1/14 Support Students with Social Emotional Learning in the Library 3 hrs K-12
Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Time: 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Location: Region 10 ESC, Spring Valley Location: Hunt Room
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Description: Social Emotional Learning or SEL involves the act of helping students develop skills to manage their emotions, resolve conflicts, and make responsible decisions. There are great books in the library that will help spark great conversations and thinking about empathy and global connections. This session will explore the topic and share resources and best practices in the library and in the classroom.
1/28 Exploring the New ELAR TEKS for Librarians and Curriculum Support
Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Time: 9:00 pm- 12:00 pm
Location: Region 10 ESC, Spring Valley Location: Hunt Room
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Description:
The seven strands of the essential knowledge and skills for English language arts and reading adopted in 2017 are intended to be integrated for instructional purposes. Curriculum support staff will explore the seven strands of the new ELAR TEKS, targeting academic vocabulary, the interconnected nature of strands and SEs. Session activities will focus on connections between curriculum, classroom instruction, and library programming.
1/28 TexQuest Tune Up
Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm- 4:00 pm
Location: Region 10 ESC, Spring Valley Location: Hunt Room
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Description: TexQuest-the statewide digital resources package that provides anytime, anywhere access to high quality, authoritative digital resources is a dynamic package that has much to offer subscribers. Join this session to stay in the loop on any recent changes, integration strategies, TEKS correlations, differentiation options and more!
2/19 Through the Library Lens Primary Sources and Picture Books
Date: Wednesday, February 19. 2020
Time: 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Location: Region 10 ESC, Spring Valley Location: Bowie Room
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Description: According to the Library of Congress, “primary sources provide a window into the past—unfiltered access to the record of artistic, social, scientific and political thought and achievement during the specific period under study, produced by people who lived during that period” (Library of Congress). The school library is the perfect avenue to bring these pieces together, using relevant picture books and digital resources to focus on primary sources. This session will explore resources, literature, and best practices in supporting primary sources in the library.
2/27 Through the Library Lens Digital Citizenship: Cultivating a #DigCit State of Mind
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020
Time: 9:00 pm-4:00 pm
Location: Region 10 ESC, Spring Valley Location:Kaufman Room
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North Texas Teen Book Festival Teacher Professional Development: Books, Books, Books: A Symposium for Educators @ NTTBF
Date: Friday, March 6, 2020
Time: 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Location: Irving Convention Center 500 Las Colinas Blvd. Irving, TX 75039
Description: Join Sam Houston State University professors, Dr. Rose Brock, Dr. Karin Perry, and Dr. Teri Lesesne as they welcome special guests Gordon Korman, Elizabeth Acevado, Soman Chainani, Holly Goldberg Sloan, Max Brallier, and over two dozen more MG and YA authors to North Texas as they share the best new books for readers, as well focus on practical and exciting ways to engage young readers from upper elementary through high school.COST: FREE to ALL No Library Coop membership required
The North Texas Teen Book Festival will be held on Sat. March 7, 2020. More details available at http://www.northtexasteenbookfestival.com/
4/1 New Poetry Across the Content Areas
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Time: 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Location: Region 10 ESC, Spring Valley Location: Grayson Room
Description: New and Improved!! With the revision of the ELAR TEKS, all Texas students K-12, will be reading and writing poetry. Often, the perception is that poetry is written by “old dead guys’ and is not alive and relevant. This updated session will focus on ways to use content-specific poetry to introduce or summarize content objectives and to extend classroom learning to the library. Participants will have access to current poetry resources to help with collection development and will explore strategies and lessons tying into content area objective.
4/1 Augmented Reality and Screen-Agers: Grab their attention with AR
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Time: 1:00 am-4:00 pm
Location: Region 10 ESC, Spring Valley Location: Grayson Room
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4/21 Library Connections: Supporting Students with Dyslexia
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Time: 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Location: Region 10 ESC, Spring Valley Location: Hunt Room
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Description: Every educator needs allies and support on the campus. Your campus librarian can be a great partner to help support the needs of students with Dyslexia. This session is for librarians, library staff, and any educator who deals with students with Dyslexia. The goal is to increase awareness and to discuss strategies, resources, and more to make sure students with Dyslexia are not left behind when it comes to the library.
TexQuest training available to all R10 Schools on request throughout the year:
Go to TexQuest.net for more information, http://texquest.net/welcome
Available to all TexQuest Members for content area teams
Contact me for personalized TexQuest training for your grade levels/content areas.
