February 1, 2018
Opportunities for Professional Development
Check the Anderson County Schools Professional Development Catalog for courses, dates and times, and descriptions. These courses are completely free to you and are designed to bring about impactful teaching practices to your classroom. Your hours spent in these professional development courses count towards your license re-certification.
Upcoming classes in February are:
Accountable Talk; February 1 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Designing Questions for Deep Thinking; February 5; 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Vocabulary Instruction; February 6; 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Engage NY/Eureka Math; February 8 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Guided Reading (For Levels A-G);February 8, 3:30-5:00, Central Office Board Room
Social Studies and Literacy; February 15 GOES Reading Lab
Units of Study for Reading 3-5; February 19th, 3:30-5:00 NES Library
Guided Reading Levels H and Up; February 22 GOES Reading Lab
Science and Literacy; February 26th 3:30-5:30 FES
Units of Study for Writing 3-5; February 26, 3:30-5:00 NES Library
Upcoming classes in February are:
Accountable Talk; February 1 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Designing Questions for Deep Thinking; February 5; 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Vocabulary Instruction; February 6; 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Engage NY/Eureka Math; February 8 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Guided Reading (For Levels A-G);February 8, 3:30-5:00, Central Office Board Room
Social Studies and Literacy; February 15 GOES Reading Lab
Units of Study for Reading 3-5; February 19th, 3:30-5:00 NES Library
Guided Reading Levels H and Up; February 22 GOES Reading Lab
Science and Literacy; February 26th 3:30-5:30 FES
Units of Study for Writing 3-5; February 26, 3:30-5:00 NES Library
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January 3, 2018
Opportunities for Professional Development
Check the Anderson County Schools Professional Development Catalog for courses, dates and times, and descriptions. These courses are completely free to you and are designed to bring about impactful teaching practices to your classroom. Your hours spent in these professional development courses count towards your license re-certification.
Upcoming classes in January are:
Designing Daily Tasks and Culminating Tasks; January 9; 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Guided Reading (For Levels A-G); January 8, 3:30-5:00, Claxton Elementary School Conference Room
Fountas and Pinnell Phonics for Kindergarten; January 11, 3:30-5:00, Central Office Board Room
LLI Kits; January 11th from 3:30 to 5:00- GOES Reading Lab
Teaching Foundational Skills through Shared Reading; January 16 3:30-5:00, Grand Oak Elementary Reading Lab
Math Interventions; January 18; 3:30-5:00 AES Library
Bullet Journaling in your Classroom; January 18, 3:30-5:00, Central Office Board Room
Engage NY ELA; January 18 from 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Math Workshop; January 22, 2:30-5:00 NES Library
Analyzing Running Records; January 22nd, 3:30-5:30 OOT
Fountas and Pinnell Phonics for Second Grade; January 23 from 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Fountas and Pinnell Phonics for First Grade; January 25 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Guided Reading Levels H and Up; January 25 GOES Reading Lab
To register for these, or any classes, click on this link below:
Designing Daily Tasks and Culminating Tasks; January 9; 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Guided Reading (For Levels A-G); January 8, 3:30-5:00, Claxton Elementary School Conference Room
Fountas and Pinnell Phonics for Kindergarten; January 11, 3:30-5:00, Central Office Board Room
LLI Kits; January 11th from 3:30 to 5:00- GOES Reading Lab
Teaching Foundational Skills through Shared Reading; January 16 3:30-5:00, Grand Oak Elementary Reading Lab
Math Interventions; January 18; 3:30-5:00 AES Library
Bullet Journaling in your Classroom; January 18, 3:30-5:00, Central Office Board Room
Engage NY ELA; January 18 from 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Math Workshop; January 22, 2:30-5:00 NES Library
Analyzing Running Records; January 22nd, 3:30-5:30 OOT
Fountas and Pinnell Phonics for Second Grade; January 23 from 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Fountas and Pinnell Phonics for First Grade; January 25 3:30-5:00 NWES Meeting Room
Guided Reading Levels H and Up; January 25 GOES Reading Lab
To register for these, or any classes, click on this link below:
December 1, 2017
Opportunities for Professional Development
Check the Anderson County Schools Professional Development Catalog for courses, dates and times, and descriptions. These courses are completely free to you and are designed to bring about impactful teaching practices to your classroom. Your hours spent in these professional development courses count towards your license re-certification.
