Miami Credit Workshops on Campus

HST 399 (3 Credits)
Berlin: Topography of Terror
01/09/2012 – 04/30/2012 – Saturdays, 9:30 am – noon
Travel Dates: 03/03/2012 – 03/10/2012
Locations: Hamilton and Berlin

The workshop will feature a spring break trip to Berlin

In the early 19th century, Berlin was home to a dynamic new university and an aspiring cultural capital. Its admirers frequently referred it to as the “Athens on the Spree.” In the Weimar era, it assumed a different image as a center of modernity and innovation, symbolizing all that was both bright and dark in the new Germany. During the Third Reich, Berlin acquired a more sinister reputation, as it became the center of the continent-wide terror apparatus that murdered Germans and non-Germans alike. This course will focus on that third Berlin.

Contact: Prof. George Vascik,  vascikgs@muohio.edu, 513-785-3272

Canceled Summer 2011

EDT 699S (3 Credits)
Assessing Struggling Readers
Hybrid: Hamilton and Online
06/20/11 – 06/24/11 – From: 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Hamilton Campus: University Center Room 115 (Lots of parking)

This 5-day hybrid 3 credit hour graduate level workshop is for Teachers and Educators interested in teaching struggling readers and writers.

Participants will review and discuss case study reports documenting the literacy strengths and needs of struggling readers and writers in our elementary, middle and high schools.

Topics to be discussed include factors associated with challenges in reading and writing, the importance of students’ background and interests, instructional strategies and curriculum materials that support students’ literacy strengths and needs, and the International Reading Association’s Standards for Reading Professional and the State of Ohio Literacy Content Standards for K-12.

Participants will leave this workshop with strategies, short passages, selections from the genres of literature and writing prompts to promote reading and writing.

Contact: Paula Webster, webstepp@muohio.edu, 513-529-2480

EDT 699M (3 credits)
Sustaining the Self for Teaching
01/9/2012 – 04/30/2012
Mondays - 4:30-7:00
Location: Verity Lodge Middletown Campus

Teachers, and others interested in education, come together by the fireplace at Miami’s Western Lodge, where we can nudge winter into spring as we nurture our personal and professional selves.  We’ll look into some cutting-edge research on the inseparable nature of our bodies, minds, hearts, and spirit--and much more--as we share our selves and support one another in learning and teaching.  Emerge in the spring as teachers with a stronger sense of empowerment and some strategies for sustaining compassionate and transformative teaching practices.  With readings and activities to address your needs, we will create the course together!   Hot chocolate, tea, and coffee await you!

Research bases include systems theory, efficacy theory and research, stress reduction, and the power and practice of mindfulness, journaling, and ritual.

Contact: Constance Weaver, weavercs@muohio.edu, 513-529-1657

EDT 499.4 (1 credit) / EDT 599.4 (1 credit)
Population Connection: Connections between Our World and Our Growing Population
6/28/2012 – 6/29/2012
Location: Middletown

In this hands-on workshop you will learn about important population concepts and the products and lessons created by the Population Connection Education Program. Population Connection activities range from Pre-K through 12th grade lessons that meet state and national standards and are relevant to instruction in early childhood education, math, science, social studies, environmental education, language arts, health, ESOL, and geography. Each participant will receive a CD-Rom containing over 50 hands-on activities, plus other resources.

Check out the Population Connection website for more information and to view a sample of teaching materials: http://www.populationeducation.org

Contact: Jennifer Mysona, mysonajm@muohio.edu, 513-727-3238

EDP 578 (3 Credits)
Consultation and Collaboration
5/14/2011 – 6/25/2011
Hybrid: Middletown and Online
This workshop examines the impact of exceptionality on families using a family systems approach.  It emphasizes home-school relationships, resource assistance, and collaboration between professionals and parents.  It involves strategies for increasing collaboration and communication among parents, schools and community service agencies that work with children with exceptionalities.

Contact: Paul Terrill Jr., terrilp@muohio.edu, 513-529-4146

EDP 652W (3 Credits)
Educational Research Practicum
06/25/2011 – 08/06/2011
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

Prerequisite: EDP 651

Contact: Tom Southern, southewt@muohio.edu, 513-529-6634

EDP 667W (3 Credits)
Behavioral Statistics I
05/14/2011 – 06/25/2011
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

This workshop focuses on the understanding and use of various statistical procedures in educational and psychological research. The statistical concepts and computer skills taught in this workshop are valuable in a variety of life and work applications, as well as in more advanced course work.

Contact: Tom Southern, southewt@muohio.edu, 513-529-6634

EDP 698H (3 Credits)
Reading Interventions
06/25/2011 – 08/06/2011
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

The content of this course is required by the state of Ohio for all teacher candidates eligible for licensure in Mild/Moderate Disabilities. After completing this course, the learner should be able to meet the following CEC Knowledge and Skill Standards; Strategies to prepare for and take tests (GC4K2); Methods for guiding individuals in identifying and organizing critical content (GC4K7); Teach learning strategies and study skills to acquire academic content (GC4S3); Identify and teach essential concepts, vocabulary, and content across the general curriculum (CG4S13); Implement systematic instruction to teach accuracy, fluency, and comprehension in content area reading and written language

Contact: Tom Southern, southewt@muohio.edu, 513-529-6634

EDP 650B (3Credits)
Assistive Technology
05/14/2011 – 06/25/2011
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

Students will work with classmates to learn more about consultation and collaboration with regards to assistive learning technologies. Students will be studying this topic with four groups: special education teachers, administrators, parents, and community agencies. Students will be integrating information from readings and personal interviews in order to evaluate assistive learning technologies available for exceptional students.

Contact: Paul Terrill Jr., terrilp@muohio.edu, 513-529-4146

EDP 650A (3 Credits)
Trends/Issues in Measurement
07/23/2011 – 08/27/2011
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

EDP 650A provides an introduction to the use of assessment data in making decisions about exceptionality, eligibility, and educational programming. Students in this course will learn about ethical standards for professional practice, standardized and teacher-developed assessment procedures, and sufficient psychometric theory to make informed assessment decisions. Practice is provided in making decisions about exceptionality, eligibility, placement, and programming options. This portion of the course stresses norm-referenced tests. Practice is also provided in using assessment data to make decisions about placement in a curriculum, pupil progress (both acquisition and retention), appropriate long-term goals and short-term instructional objectives, and selection of instructional strategies. This portion of the course relies heavily on curriculum-based assessment (CBA).

