Professional Learning Event Schedule

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Arizona

 

July 21-23, 2008 September 23, 2008 November 4, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: National School Reform Faculty Arizona Center of Activity NSRF national facilitator: Carrie Brennan
This institute is offered most summers. Check back for 2008 dates.
Critical Friends Group Facilitator Training IMPORTANT:  This is a single institute that is conducted in three different settings. Audience: teacher leaders professional developers, instructional coaches, principals, and other administrators This intensive training gives participants the background information and skills needed to coach Critical Friends Groups (CFGs) at their sites. Participants will learn strategies to develop, facilitate, and sustain professional learning communities in their districts and schools, specifically: protocols teachers can use to examine student work strategies and activities to build a learning community among colleagues methods to document and reflect on teacher and student growth approaches to conduct peer observation. Credit:  Thirty-five hours of professional development credit. For more information, E-mail Lisa Caraboa Download flyer
Cost: $450 per person PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $100 off the stated price		Register online! Register by phone: 520-745-4588 For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

California

 

June 25-27, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: San Francisco Coalition of Essential Small Schools
Advisory as an Equity Pedagogy: What should an Advisory program committed to personalization and equitable & high achievement look like? Schools must model a commitment to equity-centered practices including an Advisory program aligned with a school’s mission and vision and focused on personalization and equitable, high achievement. Participants will learn from the experiences of advisors, students, and parents from Leadership High School. After seeing examples of structures that allow advisors to support students academically and emotionally, they will explore or refine their own schools’ advisory program from mission and vision to signature curriculum—from schedule to staffing to budget. Participants will create a blueprint of key assessments and core curriculum. Recommended for school teams. For more information, E-mail Gregory Peters or call him at 415-992-5007.
Cost: $525 per person ($378 with all discounts). PLT members qualify for the all discounts, which otherwise are offered to only SF-CESS, CES Affiliates, students, and teams of three or more.		Get Registration Form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

June 23-24, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: San Francisco Coalition of Essential Small Schools
Student Activities: How can a student activities program foster school community, develop student leadership AND encourage more diverse and equitable student engagement? This workshop is co-led by students and provides a model from which participants consider their schools’ missions and visions and design thematic, yearlong activities programs that foster a sense of fun while also developing community and leaders within it. Teams will begin developing a plan for the year. Recommended for Activities Directors and student government rep. For more information, E-mail Gregory Peters or call him at 415-992-5007.
Cost: $350 per person ($252 with all discounts). PLT members qualify for the all discounts, which otherwise are offered to only SF-CESS, CES Affiliates, students, and teams of three or more.		Get Registration Form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

June 23-24, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: San Francisco Coalition of Essential Small Schools
Data-Based Inquiry (DBI): How can we use formal inquiry to identify and prioritize what matters most within our school’s achievement gap and foster a culture of shared leadership and responsibility for our results? This workshop will model a formal cycle of inquiry and help participants explore various ways to use DBI at their own schools to identify and address inequitable gaps in student achievement. Participants will use their own student data to understand their own school better and inform a yearlong inquiry focus. Recommended for small-school teams. For more information, E-mail Gregory Peters or call him at 415-992-5007.
Cost: $350 per person ($252 with all discounts). PLT members qualify for the all discounts, which otherwise are offered to only SF-CESS, CES Affiliates, students, and teams of three or more.		Get Registration Form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

June 24, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: San Francisco Coalition of Essential Small Schools
Planning Backwards: How do we design assessment and curriculum that truly is authentic AND accountable to state standards? After exploring how programs that allow for teacher expertise can be more equitable, participants will use the planning backwards process to create departmental and course outcomes from their schools’ mission and vision, design an authentic assessment, and identify key curriculum related to their outcomes while considering state and national standards. This one-day workshop is a great way for curriculum design teams to begin or revitalize their collaboration effort. For more information, E-mail Gregory Peters or call him at 415-992-5007.
Cost: $175 per person ($126 with all discounts). PLT members qualify for the all discounts, which otherwise are offered to only SF-CESS, CES Affiliates, students, and teams of three or more.		Get Registration Form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

June 25-27, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: San Francisco Coalition of Essential Small Schools
Portfolios and Exhibitions as Authentic Assesments This workshop will provide curriculum examples to demonstrate why authentic assessments more equitably support students to reflect on and publicly defend their own learning and progress towards rigorous outcomes. Participants will see portfolios and observe a senior exhibition centered on an essential question before taking time to design a plan to develop their own authentic assessments that align with their schools’ mission and vision. For more information, E-mail Gregory Peters or call him at 415-992-5007.
Cost: $525 per person ($378 with all discounts) PLT members qualify for the all discounts, which otherwise are offered to only SF-CESS, CES Affiliates, students, and teams of three or more.		Get Registration Form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

