Professional Learning Opportunities
Our continuing education sessions have been developed to meet the needs of our community. They are open to individuals as well as school groups, unless noted. Do you have specific learning objectives for your school or learning community? Contact us about designing something to fit your needs.
Upcoming Courses
November 2020
- Google Tools for Remote Learning : Participants will learn to use Google tools to create engaging activities that promote SEL, critical thinking, problem solving, computational thinking and STEM processes. Learn More
- Microsoft Tools for Remote Learning: Participants will learn how to use Microsoft Teams and the Office 365 apps to create engaging activities that promote SEL, critical thinking, problem solving, computational thinking and STEM processes. Learn More
December 2020
- Google Site-based Digital Breakouts Overview - Online Course - Learn how to use Google tools to create a digital breakout you can use remotely or in class with your students. Learn More
- Microsoft OneNote-based Digital Escape Rooms Overview - Online Course - Learn how to use Microsoft 365 and OneNote to create a digital escape room you can use remotely or in class with your students. Learn More
January 2021
- Cognitive Coaching℠ 8-Day Foundations Course: Leadership Training to Support and Enhance Teacher Thinking Processes Learn More
February 2021
- Advanced Digital Breakouts Online Course: Enhance your digital breakouts through the use of embedded apps, sims, games, and assessment tools. Learn More
Google Tools for Remote Learning Online Course
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Overview
This quick course is designed to teach you how to use Google tools to create engaging activities that promote SEL, critical thinking, problem solving, computational thinking and STEM processes. Collaborate with peers to create synchronous and asynchronous activities that provide students the opportunity to practices skills and acquire the knowledge and characteristics seen in the profile of the SC Graduate.
Participants will receive 10 hours of renewal credit. 5 hours of asynchronous work time is included and required to complete the course. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$100/person
Course Dates
This course will be conducted online in 5 one-hour sessions in Zoom, from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM on the following dates:
Registration Deadline
Monday, October 19, 2020 at 5:00pm.
Download Informational Flyer
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
This quick course is designed to teach you how to use Google tools to create engaging activities that promote SEL, critical thinking, problem solving, computational thinking and STEM processes. Collaborate with peers to create synchronous and asynchronous activities that provide students the opportunity to practices skills and acquire the knowledge and characteristics seen in the profile of the SC Graduate.
Participants will receive 10 hours of renewal credit. 5 hours of asynchronous work time is included and required to complete the course. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$100/person
Course Dates
This course will be conducted online in 5 one-hour sessions in Zoom, from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM on the following dates:
- Monday November 2, 2020
- Wednesday November 4, 2020
- Thursday November 5, 2020
- Wednesday November 11, 2020
- Wednesday November 18, 2020
Registration Deadline
Monday, October 19, 2020 at 5:00pm.
Download Informational Flyer
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
Microsoft Tools for Remote Learning Online Course
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Overview
This quick course is designed to teach you how to use Microsoft Teams and the Office 365 apps to create engaging activities that promote SEL, critical thinking, problem solving, computational thinking and STEM processes. Collaborate with peers to create synchronous and asynchronous activities that provide students the opportunity to practices skills and acquire the knowledge and characteristics seen in the profile of the SC Graduate.
Participants will receive 10 hours of renewal credit. 5 hours of asynchronous work time is included and required to complete the course. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$100/person
Course Dates
This course will be conducted online in 5 one-hour sessions in Zoom, from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM on the following dates:
Registration Deadline
Monday, October 26, 2020 at 5:00pm.
Download Informational Flyer
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
This quick course is designed to teach you how to use Microsoft Teams and the Office 365 apps to create engaging activities that promote SEL, critical thinking, problem solving, computational thinking and STEM processes. Collaborate with peers to create synchronous and asynchronous activities that provide students the opportunity to practices skills and acquire the knowledge and characteristics seen in the profile of the SC Graduate.
Participants will receive 10 hours of renewal credit. 5 hours of asynchronous work time is included and required to complete the course. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$100/person
Course Dates
This course will be conducted online in 5 one-hour sessions in Zoom, from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM on the following dates:
- Monday November 9, 2020
- Monday November 16, 2020
- Monday November 23, 2020
- Monday November 30, 2020
- Monday December 7, 2020
Registration Deadline
Monday, October 26, 2020 at 5:00pm.
