Teaching theories and styles have changed throughout the course of history. Here is a quick recap of inventions and new technology that revolutionized education:

1801: Chalkboard: George Baron, an instructor at West Point Military Academy, is considered to be the first American instructor to incorporate the use of a large black chalk board into the presentation of his math lessons.

1950s: Overhead projector: The overhead projector was widely used in schools across the United States.

1972: Calculators: Texas Instruments made calculators available and affordable to schools.

1995: Internet: By 1995 most schools transitioned from typewriters to computers and the internet is widely used in school buildings throughout the United States.

1998: Interactive whiteboards: Interactive whiteboards are introduced and educators began using the new technology in their classrooms.

2001: Online field trip: Museums and historical sites begin to offer online and virtual field trips so students can experience distant events without leaving the classroom.

2011: ? ? ?

Early on, technology in education evolved slowly, but over the past decade it has exploded. Blended learning – mixing technology and other learning environments to teach – has not only become more popular, but also over the next several years, it may become the norm. Inside the School understands educators’ desire to learn and implement classroom technology, and we also know teachers need technology training. That’s why Inside the School has worked with one of the top experts in classroom technology training. Curt Bonk, Ph.D. is a professor, author and world-class speaker on the blended learning and he shares his tips, advice and insight on the subject in this two-and-a-half hour training series.

The 2-part series Staying Connected: Teaching with Technology includes the seminars on CD, transcripts, and handout material in one convenient binder.

Part 1: Prepare for Natural Disasters and Outbreaks with Blended Learning

Have you ever fallen behind in your lesson plans, missed one-on-one time with students due to illness or had class canceled from a natural disaster? You never know when the next Hurricane Katrina or H1N1 epidemic will strike. Educators from across the country are taking advantage of today’s technology to continue delivering the curriculum education and keep communication lines open during crisis.

What these forward-thinking teachers are doing is called Blended Learning, an approach to education that combines the best of the face-to-face classroom instruction with the best of the Web. Blended learning is not just a new technological option, but a strong possibility of the future norm.

In the upcoming seminar, Prepare for Natural Disasters and Outbreaks with Blended Learning, instructional systems technology expert Curt Bonk, Ph.D., will explain how you can create a plan for the unexpected and serve your students better. In the presentation, Bonk will lay out powerful and motivational blended learning solutions from which to choose. Become an expert today about what will be expected of you tomorrow.

After participating in Prepare for Natural Disasters and Outbreaks with Blended Learning you will be able to:

• Define blended learning as well as use it in many contexts and courses
• Grasp the advantages as well as the disadvantages of blended learning
• Know how to use different blended learning approaches or models
• Understand how to link supplemental Web tools, activities and resources to enhance and extend a course or unit beyond traditional boundaries
• More readily incorporate learning technologies and resources-low-risk, low-cost, low-time ones as well as more risky and time consuming approaches
• Walk away with several blended learning options for typical problems and situations that arise (e.g., addressing diverse learners, creating communities, fostering collaboration, providing feedback, etc.)

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Part 2: The Perfect E-Storm: Emerging Technologies, Enormous Demand, and Erased Budgets

Social networking sites are now mainstream for students and many educators are not willing to make the adjustments to connect with students at the digital level. Do not fight the new world of social networking, but use it as an opportunity to reach out and connect with current and future students. Inside the School’s upcoming online seminar will show you ways to use the many new and exciting educational technologies.

Our students are living in a digital world and it’s our responsibility as educators to prepare them to be successful in that world. That means that we must incorporate digital portfolios, games and simulations, and peer-to-peer technologies to enhance the curriculum and engage our students. But budgets are tight and getting tighter. How do we meet the needs of our 21st century learners on a 20th century budget?

As an educator, you may be already implementing or considering new and innovative ways to include technological opportunities, but unfortunately, funding resources are being depleted. As this perfect e-storm surrounds us, we must think carefully about how we’ll navigate our technology plans to meet the students’ 21st century needs.  

After participating in The Perfect E-Storm Emerging Technologies, Enormous Demand, and Erased Budgets you will be able to:

• Be aware of more than a dozen emerging learning technologies and how they can impact teaching and learning in a positive way
• Understand how technology and pedagogy link together to offer exciting learning possibilities
• Build classes that offer outlets for learning when traditional, classroom-based teaching are impossible
• Understand how to link supplemental web tools, activities and resources to enhance and extend a course or unit beyond traditional boundaries
• Learn why online learning is popular in K-12 education and where it’s headed
• Have solutions for different problems or situations: from swine flu to earthquakes to winter storms
• Design creative and engaging activities on extremely low budgets

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About the Series…

In the 2-part-series, Staying Connected: Teaching with Technology, the entire school staff can watch the presentation as a group for staff development training or they can watch it on their preparation hours or from the convenience of their own home. Your entire school district will have the 2-part-series at their fingertips for years to come.

