Professional Development

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Eligibility & Registration Information for GEAR UP Professional Development Services and Training

To participate in professional development offered through Oklahoma GEAR UP, the school must be within a designated Oklahoma GEAR UP school district.

Please read all workshop descriptions carefully, in certain cases there are prerequisites for advanced workshops. Also, please note that school administration must have designated the registrant to attend according to school district GEAR UP budgets.

To register, click "register" below your workshop selection. For questions, email Mindy Teszlewicz.

JUNE 2013

• OK GEAR UP SREB Counselor Training
  Kickoff Module Two, June 4
  Rose State College, Midwest City, Professional Learning Center, Room 215
  
  
  
  
• OK GEAR UP Ruby Payne A Framework for Understanding Poverty Training, June 6-7
  Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City, Student Center, New Conference Room 304
  *Prerequisite for national training
  
  
  
  
• OK GEAR UP Advanced Math Institutes
  • High School Math Institute Year II, June 10-11
    Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City, Student Center, New Conference Room 304
    * Must have attended Math Institute last year
    
    
  • Middle School Math Institute Year II, June 12-13
    Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City, Agricultural Research Center
    * Must have attended Math Institute last year
    
    
  
  
  
• National Ruby Payne Training, A Framework for Understanding Poverty, June 12-14
  Santa Fe, NM
  
  
• Professional Learning Communities at Work Institute, June 12-14
  Tulsa
  
  
• OK GEAR UP Grant Writing Workshops
  
  
  • Grant Writing Workshop for Beginners, June 17-19
    Rose State College, Midwest City, Professional Technology Center, Room 215
    
    
  • Advanced Grant Writing Workshop, June 24-26
    Rose State College, Midwest City, Professional Technology Center, Room 215
    * Must have written at least one grant previously.
    
  
  

• OK GEAR UP Leadership Academy, June 20-21
  Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City, Student Center Conference Room North
  
  
  
  
• OK GEAR UP College Board AP Workshops
  
  
  • College Board AP Middle School Workshops, June 18-20
    Oklahoma City Community College, College Union, Room 2
    • Pre-AP Strategies in English Composition, June 18
    • Pre-Ap Strategies in English: Differentiated Instruction, June 19
    • Pre-Ap Strategies in English: Writing Tactics Using SOAPStone, June 20
  
  
  
  
  • College Board AP High School Workshops, June 24-26
    Oklahoma City Community College, College Union, Room 2
    • Pre-AP Strategies in English: The Five-S-Strategy for Passage Analysis, June 24
    • Pre-AP Strategies in English: Rhetoric, June 25
    • Pre-Ap Strategies in English: Composition, June 26
      
  
  
  
  
  • College Board High School and Middle School Workshop (4th day of training), June 27
    Oklahoma City Community College, College Union, Room 2
    • Pre-AP Strategies in English: AP Vertical Teams, June 27
    * must have attended College Board AP Middle School or High School Workshop earlier in June to be eligible for June 27th workshop
  
  
  
  
• OK GEAR UP Science Institutes
  • GEAR UP Science Institute, June 17-20
    Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Pharmacy and Physics Building, Room 25
    
    
  • GEAR UP Advanced Science Institute, June 24-27
    Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Pharmacy and Physics Building, Room 259
    
  
  
  
  
• Model Schools Conference, June 30-July 3
  Maryland

JULY 2013

• OK State Department of Education VISION 20/20, July 8-12
  
  
• High Schools That Work Staff Development Conference - Graduating Students College and Career Ready, July 17-20,
  Charlotte, NC
  
  
• OK GEAR UP Science Institutes
  • GEAR UP Advanced Science Institute, July 22-25
    Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Pharmacy and Physics Building, Room 259
    
  
  
  
  
• OK GEAR UP College Board AP Workshops
  • College Board English Workshops, July 30-31
    Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City, Student Center Conference, Room 304
    • Pre-Ap Strategies in English: Beyond Acronyms: Inquiry-Based Close Reading, July 30
    • Pre-Ap: Effective Thinking Strategies for All Students, July 31
      
  
  
  
  
• National College Board AP Conference, July 17-21
  Las Vegas, NV
  
  
• ALCA State Conference, July 22-23
  Moore Norman Technology Center
  
  

SEPTEMBER 2013

• OK GEAR UP Grant Management Training, Sept. 10-11, TBA (*REQUIRED)
  

For More Information

Mindy Teszlewicz
Phone: 405.225.9174

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