The CPE@PHS Summer Institute 2018
Come join us for our second annual SUMMER INSTITUTE, REACHING AND
TEACHING ALL LEARNERS, as we gather to strengthen and deepen our
understanding and use of progressive education strategies and
practices for working with diverse student populations. Our classrooms
are settings with multifaceted diversity; our students exhibit a wide
range of developmental levels, learning differences, ethnicities,
cultures, gender identities, and so on. Given such variations,
questions we hope to consider include:
* How do teachers/schools make our pedagogy/teaching relevant to our
students? Their families? Their local communities?
* What strategies can/do we use to understand, respect, and connect
with our students?
* Which classroom practices are best for removing barriers and
building on the strengths of individual learners?
This one-day institute will consist of a keynote speech and three
90-minute sessions with workshops on topics relevant to educators
dedicated to reaching and teaching all the young people in their
classrooms. For each session, participants will be invited to attend
one workshop. The workshops will be led by educators well-versed in
progressive education philosophy and practice, and are wonderful
learning opportunities for educators working with grade levels TK–8.
Breakfast and lunch are included.
Our keynote speaker is Dr. Melina Uncapher, an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Neurology at UC SAN FRANCISCO, and the Director of
the Education Program for Neuroscape, a new center that bridges
neuroscience and technology. Dr. Uncapher has spent 16 years at the
forefront of learning neuroscience, and now applies research to solve
real-world problems in education and technology. Her keynote, _Your
Students’ Minds: Using the Science of Learning to Reach and Teach
All Learners,_ will focus on some common myths of learning and
neuromyths, how to reframe those myths using principles from the
science of learning, and how to put those principles into practice in
your classroom.
We are currently still building our menu of workshops, however some
topics that are likely to be explored include:
* Creating a culture of student ownership, joy, and freedom in the
mathematics classroom
* Establishing and sustaining student affinity groups
* Examining the variety of authentic student feedback and assessment
practices
* Using the lens of immigration to understand and celebrate diverse
family backgrounds
* Exploring the philosophical roots of progressive education’s
affinity for meeting the needs of a broad range of students
* Harnessing the power of classroom diversity and building literacy
skills through poetry
* And much more!
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INSTITUTE SCHEDULE:
8:00–8:45 SIGN-IN, WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS & BREAKFAST
8:45–9:45 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
10–11:30 SESSION 1
11:45–12:45 LUNCH
1–2:30 SESSION 2
2:45–4:15 SESSION 3
4:20–5:00 FINAL GATHERING, FEEDBACK & THANKS
To learn more about the Center for Progressive Education at PRESIDIO
HILL SCHOOL, please click here
[https://www.presidiohill.org/about-us/center-progressive-education].
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