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“Ideas in Action: Central Union High School”

As part of their Ideas in Action Series, SchoolsMovingUp introduces Central Union High serves a high minority, high poverty students population and yet is beating the odds and demonstrating success. In this interactive webinar presentation school and district leaders interested in learning about innovative uses of data to direct instruction and meet students’ needs will learn from Central High Principal, Emma Jones.

Ideas in Action: Central Union High

January 16^th, 2008

From 1:30-3pm

For more information about this online event visit:

http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/cs/wested/view/e/2390

“Data Use and Teacher Collaboration: One School’s Success Story”

This interactive webinar discussion will explore the strategies and practices the Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary School pursued to improve instructional practices and student achievement through collaborative data use. Principal Michael Gulden will share practices to cultivate a positive teacher attitude toward collaboration and how to build effective teacher collaboration practices around data.

Data Use and Teacher Collaboration: One School’s Success Story

January 30^th, 2008

From 1:30-3pm

For more information about this online event visit:

http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/cs/wested/view/e/2405.

NAMI offers Family-to-Family Classes

The National Alliance on Mental Illness will be offering Family-to-Family classes beginning January 15^th. The class will meet for 12 weeks and is designed to help the well family member of someone with mental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar or manic depression, severe depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, etc.). The class is taught by trained volunteers who will help family members understand and support their ill relative while maintaining their own well being. There no cost for this opportunity, only a commitment to attend and learn and share.

Family-to-Family

NAMI of Collier County

5020 Tamiami Trail N Ste 110,

Naples, FL 34103

Registration is mandatory for these classes. To register or get more information on these classes please contact Judi Evans at (239) 791-1545.

Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health

The Florida Department of Health, Child and Adolescent Health Unit, in collaboration with Georgetown University, is planning five one-day regional trainings on the Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health Guide and Toolkit and What to Expect and When to Seek Help developmental tools. These workshops are free of charge. Five contact hours for CMEs and CEUs will be available. The workshops and materials are FREE to participants. Each workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

January 28 – Miami

Location: TBD

January 29 – West Palm Beach

Location: TBD

January 30 – Ft. Lauderdale

Location: Nova Southeastern University

3200 S. University Drive

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328

February 12 – Ft. Myers

Location: Edison College/Lee Campus

8099 College Parkway

Fort Myers, FL 33919

February 13 – Sarasota

Location: TBD

For mote information visit http://www.brightfutures.org/mentalhealth/ or contact Anne Knox at Anne_Knox@doh.state.fl.us.

“Storytellin” by Mary Jo Huff

The Learning Tree and Lee County Association for the Education of Young Children present award winning storyteller, author, educator and recording artist, Mary Jo Huff to present an interactive class on Storytelling and how Storytelling with the family can replace hours of television.

Storytellin’

Saturday, January 12^th, 2008 from 1-4pm

The Learning Tree at Temple Beth El

16225 Winkler Rd.

Fort Myers, FL 33908

Registration is mandatory and can be done over the phone at (239) 433-5499. CEUs will be available.

ING Unsung Heroes Awards Program

The ING Unsung Heroes awards program recognizes innovative and progressive thinking in education through monetary awards. Maximum Award: $25,000 to Grand Prize Winner. Eligibility: full-time educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals or classified staff members with effective projects that improve student learning at an accredited K-12 public or private school. Deadline: April 30, 2008.

To learn more, or to apply please visit http://www.ing-usa.com/us/stellent2/groups/dc/documents/companylobinformation/001143.pdf.

Important Deadlines to Receive Money from The Smaller Learning Communities

The Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) program awards discretionary grants to local educational agencies to support the implementation of SLCs and activities to improve student academic achievement in large public high schools with enrollments of 1,000 or more students. SLCs include structures such as freshman academies, multi-grade academies organized around career interests or other themes, “houses” in which small groups of students remain together throughout high school, and autonomous schools-within-a-school, as well as personalization strategies, such as student advisories, family advocate systems, and mentoring programs.

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: January 10, 2008

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 25, 2008

Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: April 24, 2008

To read more about this opportunity please visit: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-22957.htm

Positive Beginnings Trainers’ Forum

Where: Florida Gulf Coast University

For more information and to register please contact Keiana Desmore at (239)590-7747 or kdesmore@fgcu.edu.

The Ooey Gooey Lady is Coming!

You are invited to a presentation by Lisa Murphy, the nationally acclaimed Ooey Gooey Lady.  Lisa presents over 150 workshops each year to audiences across the country on various topics related to early childhood, specifically how to be more play-based in the classroom.  Lisa will be presenting a key note address as well as conducting three workshops about hands-on, play-based activities, including ooey gooey art and science activities.  There is a $25 fee for this event that includes lunch.

Lisa Murphy

January 5^th from 8:30am-3:30pm

Three Oaks Banquet and Conference Center

20991 Three Oaks Parkway

Estero, FL 33928

This event is sponsored by the Community Coordination Care for Children Inc. and the Early Learning Coalition of Southwest Florida.  For more information contact Joanie Schaeffer at (239) 935-6121.

SchoolsMovingUp Presents “Building Oral Language into the Basal”

Co-sponsored by CREATE (Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners) this presentation features Diane August, Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Applied Linguistics, who will describe methods to develop the language proficiency skills of English Learners in the context of language arts, math, and science instruction in elementary and middle schools. Examples of methods include read-alouds of expository and narrative text and hands-on experiences to build academic language. This work is part of ongoing research funded by the US Department of Education to improve the language and literacy skills of English Learners.

Building Oral Language into the Basal

January 10^th, 2008

From 1:30-3pm

For more information about this online event visit:

http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/cs/wested/view/e/2447.

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