June 25-27, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: San Francisco Coalition of Essential Small Schools
Project-Based Learning (PBL) in the math class For many of our students, Project (or Problem) Based Learning provides a more relevant and meaningful curriculum and teaching. This workshop will provide an introduction to PBL with explicit focus on its use in math classes—even math classes that feel the pressure of standards-based, standardized tests, including a special “Story Telling to the Standards” session. This will be a great place for teams that will collaborate further or receive coaching throughout the year. For more information, E-mail Gregory Peters or call him at 415-992-5007.
Cost: $525 per person ($378 with all discounts) PLT members qualify for the all discounts, which otherwise are offered to only SF-CESS, CES Affiliates, students, and teams of three or more.		Get Registration Form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

July 25-26, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: San Francisco Coalition of Essential Small Schools
Professional Development: How do we develop a Professional Development program with curriculum that is focuses on equitable student achievement and practices that model the equity pedagogies we expect to see in our classes? Participants will practice structures that encourage diverse voices and encourage equitable participation within professional development—and classrooms, while considering how to use PD time to address a focused effort towards closing achievement gaps within their schools For more information, E-mail Gregory Peters or call him at 415-992-5007.
Cost: $350 per person ($252 with all discounts). PLT members qualify for the all discounts, which otherwise are offered to only SF-CESS, CES Affiliates, students, and teams of three or more.		Get Registration Form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

August 4-8, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: San Francisco Coalition of Essential Small Schools
Critical Friends Groups Coaches Training: How do we establish and foster professional learning communities to build alliances across differences and improve individual practice? Participants will practice using formal tools/protocols to develop community and alliances across differences through inquiry and reflective practice. Participants will leave better prepared to participate in and/or facilitate equity-based professional learning communities (CFGs or iGroups) focused on improving individual practice towards equitable student achievement. After completing this seminar, participant names will be submitted as CFG Coaches for the National School Reform Faculty. For more information, E-mail Gregory Peters or call him at 415-992-5007.
Cost: $1,000 per person ($720 with all discounts). PLT members qualify for the all discounts, which otherwise are offered to only SF-CESS, CES Affiliates, students, and teams of three or more.		Get Registration Form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

Colorado

 

June 18-20, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: Colorado Critical Friends Group
ADMINISTRATORS’ SEMINAR For three days this summer, administrators will gain experience with tools and structures to create and sustain a collaborative school culture. Participants will learn about groundings, the use of protocols to closely examine student work and teacher practice, as well as strategies to tackle issues of equity. In addition, they will study the logistics and the results of implementing critical friends groups (CFGs) within their schools. CU-Denver credits will be offered. For more information, email Stevi.Quate@cudenver.edu or call her at 303-882-3760.
Cost: $400 (payments are non-refundable); AFTER MAY 31, $450 PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $200 off the stated price		Get Registration Form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

June 16-20, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: Colorado Critical Friends Group
NEW COACHES SEMINAR For five days this summer, educators will join a critical friends group (CFG) in order to learn tools for developing collaborative cultures, protocols to closely examine student work and teacher practice, and processes to engage with colleagues in inquiry about their work. At the end of the week, they will be able to coach their colleagues in their home settings in working together in CFGs. In addition, participants who work with other models for collaborative communities, such as Professional Learning Communities, will learn strategies and processes that will deepen their collaborative work. The goals of the New Coaches’ Summer Seminar are: To provide the tools for collaboration around student work and teacher practice To develop the disposition for working collaboratively and for facilitating CFGs To build the capacity within schools to focus and work together to raise student academic achievement CU-Denver credits will be offered. For more information, email Stevi.Quate@cudenver.edu or call her at 303-882-3760.
Cost: $700 (payments are non-refundable); AFTER MAY 31, $750 PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $350 off the stated price		Get Registration Form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

Hawaii

 

Illinois

   

Indiana

 

