PARASeries #2-Gender-Based Teaching Strategies

Boys and girls learn together in classrooms around the country. But when assessment data is looked at, a difference in achievement of the two genders is very evident. What is the basis for these differences? By examining gender differences, paraprofessionals attending this session will learn about some of the developmental differences between boys and girls and specific techniques to address these differences and assist students in learning.

Presenter: Genevieve Kirchman is the Safe and Drug Free Schools Project Director (SDFSC) for CESA 5. Genevieve provides information, training, and support to ATOD coordinators throughout CESA 5, as well as information and resources on violence prevention, TRIBES trainings for positive school environments, and brain works trainings. She was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Prevention at the State Prevention Conference in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
 

The PARASeries provides professional growth for paraprofessionals that is based on the Wisconsin Personnel Development Model. Working in collaboration with both the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and the WEAC Professional Development Academy, programs are offered each year that address the paraprofessional competency areas identified by the DPI, as well as core and elective programs that meet the WEAC requirements for ESP certification. Additionally, several of the programs offered also address the State Performance Plan Indicators; another tool used by the DPI to measure progress of students with disabilities. The PARASeries follows a two year cycle, providing a paraprofessional the opportunity to complete the requirements for the ESP Level 1 certification in a two year period.

For further questions about the PARASeries programs offered at CESA 5, please contact Karen Lietzow, Project Director for the Regional Service Network, at (608) 742-8814, ext. 309, or email lietzowk@cesa5.k12.wi.us

For information about the WEAC ESP certification, please visit the WEA Professional Development Academy at:
http://www.weac.org/Home/esp/esp_programs.aspx

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