The seminar is presented in a special browser window that features a slide show presentation in one panel and sound and playback controls in another panel. The seminar can be viewed on a single computer screen or be projected onto a larger one for a group setting.

The entire 2-part package is delivered in one binder that contains the CDs, handout materials and transcripts.

Who would benefit from this series?

• Administrators
• Teachers
• Counselors
• IT Staff
• Support staff members
• School psychologists
• Community Stakeholders
• Curriculum directors

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More about Curt Bonk
Curt Bonk received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin. He is Professor of Instructional Systems Technology in the School of Education at Indiana University and adjunct in the School of Informatics. He has received the CyberStar Award from the Indiana Information Technology Association, the Most Outstanding Achievement Award from the U.S. Distance Learning Association, and the Most Innovative Teaching in a Distance Education Program Award from the State of Indiana.

Curt has given nearly 1,000 talks around the globe related to online teaching and learning. In addition, he has given over 230 publications on topics such as online learning pedagogy, massive multiplayer online gaming, wikibooks, blogging, open source software, collaborative technologies, and synchronous and asynchronous computer conferencing. He is author of the Handbook of Blended Learning: Global Perspectives, Local Designs (2006) as well as Empowering Online Learning: 100+ Activities for Reading, Reflecting, Displaying, and Doing (2008), The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education (2009). Curt is President of CourseShare and SurveyShare (see http://mypage.iu.edu/~cjbonk/; email: cjbonk@indiana.edu).

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Congratulations. You’re the superintendent, principal, assistant principal, head of your district or department. You’re responsible for hundreds, maybe thousands of students, faculty and community stakeholders. Now what?

You are qualified. You’ve earned your credentials and you’ve paid your dues in the classroom. The school board, your peers, students, community members and the students’ parents respect you. However, other than the person who sat in your desk before you, who can confidentially prepare you for the many hats you have to wear? There is no plain language and practical guide to running a district on your bookshelf.

Inside the School has developed a package of resources to assist you with your many duties. Communicating with the community, student discipline, hiring faculty and dealing with budgets all fall into your realm of responsibility.

Leading the Way: A Guide to Administration is a comprehensive review for all administrators!

Led by experts in education, some who are former principals and superintendents themselves, the resources provide an in-depth look at some of the most critical topics impacting school district leaders.

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Created for superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, vice principals, executive directors, teacher leaders and anyone involved in top-level decision making. It’s content-rich, convenient, and affordable. Leading the Way: A Guide to Administration will help you:

• Keep the communication lines open between community members and parents
• Effectively discipline students while involving all parties
• Learn ways to work with your budget to retain your best teachers
• Implement programs to help new teachers acclimate to your school
• Learn tips to avoid teacher burnout that you can share with your faculty and staff
• And More!

Delivered on CD, each seminar in the series lasts approximately one hour (except the bonus 20-Minute Trainer CD), and features a blend of video and PowerPoint. Each seminar also includes transcripts and reproducible handouts. Your entire district can use these resources for years to come and you can review the material as it becomes timely.

• Identify school district stakeholders
• Understand the importance of parent involvement at all levels
• Know the difference between inclusion and involvement
• Know ways to provide timely information to parents
• Apply techniques to bring families, area businesses and students together
• Build trust with community stakeholders

Seminar #2 Dealing with Student Discipline

• Explain why their school-wide discipline policy should be part of the school culture for everyone, not just for students who get into trouble
• Identify and resolve points of conflict between teachers and principals regarding the application of the school discipline code
• Address problems of inconsistency in applying school rules
• Identify the “circle of discipline” a principal should use when dealing with a student who has been removed from the classroom
• Develop a plan for including teachers, principals, students and parents for a periodic review of the discipline program

Seminar #3 Strategies to Improve Teacher Hiring

• How to write a job advertisement that is "truth in advertising"
• How to take the skills listed in the job advertisement and turn them into behavior based interviewing style questions
• How to complete the steps for writing the behavior-based interview questions
• How to use 4-5 questions for the preliminary phone and job fair questions
• How to use behavior based interviewing questions in the all important on site interview
• How to create an interview evaluation instrument and/or rubric
• Training in illegal questions that cannot be asked
• How to make the final hiring decision
• How to use interviewing as a recruitment tool for your district

