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General Presentations
Sea-01 Strategies for Evaluating Student ArtHow to assess art? What are the skills we measure? This presentation will focus on assessment opportunities using self reflection and writing in grades 2-5, and journals in the middle school classroom. Rubrics with identified skills and depth of understanding will be shared. Teachers who choose this presentation are encouraged to bring an art assessment idea to share with your colleagues.
Target Audience: 2-8 teachers
Presenter(s): Margaret Hartley, St. Catherine School
Sea-02 Instructing and Remediating Number Sense - Math K-8
Number Sense is vital to a student's success in math. Learn practical classroom activities, models, observations, and algorithms to help students acquire Number Sense. Use games to reinforce Number Sense during free-time and at-home activities.
Target Audience: K-8 math teachers
Presenter(s): Patti Grady, St. Thomas More School
Sea-03 Innovations in Catholic Education: The Garden Project
This year, we received an Innovations in Catholic Education Award for our school garden project. Via our school garden project at Assumption Catholic School, we not only educate children and their families about growing and eating healthy vegetables and fruits, but by means of the sales of our produce, we provide necessary items for our sister school in Cambodia. All of this is done within the context of membership with Common Threads Farm and School Garden Collective where we work in solidarity with other schools in our local community to promote sustainable growing techniques and healthy food. This service project allows our students hands-on opportunities to be Active Global Citizens, one of our School-Wide Learning Expectations.
Target Audience: K-12 teachers - middle school focus
Presenter(s): Betsy Gottschalk, Assumption School in Bellingham
Sea-04 Integrating Common Core ELA Standards Across the Curriculum
Are you looking for a process to integrate the Common Core ELA standards? This presentation will focus on: 1) unit planning; 2) rubrics; 3) finding good texts to support student levels; 4) support writing instruction across the content areas.
Target Audience: 3-8 teachers
Star Grant Presenter(s): Megan Bayrd, Christ the King School
Sea-05 Handwriting - Handwriting is Integral!
Handwriting is an integral part of reading and language arts instruction. This research-based presentation will focus on the importance of making handwriting functional, and how to consider when a child is ready to transition from writing by hand to keyboarding.
Target Audience: Pre-K - 8 teachers and learning specialists
Presenter(s): Bonnie Meyer, Our Lady of the Lake
Sea-06 Create a Spanish Course for Heritage Students
The presentation will review the nature and identification of Spanish heritage learners (HL) students are raised in a home where Spanish language is spoken. How to:
- identify these students,
- start a Spanish as a Heritage Language program in a HS,
- address the challenge of the teaching-learning process when working with HL, and
- review and reflect on some issues involved in heritage language teaching.
Target Audience: 9 - 12 teachers and administrators
Star Grant Presenter(s): Josefa Baez-Ramos, BBHS
Sea-07 Building a Pre-K Program
Components to consider in building a quality pre-kindergarten program:
• State laws for care of children under five
• Implications of the licensing process
• Budget and necessary start-up costs
• Teacher qualifications
• Best practices when setting up your space
• Integration of Pre-S / Pre-K into the bigger school community
• Developmentally appropriate curriculum
• General ideas and question.
Target Audience: Pre-S / Pre-K teachers and administrators
Presenter(s): Janet McClelland, Our Lady of Guadalupe School
Sea-08 21st Century Skills: Building Character and Knowledge
How do we foster creativity and innovation in our students? How do we prepare students to enter a world we have not yet imagined? How can we help them develop sufficient skills and knowledge they will need? Today, we are preparing students for a very different world than our basic educational models were designed to serve. Discussion of the integration of current neuroscience, STEM/science, technology, engineering, and mathematic theories, and educational technology will forster ideas to bring creative learning and innovation into the classroom.
Target Audience: 9-12 teachers
Presenter(s): Melissa Kennedy, Holy Names Academy
Sea-09 Preparing for High School and Life!