June 23-27, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: Hoosier School Reform Faculty National Facilitator: Kate Kelly
Critical Friends Group Coaches Seminar This five-day seminar offers new coaches and members of Critical Friends Groups — as well as administrators from their schools and districts — the opportunity to develop the skills necessary for creating and sustaining effective professional learning communities. Each participant will experience the power and potential of a learning community’s support and will leave with the will, skill, capacity, knowledge and on-going support to coach a CFG at his/her school or district. Virtually every process and protocol practiced during the week will be immediately applicable. For more information, Email Heidi Vosekas or call her at 812-330-2702 Download flyer.
Cost: $700 per person PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $200 off the stated price		Get Registration Form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

Kansas

 

Louisiana

 

Maryland

 

Massachusetts

 

Michigan

 

Mississippi

 

Missouri

 

New Hampshire

July 7-9, 2008	Powerful Designs: Standards in Practice;                             Curriculum Designers	Provider: Antioch Center for School Renewal
Critical Skills Institutes-Level 2-Keene Level 2 Institutes focus on: enhancing design skills for crafting increasingly sophisticated challenges using more comprehensive strategies for assessing student competencies, skills, and curricular standards examining the role of the teacher as a facilitator, guiding students through experiential learning and the reflection process Graduate credit is available for this event. For more information:  ACSR@antiochne.edu or call 603-357-3122 x364
Cost: $465 per person ($1700 for a team of 4) PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $40 off of the stated per-person price		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

July 7-11, 2008	Powerful Designs: Standards in Practice;                             Curriculum Designers	Provider: Antioch Center for School Renewal
Critical Skills Institutes-Level 1-Keene Level 1 Institutes examine strategies for: developing the classroom as a collaborative, problem-solving community using the experiential learning cycle to support student learning setting and maintaining criteria for quality work targeting the Critical Skills alongside the curriculum turning curriculum into different types of problems to solve that provide a meaningful context for learning using simple performance-based assessment tools planning and structuring student exhibitions of learning guiding student reflection and debriefing processes Graduate credit is available for this event. For more information:  ACSR@antiochne.edu or call 603-357-3122 x364
Cost: $665 per person ($2400 for a team of 4) PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: Fee waived for first person from a new school; second person pays 50%		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

July 12-15, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: Antioch Center for School Renewal National Facilitators: Susan Dreyer Leon and Kim Carter
Critical Friends Group Training for School Leaders A Critical Friends Group is a professional learning community committed to improving practice through collaborative learning. Teacher leaders and administrators in this training will learn how to facilitate honest and productive conversations with colleagues focused on improving student learning and improving teacher practices. Some of the skills coaches will gain include: Setting norms for working together Active listening Understanding guidelines for dialogue Understanding the dynamics of offering and receiving warm (supportive) or cool feedback Formulating clarifying and probing questions Using protocols for examining student and teacher work, for solving problems, setting goals, observing peers, and building teams Graduate Credit is available for this event. For more information, Email Laura Thomas or call her at 603-283-2302.
Cost: $1200 per person ($4000 for a team of 4) PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $200 off the stated per-person price		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

July 30- August 1, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: Antioch Center for School Renewal
Experienced CFG Coaches Training A Critical Friends Group is a professional learning community committed to improving practice through collaborative learning. Teacher leaders and administrators in this training will learn how to facilitate honest and productive conversations with colleagues focused on improving student learning and improving teacher practices. Some of the skills coaches will gain include: Setting norms for working together Active listening Understanding guidelines for dialogue Understanding the dynamics of offering and receiving warm (supportive) or cool feedback Formulating clarifying and probing questions Using protocols for examining student and teacher work, for solving problems, setting goals, observing peers, and building teams Graduate Credit is available for this event. For more information, Email Laura Thomas or call her at 603-283-2302.
Cost: $800 per person ($2700 for a team of 4) PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $125 off the stated per-person price		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

August 11-15, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: Antioch Center for School Renewal National Facilitators: Susan Dreyer Leon and Kim Carter
Beginning Critical Friends Group Coaches Training A Critical Friends Group is a professional learning community committed to improving practice through collaborative learning. Teacher leaders and administrators in this training will learn how to facilitate honest and productive conversations with colleagues focused on improving student learning and improving teacher practices. Some of the skills coaches will gain include: Setting norms for working together Active listening Understanding guidelines for dialogue Understanding the dynamics of offering and receiving warm (supportive) or cool feedback Formulating clarifying and probing questions Using protocols for examining student and teacher work, for solving problems, setting goals, observing peers, and building teams Graduate Credit is available for this event. For more information, Email Laura Thomas or call her at 603-283-2302.
Cost: $1,200 per person ($4,000 for a team of 4) PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $200 off the stated per-person price		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

New Jersey

 

New York

 