Seminar #4 Ways to Retain Teachers When Budgets are Tight

• Learn how to understand the need for hiring new teachers who are the right match for the job opening
• Learn how to see the value of induction programs for increasing the retention of new hires
• Provide supervision that is collegial and helps the new hire
• Learn how to establish professional learning communities that allow new teachers to study common classroom issues with other teachers
• Know how to set a businesslike tone in the workplace
• Personalize administrator support of new teachers
• Be able to plan professional development opportunities that are effective and reasonably priced
• Know how to provide teachers with leadership opportunities in the school and district

Seminar #5 Helping Beginning Teachers Succeed: 5 Strategies for Induction

• Create orientation programs for new hires
• Organize ongoing support seminars for new teachers that take place throughout the first year
• Know what makes orientation and ongoing seminars work and know what hot topics to include to help new teachers
• Plan a mentoring program that pairs new hires with experienced teachers
• Plan the training needed for the mentors
• Plan book studies and other small group professional learning communities for new teachers
• Plan for social events and networking that help new teachers get established
• Evaluate and assess the teacher induction programming

*BONUS*: 20-Minute Trainer: How Can I Prevent Emotional Exhaustion?

• Better ground your daily practice and relationships in the sustaining and empowering energy that drew you towards teaching in the first place
• Think more broadly about your energy levels
• Identify areas of your profession that are the most "energy-giving"

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About the Presenters:

Vera J. Blake, Ph.D. is a retired principal and author. A graduate of St. Paul’s College (B.S.), the University of Virginia (M.Ed) and Vanderbilt University (Ed.D), Blake was the 2000 Virginia Middle School Principal of the Year, the 1999 Fairfax County Principal of the Year, and a 2000 Washington Post Distinguished Educational Leader.

Currently, Blake is working as a school improvement coach/consultant in several school districts across the nation and the U.S. Virgin Island Public Schools. She maintains a professional interest in curriculum supervision and in middle and high school levels of teacher and administrator preparation.

Mary C. Clement is a professor of teacher education at Berry College in Georgia. She is the author of seven books, including How to Interview, Hire, and Retain High-Quality New Teachers and Building the Best Faculty. She has presented on the topic of teacher hiring at national ASCD, NAESP, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Delta Kappa conferences. A high school foreign language teacher for eight years, Clement received her doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before entering higher education.

Suzanne Tingley began her career in education by teaching English in Paraguay, South America as a Peace Corps Volunteer. She is a former high school and middle school English teacher, Department Chair, Academic Dean, principal and superintendent with experience in private and public schools.

She is an adjunct professor for the State University of New York in the Department of Education Administration. She is an “Outstanding Administrator Award” recipient, given by the New York State School Library Association. In 2007 she was named a “Woman of Distinction” by the New York State Senate. She has taught many workshops and seminars and has authored books and articles on various educational subjects.

She holds a BA from The Ohio State University and an MS from the State University of New York at Oswego.

Nathan Eklund, M.Ed. is Search Institute’s Senior Education Consultant.  In this capacity Eklund works with schools nationwide in implementing strength-based strategies and in professional development efforts to improve school and staff climates. Prior to his present role, Eklund taught high school English for twelve years and was head coach of the boys’ soccer team.

Eklund holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from St. Olaf College and a Masters of Education from the College of St. Scholastica. Eklund is an author, consultant and a national keynote speaker around educational themes.

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Have practical training at your fingertips.

Administrators put in long days juggling many tasks. They raise their families in the stadium’s bleachers and the auditorium’s seats. Who has time to work in professional development? Attending conferences is time consuming and the reward is a stack of phone messages, a full e-mail in box, and a line of teachers outside the office door. Working with a consultant stretches an already tight budget.

Leading the Way: A Guide to Administration will allow you to view the presentations on your schedule and as many times as you’d like.

Cost:
The entire Leading the Way: A Guide to Administration package costs $899, and as with all of our products . . . shipping is free. The package is ideal for training new administrators and giving existing ones fresh ideas. You’ll have the material for years to come and you can share it with your entire district.

All of our products have a satisfaction guaranteed policy. It’s simple – if you are not satisfied with your Inside the School product, you can contact us and we’ll refund your money. No questions asked.

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Part 1: What Every Teacher Should Know About ADHD & LD

The“He’s a handful.” “She has her head in the clouds.” “They won’t sit still for two seconds.” “It’s like talking to a brick wall.”

