San Bernardino
San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools will hold a series of seminars throughout the 2014-15 academic year featuring national experts to assist schools and districts in the transition to the new Common Core State Standards and Local Control Funding Formula mandates.
The series of seminars will be held beginning in September and running through May 2015. The seminars are targeted to teachers, administrators and leadership teams from schools and districts. The talks will be on the following topics: Developing Successful Family/Community Partnerships; Instructional Strategies To Support Common Core State Standards Practices in Mathematics and Educational Technology; Pedagogy Of Academic Success: Language, Literacy and Writing.
Registration for the events is being held online at http://oms.sbcss.k12.ca.us.
Following is a listing of the dates in each of the series, along with the featured speakers: Developing Successful Family/Community Partnerships: Sept. 17 (Roberto Vargas); Dec. 8-9 (Joyce Epstein); and Spring 2015 (Karen Mapp).
Instructional Strategies To Support Common Core State Standards Practices in Mathematics and Educational Technology: Sept. 22, 23 or 24 (Dan Meyer); Oct. 6 or 7 (Karen Karp); Jan. 29 or 30, 2015 (Sherry Parrish); and May 20, 2015 (Alan November).
Pedagogy Of Academic Success: Language, Literacy and Writing: Nov. 18 and Nov. 19-20 (Tim Shanahan); Oct. 14 and Feb. 18-19, 2015 (Aida Walqui); Jan. 14-15, 2015, and March 24, 2015 (Ruth Culham); and March 9, 2015 (Doug Fisher).
For additional information about the events, contact County Schools’ Education Support Services office at (909) 386-2608.