Professional+Development

Darlington School Professional Development Opportunities __**Online**__

Darlington's Online Professional Development Site - During this course you will learn a variety of technology tools for work and in the classroom. The course has been developed in sections providing instructions and videos to learn the tools more thoroughly.

The "23 Things" are doable learning activities related to Web 2.0 tools and concepts. You will complete 2-3 "Things" per week. Detailed instructions for completing each "Thing" will be provided as you work through the course, linked from the "23 Things" page. Each "Thing" will introduce (or expand upon) a new tool or concept through one or more discovery exercises, followed by a learning task. The discovery exercises are "where the learning really happens" and are necessary for you to complete each task successfully.

**__Technology__**

iSummit 2012 - Atlanta, GA- July 10-11, 2012 -This progressive conference, sponsored by the **Coalition of Lighthouse Schools**, connects administrators, teachers, and IT professionals with education leaders whose focus is Apple's mobile technologies and ubiquitous learning in educational environments for 21st century education.

[|iPads & ePubs in the Classroom - Atlanta, GA]- June 14-15, 2012 - This session will focus on effective iPad integration from both a conceptual as well as a practical standpoint. It begins with understanding what the iPad device provides and how to maximize its features. The workshop also includes helpful iPad "tips and tricks," the best apps to boost productivity and ensure smooth workflow, and a look at some of the most intriguing educational apps that leverage the device's creative potential. Participants will learn how to create and distribute PDF and eBook documents to the iPad and will experiment with various iPad apps and web tools such as iBooks Author, Joliprint, and dotePub, that can be used to read and annotate digital content directly on the iPad. Finally, it outlines some of the effective ways that K-8 educators are already integrating the iPad in their classrooms, as well as how to create new, custom curriculum content specifically for the device.

[|Teaching the Elementary Grades with Technology - Atlanta, GA]- June 11-13, 2012- Explore online tools and activities that nurture essential K-4 developmental skills and highlight innovative educational uses of the //Read-Write Web//. We'll show how primary school teachers are using blogs, wikis, podcasts, tablets, interactive whiteboards, and other tools to create meaningful and engaging activities. In addition, we will examine the best K-4 web sites, work with innovative tools to help improve student reading, writing, and mathematics, and learn different strategies to build creative, collaborative, and community minded classrooms.

Taft Education Center - Watertown, CT- June 24 - July 27, 2012 -Professional development workshops in: Math, English, Science, World Languages, Computer Technology, Library Science, and many Others. Our Advance Placement* and non-Advanced Placement instructors bring participants a new twist and excitement to teaching. Our participants leave with a wealth of materials and information including a thumb drive that contains all workshop handouts in digital form.

Every Teacher Every Learner - Woodward Academy - Atlanta, GA May-June - Whether leading a classroom, a department or an entire school community, every educator has numerous opportunities to influence learners in meaningful ways. Here is your chance to learn more about fostering student motivation, instructional strategies to engage the brain, procedures and routines that defuse and prevent discipline problems, 21st century literacies, and educating the whole child. This summer, renew the spirit that initially brought you into the teaching and learning profession!

iGeneration - Lakeview Academy - Gainsville, GA August 2-3, 2012 - Their Summer Technology and Learning Institute is designed to prepare teachers and administrators to use the latest brain-based teaching strategies and emerging technologies to reach the iGeneration. They use TPACK (Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge) as an overarching framework incorporating classroom responses to mind, brain and education research, lesson design and differentiation. Topics will include: Assessment, Portfolios, Rubrics, curriculum design, project based learning and much more. You won’t want to miss this truly visionary approach that provides real world application for the seamless use of technology to enhance instruction and learning. Engage your students and increase your awareness of reflective practices that will meaningfully reach the children of today.

__**Teaching and Learning**__

ASCD Fall Conference on "Revolutionizing the Way We Lead and Learn" Atlanta, GA October 26–28, 2012

AP Summer Institute- Marist School, Atlanta, GA - June/July 2012 - Marist School will offer college board endorsed AP teacher training in advanced placement studies.

Zoo Atlanta- Atlanta, GA -April, June, July 2012 -What better way to spend your professional development time than learning and having fun at Zoo Atlanta? In addition to science and conservation information, every Zoo workshop includes an animal encounter! Participants also receive a grade-appropriate curriculum packet full of hands-on activities aligned with State Standards.

American Studies Summer Workshop - The Lovett School - Atlanta, GA - June 7-8, 2012 - The workshop is geared toward secondary school teachers who want to encourage their students to learn about America from an interdisciplinary perspective, but all educators and graduate students are welcomed. Participants who successfully complete this workshop will earn one PLU. As always, ALL conference materials and ALL meals are included with the price. Register now! The early-bird registration discount for Lovett's American Studies Institute Summer 2012 Workshop ends March 30, 2012. Special rates are available for schools sending more than one teacher and for graduate students.

Taft Education Center - Watertown, CT- June 24 - July 27, 2012 -Professional development workshops in: Math, English, Science, World Languages, Computer Technology, Library Science, and many Others. Our Advance Placement* and non-Advanced Placement instructors bring participants a new twist and excitement to teaching. Our participants leave with a wealth of materials and information including a thumb drive that contains all workshop handouts in digital form.

Every Teacher Every Learner- Woodward Academy - Atlanta, GA May-June -Whether leading a classroom, a department or an entire school community, every educator has numerous opportunities to influence learners in meaningful ways. Here is your chance to learn more about fostering student motivation, instructional strategies to engage the brain, procedures and routines that defuse and prevent discipline problems, 21st century literacies, and educating the whole child. This summer, renew the spirit that initially brought you into the teaching and learning profession!