Prerequisite: Undergraduate Degree
Contact: Paul Terrill Jr., terrilp@muohio.edu, 513-529-4146

EDP 656A (3 Credits)
Education of Individuals with Exceptionalities
07/23/2011 – 08/27/2011
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

The following topics will be covered in this course: Exceptionality and special education; current trends and issues; Multicultural and bilingual aspects of special education; Parents and families; Learners with mental retardation; Learners with learning disabilities; learners with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Learners with emotional or behavioral disorders; Learners with communication disorders; Learners who are deaf or hard of hearing; learners with blindness or low vision; Learners with autistic spectrum disorder; Learners with physical disabilities and other health impairments; Learners with special gifts and talents.

Prerequisite: Undergraduate Degree
Contact: Paul Terrill Jr., terrilp@muohio.edu, 513-529-4146

EDT 697F (1 Credit)
Better Learning? Try Curiosity
06/13/11 – 06/14/2011
June 13 (Monday) 8-9, 1-4, and June 14 (Tuesday) 1-4
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

Despite its capricious nature, curiosity remains the single most potent element in the motivation to learn.  This course helps participants understand this as they design curiosity-based learning experiences.

Contact: Dr. Tom Kopp, kopptw@muohio.edu, 513-529-7278

EDT 697G (1Credit)
State Standards Interesting?
06/16/11 – 06/17/2011
June 16 (Thursday) 8-9, 1-4, and June 17 (Friday) 1-4
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

Everything is interesting, or can be made to be interesting (something advertising professionals do every day).  Using research-based models, participants will do the same for the products we "sell," the Ohio Academic Content Standards.

Contact: Dr. Tom Kopp, kopptw@muohio.edu, 513-529-7278

EDT 697H (1 Credit)
Collecting = A+ Learning
06/20/2011 – 06/21/2011
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

Since his hunter-gatherer days, Man has been a collector.  This course shows how this primal urge can be channeled into classroom use.

Contact: Dr. Tom Kopp, kopptw@muohio.edu, 513-529-7278

Canceled Summer 2011

EDT 697Y (1 Credit)
Population Connection
06/09/2011 – 06/10/2011
Location: Middletown

This will be a hands-on workshop learning about important population concepts, and the products and lessons created by the Population Connection Education Program, a national grassroots population organization that educates young people and, as our world population approaches 7 billion, it advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth's resources.  Population Connection activities range from Pre-K through 12th grade lessons that meet state and national standards and are relevant to instruction in early childhood education, math, science, social studies, environmental education, language arts, health, ESOL, and geography.  Upon completion of the course, each student will receive a CD containing over 50 hands-on activities, plus other resources.

Check out the Population Connection website for more information and to view a sample of teaching materials: http://www.populationeducation.org

Click here to download course information flyer

Contact:  Jennifer Mysona, mysonajm@muohio.edu, 513-727-3238

EDT 499.7/599.7 (3 Credits)
Technology in Education
07/13/2011 – 08/03/2011
Meeting dates and times: 8:30-12:30 on 7/13/11, 7/20/11, 7/27/11, 8/3/11
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

This will be a hybrid course that requires computer and internet access.   The focus of this course will be ways to implement technology into educational settings.

Prerequisites: Students should have basic computing skills; be familiar with file manipulation; be capable of conducting a web search; be familiar with powerpoint and word or similar packages.  Students must be in an education program or have an education based degree.

Click here to download course information flyer

Contact: Janet Hurn, hurnje@muohio.edu, 513-727-3341
Jennifer Mysona, mysonajm@muohio.edu, 513-727-3238

EDP 571W (3 Credits)
Literacy Seminar: Clinical
08/21/2011 – 12/10/2011
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

By the end of the course, you will be able to:  Describe definitions, prevalence, and educational implications of various reading disabilities.  Articulate the role teachers play in providing service to individuals with reading or language disabilities.  Define basic terminology in literacy instruction.  Articulate the common phonemes for corresponding graphemes used in phonics.  Identify reading curricula, technological applications, resources, and other sources appropriate for students with disabilities. Describe instructional techniques for teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, reading comprehension and vocabulary. Demonstrate use of effective teaching principles and research-based practices for designing and delivering instruction in reading.  Utilize student performance information to design instructional interventions. Demonstrate effective lesson development using teacher-directed approaches.

Prerequisite: Undergraduate Degree
Contact: Paul Terrill Jr., terrilp@muohio.edu, 513-529-4146

EDP 596W (3 Credits)
Behavior Intervention: Theory/Principles/Techniques
08/21/2011 – 12/20/2011
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

In this course you will gain an understanding of: Laws, policies, and ethical principles regarding behavior management planning & implementation (CC1K2); Procedures to increase the individual's self-awareness, self-management, self-control, self-reliance, and self-esteem (CC4S5); Nonaversive techniques to control targeted behavior and maintain attention of individuals with disabilities (GC4S9); Basic classroom management theories and strategies for individuals with exceptional learning needs (CC5K2); Attitudes and behaviors that influence behavior individuals with exceptional learning needs (CC5K4); Effective and varied behavior management strategies (CC5S10); How to design and manage daily routines (CC5S12)

Prerequisite: Undergraduate Degree
Contact: Paul Terrill Jr., terrilp@muohio.edu, 513-529-4146

EDP 572W (3 Credits)
Literacy Seminar: Practicum
01/21/2012-05/05/2012
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

This course applies what you have learned about reading assessment and the five elements of reading instruction. All of the assignments in this course are designed to help maximize your success and support you in your efforts to teach literacy now and in the future. All of your work will be data-based, in that it will be guided by assessments of students' strengths and weaknesses in literacy.

Prerequisite: Undergraduate Degree
Contact: Paul Terrill Jr., terrilp@muohio.edu, 513-529-4146

EDP 650C (3 Credits)
Transitions and Curriculum
01/21/2012 – 05/05/2012
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

The content of this course is required by the state of Ohio for all teacher candidates eligible for licensure in Mild/Moderate Disabilities. This requirement has developed as a response to the increasing focus in the United States on providing interventions to students with mild/moderate exceptionalities. It is guided further by standards for improving instructional practices as set forth by the professional organization Council for Exceptional Children.

