The HSTW/MMGW Messenger
Your Portal to Professional Development
A publication of the Northwest Ohio HSTW/MMGW Regional Office
Mail Stop 462, 2801 W. Bancroft Street, Toledo Ohio Fax: 419-530-7240
Customized
Professional
Development
Offerings:
Customized PD Services – We deliver!
• Instructional
Strategies
• MDC Model and
Data Usage
• Literacy and the
New LDC Model
In this age of accountability, time is of the
essence for every school
district. That is why we
are expanding our
professional development
offerings to include topics
that are: 1) designed to
meet your site-specific
needs; 2) tailored to your
unique schedule; 3)
delivered on-site to you
and your staff, and 4) sure
to bring you upcoming hot
topics.
determine the professional
development needs of
your site and assist you in
building a PD program
that supports the on-going
work of your site. This
brochure provides just a
small sampling of
available topics.
Start by completing a
simple PD assessment
available from your coach,
or share your existing
school improvement plan
with your coach.
Our coaches are available
for late starts, early
dismissals, brown-bag
lunches, waiver days,
conference periods and
collaborative events with
other districts, to mention
a few possibilities.
Contact your coach now
to plan your PD program.
(See “Find-A-Coach”
article, p.4)
Take a Closer Look
Inside:
Your HSTW/MMGW
coach will work with you to
PD Offerings
High Praise for HSTW Professional Development
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Please Welcome 4
Find-A-Coach
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Is your site taking full
advantage of our regional
professional development
offerings? One of the
major benefits of your
affiliation with MMGW and
HSTW is the quality
professional development
that we offer annually.
Our Reconnect series and
featured presentations
provide up-to-date
information on state
initiatives, research-based
instructional practices and
more.
Here are some recent
comments from our
member sites:
“One of the benefits of being
a member of the HSTW
network is having
professional development
options available through the
regional office. The sessions
have often been led by
national presenters who
would otherwise not be
available. This is a great
opportunity for identified staff
to attend high-quality
sessions without traveling out
of the local area. The
regional efforts are
appreciated.”
Ron Matter
Superintendent
Penta Career Center
“The HSTW PD has been
some of the most beneficial
and useful workshops that
our staff and myself have
attended. The workshops
provide valuable information
that drives instructional
change.”
Chad Cunningham
Principal, Elgin HS
Elgin High School
Cross-curricular Literacy Skills
Literacy Strategies Series:
Achieving Excellence with
the Common Core – Using
this series, teachers can
learn how to create
consistently challenging work
with informational texts
through embedding Literacy
skill activities in daily
lessons. Topics in this series
include:

“The man who does not

Close Reading
Strategies: Effective
and Diverse

Understanding TextDependent Questions

The Core Six Strategy
#2: Compare and
Contrast
read has no advantage
over the man who
cannot read.”
~ Mark Twain~
A New Look at Literacy
and Its Impact in Your
Classroom
Career Technical Literacy
Program - This series is a
focused, applied learning
experience for the Career
Tech instructor that
combines on-site, whole
group instruction. By
embedding precise
Literacy skill activities in
the CT classroom, teachers
can craft writing experiences
that encourage higher level
and creative thought by
students. Topics in this
series include:
based on the book, The Core
Six: Essential Strategies for
Achieving Excellence with
the Common Core by Harvey
F. Silver, Thomas Dewing
and Matthew Perini. Topics
include:

A New Look at Literacy
and Its Impact on the
CT Classroom

Behind the Curtain of
Literacy Instruction
and Rigorous
Assessment: Methods
for Practical
Implementation

Reading for Meaning

Compare and Contrast

Inductive Reasoning

Circle of Knowledge
Moving Forward with
Literacy Skills and
Writing: Methods for
Practical
Implementation

