Tuesday+Session+7

= Session Seven Tuesday Mid-Morning =

117. The Doorway to Successful Classroom Management
The presentation focuses on greeting students at the doorway to the classroom as the first step in creating a positive classroom climate. During the presentation, statistics and examples that describe familial, cultural, societal, etc., problems, create a sobering awareness of this generation's youth. This understanding and subtle techniques as students enter the classroom empower the teacher to "rinse away" the outside world. Examples include the concept behind the Statue of Liberty's symbolism and the reasons it has been a successful technique at America's largest retailer, Walmart.

118. Project Citizen - An Interdisciplinary Project
Students will use Language Arts, Math and in many cases Science to create a Public Policy plan that addresses a problem important to them, local or state. Project Citizen is not only for Social Studies - it could be a project done solo by any discipline or a team approach.

119. Programs and Practices in North Carolina Middle Schools and K-8 School: A Status Report
This session presents results of a 2009 survey of middle level programs and practices in North Carolina middle schools and K-8 schools. Trends from the 2009 survey and three previous North Carolina middle school surveys will be used to identify key trends and issues. Information from two 2009 national surveys will also be discussed. Implications of survey results will be discussed.

120. The Effective Writing Process Begins with a WORD!
Some content area teachers find the writing process somewhat overwhelming as they address the writing across the content area expectations in our state and nation. Attend this session for ideas and strategies about how to conquer the writing task in multiple content areas. After all, the process begins with precise vocabulary and extends to a structural foundation based on thinking processes.

121. Literacy Strategies in the Social Studies Classroom
Presented in the form of a 45-minute social studies class session, this workshop will utilize before, during, and after reading strategies designed to actively engage learners in both content and skill instruction, providing participants with an opportunity to actively participate in hands-on literacy strategies that they can take back and use immediately in their own classrooms.

122. R U Cybersmart?
The National Crime Prevention Center in 2005 found that 43% of teens were victims of cyberbullying. Middle school educators need the knowledge to implement a plan to address the situation. In this interactive and dynamic class you will get educated on current issues and learn what you can to protect your school.

123. Building Achievement with Ag in the Classroom
Looking for some new and effective tools for your Middle School toolbox? Check out the blueprints for success offered by Ag in the Classroom. Receive free, grade-level specific curricula materials. Learn about free professional development opportunities and volunteers supporting your work as an educator.

124. Using the Arts to Teach Those Cores- You Can Do It!
The focus of this session will be to introduce middle school teachers to the methods of integration of the visual and performing arts (music, art, theatre, dance) into the standard core curriculum (language arts, math, history, science). If you have had a hidden desire to sing, act, dance and/or do something crafty with your hands, this is the seminar for you. Get the attention of your students as you bring fun and excitement into your classroom. You can do it!

125. Seven Steps to a Higher Achieving School
The ten steps showcased within this presentation have proven to be effective at multiple schools. This clear outline of ways that you can make your site a higher achieving school includes straightforward, realistic methods that yield greater results. Students, teachers, and administrators will benefits from the steps outlined in this creative presentation. Presenters include a Director of Middle Grades Education and a school principal.

126. The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method Shows Education Is Ethics!
This exciting, practical method enables students to learn AND brings out their deepest, finest ethical sense. The presenter demonstrates how, through the opposites, the human heart, punctuation, the US Constitution, and an algebraic equation are related and can be used to know and be fair to the world and people.

127. Whole Brain Teaching (Apologies- Session Canceled)
Whole Brain Teaching is an integrated classroom management approach and teaching method that is effective, flexible and fun for both the teachers and their students. Collaborative learning, and interaction are the heart of the system, and it is designed to fit any teaching style.

128. Schools to Watch Showcase: Piedmont Middle School
Piedmont Open IB Middle School has been recognized for using academic excellence, developmental responsiveness, social equity, and organizational support to provide a great experience for our students. In this session we will highlight some of the practices that helped us earn this recognition. Join us and learn what makes our school a �School to Watch.�

129. Stuck in the Middle with You
After 44 years as a �middle school person,� I have witnessed and helped to create a bit of the history of the modern middle school. As a prospectus of this journey, I would like you to join me on this odyssey from Junior High to a Carnegie Demonstration and Training site/ Blue Ribbon School. From excellence to where we find ourselves today. The journey and our need to return to the evangelism of our former years. The spirit of John Lounsbury is alive and well (so is he), but are our middle schools?

130. Real Reading: I�ll Have the Combo Please
Real Reading - The students are really, really reading. The teacher is the facilitator and observer. The students LOVE it and can't wait to work on it every day. Their culminating projects clearly demonstrate what they have learned. REAL READING is a creative, unique �combo� methodology of several best practices. Come and find out more!

131. Science Notebooking: Integrating Writing and Science through Catastrophic Events
Enhance student�s language and math by incorporating notebooks in your classroom. Research shows students who record their classroom experiences take more responsibility for their learning while increasing scores in reading, writing, mathematics, and communication. Walk away with material from the STC PROGRAM� that will help promote notebooking in your classroom.

132. MATH SPEAK
MATH has its own language. Learn new ways to improve mathematical literacy for all students. Focus of this session will be in what is mathematical literacy and how students can best read, think, speak, and write in the language of mathematics. Handouts provided.

133. How Do You Spell Success? RIGOR, That�s How!
Rigorous coursework is not just for the Academically Gifted. Successful middle schools are those that offer challenging and relevant learning experiences. Come to this session, presented by NCDPI Middle Grades English, Math, Science, and Social Studies Consultants, to learn how to add more rigor to your instruction.

134. Funding Your Classroom Projects
We all have great ideas of wonderful projects to do in our classrooms � and little budget to see them come to life. Learn where to go and what to say to fund your classroom projects and activities, highlighting DonorsChoose.org and Target Fieldtrip Grants.

135. Picture Books for Young Adult Readers
Sometimes photography and explicit, rich illustrations help struggling readers activate prior knowledge and bring appropriate vocabulary to the forefront of their thinking. Explore appropriate text from different content areas and strategies that help students make the most of illustrations, maps, and diagrams. Bibliography & handout provided.