Prerequisite: Undergraduate Degree
Contact: Paul Terrill Jr., terrilp@muohio.edu, 513-529-4146

EDP 578 (3 Credits)
Consultation and Collaboration
05/05/2012 – 06/30/2012
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

This course examines the impact of exceptionality on families using a family systems approach.  It emphasizes home-school relationships, resource assistance, and collaboration between professionals and parents.  It involves strategies for increasing collaboration and communication among parents, schools and community service agencies that work with children with exceptionalities.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate Degree

Contact: Paul Terrill Jr., terrilp@muohio.edu, 513-529-4146

EDP 650B (3 Credits)
Technology Special Education
05/05/2012 – 06/30/2012
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

In this course you will work with classmates to learn more about consultation and collaboration with regards to assistive learning technologies. Students will be studying this topic with four groups: special education teachers, administrators, parents, and community agencies. Students will be integrating information from readings and personal interviews in order to evaluate assistive learning technologies available for exceptional students.

Prerequisite: Undergraduate Degree
Contact: Paul Terrill Jr., terrilp@muohio.edu, 513-529-4146

AMS399B / BWS399B / / WGS399B / ITS399B / LAS399B / WST399B (6 credits)
JOURNEYS INTO FREEDOM -The Underground Railroad in Ohio
05/14/2012 – 06/09/2012
Location: Oxford

This 3 week Workshop will provide students an intense educational opportunity to explore in depths the various journeys into freedom of several different cultural groups important in Ohio history. This workshop will allow students to reclaim the Ohio histories associated with the Journeys into freedom during some of the most important periods of the States History. Students will walk in the paths of runaway slaves and abolitionists, Native Americans and Immigrants, Hispanics and Women.

Contact: Rodney D. Coates, coatesrd@muohio.edu, 513-529-8511

AMS399 (3 credits) / WGS399 (3 credits)
Local/Global Food and Communities
08/06/2012 – 08/16/2012
Location: Oxford with local field trips

In this workshop, students will explore interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to food, food systems, in local and global contexts while fulfilling two of three requirements for a Miami Plan Thematic Sequence. Students examine the pleasures, problems, and possibilities of local communities in southwestern Ohio with a special emphasis on local communities within Oxford Township by visit small scale farms, local social service agencies, grocery stores, and a landfill for first hand investigations of the local food chain. Students gain skills in critical self-awareness and intercultural awareness with a specific focus on individuals’ connections to the local, regional, national, and global.

Contact Kelly Quinn, quinnk@muohio.edu, 513-529-5287

AMS499 (3 credits) / WGS399 (3 credits)
American Indians and Ohio: Engaged Intercultural Awareness
05/14/2012 – 05/28/2012
Location: Oxford and Field Studies in Ohio

In this intensive two-week workshop, students learn about an early, 2,000 years old, Ohio history when Indigenous people constructed monumental earthen structures; the history of early contact with Euro-Americans; the removal of the Miami and Shawnee Tribes from the Ohio area; the first meeting of American Indian intellectuals that took place in Ohio one hundred years ago; and the relocation of American Indian people from reservations to large urban areas during the 1950s and 1960s. How does this history shape the lives of contemporary American Indians living in Ohio? How does this shape the lives of Americans unknowingly engaged with this legacy?

A critical component of this workshop is the development of intercultural understanding through cultural immersion. To that end, seven days of the workshop include student participation in The Walk with the Ancients, a seventy mile walk (averaging ten miles per day) along the Great Hopewell Road, which is believed to be a road was used by Native peoples two millennia ago as they undertook pilgrimage to the ceremonial center of their culture, what we now refer to as the Newark Earthworks. Leading the group as cultural consultants are Carol and Mark Welsh of the Native American Indian Center of Central (NAICCO), who have taken this journey every year for the last three years. The walkers arrive at the Great Circle mounds for the 30th Annual Memorial Day Powwow, a contemporary example of Native American cultural expression.

Contact: Sandra Garner, garners2@muohio.edu or Roxanne Ornelas, ornelart@muohio.edu

BUS 301 (3 credits) / BUS 302 (3 credits) / BUS 303 (3 credits) / BUS 303 A (3 credits)
Summer Business Institute
05/14/2012 – 06/21/2012
Travel dates: 06/09/2012 – 06/23/2012
Locations: Oxford with travel to Spain

The Summer Business Institute is a six-week program designed to allow talented non-business students an opportunity to gain a clear advantage in the competitive job market, depth and breadth in their chosen field of academic study, plus competency in the underlying principles of business. The program assumes no prior knowledge of business topics and is intended to make business learning interesting and approachable for even the most business-phobic students. The program is taught by Miami faculty with extensive academic and corporate experience across a wide variety of industries. The SBI is an approved Miami Plan Thematic Sequence. Students have the option of traveling to Spain for the last two weeks for an additional fee.

Website: fsb.muohio.edu/programs/summer-business-institute
Contact: Ronald Collins, collinrg@muohio.edu, 513-529-8145 or Pamela Schwartz, pamschwartz@muohio.edu, 513-529-1632

EDP 690H (1 or 3 credits)
Cross-cultural Examination on Education
Offered by Dr. Amin Wang
08/25/2011 – 12/15/2011
Location: Oxford

The main objectives of this class are: To provide an opportunity for students from different cultural background to interact with each other in order to better understand the similarities and differences at practical level.  To read and discuss literatures basing on this understanding, and to conduct in-depth studies at the interested areas of students. To facilitate student to conduct research studies and to present or publish their work at professional conferences or journals.

Students will not only learn the content materials in class, but also visit schools and attend at least one professional conference.

Contact: Dr. Wang, wanga@muohio.edu, 513-529-2432

EDT699.7 (3 credits)
How To Write Successful Grants
06/18/2012 – 06/29/2012
Hybrid: Oxford and Online

This popular hybrid workshop will introduce participants to GrantSuccess. This successful grant application system has been designed to support novice and experienced grant applicants. GrantSuccess supports individual and team applications for foundation, state, federal and community funding opportunities. Dr. Brooks presents GrantSuccess at professional meetings and provides professional development for nonprofit groups, public and private schools.

Contact: Douglas Brooks, brooksdm@muohio.edu, 513-529-6448

ENG699.I (3 credits)
OWP Multigenre Writing
06/11/2012 – 07/20/2012
Hybrid: Oxford and Online

“Multigenre make readers sit up in their chairs,” Tom Romano. Participants will read and analyze multigenre writing, experiment with writing in multiple genres and voices, as well as participate in collaborative discussions about the many uses of multigenre writing. The class meets online, except on Friday, July 22 when the class will meet on Miami’s campus.

Prerequisites: Participants must be a graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator

Contact: Monica Fisher, fishermv@muohio.edu, 513 529 5245

ENG698.2 (3 credits)
OWP Grammar and Teaching Writing
06/11/2012 – 07/20/2012
Hybrid: Oxford and Online

Learn contemporary ways to blend writing and grammar instruction, including cooperative grammar and grammar in context. Consider with your colleagues the evolution of grammar instruction and share strategies that work in the classroom. The class meets online, except on Friday, June 29 when the class will meet on Miami’s campus.

