Professional Development & Licensure

J. Magno & Associates, Inc. (JM/A) offers a full array of professional development and consultation services that assist schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education with the supports and resources they need to meet national and state expectations defined by the National Education Goals Panel, Education Reform Laws, and state and federal Special Education mandates.

Professional Development services adhere to the Massachusetts' Professional Licensure Standards for teachers and administrators.  With our off-site and on-site professional development services, schools and school districts are able to offer new and continuing staff training opportunities that could earn professional development points or college credits.

Through a partnership with Salem State College, teachers and administrators are able to earn college credits for individual courses or form a cohort of twenty or more staff to earn a Masters' Degree in a specific area of study.

J. Magno & Associates, Inc. is also able to customize training opportunities that meet your training and licensure needs.  Please inquire by clicking on to our Feedback Form.

Course and Training Topics for Professional Licensure

    Professional Standards for Teachers:   

    Curriculum and Instruction

• Fundamentals of Differentiated Instruction

• Teaching and Assessment in Standards-based Classrooms

• Lesson Planning in Standards-based Classrooms

Effective Instruction

• Using Assessment Data to Inform Instruction

• Collecting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Student Performance Data

• Instructional and Assistive Technology

• Authentic Tools for Better Teaching

• The Socratic Seminar to Improve Student Achievement

• Using Higher Order Thinking in Interdisciplinary Units of Study

Classroom Climate and Operation

• Behavior and Classroom Management for the Beginning Teacher

• Childhood and Adolescent Development

• Building Respectful and Responsive Classroom Communities of Learners

Teacher Leadership

• Being a Teacher Leader/Mentor

• Learning Facilitation Skills

• Peer Coaching

• Collaborative Consultation Model

Specific Content: English Language Arts

• A Classroom View of Balanced Literacy

• Fundamentals of Readers' Workshop

• Fundamentals of Writers' Workshop

• Putting Literature into Literacy

• Differentiating Children's Literature from "Books for Children"

Specific Content: Social Science and History

• Watch the American Colonial Revolutionary War Period Come to Life in Your Classroom

• Broaden Your Study of the Regional U.S. and Massachusetts History Using Literature

Specific Content: Mathematics

• Graphing 101: Using the TI-83 in the Classroom

• Using Microsoft EXCEL_® for Calculating Grades

Specific Content: Science and Technology

• Simplifying Your Life Using Technology

• What's So Good About Microsoft PowerPoint_®? 

Professional Standards for Special Education Teachers

• Nature and Needs of Student with Learning Problems

• Developing Effective Programs for Students with Disabilities in the Mainstream

• Collaborative Instruction: Making Inclusion Work

• IEP Development: Writing Goals, Objectives/Benchmarks, and Progress Reports

• MCAS Alternate: Standards, Portfolio, and Achievement

• Assessing Students with Disabilities to Improve Academic Outcomes

Professional Standards for Administrators

• Organization and Administration at the Elementary, Middle, and High School Level

• Leadership in the 21^st Century: What it is and How it Looks

• Dynamics of Change in a Climate of Reform

• Using Resources (Time, Money, & Personnel) Effectively

• Supervision and Evaluation

• School Performance Assessment: Making Sense and Use of Data

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