Math Leadership Academy
Save the Date: April 25 & 26, 2008; 9:00 - 3:00, at Puget Sound ESD
The question of how to meet the needs of students who are struggling in mathematics is one which is both critical and time sensitive. This academy brings together national and state instructional leaders to provide answers and strategies that will help us:
- Understand research-based math instruction
- Use math coaches effectively
- Develop instructional leadership in math
- Use continuous progress monitoring to inform instruction
- Evaluate and select math intervention programs.
This workshop is designed for administrators, curriculum directors and math coaches and features several guest speakers:
- Dr. Russell Gersten, member of the National Math Panel and Executive Director of the Instructional Research Group, Long Beach, California
- Dr. Ronni Ephraim, Deputy Superintendent of Professional Development, Los Angeles Unified School District
- Dr. John Sylvester, Professor of Mathematics, University of Washington
In addition, breakout sessions will be held in the following areas:
- Progress Monitoring with Dr. Leanne Ketterlin Geller from the University of Oregon
- Evaluating and Selecting Math Intervention Programs with Dr. Diane Kinder of the University of Washington, Tacoma
- Math Coaching with Dr. Marcy Stein of the University of Washington, Tacoma
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Arts Impact Workshops
The PSESD Arts Impact program is offering three workshop series that provide K-6 teachers with strategies to infuse the arts into math and writing. Arts Impact has been actively involved both past and present in research and development of arts-infused learning curriculum. Arts-infusion is defined as shared concepts between an arts discipline and another core content area. For example, symmetry is shared by both visual arts and math; character is a concept shared by theater and writing; and pattern is shared by dance and math. Students act, dance, paint, and draw while reinforcing concepts in math and literacy.
Arts infusion provides students who struggle to learn in traditional ways with an opportunity to learn those same concepts from an artistic point of view. Arts-infused strategies have been shown to be effective with students who have difficulty learning in traditional ways, have learning disabilities, or are English Language Learners.
The three, 11-hour series are Theater/Writing; Dance/Math; and Visual Arts/Math. The first workshop in each series lays the groundwork for approaching arts-infused teaching. Teachers view learning using a Mastery Arc that provides a framework to create bridges for students, helping them to move back and forth between arts-centered learning and traditional pencil paper learning, until the student is able to master the concept and apply it in different contexts. Teachers mine for shared concepts, imagine possibilities for instruction, and participate in an arts-infused lesson.
The second and third workshops in each series provide hands-on instruction in arts-infused lessons taught by Arts Impact Artist Mentors. The lessons are ready for classroom use. The lessons provide clearly defined targets, criteria, teaching and classroom management strategies, and specific connections to the state standards in the both content areas – dance/math, visual art/math, or theater/writing. Recommended for K-6 classroom teachers or specialists.
You must sign up for all three workshops in a series.
Arts Impact: Dance and Math Series
May 3, 17 & 31, 2008; 1:00-4:00 (3rd), 9:00-1:00 (17th & 31st)
Registration Deadline: April 28, 2008 PSESD #: SD7DM
Learn strategies that infuse the arts into math! Developed by PSESD's Arts Impact program, this series will use various dance and movement techniques to introduce strategies for presenting and reinforcing dance and math-infused concepts including shape, line, angles, congruence, transformations, symmetry and pattern.
Instructors: Susy Watts & Debbie Gilbert. Location: Tacoma SD - Professional Development Center. Fee: $225. Clock Hours/Credit: 11 clock hours, $22; 1 SU credit, $35. Audience: K-6 teachers & specialists. Miscellaneous: Light breakfast is included. For more information: Claudine Rode (425) 917-7815 , 253-778-7815, 1-800-664-4549, x7815, crode@psesd.org.
Keywords: Dance, Math
Arts Impact: Visual Arts and Math Series
May 3, 17 & 31, 2008; 1:00-4:00 (3rd), 9:00-1:00 (17th & 31st)
Registration Deadline: April 28, 2008 PSESD #: SD7VAM
Learn strategies that infuse the arts into math! Developed by PSESD's Arts Impact program, this series will use various media and visual art techniques to introduce strategies for presenting and reinforcing visual art and math-infused concepts including shape, line, angles, congruence, transformations, symmetry and pattern.
Instructors: Susy Watts & Meredith Essex. Location: Tacoma SD - Professional Development Center. Fee: $225. Clock Hours/Credit: 11 clock hours, $22; 1 SU credit, $35. Audience: K-6 teachers & specialists. Miscellaneous: Light breakfast is included. For more information: Claudine Rode (425) 917-7815 , 253-778-7815, 1-800-664-4549, x7815, crode@psesd.org.
Keywords: Visual Arts, Math
Arts Impact: Theater and Writing
May 8, 17 & 31, 2008; 4:30-7:30 (8th), 9:00-1:00 (17th & 31st)
Registration Deadline: April 28, 2008 PSESD #: SD7TW
Learn strategies that infuse the arts into theater and writing! Developed by PSESD's Arts Impact program, this series will use theater techniques to introduce strategies for presenting and reinforcing dance and writing-infused concepts including character traits, story sequence, inference, introduction, character objective, conclusion, and transitions.
Instructors: Susy Watts & Dave Quicksall. Location: Tacoma SD - Professional Development Center. Fee: $225. Clock Hours/Credit: 11 clock hours, $22; 1 SU credit, $35. Audience: K-6 teachers & specialists. Miscellaneous: Light breakfast is included. For more information: Claudine Rode (425) 917-7815 , 253-778-7815, 1-800-664-4549, x7815, crode@psesd.org.
Keywords: Theater, Writing
Knowledge Bowl 2008
On March 1, teams of students from throughout the PSESD region gathered at Mount Rainier High School to compete on their ability to recall information in the fields of language arts, science and social studies.
2008 Knowledge Bowl Winners
1st Place - Federal Way Public Academy / Federal Way SD
2nd Place - Stadium HS / Tacoma SD
3rd Place - Wilson / Tacoma SD
The following schools will continue on to compete in the state competition to be held on March 22nd. The 4A, 3A and 2A competition will be held in Camas. The 1A and B competition will be held in Spokane.
Class 4A
- Federal Way Public Academy
- Wilson
- Stadium
- Curtis
- Olympia
Class 3A
- Kennedy
- O'Dea (2 teams)
- Peninsula HS
- Mt. Rainier HS
- Blanchet
- Lakeside
Class 2A
Class 1A
- Charles Wright
- Forest Ridge
Class B
2008 Regional High School Art Show
 Puget Sound ESD's annual high school art competition encourages students to share their work with other students in the PSESD region and Washington state to emphasize the role of the arts as a core subject area. The competition is open to students enrolled in grades 9-12 in any public or state-approved private school in the ESD region. Students enter their artwork at the regional level, with several pieces chosen to compete at the state level. Artwork is judged on creativity, composition, and technique.
Artwork will be on display to the public at PSESD in Renton from March 24th through April 13th. Winners will be honored at the April 13th Awards Reception from 2:00-4:30. The state show awards reception will take place in Olympia on May 16th. Artwork will also be viewable on psesd.org beginning March 24th.
The image shown was taken from a piece titled "Self Betrayal" by R. Oh of Kennedy High School.
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