Professional Development Resource Center
Workshops - Summer 2009
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ELED
417D
Integrating
Arts in the
Elementary
Classroom
June 23-July 9, TWR, 1
p.m.-4:30
p.m.
This workshop is designed to introduce engaging approaches for teaching and learning in the arts and to help participants find ways to use the arts in their classroom, no matter where their personal skills and experiences in the arts disciplines begin. Examine the arts through hands-on experiences in dance, music, theater, and visual art and teach through the arts, learn how to use formative and summative assessments to evaluate students' work, respond to the work of professional artists in terms of their applicability to classroom settings, and respond to each others' teaching in the arts. The Elementary Education Program will accept these four credits as meeting the fine arts requirements, Endorsement Competencies Common Core 1.1 for content knowledge in the arts within the Elementary Education Certification Program.
EDUC 417D
Fostering
Learner
Independence
July
20-24, 1
p.m.-5 p.m.
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The goal of this workshop is to facilitate educators’ reflections on their current understandings and practices, thus directly impacting what is happening in the classroom. The class will concentrate on essential considerations that help to foster habits of independence by focusing on the difference between structuring and controlling learning environments. Educators will reflect on their practices so that they can identify which practices are hindering student independence and which are fostering increased student self-sufficiency. Teachers will identify key ingredients, necessary tools, and helpful tips that will assist them in creating their own process for creating student success and independence.
EDUC 417C
Personalizing
Climate
Change
[for
teachers of
grade 4-12]
August 4,
5, 6, 9 a.m.-5
p.m.
Through investigations and discussions, expand your understanding of science concepts that permeate climate change. Learn how to perform common investigations from physical and biological sciences (utilizing data gathering and processing methods) that can be applied to climate change processes and modify these for use in classrooms. Align climate change topics to Washington Science Standards and infuse these topics into district curriculum maps. Learn how to use digital data-collecting tools and develop project topics for students to conduct climate change research at school and at home. PASCO Scientific is providing some scientific tools. REQUIRES A TWO NIGHT STAY AT PSE RETREAT FACILITY ON BAKER LAKE - lodging and all meals provided by PSE.
The Summer 2008 offerings are listed below. Please select the link to see additional information:
Completed Courses:
- Western Washington University Linguistics Workshop
- Writing Workshop in the Elementary and Middle School Classroom
- Building Bridges Between Math and Science Cohort I: Adding the Big Ideas and Curriculum Topic Study, July 21 - 23, 2008
- Classroom Multi-Media Applications Development
- Building Bridges Between Math and Science Cohort II: Summer Residential Week, North Cascades Institute, August 4 - 8, 2008
