Completed Professional Development Activities Archive
These MOISD sponsored workshops are no longer available as these PD activities were completed in prior years.  

Status Workshop Dates/Time Presenters Location
 

Continued...Literacy Conversations
Focus on Informational Reading

May 8, 2008
Choose AM or PM session
8:00-11:00 a.m.
12:00-3:00p.m.

Ruth Buitendorp, MOISD Literacy Consultant

MOISD PD West

Click Here for Workshop Decription
Registration Form
 

GenNet Online Learning
GenNet Website

May 7, 2008
10:00 a.m.-Noon
 

Beverly Knox-Pipes, Assistant Sup't, Genesee ISD

MOISD Miller Wing, via distance

Click Here for Workshop Description
Registration Form
 

5-8 Science
GLCE Rollout


Rescheduled for Monday, April 21, 2008
4:00 -6:00 p.m.

Mary Ann Robinson and Tracie Morrissey, Teacher Leader

MOISD PD West

Registration Deadline:  Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Registration Form

CANCELED

7th & 8th Math Learning Community

April 17, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Mary Ann Robinson and Tracy Pippin, Teacher Leader

MOISD PD West

 Workshop CANCELED

 

Michigan CSI Community Seminar

April 15, 2008
7:00-8:00 p.m.

Mike Cox, Michigan Attorney General

Wexford Missaukee

One hour presentation for parents, guardians, commmunity members and anyone interested in learning about Internet Safety.
http://michigan.gov/ag#csi

Contact:

REMC 2 South
(231) 876-2270

CANCELED

5th & 6th Math Learning Community

April 15, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Mary Ann Robinson and Tracy Pippin, Teacher Leader

MOISD PD West

Workshop CANCELED

Stipend Available		 High School Math and Science Success Workshop Series Wednesdays, March 26, April 9, 16th and 23rd
4:00 - 7:30 p.m.

OR All Day, 8:30 - 3:00 Wednesday, April 16 and 23 at Chippewa Hills High School

 Mary Ann Robinson MOISD PD West in the Registration by invitation only.  Contact your Curriculum Director or Mary Ann Robinson for details
 

Continued...Literacy Conversations
Focus on Comprehension and Alphabetic Principles

April 16, 2008
Choose AM or PM session
8:00-11:00 a.m.
12:00-3:00p.m.

Ruth Buitendorp, MOISD Literacy Consultant

MOISD PD West

Click Here for Workshop Decription
Registration Form

 

Continued...Literacy Conversations
Focus on Writing

March 12, 2008
Choose AM or PM session
8:00-11:00 a.m.
12:00-3:00p.m.

Ruth Buitendorp, MOISD Literacy Consultant

MOISD PD West

Click Here for Workshop Decription
Registration Form

 

K-4 Science
GLCE Rollout

March 11, 2008
4:00 -7:00 p.m.
(Light dinner provided)

Mary Ann Robinson and Tracie Morrissey, Teacher Leader

MOISD PD West

Registration Deadline:
Friday, March 7, 2008
Registration Form
           
  Highly Qualified Special Education Teacher Workshop Monday, March 10, 2008
9:00 a.m.- Noon
OR
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.		 Stan DeVoir, MaryAnn Robinson and
Karen Schneider		 MOISD Career Center
Miller Wing

Click Here for a Workshop Description and list of
"What To Bring"

Registration Form
 


Literacy Conversations

January 22, 2008
(Two sessions)

February 27, 2008

Ruth Buitendorp, MOISD Literacy Consultant

MOISD Resource Center
PD West Room or Remus Elementary

Click Here for a Workshop Description

Registration Form
 

Algeblocks Training

RESCHEDULED DATE:
March 27, 2008

Kevin Dykema
Mattawan Schools

MOISD Resource Center
PD West Room

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Registration Form
 

CMU Off-Campus Programs: Secondary Diagnosis, Remediation and Differentiation of Reading Instruction

January 15-April 8, 2008

4:15 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.

Central Michigan University

Gratiot-Isabella RESD, Shepherd, MI

Call: 1-877-268-4636 for more information or Visit:
www.cel.cmich.edu/PA118

 
 

CMU Off-Campus Programs: Elementary Diagnosis, Remediation and Differentiation of Reading Instruction

September 12-November 28, 2007

4:15 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.

Central Michigan University

Gratiot-Isabella RESD, Shepherd, MI

Call: 1-877-268-4636 for more information or Visit:
www.cel.cmich.edu/PA118

 
 

DIBELS

Registration
Flier (more info)

 August 21-22, 2007
8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.		 Patti Ward, Crossroads Charter Academy Mecosta-Osceola Resource Center

Participants will learn to group students who are at risk for reading failure based on DIBELS data.

 
 

Classroom Discipline
 

 

General Session: August 20, 2007 from 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Follow-Up Session: September 25, 2007 from 4:00-7:00 p.m.

