e-Courier January 16, 2017

During the Title 1 and Friends meeting on January 6, 2017, Erica Fibert, Title 1 Teacher at Marengo Elementary School of the Ashland School District, highlighted QAR Reading Strategy that can be used as an intervention or in universal instruction. Question-Answer-Relationships (QAR) is a reading strategy that is tried and true as an effective reading practice. This strategy is used after students have read. QAR teaches students how to decipher what types of questions they are being asked and where to find the answers to them. Four types of questions are examined in the QAR. If you would like to learn more just explore these resources: www.readingrockets.org/strategies/question_answer_relationship www.adlit.org/strategies/19802/ www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson980/qar.pdf Submitted by: Julie Jensen   Monday, January 16, 2017 e-Courier * Teacher Feature *PAC and BOC Meetings *BadgerCare * School Support Center * Students with Disibilities Center (S.W.D.) * IMC * Morgridge Institute * Save the Date * Visit us on Facebook, CESA #12 Google Community, and our Website! TEACHER FEATURE In this edition PAC and BOC Meetings PAC- Friday, January 27th @ Bayfield S.D. BOC -Tuesday, January 24th @ CESA #12 (Over ITV) - 7:00pm PAC- Friday, February 17th @ Ashland D.O. BOC- Tuesday, February 21th @ CESA #12 - 7:00 pm Badgercare Please contact Trisha Griffiths at 715-682-2363 ext. 105 if you or anyone you know is in need of insurance! School support center And new this year is the CSI Gaming Project. Students and teachers came to CESA 12 to learn how to navigate a CSI online game that teaches the science behind criminal investigation. They also started code with Code.org, which teaches computer programming skills. Students will use the CSI theme and create computer games to share with students from other area schools in a spring conference at CESA 12.  Submitted by: Mary      Google Classroom Makes Improvements For students: individualized work for differentiated learning by assigning assignments to a select few.For teachers: new notifications to manage student work. Teachers can now get notifications of student work submitted late or work resubmitted. For administrators: metrics to make the most of Classroom by using the Admin Console to see how Google technology is being used in their schools. Get the full scoop at: https://goo.gl/ibVkpz  Submitted by Mary! Submitted by: Julie Jensen PDP Reviewer BE a PDP Reviewer! Support Educators! Upcoming dates for trainings at CESA 12: January 24, 2017 March 22, 2017 May 5, 2017 Need More details? http://dpi.wi.gov/tepdl/pdp/team/information Submitted by: Julie Jensen   Calling all PROFESSIONAL LEVEL EDUCATORS Sign up to help your colleagues with their PDP for licensure. The training for new Professional Development Plan (PDP) Team members occurs in a blended online format. DPI is partnering with CESAs and large school districts to provide training sessions. Participants must complete online material in the two weeks preceding the one half-day face-to-face meeting. CESA 12 is holding the face to face days on the following dates: January 24, March 22, and May 5. There is a minimum requirement of 15 participants. Choose a date that best works for you- Register for a session myquickreg.com today. If your district would like to host a PDP training, contact Julie at juliej@cesa12.org Submitted by: Julie Jensen  Submitted by: Mary Website 508 Compliance Section 508 compliance means that anyone who visits your website can access technology, and is compatible with assistive technology like screen readers. Get all the details at: https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508. Best practices: Be reader friendly Include Alt Text on images Supplement Audio & Video with transcript for audio, synchronizes captions with video Forms and files should be screen reader accessible Be keyboard navigation friendly Do a free check of your website pages at: http://wave.webaim.org/. Because it's the right thing to do!  Classroom email summaries for guardians Keep track of your student’s classroom progress through guardian email summaries. You can choose the frequency of the emails—daily or weekly—and you can unsubscribe or remove yourself from Classroom at any time. Guardian email summaries include: Missing work—Work that’s late at the time the email was sent Upcoming work—Work that’s due today and tomorrow (for daily emails) or work that’s due in the upcoming week (for weekly emails) Class activity—Announcements, assignments, and questions recently posted by teachers As a guardian, you must receive and accept an email invitation before you can receive email summaries. Only teachers and administrators from your student’s school can send these invitations. Go to https://goo.gl/Rcrw48 for more information Submitted by: Mary Maderich   ATTENTION ALL 1st, 2nd and 3rd Year INITIAL EDUCATORS Sign up now for FREE professional development in February  February 23, 2017 9:00- 3:30 @ CESA 12 Conference Center 1st Year Initial Educators - "Classroom Management" Participants will: Review Wisconsin Teacher Standard #5  Examine student developmental levelsIdentify effective and ineffective teacher traitsReview and discuss Classroom Management strategiesReflect on professional practice and set goals http://login.myquickreg.com/register/event/event.cfm?eventid=15299   February 24, 2017 9:00- 11:30 a.m. Via ZOOM 2nd Year Initial Educators - "Issues in Special Education" Participants will: Review Wisconsin Teacher Standard #4,5 & 10Examine and discuss the six elements of teachingReview and discuss Results Driven Accountability initiativeExamine and reflect on vision of co-teachingIdentify Universal Design for LearningReview criteria for College and Career Ready IEPs http://login.myquickreg.com/register/event/event.cfm?eventid=15315   February 24, 2017 1:00 - 3:30 a.m. Via ZOOM 3rd Year Initial Educators - "School Culture" Topics of discussion/reflection: Review Wisconsin Teacher Standard #4,5 & 10Forming a positive classroom and school climateCreating, cultivating and sustaining a culture of achievementFamily-School relationshipsWorking with challenging students http://login.myquickreg.com/register/event/event.cfm?eventid=15322   *These trainings are paid for by the Peer Review Mentoring Grant. Submitted by: Ellen Nelson  Submitted by: Sue Erickson S.W.D. CEnter Submitted by: Janet Shefchik IMC MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE Submitted by: Ken Kasinski Submitted by: Mary Save the date CESA #12 On-line Courses ~Blended Teaching Learning -January 23, 2017 - March 6, 2017 ~Digital Tools For Writing Across the Curriculum - February 13, 2017 - March 13, 2017 ~Google Tools For Teaching & Learning: Online Learning Model -March 6, 2017 - April 3, 2017 ~Getting the Most Out of Your Chromebooks - March 20, 2017 - April 17, 2017 ~Blended Teaching & Learning - April 4 - May 15, 2017 ~Digital Tools For Writing Across the Curriculum - May 1, 2017 - May 19, 2017  Register online: http://login.myquickreg Submitted by: Nancy Harrison  MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Upcoming  Trainings/Workshops being held at CESA #12  on Autism and Trauma Informed Care starting in January 2017  ________________________________________________________    Understanding & Managing Autism Spectrum Disorders January 23, 2017 ___________________________________________________________  Trauma Informed Care Workshop February 16, 2017  __________________________________________________________   Relieving Stress & Anxiety When Working with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder  March 8, 2017   ________________________________________________________________ To Register go to: www.myquickreg.com Submitted by: Janet Shefchik cesa12.org Visit us on Facebook, CESA #12 Google Community, and our website for more updates!!