During the school year, 17 in-house professional development sessions were provided to teachers,
the school was represented at 20 professional events (conferences, trainings, or workshops), and
75% of faculty and staff surveyed indicated satisfaction with professional development. Please
see Appendix F for information about faculty/staff satisfaction with professional development.
The following is a list of professional development activities for faculty for school year 20062007.
Conference/Training/Workshops
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WATESOL Fall Conference, Washington DC: Allison Kokkoros, Alice-Ann
Menjivar, Sheryl Sherwin, Mary Ohno, Susan Ryan, Sharon Pan, Carol Wolchok,
Susan Tanseco (Attendance)
o
Instructional Coach Institute, Lawrence, KS: Alice-Ann Menjivar (Attendance)
o
Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE) Regional Conference, Portland,
ME: Dr. Ana-Maria Nuevo (Attendance)
o
LESLLA Conference, Richmond, VA: Allison Kokkoros, Alice-Ann Menjivar,
Holly Ann Freso, Karina Samuel, Sally Balenger (Attendance)
o
Adult Literacy Resource Center Conference, Washington DC: Christina Cammack,
Ruth Ticktin (Attendance)
o
MSA of Collegiate Registrars and Officers of Admission, Atlantic City, NJ: Kim
Trujillo, Dawn Taylor (Attendance)
o
Meeting of the Minds Symposium II, Sacramento, CA: Dr. Hugo Galindo, DeAnna
Coon, Marcel Jares (Attendance)
o
Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in GED Content Areas, Washington D.C.: Judye
Hering (Attendance)
o
Principal Series: Classroom Walkthroughs (Web Seminar, ASCD): Allison
Kokkoros, Dr. Ana-Maria Nuevo, Dr. Hugo Galindo, Sharon Pan, Dr. Leslie Lass,
Aracelly Watts (Attendance)
o
National Conference on Family Literacy, Orlando, FL: Hilary Sullivan, Carol
Wolchok (Attendance)
o
Hands-on Network Leadership Conference, Americorps Alumni, New Orleans, LA:
Hilary Sullivan (Attendance)
o
TESOL Annual Conference, Seattle, WA : Sharon Pan, Dr. Leslie Lass, Alice-Ann
Menjivar, Ruth Ticktin, Christina Cammack, Laurel Anderson, Amante Fajardo,
Sally McElroy (Attendance)
o
Electronic Village "Get them Talking with Great Speaking Activities!" TESOL
Annual Conference, Seattle, WA: Mary Ohno (Presentation)
Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School, Annual Report SY 2006-2007
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