Upcoming classes in December are:
Designing Questions for Deep Thinking; December 5; 3:30-5:00 AES Library
New Teacher Institute; December 5, 3:45-5:15, Central Office Board Room
Book Study: The Book Whisperer; December 4th from 3:30 to 5:00- LCES Library (Session 4)
Guided Reading Levels H and Up; December 7
To register for these, or any classes, click on this link below:
April 4, 2017
Revised ELA and Math Standards Training 2017
The department will also offer training for teachers. The focus will be on evaluating instructional materials for alignment to the revised TN Academic Standards for math and ELA and the continued instructional shifts. Training sessions will be organized by content and grade band.
Intended Audience
K-12 Math and ELA teachers
Dates & Locations
Teacher training will take place June 20-23.The sessions will take place 8AM to 4PM over two days and will be offered in the CORE regions. Specific locations will be announced soon. Teachers have the option to attend training on one of two sets of dates: Option 1: June 20-21, 2017 Option 2: June 22-23, 2017
Courses Offered
Courses will be offered for both Math and ELA according to grade bands: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12. Math agenda can be found here. ELA agenda can be found here.
Allocations & Registration
Districts have a certain number of seats allocated based on district size and will be able to register selected teachers beginning April 10 at 8AM. General registration will open April 25, 2017.
- See more at: http://tn.gov/education/topic/tdoe2-training-revised-ela-and-math-standards-training#sthash.iHKP6sVu.dpufFebruary 24, 2017
The Anderson County Literacy Project - Guided Reading, Part 2
The Literacy Project continues to be an option to those who want to learn more about components of the literacy block. This next session will include a hands-on lab approach to experiencing the guided reading component. This method of professional development allows participants to be teacher, observer and coach during a real-time guided reading lesson.
March 6 3:30-5:30 Grand Oaks Reading Lab
April 3 3:30-4:30 Home school via Ready Talk
November 30, 2016
The Anderson County Literacy Project - Analyzing a Running Record
The Literacy Project is excited to offer the opportunity to learn how to analyze running records. While most teachers do not have difficulty doing a running record, many do not understand how to use this tool to its fullest potential. During this one hour ready talk session participants will go over how to analyze for meaning, structure and visual information in miscues and self-corrects. Participants are invited to have a running record of their own on hand so they can apply learning to their own students' work. If you are interested in tuning in via Ready Talk, please email Candace Eubanks ceubanks@acs.ac or Dara Wade dwade@acs.ac.Analyzing Running Records via Ready Talk
December 5 3:30-4:30 Home School
The Anderson County Literacy Project - Shared Reading
As a part of the Read to be Ready Initiative Candace Eubanks and Dara Wade will be hosting a session on Shared Reading. Academic Coaches are being trained on this next component in December so this information will be current and timely. Be the first to hear how to implement this best literacy practice in your classroom.
Shared Reading
January 9 3:30-5:30 Central Office Board Room
January 30 3:30-4:30 Home school via Ready Talk
January 9 3:30-5:30 Central Office Board Room
January 30 3:30-4:30 Home school via Ready Talk
October 31, 2016
The Anderson County Literacy Project - Guided Reading
The Literacy Project continues to be an option to those who want to learn more about components of the literacy block. The first session covered the Interactive Read Aloud. The follow-up session is scheduled for November 14 via Ready Talk. The next session will be on guided reading. During this session attendees will learn how to analyze running records, receive an overview of the components of a guided reading lesson, and understand how to plan for before reading, during reading and after reading.Guided Reading
November 28 3:30-5:30 Central Office: 5th Floor Board Room, Jolley Building
December 12 3:30-4:30 Home Schools via Ready Talk
September 30, 2016
The Anderson County Literacy Project
A 15 hour course is being offered to all elementary school teachers starting in October. Sessions will cover Interactive Read-Aloud, Guided Reading, Shared Reading, and Writing. Each month participants will meet for 2 hours to study and reflect on best practices in each of these literacy components. After given the opportunity to practice these in classrooms, participants will be able to share out from their homeschools using the new ReadyTalk online conferencing software.
Meeting dates and times are as follows:
Interactive Read Aloud
October 27 3:30-5:30 AT CO BOARD ROOM (CORRECTED DATED)
November 14 3:30-4:30
Guided Reading
November 28 3:30-5:30
December 12 3:30-4:30
Shared Reading
January 9 3:30-5:30
January 30 3:30-4:30
Writing
February 13 3:30-5:30
March 6 3:30-4:30
Review and Celebration
March 20 3:30-5:30
April 3 3:30-4:30
At the project's conclusion, partipicants will receive a certificate of participation. The hours earned during the project can be used for recertification.
If you are interested or have questions, please contact Candace Eubanks (ceubanks@acs.ac) or Dara Wade (dwade@acs.ac)
