Quote

"I'm a big believer in words that begin with the letter P:

• PERSEVERANCE,
• PERSISTENCE,
• PREPARATION,
• PASSION,
• PRIDE. 

Stay true to those words and you can't go wrong."

       -Wayne Embry, NBA Hall of Fame '99

Quote:

"Failure keeps you humble, success keeps you glowing, but only faith and determination keeps you going."

Golden Apple 4th Summer Institute- Elmhurst College (Week 5)

Week 5 Professional Development 

Monday July 15, 2013

• You're Gonna Fail 
• Math Minds 
• Teacher Feedback 
• Projects with SASS (Science and Social Studies) 

Tuesday July 16, 2013

Tutoring at St. Eulalia Parish (6th grade) 

• Noble Street Charter Schools Recruitment Manager 
• edTPA 
• Big Shoulders Network 

Wednesday July 17, 2013 (Last Day) 

Tutoring at St. Eulalia Parish (6th grade) 

• Ken's Art Workshop 
• Drama in the Classroom 

Golden Apple 4th Summer Institute- Elmhurst College (Week 4)

Week 4 Professional Development 

Monday July 8, 2013 

• Working with Autism 
• Resume Workshop 
• Teaching Scholars Panel 
• Charlotte Danielson Evaluation Technique 

Tuesday July 9, 2013

Tutoring at St. Eulalia Parish (6th grade) 

• "Digedu" Digital Education 
• Suicide Prevention 

Wednesday July 10, 2013

Tutoring at St. Eulalia Parish (6th grade) 

• Blogs in Education 
• Effective Classroom Techniques for the Most Difficult Students 

Thursday July 11, 2013 

Tutoring at St. Eulalia Parish (6th grade) 

• Resume Workshop 
• 21st Century Teaching 

Friday July 12, 2013 

• Mock Interview 
• Principal Panel 
• Digital Media Literacy 

Golden Apple 4th Summer Institute- Elmhurst College (Week 3)

Week 3 Professional Development 

Monday July 1, 2013

• Math Games for the Elementary Classroom
• Experiential Learning Through Art Making 
• Getting a Job: How to Stand Out When it Matters Most 
• Managing a Primary Education Classroom 

Tuesday July 2, 2013 

Tutoring at St. Eulalia Parish (6th grade) 

• Common Core 
• Student Teaching Presentation 

Wednesday July 3, 2013 

Tutoring at St. Eulalia Parish (6th grade) 

Golden Apple 4th Summer Institute- Elmhurst College (Week 2)

Week 2 Professional Development 

Tuesday June 25, 2013

Tutoring at St. Eulalia Parish (6th grade) 

• Creating Inexpensive Resources for the Elementary Classroom 
• Assessment Strategies 

Wednesday June 26, 2013 

Tutoring at St. Eulalia Parish (6th grade) 

• ELL...How Can You Tell? 
• School Law Issues 

Thursday June 27, 2013

Tutoring at St. Eulalia Parish (6th grade) 

• Health World 
• 6x6th! From the Predictors to the Prevention: Addressing the Dropout Crisis 
• Social Sciences and the Common Core

Friday June 28, 2013 

• Your Brain Lies to You! 
• Music in the Classroom 
• Financial Planning 
• First Year Survival Guide 

Golden Apple 4th Summer Institute- Elmhurst College (Week 1)

Week 1 Professional Development 

Wednesday June 19, 2013

Inquiry Science Teaching Workshop 

• Making the case for inquiry and constructivism 
• Tools for inquiry 
• Inquiry across curricular areas 
• Conducting investigations 
• Summarizing activity 

Thursday June 20, 2013 

Inquiry Science Teaching Workshop 

• Thinking vs. Remembering 
• The power of wonder 
• Question development 
• Lesson planning 
• Summarizing activity 

Friday June 21, 2013 

Inquiry Science Teaching Workshop 

• Engaging students 
• Assessment 
• Questions-Processing 
• Confidence 
• Graduation