Making Connections Catalog 2023

MAKING CONNECTIONS 2023 Professional Development Catalog

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Don Clark, President S. Jaime Arredondo, Vice President Dolly Gonzales Trolley, Secretary Alice Upshaw Hawkins, Assistant Secretary Janie D. Bell, Trustee Marty Bell, Trustee Eric Villarreal, Trustee CCISD ADMINISTRATION Dr. Roland Hernandez Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kimberley Donaldson James Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Ms. Karen Griffith Deputy Superintendent for Business Services

August 1 Campus Day 1 August 2 (am) Convocation Doors open at 7:45 am August 2 (pm) American Bank Center Keynote: Molly Hudgens August 3 Return to campus August 4 Elementary District Day August 7 Secondary Campus Day 2 August 8 Elementary Campus Day 2 Secondary District Day Teacher Prep Day Teacher Prep Day

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: MOLLY HUDGENS Molly Bradley Hudgens is in her twenty-first year as an educator in the Cheatham County School System where she serves as a school counselor at Sycamore Middle School in Pleasant View, Tennessee. In addition to her counseling role, Mrs. Hudgens also serves on SMS’s Crisis Management and Leadership Teams. After a personal experience in college, her interest in violence prevention and safety sparked a desire to educate others who work with intervening in the lives of potentially violent teenagers. Her in-depth study on school shootings and the teenagers who commit these acts, “Recognizing Red Flags,” has been utilized nationally to train professionals in the fields of education, law enforcement, juvenile probation, and juvenile court. The training focuses on understanding the three types of school shooters and how to use threat assessment tools as an intervention to prevent violent acts in a school and community setting.

Mrs. Hudgens put her training to use on September 28, 2016, when she talked a student with a loaded handgun out of committing a mass shooting at Sycamore Middle School. Hudgens, the 2004-2005 and 2016-2017 Sycamore Middle School and Cheatham County Middle School Teacher of the Year, became a Congressional Medal of Honor Citizens Honor recipient for a Single Act of Heroism from the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation in March of 2017. She is also the 2017 recipient of the Tennessee School Counseling Association’s Phoebe White Award for Excellence in School Counseling and the 2019 Mental Health of the Midsouth’s I.C. Hope Award for bringing mental health awareness to schools. She is the owner of Molly B. Hudgens Communications and is a motivational speaker as well as a violence prevention specialist. Hudgens’ book, “Saving Sycamore: The School Shooting that Never Happened,” published by Dave Burgess Consulting, is set for publication in fall of 2020. Molly resides in Ashland City, Tennessee, with her husband Jason, and two sons, Bradley and Henry.

WHERE TO BEGIN… Look at “your” schedule located on pages 10,12,14,and 16 respectively to determine which sessions you are required to attend based on your content or specialty area and register for those first. Required sessions are identified in red. Again, these are content or specialty specific. Once you have registered for the required sessions, fill in your schedule with the amazing choice sessions being offered by our Teacher Leaders, Curriculum and Instruction Team and Third-party Learning partners.

Choice gives us the opportunity to make a difference. Once again, the offices of Professional Learning, Curriculum and Instruction, and Instructional Technology have teamed up to provide “choice” sessions to meet your individual needs and skill level. Our goal is for you to take advantage of this opportunity and select sessions that will help you meet your individual needs.. The number of choice sessions you have will be determined by your primary teaching role. It is very important to look at your specific schedule to identify which sessions are required and which sessions are choice.

Table of Contents: Your schedule will open up in a separate page. Identify your required sessions first and register for those as soon as possible. You may want to print your schedule before clicking on the choice sessions. Schedules By Role: Elementary 10 Middle School 12 High School 14 Leadership & Specialty Groups 16 Apex Managers, Counselors, Nurses, Parent Involvement Instructional Paras, Social Workers

Elementary school choice sessions page 11 Middle school choice sessions page 13 High school choice sessions page 15

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PRE KINDERGARTEN KINDERGARTEN GRADE 1 GRADE 2 GRADE 3 GRADE 4 ART GRADE 5 MUSIC LIBRARIANS PHYSICAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION HOMEBOUND SPECIAL EDUCATION ADAPTIVE Teachers and Paras EDUCATION Teachers and Paras HOSPITAL INCLUSION/ SPED RESOURCE PALS PASS Teachers and Paras Teachers and Paras Teachers and Paras RDSPD VISION DYSLEXIA Teachers and Paras Teachers and Paras INSTRUCTIONAL READING COACHES INTERVENTIONISTS RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

Choice Sessions Click on the Stronger Together round logo below to access the choice descriptions spreadsheet ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Use the Tabs to navigate different views

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MATH READING SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES REWARDS RISE MATH AVID ART PRE-AP LOTE DANCE THEATER ARTS PHYSICAL MUSIC EDUCATION ADAPTIVE EDUCATION HOMEBOUND HOSPITAL Teachers and Paras INCLUSION/ SPED PALS PASS RESOURCE Paras Teachers and Paras Teachers and Paras RDSPD VISION POWER UP Teachers and Paras Teachers and Paras Reading Intervention INSTRUCTIONAL LIBRARIANS CTE COACHES RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

Choice Sessions Click on the Stronger Together round logo below to access the choice descriptions spreadsheet MIDDLE SCHOOL Use the Tabs to navigate different views

ENGLISH MATH SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES REWARDS RISE MATH AVID CTE IB LOTE Advanced Academics MUSIC DANCE ART THEATER ARTS PHYSICAL NJROTC EDUCATION ADAPTIVE CHAIRS (HS only) HOMEBOUND EDUCATION Teachers and Paras INCLUSION/ SPED MGTC RESOURCE HOSPITAL RDSPD Teachers and Paras Teachers and Paras PALS Paras PASS VISION Teachers and Paras Teachers and Paras SAIL Teachers and Paras TRANSITION LIBRARIANS Teachers DEANS OF INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

Choice Sessions Click on the Stronger Together round logo below to access the choice descriptions spreadsheet HIGH SCHOOL Use the Tabs to navigate different views

ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS ELEMENTARY ASSISTANT MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS PRINCIPALS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS MIDDLES SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS APEX LAB MANAGERS COUNSELORS NURSES Elementary SOCIAL WORKERS Secondary PARENT PARENT INVOLVEMENT INVOLVEMENT INSTRUCTIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL PARAS PARAS RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

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