2024 October REN/IMESD Professional Development Summit: Full Schedule

Welcome to the scheduling platform for the 2024 Professional Development Summit, hosted by the Oregon Trail Regional Educator Network and Intermountain ESD in cooperation with Pendleton School District.
* Click on sessions to create your schedule for October 11th, 2024.
* Please note that some sessions are 2 hours in length. Session times are specified in the session description.
* All sessions are IN-PERSON at Pendleton High School: 1800 NW Carden Avenue Pendleton, OR

*All participants must park in the student parking lot (located on the east side of the school) OR the main parking lot. All participants will enter the cafeteria next to the east side student parking lot. Registration & breakfast will occur in the cafeteria.

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10:00am PDT

Motivate Your Students to Be Independent Readers with Accelerated Reader

Friday October 11, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT

Room 201

This session will be for districts that have the Accelerated Reader Program. Stephanie will show you the reports she utilizes in her classroom with her students on a weekly basis to track independent reading. She will share incentives she uses to help motivate her students to become more independent readers. If participants have used AR previously, they too, will be able to share how they used the program in their classroom. Part of this session will be discussing possible school wide incentive ideas to increase independent reading with elementary age students.

Speakers

Stephanie Smith

4th Grade Teacher, Pendleton School District

Friday October 11, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Room 201

Literacy Support

Audience K-5 teachers

11:00am PDT

Using Children's Literature to Teach the Holocaust to K-5 Students: Free Books and Teaching Guides Provided by the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education

Friday October 11, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PDT

Room 214

The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE) now provides free Holocaust-related picture books, novels, and memoirs to K-5 classrooms. Each book was carefully selected to meet both Oregon's ELA and social studies standards across elementary grade levels as well as address SB664 Holocaust and Genocide learning concepts. In this workshop, teachers will collaboratively review books and accompanying teaching guides and learn how to order free books for their curriculum.

Speakers

Andrew Duden

Head of Student Programs, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education

Andrew Duden is the Education Specialist fro Digital Learning at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education. At the museum, Andrew has created digital curriculum for numerous core exhibitions, has written lesson plans, and facilitated professional development and... Read More →

IMESD PD Book Boxes for Elementary Teachers (Fall, 2024) pdf

Friday October 11, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Room 214

Content-Specific

Audience K-5 teachers