2024 IEA Summer Institute

Keeping track of materials and communication from year to year is a struggle for many local associations. Do you find it is difficult to keep everyone informed and on the same page with your leadership team? Do you want ideas on how to streamline your local's data?  

This session is for members who are on the local leadership team or for individuals new to the team who want to improve communication and organization. We will utilize digital tools to more effectively keep everyone in the loop.
As a 10-year veteran, on my local's leadership team - 8 years as secretary - I will share with you the things I have implemented that have set us up for successful communication and management of the local association.

Participants will learn efficient ways to share communication with their local membership. They will learn digital skills to make their communication efficient using Google applications already available. They will create templates and distribution lists so they have already constructed tools to utilize upon returning to their districts.

Please bring an electronic device with you capable of internet connection.

Targeted for Association Leaders.

We will practice Socratic Seminar strategies and activities that promote 100% voluntarily student-led interactive participation.

You will learn techniques in this class that will enable you to teach your students to:

• be able to confidently engage in at least 1 type of student-led Socratic Seminar class discussion,
• have confidence in formulating insightful and/or debatable thoughts and questions related to a given topic,
• understand the value of being prepared for class (staying on topic of the scheduled reading) through direct observation during the activity of how much fun everyone who did prepare is having,
• have a stronger sense of being able to analyze and evaluate the strengths and limitations of quotes provided from a text through discussion, 
• be able to practice smoothly and confidently citing quotes from a text to support their arguments.

Targeted to grades 9-12.

Education Support Professionals (ESP's) are dedicated employees who help to ensure all students are provided a quality learning experience while attending Idaho schools. There are a lot of policies and laws that govern the education system here in Idaho, with many specific to the ESP employee population. Knowledge is power, and understanding these laws and policies can offer support and protection.

This 90-minute session encourages participants to work through different scenarios together to help us further understand Idaho laws and how they apply to ESP's.

Targeted to ESP, SPED, and Local Leaders.

Idaho teacher compensation law changed in 2020 and established an Advanced Professional step on the career ladder. There are, however, more accountability requirements that go with this. This course walks participants through what is required to be considered Advanced Professional for movement on the state career ladder and provides strategies for how to advocate for themselves during the evaluation process.

Targeted for K-12.

Would you like to be able to confidently represent your ideas and stances on public education issues? If so, this class is for you.

We'll cover the how and why of balancing logic, research-based evidence, and our own voices to compile written and verbal communication to share publicly. Our end goal is to produce at least one opinion piece that is ready to publish and/or use as testimony at a legislative hearing.

Please bring an electronic device to use during class. 

Targeted for community-minded and politically engaged educators.

 

Adventure Awaits! There is no more daunting adventure than trying to manage a classroom of secondary students having only the rudimentary skills you obtained from a college textbook.

Anyone who goes on an adventure should be equipped with proper tools. Whether you came to teach through a traditional or alternative route, this course will build your classroom management confidence in any secondary setting.

We will explore basic tenets of classroom management, collaborative methods of management appropriate for secondary students, and navigate a balance between being too strict or too lenient.

Put these strategies to the test in your own classroom!

Education Support Professionals (ESP's) are dedicated employees who help to ensure all students are provided a quality learning experience while attending Idaho schools. There are a lot of policies and laws that govern the education system here in Idaho, with many specific to the ESP employee population. Knowledge is power, and understanding these laws and policies can offer support and protection.

This 90-minute session encourages participants to work through different scenarios together to help us further understand Idaho laws and how they apply to ESP's.

Targeted to ESP, SPED, and Local Leaders.