Help eighth graders and freshmen in high school prepare for high school and life. Teachers learn how to share real life stories of differing situations to teach parents and students how to face difficult situations and give them strategies to make good decisions built on a faith foundation.
Target Audience: 8-9 teachers
Presenter(s): Tim Murphy, Sacred Heart School
Sea-10 Christian Themes in Art
Participants will explore the interrelated images and figures through which Revelation speaks of the inexhaustible mystery of God. Sacred Art expresses in images the same Gospel message that Scripture communicates by word. Participants will understand that sacred art, by its very nature, communicates the infinite beauty of God in works made by human hands. Participants will learn that genuine sacred art draws people to adoration, prayer, and to the love of God; the mystery celebrated is imprinted in the heart’s memory and is then expressed in the new life of the faithful.
Target Audience: 12th grade teachers
Presenter(s): Jeanne Mikesell, Bishop Blanchet High School
Sea-11 Service Learning in Catholic Grade Schools
What is service vs. service learning at the K-8 level?
A joint project with sixth grade students and Seattle University's MIT program to explore youth homelessness. Our learning target: Sixth grade students will be able to teach our parents and peers about youth homelessness in our Seattle community. Through lesson plans, journal entries, pictures, and videos of student presentations, we share our student's stories. Additionally, we will also present our reflections as we continue to hone and improve the project. We invite you to interact with us and with one another as you participate in some of the student activities and take time to consider your own implementation questions and ideas.
Target Audience: K-12 teachers with a middle school emphasis
Presenter(s): Barbie Solbakken, Our Lady of Fatima School
Sea-12 The Purpose of Boys: Helping our Boys Find Meaning and Direction
This presentation will investigate Michael Gurian's book, The Purpose of Boys. Do our American boys lack a sense of purpose? Do our schools help or hurt this situation? What can we do as educators to understand the problem and create meaningful pathways for our boys to thrive?
Target Audience: K-12 teachers with high school emphasis
Presenter(s): Tom Schutte, O'Dea High School
Sea-13 The Best Reading Strategies You've Ever Met!
Strategies for developing reading comprehension and fluency by teaching vocabulary, parts of speech, and text chunking using the Slingerland® Adaptation of the Orton-Gillingham Approach. Presenters will explain and demonstrate the Reading Component of the Slingerland® Approach, including:
1. Preparation for Reading: This step takes single words and words in a phrase directly from the material used in any reading lesson. These are used to teach new vocabulary, concepts, and difficult words.
2. Reading from the Book: This process empowers readers as they approach the complex figure-background perception and phrase-level comprehension needed to be fluent readers.
Target Audience: K-8 teachers
Presenter(s): Jeanette Hurley and Kathleen Conklin, Assumption-St. Bridget School
Sea-14 Best practices: All the World's a Stage: Assessing and Integration
Assessing theatre classes, and how to integrate plays/musicals with other school curricula.
Target Audience: 9-12 teachers
Presenter(s): Maureen Mershon, Bishop Blanchet High School
Sea-15 Everyone is a Playwright!
A sample syllabus and timeline will be shared along with a presentation of a hands-on lesson. Lessons will be given to help teach characterization, conflict, dialogue, plot, setting and text publishing.
Target Audience: 7-12 teachers
Star Grant Presenter(s): Lisa Abraham & Arlene Naganawa, Eastside Catholic Middle and HS
Sea-16 Classics in the Classroom
Learn to integrate the outrageous, colorful and fantastic Greco-Roman myths and epics that undergird our art and literature. Through myth, students can engage in a playful way in the deep conflicts of duty and freedom, community and individuality, and excellence and humility that are important part of being a person. The Greek spirit is imprinted on the New Testament and is also an important intellectual resource for the mission of Catholic teachers!
Target Audience: K-12 teachers
Presenter(s): Christine Cavanaugh, Bishop Blanchet High School
Sea-17 Using Google Apps to Publish and Organize Student Work
This presentation will guide participants in the process of setting up Google Apps for the classroom and will look at how to use Google Docs and sites. Specifically, the presenter will use a culminating project as a model for using Google sites to organize and publish student work for a broader audience. This session is intended for anyone interested in beginning to use Google Apps in the class.
