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Date: August 12, 2008
Time: 8:30 to 3:30
Location:
McKimmon Conference
Center
1101 Gorman Street
Raleigh, NC 27695
Free Parking
919 -515-2277
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Directions
Accommodations
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Workshop Highlights
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Discover the power of the
Dynamic Duo:
Mastery Learning and Cooperative
Problem Solving
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Explore 5 amazing instructional
"power tools" every teacher should know and use daily
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Learn research-based strategies
to engage all learners and boost math achievement (see data)
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Experience hands-on activities
and learn the management strategies to make them work in your own
classroom
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Find out how to implement math
centers or stations in your class quickly and easily
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Walk away with activities you
can implement the next day
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Discover innovative approaches
to teaching basic skills AND higher level thinking
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Get motivated for the 2008 -
2009 school year!
Registration Includes
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FREE Power Pack of your choice
(up to $19.95 value)
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Large 3-ring binder of workshop
handouts and blackline masters jam-packed with teaching ideas and
activities
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Coffee and light morning
refreshments
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| Make Every Math Moment
Count
How can you ensure that every math lesson
“packs a punch”? Attend this workshop and discover the
“dynamic duo” of math instruction: Mastery Learning and
Problem Solving. Educators who attend this seminar will discover
the secrets of the Mastery Learning model, a simple but powerful
method that ensures success for all learners. Participants
will experience the excitement of cooperative problem solving and
will learn how to incorporate these methods on daily basis. Using
fun, hands-on activities, Laura Candler will share practical,
easy-to-use strategies to close achievement gaps and enable ALL
students to excel in math!
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Math Fun vs. Math Achievement
Is it possible to use fun, engaging math
strategies and still ensure that all students are learning? Would you
like to supplement your math text with an effective, proven program to
ensure that your students make adequate growth on the state test? Skip
the test practice booklets and see the
excitement of kids exploring higher level math concepts in your
class!
If you are ready to take your math instruction
to the next level, Laura's Dynamic Duo workshop is for
you! You'll transform your classroom into an exciting community of
mathematics learners, differentiating instruction to meet their needs.
Do these methods work? Decide for yourself after
checking out a graph of Laura's End-of-Grade test math scores as
compared to overall math achievement in North Carolina! |
Click for Full Graphic
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Dynamic Duo Workshop Content
- Simple strategies for implementing
Mastery Learning, a research-based instructional strategy developed by
Benjamin Bloom and promoted by Tom Guskey
- The Cooperative Problem Solving Cycle -
and how to use it to empower your students
- 3 types of math problems that all
students benefit from experiencing
- How to make sure ALL your students learn
their times tables or addition facts
- Active engagement strategies that will
motivate your struggling learners as well as challenge your
advanced learners
- How to implement math centers or stations
and make them work in YOUR classroom
- Easy ways to incorporate math
manipulatives into almost every math lesson
- Interactive strategies that allow you to
quickly diagnose learning difficulties and provide immediate
feedback and assistance to students
- Loads of simple yet effective classroom
management techniques
- How to energize your students and keep
them motivated throughout the year
- Math strategies to help you meet NCTM
standards for Numeration, Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis
and Probability, Algebra, and Problem Solving
- Dozens of ways to differentiate math
instruction for all types of learners
- Creative ways to use graphic organizers
and foldables in math
- Cooperative learning activities that will
hold your students accountable for their participation as well
as teaching them social skills
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Participant Comments from the 2007
Raising Achievement and Closing Gaps Conference
- Awesome session! This was the best
session at the conference!
- Great presentation! I can't wait to
implement these strategies!
- The BEST workshop by far!
- Outstanding session!
- Very solid concrete ideas for teachers.
It was great!
- This was the most interesting and
beneficial session I went to!
- Great practical knowledge - promotes
rigor!
- Amazing presentation - great resources
for all areas!
About Mastery Learning . . .
"Just a couple of months ago I began
teaching math using Mastery Learning. The results have
been terrific. I really feel like I'm meeting the needs of
all of my students. My local benchmark test scores have
gone up, and I'm teaching the best math I've ever taught!"
~ Tammy Meagher, 4th grade teacher
Who Should Attend?
- Teachers of grades 2 - 6 (Note:
Other teachers K-12 would find the Mastery Learning
and Cooperative Problem Solving strategies beneficial,
but the workshop activities are specifically designed
for teachers of grades 2 - 6).
- Elementary School Administrators
- Instructional Coaches and Math
Coaches (School or District Level)
- District Level Math Directors
- Students enrolled in teacher
education programs
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Registration
Information
1. Print and complete Registration Form shown at
right.
2. Mail form with payment (see below) to
Teaching Resources
1552 Grassy Branch Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304
Note: If you are paying with PayPal, you may fax your registration
form to 910-868-5211
Questions about registration or payment? View
the Dynamic Duo Registration FAQs.
3. Receive confirmation by email. (You should
receive a confirmation email within a week of submitting your
registration. If you don't receive that confirmation, send an email
to Laura at lauracandler@att.net
to secure your spot. You can also email Laura if you have submitted
a request to your school and you are concerned about the status of
your registration.)
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Three Convenient Payment Methods:
- PayPal Pay Now button (below)
- School Check, Cashier's Check, or Money
Order made out to Teaching Resources
- Purchase Order
Payment and Registration
Options will be available soon!
If you have to cancel for any reason, your
payment is refundable in full up to 7 days prior to the
workshop. Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed!
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Feel free to contact Laura with any questions or comments!
Follow the school bus to return to the
Teaching Resources site!
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