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Arizona

 

California

 

August 3-7, 2009 Location: San Francisco	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
Equity Centered 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 learn and practice 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 centered professional learning communities (called 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. Recommended for small school teams. For more information, email SF-CESS or call 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

 

October 22-25, 2009 Location: Estes Park	Powerful Design: Multiple Designs	Provider: Colorado Critical Friends Group Facilitators: Scott Murphy & Dave Schmid, support from ERS staff
ADVANCED FACILITATIVE LEADERSHIP SEMINAR In a beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountain setting, school leaders will collaborate with each other in applying the essential components of facilitative leadership to the work of improving your schools. Our group will draw from the core tenents of culture, change, facilitation, and moral commitment as a way to ground ourselves in the challenges of this style of leadership. As a network of school leaders, we will use the lens of facilitative leadership to deeply explore your own school and then design actionable steps toward creating a school culture that is not only committed to student achievement, but also the essential factors of trust, equity, community, and collaboration. We will be staying and working together at Eagle Rock High School in Estes Park, where we will incorporate the school, the local environment and the extended time to truly collaborate in achieving a powerful vision for your leadership and your own school. Download flyer. For more information, email Stevi.Quate@ucdenver.edu or call her at 303-882-3670.
Cost: $425 - includes seminar, materials, lodging and most meals (payments are non-refundable); AFTER Sept. 20, $475 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.

 

Hawaii

 

Illinois   

 

Indiana

 

July 20-24, 2009 Location: Goshen	Powerful Design: Multiple Designs	Provider: Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning
Teaching for Education Equity (TFEE) Seminar This is a five-day residential seminar for K-12 teachers and higher education faculty. Participants are supported to critically reflect and learn more about the process of teaching for transformation toward equitable schools and classrooms. What will I learn at the Teaching for Educational Equity Seminar? Analyzing curriculum and pedagogy to enhance instructional delivery Assembling resources—articles, websites, and other media—for your personal growth and professional work that help identify and confront inequitable practices in your school context Gaining or expanding understanding of the role of emotional intelligence and the process of emotional release and healing in transforming attitudes and beliefs Building community both across differences and among affinity groups Developing the necessary personal awareness required to effectively teach/lead for educational equity Engaging, sustaining, and deepening the capacity to build relational trust and alliances across and within race, class, gender, role, and other forms of difference for the purpose of identifying and eliminating inequitable practices and polices in educational settings What will a participant walk away with? A resource book combining resources we have provided and resources you have assembled. An analysis of curriculum and teaching methods that promotes closing the achievement gap A plan for developing a network of support to sustain transformative practices Increased self-awareness and knowledge about issues of systemic oppression Skills to facilitate teaching and learning Strategies for engaging in deeper dialogue about instructional practices, student achievement, and equity Graduate credit is available through Goshen College for an additional fee. Download flyer. For more information, Email Ross Peterson-Veatch or call him at 574-535-7504
Cost: $1250.00 for suite-style accommodations (shared common area with private bedroom). This includes seminar costs, lodging, food, Recreation/Fitness center on campus and materials for the 5 days. PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $150 off the stated price. To receive your discount: Complete the first screen, ignore the price, click CONTINUE. In BILLING INFORMATION select defer payment option (pay by check or cash) Click SUBMIT. Mail your discounted payment to:  Ross Peterson-Veatch, AD 13 & Union Building, CITL Suite, 1700 South Main Street, Goshen, Indiana 46526		Register online by June 15, 2009. For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

Kansas

 

Louisiana

 

Maryland

 

Massachusetts

July 6-10, 2009 Location: Marlborough	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: National School Reform Faculty Facilitator: Gene Thompson-Grove and additional NSRF Facilitators
NSRF Critical Friends Group Coaches Institute The creation of learning communities is complicated work, requiring a commitment by administrators, teachers and coaches.  Schools are notoriously private places, begging to be opened up for examination of practice.  When educators allow thoughtful critique of their practice by others, the hard work begins.  They often need to learn skills and habits that enable them to ask one another questions that challenge assumptions, to examine student work together as a way to improve their practice, and to create collaborative cultures in their schools. 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 further develop the skills necessary for creating and sustaining effective professional learning communities.  The seminar begins each day at 8:30 AM, and ends at 4:30 PM every day except Friday, when the ending time is 3:30 PM.  Please plan to be in attendance for the entire seminar. Credit: 3 Salem State graduate credits are available for $250. Download brochure. For more information, email Gene Thompson-Grove or call her at 508-566-6664.
Cost: $750 for NSRF members; $825 for non-members (includes a $75 membership) There is no registration fee for Public Schools of Brookline educators. PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: PLT members pay the same price as NSRF members		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

