Code | Seminar Name | Description/ Objective(s) | Audience | Facilitator(s) | Room |
English Language Arts |
1 | Collaborative Models for an Engaging Grammar Sequence in the Ninth Grade | Participants will create a grammar curriculum unit plan. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Rabot | 5S4 |
2 | AP Vertical Planning Team | Participants will create a curriculum outline for vertical integration. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Lehrman | 4E20 |
3 | Engaging Students in Poetry
| Participants will create a poetry curriculum unit plan. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Gidalowitz | 4W14 |
4 | Engaging Students in Early American Literature | Participants will create an Early American literature curriculum unit plan. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Lau | 5W12 |
5 | ELA National Board Certification | Participants will prepare to meet the requirements for ELA National Board Certification. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Sklover | 5W18 |
Mathematics |
6 | Solid Geometry | Lesson planning for solid geometry unit in tenth grade geometry course as required by the new New York state standards. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Brandler | 2W7 |
7 | Junior and Senior Course Study Group | Evaluation of current variations of eleventh grade math classes. Proposals for at least two senior classes with corresponding learning objectives/syllabi. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Pieratti | 5N7 |
8 | Integrating Mathematics Into Computer Science Classes | Participants
will develop insights into using programming as a tool to enhance
mathematical understanding and will create lessons to help students
write programs that solve mathematical problems. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Goldman | 5W2 |
Social Studies |
9 | Curr ‘wiki’ lum Project | Curriculum unit planning through the use of a wiki format to improve consistency in teaching and learning. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Baskind | 6E22 |
10 | Social Science Research Major Curriculum Mapping | Creation of a curriculum map to provide complementary coverage without redundancy in the use of case studies. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s).
| Lucisano, L. Williams | 6N7 |
11 | AP Government and Constitutional Law Curriculum Mapping | Participants will create a government and constitutional law curriculum map. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Dennie | 1E19 |
12 | Globalization Study Group | Participants
will create a curriculum unit plan on the effects of cultural,
economic, political, and environmental globalization. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Solowey | 6E6 |
Science |
13 | Research Fair Preparation
| Judge training, board preparation, contest, and competition overview. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Parlo, Baranowski | 2S12D |
14 | Use of Video Simulated Demos | Production of a library of chemistry video demonstrations.
| Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Harkavy | 4E6 |
15 | Lab Equipment Analysis | Inventory and analysis of physics lab equipment to determine instructional use. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | McCollum, Thaw | 2E10 |
16 | Inquiry Science Labs | Focus on the use of the inquiry approach to
teach physics lab. | Science Teachers and Lab Specialists | Barclay | 2N2 |
17 | Ninth Grade Bio Lab Update | Participants will review Regents requirements and update biology labs accordingly. | Science Teachers | Chu | 3E22 |
18 | Curriculum and Lab Development for Advanced Chemistry | Create a rigorous Quantitative Analysis course and lab. | Science Teachers | Maxfield, Schiff, Skiba | 3E6 |
19 | Teaching the Mastery of A-COSI | Participants will study and discuss the art and craft of scientific investigation.
| Open To All | Walcott | 4E2 |
World Languages |
20 | Chinese Curriculum Mapping
| Participants will create a Chinese language and culture curriculum map.
| Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Ogle | 5S10 |
21 | Using the SMART Board in World Language Classes | Participants will create lesson plans incorporating the use a SMART Board.
| World Language Teachers | Gando, Garcia, Ullman | 6N8 |
Technology |
22 | Blackboard | Participants will learn additional features of Blackboard including how to create exams, upload Gradekeeper, and use Safe-Assign. | Open To All | Honor | 1E10 |
23 | DDP – Inventor Workshops | Teacher workshops to share best practices using advanced Inventor techniques. Lesson plan development for teaching these skills to students. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Chan,
Fung, Grosshart | 1N3 |
24 | Sophomore Curriculum Development | Curriculum unit plans and course design for 10th grade technology classes. | Open to those enrolled in this Common Time strand and others by permission of the facilitator(s). | Avila | 2N3 |
25 | Gradekeeper | Participants will learn the basics of Gradekeeper, the popular gradebook software. | Open To All | Morgan | 3N4 |
26 | BTHS Web Site | Participants will learn how to develop their page on the BTHS web site. | Open To All | Edwards | 1N6 |
27 | ClassMarker | Participants will be introduced to ClassMarker, the online homework generator that automatically grades each assignment. | Open To All (Participants should bring a ten question multiple choice assignment, electronic or paper, with them to this seminar.) | Pititto | 1E20 |
28 | iTeach: Web Literacy, Internet Safety, and Digital Citizenship | The seminar will focus on the reliability, safety, and ethical issues surrounding the educational use of the Internet. | Open To All | Office of Instructional Technology | Information Technology H.S., 21-16 44th Rd., Queens |
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