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FREE Professional Development Seminars
Who Comes for FREE?
Any and all members of the Paragon Federal Credit Union.
Not a member of Paragon FCU? Not to Worry!
Call or email now to obtain a membership application and start attending FREE seminars immediately. Please contact Jaclyn Marcella at jmarcella@paragonfcu.org or 201.263.3626 to obtain an application. But if you choose not to take advantage of our offer and remain a non-member you can still attend our seminars for a fee of $119.00 per seminar.
BONUS! Become a Member by June 30, 2008
and we’ll deposit $25.00 into your “new” Paragon FCU account!
All Seminars run from 9am till 2:30pm and are held at:
Paragon Federal Credit Union Building
Lower Level Training Center
100 Paragon Drive
Montvale, NJ 07645
If you have any questions call Jaclyn Marcella at 201-263-2636.
A Brain-based Approach to Fluency and Vocabulary Instruction
This seminar introduces participants to brain-compatible principles, strategies and classroom practices that will serve to enhance the critical component of reading fluency. Participants will gain valuable insights into ways to increase comprehension through appropriate fluency instruction and activities. |
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Monday Oct. 27th |
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Friday Feb. 6th |
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Wednesday May 20th |
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A Brain-based Approach to Improving Reading Skills: K-3
This is information that ALL teachers need to know! Join the author of The Reading Brain's Unnatural Connections™, Dr. Jim Gamble, for a cutting-edge seminar that will provide participants with practical strategies for developing critical phonological awareness and concept imagery skills in their students. User-friendly, brain-compatible teaching strategies along with diagnostic procedures and early intervention strategies will be highlighted. |
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Monday Nov. 10th |
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Friday Mar. 27th |
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Friday Apr. 3rd |
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A Brain-based Approach to Improving Reading Skills: K-8
This is information that ALL teachers need to know! Join the author of The Reading Brain's Unnatural Connections™, Dr. Jim Gamble, for a cutting-edge seminar that will help improve the reading comprehension skills and problem-solving capabilities of your students through user-friendly, brain-compatible teaching strategies. Through demonstrations, research studies, role-playing and focused discussions, participants will discover how to use brain-compatible strategies to greatly enhance memory skills, reading comprehension, vocabulary and fluency. Educators in all subject areas have witnessed first-hand how understanding these practices can greatly enhance student performance. |
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Wednesday Dec. 3rd |
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Wednesday Apr. 15th |
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Administrators as Change Agents and Instructional Leaders
A Brain-based Approach to Vocabulary Instruction This seminar introduces participants to brain-compatible principles, strategies and classroom practices that will serve to enhance the critical component of vocabulary instruction. Participants will gain valuable insights into how to introduce, reinforce, assess and maintain content vocabulary within the context of how the human brain learns best. |
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Monday Apr. 20th |
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Classroom Management Strategies for Effective Instruction
Effective classroom management is a critical factor to student success. This seminar provides participants with ideas and strategies that will enhance the delivery of daily lessons that meet the needs of a diverse student population and minimize discipline problems. Utilizing the “peek learning times” and creating the most effective positive learning environments are addressed through demonstrations and role-plays. A great opportunity for both beginning and veteran teachers! |
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Thursday Oct. 30th |
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Monday Feb. 9th |
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Communicating with Parents: Interpersonal Skills that Work
Communicating effectively with parents is a critical factor in fostering student success. This seminar is designed to help all teachers enhance their skills in a very important area of instructional responsibility. Participants will enhance their conferencing skills through practical demonstrations and role-plays. Strategies for dealing with difficult family situations are addressed through actual case studies. Whether you are an experienced or a novice teacher, you will learn multiple ways to communicate and strengthen the parent-school connection. |
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Monday Dec. 8th |
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Friday Apr. 24th |
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Cooperative Learning Strategies: It Takes Two or More
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Tuesday Oct. 28th |
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Wednesday Apr. 1st |
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Friday May 22nd |
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Differentiated Instruction K-12: An Introduction to the Philosophy
The philosophical process of instruction that meets the needs of a diverse group of learners is often described as differentiated instruction. In order to effectively implement this philosophy of instruction, educators at all levels need to be able to utilize multiple strategies at the appropriate times. This offering will specifically serve to guide educators through a systemic and systematic process that, in the end, will foster a culture and philosophy of differentiation throughout their educational community. Differentiated instruction is not a fad or a management system; it is great teaching and truly dispels the notion that one size fits all. |
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Wednesday Dec. 10th |
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Wednesday Feb. 11th |
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Differentiated Instruction K-12: Practical Classroom Applications
With understanding the philosophy of differentiated instruction as a foundation, this seminar focuses on the planning and implementation of tiered instructional practices that are designed to meet the needs of diverse student groups. As a hands-on seminar, participants will learn how to follow specific steps that will serve to effectively differentiate instruction in their classrooms throughout the school year. |
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Monday Feb. 2nd |
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Monday Mar. 2nd |
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Educational Technology Leadership: Planning and Supervising the Use of Technology
This seminar serves to increase the individual awareness and competencies of teachers and educational leaders as it relates to the seamless integration of technology. The essential characteristics of the 21st century learner and learning environment provide the rationale of the need for effective technology integration strategies. |
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Friday Dec. 12th |
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Wednesday Feb. 4th |
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Effective Leadership: Team Building, Community and Communication
Effective leadership is essential to achieving student success. This seminar provides practical information relating to the building of effective and efficient teams that foster a sense of community through ongoing communication. Organizational climate techniques and strategies for improving communication are addressed. Participants will acquire additional insights and skills in reference to creating and maintaining a successful learning organization. |
