Explore the process of and resources for successful grant writing through this interactive session with professional grant writing experts.

Intended for teachers in grades K-5, intervention teachers, and instructional support staff to explore strategies for implementing and improving Word Study activities within ELA.

This three-day foundational training focuses on the knowledge, skills, and understandings critical to those who work with preservice and beginning teachers. It is guided by the belief that learning to teach is a career-long developmental process that involves a continuous cycle of planning, teaching, and reflecting. At the heart of this work is the mentor’s ability to respond to each new teacher's individual developmental and contextual needs and to promote the ongoing examination of classroom practice.

3-hour, graduate level Winthrop Professional Development Course

In addition to the face-to-face meetings listed above, online components will be required throughout the course

This course is the first in a 3-course series designed to contribute to add-on middle level certification while understanding and addressing the needs of diverse learners. Cost per participant is $100 plus materials. Participation is limited to 25 students. Registration through this link is for interest only and does not guarantee a spot in the course. Participants will be notified by May 15 of their acceptance.

This two-day training teaches participants to collect observation data related to professional teaching standards and share data to improve  pre-service and beginning teacher instruction. Participants will review the coaching cycle; learn planning and reflecting conference protocols; use professional standards to guide data collection; develop skills in collecting and analyzing data; explore various observation tools; and give strategic feedback using a language of support.

*Participants must have completed the 3-day, Foundations in Mentoring training in order to participate.

This two-day training provides mentors with tools and strategies for helping preservice and beginning teachers identify student needs, plan for differentiated instruction, and ensure equitable learning outcomes. Upon completion of training, participants will be able to intensify coaching expertise, use student work analysis for planning lessons; and differentiate instruction based upon student needs.
*Participants must have completed the 3-day, Foundations in Mentoring training in order to participate.

Participants will become acquainted with various approaches and strategies used in co-teaching and see what this of teaching looks like during the planning, instruction and assessment stages of collaboration.   Participants will also experience how "teacher personality" plays a vital role in making a valuable co-teaching experience.  Those attending will walk away with an assortment of strategies to implement on day one of the new school year. 

3-hour, graduate level Winthrop Professional Development Course

*Face-to-face and online meetings

This course is the second  in a 3-course series designed to contribute to add-on middle level certification while providing an examination of the diverse developmental characteristics of early adolescents in contemporary society using interdisciplinary themes, young adult books, and other media.

The course will be a blend of in-class and on-line sessions.  The cost per participant is $100 plus materials to be paid on the first night of class.

This two-day training teaches participants to collect observation data related to professional teaching standards and share data to improve  pre-service and beginning teacher instruction. Participants will review the coaching cycle; learn planning and reflecting conference protocols; use professional standards to guide data collection; develop skills in collecting and analyzing data; explore various observation tools; and give strategic feedback using a language of support.

*Participants must have completed the 3-day, Foundations in Mentoring training in order to participate.

3-hour, graduate level Winthrop Professional Development Course

Philosophy, Organization, and Curriculum for Diverse Learners in the Middle School

3-hour, graduate level Winthrop Professional Development Course

This course is the first in a 3-course series designed to contribute to add-on middle level certification while understanding and addressing the needs of diverse learners.

There are a limited number of spaces available for this course. Registration is restricted to practicing teachers in the NetSCOPE Partnership Network districts. Participants will be responsible for a $100 course fee as well as the cost of required books and materials. Please express your interest in the course by completing the information at the link below. You will receive an email by December 7 regarding formal registration.

This in-service, for 3rd and 4th grade teachers from Hunter Street Elementary, Jefferson Elementary, and Cotton Belt Elementary, will engage participants in a hands-on science inquiry experience that will include discussion of how to integrate active science learning experiences with literacy and meaningful assessment strategies to meet Common Core Standards.

This three-day foundational training focuses on the knowledge, skills, and understandings critical to those who work with pre-service and beginning teachers. It is guided by the belief that learning to teach is a career-long developmental process that involves a continuous cycle of planning, teaching, and reflecting. At the heart of this work is the mentor’s ability to respond to each new teacher's individual developmental and contextual needs and to promote the ongoing examination of classroom practice.

*University Supervisors only attend 9:00 am - noon!

Explore various models of co-teaching and application to classroom practice and Winthrop field/internship experiences. Strategies for co-teaching will be modeled and participants will view videos of other co-teachers in action. This training is designed for university supervisors and mentor teachers.  

Dr. Kelly Costner will appear with a panel of Sullivan Middle School teachers to discuss the diversity of students in the Rock Hill School District and the challenges and rewards of teaching this population.

FREE and open to the public. No registration required.

Dr. Jeannie Haubert of Sociology will appear on a panel with a group of Sullivan Middle School parents who are immigrants who will describe their experiences in the Rock Hill community.

FREE and open to the public. No registration required.

Contact David Beiter with questions

This workshop is sponsored by the College of Education at Winthrop University and  the NetSCOPE Partnership Network in conjunction with the Francis Marion University Center of Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Children of Poverty.  Following a keynote by Dr. Tammy Pawloski, participants can choose two breakout sessions to explore practical strategies for working with students and families living in poverty.

Space is limited to 200 participants.  Attendance is free although participants are asked to bring a school supply for donation to Partnership Network schools.

Jeannine Franco, Jason Fulmer and Jenna Hallman