1. EDCO Collaborative
Professional Development Programs
Winter/Spring 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS –please click on the links below to access courses by topic/subject
Programs for All Teachers
Arts
English Language Arts
English Language Learning (ELL)
Health/Wellness/Nursing
History/Social Studies
Mathematics
Online Courses
Science
Special Education
Technology
PROGRAMS FOR ALL TEACHERS
EXPANDING CLASSROOM USE OF SMARTBOARDS
January 9, 2010 (Saturday) 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
January 20, February 3 and 24, 2010 (Wednesdays) 3:45 PM - 6:30 PM
This workshop is targeted to classroom teachers who have some experience using SMARTboards
in their instruction, but who are looking to refresh and develop their skills. Using SMART
Technologies hardware and software, participants will extend their understanding of available
tools and receive an in-depth guide into using the SMART Notebook software in curriculum
development. Specific techniques and skills will be practiced, sample lesson plans will be
presented, and participants will have facilitated work-time to generate their own materials.
Workshop time will be designated during each session for participants to share successes and
trouble-shoot difficulties.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with a SMARTboard and basic keyboarding and mouse skills
(ex. copy/paste, “right click”). While the SMART software is available
for Mac, this workshop will be taught using PCs and comfort with PCs is
recommended.
Level: Advanced Beginner
Presenters: Jon and Joanne Marks both teach science at the Chenery Middle School
in Belmont. They use SMARTboards extensively in their teaching, and
have presented numerous workshops on how to use the technology.
Audience: Teachers of grades K - 12 who are Advanced Beginner users of
SMARTBoards
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $210 EDCO members / $250 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may register for one graduate credit from
Framingham State for an additional fee of $65.
Location: Chenery Middle School, Belmont
Register by: December 21, 2009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.

2. FROM LANGUAGE TO LITERACY: READING AND WRITING FOR ENGLISH
LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN SHELTERED ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS
(CATEGORY IV - ELEMENTARY)
January 9 and 23, and February 6, 2010 (Saturdays) 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
This training is designed to enhance elementary teachers’ proficiency in delivering reading and
writing instruction that is optimally “sheltered” for English Language Learners at the intermediate
or higher level of English proficiency, while still promoting the students’ ongoing development of
English language skills. Participants will leave with the following knowledge:
• Approaches and practices for developing reading skills and reading comprehension in
English for English Language Learners
• Strategies for developing content vocabulary for English Language Learners
• Approaches and practices for using writing in sheltered content classrooms
Presenters: Laurie Zucker-Conde, Bedford Public Schools
Marcia Pertuz, former elementary principal and bilingual teacher
Audience: Teachers in grades 1 - 5 (or higher if teacher is
teaching all subjects in his/her classroom)
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $90 EDCO members / $115 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: December 21, 20009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
DIFFERENTIATION OF INSTRUCTION
January 11, February 24 , March 20* , and April 12, 2010 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
* Saturday
In this course participants who are knowledgeable about their content and their learners, and who
have developed and used an extensive repertoire of strategies for connecting the two, will learn
how to be more purposeful in the instructional decisions they make to ensure that:
• Learning and assessment for all students are focused on essential-to-know concepts and
skills.
• Learning experiences and types and degrees of teacher support are selected based on a
task analysis that includes an analysis of the skills and knowledge embedded in the task
plus an analysis of student readiness/background knowledge levels, interests, and
information processing styles.
• The use of a variety of sources of information, processes for student meaning-making and
for demonstrating learning ensure that all students are engaged in meaningful tasks that
provide balance between skill building and meaning making.
• Grouping of students is flexible; that is, students work in many different group
configurations, based on a multitude of factors to include readiness, interests, information
processing styles and student choice.
• Data is analyzed, integrated and used to inform practice and improve learning.
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3. Presenter: Louise Thompson, Consultant
Audience: K-12 teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $435 EDCO members / $535 non-members
Fee includes materials and text.
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may register for 2 graduate credits for an
additional fee of $225.
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: December 21, 2009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
INTRODUCTION TO SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING (Category I)
January 13 and 29, 2010 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
This course will provide educators with key skills and knowledge needed to help English
Language Learners succeed in schools. Among the topics to be covered are:
• Key factors affecting second language acquisition
• The interrelationship of language and culture
• How to identify linguistic demands of academic tasks
• How to analyze your classroom as a site for second language acquisition
• The implications of cultural differences for classroom organization and
instruction
This course provides the recommended number of hours of professional development for
Category 1 Sheltered English Immersion training.
Presenters: Trainers from MATSOL
Presenters are Category One approved trainers by the MA Dept of
Elementary and Secondary Education
Audience: K- 12 classroom teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $50 EDCO members / $60 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: December 21, 2009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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4. ONLINE EVALUATIONS, BLOGS AND WIKIS IN THE CLASSROOM
(An Online Course)
January 20 – March 2, 2010 Approximately 3 hours per week - no set times
No session over February break
This course will provide teachers with a basic overview on how to use blogs and wikis in the
management of their classrooms. It will also give teachers an arena in which to practice making
assessments online as opposed to always collecting paper assignments. Teachers will leave the
class with the skills needed to assign more projects and assessments that can be transferred to the
real world after their students graduate. By the end of the workshop, teachers will have created
their own blog and wiki to use with their students.
Presenter: Jennifer L. Orlinski, History Teacher, Arlington Public Schools
Audience: Teachers of grades 4 - 12
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may choose to register for 1 graduate credit from
Framingham State College for an additional fee of $65. A course form
will be emailed to all participants.
Location: Online
Register by: January 6, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
ANTI-RACIST ACTION RESEARCH
January 23, February 6, March 13, April 10 and May 1, 2010 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
May 5, 2009 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
This 36 hour graduate course will equip participants with resources and skills that will
increase their ability to engage with students, parents, other educators and administrators
around topics related to race and academic achievement. The focus will be on
conceptualizing, organizing, planning, conducting, and disseminating educational research on
academic achievement, racial disparity, and issues of privilege, equity and access. For those
who have already taken the first EMI Action Research course there is an Advanced Action
Research Course that will meet on these same dates.
Presenters: Pairs of EMI Instructors
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $400 - $450 depending on EMI membership status
Credit Option: Participants may register at the first class for 3 graduate credits through
Framingham State College for an additional cost of $195
Location: Needham
Register by: December 18, 2009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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5. USING GOOGLE TOOLS IN THE CLASSROOM
January 25, February 8, March 1 & 15 3:45 PM - 6:45 PM
This course will focus on the use of online learning tools to improve student achievement through
the use of free online technology tools. The course will also provide examples of how teachers
can use the tools to integrate technology into the curriculum. Participants will learn how to use
the following tools within their classrooms:
• Picasa, a free application that helps you instantly organize, edit and share all the pictures
from your computer. It allows you to upload your slideshows to the web with just one
click.
• Google Docs, an easy to use, online word processor and spreadsheet creator that enables
you to create, store, share, and collaborate on documents and spreadsheets.
• Google Gadgets, free tools you can add to any web space. Some examples are
translators, calendars, games, countdowns, and much more.
• Searching tools such as Book Search, iGoogle, Google News, Geo Education and Google
Search.
• Google Maps & Google Earth, free applications that use satellite images that grab, spin,
pan, tilt, and zoom down to any place on earth. Students can measure distances, create
virtual tours and share tours with others.
• Sketch Up is a great tool for easily teaching kids to construct 3D models of buildings,
trees, cars, and the like.
