Summer 2009 Professional Development
Optional Focus Sessions

Georgetown ISD Faculty and Staff are encouraged to participate in district-provided professional development. Employees should participate in a minimum of 3 days of professional development to compensate for October 2, 2009, November 25, 2009, and April 2, 2010 as identified on the 2009-2010 GISD District Calendar. Professional development is divided into five strands:

Optional Focus - These training opportunities focus on personal development in several areas, but especially in the technology area.

On inservice dates listed on the 2009-2010 District Calendar, the focus for Georgetown ISD will be horizontal and vertical curriculum alignment. Click on the links below to view professional development opportunities. Check this site often for updated course offerings or additional sessions.

COURSE TITLE

AUDIENCE

DATE(S)

LOCATION

INITIATIVE/CONTACT

PEIMS Update

PEIMS Clerks

August 4, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Vickie Simpson

Library

All Librarians

August 3, 2009
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

GHS Library

Mary Beth Huba

Autism 101

Open to all GISD Staff

June 2, 2009
8 :30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

NGC

Special Education Director

Speech Therapy

Speech Teachers

August 10, 2009

NGC

Special Education Director

CPI Training

New Teachers

July 17-18, 2009
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

NGC

SPED Director

CPI Training

Teachers needing recertification

August 5-6, 2009
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

NGC

SPED Director

Elementary Counselors' Workshop Elementary Counselors June 11 and June 24, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
McCoy Paula Doerfler

Groupwise:  Efficient Calendar and Email Use

Open to all GISD Staff

June 8, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 106:  Basic Spreadsheet Open to all GISD Staff June 4, 2009
1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m.
Benold Computer Lab Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 104: Basic PowerPoint Presentation

Open to all GISD Staff

June 8, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

GroupWise WebAccess: Email and Calendar from Home

Open to all GISD Staff

June 8, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 106:  Basic Spreadsheet

Open to all GISD Staff

June 8, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Kidspiration

Open to all Elementary Staff

June 8, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Mitchell Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Campus Webmaster Training

Open to all Campus Technology Facilitators

June 8, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Beginning Publisher - Elementary

Open to all Elementary Staff

June 9, 2009
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Mitchell Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Beginning Publisher - Secondary

Open to all Secondary Staff

June 9, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Impacting Instruction with Document Cameras and Projectors

Open to all GISD Staff

June 9, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold

Technology/K. Garcia

Using the K-12 Online Databases

Open to all GISD Staff

June 9, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Photostory

Open to all GISD Staff

June 10, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Movie Maker

Open to all GISD Staff

June 10, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Photostory

Open to all GISD Staff

June 11, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Movie Maker

Open to all GISD Staff

June 11, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 204: Intermediate Power Point Presentation

Open to all GISD Staff

June 11, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Digital Citizenship – Follow-Up training is online

NOTE: This class is a prerequisite for the Moodle for Classroom Teachers class on July 29th

 

Open to Classroom Teachers

July 13, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., plus 2 additional hours on your own time

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Thinkfinity Open to all GISD Staff July 15, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Benold Computer Lab Technology/K. Garcia

Digital Photography

Open to all GISD Staff

July 20, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Interwrite School Pads

Open to all GISD Staff

July 20, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

File Management:  Organizing Files and Saving CDs to Flash Drives

Open to all GISD Staff

July 20, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Impacting Instruction with Document Cameras and Projectors

Open to all GISD Staff

July 20, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold

Technology/K. Garcia

Intel Teach Essentials

Open to all GISD Staff

July 21- July 23, 2009 &
July 27 – July 28, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Discovery Education Streaming Introduction

Open to all GISD Staff

July 21, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 307: Database

Open to all GISD Staff

July 21, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 106: Basic Spreadsheet

Open to all GISD Staff

July 21, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Discovery Education Streaming Advanced

Open to all GISD Staff

July 21, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 206: Intermediate Spreadsheet

Open to all GISD Staff

July 21, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

ExamView

Open to all Secondary, Cooper, and Pickett Staff

July 22, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Photostory

Open to all GISD Staff

July 22, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

eInstruction Student Response System

Open to all GISD Staff

July 22, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Movie Maker

Open to all GISD Staff

July 22, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Photostory

Open to all GISD Staff

July 23, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 105: Creating Your First Website from FrontPage - Elementary Campuses

Open to Elementary Staff

July 23, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Mitchell Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 105: Creating Your First Website from FrontPage - Secondary Campuses

Open to

Secondary Staff

July 23, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Movie Maker

Open to all GISD Staff

July 23, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 105: Beginning Web Design for Elementary Teachers with EXISTING FrontPage Web Sites

Open to Elementary Staff

July 23, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Mitchell Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 105: Beginning Web Design for Secondary Teachers with EXISTING FrontPage Web Sites

Open to Secondary Staff

July 23, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

GroupWise: Efficient Calendar and Email Use

Open to all GISD Staff

July 27, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Campus Webmaster Training

Open to all Campus Technology Facilitators

July 27, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Digital Photography

Open to all GISD Staff

July 27, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Impacting Instruction with Document Cameras and Projectors

Open to all GISD Staff

July 27, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 105: Updating Your Website in FrontPage for Secondary teachers with EXISTING FrontPage Web Sites

Open to all Secondary Staff

July 28, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 203: Intermediate Word Processing

Open to all GISD Staff

July 28, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 205: Intermediate Web Design in FrontPage

Open to all GISD Staff With Existing FrontPage Websites

July 28, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Technology 206: Intermediate Spreadsheet

Open to all GISD Staff

July 28, 2009
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Moodle for Classroom Teachers

Open to Classroom Teachers

July 29, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

Technology/K. Garcia

Using the K-12 Online Databases Open to all GISD Staff July 30, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Benold Computer Lab Technology/K. Garcia

CEI ELS Training

Teachers New to ELS

July 27- July 29, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

R. Campos
CEI Trainer: B.C. Seely

CEI ELS Update

Existing ELS Teachers

August 12, 2009
8 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Benold Computer Lab

R. Campos
CEI Trainer: B.C. Seely

Technology Facilitator Update All Campus Technology Facilitators August 6, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Benold Computer Lab Benold Computer Lab

 

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