Polk County Schools Inservice Calendar
2010-2011
| If you plan to attend any of the scheduled days, please contact Jill Swafford no later than 3 days before the scheduled day you wish to attend. If there aren't enough people who register, the in-service may be cancelled or the date and/or location changed. Keep checking back here and the district news portal page for any announcements. Other inservice days will be scheduled on such topics as DIBELS (how to read data and use in the classroom), ActivBoard training (two days required for those receiving an ActivBoard), ThinkLink, SuccessMaker, and Education City. |
Date |
Title |
Location |
Time |
Comments |
Credit |
| April 27 | ActivBoard Training- refresher | Benton Elementary | 3:00-5:00 | This training is for teachers who currently have ActivBoards. Call BES or email Tamra Lanning to register. | 1/2 day inservice (May be used for 09-10 or 10-11 school year) |
| May 11 | ActivBoard Training- refresher | South Polk Elem. | 3:00-5:00 | This training is for teachers who currently have ActivBoards. Call BES or email Tamra Lanning to register. | 1/2 day inservice (May be used for 09-10 or 10-11 school year) |
| June 1 | The Nine Best Practices Most Effective in Improving Student Achievement | Central Office | 8:30-3:30 | This session will review the best teaching practices as described by Dr. Robert Marzano from a collection of educational research. After a discussion of each practice, teachers will have an opportunity to develop a lesson using the practice. We will swap ideas on how each of us has incorporated them into our past and current lessons. Presented by Deborah Williams- call or email Central Office to sign up | 1 day inservice for 2010-11 school year |
| June 1 | Standards-Based Report Cards and Grade Level Meetings | Benton Elementary | 8:30-3:30 | This session is for K-3 teachers to look at examples of standards-based report cards and develop a report card for our district. Remaining time will be spent in grade-level meetings. Facilitator: Jill Swafford |
1 day inservice for 2010-11 school year |
| June 8 | CPR Training | PCHS | 8:30-3:00 | Limit 24 participants per session- Call or email Central Office to sign up. Presented by Phyllis Hamby and Sandra Benson | 1 day inservice |
| June 9 | Differentiated Instruction | Central Office | 8:30-3:30 | This session will present the various ways that teachers can differentiate instruction in an effort to improve student achievement. The discussion will include how differentiation can be used in RTI and in improving value-added scores. Presented by Deborah Williams- call or email Central Office to sign up | 1 day inservice for 2010-11 school year |
| June 9 | DIBELS Training | Benton Elementary | 8:30-3:00 | Email Jill Swafford to sign up | 1 day inservice |
| June 15 | PI-16 Summer Summit | Cleveland State | Check-in 8:00 | Explore new technology at this one-day summit. Register online - click the P-16 Summer Summit button. You may also pick up a form at Central Office to register by mail. You will be reimbursed for the $20 registration fee. | 1 day inservice for 2010-11 school year |
| June 15 | First Aid Training (1/2 day) Health Issues (1/2 day)  |
PCHS | 8:30-11:30 | Limit 24 participants per session- Call or email Central Office to sign up. Presented by Phyllis Hamby and Sandra Benson | 1/2 or 1 day inservice |
| June 23 | DIBELS Training | BES | 8:30-3:00 | Email Jill Swafford to sign up | 1 day inservice |
| June 24 | DIBELS Training | CBES | 8:30-3:00 | Email Jill Swafford to sign up | 1 day inservice |
| June 24 | iMovie | Benton Elementary | 8:30-3:30 | Come prepared to create your own movie from start to finish. Bring in your own pictures and music on CD. Presented by Tamra Lanning - Call or email Central Office to sign up. | 1 day inservice |
| June 28 |
Planning /Goal Setting/Team Building | Benton Elementary | 9:00-3:00 | Dr. McAbee will meet with Benton Elementary faculty for a planning session for Open House. We will also have sessions for goal setting and team building activities as we plan for a new school year. | 1 day inservice |
| June 29 June 30 |
Differentiated Reading Instruction | South Polk | 8:30-3:00 | Presented by Kelly Rogers from Ellijay; for details on what will be covered and what you need to bring, click here. | 2 days inservice |
| July 1 |
Thinklink Training | South Polk | 8:30-3:00 | Presented by Tammy Dunn; teachers will learn to create ThinkLink probes and upload to district library; Call or email Central Office to sign up. | 1 day inservice |
| July 8 |
Thinklink Training | CBES | 8:30-3:00 | Presented by Tammy Dunn; teachers will learn to create ThinkLink probes and upload to district library; Call or email Central Office to sign up. | 1 day inservice |
