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CUSD Staff Events Calendar 2002-2003 School Year
August
8 Microsoft FrontPage
Basics Computer Training (8:30 am - 12:30 pm) - CHS, Room 143 
Mentor Teacher Training
(contact Assistant Superintendent's office for more details)
12 Mandatory Administrator Meeting
8:00 am - Collinsville High School Library
13 Easy Teacher Web Authoring
Computer Training (9:00 am - 11:00 am) - CHS, Room 230
14 New Teacher Mentor Training
Highland (contact Assistant Superintendent's office for more details)
15 New Teacher Orientation
8:00 am - Collinsville High School Library
August 15 Schedule
8:00 - 8:30 am Refreshments
8:30 - 9:00 am Overview and Opening Activity; Review of forms needed
9:00 - 9:30 am Overview of Special Education
9:30 - 11:00 am Computer Orientation in Room 230
11:00 - 11:30 am Insurance and Payroll Information
11:30 - 12:00 pm Mandated Reporter and Wrap Up
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 3:30 pm Work in individual buildings with building administrators
19 Teacher Institute Day - 7:30 am - 12:30 pm
August 19 Schedule
7:30 - 9:00 am Breakfast at Firemen's Hall
9:00 - 12:30 pm Building meetings
19 District Elementary "Meet the Teacher" Night
6:30 - 8:00 pm - All District Elementary School Locations

Sept.
4 Principals' Meeting
10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room (Professional Development topic)
19 Laidlaw Bus Drivers
9:30 - 10:30 am - Verbal De-escalation techniques at Laidlaw offices
20 Inservice Day (regular school hours)
September 20 Schedule
Secretarial and Clerical Assistant Staff
9:00 - 12:00 noon Training at CUSD Annex Building (123 West Clay Street)
High School Staff
7:30 am - 2:30 pm Building OTE Work
High School - Special Education Teachers
7:30 am - 2:30 pm Positive Behavior Supports - presented by Dr. Richard VanAcker
Early Childhood & PreK Staff
8:00 am - 3:00 pm Collaboration Portfolios @ CARD Center
Elementary School Staff
8:35 am - 10:05 am Primary Grade Teachers
Differentiating the Elementary Curriculum for Gifted Students - Presented by Judy Ackerman @ CHS in Rooms 100-102-104-106
Intermediate Grade Teachers
Computer Training - CHS
(see choices below)

Special Education Elementary Teachers
Separate session (see listing below)
 

Computer Training Sessions Available
Each elementary teacher will be able to attend one session during their designated "Computer Training" time slot.


1.  Room 230 (max. of 24 participants) - Using Schoolmaster for the Elementary Teacher and a Demonstration/Discussion of FrontPage for Creating Elementary Teacher WebPages (Presenter:  Sue Homes)
2.  Room 116 & 319 (max. of 30 participants per room) - Introduction to GroupWise Email Software (Presenters:  Sharon Putz and Chris Pendleton)
3.  Room 143 (max. of 24 participants) - Introduction to Inspiration Concept Mapping Software program (Presenter:  Geneva Cushing)
4.  Room 228 (max. of 24 participants) - Have Fun Creating Forms in Word (Presenters:  Sherry Murphy, Llynn Huntley and Karen Schemerhorn)

10:35 am - 12:05 pm Primary Grade Teachers
Computer Training - CHS (see choices above)
Intermediate Grade Teachers
Differentiating the Elementary Curriculum for Gifted Students - Presented by Judy Ackerman @ CHS
in Rooms 100-102-104-106
12:05 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 Grade Level Meetings (all Elementary Teachers)
Kindergarten - Meet at Renfro
1st Grade - Meet at Twin Echo
2nd Grade - Meet at Caseyville in the Cafeteria
3rd Grade - Meet at Webster
4th Grade - Meet at Summit
5th Grade - Meet at Kreitner
6th Grade - Meet at Maryville
Title/RITE - Meet at Webster
PE - Meet at Renfro with Darrin Houck
Music - Meet at Webster with Susan Jeffries
Elementary School Staff - Special Education Teachers
8:35 am - 3:30 pm
(lunch break will be provided)
Special Education Elementary Teachers
Software Training (Co:Writer, Write Out Loud, Draft Building) - Presented by Kristin Korte and Cindy Moore @ Hollywood Heights Elementary Computer Lab
Junior High School Staff
8:00 am - 3:00 pm Collaboration Training - Judy Wood, Trainer @ NJHS
Special Education Staff - Instructional Assistants
8:00 am - 3:00 pm TASK (Teaching Assistants Helping Kids) Training - Presented by Arlington Heights District 25 Staff @ CARD Center
Special Education Staff - Psychologists
8:00 am - 3:00 pm WIAT Training @ Special Education Office
Special Education - Speech/Language Therapists
8:00 am - 3:00 pm IEP Refresher Training and Testing/Evauation Refresher Training @ Renfro Elementary Computer Lab and Lounge
Special Education - Social Workers and BD Teachers
8:00 am - 3:00 pm Positive Behavior Supports @ Hollywood Heights Elementary Lounge - Presented by Ambrose Penico, ECHO
Technology Staff
8:00 am - 12:00 noon Assistance with Computer Training @ CHS
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Training @ Twin Echo (Computer Lab)
25 Principals' Meeting
10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room

