STX District 2018 Professional Development Conference Schedule

The Office of the Insular Superintendent, St. Croix District announces the schedule for its annual Back to School Professional Development Conference on August 27-30, 2018. Sessions will be held at various locations on St. Croix from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. daily. Lunch will be served at each site.

 

The schedule and locations are as follows:

MONDAY, AUGUST, 27, 2018

Gertrude’s Restaurant

• K-2 Early Childhood Education
• Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP)

 

University of the Virgin Islands Great Hall

• Concepts and Procedures in CCSS Mathematics (Session 1)
• Write Traits– Rm. 102

 

2+2 Restaurant

• Blended Learning Teaching Academy (Session 1)

 

Alternative Education School

• Utilizing GoPlans Lesson Planning Software/Crossing Paths Framework
• Paraprofessionals: Getting A Head Start To A Successful School Year (8:30 a.m. – 12 noon)
• Autism (8:30 a.m. – 12 noon)
• What Non-Instructional Personnel need to know about Students with Disabilities (3 Non-instructional personnel per school site) (12 noon – 3:30 p.m.)
• Building Instructional Capacity in schools: Paraprofessional Training (Session 1)

 

 

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2018

Gertrude’s Restaurant

• Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP)
• Guidance on Distinguishing between Language Acquisition Needs and Learning Disabilities in English Learners (8:30 a.m. –12 noon) – SPED Administrators only

 

University of the Virgin Islands Great Hall

• Concepts and Procedures in CCSS Mathematics (Session 1)
• Write Traits – Rm. 102
• EES- Librarian Evaluation Process Refresher (8:30 a.m. –12 noon)

 

2+2 Restaurant

• Blended Learning Teaching Academy (session 1)

 

Alternative Education School

• Purposeful Lesson Planning ESL
• 3 Things all Classroom Teachers Need to Know about Special Education (8:30 a.m. –12 noon)
• Special Education Advisors: Tips for Supporting Students in General Education Classrooms (12 noon – 3:30 p.m.)
• Autism (8:30 a.m. –12:00 noon)
• Utilizing GoPlans Lesson Planning Software/Personalized Learning
• Building Instructional Capacity in Schools: Paraprofessional Training (Session 1)

 

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018

Gertrude’s Restaurant

• Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP)
• Autism (8:30 a.m. – 12 noon)

 

 

University of the Virgin Islands Great Hall

• Concepts and Procedures in CCSS Mathematics (session 2)
• Write Traits – Rm. 102

 

2+2 Restaurant

• Blended Learning Teaching Academy (session 2)

 

Alternative Education School

• Utilizing GoPlans Lesson Planning Software/Personalized Learning
• Purposeful Lesson Planning ESL
• Special Education Advisors: Tips for Supporting Students in General Education Classrooms (8:30 a.m. –12 noon)
• 3 Things all Classroom Teachers Need to Know about Special Education (12 noon – 3:30 p.m.)
• Building Instructional Capacity in schools: Paraprofessional Training (Session 2)

 

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2018

Gertrude’s Restaurant

• The New iReady for Grades K-2 Teachers
• The New iReady for Grades 3-8 Teachers (8:30 p.m. –12 noon)
• ALL St. Croix District Counselors
  • Identification and Placement of English Learners
  • EES - Counselor Evaluation Process Refresher

 

University of the Virgin Islands Great Hall

• Concepts and Procedures in CCSS Mathematics (session 2)
• Write Traits – Rm. 102

 

2+2 Restaurant

• Blended Learning Teaching Academy (session 2)

 

Alternative Education School

• Crossing Paths Framework /Utilizing GoPlans Lesson Planning Software
• Utilizing GoPlans Lesson Planning Software/Personalized Learning
• Building Instructional Capacity in schools: Paraprofessional Training (Session 2)

 

For more information, contact the Office of Public Relations at (340) 774-0100 ext. 8136.