Prerequisites: Participants must be a graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator

Contact: Monica Fisher, fishermv@muohio.edu, 513 529 5245

ENG698.4 (3 credits)
OWP Writing and Thinking About Reading
07/16/2012 – 07/26/2012
Location: Oxford

This workshop is for teachers looking to inspire thoughtful, engaged reading in the classroom. Teachers will explore a variety of approaches to stimulate thinking in response to reading a text. The workshop will feature daily writing time, interaction with a variety of texts, and the exchange of practical ideas. The focus will be on using written response as a way to encourage inquiry, cultivate critical thinking, develop analysis, and create a student-centered classroom.

Prerequisites: Participants must be a graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator
Contact: Monica Fisher, fishermv@muohio.edu, 513 529 5245

ENG699.3 (6 credits)
OWP Teaching of Writing
06/18/2012 – 07/13/2012
Location: Oxford

Teachers from all grade levels come together in this annual four-week summer workshop to study contemporary approaches to the teaching of writing and to share with one another their best classroom techniques. They attend workshops and presentations given by outstanding OWP associates (grades K-12) and return to the classroom with ideas, suggestions, and strategies for assigning, receiving, and evaluating writing. While at the workshop, teachers develop their own writing and editing skills, and learn ways to implement Ohio’s Language Arts/National Common Core standards. Participants enjoy extended periods of free writing time, small peer editing groups, individual conferences with Miami faculty, and numerous special events, such as readings at Miami’s Art Museum, brown-bag discussions on special topics, book talks with teachers from their own grade levels, and open-mike readings.

Prerequisites: Participants must be a graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator

Contact: Monica Fisher, fishermv@muohio.edu, 513 529 5245

ENG699.4 (2 credits)
OWP Presenting Teacher Research
06/29/2012 – 07/28/2012
Location: Oxford

Prerequisites: Participants must be a graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator

Contact: Monica Fisher, fishermv@muohio.edu, 513 529 5245

ENG698.F (3 credits)
OWP Teaching a Global World
07/02/2012 – 07/12/2012
Location: Oxford

Teachers will exchange practical ideas and strategies for bringing the international world into K-12 classrooms. Exploration will include reading and writing a range of texts: picture books, poetry, websites, short fiction, and essays from professional journals with a focus on learning with a transnational lens.

Prerequisites: Participants must be a graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator

Contact: Monica Fisher, fishermv@muohio.edu, 513 529 5245

ENG698.E (3 credits)
OWP Teaching and Writing Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
07/02/2012 – 07/12/2012
Location: Oxford

Teachers will develop their own narrative voices and storytelling skills while designing grade-level appropriate assignments to encourage students to become accomplished and enthusiastic storytellers. Using grade level mentor texts and new multimedia technologies, participants will discuss how to cultivate creative voice in both fiction and nonfiction writing. Participants construct a creative writing workshop that encourages community, and actively engages students through varied approaches to the creative process.

Prerequisites: Participants must be a graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator

Contact: Monica Fisher, fishermv@muohio.edu, 513 529 5245

ENG698.U (3 credits)
OWP Art and Writing
06/18/2012 – 06/28/2012
Location: Oxford

In this workshop, teachers will read and write about integrating art into their classrooms in a variety of forms, genre, and styles. Discussions and readings will consider ways art stimulates and enhances literacy. Participants will practice age appropriate strategies for connecting art with reading and writing, and create their own classroom art models.

Prerequisites: Participants must be a graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator

Contact: Monica Fisher, fishermv@muohio.edu, 513 529 5245

EDT405 (3 credits) / EDT505 (3 credits)
Advanced Science Studies for Elementary School Teachers
05/14/2012 – 06/09/2012
Hybrid: Oxford and Online

The content of this course is required by the state of Ohio for all teacher candidates (preservice and inservice) who apply for Early Childhood Education Generalist Endorsement (grades 4 and 5). The course is to address the increasing emphasis on accountability regarding teachers' content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and skills, and dispositions. It is guided by the National Science Education Standards and the Ohio Academic Content Standards: Science.

Prerequisites: EDT 181, 182 or equivalent course work.

Contact: Nazan U. Bautista, uludagn@muohio.edu, 513-529-7208

FSW499Q (3 credits) / FSW599Q (3 credits)
Exploring the Dimensions of Bullying Behavior: A Proactive Approach to Prevention and Intervention
07/16/2012 – 07/20/2012
Location: Oxford

This workshop is an exploration of aggressive behaviors across the lifespan, children through adulthood, from a systems/societal perspective. We will explore bullying behaviors: causes, consequences, and prevention of. Aggressive behaviors will be examined from the perspectives of victims, family members, perpetrators, and societal impacts. The basic framework of the course is "ecological": that is, an emphasis is placed on examination of these behaviors within the broader historical, social, political, and economic contexts within the home, work and educational settings. We will encourage students to think critically about the complexity of the dynamics of bullying behaviors. and explore the intersection of race, class, sexuality, historical context and gender with the occurrence of bullying dynamics This class will engage in frank discussion in order to identify how to best educate, understand and support individuals and their families with the relevant struggle over bullying in society. The instructors are open to divergent options and examination of issues judged important by students.

Contact: Carolyn Slotten, slottect@muohio.edu, 513-529-2323

EDT 299D (2 Credits)
Exploring STEM Research
01/09/2012 – 04/28/2012
Location: Oxford

Participants will explore the foundations of case study research, with some extensions to other qualitative and quantitative research designs; conduct a research study in small groups or as individuals; and engage in small group and large group discussions with professors who share their research.

Students will prepare critiques of research studies and will conduct a small-scale study.

Contact: Iris DeLoach Johnson, johnsoid@muohio.edu, 513-529-6437

EDP690A (1 or 3 credits)
Nuts and Bolts on How to Write and Critique Thesis and Research Report
01/12/2012 – 05/03/2012
Location: Oxford
Thursdays between 7:00 and 9:30 pm

This hands-on workshop will help you learn the basic components of a research report and to put these components together to produce a sophisticated research paper or a thesis. Students will work before and after each class meeting and share their work with other students in class.  Students are encouraged to submit their final class products for professional conference presentations and publications.

Students will attend a professional conference as part of the workshop requirements.  Students are encouraged to submit their work to present in conferences or to submit to professional journals for publication.