July 15-17, 2008 Registration Deadline: June 15, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider:  NSRF/NY @ NYU Facilitators: Joseph McDonald and Marlene Roy
Learning to Work Together With Data This workshop will focus on helping school leaders, including administrators, teachers, network and parent leaders gain a richer understanding of school data already available to them, and learn how to generate still other data. Participants will learn to devise and maintain systems for making sense of data, for talking about its implications, and for taking action based on a continual cycle of inquiry. The workshop will feature hands-on immersion in data sets, exploration of the New York City’s Children First Accountability Tools, protocols for school-based data collection and data-based conversations, opportunities for peer consultation, and background readings. Note: P-Credit, will cost an additional $235 and includes a 3 hour follow up session in the Fall and a 6 hour online discussion component. For more information, Email Natalie Rodrigues  or call her at 212-998-5107 Download flyer.
Cost: $850 per person; $765 group of 5 or more (Fee includes annual NSRF membership.) PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $100 off the stated price For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.		TO REGISTER: Please email the following information to Natalie Rodrigues  or call her at 212-998-5107 Name: Seminar Title: Email: Address: Phone Number: School: Title/Position: Payment must be by NYU Voucher, Purchase Order, or Check. Mail payment to: Natalie Rodrigues, 34 Stuyvesant Street, New York, NY 10003 Note: If you are sending a voucher or purchase order please fax a copy to 212-995-3778.

 

July 24-22, 2008 Registration Deadline: June 15, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider:  NSRF/NY @ NYU Facilitators: Steven Strull and Helena Miller
Introduction to Critical Friends Groups Critical Friends Groups (CFGs) provide a way for educators to create and sustain professional communities based on regularly shared accounts of practice, reflective dialogue about practice, and mutual commitment to improve practice. CFGs use shared norms and protocols for examining student and adult work together. They commit to high standards for student achievement and equity. This seminar will introduce participants to the norms, tools, and traditions of CFGs, and discuss opportunities to integrate their use with schools’ ordinary professional development platforms. Participants will leave with a “toolkit” of protocols and practices they will be able to apply within their school settings – ones that will allow them to strengthen their professional communities and increase their students’ achievement. Classroom teachers and other pedagogical staff including administrators are encouraged to attend. For more information, Email Natalie Rodrigues  or call her at 212-998-5107 Download flyer.
Cost: $850 per person; $765 group of 5 or more (Fee includes annual NSRF membership.) PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $100 off the stated price For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.		TO REGISTER: Please email the following information to Natalie Rodrigues  or call her at 212-998-5107 Name: Seminar Title: Email: Address: Phone Number: School: Title/Position: Payment must be by NYU Voucher, Purchase Order, or Check. Mail payment to: Natalie Rodrigues, 34 Stuyvesant Street, New York, NY 10003 Note: If you are sending a voucher or purchase order please fax a copy to 212-995-3778.

 

August 19-21, 2008 Registration Deadline: June 15, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider:  NSRF/NY @ NYU Facilitators: Beth McDonald and Ronni Mann
Facilitative Leadership Participants will learn skills, tools, and protocols to enhance their ability to facilitate meetings of all kinds: grade-level meetings, network meetings, critical friends group meetings, study groups, student performance data analysis meetings, collaborative problem-solving meetings, faculty meetings, and more. They will explore protocols for opening and closing meetings, resolving conflicts, enhancing participation and engagement, exploring issues of equity, and learning from texts and speakers. For more information, Email Natalie Rodrigues  or call her at 212-998-5107 Download flyer.
Cost: $850 per person; $765 group of 5 or more (Fee includes annual NSRF membership.) PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $100 off the stated price For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.		TO REGISTER: Please email the following information to Natalie Rodrigues  or call her at 212-998-5107 Name: Seminar Title: Email: Address: Phone Number: School: Title/Position: Payment must be by NYU Voucher, Purchase Order, or Check. Mail payment to: Natalie Rodrigues, 34 Stuyvesant Street, New York, NY 10003 Note: If you are sending a voucher or purchase order please fax a copy to 212-995-3778.

