Summer 2001

CHICOPEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

(A State Certified Professional Development Provider)

&

ANNOUNCEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Summer 2001

August Class Reduction Workshop
PROGRAM: " The Tucker Signing Strategies for Reading Workshop/Training Program" (funded by FY01 Title VI Grant)
PRESENTER: Dr. Bethanie Tucker
DESCRIPTION: This is a one-day workshop that provides participants with kinesthetic-tactile approach to the teaching of reading. This method entails a system of hand signs that prompts associations between letters or word chunks and the sounds they represent. It is designed to be implemented as a supplement to conventional reading programs and can be used with students of any age between kindergarten and fourth grade level. PDP's: A certificate of attendance for 6 hours will be given that can be combined with follow-up documented work with the Tucker Signing Strategies for Reading and submitted to Dr. Seihoun for a 10 or more PDP certificate.
CAVEAT: The workshop is opened to every teacher with priority given to gr. 1-3 teachers Each participant will be provided with a Tucker Signing Strategies for Reading Workbook (training manual) Each confirmed participant will be required to sign an agreement that they will not copy the training manual in any way or train others on the Tucker Signing Strategies and that such strategies will be used with only the participant's students DATE: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:30 - 3:30 P.M. (with one hour for a provided lunch) PLACE: Chateau Provost, 85 Montcalm Street, Chicopee, MA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you want to be a participant, please complete the requested information below and return this letter to George Sakellis, Chicopee Public Schools. Administration Building by May 31, 2001. If chosen to be participant , you will be sent a confirmation by June 8 , 2001 I am requesting to be a participant in the Tucker Signing Strategies for Reading one day workshop/training program on Monday, August 27, 2001 between the hours of 8:30 - 3:30 qt the Chateau Provost in Chicopee, MA
DATE:	Name:	School:
Position :	Home Address:	Phone:
PRESENTERS/TOPICS: Charlotte Lak, Literacy Coordinator, Springfield Public Schools: "Instructional Strategies For Working With Less Than 18 Students" Dr. Mary Janeczak, Elms College: "Using the CALLA Method of Instruction in a Diverse Classroom" Mary Ginley, Longmeadow Public Schools: "Strategies for Encouraging and Preparing Parents to Work With Students"
DATES: Monday, August 20, 2001 Tuesday, August 21, 2001
TIME: 8:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m.
PLACE: Chateau Provost
STIPEND: $25.00/hr PDPs : ten (10) with requisite write-up product CAVEAT: Open to all teachers with priority to grades 1-3 teachers
CONFIRMATION: Confirmation or notification of non-confirmation will be sent out within a week after the closing date of application (Tuesday, June 5th)
Math, Science, and Language Art's, Pre-K" Workshop
PRESENTERS/TOPICS: Professor Alfred Karlson, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Creative Activity in Math & Language Arts for Young Children" for gr. prek-5 Colleen Kelly, Hitchcock Center: Integration of Math and Science" for gr. prek-5
DATES: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 Thursday, August 23, 2001
TIME: 8:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. with 1/2 of working lunch
STIPEND: $25.00/hr PDPs : ten (10) with requisite write-up product submitted to Dr. Seihoun CAVEAT: Open to all teachers with priority to grades 1-3 teachers
CONFIRMATION: Confirmation or notification of non-confirmation will be sent out within a week after the closing date of application (Friday, June 15th)