Developing Historical Inquiry Through Primary Sources - Secondary
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May 31 | 8:00 AM - 4:00PM
Location: ISF 102 Instructors: Steve Beasley Horizontal Advancement Credit: .5 Certificate of Attendance/Audit: 7.5 Hours |
Teach your students to think like a historian! Educators will identify the components of rigorous instruction for deep understanding and learn to develop a culture of historical inquiry in their classrooms. Participants will experience effective strategies that support the instructional shifts necessary to create a learner-centered classroom, align vertically and spiral appropriately to build a strong foundation for every secondary students.
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Deliberations - A Protocol for Discussing Controversial Issues in the Classroom
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May 29 - May 30 | 8:00am - 4:00pm
Location: SARC Instructors: Derrick Bergstrom and Steve Kidd Horizontal Advancement Credit: 1 |
Many teachers report that their communities and classrooms feel divisive and polarized and that students (and adults) struggle to talk and listen to one another. During this face-to-face course secondary social studies teachers and secondary teachers from across other content areas will receive training to help master the use of deliberative discussion in their classrooms. The goal of this course is that teachers use the deliberation process to foster meaningful and productive conversations about controversial issues and build positive relationships across differences.
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Investigations with Document Based Questions
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July 30 | 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: ISF Instructor: Beth Montgomery Horizontal Advancement Credit: .5 Certificate of Attendance/Audit: 7.5 hours |
This workshop is designed to get teachers new to the DBQ pedagogy excited about the process. It is also reinvigorating for those teachers already steeped in DBQ experience. Included is an overview of The DBQ Project 6-Step Method where teachers go through all the steps in a lively, interactive session. The elements of a powerful DBQ essay are emphasized and teachers are introduced to writing supports they can use to promote strong, evidence-based writing. Participants also spend time analyzing student work and norming student essays using our DBQ Project rubric.
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tech treasures for the social studies classroom
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June 10 - July 26
Online and Self-Paced Instructor: Steven Kidd Horizontal Advancement Credit: 1 |
This online course provides teachers with relevant technology tools that will assist in delivery of instruction, increase engagement in the classroom, empower students to take more ownership of their learning, and create a more innovative experience in the classroom.
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More Strategies for Building Academic Vocabulary - for elementary
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May 30 | 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: ISF 102 Instructor: Steve Beasley Horizontal Advancement Credit: .5 Certificate of Attendance/Audit: 7.5 hours |
Vocabulary support? Make it fun! Making it meaningful! Make it intentional! The single, largest obstacle to student success…vocabulary! Not just identified, often, complex academic vocabulary but also problematic Tier II vocabulary. Experience fast-paced, easily implemented strategies that help you to teach, review and support acquisition of critical vocabulary necessary for success!
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