 

North Carolina

 

Ohio

 

Oregon

 

June 23-27, 2008 July 28 - August 1, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: Small Schools Northwest
Critical Friends Group Institute (CFG Coaches Institute) The CFG Institute is designed to train a peer coach to facilitate and support a group of 6-10 of their peers throughout the school year. The initial training is 5 days with a 6th day follow-up in August or February to provide ongoing support to new coaches. We whole-heartedly recommend this institute for administrators, teacher leaders, and district office personnel as the skills and tools in the training are immediately applicable to committee, leadership and whole staff meetings in addition to teacher collaboration. For more information, Email Kim Feike.
Cost: $650 per person PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $100 off the stated price		Get registration form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

Pennsylvania

 

Rhode Island

 

April 25-26, 2008 May 9-10, 2008 May 30-31, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: The Education Partnership NSRF national facilitator:  Kim Carter
NSRF Critical Friends Group New Coaches Institute IMPORTANT:  This is a single institute that is conducted over three weekends. The creation of learning communities requires high-quality preparation and sustained support. An NSRF Beginning Coaches Training teaches new coaches the skills and habits that enable them to: 1. Ask Questions that challenge assumptions 2. Examine student work as a way to improve practice 3. Create collaborative cultures in their schools 4. Create and sustain effective professional learning communities Our CFG Coaches Training offers an opportunity to not only learn the fundamentals of CFG coaching by experience them firsthand, but also to connect with a network of like-minded professionals engaged in similar work. Credit: 35 PD hours for Rhode Island I-plan. Application in process to make credit through Rhode Island College available at an additional cost. For more information, email Donna Braun or call her at 401-316-8380.
Cost: $500 per person PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $100 off the stated price		Get registration form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

Texas

 

Tennessee

 

July 7-11, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: National School Reform Faculty, Tennessee Center of Activity
Educational Collaboration in Practice (CFG New Coaches Institute) During the week you will: experience the creation of a professional learning community; practice concrete, practical techniques for developing collaboration that coaches can share with their school CFG members; try out different methods for giving colleagues feedback on classroom processes and on student work; and learn how to use discussion protocols in meetings and in the classroom. Although they are constantly encouraging their students to work in teams, teachers rarely have the opportunity to collaborate with each other. A Critical Friends Group (CFG) brings teachers together in a facilitated monthly meeting to look at student work in a structured way and to explore how they can improve their own teaching practices and their students’ academic achievement. Talking with peers about instructional issues is rare, but once teachers experience it, they realize they’re starving for it. Once they begin, most CFGs continue indefinitely, sharing ideas and experiences in an ongoing dialogue throughout the year about how to improve student achievement. For more information, E-mail Maelea Galyon.
Cost: $500 per person PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $100 off the stated price		Get registration form! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

Virginia

 

Washington

 

June 23, 2008	Powerful Design: “Student Voices” for How Listening to Students Builds Equity and Engagement “Mentoring” for Tools for Mentors and Coaches	Provider: Coalition of Essential Schools Northwest
CESNW Summer Symposium This day-long symposium will begin with a keynote speech by Pat Wasley, Dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington. Pat is a former senior researcher for the Coalition of Essential Schools, and a passionate advocate for powerful teaching. The remainder of the day will consist of sessions developed and offered by teachers, administrators, and others that illustrate the very best practices that support the CES Common Principles. Participants will have the opportunity throughout the day to work with, learn from, and be inspired by the work of friends and colleagues. For more information, E-mail Holli Hanson.
Cost: $75 per person PLT members qualify for the same discount offered to CES members.		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

June 24-June 25, 2008	Powerful Design: “Student Voices” for How Listening to Students Builds Equity and Engagement “Mentoring” for Tools for Mentors and Coaches	Provider: Coalition of Essential Schools Northwest Facilitator:  Joe Hall
CESNW Service Learning Institute The Institute is designed to engage K-12 teachers in the exploration of the principles of effective service learning practice. Sessions will include presentations by researcher Shelley Billig, author Kathleen Cushman, and Quest High School teacher Kim Huseman, as well as the opportunity to network with other K-12 teachers and exchange resources, tools, and lessons learned. Experienced practitioners, as well as those new to service learning, are welcome! To learn more about our Network, or see examples of service learning projects from our Network, go to: http://www.cesnorthwest.org/servicelearningexchange/ For more information, E-mail Holli Hanson.
Cost: $230 per person PLT members qualify for the same discount offered to CES members.		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

June 24-June 25, 2008	Powerful Design: “Student Voices” for How Listening to Students Builds Equity and Engagement “Mentoring” for Tools for Mentors and Coaches	Provider: Coalition of Essential Schools Northwest
How Listening to Students Builds Equity and Engagement These two days of hands-on work and dialogue will explore how close listening to adolescent learners can both deepen our own understanding of equity and also strengthen students' skills and motivation. We'll uncover cross-cultural issues that block meaningful learning (by youth and their teachers) and educational advancement for low-income youth. And we'll get a close look at curriculum projects that boost both literacy and engagement as they stimulate "powerful learning with public purpose." For more information, E-mail Holli Hanson.
Cost: $230 per person PLT members qualify for the same discount offered to CES members.		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