Every teacher has challenging students in the classroom. But while such students were once dismissed as mere disciplinary problems, it’s now understood that many are struggling with ADHD or a learning disability.

How does a teacher respond? How does one identify students with ADHD and LD, manage them in the classroom, and get them the help they need?

You can gain important insights into the issues during What Every Teacher Should Know About ADHD & LD. ADHD and LD expert Sandra Rief, M.A., shares a wealth of critical information on topics including:

• Learning disabilities that affect students in the classroom.
• The behaviors that commonly result.
• Models for teacher response.
• The critical factors in determining school success for these students.
• Research-validated treatment options.
• Myths about ADHD and LD, and the truth behind them.
• The teacher’s role in the collaborative team support process.
• And much more.

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Part 2: ADHD & LD: Engagement & Management Strategies

We’ve come a long way from the dunce cap and the corner stool …

“Challenging” students used to be dealt with predictably – using a lot of discipline, and very little compassion.

That all changed with the realization that most of these students were struggling with ADHD and learning disabilities. Now, rather than punishing them for their struggles, we’re discovering new and better ways to manage their classroom behavior and keep them engaged, so they can actually learn something. We’re focused on turning them into students rather than pariahs.

You can hear the latest thinking on the subject – and learn valuable classroom approaches – during ADHD & LD: Engagement & Management Strategies. Sandra Rief, M.A., will show you how to meet the challenges posed by students with ADHD and LD, and create a learning environment in which everyone – the students, their classmates and their teachers – can thrive.

In this 90-minute video presentation, Sandra Rief, M.A. – a leading author, speaker and educational consultant – will share her insights on topics including:

• Strategies for minimizing behavioral problems in the classroom.
• Tools for motivating and engaging diverse learners.
• Appropriate interventions for challenging behaviors.
• Techniques for keeping students on-task.
• Ways to accommodate differing learning styles.
• Positive teacher behaviors and their benefits.
• And much more.

You’ll gain a wealth of practical, proven methods for maintaining a productive classroom and a healthy learning environment.

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Part 3: ADHD & LD: Academic Strategies, Supports, and Accommodations

Learning to identify students with learning disabilities is a start … managing their behavior and keeping them engaged is a big step forward … but we can really only claim success when they’re learning.

In this 90-minute online seminar recording, you can get up to speed on state-of-the-art strategies for teaching kids with ADHD and LD.

ADHD & LD: Academic Strategies, Supports, and Accommodations will provide valuable insight on effective teaching techniques. Presented by Sandra Rief, M.A., a leading author, speaker and educational consultant on learning disabilities, the seminar will cover:

• Ways to strengthen organization, time management, metacognition and other executive functioning skills.
• Differentiated instructional practices that benefit students with learning difficulties.
• Techniques to enhance memory and comprehension of material.
• Methods of improving achievement in reading, writing and math.
• Research-based strategies to help you reach and teach all students.
• And much more.

You’ll gain a wealth of ideas that will help you go beyond behavior management to create a rich, meaningful learning experience for students with ADHD and LD.

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About the Series…

With this 3-part-series, your school’s staff can watch the presentation at its own convenience. You may choose to gather staff to watch the presentations together to take advantage of group discussion. Or individuals can watch the presentation at their own convenience, from their own computers… even from home!

The seminar is presented in a special browser window that features a slide show presentation in one panel and sound and playback controls in another panel. The seminar can be viewed on a single computer screen or be projected onto a larger one for a group setting.

The entire 3-part package is delivered in one convenient binder that contains the CDs, handout materials and transcripts.

Who would benefit from this series?

• General and special ed teachers
• Principals and assistant principals
• Counselors and support staff members
• Paraeducators
• School nurses
• Teacher leaders
• School psychologists
• 504 coordinators

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More about Sandra Rief

Sandra Rief, M.A., is a leading author, speaker, and educational consultant on effective strategies and interventions for helping students with learning, attention, and behavioral challenges. Sandra presents numerous seminars, workshops, and keynotes nationally and in countries throughout the world on this topic. She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Illinois. Sandra is formerly an award-winning teacher (California Resource Specialist of the Year) with over twenty-three years teaching experience.

