June 3-4
8:30 – 4:30

Differentiated Instruction II: Relevance, Relationships and Rigor
Instructor: Julie Jaeger and Sally Jenkins
ED 500
1 SH/$50 + $90 Class Fee

MPS Annex

How to Register: Call Nancy How to Register: Contact Nancy Parizek at  857-4424

This course will allow teachers to take the rationale, strategies and best practices covered in Introduction to Differentiated Instruction  to another level.  The class will focus on ways to manage the DI classroom as teachers assess and prescribe for student needs.  Strategies specific to meeting these needs and targeted standards will be addressed.  The intent is to expand on prior knowledge and implementation of DI principles.  Participants will move to a higher level of understanding on how to meet the needs of diverse learners.

June 10-11
8:30 – 4:30

Teaching with Love and Logic
Instructor: Sally Jenkins, Amy Neal, and Mark Vollmer
ED 500
1SH/$50 + #100 Class fee.  Participants will receive a book.

Care er and Tech Center – Magic City Campus
How to Register: Call Nancy How to Register: Contact Nancy Parizek at  857-4424

The use of Love and Logic techniques lays the foundation for a positive learning climate for students and teachers.  Through logical consequences and caring actions; school can help develop citizens who monitor their own behaviors.  Based on natural consequences and decision making, this approach allows teachers to keep control of the classroom while empowering students.  Teachers will acquire knowledge and practice strategies designed to lead students to become self-sufficient, motivated and ready for the real world.

June 14, 21, & 28
8:30 – 4:00

Primary Literacy Instruction
Instructor: Shawneen Voiles
ED 500
1 SH/$50 + $90 Class Fee, Registration deadline is May 21st

MPS Admin Building

How to Register: Contact Nancy Parizek at  857-4424

This course is designed to strengthen educators’ foundational knowledge of K-3 literacy.  The focus will be on research-based instructional strategies to teach the foundation of our language.  Educators will explore the alphabetic, pattern, and meaning layers of print through modeling and practice.

June 16-17
8:00am – 5:00pm

Advance Online Research
Instructor: Al Peterson
ED 500
1 SH/$50

MSU, Old Main, Room 316

How to Register: Contact alpeterson@nd.gov or 328-3495

Advanced Online Research will explore basic and advanced searching methods for the ODIN catalog and available Online Library Resources.  This class is designed for school teachers and school library media specialists who have a basic familiarity with the online resources.  The resources being explored will have a practical application to your classroom instruction and provide your students with reliable information to use in research papers and other school work.  A minimum of ten participants is needed for each class.

July 6, 7, 12-14, 19-21, 26, 27
1:00 – 4:00

Reading and the Brain Institute
Instructor: Lisa Borden-King
Old Main
ED 500/592 
2 SH - $100/$570.82

How to Register: Click Here

This course will build knowledge of the reading process from both a neuroscience perspective and an educational perspective.  Basics of brain structure will be discussed and that information will be directly applied to understanding how information is processed during the reading process.  In addition, participants will explore key questions in the teaching of reading – the relationship between comprehension and decoding, the appropriate role of early childhood reading instruction, and the phenomenon of word and letter reversals when reading.

August 2-3
8:00am – 4:30pm

Deadline to Register: July 26

HELP – Desert
Instructor: JoAnn Schapp/Becky Dewitz
ED 500
1 SH/$50

Roosevelt Park Zoo Education Center

How to Register: e-mail joann.schapp@sendit.nodak.edu

Cost: $100 (Graduate Credit + Class fee) $200 if you purchase Desert module book

This course is for teachers in elementary and middle schools who have an interest in learning about the various habitats and their ecology.  The topics discussed will by types of biomes, animal life and adaptations, ecology, impact on environment, and survival.  The focus of this module will the deserts.

August 9-10
8:00am - 4:30pm

Deadline to Register: August 2

Teaching with Tigers
Instructor: JoAnn Schapp/Becky Dewitz
ED 500
1 SH/$50

Roosevelt Park Zoo Education Center

How to Register: e-mail joann.schapp@sendit.nodak.edu

Cost: $100 (Graduate Credit + Class fee) $200 if you purchase book

This course is for teachers in elementary, middle school, or high school, whom are interested in learning and in developing an appreciation about tigers.  The topics discussed will include learning about tiger habitats and how they have changed over time, cultural perceptions, conservation techniques, and how mankind is affecting tiger status.