October
2 1/2 School Improvement Day
October 2 Schedule
All Building-based district staff (except those identified separately below)
TBA Building-based Improvement Work in Afternoons After Lunch
CHS
Students will be dismissed at 10:35 am
North Jr. High
Students will be dismissed at 11:15 am
Elementary Schools
Students will be dismissed at 12:10 pm
Special Education Staff - Instructional Assistants
12:45 - 3:30 pm TASK (Teaching Assistants Helping Kids) Training - Presented by Arlington Heights District 25 Staff @ CARD Center
Special Education Staff - Social Workers
12:00 - 3:00 pm CPI Refresher Training @ Spec. Education Offices
Special Education Staff - Speech/Language Therapists
12:00 - 3:00 pm IEP Template refresher training @ Renfro Computer Lab
3 Introduction to Grade Machine Class
4:00 - 6:30 pm at Caseyville Elementary School in Computer Lab
Sign up online here - class limited to first 20 registrants
9 Principals' Meeting
10:00 am at Jefferson Elementary School in the Computer Lab
     Topics will include Disaggregating ISAT data and Using Groupwise
    
Please bring your ISAT data disk and laptop (laptop is optional)
9 CoWriter SmartApplet for AlphaSmart 3000 Training
4:00 - 6:00 pm in Cahokia - contact Special Education office for details.  CPDUs available.
21 Young Authors organizational meeting
4:00 pm - School Improvement Office in Edwardsville
22 Technology Staff Meeting
3:00 - 4:30 pm - Summit Elementary School Computer Lab
23 Principals' Meeting
10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room
24 Wiggleworks Software Training
4:00 - 8:00 pm at Webster Elementary School in Computer Lab
Open to elementary teachers in buildings with Wiggleworks software on network (Hollywood Heights, Maryville, Renfro and Webster).
25 Reading, 'Riting and 'Rithmetic in the Intellitools Classroom with Jennifer Ray Training
9:00 am - 12:00 noon in Granite City - contact Special Education office for details.  CPDUs available.

November
1 No School due to 10/28 & 10/30 Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences; Instructional Assistants must be report for work
1 First Planning meeting for the County Institute--contact Assistant Superintendent Karen Perry for more details.
November 1 Schedule
Special Education Staff - Instructional Assistants
8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Topic: Making Sense of Sensory Needs
Presenter: Robyn Somraty
Place: CHS, Rooms 104-106
Lunch will be on your own. You can return to your buildings in the afternoon and work in your classrooms.

6 Principals' Meeting - 10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room (Professional Development topic)
6 Overview of Assistive Technology:  Low and Mid-Tech Tools with Jennifer Sweeney (She will be covering a full range of low and high tech tools designed to help students function more independently and successfully)
4:00 - 9:00 pm (dinner provided) in Cahokia - contact Special Eduction office for more details.  CPDUs available.
19 Principals' Meeting - 10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room
20 1/2 School Improvement Day
November 20 Schedule
Special Education Staff - Instructional Assistants
12:00 - 3:00 pm TASK (Teaching Assistants Helping Kids) Training - Presented by Arlington Heights District 25 Staff @ CARD Center
Special Education Staff - Social Workers
12:00 - 3:00 pm Site visits
Special Education Staff - Speech/Language Therapists
1:00 - 3:00 pm Screening and Diagnosis of Central Auditory Processing Disorders - Presented by Dr. T.K. Parthasarathy, Professor Audiology, SIUE @ Special Ed. Office
Technology Staff
12:30 - 3:30 pm Work in respective schools.
All Other District Staff
Afternoon Building-based work; contact principal for details.