Download Informational Flyer
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
Building Microsoft OneNote-Based Escape Rooms Online Course
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This quick course is designed to teach you how to use Microsoft 365 and OneNote to create a digital escape room you can use remotely or in class with your students. When you have completed this quick course, you will have a digital escape room customized for your class(es). Share with your peers. The more folks we have the more escape rooms we can share!
Participants will receive 10 hours of renewal credit. 5 hours of asynchronous work time is included and required to complete the course. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$100/person
Course Dates
This course will be conducted online in 5 one-hour sessions in Zoom, from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM on the following dates:
Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 5:00 pm
Download Informational Flyer
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
Participants will receive 10 hours of renewal credit. 5 hours of asynchronous work time is included and required to complete the course. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$100/person
Course Dates
This course will be conducted online in 5 one-hour sessions in Zoom, from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM on the following dates:
- Thursday 12/10/2020
- Tuesday 12/15/2020
- Tuesday 1/5/2021
- Thursday 1/7/2021
- Thursday 1/21/2021
Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 5:00 pm
Download Informational Flyer
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
Google Site-based Digital Breakouts Overview - Online Course |
Overview
This quick course is designed to teach you how to use Google tools to create a digital breakout you can use remotely or in class with your students. When you have completed this quick course, you will have a digital breakout customized for your class(es). Share with your peers. The more folks we have the more breakouts we can share!
Participants will receive 10 hours of renewal credit. 5 hours of asynchronous work time is included and required to complete the course. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$100/person
Course Dates
This course will be conducted online in 5 one-hour sessions in Zoom, from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM on the following dates:
Registration Deadline
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 5:00 pm.
Download Informational Flyer
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
This quick course is designed to teach you how to use Google tools to create a digital breakout you can use remotely or in class with your students. When you have completed this quick course, you will have a digital breakout customized for your class(es). Share with your peers. The more folks we have the more breakouts we can share!
Participants will receive 10 hours of renewal credit. 5 hours of asynchronous work time is included and required to complete the course. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$100/person
Course Dates
This course will be conducted online in 5 one-hour sessions in Zoom, from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM on the following dates:
- Wednesday 12/2/2020
- Monday 12/14/2020
- Monday 1/4/2021
- Wednesday 1/6/2021
- Wednesday 1/20/2021
Registration Deadline
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 5:00 pm.
Download Informational Flyer
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
Cognitive Coaching℠ 8-Day Foundations Course
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Overview
The 8-Day Foundations Course is a year-long leadership training course designed for administrators and instructional coaches. Participants learn the skills needed to support and enhance teacher thinking processes.
The mission of Cognitive Coaching℠ is to produce self-directed persons with the cognitive capacity for excellence both independently and as members of a community. Research indicates that teaching is a complex intellectual activity and that teachers who think at higher levels produce students who are higher achieving, more cooperative, and better problem solvers. It is the invisible skills of teaching, the thinking processes that underlie instructional decisions, which produce superior instruction. Cognitive Coaching℠ is a research-based model that capitalizes upon and enhances teachers' cognitive processes.
Learning Outcomes
Meeting a total of 8-days during the 2020-2021 school year, participants will learn to:
Cost
$1,000/participant
Materials are included. Lunch is on your own.
Course Dates* are:
Participants meet 9am - 4pm on scheduled dates.
*Inclement Weather Make-up Dates: Thursday, June 24, 2021 and Friday, June 25, 2021 (ONLY IF NEEDED).
Location
Trinity Baptist Church - Solomon’s Porch Fellowship Hall (2003 Charleston Hwy, Cayce, SC 29033)
Note: We prioritizes the health and safety of our staff and of those who participate in our professional learning offerings. Facilitators will wear a mask and/or face shield and practice social distancing. For this training our registration is capped at 30 participants. Our training space has a capacity for 250, so we have plenty of room to practice social distancing. If you have other questions or concerns on our protocols, please contact us.
Registration Deadline
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 5:00pm or when our maximum of 30 participants is reached.
Download Informational Flyer
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
The 8-Day Foundations Course is a year-long leadership training course designed for administrators and instructional coaches. Participants learn the skills needed to support and enhance teacher thinking processes.