Target Audience: 5-12 teachers
Presenter(s): JC Santos, Our Lady of Guadalupe School
Sea-18 Hands on Robots - Robotics and Problem Solving in Middle School
Experience the variety of challenges, successes and learning opportunities of a robotics program. Learn the fundamentals including the curricular tie-ins, materials, budget and time requirements. Sample assessments, both the process and the product, will be shared. Robotics offers authentic problem-solving and the opportunity to engage with the larger learning community!
Target Audience: 6-8 math/science teachers
Star Grant Presenter(s): Terry Hickey, St. Benedict School
Sea-19 Storypath: Using Inquiry, Story and the Element of Surprise
Head on safari to Africa. Travel the Oregon Trail. Be a part of Colonial Boston. Curious about Storypath? These units use the structure of stories to integrate content and skills from many disciplines. Find out how your students can create their own story through research, negotiation and writing.... learning they'll never forget.
Target Audience: 2-5 teachers
Star Grant Presenter(s): Catherine Wilson and Allie Savio, Our Lady of Guadalupe School
Sea-20 Math Articulation between Middle School and High School
Math Curriculum and the Common Core. How are the Common Core math standards changing expectations of what students should know and be able to do as they enter high school?
Target Audience: 7-10th grade teachers
Presenter(s): High School Math Teacher Panel
Sea-21 Growing a Student Support Program
History, theory, practice, and logistics of growing a student support program. Covers both academic support in the forms of older students tutoring younger students and paid Title I tutoring, and emotional/behavioral support in the form of counseling. We will talk some about covering these services on a shoestring -- we aren’t Fortune 500 companies, after all! There will be ample time for questions.
Target Audience: Principals and administrators and teachers of K-8 schools who want to establish or expand their student support services may be particularly interested in this presenK-8 teachers and administrators
Presenter(s): Katie Bucy, Early Intervention Specialist, and Heidi Ehrenberg, School Counselor, Our Lady of Guadalupe School
Sea-22 Librarians Meeting
If you're not already a member of the Catholic School Librarians Association, you should be! Join us at our breakout session where we'll establish our agenda for the year, discuss our current consortiums and even have time for book talks. All librarians are welcome. (The CSLA Board apologizes, in advance, for only offering this session at Bishop Blanchet High School.)
Target Audience: K-8 and high school librarians
Presenter(s): Anna Wiggs, Holy Names Academy
Sea-23 Faith Formation Through the Active Parenting Program
School difficulties are sometimes rooted in counter-productive parenting styles. Offering resources to parents can improve in-school behavior and be appreciated by parents. A variety of program options will be offered for school personnel to consider. The Active Parenting programs have replaced PET and STEP as the most comprehensive approach to parenting skills building.
Target Audience: K-12 teachers, counselors and administrators
Presenter(s): Deacon Raymond Biersbach, Holy Rosary Church in Edmonds
Sea-24 Book Club/Humanities for Middle School Students
This class will examine themes associated with social justice with middle school and 9th and 10th graders. The book, Heavens Child by Caroline Flor, a member of St. Cecilia Parish, was used in a pilot class last year at St. Cecilia Catholic School. The author stressed critical thinking as students discussed the content of the book in a book club/literature circle.
Target Audience: 7-10th grade teachers
Presenter(s): Amy Lee-Despard, middle school teacher, St. Cecilia School
Sea-25 Mock Government - Let's Get Excited about Civics!
This session will present creative ways to teach civics, including: Mock Election, Mock Congress, and Mock Trial. Participants will have an opportunity to engage in the material by performing a brief mock trial. Other possible activities will include short voting exercises and congressional bill passage.