Contact: Amin Wang, wanga@muohio.edu, 513-529-2432

ENG 698.1 (1 Credit)
Vocabulary: Creating a Word Conscious Classroom
11/05/2011 – 11/06/2011 8:30 am – 3:30 pm working lunch both days
Location: Oxford

This workshop will provide K-12 teachers with resources and strategies to effectively teach vocabulary in their classroom. Participants will read current research on vocabulary acquisition, be introduced to strategies for teaching vocabulary, discuss issues and practices related to building a word conscience classroom, and connect the new core standards to vocabulary instruction.

Prerequisites: Participants must be at graduate level and must be a pre-service or practicing teacher or administrator.

Contact: Mary Fuller, fullermj@muohio.edu

ART 499/599 (1/1.5 credits)
Craftsummer 2011
06/10/2011 - 07/08/2011
Location: Oxford

Explore techniques in a variety of art and craft disciplines in one-week or weekend workshops: ceramics, metals, fibers, sculpture, painting, photography, illustration, and computer graphics.

Participants must register through the CraftSummer office located in Rowan Hall.

For more information: http://www.craftsummer.org

Contact: Ron Stevens, craftsummer@muohio.edu, 513-529-7395

BOT 699A (2 Credits)
Plants, Protists and Fungi
06/14/2011 – 06/29/2011
Location: Oxford

After taking this workshop teachers will be able to maintain plant cultures in the classroom and be able to use them to illustrate various biological principles.  Emphasis will be placed on the development of activities that include the use of the scientific method, data collection, and making conclusions based on observation.

Contact: Richard Lee, leere@muohio.edu, 513-907-3686

EDP 4XX (3 Credits) / EDP 6XX (6 Credits)
Technology, Media, & Learning
06/13/2011 – 07/01/2011
Hybrid: Oxford and Online

Technology, Media and Learning is a 3-6 credit graduate and/or undergraduate level workshop for educators interested in both gaining skills and learning methods for integrating various technology and media for teaching and learning.  What is different about this course is that each student will select  from a variety of topics including the following: digital video, Web design, animation,  social media, social networking, and games and learning.  Additionally, student may also choose the learning format (Web-based, traditional classroom-based instruction, or a mixture of both). 

Contact: Michele Dickey, dickeymd@muohio.edu, 513-529-3741

EDP 652 (2 Credits)
Research Practicum
05/11/2011 – 06/20/2011
Location: Oxford

EDP 652 is a required course for students in EDP Programs to complete the final research projects. Students will meet instructors periodically to go over the steps of completing each project. 

Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

Contact: Dr. Aimin Wang, wanga@muohio.edu, 513-529-2432

EDP 688/689 (3 Credits)
SPSS Series
07/09/2011 – 07/22/2011
Location: Oxford

The goal of SPSS I workshop is to help student develop Basic SPSS skills, conducting descriptive analysis, and reporting analysis results.  It covers everything from creating a data file, to tips and tricks working with variables and files, and conducting all types of descriptive statistics.  For both beginners and experienced users.     
SPSS II focuses on inferential statistics.  It introduces and practice a wide range of statistical analyses offered by SPSS.

Student may sign up for any or both of the workshop series.  Working knowledge on the content of the SPSS I is required for attending the SPSS II.

Prerequisites: SPSS I: Graduate standing.
SPSS II: Attending SPSS I or working knowledge of SPSS (Approval by instructor)

Contact: Dr. Aimin Wang, wanga@muohio.edu, 513-529-2432

EDT 699.7 (3 Credits)
Grant Writing Made Easy
06/20/2011 – 07/01/2011
Hybrid: Oxford and Online

The recently redesigned hybrid, workshop is for recent graduates, graduate students, classroom teachers and administrators interested in creating authentic grant applications for their schools.   The course uses the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation website as a resource for grant writing training.

Contact: Dr. Douglas Brooks, brooksdm@muohio.edu, 513-523-8045

EDT 199A/199B (3 Credits)
STEM by Inquiry
06/19/2011 – 06/24/2011
Location: Oxford

This workshop will, introduce students to the math and science teaching fields. Engage future teachers in an experience of learning mathematics and science by inquiry. Hands-on exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) will be the main focus.

Ohio residents who will be high school juniors or seniors during the 2011-2012 academic year, who are also interested in becoming middle school or high school teachers may apply. Students who are currently enrolled in a teacher academy or have interest in urban/rural education will be given priority.

Contact: Iris DeLoach Johnson, johnsoid@muohio.edu, 513-529-6437

ENG 699G
Revising Writing
06/13/2011 – 06/23/2011
Monday - Thursday, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
6/27 - 6/30, Mon - Thurs, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm; 7/5 - 7/8, Tues - Fri, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Oxford

Barry Lane says, "All writing is revision. All revision is writing." In this workshop, participants will explore what revision means to students as well as to themselves as writers and teachers. They will experience how internal and external revision work in tandem to deepen the impact of writing, how revision shapes everything from writer's notebooks to conferencing to publication. Participants will add specific strategies to invoke revision in their students.

Prerequisite: Participants must be at graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator.

Contact: Ohio Writing Project, thompscd@muohio.edu, 513-529-5245

ENG 698W (3 Credits)
Teaching Nonfiction
07/11/2011 – 07/21/2011
Monday - Thursday, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Oxford

This workshop will explore both reading and writing non-fiction. Using knowledge of their own reading lives, teachers will have the opportunity to find ways to incorporate nonfiction texts to enhance what they are already reading and writing in their classrooms. There will also be time to exchange practical ideas and strategies for writing nonfiction.

Prerequisite: Participants must be at graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator.

Contact: Ohio Writing Project, thompscd@muohio.edu, 513-529-5245

ENG 699H (3 Credits)
Poetry
06/13/2011 – 06/23/2011
Monday - Thursday, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Oxford

In this OWP poetry workshop, K-12 teachers will participate in a variety of activities to demystify the teaching and writing of poetry. Participants in the class will develop their own poetry writing skills, compile a number of lessons for classroom use, and explore ways of using poetry appropriately to support learning and align with national core standards at all grade levels.

Prerequisite: Participants must be at graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator.

Contact: Ohio Writing Project, thompscd@muohio.edu, 513-529-5245

ENG 698X (3 Credits)
Spotlight on Picture Books
06/06/2011 – 07/15/2011
Hybrid: Oxford and Online

Over the years, picture books have become an invaluable resource for K-12 teachers, providing examples of rich language, models for writing craft, and background information to unfamiliar topics. This class will assist teachers already using picture books in their classes to widen their repertoire and expand their strategies. It will invite teachers new to using picture books to dangle their toes in the waters of possibilities and become comfortable with the ways picture books can enhance their teaching.