The mission of Cognitive Coaching℠ is to produce self-directed persons with the cognitive capacity for excellence both independently and as members of a community. Research indicates that teaching is a complex intellectual activity and that teachers who think at higher levels produce students who are higher achieving, more cooperative, and better problem solvers. It is the invisible skills of teaching, the thinking processes that underlie instructional decisions, which produce superior instruction. Cognitive Coaching℠ is a research-based model that capitalizes upon and enhances teachers' cognitive processes.
Learning Outcomes
Meeting a total of 8-days during the 2020-2021 school year, participants will learn to:
- build trust by developing physical and verbal rapport.
- develop an identity as a mediator of people's thinking.
- utilize three mediative maps for planning, reflecting and problem resolving.
- facilitate self-directed learning through reflective questioning.
- develop teachers' autonomy and sense of community.
- develop higher levels of efficacy, consciousness, craftsmanship, flexibility and interdependence.
- distinguish four support functions: coaching, evaluating, consulting, collaborating.
- practice coaching interactions to differentiate for individual needs.
- utilize the coaching toolkit of pause, paraphrase, and pose a question.
- apply coaching skills that enhance the intellectual processes of instruction.
- distinguish between the five categories of feedback.
Cost
$1,000/participant
Materials are included. Lunch is on your own.
Course Dates* are:
- Day 1: Friday, January 15, 2021
- Day 2: Friday, February 12, 2021
- Day 3: Friday, February 26, 2021
- Day 4: Thursday, March 4, 2021
- Day 5: Thursday, March 25, 2021
- Day 6: Thursday, April 22, 2021
- Day 7: Thursday, May 6, 2021
- Day 8: Thursday, May 20, 2021
Participants meet 9am - 4pm on scheduled dates.
*Inclement Weather Make-up Dates: Thursday, June 24, 2021 and Friday, June 25, 2021 (ONLY IF NEEDED).
Location
Trinity Baptist Church - Solomon’s Porch Fellowship Hall (2003 Charleston Hwy, Cayce, SC 29033)
Note: We prioritizes the health and safety of our staff and of those who participate in our professional learning offerings. Facilitators will wear a mask and/or face shield and practice social distancing. For this training our registration is capped at 30 participants. Our training space has a capacity for 250, so we have plenty of room to practice social distancing. If you have other questions or concerns on our protocols, please contact us.
Registration Deadline
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 5:00pm or when our maximum of 30 participants is reached.
Download Informational Flyer
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
Advanced Digital Breakouts Online Course
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Overview
Enhance a digital breakout you currently have or learn to create and publish a sophisticated digital breakout with embedded apps, sims, games, and assessment tools. This quick course is designed for participants with either experience utilizing breakouts (digital or physical) and intermediate technology proficiency. Participants will need a working knowledge of integrating Google Tools [Drive, Sites, Forms etc.] OR Microsoft Tools [OneNote, PPT, Forms etc.] and video and/or Image editing experience (apps or software) and knowledge of video and image file types (.gif, .jpeg, .mp4, .avi, etc.).
Date / Time
This course will be conducted virtually in 5 one-hour sessions in Zoom, from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM on the following dates:
Participants will receive 10 hours of renewal credit. 5 hours of asynchronous work time is included and required to complete the course. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$100 Registration Fee
Registration Deadline
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 5:00pm.
Download Informational Flyer
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
Enhance a digital breakout you currently have or learn to create and publish a sophisticated digital breakout with embedded apps, sims, games, and assessment tools. This quick course is designed for participants with either experience utilizing breakouts (digital or physical) and intermediate technology proficiency. Participants will need a working knowledge of integrating Google Tools [Drive, Sites, Forms etc.] OR Microsoft Tools [OneNote, PPT, Forms etc.] and video and/or Image editing experience (apps or software) and knowledge of video and image file types (.gif, .jpeg, .mp4, .avi, etc.).
Date / Time
This course will be conducted virtually in 5 one-hour sessions in Zoom, from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM on the following dates:
- Tuesday February 2, 2021
- Thursday February 4, 2021
- Thursday February 11, 2021
- Tuesday February 16, 2021
- Tuesday February 23, 2021
Participants will receive 10 hours of renewal credit. 5 hours of asynchronous work time is included and required to complete the course. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$100 Registration Fee
Registration Deadline
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 5:00pm.
Download Informational Flyer
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
