Professional Development Opportunities Fall/Winter, 1998 The Alameda County Office of Education is committed to helping educators develop and increase their teaching skills through offering a variety of quality continuing education workshops. Our catalog of fall/winter courses has been distributed throughout Alameda County schools. It can also be downloaded below as a PDF file and read with Adobe Acrobat software (available free from Adobe's website). For additional information, contact Solita Julien, PDP registrar, at (510) 670-4244.
	The following workshops will be offered during the Fall/Winter of 1998. See our catalog for details: Reading/Language Arts Implementing Writer's Workshop: Balancing Choice and Instruction, Grades 3-8 It's Never Too Late: The Case for Late Intervention Creating and Managing Literacy Centers in the K-2 Classroom The Powerful Reading/Writing Connection for Grades K-3 Assisting Upper Grade Students to Become Strategic Readers Language Links: Reading Institute, Grades 4-8 Running Records: How to Take Them and How to Use Them Bilingual/ELD Spanish for Educators: Beginner/Intermediate Sheltered Academy and CLAD Preparation Combination Multilingual/Multicultural Children's Literature Center (Bilingual) Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development Examination Dates Mathematics The New California Requirement: Eighth Grade Algebra Cross-Curricular Instructional Strategies Classroom Organization and Management Program (COMP) Brain-Based Learning in the Classroom: It's Not Mission Impossible An Introduction to Service-Learning Retirement Planning-Financial Education: Key Retirement Planning Issues A Symposium Offered by Health Profesionals Childhood Asthma Management Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Coaching Challenges: Behavioral Problems and Injury Prevention in Sports Youth Depression, Suicide, and Anger Management Building a System Establishing and Maintaining Business and Education Partnerships Students as Entrepreneurs: Becoming Innovative Thinkers, Creative Problem Solvers, and Builders of the Community Connecting Academic Classes to the Community: An “All Aspects of the Industry” Approach Teacher Externships: To Boldly Go Where Few Have Gone Before Customized Staff Development Conflict Resolution/Diversity: Conflict Resolution/Team Building and Diversity Training School-to-Career Customized Trainings Reading and Writing for All Students: The Multicultural Connection to Success in Literacy