Target Audience: middle an high school teachers (adaptable for lower grades)
Presenter(s): Danielle Gadek, Immaculate Conception/OLPH School
Program and Exhibitor Presentations
Sea-31 Meeting Jesus Where it Matters: Helping Students Connect Faith with ServicePresentation and panel discussion based on the charisma of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. This session will assist teachers and staff in deepening their understanding of how to integrate “service to the most vulnerable and poor” as important learning topics in a school’s faith formation curriculum. The panel will include St. Vincent de Paul volunteers who work in our local Parish communities making home visits and ministering to the needs of the poor and marginalized in Parish neighborhoods. Their stories, experience and expertise through years of volunteer service will be a key element of this presentation.
Target Audience: K-12 teachers and administrators
Presenter(s): Stephanie Ragland, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Seattle/King County
Sea-32 Motivating and Preparing Students for Successful College Years
The presentation is intended to provide teachers with a model that would prepare students to be successful when they enter undergraduate programs at universities/colleges. The SPD model gives students a framework to develop faith, leadership, learning capability, and a 360-degree view of self.
Target Audience: Teachers at all grade levels
Presenter(s): Savio Pham, Archdiocese of Seattle
Sea-33 The Teacher as Mission Educator: Passing on the Mission to the Next Generation
Today we hear a lot about the need for evangelization and mission. But how do you, as an educator, ensure that Jesus’ mission is passed on to the next generation? This workshop explores: 1) practical ways you can develop a stronger sense of the joy of mission in your own spirituality and teaching and 2) strategies for you to fire up your students (and their parents) to become more engaged in their own baptismal call to participate in the mission of Jesus. Together we can create a school culture that:
• Forms students to participate in mission
• Engages students and families in the world around them
• Develops and implements mission education objectives in the curriculum
• Creates a lasting culture of mission that enlivens Catholic Identity.
Target Audience: K-12 teachers, counselors and administrators
Presenter(s): Deacon Matt Dulca and Kelly Hickman, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
Sea-34 Holocaust, Genocide, Today
While traditionally considered a lesson in history, it is through the study of the Holocaust that we can learn about bystanders, the dangers of intolerance, and the difference one person can make. Participants of this session will receive practical tools to help them teach about this often sensitive and overwhelming subject. In this 75 minute session, participants will have the opportunity to view the short film, “With My Own Eyes: Holocaust Genocide Today” and will discuss best practices for teaching the Holocaust. Participants will receive free resources, including a copy of the film, from the Holocaust Center.
Target Audience: 7-12 teachers, librarians
Presenter(s): Ilana Cone Kennedy and Rosemary Conroy, The Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center
Sea-35 Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach - Overview
The Nurtured Heart Approach (NHA) is an extremely effective parenting approach pioneered by Howard Glasser, MA. Originally designed for challenging, difficult or spirited children, experience shows that it works beautifully with all children. The NHA is designed to teach parents and teachers new ways to approach behavior, so that success becomes the rule rather than the exception. Parents and teachers are taught how to set clear rules and give consistent consequences to negative behaviors. The heart of the approach however, focuses on providing a loving environment in which each child’s strengths, talents and abilities are nurtured. Parents and teachers are thrilled by the transformation that takes place in their child, in their family and in their classroom after utilizing this easily mastered approach.
Target Audience: K-12 teachers, counselors and administrators
Presenter(s): Cristina Wheatley, Bishop Blanchet High School. Education Consultant/Parent Coach
Sea-36 Singapore Math and Common Core
Discussion of the impact of the Common Core State Standards on math instruction in the U.S. An overview of the Common Core and explanation of how it is changing what is expected of our students and teachers. As an expert on Singapore math education, the presenter will describe what makes Singapore’s math curriculum unique and how it might help educators meet and exceed the demands of the Common Core.
Target Audience: K-12 teachers and administrators
Presenter(s): Andy Clark, on behalf of Houghton Mifflin
Sea-37 Beyond Common Core 101 - What Does The Common Core Classroom Look Like?
A brief review of CCSS and a blueprint of what the Common Core classroom will look like.
Participants will interact as they examine "what there will be less of" and "what there will be more of" as teachers implement the CCSS.
