Please Join the GarnetValleyLearns Schoology Course by using the following course access code: VPBS6-KKPDW

This course will serve as the online component for both the February 15th and May 24th In-Service Days. Once you join this course, you will continue to have access to the course and all of the resources.

Once you join the Schoology course, navigate to the February 15th/May 24th folder and view the guided instructions and complete the required work.

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Room #: BSES 112

Steve Piasecki

This session is for teacher leaders and for the leader in all teachers. How well does your team, department, or faculty work together? Can your collaboration and productivity be improved/enhanced? Drawing on the work of Daniel Coyle (Culture Code) we will explore the important facets of group culture--safety and belonging, vulnerability, and purpose--in order to be agents of growth and change.

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Room #: GVHS Library (Quiet Study Area)

Kevin Finan

This session is devoted to those with an established mindfulness practice. It will primarily consist of time devoted to practice in silence. Participants are encouraged to bring a yoga mat.

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Room #: GVHSLibrary (Right Side)

Erin Cleary and Dan Provence

Take a break from reality with Oculus Go VR! Learn what it is, how to use it, and try it hands-on! Visit another planet, face your fears, or try some guided meditation on a beach! After familiarizing yourself with our VR sets you'll have time to brainstorm with your colleagues on how to incorporate VR into your curriculum.

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Room #: BSES 124

Meredithe Stefanowicz

Participants in the district Alexa/askMyClass pilot will discuss their successes and areas of continuous growth during their first year with the Echo devices. Techniques for introduction, class maintenance and more will be shared in order to plan for more use with the device in the future. Google Forms will be completed about their experience to guide future planning.

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Room #: BSES 220

Brian Quindlen

This session will focus on how to operate the Epson Brightlink 685Wi, the new projector that is going to be installed in GV classrooms. We will learn the basics of operation, the projector's special features, and how it works with our district computers.

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Room #: BSES 122

Rob Guidetti

This session will focus on how to operate the Epson Brightlink 685Wi, the new projector that is going to be installed in GV classrooms. We will learn the basics of operation, the projector's special features, and how it works with our district computers.

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Room #: GVHS B 125

Pat Dunn

In this session you will learn ways that you can decrease the stress in your life as well as help students decrease their own stress.

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Room #: BSES Gym Area

Carin Zecca & Rebecca Brown

Are you interested in drones? Would you like to use drones in your class with your students but are unsure how? This session allows teachers to learn about the types of drones that are available in GVSD. Teachers will learn and fly Parrot Mambo Drones in a variety of ways, learn and fly the Phantom Drone, and also be able to apply drone learning across the curriculum through peer collaboration.

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Room #: GVHS (Outside Art Wing)

Mike Simone and Dan Schemmer

Are you interested in drones? Would you like to use drones in your class with your students but are unsure how? This session allows teachers to learn about the types of drones that are available in GVSD. Teachers will learn and fly Parrot Mambo Drones in a variety of ways, learn and fly the Phantom Drone, and also be able to apply drone learning across the curriculum through peer collaboration.

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Room #: GVHS Library (Right Side)

Joseph Kingsborough and Tony Sivo

Stop the Bleed is a national awareness campaign and call-to-action. Stop the Bleed is intended to cultivate grassroots efforts that encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives.

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Room #: BSES 112

Stefanie Bock and Aisling Travers

Participants will visit classrooms around the district and have the opportunity to explore new learning environments. They will visit classes of other participants and leave a note behind about what they liked seeing or what they learned just from stepping inside someone else's classroom. Participants will leave their classroom doors open to allow visits from colleagues as well.

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Room #: GVHS Library (Quiet Study Area)

Kevin Finan

This session will serve as an introduction to mindfulness practices based on the teachings of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. We will dispel myths and misconceptions around mindfulness, experience and discuss mindfulness practices, and understand why the best way to bring mindfulness to your students is through development of a personal practice.

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Room #: GVHS B 125

Pat Dunn

Do you know what your strengths are? Everyone is quick to point out what their weaknesses are but in this session you will learn what your individual strengths are and develop an action plan to continue to strengthen them.

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Room #: BSES 203

Jessica Smith and Jessica Baggio

This session will provide an introduction to the use of the Interactive Whiteboard. Teachers will have time to explore the board and get more comfortable with the basic functions in order to feel prepared when using it next year.

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Room #: BSES 124

Meredithe Stefanowicz

Participants will be introduced to the power of their voice through the use of the Echo device in the classroom. They will have an opportunity to try hands-on activities using Amazon Alexa skills, most especially with askMyClass. District guidelines and suggested timelines and techniques for classroom introduction will be shared.

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Room #: GVHS B 118

Greg Hilden

This session will focus on helping teachers become more familiar with the new bell schedule at GVHS. The topics will include: Lunch & Learn, collaboration time, duty time, special education, vo-tech, testing guidelines and other miscellaneous items.

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Room #: GVHS B 120

Marc Bertrando

This session is designed to brainstorm the types of adult behaviors that administrators, teachers, and support staff can adopt as they model for our students the key understandings of global citizenship. We will discuss ideas to advance community service, cultural awareness and appreciation, social and emotional wellness, and systemic character education. Ultimately, it's the Global Citizenship Committee's vision that adults modeling these behaviors will be one more element that will prepare students for success in a rapidly changing global community.

Participants DO NOT have to be part of the Global Citizenship Committee to participate. The more perspectives the better!!!

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