Sandra is the author of several popular books, some of which include: How to Reach and Teach Children with ADD/ADHD, Second Edition (2005); The ADD/ADHD Checklist: A Practical Reference for Parents & Teachers, 2nd edition (2008); The ADHD Book of Lists: A Practical Guide for Helping Children and Teens with Attention Deficit Disorders (2003); How to Reach & Teach All Children in the Inclusive Classroom, Second Edition (2006, co-authored with Julie Heimburge); How to Reach & Teach All Children through Balanced Literacy (2007, co-authored with Julie Heimburge); and numerous other book chapters, articles, and publications. Her latest book, The Dyslexia Checklist: A Practical Reference for Parents & Teachers (co-authored with Judith Stern) will be released January 2010.

Sandra also developed and presented acclaimed educational videos/DVDs: ADHD & LD: Powerful Teaching Strategies and Accommodations; How to Help Your Child Succeed in School: Strategies and Guidance for Parents of Children with ADHD and/or Learning Disabilities; ADHD: Inclusive Instruction and Collaborative Practices, and together with Linda Fisher and Nancy Fetzer, the videos Successful Classrooms: Effective Teaching Strategies for Raising Achievement in Reading and Writing and Successful Schools: How to Raise Achievement & Support “At-Risk” Students.

Sandra is an instructor for continuing education courses offered through California State University, East Bay, and Seattle Pacific University. For more information, visit her web site at www.sandrarief.com.

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Don’t miss this chance to learn the important steps in “reaching and teaching” students with ADHD and LD.

Are your teachers and staff fully up to speed on special education law?

Protect Your District: Know the Special Ed Law

Your school most likely has mandatory special education training requirements to fulfill and it’s an issue for every teacher. Your regular ed teachers are part of the team, too, and it’s impossible to comply with the law if they’re not performing their roles effectively. Do they know all they should? Do they have a solid grounding in the principles, practices and laws relating to special ed students? Are they able to act in the best interests of students, families, your school and your school district? Get the answers in Inside the School’s Special Education Law: 8-Part Training Series.

 

Special Education Law: 8-Part Training Series …
a comprehensive review for regular ed teachers!

Led by Thomas N. Shorter, attorney and noted authority on special education issues, Special Education Law: 8-Part Training Series provides a detailed look at the myriad requirements and provisions of special-education law … all presented in plain language.

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Created expressly for non-special ed teachers, it’s content-rich, wonderfully convenient, and exceptionally affordable. It will help you:

• Educate your teachers.
• Improve IDEA compliance.
• Protect your school and district.
• Better serve the needs of special ed students and their families.

Delivered on CD, each seminar in the series lasts approximately one hour, and features a blend of video and PowerPoint. Each also comes with transcripts and reproducible handouts. Your entire school will have the education materials for years to come.

It’s hard to express just how much essential information is contained in these in-depth presentations, but here are some content highlights from each:

Seminar #1: IDEA Overview provides an introduction to, and overview of, special education law. It covers:

• The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
• Child find and evaluation requirements.
• Determining eligibility.
• FAPE requirements.
• Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams.
• Placement options and alternatives.
• Informed consent.
• Due process.
• And more.

Subsequent seminars in the series expand on these and other essential program elements:

Seminar #2 Evaluations and Eligibility

• Required steps for IDEA compliance.
• When preplacement evaluations are required, and who conducts them.
• Evaluation tools and timelines.
• Processes for Specific Learning Disabilities (SLDs).
• Independent Educational Evaluations (IEEs).
• Determining eligibility.
• Disability definitions and categories.
• Reevaluations – timing, limits and process.
• Response to Intervention (RtI) issues.
• Parents’ rights.

Seminar #3 Procedural Rights and IEPs

• The IEP document as the central vehicle for providing special education.
• Its importance in protecting school districts from litigation.
• IDEA’s core requirements for IEPs – Present Level, Annual Goals, Goal Measurement.
• The statement of services and what it must include.
• IEP team composition – required and discretionary members.
• The roles of the regular-ed teacher and others in IEP development and amendment.
• The amendment process for IEPs.
• Roles in implementation of the IEP.
• Timelines and notification requirements.

Seminar #4 Discipline Provisions

• How discipline rules and limitations differ for special ed students.
• Important distinctions between Removal and Change in Placement.
• Removal and the “ten-day rule.”
• What determines a Change in Placement.
• The importance of documentation.
• Manifestation determinations – process, roles and notification requirements.
• Requirements when manifestation is (or is not) determined.
• Interim Alternative Education Settings requirements.
• Parental appeal process and stay-puts.

Seminar #5 Transitions

• Post-secondary concerns regarding special-ed students.
• Post-secondary options.
• Timeframe for identifying transition needs.
• When a Statement of Transition Needs must be prepared and what it should include.
• Transition planning and the IEP.
• Rights of students at the age of majority.

