Teacher Academy

Bay-Arenac ISD offers Teacher Academy for New Teachers and Teachers with New positions in Bay and Arenac Counties. Sessions are designed to assist teachers in topics such as Classroom Management, the Successful Parent/Teacher Conference, Learning Styles, Integration of the Brain,
Putting All the Pieces of the Puzzle Together, and Curriculum Expectations.

Sessions are held at Bay-Arenac ISD's Educational Service Center at
4228 Two Mile Road, Bay City, MI 48706.
All sessions are required to complete the series.

Session One 
Monday, August 16, 2010, 8:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
   Setting expectations for yourself and learning
   Brain Based Learning
   Ten tips Presented by Principals

Session Two
Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 8:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
   Organizing your classroom
   Routines and Procedures
   Cooperative Learning

Session Three
Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 8:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
   Issues outside the classroom
   Special Education RTI Model
   Individual Planning Time with Coaching

Session Four
Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
   Parent-Teacher Conferences
   Materials to Organize/Tips and Strategies
   Here comes the MEAP (Elementary & Middle)

Session Five
Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
   Rigor-Relevance-Relationships
   Learning is the Priority
   Here comes the MME (High School)

Session Six
Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 8:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
   Debrief the year
   Where do we go from here
   Cool Tools for Teachers

The Bay-Arenac ISD Teacher Academy has been created for New Teachers and Teachers with New positions at the elementary, middle, and high school level. The series is specifically designed to meet Section 1526 of the Michigan School Code, which requires five-days of professional development during the first year of teaching (15 days within the firs three years).