McKeel IBIS Workshop 

  

Join us for this Free Workshop!   

We will get you excited with ready-to-use resources in a unique interactive learning and networking experience that is the McKeel IBIS Project.  See strategies in action from our classrooms with technology integration, writing, and literacy, proven to increase student performance. Let us share with you new, innovative 6-12 instructional best practices ready to implement with your students. We want to help you increase student scores and raise school grades!

ENGAGING AND ENERGIZING TEACHERS FROM ALL SCHOOLS ACROSS FLORIDA --       Teachers are invited to connect with McKeel Academy of Technology teachers for a unique interactive learning and networking experience. It starts with attending one of the McKeel IBIS Project Workshops being held on the McKeel Academy of Technology campus, or on location at one of our education consortium partners or hosted by partnering school.   Our teachers will demonstrate new, innovative ideas to engage students. Funded through a Florida Department of Education 6-12 Instructional Best Practices Grant, these free workshops provide ready to use resources, hands-on lessons, and a look at how to implement these successful strategies into any subject area. The focus is on helping teachers see learning gains in the areas of reading and writing for their students, and using technology in new and exciting ways. Attending a workshops is where the networking and collaboration begins for participants and trainers!

TARGETED SCHOOLS RECEIVE FREE DOCUMENT CAMERAS  ~                   Lumens Ladibug Document Cameras are an innovative technology that helps excite students and are great tools that teachers can use to teach any subject area.  Lumens Integration Inc. is an important partner in the McKeel IBIS Project. Each targeted low performing (C, D or F) middle/high charter school can receive up to three (3) document cameras (valued at $300 each) to help get teachers and students engaged and excited about the educational opportunities this technology provides.  Lumens representatives will teach workshop participants how document cameras can be used for engaging student learning.

WORKSHOP SESSIONS INCLUDE HANDS-ON ENGAGING PRESENTATIONS FOCUSED ON            TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION, READING AND WRITING -- here are examples of our sessions:       

*Great Finds in Content -- Digging for word choice and details is like finding a treasure within the text.  Learn how this technique can be used to create deeper summaries of content and creative applications.  The new standards of curriculm ask students to think deeper about a text and encourages teachers to provide higher-level questions for all students.  Learn how to appply critical thinking strategies using mentor text and interactive activities.

*Data-Driven Close Reading  -- Go through an exciting journey with close reading! See best practices for implementing standards-based reading lessons cross curriculur -- engaging critical thinking with non-fiction readings, utilizing online activities that connect learners with each other and authentic experiences, interactive note taking, and chunking content for manageable delivery. Easy to follow ways to asess comprehension with, ready to use tools!

*Quick Edits -- Grammar: in the minds of most people and even some teachers, its a bad word! Learn a new approach that invites students to discover what's right about brilliant sentences instead of the old method (like DOL) of trying to find mistakes in horrible ones.  We will focus on stealthily inserting ruls of grammar into your existing reading and writing plans, making the learning outcome more authentic and useful, which will result in higher retention of key ideas for your students... and less frustration for YOU!

Technology Tools for the Classroom -- This hands-on session is designed to reach both the technologically savvy and technologically challenged.  You will explore technology that will support the Florida standards no matter what you teach. Best of all, you will learn to use free programs and appls that not only make it fun for your kids but great for you as the teacher! 

PLUS SEE HOW THE STRATEGIES ARE USED IN THE CLASSROOM!

PRESENTERS INCLUDE:   

• Cathy Dyer, 6-12 Language Arts Teacher & Tampa Bay Area Writing Project Consultant
• Melissa Borchers, 6-12 Reading & English Teacher & Lumens Representative
• Elvira Randall,  6-12 English Teacher & Tampa Bay Area Writing Project Consultant 
     

LIMITED TO 30 PARTICIPANTS - REGISTER EARLY TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT!

(If event is CLOSED, please select another workshop date and we will continue to add more dates)

Register Now! 

More Information

Have questions or want more information about the McKeel IBIS Project and our Workshops?  Email us at ibis@mckeelschools.com or call Susan Black at 863.287.7715.