• Blogger is a free Blog tool that teachers can use to communicate to their students. They
can post questions, homework, links and videos.
Presenter: Erin Sees, Watertown Public Schools
Audience: K-12 classroom teachers
Registration: Through the office of the Assistant Superintendent in your district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class participants may register for one graduate credit from
Framingham State College for an additional fee of $65.
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: January 11, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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6. ANTI-RACIST TEACHING FOR ALL STUDENTS (EMI I)
January 28, March 25 and May 13, 2010 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
February 11 and 25, March 11, April 8 and 29, 2010 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
This 36-hour graduate level course is designed to introduce educators to the complex issues raised
by race and racism and their impact on student learning and achievement. Through the use of
readings, small/large group discussions, reflection papers, videos, role play, and field work, this
course will equip participants with the tools to work effectively in a pluralistic society and to
develop anti-racist, culturally sensitive, multicultural teaching practices that work towards
narrowing the academic gap while nurturing all students.
Each session of the course focuses on an essential question that provides a forum to examine how
school environment and student achievement are impacted. In the first half of the course
participants will examine personal, cultural and institutional racism, the cycle of oppression, and
racial identity development. The second half of the course will focus on how these issues affect
classrooms and school systems, their impact on the academic achievement gap and practical ideas
to help narrow the gap.
Presenters: Pairs of EMI Instructors
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $400 - $450 depending on EMI membership status
Credit Option: Participants may register at the first class for 3 graduate credits through
Framingham State College for an additional cost of $195
Location: Bedford
Register by: December 18, 2009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
ENHANCING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING
February 23, March 9 and 23, April 6 and 27, 2010 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
This course is designed to help elementary and middle school teachers learn how to adapt their
content instruction so they can work more successfully with English language learners (ELLs) in
regular classroom settings. Educators learn how to adapt instruction and materials to help ELLs
understand academic content, develop academic and social language, and participate in classroom
activities. This course meets the requirements for Category Two of Sheltered English Immersion
professional development as needed for the Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education’s proposed ELL endorsement.
Presenter: Kathy Lobo, Belmont Public Schools
Audience: K – 6 classroom teachers
Registration: Please contact Colleen Sullivan via phone at (617) 993-5410 or via email
at csullivan@belmont.k12.ma.us. Seating is extremely limited.
Fee: $80 - Payment is required at the first session in the form of a check
made out to Belmont Public Schools.
Credit option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for 3 graduate
credits from Cambridge College for an additional fee of $150.
Location: Chenery Middle School, Belmont
Register by: Registrations will be accepted until the class is full.
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7. TRANSFORMING THE CLASSROOM WITH PROJECT BASED LEARNING
(An Online Course)
February 24 - April 13 , 2010 Approximately 18 hours - No set times
This workshop is designed to familiarize participants with the principles of Project-Based
Learning (PBL). Throughout this workshop, exemplary projects will be analyzed, critiqued, and
evaluated for applicability to participants' classroom needs. Participants will gain hands-on
experience using software tools to support the planning and execution of projects, and develop
collaborative, inquiry-based projects that support their curricular goals. Participants will learn to
blend PBL and standards-based design strategies to create curriculum units that enhance student
learning at all grade levels and subject areas. Each participant will leave the online workshop with
preliminary plans for a PBL project.
Presenter: Judi Paradis, Waltham Public Schools
Audience: K-12 classroom teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may register for one graduate credit for an additional fee of
$65. A course form will be sent to all participants prior to the start of the
course.
Location: Online
Register by: February 10, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
ENRICHING CONTENT CLASSES FOR SECONDARY ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LEARNERS - A Blended Face-to-Face and Online Course
Face-to-face sessions: March 1 and 29, 2010 3:15 PM - 7:00 PM
April 12 and May 3, 2010 3:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Online: March 1 - May 3, 2010 No set times
This blended online and face-to-face course is designed to equip teachers in middle and high
school settings with the knowledge and skills needed to teach English language learners (ELLs)
in content classrooms. Participants will learn how to adapt instruction and materials to help ELLs
understand academic content, develop academic language and participate in classroom activities.
The course provides the recommended number of hours for Category 2 of Sheltered English
Immersion professional development as required by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education.
Presenter: Rob Stergis, ELL Director, Watertown Public Schools
Audience: Teachers of grades 6 - 12
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $195 EDCO members / $250 non-members
(fee includes course text, Making Content Comprehensible for Secondary
English Learners. The SIOP Model)
This workshop is supported in part with Collaborative funds.
Credit Option: Participants may register for 3 graduate credits through Endicott College
for an additional fee of $150.
Location: Face-to-face sessions to be held at EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham;
the rest of the course will be online.
Register by: February 10, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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8. USING INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS IN THE CLASSROOM: WORKING WITH
STUDENT PERSONAL RESPONSE DEVICES
March 30, 2010 4:15 PM - 6:15 PM
This interactive workshop will focus on creating lessons and units that use personal response
devices with interactive white boards. Personal response devices give students an opportunity to
give feedback to teachers in real time. We'll look at two distinct ways of using
personal response systems a) to engage students and allow for their input to guide discussion; and
b) using personal response devices for formative assessment and quizzes
The focus of the workshop will be on lesson design (to infuse discussion) and question design
(for assessments). Participants will also have an opportunity to learn about working with the
software and hardware. Our tools will be ACTIVInspire software and Activexpression devices,
though the ideas and concepts we will review and discuss will be applicable to other interactive
whiteboards and personal response devices.
Presenter: Barbara Peskin, Technology Integration Specialist, Concord Public
Schools and Certified Promethean Trainer
Audience: K - 12 classroom teachers who are users of interactive whiteboards
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $40 EDCO members / $50 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: March 16, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
LEARNING SMARTER: USING BRAIN COMPATIBLE TEACHING STRATEGIES TO
ENHANCE STUDENT PERFORMANCE
(Co-Sponsored with TEC)
May 8, 2010 (Saturday) 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
May 13 and 20, 2010 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
This workshop provides participants with the underpinnings of the current pedagogy on the brain
and their application to teaching/learning strategies. A sequential, developmental approach is
taken to develop participants’ understanding of how the brain’s structure and organization
function and the effect of its interaction with the outside environment to make a determination of
what’s important and how it solves problems. Examination of learning styles and theories of
intelligences are reviewed as viable strategies to increase student performance and support the
needs of diverse student populations.
Presenter: Julie A. Kiricoples, M.Ed.
Audience: K-12 classroom and SPED teachers, inclusion specialists, guidance
counselors and SPED administrators
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district or the
Program Manager in your collaborative
Fee: $210 EDCO and TEC members / $250 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may register 1 graduate credit from
Worcester State College for an additional fee of $100.
Location: TEC Professional Development Center, Dedham
Register by: April 16, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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9. ACTIVINSPIRE MIGRATION
May 13, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
This workshop is designed for teachers who have started using ActivInspire in the classroom or
have taken another ActivInspire online or face to face workshop such as Using ACTIVInspire
Part I. In this session we will look at classroom flipcharts and share ideas for integrating
ActivInspire in the classroom. Curriculum examples will be provided and participants will be
encouraged to share through a class wikispace. We will review working with containers, using
layers and restrictors to create interactive activities; we will also review navigating the browsers.
Use of activexpressions will be incorporated throughout the session. Resources for further
training in ActivInspire will be provided. Bring your questions!