Prerequisite: Participants must be at graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator.

Contact: Ohio Writing Project, thompscd@muohio.edu, 513-529-5245

ENG 698M (3 Credits)
Student Inquiry and Research
06/06/2011 – 06/15/2011
Hybrid: Oxford and Online

In this online K-12 workshop, teachers will explore ways to engage their students in authentic research through the use of essential questions and inquiry. Participants will then focus on developing a unit of study utilizing these methods for use in their classroom or personal growth.

Prerequisite: Participants must be at graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator.

Contact: Ohio Writing Project, thompscd@muohio.edu, 513-529-5245

ENG 698.9 (3 Credits)
Managing the Paper Load
06/06/2011 – 07/15/2011
Location: Hybrid, Oxford and Online

Do you feel, as Nancie Atwell claims, that over marking students' papers is akin to "yelling down a hole"? This online workshop will help K-12 teachers crawl out of their "over responding" holes and learn how to update and streamline how they manage their paper loads. The class will explore how teachers can increase opportunities for ungraded writing and reflection; use peers, parent, and authentic audience feedback; teach students to successfully self-assess their work, even in elementary grades; refine feedback processes; and use current technology to support their responding to students' writing.

Prerequisite: Participants must be at graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator.

Contact: Ohio Writing Project, thompscd@muohio.edu, 513-529-5245

ENG 699.3 (6 Credits offered in 3 sections)
Teaching of Writing
Section 1: 06/13/2011 – 07/08/2011; Mon. – Fri., 8:30 am - 3:00 pm; Oxford
Section 2: 06/13/2011 – 07/08/2011; Mon. – Fri., 8:30 am - 3:00 pm; Oxford
Section 3: 06/20/2011 – 07/15/2011; Mon. – Fri., 8:30 am - 3:00 pm; Piqua High School

Teachers from all grade levels come together in this annual four-week summer workshop to study contemporary approaches to the teaching of writing and to share with one another their best classroom techniques. They attend workshops and presentations given by outstanding OWP associates (grades K-12) and return to the classroom with ideas, suggestions, and strategies for assigning, receiving, and evaluating writing. While at the workshop, teachers develop their own writing and editing skills and learn ways to implement Ohio's Language Arts standards. Participants enjoy extended periods of free writing time, small peer editing groups, individual conferences with Miami faculty, and numerous special events, such as readings at Miami's Art Museum, brown-bag discussions on special topics, book talks with teachers from their own grade levels, and open-mike readings.

Prerequisite: Participants must be at graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator.

Contact: Ohio Writing Project, thompscd@muohio.edu, 513-529-5245

ENG 698V (3 Credits)
Dreams/Diversity/Autobiography
06/27/2011 – 07/08/2011
6/27 - 6/30, Mon - Thurs, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm; 7/5 - 7/8, Tues - Fri, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Oxford

This workshop focuses on effective uses of life writing/autobiography in the classroom. Writing and reading activities will be based on selected chapters from a variety of multicultural autobiographies. Our primary goals are to explore ways to help students find their own voices, and to appreciate others who are culturally different.

Prerequisite: Participants must be at graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator.

Contact: Ohio Writing Project, thompscd@muohio.edu, 513-529-5245

ENG 699.J (3 Credits)
Writing Tool Box
06/27/2011 – 07/08/2011
Location: Oxford

This workshop will explore and highlight key elements of a successful writing classroom (K-12), those good teaching ideas and methods that don't always fit neatly under one particular topic. Participants' in-class daily writing, discussions, and professional reading will cover a range of topics including motivation, grammar, and revision. Through writing, sharing, presentations, and practical application, participants will fine tune the tools they already use, as well as create new methods and pedagogy to use with their students in the fall.

Prerequisites: Participants must be at graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator.

Contact: Ohio Writing Project, thompscd@muohio.edu, 513-529-5245

FSW 499O/599O (3 credits)
Lifespan Sexuality Issues
07/18/2011 - 07/22/2010
Location: Oxford

This workshop focus is the examination of sexuality in popular culture from healthy choice based living to non-choice sexual violence. Sexuality is a “mystical” topic to people of all ages! How do people recognize and embrace their sexuality when they have limited access to accurate information, a lack of visibility and opportunity, punitive consequences for sexual behavior and the physiological challenges across the lifespan? While considering agency policy, protocol and ethics, we will engage in frank discussion in order to identify how to best educate, understand, and support individuals and their families with the relevant struggle over sexuality and its many complex issues. The instructors are open to divergent options and examination of issues judged important by students.

Contact: Carolyn Slotten, slottect@muohio.edu, 513-529-2339

FSW 499Q / 599Q (3 Credits)
Exploring Bullying Behaviors
07/4/2011 – 07/08/2011
Location: Oxford

This workshop is an exploration of aggressive behaviors across the lifespan, from a systems/societal perspective.  We will explore bullying behaviors: causes, consequences, and prevention of. Aggressive behaviors will be examined from the perspectives of victims, family members, perpetrators, and societal impacts. Students will engage in frank discussion in order to identify how to best educate, understand and support individuals and their families with the relevant struggle over bullying in society. . The instructors are open to divergent options and examination of issues judged important by students.

Contact: Carolyn Slotten, slottect@muohio.edu, 513-529-2339

MUS499I/ MUS599I (2-3 Credits)
Show Choir Techniques
07/07/2011 – 07/16/2011
Location: Oxford

With the advent of GLEE, show choir has become a major movement across high schools in the U.S. While the legitimacy of show choir in choral programs continues to be debated, many music educators have found ways to incorporate this art form into their curriculum while still maintaining focus on proper vocal production, ensuring it is not the proverbial “tail that wags the dog!” We will look at the basics of show choir, discuss the pros and cons for your choral program, look at appropriate repertoire, and discuss how to begin your own pop ensemble. In the second week, we will look at more advanced techniques including the show choir competition circuit, costuming, fundraising, show design, and making it a valuable recruitment tool for your total choral program.

Learn more at: http://arts.muohio.edu/music/programs/special-programs/summer-courses-workshops

Contact: Jeff S. Clark, shwchr78@aol.com, 513-839-6332

Canceled Summer 2011

ZOO 620G (3 Credits)
Evolution for Teachers
07/05/2011 – 07/25/2011
Location: Oxford

To familiarize the students with evidence for evolution and the mechanisms by which evolutionary changes come about.