Todd Johnson, Rivertown Consultants

Mecosta-Osceola Career Center: 
Miller Wing

 

Help new teachers as well as veteran teachers enhance their classroom management strategies. 
         

Completed

Technology and Writing: Workshops for K-12 Teachers

 

June 20, 2007

Various Presenters

For More information, you may visit  http://www.ferris.edu/cwp/

Ferris State University

Completed

Reading Conferences and Mini-Lessons

April 26, 2007
4:30-6:00 p.m.

Ruth Buitendorp

Mecosta-Osceola Resource Center

Completed

Hooked on Meaning
 

May 10, 2007
4:30-6:00 p.m.

Ruth Buitendorp

Mecosta-Osceola Resource Center

Completed


MLPP Training
K-3

April 24 and
May 1 and 8, 2007
8:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m.

Ruth Buitendorp

Mecosta-Osceola Resource Center

Completed

Algeblocks Math Training

May 2, 2007
8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Kevin Dykema
Mattawan Schools

Mecosta-Osceola Resource Center

Completed

MLPP Training
K-3


 

February 8, 22 &
March 8, 2007
8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Ruth Buitendorp

Mecosta-Osceola Resource Center

Completed Middle School Math Initiative
7th & 8th Grade Graphing Calculator Workshop
Friday,
February 23, 2007
8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.


 

 Laurie Tomczyk Mecosta-Osceola Resource Center
Completed
Phonological Awareness Workshop

 

 January 22, 2007
9:00-11:00 a.m.		 The SLD Center (Specialized Language Development Center)
 		 Crossroads Charter Academy
Completed Time for Non-Fiction

"Popcorn and Movie with Ruth"
 

 October 12 and 26, 2006 4:30-6:00 p.m. Ruth Buitendorp, MOISD Literacy Consultant Mecosta-Osceola Resource Center (Formerly Alternative Ed. Building)
Completed  Grantwriting Workshop for
K-12 Teachers		 Fri., Nov.3, 2006
9:00 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.		 Assorted presenters-- All successful grant writers FLITE Library (Room 108)
Ferris State University
Completed

 

 Math HSCE Workshop
 		 November 16, 2006
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.		 Laurie Tomczyk Mecosta-Osceola Resource Center
Completed  Middle School Math Initiative
5th Grade Meeting
 		 November 21, 2006
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.		 Laurie Tomczyk and Mary Ann Robinson Mecosta-Osceola Resource Center
Completed  Middle School Math Initiative
6th Grade Meeting
 		 November 28, 2006
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.		 Laurie Tomczyk and Mary Ann Robinson Mecosta-Osceola Resource Center
Completed  Middle School Math Initiative
7th & 8th Grade Meeting
 		 November 29, 2006
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.		 Laurie Tomczyk and Mary Ann Robinson Mecosta-Osceola Resource Center
Completed  Reading and Writing Workshop Approach
"Popcorn and Movie with Ruth"		 November 30, 2006
4:30 -6:00 p.m		 Ruth Buitendorp Mecosta-Osceola Resource Center

Completed

  

Four Blocks and Big Blocks : A Balanced Literacy Program

 

 		 August 7 and 8, 2006
8:30 a.m.  - 3:00 p.m.		 Sharon Strating, National Presenter with SDE Morley Stanwood High School Media Center

Completed

 Technology and Writing for K-12 Teachers Tuesday, June 13, 2006 Crossroads Writing Project

Contact:
Ruth Mirtz
231.591.5031

 Ferris State University
Various Locations

Completed
 
Summer Literacy Institute

Day One: PALS Training

 

 

 

 

 Monday, June 12th

 

 Patti Ward and Mary Ann Robinson MOISD Resource Center (Formerly the Alternative Education Building)
15800 190th Avenue, Big Rapids

Completed

  

Summer Literacy Institute

Days two and three:
Digging into DIBELS
 

 

 Tuesday and Wednesday June 13 and 14 Patti Ward and Mary Ann Robinson

 

 MOISD Resource Center (Formerly the Alternative Education Building)
15800 190th Avenue, Big Rapids

 
Completed Middle School Math Initiative April 20, 2006 4:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Follow-up sessions:
Wed., May 10th for 5th Grade Math Teachers

Wed., May 17th for 6th Grade Math Teachers

Tues., May 23rd for 7th  and 8th Grade Math Teachers

 

 

   Miller South

Completed

 LETRS Module 8
Follow-UP

"I've DIBEL'd, Now What?"

 .