Presenter: Barbara Peskin, Technology Integration Specialist, Concord Public
Schools and Certified Promethean Trainer
Audience: K - 12 classroom teachers who are users of interactive whiteboards
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $40 EDCO members / $50 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: April 30, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
PROGRAMS FOR THE ARTS
THEATER IN THE CLASSROOM: DEVELOPING ACTIVE COMPREHENSION OF
THE WRITTEN WORD
February 3, 2009 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
(Snow Date – February 8, 2009)
Acting out books, stories and poems helps students pay attention to the text, absorb meaning,
appreciate subtleties of description, and provides exciting (and authentic) ways to share their
work with both classmates and families.
This 5 hour, action-packed workshop will introduce classroom teachers to:
• Theater techniques to build comprehension of poetry, fiction and non-fiction reading
materials
• Simple theater games to develop communication and acting
• Some traditional and common trade stories and poems prepared as classroom plays for
students to act out for classmates and families.
Strategies for adapting grade-level literature and curriculum objectives for dramatic expression
will be explored. Teachers will participate in demonstrations, discuss methods, and receive copies
of theater games and exercises, scripts for their own use, and other support materials to help
bring both the discipline and the magic of theater to their classrooms. By the end of the
workshop, teachers will have more confidence in their ability to try theater in the classroom.
Presenter: Mary Ann Brandt, Theater-in-Education specialist and former K-6 drama
teacher
Audience: K - 6 classroom teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $75 EDCO members / $90 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: January 20, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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10. EN PLEIN AIR WATERCOLOR
May 7, 2010 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
This workshop is designed to give art teachers an opportunity to further their own skills with
watercolor. There is no better way of developing a feel for land and sky than by painting them
directly. Participants will explore the expressive and defining characteristics of watercolor
through experimentation with color and hands-on exercises. Color theory, demonstrations, and
interactive painting sessions will give participants a great foundation to build upon. All materials
included.
Presenter: Susan Demchak
Audience: K - 12 art teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $110 EDCO members / $125 non-members
Location: DeCordova Sculpture Park, Lincoln
Register by: April 16, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
TELLING STORIES: CREATIVE ONLINE WRITING OPPORTUNITIES @ SCHOOL
WITH K - 5 STUDENTS (An Online Course)
January 6 - March 3, 2010 Approximately 3 hours per week - no set times
No class during February break
Digital storytelling as a literacy activity in the elementary school is becoming an effective way
for teachers to integrate many concurrent agendas that are competing for their attention. Digital
storytelling allows teachers to incorporate the 21st Century skills of problem solving, creativity,
and collaboration. Encouraged by the ideas of Daniel Pink from his book, A Whole New Mind,
teachers will understand the potential role of storytelling in our students’ new work world.
Participants will work with student-friendly Web 2.0 tools and images. The writing exercises
created will be imaginative storytelling experiences. Teachers will harness technological abilities
and aptitudes that are already in place in their young students. The course readings about
different motivational approaches will help teachers to define their own style of digital
storytelling.
Presenter: Sue Collins, Instructional Technology Specialist, Bedford Public Schools
Audience: K - 5 classroom teachers and technology specialists
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $175 members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may choose to register for 1 graduate credit from
Framingham State for an additional fee of $65. A course form will be
sent to all participants prior to the start of the course.
Location: Online
Register by: December 21, 2009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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11. FROM LANGUAGE TO LITERACY: READING AND WRITING FOR ENGLISH
LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN SHELTERED ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS
(CATEGORY IV - ELEMENTARY)
January 9 and 23, and February 6, 2010 (Saturdays) 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
This training is designed to enhance elementary teachers’ proficiency in delivering reading and
writing instruction that is optimally “sheltered” for English Language Learners at the intermediate
or higher level of English proficiency, while still promoting the students’ ongoing development of
English language skills. Participants will leave with the following knowledge:
• Approaches and practices for developing reading skills and reading comprehension in
English for English Language Learners
• Strategies for developing content vocabulary for English Language Learners
• Approaches and practices for using writing in sheltered content classrooms
Presenters: Laurie Zucker-Conde, Bedford Public Schools
Marcia Pertuz, former elementary principal and bilingual teacher
Audience: Teachers in grades 1 - 5 (or higher if teacher is
teaching all subjects in his/her classroom)
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $90 EDCO members / $115 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: December 21, 20009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
INTRODUCTION TO SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING (Category I)
January 13 and 29, 2010 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
This course will provide educators with key skills and knowledge needed to help English
Language Learners succeed in schools. Among the topics to be covered are:
• Key factors affecting second language acquisition
• The interrelationship of language and culture
• How to identify linguistic demands of academic tasks
• How to analyze your classroom as a site for second language acquisition
• The implications of cultural differences for classroom organization and
instruction
This course provides the recommended number of hours of professional development for
Category 1 Sheltered English Immersion training.
Presenters: Trainers from MATSOL
Presenters are Category One approved trainers by the MA Dept of
Elementary and Secondary Education
Audience: K- 12 classroom teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $50 EDCO members / $60 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: December 21, 2009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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12. MOODLE AND THE WRITING PROCESS: AN ONLINE COURSE
(Co-Sponsored with TEC)
Optional Face-to-face session: January 25, 2010 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Online: January 27 - March 23 , 2010
Approximately 3 hours per week - no set times. No class during February vacation week.
This online course offers a practical look at the process approach to teaching writing, an approach
that applies to all subjects and disciplines. Participants will study and engage in online
discussions about the nature of the process approach for the teaching of composition as they
explore the five fundamental phases of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing,
and publishing.
The course will introduce participants to Moodle, a powerful, free, open-source software tool.
Using Moodle, participants will create activities to help the students understand and use the
writing process. These activities will include private online journals that are shared primarily with
the teacher, assignments for creating rough drafts, workshops for revising, lessons for editing, and
forums for publishing.
All participants will develop a useful writing task for their students, incorporating the Moodle
tools they have learned during the course.
Presenter: Brendan Desilets, former middle and high school English teacher,
Bedford Public Schools
Audience: Middle and high school teachers and literacy specialists
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $175 EDCO and TEC members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may choose to register for 1 graduate credit from
Framingham State College for an additional fee of $65.
Location: Face-to-face session at EDCO in Waltham then online
Register by: January 11, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
THEATER IN THE CLASSROOM: DEVELOPING ACTIVE COMPREHENSION OF
THE WRITTEN WORD
February 3, 2009 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
(Snow Date – February 8, 2009)
Acting out books, stories and poems helps students pay attention to the text, absorb meaning,
appreciate subtleties of description, and provides exciting (and authentic) ways to share their
work with both classmates and families.
This 5 hour, action-packed workshop will introduce classroom teachers to:
• Theater techniques to build comprehension of poetry, fiction and non-fiction reading
materials
• Simple theater games to develop communication and acting
• Some traditional and common trade stories and poems prepared as classroom plays for
students to act out for classmates and families.
Strategies for adapting grade-level literature and curriculum objectives for dramatic expression
will be explored. Teachers will participate in demonstrations, discuss methods, and receive copies
of theater games and exercises, scripts for their own use, and other support materials to help
bring both the discipline and the magic of theater to their classrooms. By the end of the
workshop, teachers will have more confidence in their ability to try theater in the classroom.
