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.
Current Offerings
Computational Thinking Across the Curriculum Online Course Learn More
Creating Breakouts for e-Learning Online Course Learn More
Makey Makey® - Invention Literacy Online Workshop: Makey Makey® Invention Kit Training for Educators Learn More
Creating Breakouts for e-Learning Online Course Learn More
Makey Makey® - Invention Literacy Online Workshop: Makey Makey® Invention Kit Training for Educators Learn More
We are offering FREE 30-minute introduction sessions to each of the above courses.
Past Offerings
Cognitive Coaching℠ 8-Day Foundations Course: Leadership Training to Support and Enhance Teacher Thinking Processes Learn More
Overview
Learn to engage students in computational thinking, a new framework for problem-solving guiding learners to solve any challenge through an analytical and methodical approach. Engage in activities for supporting computational thinking in the classroom, and in e-learning environments.
Date / Time
This course will be conducted virtually in 5 one-hour sessions, from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM on the following dates:
Participants will receive 5 hours of renewal credit. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$75 Registration Fee (includes a personal BBC MicroBit kit valued at $25) - REGISTER
Registration deadline is June 30th.
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
Learn to engage students in computational thinking, a new framework for problem-solving guiding learners to solve any challenge through an analytical and methodical approach. Engage in activities for supporting computational thinking in the classroom, and in e-learning environments.
Date / Time
This course will be conducted virtually in 5 one-hour sessions, from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM on the following dates:
- Monday, July 6, 2020
- Wednesday, July 8, 2020
- Thursday, July 9, 2020
- Thursday, July 16, 2020
- Monday, July 20, 2020
Participants will receive 5 hours of renewal credit. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$75 Registration Fee (includes a personal BBC MicroBit kit valued at $25) - REGISTER
Registration deadline is June 30th.
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
Overview
Learn to engage students in learning through play by creating physical and digital breakouts. Learn how to plan, set-up and assess through games, puzzles and problem making tools.
Date / Time
This course will be conducted virtually in 5 one-hour sessions, from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM on the following dates:
Participants will receive 5 hours of renewal credit. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$50 Registration Fee - REGISTER
Registration deadline is July 15.
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
Learn to engage students in learning through play by creating physical and digital breakouts. Learn how to plan, set-up and assess through games, puzzles and problem making tools.
Date / Time
This course will be conducted virtually in 5 one-hour sessions, from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM on the following dates:
- Monday, July 27
- Tuesday, July 28
- Thursday, July 30
- Friday, July 31
- Tuesday, August 4
Participants will receive 5 hours of renewal credit. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.
Cost
$50 Registration Fee - REGISTER
Registration deadline is July 15.
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
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Overview
Learn to use the award winning Makey Makey Invention Kit to support invention literacy, making, and design thinking both in the classroom, and in e-learning environments. Looking for a way to support STEAM at home? Makey Makey might be the answer! Date / Time This course will be conducted virtually in 5 one-hour sessions, from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM on the following dates:
Participants will receive 5 hours of renewal credit. 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 (includes the award winning Makey Makey Invention Literacy kit, valued at $49.99) - REGISTER Registration Deadline is July 8, 2020. |
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 once per month for a total of 8-days, participants will learn to:
Cost
$1,000/participant
Materials and lunch are included.
Dates
Course Dates* are:
*If a day is cancelled due to inclement weather, Thursday (March 5th) and Friday (March 6th) will serve as the make-up dates (ONLY IF NEEDED).
Location
The August 7-8 will be held at Irmo Middle School in the Cafeteria, 6051 Wescott Road Columbia, SC 29212
The remaining dates will be at Irmo High School in the PD area located behind the Media Center, 6671 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia, SC 29212.
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 once per month for a total of 8-days, 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 and lunch are included.
Dates
Course Dates* are:
- Day 1: Wednesday, August 7, 2019
- Day 2: Thursday, August 8, 2019
- Day 3: Friday, September 27, 2019
- Day 4: Friday, October 11, 2019
- Day 5: Friday, November 1, 2019
- Day 6: Friday, December 6, 2019
- Day 7: Friday, January 31, 2020
- Day 8: Friday, February 21, 2020
*If a day is cancelled due to inclement weather, Thursday (March 5th) and Friday (March 6th) will serve as the make-up dates (ONLY IF NEEDED).
Location
The August 7-8 will be held at Irmo Middle School in the Cafeteria, 6051 Wescott Road Columbia, SC 29212
The remaining dates will be at Irmo High School in the PD area located behind the Media Center, 6671 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia, SC 29212.
Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.
