover and explore opportunities to incorporate Memes and use Music to help students engage in learning. This session will also explore the use of Twitter as a teaching tool and ways to incorporate a positive, educational spin on social media. Participants will explore examples and resources on how to incorporate Memes and Music into everyday lessons for virtually any subject or level. Participants will also discover and explore opportunities to use Twitter as a tool for engaging students with content.

Speakers

John Lewallen

Clear Creek HS, CCISD

Friday February 15, 2019 1:05pm - 1:55pm CST
CF 5524

High School, Instructional Best Practices; Technology Tools to Support Instructional Practices

1:05pm CST

The Active Classroom

The average high school student sits in their classes for approximately seven hours a day, despite all evidence that their attention spans are no more than 15 - 20 minutes at a time at best. Let's get our kids to move - while still keeping them on task and focused. Participants will leave with immediately implementable ideas on how to incorporate movement into their classes. Some activities will need a little bit of prep while others will need none at all.

Speakers

Shelly McCormick Lane

Clear Lake HS, Clear Lake High School, Clear Creek ISD

Friday February 15, 2019 1:05pm - 1:55pm CST
CF 4310

High School, Instructional Best Practices

1:05pm CST

Using Reading to Confront Bias and Practice Empathy

This session will explore ways to use texts and images to help students (and teachers) explore their identities, confront their own biases, and develop empathy by exploring others' points-of-view. While the session materials will be geared toward ELA classrooms, they could easily be adapted for social studies classes or general character lessons. "Participants will engage in reading, writing, and discussion-based activities that can be recreated in the classroom to help students define their identities and examine the impact of their own biases in a non-confrontational way. Participants will leave with practical strategies for reading activities that help students explore alternative viewpoints to build empathy with authors, characters, and those around them."

Speakers