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 "Educating All Kinds of Minds:
Teachers and Administrators
Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM *If mailed no later than November 1, 2007 Dr. Levine will present an optimistic and scientifically supported approach to dealing with individual learning differences among school age children from kindergarten through college. He will provide an overview of eight key areas of brain function entitled "The Neurodevelopmental Constructs." These areas include: controls of attention, temporal-sequential ordering, spatial ordering, memory, language, neuromotor function, social cognition, and higher order cognition. Within this framework, children possess distinct profiles of the eight areas. Included are: the rate of processing, the ability to handle large amounts of information, the capacity to make good use of strategies to facilitate function, the use of self-monitoring, the habit of thinking about thinking while thinking, and the influences of specific kinds of subject matter on the functions themselves. Dr. Levine will talk about the pivotal implications of this model for the scientific study of children and for the future of American education. Objectives of the seminar are to:
Dr. Mel Levine is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Medical School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Levine is also the founder of , a non-profit institute for the understanding of differences in learning. He initiated and is currently collaborating in Schools Attuned, a national project designed to enhance the capacity of teachers to deal with children and adolescents having academic difficulties. Dr. Levine's major research and clinical interests are focused on learning processes and the specific dysfunctions that impede the education of many children and adolescents. He advocates a non-labeling approach, one that pinpoints and manages students' specific breakdown points, strengths and affinities without stigmatizing or oversimplifying them. Dr. Levine is the author of numerous books and articles, including Keeping a Head in School, All Kinds of Minds, The Myth of Laziness, and A Mind at a Time, which was number one on the New York Times bestseller list. His recent book, Ready or Not, Here Life Comes, is about individuals with what he calls "work life unreadiness" and how we can prepare students to become more productive and gratified adults. He has also completed work on a public television documentary and an extensive video library in conjunction with WGBH in Boston. In 2005 he was named by Scholastic Press as the Most Admired Person in Education. Dr. Levine graduated summa cum laude from Brown University and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford in England. He later graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed his pediatric training at The Children's Hospital in Boston.
Early Bird registration must be mailed no later than November 1, 2007, to:
Private School Liaison For additional information, please contact Joyce Maksin at (916) 228-2218 or jmaksin@scoe.net
 "Solving the Assessment Puzzle"
Teachers and Administrators
Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM *If mailed no later than November 9, 2007 How and why do we assess students? What do we learn from assessment? These are the essential questions of this workshop. We will examine assessment terminology and the role of standardized tests, but the major emphasis is on how to use pre-assessment, formative assessment (progress monitoring), and summative assessment tools when differentiating classroom instruction. We will address how to ensure that standards are linked with curriculum units and how and when to create rubrics. We will also discuss grading and its role and implications in the assessment and learning process. Participants will leave the workshop with rubrics and practical tools they can use in their classrooms immediately! Workshop Topics Include:
Carolyn Coil, Ed.D. is an internationally known presenter and educator. An enthusiastic, motivating and energetic speaker, she has worked in the field of education for over 30 years. She has a master's degree in gifted and special education and a doctorate in educational leadership. Carolyn currently teaches courses in gifted and talented education and presents workshops for teachers and administrators on a wide variety of topics, including: Assessment Strategies, Gifted Education, Differentiation, Learning Styles, Motivating Underachievers, and Parent/Teacher Collaboration. She has taught at all grade levels and has been an Adjunct Professor at several universities. Carolyn has presented at national, state and local workshops throughout the United States and in several countries in Europe and Asia. She is the author of a number of best-selling educational books published by Pieces of Learning, including Solving the Assessment Puzzle and Activities and Assessments for the Differentiated Classroom. She has also been listed in numerous publications, such as the International Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement, 5000 Personalities of the World, and Who's Who in American Education.
Early Bird registration must be mailed no later than November 1, 2007, to:
Private School Liaison For additional information, please contact Joyce Maksin at (916) 228-2218 or jmaksin@scoe.net
"Challenging the Gifted Students
Teachers and Administrators
Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM *If mailed no later than November 9, 2007 The needs of gifted students—those who learn or have the potential to learn at a faster rate and in more depth than their age level peers—are sometimes overlooked in today's schools. Yet these students have great promise as well as the potential to be some of our best thinkers and future problem solvers. Our goal should be to teach gifted students in such a way as to ensure their intellectual growth and help them fully develop their talents and abilities. In this workshop, you will learn a variety of practical approaches to use in teaching gifted students. Discover ways to infuse rigor into your lessons and units. Learn about differentiation strategies that challenge gifted students and take into account their individual differences. In addition, we will address some common concerns of parents of gifted children and discuss how to best work with them. Workshop Tpoics Include:
Carolyn Coil, Ed.D. is an internationally known presenter and educator. An enthusiastic, motivating and energetic speaker, she has worked in the field of education for over 30 years. She has a master's degree in gifted and special education and a doctorate in educational leadership. Carolyn currently teaches courses in gifted and talented education and presents workshops for teachers and administrators on a wide variety of topics, including: Assessment Strategies, Gifted Education, Differentiation, Learning Styles, Motivating Underachievers, and Parent/Teacher Collaboration. She has taught at all grade levels and has been an Adjunct Professor at several universities. Carolyn has presented at national, state and local workshops throughout the United States and in several countries in Europe and Asia. She is the author of a number of best-selling educational books published by Pieces of Learning, including Solving the Assessment Puzzle and Activities and Assessments for the Differentiated Classroom. She has also been listed in numerous publications, such as the International Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement, 5000 Personalities of the World, and Who's Who in American Education.
Early Bird registration must be mailed no later than November 1, 2007, to:
Private School Liaison For additional information, please contact Joyce Maksin at (916) 228-2218 or jmaksin@scoe.net
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