Write to Learn

Vocabulary’s CODE


Literacy Through
Writing: Collins Types
4&5

Rubrics: Teacher
Tools and Motivators

Tools for Literacy:
Helping Students Ask
Better Questions and
Tackling Students’
Vocabulary Limitations
Literacy Design
Collaborative (LDC) - This
literacy initiative is a step-bystep program designed to
increase the literacy skills of
your students to meet the
new common core
standards. Training and
implementation are
supported by free LDC online CoreTools used to create
and collaborate. Ask your
coach for more information.
The Core Six Series -This
is a series of 2-hour
presentations with Powerpoint and handouts for
hands-on implementation
Math Design Collaborative/Using Data
What is the Math Design
Collaborative (MDC)? Use
this Gates Foundation
strategy to design math
modules for Grade 6 through
Algebra 2 classrooms. This
initiative is supported by
HSTW and MMGW.
Interpreting Your College
Readiness Benchmark
Data - Examine your school’s
ACT College Readiness
results and analyze your
student Remediation Rates
as generated by the Ohio
Board of Regents.
Your ACT Results: A
Comparison of Local vs.
State Results - Review your
trend data as it relates to
career choices, student
expectations, high demand
careers, plus other relevant
ACT topics.
Your Portal to Professional Development
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Instructional Strategies for the 21st Century Classroom
This is a partial listing of PD topics. Check with your coach for other opportunities.
Teacher PLCs – The
Answer Really IS in the
Room – (1-2 hrs.) - Make
teacher meetings more
meaningful with guided
“protocols” that facilitate and
encourage peer sharing of
knowledge.
Learning from Student
Work – Use agreed upon
guidelines for in-depth,
insightful conversations
about teaching and learning,
participants will examine
student work for understanding and thought
processes. Guided peer
discussions will help
educators determine possible
adjustments in instruction to
improve student performance.
Ohio’s K-12 Career
Connections Initiative - (45
min –1 hr.) How can you
better utilize all the career
information available to you
on the OhioMeansJobsK-12
website? Receive step-bystep instruction on how to
embed the K-12 Connections
framework and resources into
your curriculum to help create
a career-focused classroom.
Parental Involvement:
Reaching the Hardest-toInvolve Parents- (1-2 hrs.) –
Implement strategies for
removing barriers and
developing partnerships with
parents.
Exploring STEM Careers for
Students in Gr. 7-9 (45 min.)
Learn how to organize and
implement a successful
STEM Summer Camp that
will assist teachers in
embedding STEM concepts
into their teaching and
provide hands-on activities for
youth of all ability levels.
Graphic Organizers –
Helping Students Organize
Ideas and Develop
Cognitive Bookmarks – (1
hr. min.) Enhance your
classroom instruction with
these ready-to-use graphic
organizers that can be used
in all middle and high school
classrooms and all content
areas.
Developing Course Syllabi:
Establishing Accountability
for Both Teachers and
Students – (1 hr.) Create an
effective and informative
course syllabus that will help
students become more aware
of the teachers’ expectations
for success in class.
Creating a Culture of
Caring: A Stimulus
Package for Staff and
Students – (1 hr. min.)
Improve the culture of your
classroom and school using
these strategies from highly
successful schools.
Getting and Keeping Your
Students Actively Engaged
– (50 min. or more)
Receive multiple classroom
instructional strategies that
will help students become
more engaged in their own
educational process.
Are You on Topic or on
Target? – Aligning to CCSS
– (6-9 one hr. sessions) Are
teachers REALLY teaching
their standards or are they
talking about the subject but
not really meeting the
expectations? Explore easy
strategies to help teachers
“hit the target” through
collaboration.
Differentiated Instruction –
One size does not fit all. Take a
look at engaging strategies that
allow teachers to improve peerto-peer and group instruction.
Using HSTW/MMGW
Assessment Results to
Develop the OIP – Match your
HSTW/MMGW teacher and
student survey results to the
goals of the school’s OIP to
implement strategies for
monitoring student academic
progress.
Coaching At-Risk Seniors
to the Finish Line (45 min.)
Learn how to develop a
successful partnership
between your school district
and local service
organizations to ensure
senior graduation.
Seven Principles of
Formative Assessment –
Explore the seven major
principles for using formative
assessment to improve
teaching and student engagement.
“HSTW offers high quality
professional development for
all education stakeholders and
is always a worthy investment
of my time.”
Polly Ruedebusch
8th Grade Language Arts
St. Marys Middle School
Please Welcome Our Newest Coaches
In order to better serve our
member sites, we have
added two new coaches for
the 2014-15 school year.
High Schools That Work/
Making Middle Grades Work
Regional Office
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PHONE:
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June Latshaw is a former
Family & Consumer Science
Instructor who recently
retired from Penta Career
Center. In addition to
working with the GRADS
program, June also taught
Employability Skills and
coordinated the school’s
Senior Project initiative. June
will be working with Maritime
Academy, Patrick Henry MS
and HS, and Summit
Academy this year.
Fran Murray is an Advanced
Science Instructor from
Norwalk High School, who
also served as Science
Department Chair and
Pioneer Career Center,
Western-Reserve MS/HS
and South Central MS.
Please join us in welcoming
these two talented individuals
to our coaching staff.
HSTW Site Coordinator.
Fran will serve as a coach
to Mansfield MS and HS,
Find-A-Coach: Coaching Assignments for 2014-15
Due to the growing number
of sites in our region, some
adjustments were necessary
to our coaching assignments
for the coming year. Here is
a list of our coaches and their
current sites:
Connie Hanke – email:
[email protected]
Fort Loramie MS/HS,
Norwalk HS, Norwalk MS
Johnny Hutton – email:
johnny.hutton@utoledo.
edu Northview and
Southview HS, Robinson ES,
Rosa Parks ES, Scott HS,
Woodward HS, Waite HS
and Jones Leadership
Academy.
June Latshaw – email:
[email protected]
Maritime Academy, Patrick
Henry MS/ HS and Summit
Academy.
Fran Murray – email:
francine.murray@utoledo.
edu Pioneer CTC, WesternReserve MS/HS, South
Central MS.
Jane Music – email:
[email protected]
Cardington-Lincoln MS/HS,
Carey HS, Hicksville MS/HS,
Liberty Center MS/HS,
Millcreek West Unity MS/HS,
Grant MS.
James Posta – email:
[email protected]
Kenton MS/HS, St. Marys
MS, St. Marys Memorial HS.
Mary Anne Preston mary.preston@utoledo.
edu Van Wert MS and HS.
Deborah Rivers – email:
deborah.rivers@utoledo
.edu Willard MS/HS.
Debbie Schneider – email:
debbie.schneider@
utoledo.edu Bellevue
MS/HS, Elgin MS/HS, Four
County CC, Hardin Northern
JHS/HS , Monroeville
MS/HS, Penta CC, Stryker
MS/HS, Van Buren MS/HS,
Vantage CC, Wapakoneta
MS.
Rahwae Shuman – email
ralph.shuman@rockets.
utoledo.edu Mansfield
MS/HS.
Check out our 2014-15
Professional Development Calendar
www.hstwohioregions.org