| July 13th and 15th | Olweus (Bullying Prevention) training for PCHS | PCHS | 8:30-3:00 | Presented by Melissa Fugate | 2 days inservice |
| July 13-14 | Scenic City Literacy Conference | Chattanooga Trade and Convention Center | 8:00-5:30 | Presenters include Lester Laminack, Ralph Fletcher, Susan Zimmermann, and many others. You must register before June 10, so call or email Jill Swafford if you are interested. Click here for more information. | 2 days inservice |
| July 15 | CPR Training | PCHS | 8:30-3:00 | Limit 24 participants per session- Call or email Central Office to sign up. Presented by Phyllis Hamby and Sandra Benson | 1 day inservice |
| July 19-20 | ActivBoard Training | BES | 8:30-3:00 | Training for teachers who receive new ActivBoards- presented by Tamra Lanning (Pending approval of our RTTT application) | 2 days inservice |
| July 21 | Intermediate ActivBoard Training | BES | 8:30-3:00 | For teachers who already have ActivBoards and would like to practice more skills; presented by Tamra Lanning | 1 day inservice |
| July 22 | Using Social Networking to connect yourself and your classroom | BES | 8:30-11:30 | Find ways that educators build PLNs (professional learning networks) and utilize services like Ning, Twitter, Skype, and Blogger to collaborate with other classrooms and educators to provide professional development customized to your needs. Presented by Tamra Lanning- Call or email Central Office to sign up. | 1/2 day inservice |
| July 26 |
Differentiated Instruction and Grading | CBHS | 8:00-3:00 | Presented by Linda Rice; breakfast and lunch will be provided, so you must sign up by July 22. Call or email Central Office to sign up. | 1 day inservice |
| July 27 and 29th | Olweus (Bullying Prevention) training for CMS | CMS | 8:30-3:00 | Presented by Melissa Fugate | 2 days inservice |
| July 27 | Parapro Training: Classroom Management | Central Office | 9:00-12:00 | Presented by Jean Bramlett | 1/2 day inservice |
| July 28 | Train-the-Trainers Workshop on New Standards | Central Office | 8:30-3:30 | Teachers who attended the state training (either June 3-4 or June 21-22) for the new standards will work today to plan and coordinate our presentations to the schools in updating information on the standards. (This training at individual schools will take place on August 6 for one-half day). Facilitator: Deborah Williams | 1 day inservice for 2010-11 school year |
| July 29 | Using Test Results to Plan Instruction *Cancelled* |
Central Office | 8:30-3:30 | This one-day session will be a work day on analyzing test scores and value-added projections in order to plan instruction for the first few weeks of school. Discussion will also include how to use formative assessments to continue with planning. Teachers should bring copies of their test scores and any other information that might be helpful. Presented by Deborah Williams- call or email Central Office to sign up | 1 day inservice for 2010-11 school year |
| July 30 | Classroom Management and Organization Program | Central Office | 8:30-3:30 | This three-day training is required for new staff members and for any others who wish to attend. This first day will introduce practices to get the school year started well. The second and third days will be scheduled in the fall with substitutes provided for those who attend. You must complete all three days. Presented by Deborah Williams- call or email Central Office to sign up | 1 day inservice for 2010-11 school year ( with 2 more days to follow) |
| July 30 | Compliance Monitoring (Note new date and location!) | CMS- Mrs. Davis' s Classroom | 8:30-2:30 | Special Ed Staff Development presented by Jean Bramlett | 1 day inservice |
| August 2 | Grade Level and Subject Meetings | Central Office | 8:30-3:30 | Teachers from the same grade level and/or subject area will meet together to discuss problems and solutions from the new standards, county-wide programs such as the vertical writing curriculum and the Reading List for each grade level, RTI and differentiation problems, etc. Facilitators: Jill Swafford and Deborah Williams- call or email Central Office to sign up | 1 day inservice for 2010-11 school year |
| August 3 | Countywide Inservice- Required | CBHS | 8:30-3:00 | Our featured speaker will be Danny Brassell. Check out his website here. | 1 day inservice |
| August 4 |
Olweus (Bullying Prevention)Training for CMS Faculty only | CMS | 8:30-2:00 | This training is required for all CMS faculty. | 1 day inservice |
| August 6 | Required inservice | individual schools | 8:30-3:00 | New Standards Updates (1/2 day) Principal-Led Meetings/Data Analysis/ School Improvement Planning (1/2 day) |
1 day inservice |