Target Audience: K-8 teachers and administrators
Presenter(s): Mike Arnold, Sadlier
Sea-38 Bringing Students into Appropriate Digital Research with the World Book Web
Training for librarians and teachers that already have access to the World Book Web and its wide range of databases. Also, an introduction to those schools that are seeking appropriate websites for their students. Many of the Catholic Schools in Washington have access but need additional training on all the new features of the programs. Free classroom material will also be given to attendees to assist their students in research.
Target Audience: Pre-K-12 teachers and librarians
Presenter(s): Darrell Thompson, World Book Inc.
Sea-39 Stop and Think!: The Psychology of Self Regulation
Self-regulation has recently been identified by researchers as the single most important factor in academic achievement and success, but it’s on the decline in our society. This workshop will focus on psychologically-proven ways to promote self-regulation in children and teens, especially those who are showing problems with attention and behavior.
Target Audience: K-8 teachers and administrators
Presenter(s): Joseph White, Ph.D., Presenter
Sea-40 Putting Art at the Center of the Curriculum
This workshop will give a rationale from Scripture, life, and recent research for using art as a central part of the elementary and middle school curriculum. Participants will learn principles for making a successful art lesson, and will learn to teach a sample lesson that follows these principles, and will then use the lesson as part of a language arts lesson. The workshop will include ideas for integrating art with science, math, language arts, and social studies.
Target Audience: 1-8th grade teachers
Presenter(s): John Hofland, ArtAchieve
Sea-41 The LearnPad Tablet: Purpose Built for Education & SAFARI: Digital Curriculum Management
The LearnPad features a very simple, easy-to-use Android operating system designed around both the teacher and student. The unique, secure and customizable student interface allows the teacher to control which activities, applications, websites, and even assessments a student can use. Best of all, curriculum management is included and is available through a browser so you can edit lessons from anywhere. Come explore and see how the LearnPad can make integrating tablet technology easy and purposeful.
With SAFARI Montage CreationStation, school districts have the ability to easily upload and manage their own digital video and other content and to disseminate it to all classrooms throughout the district. With the introduction of its new Pathways Module - the road to the future of classroom communications - SAFARI Montage now gives districts the ability to control, manage and schedule classroom and district devices. The Pathways SM module is a powerful new addition to the SAFARI Montage suite of products, which forms a total enterprise solution that provides System Administrators the tools to manage all of their digital media intelligently throughout the district while improving teaching, learning and achievement for 21st- century students.
Target Audience: Pre-K-12 teachers, librarians, administrators
Presenter(s): Alex Stuart, ACT
Sea-42 STEM Learning Labs on the Golf Course (Science)
The learning labs for teachers will provide an overview of First Green's program including sample lesson plans on our website. It will have brief two brief professionally developed videos for a total time of about 10 minutes with time for questions and answers. We will describe how STEM learning takes place on golf courses, and then involve the teachers in two or three of the actual learning labs where they are participants and our First Green team will teach the labs just as we do on golf courses. Teachers will do the labs and talk with the presenters about how this fits with their grade level curriculum. Each lab takes about 20 minutes.
Target Audience: 2-12th grade teachers and administrators
Presenter(s): Steve Kealy, Golf Course Supt., Glendale Country Club and Cathy Relyea, Marketing Programs Director First Green Foundation
Sea-43 Ten Essential Principles of Human Dignity Every Student Should Know
Learn ten of the most important principles of reason, ethics, and justice, and how you can use them to guide students in everything from pro-life values, to social justice, to good character formation. Explore topics such as inalienable rights, the intrinsic dignity of the person, do no harm, the ends versus the means, and the four levels of happiness. Includes an interactive introduction to the nationally-acclaimed new supplemental learning program, "Principles and Choices" for high school classrooms. Plus, hands-on demonstrations of text, drama, audio-visual, media, internet, and social media resources.
Target Audience: 8-12th grade teachers
Presenter(s): Camille Pauley, Healing the Culture
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