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13. Presenter: Mary Ann Brandt, Theater-in-Education specialist and former K-6 drama
teacher
Audience: K - 6 classroom teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $75 EDCO members / $90 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: January 20, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES (IN THE READING
WORKSHOP): AN ONLINE WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS OF GRADES 3 - 6
Face-to-face session: February 9, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Online: February 9 - April 6, 2010 No set times
No class during February break
Comprehension begins before reading a text. It is an active thinking process that requires the
reader to construct meaning by interacting with the text. This course is designed to help teachers
understand how students comprehend text and to strengthen and scaffold teachers’ explicit
instruction of comprehension strategies in their classrooms.
Participants will examine current research related to the topic and by explicit instructional
practices that apply the research findings. Participants will read about and discuss best practices
in teaching comprehension, practice the strategies presented in the readings, and select those
strategies that most effectively correspond to the needs of their students. Participants will have
the opportunity to interact with colleagues both in person and online in order to share and
improve their practice.
Presenter: Jan Binus, former Language Arts Coordinator, Sudbury Public Schools
Audience: Classroom teachers of grades 3 - 6
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for 1 graduate credit
from Framingham State College for an additional fee of $65.
Location: Face-to-face session at EDCO in Waltham and the rest of the course
online
Register by: January 20, 2010. Registrations received after that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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14. PROGRAMS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING
FROM LANGUAGE TO LITERACY: READING AND WRITING FOR ENGLISH
LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN SHELTERED ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS
(CATEGORY IV - ELEMENTARY)
January 9 and 23, and February 6, 2010 (Saturdays) 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
This training is designed to enhance elementary teachers’ proficiency in delivering reading and
writing instruction that is optimally “sheltered” for English Language Learners at the intermediate
or higher level of English proficiency, while still promoting the students’ ongoing development of
English language skills. Participants will leave with the following knowledge:
• Approaches and practices for developing reading skills and reading comprehension in
English for English Language Learners
• Strategies for developing content vocabulary for English Language Learners
• Approaches and practices for using writing in sheltered content classrooms
Presenters: Laurie Zucker-Conde, Bedford Public Schools
Marcia Pertuz, former elementary principal and bilingual teacher
Audience: Teachers in grades 1 - 5 (or higher if teacher is
teaching all subjects in his/her classroom)
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $90 EDCO members / $115 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: December 21, 20009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
INTRODUCTION TO SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING (Category I)
January 13 and 29, 2010 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
This course will provide educators with key skills and knowledge needed to help English
Language Learners succeed in schools. Among the topics to be covered are:
• Key factors affecting second language acquisition
• The interrelationship of language and culture
• How to identify linguistic demands of academic tasks
• How to analyze your classroom as a site for second language acquisition
• The implications of cultural differences for classroom organization and
instruction
This course provides the recommended number of hours of professional development for
Category 1 Sheltered English Immersion training.
Presenters: Trainers from MATSOL
Presenters are Category One approved trainers by the MA Dept of
Elementary and Secondary Education
Audience: K- 12 classroom teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $50 EDCO members / $60 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: December 21, 2009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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15. MELA-O UPDATE FOR QUALIFIED MELA-O ADMINISTRATORS
January 21, 2010 (Optional) 3:45 - 5:45 PM
January 26, 2010 3:45 - 5:45 PM
This training session and test administration is for those Qualified MELA-O Administrators who
qualified before spring 2007 and who must pass a requalifying test by January 31, 2010, in order
to continue administering the MELA-O and reporting scores to the Department. Participants are
invited to an optional practice session on January 21 to prepare for the test. The January 26
session will be primarily devoted to the administration of the qualifying test.
If you are not certain whether you need to be re-qualified, please visit
http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/mepa/testadmin/melao_lep.html for a list of recently qualified
QMTs/QMAs authorized to continue observing and rating students on MELA-O, and for a list of
QMTs/QMAs who will no longer be authorized after January 31, 2010.
Note: This is not for educators who are interested in getting qualified for the first time.
Presenter: Rita Trotta, Lincoln Public Schools
Audience: Qualified MELA-O Administrators who qualified before spring 2007.
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $40 EDCO members / $50 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: January 6, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
ENHANCING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING
February 23, March 9 and 23, April 6 and 27, 2010 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
This course is designed to help elementary and middle school teachers learn how to adapt their
content instruction so they can work more successfully with English language learners (ELLs) in
regular classroom settings. Educators learn how to adapt instruction and materials to help ELLs
understand academic content, develop academic and social language, and participate in classroom
activities. This course meets the requirements for Category Two of Sheltered English Immersion
professional development as needed for the Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education’s proposed ELL endorsement.
Presenter: Kathy Lobo, Belmont Public Schools
Audience: K – 6 classroom teachers
Registration: Please contact Colleen Sullivan via phone at (617) 993-5410 or via email
at csullivan@belmont.k12.ma.us. Seating is extremely limited.
Fee: $80 - Payment is required at the first session in the form of a check
made out to Belmont Public Schools.
Credit option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for 3 graduate
credits from Cambridge College for an additional fee of $150.
Location: Chenery Middle School, Belmont
Register by: Registrations will be accepted until the class is full.
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16. ENRICHING CONTENT CLASSES FOR SECONDARY ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LEARNERS - A Blended Face-to-Face and Online Course
Face-to-face sessions: March 1 and 29, 2010 3:15 PM - 7:00 PM
April 12 and May 3, 2010 3:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Online: March 1 - May 3, 2010 No set times
This blended online and face-to-face course is designed to equip teachers in middle and high
school settings with the knowledge and skills needed to teach English language learners (ELLs)
in content classrooms. Participants will learn how to adapt instruction and materials to help ELLs
understand academic content, develop academic language and participate in classroom activities.
The course provides the recommended number of hours for Category 2 of Sheltered English
Immersion professional development as required by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education.
Presenter: Rob Stergis, ELL Director, Watertown Public Schools
Audience: Teachers of grades 6 - 12
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $195 EDCO members / $250 non-members
(fee includes course text, Making Content Comprehensible for Secondary
English Learners. The SIOP Model)
This workshop is supported in part with Collaborative funds.
Credit Option: Participants may choose to register for 3 graduate credits through
Endicott College for an additional fee of $150.
Location: Face-to-face sessions to be held at EDCO in Waltham, then online
Register by: February 10, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
MELA-O TRAINING
(MASSACHUSETTS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT - ORAL)
(Category 3 of the Recommended Professional Development for Teachers of ELL students)
March 27 and April 10, 2010 (Saturdays) 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
This training will prepare participants to take the qualifying test for administering the assessment
that is used to evaluate the English speaking and listening skills of limited English proficient
(LEP) students. The Massachusetts English Language Assessment - Oral is administered by
observing students performing academic and social tasks in the classroom over a period of time.
