TO:                              All Principals and Program Administrators

FROM:                        Valeria Silva, Chief Academic Office

                                     Cecelia Dodge, Director of Special Education

RE:                               Summer Collaboration Conference

The Special Education and ELL Departments are sponsoring a Summer Collaboration Conference for elementary and secondary co-teaching teams from July 21-25, at John A. Johnson Elementary School. Registration is now open on PD Express:  http://pdexpress.spps.org/.

The conference will include large group and break-out sessions focused on the four elements of collaboration (co-teaching, planning, assessment, and reflection) as well as time for the co-teachers to plan together for fall. 

Co-teachers should register individually on PD Express AND then fill out the conference flyer (attachment on PD Express) and fax it to 651-293-5411 (ELL Department). The form gives us information to help us design the break-out sessions and assure that co-teaching teams are registering. To access PD Express, go to: http://pdexpress.spps.org/.

Please register early as there is a limit of 50 GE-ELL co-teaching teams and 50 GE-SE co-teaching teams.

Teachers are paid the workshop stipend.

If you have any questions, please contact Gail Ghere at 651-293-8923 x153 or Anh Tran at 767-8315.

Thank you.