 

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 Suzanne Finney and Patti Ward Mecosta-Osceola
Miller Wing

(Located in the MOISD Career Center)

Completed

 LETRS Module 6

Digging for Meaning:  Teaching Text Comprehension

 

 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 Suzanne Finney and Patti Ward Mecosta-Osceola
Miller Wing

(Located in the MOISD Career Center)

 

Completed

 LETRS Module 8 

Assessment for Prevention and Intervention

 

 

 

 

RESCHEDULED DATE:

Thursday, April 13, 2006

 

 

 Suzanne Finney and Patti Ward Mecosta-Osceola
Miller Wing

(Located in the MOISD Career Center)

Completed

 "Strategic Instruction Model" Institute

 

 June 21-22, 2006 Keynote: Dr. Donald Deshler

Keynote II:  Dr. Jeremy Hughes

 Ferris State University
Completed  The Pyramid of Interventions

 

 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 OR Thursday, April 20, 2006 Gayle Karhanek, Former Director of Student Services at Adlai Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL. April 19 - Cadillac Grill, 
7839 E. 46 at Eldorado, 
Cadillac, MI.

OR

April 20 - Holiday Inn, 
2650 Business Loop, South I-75, Grayling, MI.

Completed

 Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum Support (MEECS)

Sponsored by the Department of Environmental Quality

February 22 and April 19, 2006 Assorted MOISD Miller Wing and Parsons Room

Click here for DIRECTIONS:
 

 

Completed

 Effective Teaching for History Teachers

 

 

 March 23, 2006

8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

 Stan DeVoir Miller Wing
(located in the Mecosta-Osceola Career Center)

Completed

 MOISD-Wide Alternative Education Learning Team

SB-CEU's Available

 

 2005 Dates:
Sept. 20 Oct. 18
 Nov. 29

2006 Dates:  
Feb 7
 (make-up date)
March 21 

April 18-Cancelled

 

 Mary Ann Robinson

MOISD General Education Director

 Parson's Room (located in the Mecosta-Osceola Administration Building)

Completed

 Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology 
(COATT) Camp 		June 20 - 22, 2005
June 20 (11:30 a.m. -- 7:00 p.m.
June 21 (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
June 22 (8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. )
 		Assorted Ferris State University FLITE Building
Completed Alternative Education Series
 

1 SB-CEU available

 Tuesdays,  Jan. 25, Feb. 22,  March 29, and April 26, 2005 Final date to be determined at first session.
4:30 – 8:00 p.m.		 Mary Ann Robinson MOISD Career Center 
Miller Wing

Completed

 Reading Strategy Instruction
 		 Wednesdays, March 16, April 13, May 11 and June 1, 2005
4:00 - 7:00 p.m.		   Patricia Ward
SIM Professional Developer		 MOISD Administration Building
 Parsons Room

Completed

 Teacher Induction Series Wednesday’s, Feb. 16, Mar. 23 and April 20, 2005

4:30 – 8:00 p.m.

 Mary Ann Robinson MOISD Career Center 
Miller Wing

Completed

 Career Education Summit
 		 Tuesday, April 19, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.		 Kirk Wyers-CTE Director, Newaygo
Sandy Tower-Career Development Specialist
Tim Rigling-MOCC Assistant Principal
Laura Thebo-MOCC Career Services Coordinator 		 MOISD Career Center Miller Wing

Completed

  

What is Happening in the World of Social Studies?
(Target Audience: 3rd - 9th grade Social Studies Teachers)
 		 Thursday, April 21, 2005
4:30 - 7:30 p.m.		 Presenter: Marty Mater, Michigan Geographic Alliance
Mary Ann Robinson: Facilitator
(This event will come to us via interactive distance learning technology)		 MOISD Career Center Miller North
Completed New Teacher Update
 		 Wednesday, March 23, 2005
4:30 - 7:30 p.m.		  Mary Ann Robinson and Dennis Rosen MOISD Career Center Miller Wing

Completed

 Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Thursday, April 14, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.		 MOISD LETRS  Training Team MOISD Career Center 
Miller Wing 

Completed

Leopold Education Project Workshop

 

 Wednesday, March 2, 2005
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.		 Sponsored by the Mecosta Conservation District, Pheasants Forever and the MOISD MOISD Career Center Miller Wing

Completed

  Collaborative Literacy Project (CLiP) Wed, Nov. 17, 2004
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.		 Mary Ann Robinson and Jim Mishler 

 

  

MOISD Career Center 
Miller Wing

Completed

 Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Wed, Nov. 17, 2004
12:30 - 3:30 p.m.		 MOISD LETRS  Training Team MOISD Career Center 
Miller Wing 
Completed Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.		 MOISD LETRS  Training Team MOISD Career Center 
Miller Wing 
Completed Classroom Instruction that Works Sept. 29 & 30, 2004

8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

 Diane E. Paynter MOISD  Career Center 
Miller Wing
Completed Classroom Discipline: Establishing Respect and Responsibility Wednesday, August 18, 2004
1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Follow-up Session:
Wed. Oct. 20, 2004 from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. (dinner included)		 Todd Johnson MOISD Career Center 
Miller Wing North