Participants will learn:
• The multiple dimensions of oral proficiency: comprehension, production, fluency,
pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary
• The concept of communicative competence and its role in assessment
• The six levels of oral proficiency assessed by the MELA-O and their relation to the four
levels of English language proficiency as described in the Massachusetts English
Language Proficiency Benchmarks and Outcomes
Presenter: Rita Trotta, Lincoln Public Schools
Presenter is a DESE approved MELA-O trainer
Audience: K - 12 classroom teachers without prior background in administration of
the MELA-O
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: March 9, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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17. PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH/WELLNESS/NURSING
TALKING TO TEENS ABOUT RISKY BEHAVIORS: WHAT THE SCHOOL NURSE
NEEDS TO KNOW
January 13, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
In this workshop, presenters from Children’s Hospital will provide information on how to discuss
risk-taking strategies when talking to teens and how to approach sensitive issues with adolescents
such as:
• developmental milestones of adolescents and how they impact risk taking decisions
• teen pregnancy and reproductive health
• sexually transmitted diseases
• HPV vaccine
• confidentiality
• handling difficult questions
Presenter: Staff from Children’s Hospital
Audience: Nurses
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district or the
program manager in your collaborative
Fee: $60
Location: Children’s Hospital Boston at Waltham location
Register by: January 6, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT OBESITY: PROMOTING PARENT AND STUDENT
AWARENESS WITH SENSITIVITY
February 3, 2010 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The rate of childhood obesity in the US is rising rapidly. Topics to be explored in this workshop
include:
• The scope of childhood obesity and contributing environmental factors
• The serious medical risks of obesity for children and implications for adulthood
• Techniques for schools and families to work collaboratively
• Strategies for talking to students about obesity and introducing healthy eating and
exercise programs
Presenters: Maryanne Lewis MSN, PNP-BC and Julie Mailloux Capella, PsyD, Clinical
psychologist specializing in Health Psychology and Obesity. Both presenters
work in the Optimal Weight for Life (OWL) Program at Children’s Hospital
Audience: K-12 counselors, nurses, psychologists, teachers, and administrators
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district or the Program
Manager in your collaborative
Fee: $40 CASE, EDCO, LABBB members / $50 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: January 20, 2010. Registrations received beyond this date will be accepted
provided space is available.
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18. ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE
March 10, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Presenters from Children’s Hospital will provide information for participants on a range of topics
including:
• The brain’s role in substance abuse
• Description of substances used in adolescents
• Screening and assessment
• Brief intervention
• Motivational interviewing
Presenter: Staff from Children’s Hospital
Audience: Nurses
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district or the
program manager in your collaborative
Fee: $60
Location: Children’s Hospital Boston at Waltham location
Register by: March 3, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
ADOLESCENT DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR
April 7, 2010 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Five thousand two hundred adolescents commit suicide each year in the U.S. In this workshop
participants will learn how to be proactive to help prevent teenage destructive behavior, to
identify the signs that a student is at risk and how to support the student and his family. Available
resources and strategies will be shared.
Presenters: Pam Cantor, Psychologist, and Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
Audience: Middle and high school teachers, psychologists, counselors, nurses and
administrators
Registration: Through the office Curriculum and Instruction in your district or the
program manager in your collaborative
Fee: $75 CASE, EDCO and LABBB members / $90 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: March 16, 2010. Registrations received beyond will be accepted based
upon space availability.
GENETICS 101
April 14, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
In this workshop, presenters from Children’s Hospital will provide information on:
• Genes and heredity
• Genetic testing
• Influence of genetics on disease susceptibility, conditions and treatment
Presenter: Staff from Children’s Hospital
Audience: Nurses
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district or the
program manager in your collaborative
Fee: $60
Location: Children’s Hospital Boston at Waltham location
Register by: April 7, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be accepted
based upon space availability.
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19. PROGRAMS FOR HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES
AMERICAN HISTORY: PERSPECTIVES FROM PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS
January 14 and 28, 2010 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
February 4 and 11, 2010 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Participants in this workshop will explore a rich array of primary source documents, and media-
based material available online through the Library of Congress. The presenter will introduce
and support each participant’s acquisition of the technology skills necessary for accessing Library
of Congress resources online such as identifying, collecting, downloading and managing images
and video. Participants will then choose a project and develop a model lesson using primary
sources, with the goal that students will use the documents to answer essential questions that will
be built into the lessons. These lessons will be designed to move students from merely accessing
primary sources to deep critical analysis and synthesis with other learning in history.
Presenter: Richard Young, Director of the American History Project,
Former K-8 Social Studies Coordinator, Brookline Public Schools
Audience: Teachers of American History in Middle School and High School
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: No cost to EDCO members - supported by grant funds from the Library
of Congress
Credit Option: Pending approval from Framingham State College, at the first class
participants may choose to register for 1 graduate credit for an additional
fee of $65.
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: January 4, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE RESEARCH PROCESS
Face-to-face sessions: March 2 and 29, 2010 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Online: March 2 - 28, 2010 No set times
This one-credit course will lead teachers and librarians through an exploration of a well-designed
research process. Get started with a face to face meeting where we'll pull apart the research
process and examine its various parts. How can you teach it? What can your students really learn
from doing research? Using readings and online discussion as well as lots of sharing, we'll spend
the rest of the month working on developing individual projects that will be ready to go in your
classrooms. This exploration is a perfect fit for both librarians and classroom teachers who want
to make their research projects smarter. We'll come back together to share our work and discuss
what we've learned that's useful at the end of the month.
Presenter: Carol Kelly, Salem State College and former K -12 librarian
Audience: Grade 4 - 12 teachers, librarians, and administrators
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Credit option: Participants may register for 1 graduate credit through Framingham State
College for an additional fee of $65.
Location: Face-to-face session at EDCO in Waltham, rest of the course online
Register by: February 23, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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20. GOOGLE EARTH (Co-sponsored with TEC)
March 27, April 3 and 10, 2010 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
This course uses Google Earth as a cutting edge technology to generate projects that engage
students in solving geospatial problems. Teachers will learn to design innovative lessons in
history and geography by using and showing the topography of planet Earth in a more dynamic
and interactive way. During each class a new tool will be demonstrated through real class
examples followed by assisted practice in order to master the software. At the end of the course,
the participants will be able to efficiently integrate Google Earth into his/her lesson plans and will
explore other interesting extensions for this software such as GPS coordinates or GIS analysis.
Course Requirements:
• Participants should have knowledge of the basics about browsing files in
Windows or Mac environments.
• Everyone should bring a USB flash Drive or Memory Stick.
• Brief readings will be required for all participants.
• A final Google Earth project will be required for participants taking the course
for graduate credit. (Details will be provided in the course syllabus)
• Optional: Book: Google Earth for Dummies by David A. Crowder
Presenter: Daniel Fernandez-Davila, Teacher, Wayland Public Schools
Audience: 5 - 12 classroom teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $350 EDCO and TEC members / $430 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for 2 graduate
credits from Worcester State College for an additional fee of $200
Location: TEC Professional Center, Dedham
Register by: January 29, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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21. PROGRAMS FOR MATHEMATICS
EXPANDING CLASSROOM USE OF SMARTBOARDS
January 9, 2010 (Saturday) 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
January 20, February 3 and 24, 2010 (Wednesdays) 3:45 PM - 6:30 PM
This workshop is targeted to classroom teachers who have some experience using SMARTboards
in their instruction, but who are looking to refresh and develop their skills. Using SMART
Technologies hardware and software, participants will extend their understanding of available
tools and receive an in-depth guide into using the SMART Notebook software in curriculum
development. Specific techniques and skills will be practiced, sample lesson plans will be
presented, and participants will have facilitated work-time to generate their own materials.
Workshop time will be designated during each session for participants to share successes and
trouble-shoot difficulties.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with a SMARTboard and basic keyboarding and mouse skills
(ex. copy/paste, “right click”). While the SMART software is available
for Mac, this workshop will be taught using PCs and comfort with PCs is
recommended.
Level: Advanced Beginner
Presenters: Jon and Joanne Marks both teach science at the Chenery Middle School
in Belmont. They use SMARTboards extensively in their teaching, and
have presented numerous workshops on how to use the technology.
