2010 SUMMER COURSE SCHEDULE
Below is the schedule for our
summer courses. Be sure to
scroll down to see our complete listing of courses and locations.
SPECIAL
NOTE:
This listing of workshops reflects the most current
information available. Please note that courses may be
added, and occasionally, courses may be canceled.
HOW TO REGISTER
Unless otherwise indicated, most summer courses have open enrollment and are
happy to accept participants from outside the sponsoring school
district.
To register please call the contact person (not the
instructor) for the session you are interested in attending.
GRADUATE CREDIT AVAILABLE
Our summer courses offer
a graduate credit option and/or a certificate of participation. Please
contact us for additional information.
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"GREAT WRITING
TEACHERS"
Designing an Effective
Writing Program
Summer Course Locations
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COURSE
DESCRIPTION (3 graduate credit
option)
For teachers
in all subject areas, department heads, principals,
supervisors, curriculum committee members, and special
educators. This graduate level course will help you design and
implement a practical, effective, sustainable writing program
for your classroom or district. The major focus is on
intensive instruction in the use of the Five Types of Writing,
classroom management systems, and three key teaching
strategies: oral reading, focus correcting, and using
students’ past writing to teach new skills. Other topics
include: four essential writing assignments, motivating students to write, diagnosing writing
weaknesses, using efficient techniques for giving feedback on
papers, teaching techniques to improve writing style, using
writing as a way to foster learning, developing students’ peer
editing skills, and creating effective writing assignments.
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DATE
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LOCATION
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GRADES
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REGISTRATION CONTACT PERSON
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INSTRUCTOR
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June 14-18
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Ripon Area
School District
Ripon, WI
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K-12
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Melanie Oppor
920-748-4687
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Mark
Dressel
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June 16-17
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Phoenixville Area School District
Phoenixville, PA
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1-5
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Dr. Margaret Pearsall
484-927-5054
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Gary
Chadwell
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June 21-22
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Archdiocese
of Boston
Braintree, MA
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4-8 |
Mary Ditty
800-932-4477
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John Collins
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June 21-25
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Loy Norrix
High School
Kalamazoo, MI
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7-12 |
Johnny
Edwards
269-806-5850
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Mark Dressel
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June 23-25
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ACSU
Middlebury, VT
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K-5 |
Laura King
802-382-1433 |
Gary Chadwell
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June 23-25
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ACSU
Middlebury, VT
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6-12 |
Laura King
802-382-1433 |
John Collins
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June 22 & 24
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St. Clair Area School
District
St. Clair, PA
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K-8
Introductory
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Kendy Hinkel
570-429-2716 x205
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Lisa Lucas
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June 28-29
FULL |
Archdiocese of Boston
Braintree, MA
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K-3
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Mary Ditty
800-932-4477
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Henry Dembowski
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June 28-30
FULL |
Madison Park Voc. Tech
High School
Boston, MA
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9-12
Career & Tech
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Emily Lebo
617-635-8079
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John Collins
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June 28-July 1
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Great Valley School
District
Malvern, PA
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6-12
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Heidi Capetola
610-308-3865
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Lisa Lucas
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July 12-16
FULL |
Archdiocese of Boston
Braintree, MA
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K-8
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Mary Ditty
800-932-4477
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Henry Dembowski
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July 12-16
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Millis Public Schools
Millis, MA
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K-8
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Joan Lynn
508-376-7021
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Gary Chadwell
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July 19-23
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Amesbury Public Schools
Amesbury, MA
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4-12
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Mary Ditty
800-932-4477
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John Collins
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July 19-23
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Amesbury Public Schools
Amesbury, MA
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Elem.
