CESNW NW Symposium

Northwest Symposium

Symposium materials

The 2006 Symposium was a success! We've made available all the materials from the presentations.

• Symposium agenda
• Wagon Wheels brainstorm
• Wagon Wheels brainstorm results
• Using Reading and Writing Workshops in the Student-Centered Classroom
  Casey Silbaugh, Crossroads Prep Academy at Clover Park High School
  We will be using Nancie Atwell's teachings from her book In the Middle, which help describe how to set up reading and writing workshops. We will also examine the pros and cons of using the workshop method alongside district or building curricula.

  • Poem archive (12 items)
  • Document archive (37 items)

  Archives are in ZIP format and contain files in Word format.
• "Washing Away," A trial Activity asks who's guilty for Katrina's horrors
  Ian McFeat, Foss High School
  Participants will learn to create their own trial role plays through experiencing a trial about Hurricane Katrina and the responsibility for the destruction in its aftermath. Through role playing as Poor People of New Orleans, the Rich of New Orleans, The Free Market Economy, The Bush Administration, FEMA, and State and Local Authorities, participants will learn how to create trials of their own to engage students in the CES Habits of Mind. Participants will leave with reproducible handouts and student starter poems and other materials on Katrina that can help shape units of their own.

  • AMLA Hurricane Guide
  • An Unnatural Disaster
  • Katrina resource list
  • Looting vs. Carrying photos
  • New Orleans' Racial Divide: An Unnatural Disaster
  • Huge Racial Divide Over Katrina and its Consequences
  • Trapped in New Orleans
  • World Stunned as U.S. Struggles with Katrina
  • Katrina facilitated discussion
• Student-led Conferences
  Jeff Heiman, Lisa Gallo, Experience Academy at Foster High School
  We will present a brief overview of the Experience Academy and Foster High School. We will then explain why we adopted Student-Led Conferences, the format of the conferences and give each participant a packet of materials. Participants will have time to peruse samples of student work, and have some work time to brainstorm ways to make it work in their school. There will be time for questions and answers.
• Personalizing Classrooms
  Pam Wise, CES Northwest
  With personalization, it's hard to know where to start and when to stop. One definitely true thing is that advisory and getting to know kids are not the beginning and the end of the personalization conversation in the schools we are creating--and far too often, this is as far as people go. In this workshop, we'll talk about building a personalized classroom environment, personalizing instructional strategies, and above all, creating classroom activities and assessments that allow students to connect their lives to the work they do.
• Socratic Seminar
  Kevin Rupprecht, Clover Park High School
  Socratic Seminar is an in class process to develop students to use their minds well. Session Participants will explore the what, why, and how of Socratic Seminar. Participants will be led through a conversation of Essential Questions and Enduring Understanding and the role that these two learning components have on the success of a Socratic Seminar and the significance of having these components embedded in a teachers instruction to deepen the learning of all students. Participants will be engaged in several opportunities to contribute in a Socratic Seminar and be exposed to various methods of conducting Socratic Seminar
• Ethics poem