Audience: Teachers of grades K - 12 who are Advanced Beginner users of
SMARTBoards
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $210 EDCO members / $250 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may register for one graduate credit from
Framingham State for an additional fee of $65.
Location: Chenery Middle School, Belmont
Register by: December 21, 2009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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22. USING ASSESSMENTS TO GUIDE INSTRUCTION IN PRIMARY MATHEMATICS
CLASSROOMS (A Blended Online and Face-to-Face Course)
(Co-Sponsored with TEC)
Face-to-Face Sessions: January 12 and February 16, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Online: January 12 - March 30, 2010* Approximately 15 hours online - no set times
No session over February break. * Project due by April 14, 2010
This course is designed for preschool, kindergarten, first and second grade teachers as well as
special educators or mathematics specialists who work with students in these grades. In this
workshop, participants will:
• deepen their knowledge of the big mathematical ideas, concepts, and skills involved in
the acquisition of early mathematics literacy.
• extend their knowledge base through participating in class discussions, viewing
videotapes, looking at student work, reading required course material, and completing
assignments linked to their own classroom setting.
• administer assessments, record the results, and use the results to inform individual and
whole class instruction.
Teachers will become more skillful at observing students as they work and ask questions that will
move students’ thinking. As a result teachers will be able to provide more effective instruction
and ensure maximum learning for each student because they are aware of the essential steps
children move through when developing an understanding of foundational mathematical ideas.
Presenter: Debbie Shein-Gerson, Elementary Math Coordinator, Weston
Audience: Teachers and specialists who work with students in grades PreK-2
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $175 EDCO and TEC members / $220 non-members
Materials: The required Kathy Richardson materials may be purchased through
Didax for approximately $175 or participants may bring them from
their district if available. A list of the necessary materials will be
forwarded to registrants prior to the start of the workshop.
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for 2 graduate
credits through Framingham State College for an additional fee of $130.
Location: Face-to-face sessions in Weston and the rest of the course is online
Register by: December 21, 2009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
USING MODELS TO UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS (An Online Course)
January 20 - March 23, 2010 Approximately 3 hours per week - no set times
No sessions over February break.
Mathematical models can be used to promote a deep understanding of fractions and fractional
relationships. All too often, students are taught mechanical ways to make sense out of fractions.
This course offers alternative ideas for fraction instruction and is based on the belief that students
can come to understand fractions in a number of different ways. Completion of a student
interview and a final project are integral parts of this course. A variety of readings, applets, and
videos form the content of this course, and participants are expected to share ideas with their
online colleagues in the discussion forums.
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23. Presenter: Margaret LeBlanc, former Middle School Math and Science Chair,
Watertown Public Schools
Audience: Grades 3 - 6 classroom teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may choose to register for one graduate credit from
Framingham State College for an additional fee of $65. A course form
will be sent to all participants prior to the start of the course.
Location: Online
Register by: January 6, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
USING PATTERNS TO DEVELOP ALGEBRAIC THINKING (An Online Course)
Face-to-face session: January 28, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Online: January 29 - March 25, 2010 Approximately 3 hours per week - no set times
No session over February break.
In this workshop participants will explore the nature of algebraic thinking and develop strategies
for encouraging the development of their students’ algebraic thinking. Through readings, video
clips, and examination of students’ work, participants will learn to:
• recognize and build on opportunities for algebraic thinking in a variety of mathematics
contexts
• analyze their students’ algebraic thinking
• pose questions that encourage the development of algebraic thinking
Participants will also produce a lesson plan that incorporates the key concepts of the workshop.
Facilitator: Meg McCann, Concord/Concord-Carlisle Public Schools
Audience: Teachers of grades 5 - 9
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may register for one graduate credit from Framingham State
College for an additional fee of $65. A course form will be mailed to
participants.
Location: Face-to-face session at EDCO; the rest of the course will be online
Register by: January 11, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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24. ONLINE PROGRAMS
TELLING STORIES: CREATIVE ONLINE WRITING OPPORTUNITIES @ SCHOOL
WITH K - 5 STUDENTS (An Online Course)
January 6 - March 3, 2010 Approximately 3 hours per week - no set times
No class during February break
Digital storytelling as a literacy activity in the elementary school is becoming an effective way
for teachers to integrate many concurrent agendas that are competing for their attention. Digital
storytelling allows teachers to incorporate the 21st Century skills of problem solving, creativity,
and collaboration. Encouraged by the ideas of Daniel Pink from his book, A Whole New Mind,
teachers will understand the potential role of storytelling in our students’ new work world.
Participants will work with student-friendly Web 2.0 tools and images. The writing exercises
created will be imaginative storytelling experiences. Teachers will harness technological abilities
and aptitudes that are already in place in their young students. The course readings about
different motivational approaches will help teachers to define their own style of digital
storytelling.
Presenter: Sue Collins, Instructional Technology Specialist, Bedford Public Schools
Audience: K - 5 classroom teachers and technology specialists
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $175 members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may choose to register for 1 graduate credit from
Framingham State for an additional fee of $65.
Location: Online
Register by: December 21, 2009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
USING ASSESSMENTS TO GUIDE INSTRUCTION IN PRIMARY MATHEMATICS
CLASSROOMS (A Blended Online and Face-to-Face Course)
(Co-Sponsored with TEC)
Face-to-Face Sessions: January 12 and February 16, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Online: January 12 - March 30, 2010* Approximately 15 hours online - no set times
No session over February break. * Project due by April 14, 2010
This course is designed for preschool, kindergarten, first and second grade teachers as well as
special educators or mathematics specialists who work with students in these grades. In this
workshop, participants will:
• deepen their knowledge of the big mathematical ideas, concepts, and skills involved in
the acquisition of early mathematics literacy.
• extend their knowledge base through participating in class discussions, viewing
videotapes, looking at student work, reading required course material, and completing
assignments linked to their own classroom setting.
• administer assessments, record the results, and use the results to inform individual and
whole class instruction.
Teachers will become more skillful at observing students as they work and ask questions that will
move students’ thinking. As a result teachers will be able to provide more effective instruction
and ensure maximum learning for each student because they are aware of the essential steps
children move through when developing an understanding of foundational mathematical ideas.
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25. Presenter: Debbie Shein-Gerson, Elementary Math Coordinator, Weston
Audience: Teachers and specialists who work with students in grades PreK-2
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $175 EDCO and TEC members / $220 non-members
Materials: The required Kathy Richardson materials may be purchased through
Didax for approximately $175 or participants may bring them from
their district if available. A list of the necessary materials will be
forwarded to registrants prior to the start of the workshop.
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for 2 graduate
credits through Framingham State College for an additional fee of $130.
Location: Face-to-face sessions in Weston and the rest of the course is online
Register by: December 21, 2009. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
ONLINE EVALUATIONS, BLOGS AND WIKIS IN THE CLASSROOM
(An Online Course)
January 20 – March 2, 2010 Approximately 3 hours per week - no set times
No session over February break
This course will provide teachers with a basic overview on how to use blogs and wikis in the
management of their classrooms. It will also give teachers an arena in which to practice making
assessments online as opposed to always collecting paper assignments. Teachers will leave the
class with the skills needed to assign more projects and assessments that can be transferred to the
real world after their students graduate. By the end of the workshop, teachers will have created
their own blog and wiki to use with their students.