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Seminar #6 Private Schools

• Parents’ right to place their child in a private school.
• FAPE and the private school option.
• Whether and when reimbursement is required.
• Proportionate funding obligations.
• Claim requirements for reimbursement.
• Private preschool issues, including impact on child find.
• Evaluation and notification processes pertaining to reimbursement.
• Public school services for private school students.
• Due process rights for children in private schools.

Seminar #7 Due Process

• Parental right to due process.
• Parental procedural rights, including notification.
• Working with the district insurance carrier.
• General rules for due process hearings.
• Preparation of witnesses.
• Review of records.
• Due process timelines.

BONUS: Seminar #8 Section 504

• Overview of Section 504 and Title II of the ADA.
• Eligibility parameters under Section 504.
• Where Section 504 and IDEA intersect.
• Impact of amendments effective Jan 1, 2009.
• Mitigating measures.
• FAPE and Section 504.
• Requirements of an Individual Accommodation Plan (IAP).
• Reevaluation processes and timeframes.
• Discipline issues for Section 504, esp. drug and alcohol exceptions.
• Parents’ rights.

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About the Presenter: Thomas N. Shorter
Presenter Thomas N. Shorter is a shareholder in the Employment, Health Care and Education Practice Groups in the Madison office of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. Tom represents health care and educational institutions, providing counsel in labor and employment and regulatory matters such as collective bargaining, FMLA compliance, discrimination issues, discipline and discharge, services for children with disabilities, IDEA, Section 504, ADA, HIPAA, EMTALA, Stark, and Anti-Kickback issues. His heath care practice includes working with hospitals, physicians’ groups, research institutions and other health care organizations. His education clients include public and private K-12 educational institutions.

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Super-convenient!

Train in groups, or let teachers watch each CD on their own, as their schedules permit. Then add the program to your school’s permanent staff-development library, to train new teachers and provide refresher training on a yearly basis.

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CD format makes training affordable for all

When you send people to offsite seminars, you have to pay for travel, lodging, meals and the like. You also pay steep seminar fees to help cover built-in costs—for the facility, the seminar leader’s travel, the AV setup, the onsite coordinator, etc. And the more people you send, the more you pay! No wonder offsite is off-limits for most schools.

But programs like this one really change the game for group training. With seminars delivered on CD, you incur none of travel costs, and the built-in costs are few. That means you can experience the program at a remarkably modest price.

Cost:
The entire Special Education Law: 8-Part Training Series costs $899 … no matter how many people you train. Purchase the program, and you can share it with all the teachers in your school. (And not just this year, but for years to come!) It’s not hard to do the math; depending on the size of your school, your training cost can drop to just a few dollars per teacher.

An opportunity you can’t afford to miss …

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Part 1: Breaking Barriers: How Teachers Can Help Black Males Achieve

Help African-American Males Achieve Academic Success

The declining graduation rate of black males is a national problem and getting worse. The current high school graduation rate for black males hovers around the 50% mark according to the Open Society Institute’s Campaign for Black Male Achievement. This trend can be reversed with the commitment of educators who can influence these young men and encourage them to succeed.

Inside the School’s online seminar Breaking Barriers: How Teachers Can Help Black Males Achieve presents practical applications educators can use to reach out and help school-aged African-American males succeed.

Presenter Dr. Ivory Toldson will review the findings from national surveys and explain how they can be used as classroom solutions. His research discusses the importance of personal, emotional, social and school factors and how those factors impacts academic success for black males.

Toldson will discuss a first-hand experience an educator had on him as a student and how that teacher steered him on a path to academic success. Toldson will review the importance of building relationships with students and give advice on how to act as a long-term guide to them.

In Breaking Barriers: How Teachers Can Help Black Males Achieve you will review factors that have been linked to academic achievement in black males. These factors are:

• Personal and emotional factors, including emotional well being and self-esteem, future aspirations, nutrition, peer relationships and substance use
• Family factors, including household composition, parents’ education and parents’ relationship with children
• Social and environmental factors, including economic standing, population density, the juvenile justice system, and civic, community, school-based and extracurricular activities
• School factors, including perceptions of school, relationships with teachers and school safety

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Part 2: Breaking Barriers: Reducing Gang Violence, Improving Security and Creating a Culture of Learning in Schools

Establish priorities and review the best practices for educators in schools with violence and other gang-related activity

Currently, more than one third of all students from 5th-12th grade report gang activity at their schools. Breaking Barriers: Reducing Gang Violence, Improving Security and Creating a Culture of Learning in Schools will highlight original analyses of nearly 4,600 students who completed the National Crime Victimization Study – School Crime Supplement. From that study, educators will learn ways to guide students away from gang violence and toward academic success.