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Wednesday Nov. 12th |
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Wednesday Feb. 25th |
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Effective Leadership: Tools for Success
This seminar is designed to provide participants with skills and techniques that will result in greater productivity and job satisfaction. An emphasis is placed on interpersonal relations and time management. Effective communication skills, conflict resolution and collaboration skills are all presented within the context of the four critical priorities: Teamwork, Efficiency, Quality and Morale. Time-management strategies will address the issues of how to work in a more organized and efficient manner, how to cut through the maze of paperwork, how to recognize the critical tasks and properly prioritize. Participants will also learn how to plan effectively, delegate tasks and maintain To-Do lists that really work. |
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Friday Jan. 9th |
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Friday Feb. 27th |
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Effective Mathematics Instruction: Middle School
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Wednesday Jan. 21st |
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Friday May 15th |
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Effective Reading in the Content Areas: K-12
“Reading to Learn” follows “Learning to Read.” However, the ability of students to effectively read content specific material depends upon their skills of employing specific strategies that enhance these skills. During this seminar participants will be provided with opportunities to experience and try out strategies and interventions that will help their students better comprehend content specific materials. |
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Friday Nov. 14th |
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Wednesday Mar. 4th |
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Emotional Intelligence: The Child’s Emotional Coach
Research supports the fact that emotional intelligence is even more important than cognitive intelligence. This seminar provides participants with the latest research on the topic and provides strategies and approaches that can be used in the classroom immediately. |
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Wednesday Jan. 14th |
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Friday Mar. 6th |
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Formative Assessment: Using Classroom-based Assessments to Improve Learning
It is very well documented that effective instructional practices depend on well constructed, aligned assessments, and that effective and ongoing assessments serve to promote and improve student learning. As such, all educators need to be aware of the importance of formative assessment and how its effective use will serve to increase student achievement. Let experts in the field provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills that will lead to a more effective use of student feedback. Designing, implementing, analyzing and using formative assessment data is demonstrated and discussed in detail. |
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Friday Nov. 21st |
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Wednesday Mar. 18th |
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Instructional Unit Design for the 21st Century Classroom
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Friday May 16th |
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Monday Oct. 20th |
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Friday Mar. 20th |
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Performance Assessment: Define, Design and Implement
Learn how to increase student achievement and provide for more meaningful instruction through performance-based models that greatly increase student motivation and collaboration while uncovering the multiple hidden talents of your students. The major components of an authentic performance assessment model are introduced and experienced in a hands-on manner that will allow for immediate application in your classrooms. During the seminar we will use our student management and assessment system (SMaIS™), TMI's assessment reporting mechanism used to support the New Jersey Performance Assessment Alliance state project, to demonstrate how assessment data can be tracked, analyzed and reported for effective evaluation and action-planning. |
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Wednesday Nov. 19th |
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Friday May 1st |
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Performance Assessment in Mathematics: Promoting Relevance and Understanding
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Friday Dec. 5th |
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Friday Apr. 17th |
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Principal as Instructional Leader
This seminar identifies the characteristics of an instructional leader and guides participants through an assessment of their individual abilities relating to this critical function of leadership. The creation of personal professional growth plans adds practical value to the seminar. |
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Friday Jan. 16th |
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Wednesday May 6th |
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Self-evaluation and Innovative Supervision Strategies
Effective supervision of staff is critical to the success of the overall instructional program. This seminar will guide participants through a self-evaluation of their supervision skills and provide them with innovative strategies that are designed to differentiate the process among their respective staffs. An action plan designed to implement these innovative practices will be created by each participant during the seminar. |
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Friday Jan. 23rd |
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Friday May 8th |
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Teachers as Action Researchers
This seminar is designed to introduce the concept of action research and its importance in the field of education. The seminar will provide a theoretical and practical foundation for teachers with emphasis on the relationship among leadership; action research; teaching and learning; and their implications for classroom instruction. |
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Friday Apr. 25th |
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Monday Jan. 26th |
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Wednesday May 13th |
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Utilizing Technology to Increase Student Achievement
This seminar serves to increase the individual awareness and competencies of teachers and educational leaders as it relates to the seamless integration of technology. The essential characteristics of the 21st century learner and learning environment provide the rationale of the need for effective technology integration strategies. Participants will receive information and ideas relating to web quests, blogs, podcasts, etc. that serve to enhance the instructional program. The effective use of multi-media instructional tools are highlighted. |
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Write to Read Connection
Writing facilitates thinking and reading is thinking. This seminar provides participants with theoretical and practical knowledge that is essential for capitalizing on the write to read connection. Practical activities and strategies related to the write to read connection are presented. Participants will be able to implement theses strategies at all levels of instruction. |
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Wednesday Jan. 28th |
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Friday Mar. 27th |
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