PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MCOE sponsors a variety of professional development opportunities for teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, and parents. Workshops are offered throughout the year, usually during the late afternoon and early evening hours and on Saturdays, across a wide range of topics. Professional development is provided for teacher and administrator certification and credentialing, curriculum and instruction, home, school, and community involvement, and school leadership. The County Office also hosts many regional professional development institutes that are offered by such groups or organizations as the Redwood Writing Project, the North Bay Math Project, the California Reading and Literature Project, the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Project, and the Statewide Systems of School Support.

The Mendocino County SELPA also sponsors a variety of workshops and trainings. Please peruse their Workshops page for details.

Teaching American History Project 2010-2013

Historical Lecture Series #2 for teachers and the community will be held at MCOE, Cedar Building-River Room, on Saturday, February 4, 2012.  Here are the flyers:  For Teachers or For Community  This lecture is made possible through the Teaching American History Grant from the United States Department of Education and the Mendocino County Office of Education, in collaboration with Sonoma State University, and other partners.  This lectureship is arranged through the Organization of American Historians (OAH) who promotes excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history, and encourages wide discussion of historical questions and equitable treatment of all practitioners of history. 

About the Project ~ Teaching American History (TAH) is a three-year grant funded by the United States Department of Education and awarded to the Mendocino County Office of Education. This project is designed to develop and deliver a three-year program of quality professional development for teachers in the content and teaching of traditional U.S. History targeted at 4th and 5th grades but also open to other teachers. TAH Mendocino, Lake, and Sonoma is a collaborative effort among the Mendocino County Office of Education, Sonoma State University, and school districts within Mendocino, Lake, and Northern Sonoma Counties (Cloverdale, Windsor, Piner-Olivet, and Santa Rosa City Schools). The Mendocino Historical Society and the Grace Hudson Museum are also part of this collaboration. As a result of participation in the grant, teachers will be able to help students more effectively meet high academic standards in American History. The program will support teams of teachers in summer institutes, establish and maintain professional networks focused on teaching standards based American History. Also, teachers will learn how to develop lesson plans which will integrate literacy strategies, support English language learners and use technology to access primary sources.

The project goals are to provide training and opportunities for project participants to acquire understanding and expertise in effectively developing standards-based American History lessons. Other project goals include (1) to increase traditional American History content knowledge; (2) to improve the quality of curriculum and instruction of traditional American History as a separate academic subject; and (3) to improve student knowledge and understanding of American History. There will be a strong regional focus to encourage teachers to become familiar with local resources and to work closely with historical associations and museums in identifying resources that illustrate local participation in the larger national historic movements. The grant begins this year with a leadership program for teacher leaders and, beginning in the fall, a lecture series open to all K-12 teachers as well as community members.

YEAR TWO ~ CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Classes held at the Mendocino County Office of Education, 2240 Old River Road, Ukiah

Summer Institute: Monday through Friday, June 18-26, 2012  (8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.)  Field Trip to Monterey area on June 27-28, 2012

Teachers participating in the program will receive a $1,200 stipend for attending the summer institutes and follow-up activities each year. They will also receive books and teaching materials. At the end of three years, the teacher cohort will travel to Boston and Philadelphia with hotel and flight being paid by the TAH grant. Credits for the summer intensive institute are available through Sonoma State University – up to 4 units.

For more information, please contact:
Mendocino County Office of Education
Nancy Rogers-Zegarra, Project Director
(707) 467-5101
nrogers@mcoe.us

Regional Fiscal Assistance Team

In order to strengthen the financial accountability and oversight process of a school district's financial position, legislature was put into action in June 2004. To accomplish this, we will focus on developing and maintaining a well-trained, highly-supported school business workforce in districts and county offices throughout Region I.

The following trainings are currently available:

Region 1 Fiscal Assistance Team Events

Date	ID	Training/Class
No Listing.

Region 1 CBO Class Schedule

Date	ID	Training/Class
Oct 4 2010 - Oct 3 2011	MCOE201	CBO TRAINING SEGMENT I
Oct 4 2010 - Sep 10 2012	MCOE203	CBO TRAINING ALL SEGMENTS - I, II & III
Oct 4 2010 - Oct 3 2011	SCOE201	CBO TRAINING SEGMENT I
Oct 4 2010 - Sep 10 2012	SCOE203	CBO TRAINING ALL SEGMENTS - I,II, & III
Oct 4 2010 - Oct 3 2011	HCOE201	CBO TRAINING - SEGMENT I
Oct 4 2010 - Sep 10 2012	HCOE203	CBO TRAINING ALL SEGMENTS - I, II & III
Oct 17 2011 - Sep 10 2012	MCOE202	CBO TRAINING SEGMENT II & III
Oct 17 2011 - Sep 10 2012	SCOE202	CBO TRAINING SEGMENT II & III
Oct 17 2011 - Sep 10 2012	HCOE202	CBO TRAINING - SEGMENT II & III