Presenter Dr. Ivory Toldson shares characteristics of students and schools most likely to be affected by school violence, and the effectiveness of commonly implemented school violence reduction strategies. The seminar will emphasize the emotional toll school violence has on students, and how teachers, counselors, and school administrators can create an environment to help students overcome violence-related stress and enjoy higher levels of academic success.

Breaking Barriers will discuss the increased anxiety, lower levels of academic achievement and satisfaction among students and how educators can support student success. Educators will review practices for confronting school violence and explore the unintended consequences of violence awareness.

In Breaking Barriers: Reducing Gang Violence, Improving Security and Creating a Culture of Learning in Schools you will review:

• Shared characteristics of students and schools most likely to be affected by school violence
• The efficacy of commonly implemented school violence reduction strategies, such as metal detectors and violence prevention programs
• The emotional toll school violence has on students and school personnel
• How educators, counselors, and school administrators can cultivate an environment to help students overcome violence-related stress and enjoy higher levels of academic success and school satisfaction

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About the Series…

In the 2-part-series, Breaking Barriers, the entire school staff can watch the presentation as a group for staff development training or they can watch it on their preparation hours from the convenience of their own home. Your entire school district will have the 2-part-series at their fingertips for years to come.

The seminar is presented in a special browser window that features a slide show presentation in one panel and sound and playback controls in another panel. The seminar can be viewed on a single computer screen or be projected onto a larger one for a group setting.

The entire 2-part package is delivered in one convenient binder that contains the CDs, handout materials and transcripts.

Who would benefit from this series?

• Administrators
• Teachers
• Counselors
• Support staff members
• School psychologists
• Community Stakeholders

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More about Ivory Toldson
Dr. Ivory A. Toldson is an associate professor at Howard University, Senior Research Analyst for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and Editor-In-Chief of The Journal of Negro Education, the country’s oldest black continuous publication. Dr. Toldson is the author of Breaking Barriers: Plotting the Path to Academic Success for School-age African-American Males. He has held visiting research appointments at Emory, Drexel, and Morehouse School of Medicine.

An exceptional value

The cost for the 2-part series is only $399. Your entire school can receive this valuable training for one low price.

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Originally Broadcast on November 9, 2009 and rebroadcast on March 22, 2010 • $199
60-Minute Recording of Audio Online Seminar

Middle school students can present a challenge in terms of attention and behavior. Teachers often struggle to keep students in line and on task. In order for teachers to have control of their classroom, they must understand what issues their students face at this time in their lives and use techniques to get them involved in classroom learning and activities.

Middle School Classroom Management is a 60-minute seminar that focuses on middle school classroom management strategies designed to help students succeed academically amidst their preoccupations with typical adolescent concerns about physical growth, maturity, and social issues. The strategies are designed to help students connect with your class, stay on task, and feel comfortable expressing their ideas in a safe environment.

Save 25% through your Middle School Journal offer! The CD originally for $199 is now yours for $149 and the CD/Transcript package originally for $249 is yours for only $186.

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After viewing this seminar you will be able to:

• Identify issues important to middle schoolers
• Design classes to minimize the impact of this age group’s diminished attention span
• Use specific strategies to minimize disruptive behavior
• Use strategies that help students connect with their class

About the Presenter: Suzanne Tingley
Suzanne Tingley began her career in education by teaching English in Paraguay, South America as a Peace Corps Volunteer. She was a high school and middle school English teacher and Department Chair for 10 years before becoming the Academic Dean at a private school. Returning to public education 5 years later, she served as an elementary school principal for 3 years and then became a superintendent of schools, retiring in January 2008 after 15 years in that position.

Tingley has published over 60 articles in education journals including seven Commentaries in Education Week, the education journal of record. One of her essays was included in The Last Word: The Best Commentary in American Education (Education Week Press 2007).

She is an adjunct professor for the State University of New York in the Department of Education Administration and was recognized by the university with an award for her “unique contributions” to the program. She is an “Outstanding Administrator Award” recipient, given by the New York State School Library Association. In 2007 she was named a “Woman of Distinction” by the New York State Senate. She has served on many boards, including the Board of Trustees of the local college.

She has taught many workshops and seminars and currently works as an education writer and consultant. Her book, How to Handle Difficult Parents: A Teacher’s Survival Guide (Cottonwood Press 2006) received very favorable national reviews and was praised by nationally syndicated columnist John Rosemond in his column shortly after the book appeared.