Presenter: Jennifer L. Orlinski, History Teacher, Arlington Public Schools
Audience: Teachers of grades 4 - 12
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may choose to register for 1 graduate credit for an additional
fee of $65. A form will be emailed to all participants.
Location: Online
Register by: January 6, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
USING MODELS TO UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS (An Online Course)
January 20 - March 23, 2010 Approximately 3 hours per week - no set times
No sessions over February break.
Mathematical models can be used to promote a deep understanding of fractions and fractional
relationships. All too often, students are taught mechanical ways to make sense out of fractions.
This course offers alternative ideas for fraction instruction and is based on the belief that students
can come to understand fractions in a number of different ways. Completion of a student
interview and a final project are integral parts of this course. A variety of readings, applets, and
videos form the content of this course, and participants are expected to share ideas with their
online colleagues in the discussion forums.
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26. Presenter: Margaret LeBlanc, former Middle School Math and Science Chair,
Watertown Public Schools
Audience: Grades 3 - 6 classroom teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may choose to register for one graduate credit from
Framingham State College for an additional fee of $65. A form will be
emailed to all participants.
Location: Online
Register by: January 6, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
MOODLE AND THE WRITING PROCESS: AN ONLINE COURSE
(Co-Sponsored with TEC)
Optional Face-to-face session: January 25, 2010 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Online: January 27 - March 23 , 2010
Approximately 3 hours per week - no set times. No class during February vacation week.
This online course offers a practical look at the process approach to teaching writing, an approach
that applies to all subjects and disciplines. Participants will study and engage in online
discussions about the nature of the process approach for the teaching of composition as they
explore the five fundamental phases of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing,
and publishing.
The course will introduce participants to Moodle, a powerful, free, open-source software tool.
Using Moodle, participants will create activities to help the students understand and use the
writing process. These activities will include private online journals that are shared primarily with
the teacher, assignments for creating rough drafts, workshops for revising, lessons for editing, and
forums for publishing.
All participants will develop a useful writing task for their students, incorporating the Moodle
tools they have learned during the course.
Presenter: Brendan Desilets, former middle and high school English teacher,
Bedford Public Schools
Audience: Middle and high school teachers and literacy specialists
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $175 EDCO and TEC members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for 1 graduate
credit from Framingham State College for an additional fee of $65.
Location: Face-to-face session at EDCO in Waltham then online
Register by: January 11, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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27. USING PATTERNS TO DEVELOP ALGEBRAIC THINKING (An Online Course)
Face-to-face session: January 28, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Online: January 29 - March 25, 2010 Approximately 3 hours per week - no set times
No session over February break.
In this workshop participants will explore the nature of algebraic thinking and develop strategies
for encouraging the development of their students’ algebraic thinking. Through readings, video
clips, and examination of students’ work, participants will learn to:
• recognize and build on opportunities for algebraic thinking in a variety of mathematics
contexts
• analyze their students’ algebraic thinking
• pose questions that encourage the development of algebraic thinking
Participants will also produce a lesson plan that incorporates the key concepts of the workshop.
Facilitator: Meg McCann, Concord/Concord-Carlisle Public Schools
Audience: Teachers of grades 5 - 9
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may register for one graduate credit from Framingham State
College for an additional fee of $65. A course form will be mailed to
participants.
Location: Face-to-face session at EDCO; the rest of the course will be online
Register by: January 11, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES (IN THE READING
WORKSHOP): AN ONLINE WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS OF GRADES 3 - 6
Face-to-face session: February 9, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Online: February 9 - April 6, 2010 No set times
No class during February break
Comprehension begins before reading a text. It is an active thinking process that requires the
reader to construct meaning by interacting with the text. This course is designed to help teachers
understand how students comprehend text and to strengthen and scaffold teachers’ explicit
instruction of comprehension strategies in their classrooms.
Participants will examine current research related to the topic and by explicit instructional
practices that apply the research findings. Participants will read about and discuss best practices
in teaching comprehension, practice the strategies presented in the readings, and select those
strategies that most effectively correspond to the needs of their students. Participants will have
the opportunity to interact with colleagues both in person and online in order to share and
improve their practice.
Presenter: Jan Binus, former Language Arts Coordinator, Sudbury Public Schools
Audience: Classroom teachers of grades 3 - 6
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: At the first class, participants may choose to register for 1 graduate credit
from Framingham State College for an additional fee of $65.
Location: Face-to-face session at EDCO in Waltham and the rest of the course
online
Register by: January 20, 2010. Registrations received after that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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28. TRANSFORMING THE CLASSROOM WITH PROJECT BASED LEARNING
(An Online Course)
February 24 - April 13 , 2010 Approximately 18 hours - No set times
This workshop is designed to familiarize participants with the principles of Project-Based
Learning (PBL). Throughout this workshop, exemplary projects will be analyzed, critiqued, and
evaluated for applicability to participants' classroom needs. Participants will gain hands-on
experience using software tools to support the planning and execution of projects, and develop
collaborative, inquiry-based projects that support their curricular goals. Participants will learn to
blend PBL and standards-based design strategies to create curriculum units that enhance student
learning at all grade levels and subject areas. Each participant will leave the online workshop with
preliminary plans for a PBL project.
Presenter: Judi Paradis, Waltham Public Schools
Audience: K-12 classroom teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Credit Option: Participants may choose to register for one graduate credit from
Framingham State College for an additional fee of $65. A course form
will be sent to all participants prior to the start of the course.
Location: Online
Register by: February 10, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
ENRICHING CONTENT CLASSES FOR SECONDARY ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LEARNERS - A Blended Face-to-Face and Online Course
Face-to-face sessions: March 1 and 29, 2010 3:15 PM - 7:00 PM
April 12 and May 3, 2010 3:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Online: March 1 - May 3, 2010 No set times
This blended online and face-to-face course is designed to equip teachers in middle and high
school settings with the knowledge and skills needed to teach English language learners (ELLs)
in content classrooms. Participants will learn how to adapt instruction and materials to help ELLs
understand academic content, develop academic language and participate in classroom activities.
The course provides the recommended number of hours for Category 2 of Sheltered English
Immersion professional development as required by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education.
Presenter: Rob Stergis, ELL Director, Watertown Public Schools
Audience: Teachers of grades 6 - 12
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $195 EDCO members / $250 non-members
(fee includes course text, Making Content Comprehensible for Secondary
English Learners. The SIOP Model)
This workshop is supported in part with Collaborative funds.
Credit Option: Participants may register for 3 graduate credits through Endicott College
for an additional fee of $150.
Location: Face-to-face sessions to be held at EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham;
the rest of the course will be online.
Register by: February 10, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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29. HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE RESEARCH PROCESS
Face-to-face sessions: March 2 and 29, 2010 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Online: March 2 - 28, 2010 No set times
This one-credit course will lead teachers and librarians through an exploration of a well-designed
research process. Get started with a face to face meeting where we'll pull apart the research
process and examine its various parts. How can you teach it? What can your students really learn
from doing research? Using readings and online discussion as well as lots of sharing, we'll spend
the rest of the month working on developing individual projects that will be ready to go in your
classrooms. This exploration is a perfect fit for both librarians and classroom teachers who want
to make their research projects smarter. We'll come back together to share our work and discuss
what we've learned that's useful at the end of the month.
Presenter: Carol Kelly, Salem State College and former K -12 librarian
Audience: Grade 4 - 12 teachers, librarians, and administrators
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $175 EDCO members / $220 non-members
Credit option: Participants may register for 1 graduate credit through Framingham State
College for an additional fee of $65.