July 13-17, 2009 Location: Devens (Parker Essential Charter School)	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: National School Reform Faculty Facilitator: Gene Thompson-Grove, Teri Schrader, Beth Graham, and Ruth Whalen
NSRF Critical Friends Group Coaches Institute The creation of learning communities is complicated work, requiring a commitment by administrators, teachers and coaches.  Schools are notoriously private places, begging to be opened up for examination of practice.  When educators allow thoughtful critique of their practice by others, the hard work begins.  They often need to learn skills and habits that enable them to ask one another questions that challenge assumptions, to examine student work together as a way to improve their practice, and to create collaborative cultures in their schools. 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 further develop the skills necessary for creating and sustaining effective professional learning communities.  The seminar begins each day at 8:30 AM, and ends at 4:30 PM every day except Friday, when the ending time is 3:30 PM.  Please plan to be in attendance for the entire seminar. Credit: 3 Salem State graduate credits are available for $250. Download brochure. For more information, email Gene Thompson-Grove or call her at 508-566-6664.
Cost: $750 for NSRF members; $825 for non-members (includes a $75 membership) There is no registration fee for Public Schools of Brookline educators. PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: PLT members pay the same price as NSRF members		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

August 3-7, 2009 Location: Marlborough	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: National School Reform Faculty Facilitator: Gene Thompson-Grove, Teri Schrader, Beth Graham, Frances Hensley
NSRF Critical Friends Group Coaches Institute The creation of learning communities is complicated work, requiring a commitment by administrators, teachers and coaches.  Schools are notoriously private places, begging to be opened up for examination of practice.  When educators allow thoughtful critique of their practice by others, the hard work begins.  They often need to learn skills and habits that enable them to ask one another questions that challenge assumptions, to examine student work together as a way to improve their practice, and to create collaborative cultures in their schools. 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 further develop the skills necessary for creating and sustaining effective professional learning communities.  The seminar begins each day at 8:30 AM, and ends at 4:30 PM every day except Friday, when the ending time is 3:30 PM.  Please plan to be in attendance for the entire seminar. Credit: 3 Salem State graduate credits are available for $250. Download brochure. For more information, email Gene Thompson-Grove or call her at 508-566-6664.
Cost: $750 for NSRF members; $825 for non-members (includes a $75 membership) There is no registration fee for Public Schools of Brookline educators. PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: PLT members pay the same price as NSRF members		Register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

Michigan

 

Mississippi

 

Missouri

 

New Hampshire

July 13-17, 2009 Location: Keene	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		Get flyer and register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

July 13-17, 2009 Location: Keene	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, Email Laura Thomas or call her at 603-283-2302.
Cost: $800 per person PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $200 off the stated per-person price		Get flyer and register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

July 13-15, 2009 Location: Keene	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. Financial aid is available. For more information, Email Laura Thomas or call her at 603-283-2302.
Cost: $465 per person ($1700 for a team of 4) PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $40 off of the stated per-person price		Get flyer and register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

July 20-24, 2009 Location: Keene	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
Inquiry-Driven Science: A Critical Friends Institute for Science Teachers The 2008 science NECAP results have awakened science educators from across the region to a real issue that needs our attention. The results strongly indicate that students do not have very well developed critical thinking and problem solving skills as part of their science learning. This institute will focus on the utilization of the Critical Skills Classroom model specifically in the science classroom. The Critical Skills Classroom is a proven and highly successful model that builds critical thinking, creative thinking, problem solving, and collaboration skills along side the acquisition of science content knowledge. Participants in the institute will study and develop science curricula based on student centered, experiential, problem based learning. This curricula will utilize the most rigorous science domain frameworks across the disciplines (earth, life, and physical sciences). Over the five days of the institute, educators will explore methodologies and the integration of experiential, problem-based, collaborative, and standards-driven learning, focusing on the role of teacher in designing curriculum, guiding student understanding, and assessing performance. Teachers will also develop the capacities to build and advance their classrooms as dynamic, collaborative, science learning communities. For more information, Email Laura Thomas or call her at 603-283-2302.
Cost: $800 per person PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $200 off the stated per-person price		Get flyer and register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

August 10-14, 2009 Location: Keene	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 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		Get flyer and register online! For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

New Jersey

 

New York

August 21-23, 2009 Registration not guaranteed after June 15, 2009 Location: New York	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider:  NSRF/NY @ NYU
Facilitative Leadership Seminar in School Reform Participants will learn skills, tools, and protocols to enhance their ability to facilitate meetings of all kinds.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
Cost: $850 per person; $765 group of 5 or more (Registration fee includes a one year membership in NSRF.) 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: Address: Phone Number: Email: Organization: Payment-Check, PO, Course Credits How did you hear about this seminar? 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

July 27-31, 2009 Location: Portland	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: Center for Equitable and Effective Leadership
Critical Friends Group Institute (CFG Coaches Institute) The CFG Coaches 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 ongoing support to new coaches provided as needed. 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. Credit Options: 1 to 2 semester credits are available, both degree applicable and non-degree applicable. See registration form for more details. For more information, Email Kim Feike or view flyer.
Cost: $650 per person PLT MEMBER DISCOUNT: $100 off the stated price		To Register: Download and complete the registration form and fax (503-768-6045) or mail it to Center for Equitable and Effective Leadership. For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.