December
4 Principals' Meeting
10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room (Professional Development topic)
5 Technology Supports for Math with Kelly Fonner
9:00 am - 3:00 pm at Shawnee Community College - contact Special Education office for more information.  CPDUs available.
10 Scholastic Lexile Workshops @ Administrative Annex (123 West Clay)
     9:30 - 11:30 am
          or
    
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Contact your building principal or Assistant Superintendent Karen Perry for more details!
18 Principals' Meeting
10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room

January
8 Principals' Meeting
10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room (Professional Development topic)
16 Get SETT for Success with Assistive Technology with Joy Zabala Training - An overview of the school's legal responsibilities to provide assistive technology.  SETT is an assessment model for AT, using a team-based problem-solving model.  Contact Special Education office for more information.    CPDUs available.
21 Teacher Institute Day (5-hour Day)
January 21 Schedule
PreK Elementary Teachers
7:30 am - 12:30 pm Curriculum alignment - PreK Office (Webster Elementary)
Title and RITE Teachers
7:30 am - 12:30 pm 7:30 - 9:45 - Powerful Learning @ CHS, Rooms 100-102-104-106
9:45 - 10:00 - Break
10:00 - 10:15 - Travel to Hollywood Heights
10:15 - 12:30 - Wiggleworks Training
Grade K - 3 Elementary Teachers
7:30 am - 12:30 pm 7:30 - 9:45 - Powerful Learning @ CHS, Rooms 100-102-104-106
9:45 - 10:00 - Break
10:00 - 12:30 - Grade Level Meetings and/or Professional Development activities as determined by the grade level coordinator:
     Grade K - Renfro
     Grade 1 - Twin Echo
     Grade 2 - Room 103
     Grade 3 - Room 105
Grade 4 - 6 Elementary Teachers
7:30 am - 12:30 pm 7:30 - 10:00 - Grade Level Meetings and/or Professional Development activities as determined by the grade level coordinator:
     Grade 4 - CHS, Room 101
     Grade 5 - CHS, Room 103
     Grade 6 - CHS, Room 105
10:00 - 10:15 - Break
10:15 - 12:30 - Powerful Learning @ CHS, Rooms 100-102-104-106
Elementary Music and PE Teachers
7:30 am - 12:30 pm 7:30 - 10:00 - Department meetings @ CHS, Room 107
10:00 - 10:15 - Break
10:15 - 12:30 - Powerful Learning @ CHS, Rooms 100-102-104-106
North Junior High Staff
7:30 am - 12:30 pm TBA
Collinsville High Staff
7:30 am - 12:30 pm TBA
Special Education Staff - Instructional Assistants
7:30 am - 12:30 pm CPI Refresher Training @ Administrative Annex
123 West Clay Street (next to Admin. building)
Special Education Staff - Social Workers
7:30 am - 12:30 pm Grant workshop @ Spec. Education Offices
Special Education Staff - Speech/Language Therapists
7:30 am - 12:30 pm Boardmaker Software Training @ Renfro Elementary Computer Lab
Special Education Staff - Junior High
7:30 am - 12:30 pm TBA
22 Principals' Meeting
10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room
28 Technology Staff Meeting
3:00 - 4:30 pm - Summit Computer Lab

February
5 Principals' Meeting
10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room (Professional Development topic)
18 NBCT Pre-Candidacy Workshop
4:00 - 6:00 pm at Webster Elementary School - Presented by Terry Obernuefemann and Marchelle Kassebaum, NBCTs (session 1 of 5 sessions); deadline for registration is February 14.
19 Principals' Meeting
10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room
25 NBCT Pre-Candidacy Workshop
4:00 - 6:00 pm at Webster Elementary School - Presented by Terry Obernuefemann and Marchelle Kassebaum, NBCTs (session 2 of 5 sessions); deadline for registration was February 14.
26 1/2 School Improvement Day
February 26 Schedule
Special Education Staff - Instructional Assistants
TBA TASK (Teaching Assistants Helping Kids) Training - Presented by Arlington Heights District 25 Staff @ CARD Center
Special Education Staff - Social Workers
TBA Reactive Attachment Disorder Training - TBA
Special Education Staff - Speech/Language Therapists
TBA Review of Phonemic Awareness materials - TBA
Junior High Staff
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Collaboration Training - Judy Wood, Trainer @ NJHS
(Judy Wood will conduct classroom observations in the morning and present in the afternoon.)
Technology Staff
12:30 - 3:30 pm Meeting and Hands-on Training @ Jefferson Elementary School in the Computer Lab