June 24-June 26, 2008	Powerful Design: “Student Voices” for How Listening to Students Builds Equity and Engagement “Mentoring” for Tools for Mentors and Coaches	Provider: Coalition of Essential Schools Northwest
Tools for Mentors and Coaches   Current research in effective professional development indicates that the best way to support sustainable change in instructional practice is through the support of an instructional coach. Many schools across the state and nation are utilizing teachers as teacher leaders, coaches, mentors in a variety of formal and non-formal coaching positions. This three-day institute will help mentors and school-based coaches develop facilitation skills, learn and practice tools for looking at student and teacher work, and reflect on the unique role various teachers have in providing instructional leadership. Participants will have multiple opportunities to engage in active practice with the skills and tools needed to be an effective instructional coach or mentor. For more information, E-mail Holli Hanson.
Cost: $345 per person PLT members qualify for the same discount offered to CES members.		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

June 24-June 25, 2008	Powerful Design: “Student Voices” for How Listening to Students Builds Equity and Engagement “Mentoring” for Tools for Mentors and Coaches	Provider: Coalition of Essential Schools Northwest
Using Socratic Seminar    This workshop is designed to give K-12 teachers the experience of Socratic Seminars first hand. Participants discover the power of Socratic Seminars to actively engage students of all ability levels in close and critical reading of difficult texts. Participants learn how to use Socratic questioning techniques and dialogue to teach students to improve the reading skills of comprehension, analysis, and interpretation in all disciplines. For more information, E-mail Holli Hanson.
Cost: $230 per person PLT members qualify for the same discount offered to CES members.		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

June 24, 2008	Powerful Design: “Student Voices” for How Listening to Students Builds Equity and Engagement “Mentoring” for Tools for Mentors and Coaches	Provider: Coalition of Essential Schools Northwest
Systems: A View from the Balcony     Imagine looking down at your school or district as you would a game of chess. What would you see from that balcony view? How are the pieces working together? What vital connections are missing? What can you learn about leadership from this perspective? Join us in an opportunity to reflect and consider your "system" as a powerful lens for decision-making. You will leave this session with new tools, frameworks, and critical resources that can help you see more clearly where the key gaps and opportunities are to ensure your system's (be it your school or your district) effectiveness in significantly improving teaching and learning. Through this daylong session, we'll provide you the opportunity to develop a robust picture of how your system is, or isn't, supporting teaching and learning. You may be surprised about what you learn! This session is recommended for school and/or district leaders. We strongly encourage the attendance of leadership teams (from any part of the system) for a more meaningful learning experience that can be transferred back in your context. For more information, E-mail Holli Hanson.
Cost: $115 per person PLT members qualify for the same discount offered to CES members.		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

June 24-June 27, 2008	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: Coalition of Essential Schools Northwest National facilitators: Holli Hanson-Moore and Ron Jones
Beginning Critical Friends Group Coaching      This 4-day workshop will prepare teachers, administrators and other school staff to coach or participate effectively in a Critical Friends Group. CFGs are a professional development initiative that focuses on developing collegial relationships, encouraging reflective practice, and engaging in inquiry-based discourse in support of increased student achievement and equitable outcomes for all students. This workshop will present the philosophical goals for CFGs, then move on to the practical ways to operate and structure CFGs in your school. Participants will have several opportunities to facilitate small groups sessions as well as leave with a set of protocols and activities and a plan for starting CFGs. For more information, E-mail Holli Hanson.
Cost: $460 per person PLT members qualify for the same discount offered to CES members.		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

June 26, 2008	Powerful Design: “Student Voices” for How Listening to Students Builds Equity and Engagement “Mentoring” for Tools for Mentors and Coaches	Provider: Coalition of Essential Schools Northwest
Culminating Projects       How can a culminating project be a rigorous and authentic learning experience for each student? The culminating project can be a powerful learning experience for adults and students. This workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to examine several examples of culminating projects and the key/critical components, as well as strategies, to prepare students for their demonstration of learning. We will focus on models that have strong civic components. For more information, E-mail Holli Hanson.
Cost: $115 per person PLT members qualify for the same discount offered to CES members.		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.