K-3
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Mary Ditty
800-932-4477
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Joan Pokrant
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July 19-23
FULL
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Archdiocese of Boston
Braintree, MA
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K-8
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Mary Ditty
800-932-4477
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Henry Dembowski
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July 26-30
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Archdiocese of Boston
Braintree, MA
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K-8
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Mary Ditty
800-932-4477
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Henry Dembowski
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August 2-6
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Saugus Public Schools
Saugus, MA
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K-5
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Uri Harel
781-231-8166
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Gary Chadwell
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August 9-10
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Canton City Schools
Canton, OH
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1-5
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Kim Kingsbury
330-438-2546
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Gary Chadwell
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August 11-12
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Canton City Schools
Canton, OH
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1-5
Advanced Institute for District Trainers
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Kim Kingsbury
330-438-2546
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Gary Chadwell
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August 18
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Nashua School District
Nashua, NH
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2-10
Seven Sentence Building
Activities
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Kathy Drolet/Rosie
603-966-1014 or
603-966-1069
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Jerry Morris
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August 16-18
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Nashua School District
Nashua, NH
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3-12
Introductory
Four Essential Assignments on
Aug18th
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Kathy Drolet/Rosie
603-966-1014 or
603-966-1069
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John Collins
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August 17-18
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Neptune Township School
District
Neptune, NJ
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K-5
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Bonnie Morris
732-776-2000 x7804
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Gary Chadwell
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August 19-20
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Neptune Township School
District
Neptune, NJ
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6-12
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Bonnie Morris
732-776-2000 x7804
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Gary Chadwell
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August 19-20
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Nashua School District
Nashua, NH
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5-12
Advanced
Course Note
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Kathy Drolet/Rosie
603-966-1014 or
603-966-1069
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John Collins
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Special Note:
This listing of workshops reflects the most current
information available. Please note that courses may be
added, and occasionally, courses may be canceled.
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"HOW
DID YOU GET THAT?
IMPROVING OPEN RESPONSES IN
MATH"
Summer Course Locations
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COURSE
DESCRIPTION (1 graduate credit
option)
Open response questions in math – questions
that ask students to show or explain answers – are often the
most difficult problems for students to solve. They also
present a unique window into student thinking. The purpose
of this course is to look carefully at student work on open
response questions, diagnose underlying weaknesses in
reading comprehension, written expression or mathematical
understanding, and develop strategies that produce complete
and thorough answers. Participants
will learn techniques to get every
student involved in mathematical thinking and show students
how to take more responsibility for learning. There will be
a special emphasis on designing quick assessments, improving
mathematical vocabulary, computing, and reading strategies
for math. Participants will learn focused criteria to score
open response answers and create great math assignments.
All examples will align with the state frameworks for math.
Topics will be selected for grades 3-10 in the five strands:
number sense and operations, patterns and algebra, geometry,
measurement, and data and statistics.
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WEB REGISTRATION FORM
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DATE
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LOCATION
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GRADES
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REGISTRATION CONTACT PERSON
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INSTRUCTOR
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August 9 &
10
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Trinity Catholic Academy
Brockton,
MA
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3-10
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Collins Education Associates
800-932-4477
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Bill Atwood
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August 23 &
24
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Morningside Community School
Pittsfield, MA
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3-10
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Collins Education Associates
800-932-4477
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Bill Atwood
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Special Note:
This listing of workshops reflects the most current
information available. Please note that courses may be
added, and occasionally, courses may be canceled.
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"CONVINCE
ME–WITH A STORY: IMPROVING PERSUASIVE AND
NARRATIVE WRITING"
Summer Course Locations
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COURSE
DESCRIPTION (1 graduate credit
option)
Three critical forms of writing identified by
both the new Common Core State Standards and the National
Assessment of Educational Progress are informational,
narrative, and persuasive writing. This one credit course
will lay the foundation for teaching two of them:
persuasive and narrative writing. Showing students how
narrative techniques can be used to improve persuasive
writing will reinforce and strengthen both forms. A
well-written story can be an effective launching point for a
persuasive essay and a short anecdote can be used as a
powerful reason in an opinion piece. The course,
Convince Me―With a Story, begins as a series of lessons
that identify models of good narration and persuasion.
Then, participants will learn mini-lessons to teach specific
techniques of effective description and persuasion and use
them to build powerful sentences and thoughtful paragraphs.
Attention will also be given to planning, editing and
revising strategies and offer practical suggestions to give
feedback to students using both rubrics and Focus Correction
Areas. Throughout the course, participants
will learn techniques to get every
student involved in and excited about writing and help
students take more responsibility for their own progress.
Participants will learn to build a school-wide approach as
they collect and share data with colleagues.
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WEB REGISTRATION FORM
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DATE
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LOCATION
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GRADES
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REGISTRATION CONTACT PERSON
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INSTRUCTOR
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August 18 &
19
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Morningside Community School
Pittsfield, MA
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2-8
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Collins Education Associates
800-932-4477
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Bill Atwood
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Special Note:
This listing of workshops reflects the most current
information available. Please note that courses may be
added, and occasionally, courses may be canceled.
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