Prerequisites: Teacher status or permission of the director

Contact: Thomas Gregg, greggtg@muohio.edu, 513-529-3370

Canceled summer 2011

ZOO 698H (2 Credits)
Using Animals in the Classroom
06/13/2011 – 06/24/2011
Location: Oxford

After taking this hands-on workshop teachers will be able to maintain a variety of animals in the classroom including protozoans, invertebrates, and vertebrates.  Furthermore, teachers will be able to use these animals in activities that enhance their teaching of diverse physiological, behavioral, and ecological principles.

Contact: Richard Lee, leere@muohio.edu, 513-907-3686

ZOO 697 (3 Credits)
Genetics, Evolution, Ecology
07/05/2011 – 07/15/2011
Location: Oxford

This workshop provides a basic understanding of several core concepts in genetics, evolution, and ecology for elementary and middle school teachers with limited background in, but aiming to enhance their understanding of, biology. Lectures and laboratories will focus on heredity, natural selection, biodiversity and its value, and ecosystem structure and function.  The laboratory component will be designed to facilitate the transfer of exercises into the elementary and middle school classroom.  Students will develop a lesson plan in one of the three subject areas of the course for their classroom.

Contact: Richard Lee, leere@muohio.edu, 513-907-3686

ZOO 630C (3 Credits)
Field Entomology for Teachers
06/09/2011 – 06/27/2011
Location: Oxford

After taking this workshop students will be knowledgeable about the biology and diversity of insects and will be able to sight identify more than 75 insect families.  Students will be able to use a variety of collecting and insect rearing techniques, and use insects to teach a variety of biological concepts.  Since most school children have a natural curiosity about insects, these animals offer an exceptional opportunity for teaching about a wide range of biological principles. 

Contact: Richard Lee, leere@muohio.edu, 513-907-3686

EDP697E (2 credits)
Better Teaching and Learning through Classroom Assessment
07/17/2012 – 07/20/2012
Location: VOALC
This workshop provides educators with a comprehensive and practical review of classroom assessment and its role in documenting student learning and instructional effectiveness. Formative, summative, and self-assessment practices are examined and discussed along with a variety of student work evidence that can be used to confirm learning competency. Effective assessment practices and procedures for the classroom are modeled and discussed. Participants construct a new assessment system to improve and refine their existing practices. In addition, all participants receive the presenter's textbook on classroom assessment.

Prerequisites: Must be a current teacher or administrator.
Contact: Raymond Witte, witter@muohio.edu, 513-529-6611

EDP 6xx  (3 credits)
Evaluating Instruction and Intervention Within an RTI Framework: Research into Practice
05/29/2012 – 06/14/2012
Hybrid: VOA and Online
Students in this course gain a better understanding of the RTI model by learning and practicing methods for evaluating Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 instruction. Students will also analyze current research and translate it into implications for practice. In-person meetings will be held from 6:30-9:30 p.m. on 5/29, 5/31, 6/5, 6/7, 6/12, 6/14. The remainder of the course will take place using email, discussion boards/blogs, skype, and video clips.
Contact: Amity Noltemeyer, PhD, NCSP, anoltemeyer@muohio.edu, 513-529-6632

EDP697I (3 credits)
Seminar in Program Evaluation
06/11/2012 – 06/29/2012
Hybrid: VOALC and Online

This seminar provides participants with a foundation that will allow them to conduct a program evaluation and interpret the results of program evaluation efforts. Students will conduct team-based work to develop a program evaluation plan.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing

Contact: William J. Boone, boonewj@muohio.edu, 513-529-6621

MTH 499Z (3 credits) / MTH 599Z (3 credits)
Math for the Common Core and More! Grades K-8
06/13/2012 – 07/07/2012
Hybrid: VOALC and Online

Students will explore the mathematics taught in Grades K-8 as aligned with the new Common Core Standards for Mathematics, which will be implemented in Ohio's schools in the coming year. The class also discusses the misconceptions students might have when learning mathematics. The online format with the computer pen will support easy communication of the mathematics, and face-to-face meetings will support additional instructional support and confidence as needed.
Prerequisites: At least 6 hours of undergraduate mathematics preferred.

Contact: Iris DeLoach Johnson, johnsoid@muohio.edu, 513-529-6437

STA627 (4 credits)
Foundations of statistics for in-service teachers
06/11/2012-06/21/2012
Location: VOALC
MTW (9-12; 1-4);  R (9-4) for two weeks

The two-week workshop will provide an intensive exposure to the background material required for successful instruction of statistics at middle school and high school levels. This course will be team taught by statisticians and math educators and will include a mix of content and pedagogical strategies for teaching statistical concepts.  A community of practice for teaching statistics will be developed and teachers will leave this workshop with lesson plans in hand for their next academic years.

The workshop is held at the easily accessible Voice of America Learning Center (VOALC).  Located a short drive north of I-275 on I-75, teachers from Cincinnati, Dayton, Northern Kentucky and beyond will find this a convenient location. 

Prerequisites: Students will be expected to be in-service teachers with at least 2 years of teaching experience.  

Contact: A. John Bailer, baileraj@muohio.edu, 529-7879

EDP697I (3 Credits)
Seminar in Program Evaluation
6/13/2011 – 6/29/2011
Hybrid: VOALC and Online
Workshop classroom dates: Mondays & Wednesday – 6/13/11; 6/15/11; 6/20/11; 6/22/11; 6/27/11; 6/29/11

Seminar in Program Evaluation will provide participants with a foundation that will allow them to conduct a program evaluation and interpret the results of program evaluation effort. Students will conduct team-based work to develop a program evaluation plan.

Contact: William Boone, boonewj@muohio.edu, 513-374-7078

EDP 697E (2 Credits)
Better Teaching via Assessment
07/12/2011 – 07/15/2011
Location: VOALC

This workshop provides teachers and other school educators with a comprehensive and practical review of classroom assessment and its significant role in documenting student learning and teaching effectiveness. Formative, summative, and self-assessment practices are discussed along with the variety of student work and evidence that can be used for accountability purposes. All participants will construct their own assessment system or be able to improve and refine their existing system and practices. In addition, all participants will be provided chapters and/or materials from the presenter’s textbook on classroom assessment.

Call Sharron Roberts at 529-6317 regarding possible eligibility of the TEAM scholarship for this workshop.