 

Pennsylvania

 

Rhode Island

 

Texas

 

Tennessee

 

Vermont

 

Virginia

 

August 18-19, 2009 Location: Richmond, VA	Powerful Design: Mentoring Curriculum developed by the New Teacher Center at the University of California-Santa Cruz	Provider:  VCU Center for Teacher Leadership
Introduction to Instructional Mentoring   To support mentors in responding to each new teacher’s developmental and contextual needs and promote the ongoing examination of classroom practice   Download flyer   For more information, E-mail Dr. Therese A. Dozier or call her at 804-827-0102.
Cost: $415 for individuals, $365 for teams of 3 or more * Cost includes materials fee for formative assessment tools.   PLT MEMBER PRICE: $365 for individuals For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.		Download registration form

 

August 20, 2009 Location: Richmond, VA	Powerful Design: Mentoring Curriculum developed by the New Teacher Center at the University of California-Santa Cruz	Provider:  VCU Center for Teacher Leadership
Setting Professional Goals   To deepen mentors' understanding of the role of formative assessment through goal setting based on student standards and professional teaching standards   Download flyer   For more information, E-mail Dr. Therese A. Dozier or call her at 804-827-0102.
Cost: $230 for individuals, $205 for teams of 3 or more * Cost includes materials fee for formative assessment tools.   PLT MEMBER PRICE: $205 for individuals For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.		Download registration form

 

October 6-7, 2009 Location: Richmond, VA	Powerful Design: Mentoring Curriculum developed by the New Teacher Center at the University of California-Santa Cruz	Provider:  VCU Center for Teacher Leadership
Coaching and Observation Strategies To assist mentors in collecting and sharing classroom observation data aligned with professional teaching standards to help new teachers improve their instructional practice Download flyer For more information, E-mail Dr. Therese A. Dozier or call her at 804-827-0102.
Cost: $415 for individuals, $365 for teams of 3 or more * Cost includes materials fee for formative assessment tools.   PLT MEMBER PRICE: $365 for individuals For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.		Download registration form

 

November 10-11, 2009 Location: Richmond, VA	Powerful Design: Mentoring Curriculum developed by the New Teacher Center at the University of California-Santa Cruz	Provider:  VCU Center for Teacher Leadership
Analysis of Student Work, Differentiation, and Lesson Planning   To provide mentors with tools and strategies for helping beginning teachers identify student needs, plan for differentiated instruction, and ensure equitable learning outcomes   Download flyer   For more information, E-mail Dr. Therese A. Dozier or call her at 804-827-0102.
Cost: $415 for individuals, $365 for teams of 3 or more * Cost includes materials fee for formative assessment tools.   PLT MEMBER PRICE: $365 for individuals For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.		Download registration form

 

February 16-17, 2010 Location: Richmond, VA	Powerful Design: Mentoring Curriculum developed by the New Teacher Center at the University of California-Santa Cruz	Provider:  VCU Center for Teacher Leadership
Designing and Presenting Professional Development   To deepen mentors’ understanding of principles of adult learning in order to design and promote meaningful learning experiences for beginning teachers and others   Download flyer   For more information, E-mail Dr. Therese A. Dozier or call her at 804-827-0102.
Cost: $370 for individuals, $320 for teams of 3 or more * Cost includes materials fee for formative assessment tools.   PLT MEMBER PRICE: $320 for individuals For you to receive the reduced price, PLT must verify your membership. Request membership verification.		Download registration form

 

Washington

August 17-20, 2009 Location: Burien	Powerful Design: Critical Friends Group Critical Friends Group and CFG are trademarks of The National School Reform Faculty.	Provider: Coalition of Essential Schools Northwest
Beginning Critical Friends Group Coaching      This is a 4-day workshop that will prepare teachers, administrators and other school staff to coach or participate effectively in a Critical Friends Group. CFG's help bridge the professional isolation that too often prevents us from using the wealth of knowledge that exists in our own colleagues to help students learn. This workshop will present the research base and philosophical goals for CFG's then move on to the practical ways to operate and structure CFG's in your school. You will leave with a toolbox brimming with protocols and activities and a plan for starting CFG's at your site. For more information, E-mail Holli Hanson-Moore. Download flyer.
Cost: $550 per person. Groups of 5 or more discounted to $500 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.