Forefront Curriculum Seminars-We Come to You!

Looking for a cutting-edge technology seminar to motivate your teaching staff? Sarah DiRuscio can help!

Scheduling
Sarah DiRuscio or any staff member from Forefront Curriculum would love to provide customized technology training for your school, district or organization. If you would like additional information or a phone call, simply contact Forefront Curriculum via email, or by phone 530-888-7944 or fax 530-888-7945. We are scheduling seminars for the 2006 school year, so let us know if you have a specific date in mind. Click here to see our Technology Training Calendar for availability.

Fees
We don't publish our fees on the web, but we're happy to discuss them on the phone and send you a proposal. We typically charge a flat-rate speaking fee plus minimal travel expenses (airline, rental car and hotel) and handbook costs. We recognize that educators don't have lots of money, so we try to keep costs down. We want to keep our clients happy, so we work together to develop the best seminars to meet your specific needs!

Formats
We provide a variety of formats including keynote addresses, small and large group presentations, as well as workshops with and without "hands-on" technology time. We love to meet with the administrators, technology committee members, and parents to provide consulting advice. For example, I have conducted a "technology curriculum" seminar for the entire staff in the morning, met with the technology committee for lunch, and then provided a hands-on workshop in the afternoon. Sarah's goal is to work with you and to develop a customized program that meets your specific needs.

The most popular seminar is titled "Making Best Use of the Internet to Enhance Classroom Curriculum-What's New" by Sarah DiRuscio. This seminar is a single-day staff development experience that will help your teachers have a significant impact on student achievement. The workshop is designed to help teachers investigate the latest educational web sites, develop hands-on lesson plans, and make the most of the Net. It will be presented to specific groups of teachers that correspond with your various curricular areas such as: humanities/social sciences/English or science/ math/ technology. We can also divide the groups into grade levels such as K-2nd grade & 3-6th grade. Each participant will receive a comprehensive 200 page book with practical tools and resources they can use the next day in class. (See sample handouts from Sarah's technology seminars)
K-6 Cross Curricular Handout or 7-12 Cross Curricular Handout

Seminar Topics
We specialize in helping classroom educators gain the skills to effectively integrate technology into their curriculum on a daily basis. We offer a variety of customized workshops specifically designed to meet the needs of your staff including:

*What's New in Technology 2007 Seminar
by S. DiRuscio-Making Best use of the Internet in your Classroom Curriculum
This brand new seminar developed by Sarah DiRuscio is already loved by teachers from around the country. If you are looking to help your staff integrate the Net and technology into their classrooms, this is the perfect opportunity. Sarah highlights the latest interactive web sites, multimedia tools, streaming video, distance education, and audio resources that bring excitement into the classroom! She provides easy- to- use technology lesson plans and activities that correlate to state standards and they can be used with students on a daily basis.

*Practical Strategies for Integrating the Net into Your Classroom Curriculum Our most popular seminar can be customized to meet your school's specific needs such as: Elementary, Secondary, Cross-Curricular, Math, Science, Language Arts, Social Science, Team teaching and more!

Other Popular Forefront Curriculum Seminars
*Improving Instruction with the 'Net
*Integrating the Net into the one computer classroom
*Locating lesson plans & standards online
*Creating cross-curricular thematic Internet units
*Designing effective Net-based collaborative projects
*Getting involved with online projects that really work!
*Developing successful Web Quests & interactive projects
*Creating a classroom web site that is really useful
*Walking the Web with Special Ed
*Child Safety on the Net-keeping your kids safe
*Internet Basics for Librarians & Administrators
*Intermediate Internet skills for classroom educators

Technology Needs
Because equipment available at schools vary greatly, we bring our own technology to you. We generally use Microsoft PowerPoint and Internet browsers on our own laptops when conducting seminars. All of the Internet resources we use are pre- downloaded, so a live Internet connection is never needed. This allows us the flexibility to conduct seminars in a variety of locations from the multipurpose room (MPR) to classroom or cafeteria. We would like for you to provide a computer projector, screen for projection and a sound system with microphone. This setup will be used for both lecture seminars as well as hands-on workshops.

Seminar Handbooks
Every educator attending the Forefront Curriculum seminars will receive a seminar handbook filled with lesson plans, worksheets, curriculum standards, web sites and more. These "Enhancing Classroom Curriculum with the Net" books are customized to meet the specific needs of the educators attending the seminars. The books are also available for purchase at our online bookstore.

Read more about Forefront Curriculum
in the media...

"Teaching teachers
the Internet: Consultant demonstrates
wonders of the Net
as a learning tool"

Sacramento Bee Article

Our Most Recent
On-Site Seminars
(*14 Digital High Schools)

Abilene Unified School District, Abilene, TX

Avon Grove School District, Westgrove, PA

Bureau of Education & Research (BER)

Briarcliff Unified School District, Briarcliff NY

Cicero District 99, Cicero, IL

Classroom Connect

Desert Sky Middle School, Phoenix, AZ

East Detroit High School, Detroit, MI

El Dorado COE
Placerville, CA

Eureka School District, Granite Bay, CA

Fairfield City Schools, Fairfield, OH

*Folsom High School
(Digital High School), Folsom, CA

*Garden Grove Unified School District
(Digital High School), Garden Grove, CA

Geneseo School District, Geneseo, IL

*Granada High School
(Digital High School), Granada Hills, CA

Kane County Regional Office of Ed.,
Geneva, IL

Kettering Middle School, Kettering, OH

*Kingsburg High School
(Digital High School), Kingsburg, CA

*La Quinta High School
(Digital High School), Garden Grove, CA

La Mesa Jr. High,
Santa Clarita, CA

Lake Tahoe Unified,
SL Tahoe, CA

Louis Pasteur Middle School, Orangevale, CA

*Marysville High School
(Digital High School), Marysville, CA

NASA, Mountain View, CA

Newark Memorial High
(Digital High School), Newark, CA

New Technology High School
(Dept. of Ed. School), Napa, CA

N-W School District, Justin, TX

Ophir School, Ophir, CA

*Pacifica High School
(Digital High School), Garden Grove, CA

Penryn School, Penryn, CA

Perryville County Schools, Perryville, MO

Phoenix City Day School, Phoenix, AZ

Placer County Office of Ed., Auburn, CA

Pleasant Ridge School District,
Grass Valley, CA

*Porterville High School,
(Digital High School), Porterville, CA

*Redwood High School
(Digital High School), Visalia, CA

Sacramento State University,
Sacramento, CA

San Joaquin County Office of Education
(Digital High School), Stockton, CA


*Saugus High School
(Digital High School), Valencia, CA

St. Joseph's Parish School, Auburn, CA

*Upland High School
(Digital High School), Upland , CA

Upper Merion School District,
King of Prussia, PA

*Valencia High School
(Digital High School), Valencia, CA

Western Placer Unified S.D., Lincoln, CA