Contact: Dr. Raymond Witte, witter@muohio.edu, 513-529-6611

EDP 697G (1 Credit)
Response to Intervention (RTI)
07/07/2011 – 07/08/2011
Location: VOALC

This workshop provides teachers and school administrators with an extensive review of the major components and issues surrounding evidence-based intervention and Response to Intervention models. Due to legislative mandates and professional expectations, teachers need to be able to provide academic and behavioral intervention for their students and the use of the RTI model provides for the needs of all students. A multi-tiered intervention approach that allows for the provision of help and support at all levels is examined. The hallmark of this approach is that direct student evidence is used in deciding which interventions are effective and used within the classroom setting. RTI serves as an intervention “safety net” that has really never existed for regular classroom teachers. It provides a mechanism by which all students can be served, and teachers supported and assisted, within the regular classroom setting.

Call Sharron Roberts at 529-6317 regarding possible eligibility of the TEAM scholarship for this workshop.

Contact: Dr. Raymond Witte, witter@muohio.edu, 513-529-6611

EDP 601W (3 Credits)
Advanced Educational Psychology
05/14/2011 – 06/25/2011
Hybrid: Middletown and Online

This workshop will help students understand theoretical and research-based sources of educational practices, consider the implications of diverse views of appropriate educational practices, and apply this knowledge to their educational practice in diverse social/cultural settings critically evaluate existing educational practices gain knowledge of sound practices in light of theoretical and empirical findings of educational psychology.

Contact: Tom Southern, southewt@muohio.edu, 513-529-6634

EDT 697K  (3 Credits)
Misconceptions in Science
06/13/2011 – 06/24/2011
Location: VOALC

This workshop provides experiences to help effectively: gain insight into student thinking that is seldom revealed through standard science questions; explore student thinking in Earth, space, physical, and life science that supports unifying themes in science models and systems; uncover understanding and misunderstanding using assessment probes; examine student work to gauge student understanding and differentiate instruction to meet students' needs; seek links to cognitive research to drive next steps in instruction; teach implications based upon findings and determine impact on learning by asking additional questions

Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree in special education or a science education related field covering Grades 4-9 or 7-12.

Contact: Dr. Iris DeLoach Johnson, johnsoid@muohio.edu, 513-529-6437

EDT 698F (3 Credits)
Global Literature and Technologies
06/27/2011 – 07/01/11
Hybrid: VOALC and Online

This 5-day hybrid workshop is a Graduate Level Workshop for Teachers and Educators interested in gaining a better understanding of the world's cultures through global literature, related literacy activities, and technologies that are closely connected to the Ohio curricular standards. 

Contact: Paula Saine, sainep@muohio.edu, 529-9560

EDT 697J (3 Credits)
Misconceptions in Mathematics
06/13/2011 – 06/24/2011  
Location: VOALC  

In this workshop you will learn how to more effectively: question student understanding of a specific mathematics concepts; uncover understanding and misunderstanding using assessment probes; examine student work to gauge student understanding and differentiate instruction to meet students' needs; seek links to cognitive research to drive next steps in instruction; teach implications based upon findings and determine impact on learning by asking additional questions. Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree in special education or a mathematics education related field covering Grades 4-9 or 7-12.

Contact, Jeff Wanko, wankojj@muohio.edu, 513-529-6457

PSY 699W (1 Credit)
Anti-Bullying Conference
06/10/2011 – 06/11/2011
Friday, June 10th: 8am-4:30pm; Saturday, June 11th: 8am-3:00pm
Location: VOALC

This two-day anti-bullying/cyberbullying conference will feature nationally-recognized speakers and experts from across the State of Ohio who will present the latest research findings, assessment tools, prevention and intervention strategies, legislative updates, and other special topics related to bullying and cyberbullying.

Additional information can be found at the Center for School-Based Mental Health Program's Professional Development Training Program website: http://www.units.muohio.edu/csbmhp/aboutus/workshops.html

Contact: Amy Wilms, wilmsab@muohio.edu, 513-529-2450

SPN 699A (4 Credits)
Integrating Culture & Service
06/20/2011 – 07/01/2011
Location: VOALC

This workshop has three goals:  to improve language skills and teaching techniques, to enhance cultural knowledge of the Spanish-speaking world and to explore service-learning.  First, we will further develop our language skills through in-class discussions, dialogues with community leaders and a 20 hour service-learning experience to be completed over the summer.  As we improve our language proficiency, we will also explore the communicative language teaching approach, focusing on a variety of activities that participants can incorporate into their classroom.  Secondly, we will increase cultural knowledge through the exploration of lesser studied cultural themes of countries from which many immigrants originate.  Lastly, we will explore service learning and ways in which the model can be implemented in the classroom.   During this examination of service learning, we will study non-profit organizations in the Cincinnati/Dayton area that serve the Hispanic/Latino community as well as common barriers that immigrants face.

Participants will have the opportunity to visit non-profits in the area and dialogue with community leaders.  They will also complete 20 hours of service learning during the summer and attend a follow-up workshop in November.

Prerequisites: The participants will be Spanish high school teachers and those in related fields, such as workers in non-profits who deal with university and/or high-school students in a service-learning capacity.

Contact: Katie Fowler-Córdova, fowlerkm@muhio.edu,  513-692-3365

ENG699.3 (6 credits)
OWP Teaching of Writing
06/18/2012 – 07/13/2012
Location: Wilmington

Teachers from all grade levels come together in this annual four-week summer workshop to study contemporary approaches to the teaching of writing and to share with one another their best classroom techniques. They attend workshops and presentations given by outstanding OWP associates (grades K-12) and return to the classroom with ideas, suggestions, and strategies for assigning, receiving, and evaluating writing. While at the workshop, teachers develop their own writing and editing skills, and learn ways to implement Ohio’s Language Arts/National Common Core standards. Participants enjoy extended periods of free writing time, small peer editing groups, individual conferences with Miami faculty, and numerous special events, such as readings at Miami’s Art Museum, brown-bag discussions on special topics, book talks with teachers from their own grade levels, and open-mike readings.

Prerequisites: Participants must be a graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator

Contact: Monica Fisher, fishermv@muohio.edu, 513 529 5245

ENG699.E (3 credits)
OWP Using Writer's Notebooks as a Writer and a Teacher
07/16/2012 – 07/26/2012
Location: Oxford

Ralph Fletcher says, “Keeping a notebook is the single best way I know to survive as a writer.” Teachers will explore how writer’s notebooks remain a place to develop writing but have also become an instructional tool in a writing classroom. Participants will read and discuss current resources related to writer’s notebooks, keep a writer’s notebook of their own personal and professional writing, and generate practical strategies for using a writer’s notebook in the classroom.

Prerequisites: Participants must be a graduate level and must be a practicing teacher or administrator

Contact: Monica Fisher, fishermv@muohio.edu, 513 529 5245