She holds a BA from The Ohio State University and an MS from the State University of New York at Oswego.

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Available in CD or print transcript format. The CD contains a video presentation with PowerPoint and can be viewed on any standard computer equipped with Microsoft Sliverlight plug-in.

For your convenience, you may order online and pay with a purchase order or check. Simply select the "Bill Me" option. You may also order by phone at 1-800-433-0499 ext. 2.

All of our products have a satisfaction guaranteed policy. It’s simple – if you are not satisfied with your CD or transcript, contact us and we’ll refund your money. No questions asked.

Originally Broadcast on November 9, 2009 and rebroadcast on March 22, 2010 • $199
60-Minute Recording of Audio Online Seminar

If you or your fellow educators have experienced the high-quality and affordability of an Inside the School online seminar, you know you’ll probably be ordering more in the future. Here’s a way to make these professional development resources even more economical – and easier to order.

Throughout the year Inside the School provides a wealth of resources for educators. We continually offer online seminars on current topics that affect educators. Our past seminars are always available for purchase and you can be assured the content will remain relevant. We search for top presenter talent and look at topics that impact educators daily. Now you can set up your professional development in advance and save money doing it.

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How it works…

Purchase an Inside the School 10-pack for $1,800. We’ll invoice you or you can use a credit card or purchase order. You’ll receive 10 coupons that you can use for any of Inside the School’s resources at any time:

• Register for an upcoming online seminar for your entire school district.
• Purchase a CD of a past or future online seminar.
• Upgrade a CD to a campus access license which allows you to upload the program to your internal network or Intranet (requires the purchase of the CD plus the campus access license – 2 coupons).
• No further discounts are allowed within a 10-pack, nor can a 10-pack be used with any other special offer. Unused coupons cannot be refunded or credited. The 10-Pack can only be applied to single CD or seminar orders (excludes multi CD packages).

Advantages…

• Locked-in discount price of $180 per online seminar or CD (Regular prices range from $199 to $299), the 10-pack guarantees your price: If prices rise – you are not affected.
• One order saves time and paperwork.
• Better budget planning – you can order now and then pick the specific programs as the year progresses, without additional paperwork and discussion.
• The discounted price includes the transcript and presenter handouts with each seminar (a $119 value).
• Use staff development financial resources wisely. Don’t let time-limited funds run out and don’t buy pour resources at the last minute.
• Add the seminars on CD to your staff development library and use them for years to come.
• Bring the entire staff together to build camaraderie and train them all at one time.
• The 10-Pack never expires.

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10-Pack FAQs…

Q If I purchase a 10-pack now, can I add items to it later?
A. Yes, once your 10 items (coupons) have been used, you can order additional items at current prices. The discount prices offered in the 10-pack are a one-time offer and may or may not be repeated.

Q What if my department doesn’t know now what programs they want?
A. You can order the Inside the School 10-pack now, save money, than specify the programs later, as you decide. The 10-pack never expires. Inside the School is continually adding to their upcoming online seminar schedule.

Q What if I have ordered a CD, then later decide I want to upload it to our district server?
A. If you have not yet used all of your 10 coupons, you can use one to purchase a campus access license for that CD. If you have used all your coupons, you can purchase a campus access license at current prices.

Q Can I share the coupons?
A Yes, within your district.

Q What if I don’t use all my coupons?
A. Coupons cannot be returned, refunded or used with any other offer or discount. The coupons never expire.

Q. When can I use my coupon?
A. At anytime. The seminars are usually posted 12 weeks prior to the day of the event, but you can use a coupon for a live seminar up to 5 days after the event has started.

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An exceptional value…

The cost of the 10-pack special is $1,800.

All of our products have a satisfaction guaranteed policy. It’s simple – if you are not satisfied with your seminar, CD or transcript, contact us and we’ll refund your money. No questions asked.

For your convenience, you may order online and pay with a purchase order or check. Simply select the "Bill Me" option. You may also order by phone at 888-391-4465.

Share the Information:
Print out an executive summary of the 10-pack special opportunity by Clicking Here! You can share it with your colleagues and administrators to make sure your district doesn’t miss this offer.

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For all order options you can pay by credit card or request an invoice.

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Note: This 10-pack offer is designed specifically for purchasers who wish to prepay now, then select programs later, including programs that may not have been announced at the time of purchase. The 10-pack can only be applied to single CD or seminar orders (excludes multi CD packages).