Location: Face-to-face session at EDCO in Waltham, rest of the course online
Register by: February 23, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
PROGRAMS FOR SCIENCE
ENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGES IN ELEMENTARY SCIENCE
February 3 and March 10, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
This workshop will introduce the engineering design cycle and provide examples of ways to
integrate this in elementary science units. Workshop activities will include designing, building,
and testing a prototype solution to a given problem related to an elementary science topic. The
presenter will focus on hands-on engineering technologies that teachers will try in their own
classrooms, and in the second session, provide an opportunity to share implementation
experiences.
Presenter: Jennifer Craddock, K-8 Science Coordinator, Newton
Audience: Teachers of elementary science in grades K - 5
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $75 EDCO members / $125 non-members
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham or Newton
Register by: January 20, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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30. LIGHT AND OPTICS
February 3, 2010 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Light and Optics will focus on three basic concepts: properties of electromagnetic waves,
reflection and refraction, and color. Frequency, wavelength, and the speed of light will be
explained. Lenses and mirrors will be explored. The topic of color will be examined by looking
at atmospheric phenomena such as rainbows and why the sky is blue.
Presenters: Bob Fardy, former Elementary Science Specialist, Concord Public
Schools
Jeff Yuhas, Science Teacher, Concord Public Schools
Audience: Teachers of Elementary Science
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $45 EDCO members / $55 non-members
Location: Concord/Concord-Carlisle Regional High School
Register by: January 20, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
THE SCIENCE OF ELECTRICITY
February 10, 2010 4:00 PM - 7:15 PM
This workshop will provide an environment in which participants can explore what is really
happening when a light bulb lights. Through hands-on activities you will refresh your own
understanding of electricity while also exploring strategies for helping students understand
essential concepts. The presenters will share a number of different teaching approaches for this
topic.
Presenters: Bob Fardy, former Elementary Science Specialist, Concord Public
Schools
Jeff Yuhas, Science Teacher, Concord Public Schools
Audience: Teachers of Elementary Science
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $60 EDCO members / $75 non-members
Location: Concord-Carlisle Regional High School
Register by: January 20, 2010. Registrations received after that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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31. SCIENCE NOTEBOOKS: A TOOL FOR ENHANCING SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND
LITERACY
February 11, 2010 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
March 25, 2010 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
This two-part workshop will introduce a research-based model for enhancing inquiry-based
science in elementary schools through the integration of science and literacy. The presenters will
engage participants in the “Scientist’s Notebook” model of instruction, introduce activities
illustrating the use of science notebooks as a formative assessment practice, and identify other
related formative assessment tools.
During the first meeting the participants will ‘do’ notebook entries and also work with lesson
planning templates and feedback guides. Following this meeting, participants will pilot some
science notebook activities in their classrooms. During the second session participants will share
their initial work with others in small groups, and obtain feedback from experienced users of
science notebooks.
Presenters: Fran Ludwig, K-5 Science Coordinator, Lexington Public Schools
Jenny Craddock, K-8 Science Coordinator, Newton Public Schools
Audience: K - 6 science coordinators, literacy specialists and lead teachers
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $90 EDCO members / $120 non-members
Cost includes reference materials.
Location: EDCO Seefurth Center, Waltham
Register by: January 20, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
ACTIVE ASSESSMENT FOR K-5 SCIENCE
February 24, 2010 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Assessing the rich, varied and active experiences that constitute doing science requires
devising interactive and active assessments that are part of the investigations themselves.
The presenter and participants will discuss a variety of assessment activities using student
work for illustration.
Presenters: Bob Fardy, Elementary Science Consultant, former Science Specialist
in Concord Public Schools
Susan Erickson, Science Teacher, Concord Public Schools
Audience: Teachers of elementary science
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your school district
Fee: $35 EDCO members / $50 non-members
Location: Thoreau School, Concord
Register by: February 10, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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32. WHETHER THE WEATHER: WEATHER BASICS
March 3 and 10, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The presenters of this two-session program will introduce the small and large-scale aspects of
meteorology. The workshop is designed to provide information for teachers who would like to
enhance their background knowledge about weather. Topics include the water cycle, structure and
composition of the atmosphere, global wind patterns, air masses, fronts and associated weather,
and storms. The program will also focus on developing and implementing inquiry-based
approaches in the elementary classroom.
Presenters: Bob Fardy, former elementary science specialist,
Concord Public Schools
Jeff Yuhas, science teacher, Concord/Carlisle High School
Audience: Teachers of science in elementary grades
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $65 EDCO members / $90 non-members
Location: Concord-Carlisle Regional High School
Register by: February 10, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
WHETHER THE WEATHER: NEW ENGLAND STORMS AND ONLINE
FORECASTING
March 17, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
In this session participants will extend their understanding of basic meteorology concepts through
a focus on New England Storms and Online Forecasting. The presentation will also focus on
developing and implementing inquiry-based approaches to teaching about these topics in the
elementary classroom and provide links and resources of interest.
Presenters: Bob Fardy and Jeff Yuhas, Concord/Carlisle High School
Audience: Teachers of science in elementary grades
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $35 EDCO members / $50 non-members
Location: Concord/Concord-Carlisle Regional High School
Register by: February 23, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
WHETHER THE WEATHER: HURRICANES AND WINTER STORMS
March 24, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Participants in this program will extend their understanding of basic meteorology concepts by
exploring the dynamics of Hurricanes and Winter Storms. The presentation will also focus on
developing and implementing inquiry-based approaches to teaching about these topics in the
elementary classroom and provide links and resources of interest.
Presenters: Bob Fardy, Concord Public Schools
Jeff Yuhas, Concord/Carlisle High School
Audience: Teachers of science in elementary grades
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $35 EDCO members / $50 non-members
Location: Concord/Concord-Carlisle Regional High School
Register by: March 9, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
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33. SIMPLE MACHINES
March 25 and April 15, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
This workshop is designed to provide elementary teachers with background knowledge about
simple machines. Through a variety of inquiry-based activities, participants will investigate
science concepts such as force, work and mechanical advantage. The first session of this
workshop will focus on two types of simple machines - the lever and the wheel and axle. In the
second session participants will focus on other simple machines - the pulley, the inclined plane,
the screw and the wedge, and complex machines as well as the engineering design process.
Participants will analyze simple machines' operation and consider instructional activities designed
to develop and enhance student understandings. They will also receive a binder with curricular
materials that integrate engineering concepts with elementary science lessons aligned with the
MA framework.
Presenters: Bob Fardy, former Science Specialist, Concord Public Schools
Susan Erickson, Teacher of Science, Concord Public Schools
Audience: Teachers of science in elementary grades
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district
Fee: $65 EDCO members / $90 non-members
Location: Thoreau School, Concord
Register by: March 16, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be
accepted based upon space availability.
GENETICS 101
April 14, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
In this workshop, presenters from Children’s Hospital will provide information on:
• Genes and heredity
• Genetic testing
• Influence of genetics on disease susceptibility, conditions and treatment
Presenter: Staff from Children’s Hospital
Audience: Nurses
Registration: Through the office of Curriculum and Instruction in your district or the
program manager in your collaborative
Fee: $60
Location: Children’s Hospital Boston at Waltham location
Register by: April 7, 2010. Registrations received beyond that date will be accepted
based upon space availability.
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