March

4

NBCT Pre-Candidacy Workshop
4:00 - 6:00 pm at Webster Elementary School - Presented by Terry Obernuefemann and Marchelle Kassebaum, NBCTs (session 3 of 5 sessions); deadline for registration was February 14.
5 Principals' Meeting
10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room (Professional Development topic)
6 Introduction to HyperStudio training
3:50 - 6:20 pm @ Webster Elementary School's Computer Lab
Registration through Technology Office
7 Visual Strategies for Educational and Behavioral Support - presented by Susan Stokes.  This workshop will focus on visual strategies for students with autism, low cognitive functioning, and related disorders.  These strategies will greatly increase the student's independent functioning level.  Contact Special Education office for more information.  CPDUs available.

11

NBCT Pre-Candidacy Workshop
4:00 - 6:00 pm at Webster Elementary School - Presented by Terry Obernuefemann and Marchelle Kassebaum, NBCTs (session 4 of 5 sessions); deadline for registration was February 14.
13 District Language Arts Meeting @ 4:00 pm in the Administrative Annex on Clay Street.
14 Madison County Institute Day @ Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

18

NBCT Pre-Candidacy Workshop
4:00 - 6:00 pm at Webster Elementary School - Presented by Terry Obernuefemann and Marchelle Kassebaum, NBCTs (session 5 of 5 sessions); deadline for registration was February 14.
19 Principals' Meeting
10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room
26 1/2 School Improvement Day
March 26 Schedule
Special Education Staff - Social Workers, Elementary Special Ed Teachers (choice), Nurses and Psychologists
1:00 - 3:30 pm "Issues of Attachment" - Presentation on attachment disorders - Presented by Keith Neuber @ CARD Center
Special Education Staff - Speech/Language Therapists, Early Childhood Teachers, Primary Special Education Teachers
12:30 - 3:30 pm Phonemic Awareness Training @ Administrative Annex - Presented by Heidi Herbers (ISU)
Special Education Staff - Elementary Ed Teachers and Assistants
12:30 - 3:30 pm IEP Training and Collaboration @ individual buildings
Junior High Staff
12:30 - 3:30 pm Collaboration Training - Judy Wood, Trainer @ NJHS
(Judy Wood will conduct classroom observations in the morning and present in the afternoon.)
Technology Staff
12:30 - 3:30 pm Meeting and Hands-on Training @ Renfro Elementary School in the Computer Lab

April
7 Wiggleworks Integration Workshop - 4:00 - 5:30 pm @ Maryville Elementary School in the Computer Lab.  Register for workshop through district technology office.
16 Principals' Meeting - 10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room (School Law topic - presented by Merry Rhodes)
23 Principals' Meeting - 10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room
23 Computer Support Specialist Training
9:00 am - 12:00 noon AlphaSmart Training @ Administrative Building (basement conference room)
CSSers must bring an AlphaSmart & USB cable with them to the training.
23 Timeliner 5.0 & Mapmaker's Toolkit Training
2:30 - 5:30 pm @ Collinsville High School - Room 116
Register for training through district technology office.
30 Timeliner 5.0 & Mapmaker's Toolkit Training
3:00 - 6:00 pm @ North Jr. High School - Computer Lab
Register for training through district technology office.
May
6 Principals' Meeting - 10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room (Professional Development topic)
6 Microsoft FrontPage Teacher Web Page Training - 4:00 - 6:00 pm @ North Jr. High School in the Computer Lab
Register for training online on district web site under "News Headlines"
7 1/2 School Improvement Day
14 Technology Staff Meeting - END OF YEAR PROCEDURES - Meet in the Administration Building Basement Conference Room (2:00 - 4:30 pm)
21 Principals' Meeting - 10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room
29 Teacher Institute Day (5 Hour Day)
June
4 Principals' Meeting - 10:00 am at Administration Building in Conference Room
16 National Board Certified Teacher pre-candidacy workshop led by Terry Obernuefemann @ Renfro Elementary School in the computer lab (8 am - 1 pm)
17 National Board Certified Teacher pre-candidacy workshop led by Terry Obernuefemann @ Renfro Elementary School in the computer lab (8 am - 1 pm)
18 National Board Certified Teacher pre-candidacy workshop led by Terry Obernuefemann @ Renfro Elementary School in the computer lab (8 am - 1 pm)

 

 


 
 
 
 


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