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Spring-Summer Institutes 2003
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Download a full brochure (large .pdf file) LEADING LARGE HIGH SCHOOL REDESIGN AND DESIGNING SMALL SCHOOLS THAT WORK
Description: This 3-day institute will facilitate a problem solving process that will help school leaders (teachers and administrators) discover solutions to problems such as:
In small groups, within school teams and collaboratively with other school teams, participants will explore and develop a set of principles for negotiating solutions to the challenges of redesign, and develop a process for co-constructing with colleagues effective school designs that will support better teaching and learning. Presenter-Coaches: Ann Cook, Founder of Urban Academy of the Julia Richman Education Complex and Jacqueline Ancess, Co-Director National Center for Restructuring Education Schools and Teaching (NCREST)
For further information, contact us. 10 FEATURES OF GOOD SMALL SCHOOLS:What Matters and What Works
The INTRODUCTORY COURSE is an interactive series of sessions for teams interested in understanding the most effective practices and structures that lead to increased student learning, higher graduation rates and better prepared individuals for postsecondary education or immediate entry to the workforce. Participants will develop preliminary plans for designing a new small school based on their visions of successful graduates and on the proven effective features presented. The ADVANCED COURSE requires design teams with preliminary plans to refine ! and build on their design strategies more completely while developing a greater understanding of the practices that promote student success and professional community. Presenter-Coaches will facilitate an inquiry-based approach developed from the questions and challenges design teams frequently raise as a result of Study Tour experiences. Topics include:
Presenter-Coaches: Staff of the School Redesign Network at Stanford University
For further information, contact us. RIGOR
AND RELEVANCE:
Project-based learning that engages students, provides them with multiple opportunities to master rigorous content standards and skills, and requires students to apply what they have learned in solving a problem or answering a question. This interactive, participant centered workshop provides an introduction to the principles of project design, implementation, and assessment. Participants will experience! a project of their own design as a learner, review examples of design frameworks, process templates and student products, and apply PBL design principles during guided planning time as participants develop at least one project in their content field. Teachers of all disciplines are welcome.
Presenter-Coaches: Bob
Lenz, Principal of the Martin School of Arts and Technology
and Theron Cosgrave, who has over 10 years of PBL experience
from Drake High School. Together Bob and Theron have over 18
years of PBL experience at Drake High School in San Anselmo.
For further information, contact us. SUCCESSFULLY REACHING AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS:
Project-based learning that engages students, provides them with multiple opportunities to master rigorous content standards and skills, and requires students to apply what they have learned in solving a problem or answering a question. This interactive, participant centered workshop provides an introduction to the principles of project design, implementation, and assessment. Participants will experience! a project of their own design as a learner, review examples of design frameworks, process templates and student products, and apply PBL design principles during guided planning time as participants develop at least one project in their content field. Teachers of all disciplines are welcome.
Presenters: Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and President of Spelman College, will focus on her ground-breaking work from the book as well as her related research as a noted psychologist. For more information, see: http://www.spelman.edu/president/tatu! m_bio.pdf http://www.spelman.edu/news/pressrelease/tatumbook.html Dr. Jennifer Obidah, University of California at Los Angeles Professor in the School of Education and Information Studies, will focus on her co-authored book entitled Because of the Kids: Facing Racial and Cultural Differences in Schools. Dr. Obidah’s research centers around the social and cultural contexts! of urban schooling, teachers as critical pedagogues and teacher preparation. For more information, see: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/pages/obidah.html http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/rights/features/3/perspectives/obidah_teel.html Dr. Karlton Hester, University of California at Santa Cruz Director of Jazz Studies in the Music Department, taught at Cornell University for ten years before accepting his current position in 2000. A composer/performer, Dr. Hester integrates global African music with various elements of music from other regions of the world in premeditated and spontaneous compositions. He will focus on how music is an important medium for reaching children of African descent across other academic areas. For more information, see: http://arts.ucsc.edu/faculty/Hester/ http://arts.ucsc.edu/IGAMA/3%20-%20Festival/b05-Who.html
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Complete Registration information will be available soon. In the meantime, you can contact us for more information. Charla Rolland |
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