CCSA the Vista Way:

Sacramento 2019
Piper Walker • 03.15.2019
 When:
March 12 - 14, 2019

CCSA Where:
Sacramento, California
Conference Overview
Who went:
Dr. Felch
Mr. Bailey
Mr. Lugo
Ms. Devlin
And Ms. Walker (me)
 Standards Addressed:
Presentation
NBPTS Proposition 5: Teachers are
Overview members of learning communities.

Presented on March 15, 2019 TLS Domain 3: Promoting Professional

Learning for Continuous Improvement.
Audience:
ISTE Teacher Standards 2c: Model for
colleagues the identification, exploration,
Vista Heritage Global Academy
evaluation, curation and adoption of new
teachers digital resources and tools for learning.
Focus: I have condensed many hours of
sessions into a brief presentation to
How can we use new provide you with practical tips to support
educational research in your student’s and help develop your
teaching practice. This presentation was
a practical way in the created to align with NBPTS and TLS
classroom? standards.

Overview:
Your feedback is critical and welcomed!
California Charter Schools Association
(CCSA) conference was full of CREATE NOTES (TYPE PRESENTATION
presentations on how to use new AND SAVE AS PDF, FOLLOW POSTED
research to support student learning and FORMAT)
charter school growth and development.

CREATE HANDOUT USING SLIDES AND

Session 1: SEL in the classroom.

What the SEL does it mean?

● SEL stands for Social-Emotional Learning

● We already incorporate SEL during our weekly council sessions.

● There are other little “tricks” you can use to continue to incorporate
SEL into your daily teaching routine.

● https://bit.ly/2Ck6BiF
Take a moment to reflect on
YOUR teaching practice:

REFLECTION: What is ONE strategy you feel confident

to incorporate in the next 2 weeks?
Now you try:
CASEL Core 5 Tenets of SEL:

1. Agency and Identity

2. Emotional Regulation
What is one activity you already use that
3. Cognitive Reg
addresses one of the 5 tenets of SEL?
4. Public Spirit
5. Social skills and relationships

What is one activity you would like to add

to address another tenet of SEL?
*Hint: Yoga and
mindfulness
techniques are great
ways to help
incorporate SEL in
the classroom.
What questions or comments do you
have so far?
 Session 2: Supporting student behavior
for classroom success!
Take a moment to reflect: Who is your most difficult student?
● Can you imagine a day where that student is quiet, on-task and non-disruptive?
Well, this day can actually become a REALITY.

● These students are frustrating, but there is ALWAYS a reason for their behavior
(as we know).

● Behaviors are driven by needs. We can address these needs for student success.

○ Here are some resources WE can utilize to support our students!

Take a moment to reflect on
YOUR teaching practice:

Reflection Question:

What tip can you incorporate into your teaching

practice to support your most difficult student?
Now you try: It is going to be a challenge, but choose one
resource and describe how you will use it in
your classroom within the next MONTH
below:
SELECT a folder in the shared Google Drive
Folder.

Take 5 minutes to explore all of the

resources that have been compiled in that
folder.

Take brief notes on what you see, what

surprises you, or what you would
use/adapt.
Can I clarify anything for you? Do you
have a thought or story to share?
 Session 3: Leveraging the SBA for
success
What tools are available for YOUR students?
● IABs are a critical tool we can leverage to support our students growth.

○ Consider showing the students their IAB results on a spreadsheet

to increase their intrinsic motivation to succeed.

● The Digital Resource Library is full of PD for students. Our AP will get
access for us.
Take a moment to reflect on
YOUR teaching practice:

Reflection question:
Have you used an IAB yet? What was your experience
with it?
Now you try:

REFLECT:

1. Take 2 minutes to write a brief

description of your experience using
IABs.
SHARE:
2. When the timer goes off, turn to a person
near you and SHARE your reflections with a
partner.
 Other information we learned:
● The LAUSD strike asked for a “moratorium” on charter schools. We went on a
march on behalf of charter schools to support laws to protect charters.

● We are doing similar work to other charter schools, and we are also doing
transformative instructional strategies at the same time!

● There are TONS of resources and notes in G. drive that are available for you!
 Recap
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the Classroom for Success

Who is your most

How can you How can we use
difficult student &
incorporate SEL in
how can you
the IAB to guide Resources Survey
your class? our teaching?
support them?

Supporting Behavior
https://bit.ly/2Ck6BiF
for Classroom Success
Culminating Activity:
Research shows that meditation in the classroom has many benefits for
students AND teachers. Meditation and mindfulness strategies were
mentioned in multiple sessions I and our colleagues attended.

For this final, culminating activity we are going to practice a 5 minute

meditation designed to be used in the classroom.

When we are finished, we will reflect with the people around us.
Thank you for
attending!