In this workshop, you -as a teacher- will share your educational goals with your colleagues, in order to define your program's structure, course sequencing, learning expectations, and teaching practices. Your common interests in creating challenging curriculum will allow you to create/improve your plan for engaging students from all educational backgrounds in preparing for the rigors of college
Goal: Imagine and design a small learning community that matches teachers' beliefs and philosophies of teaching and learning.
Outcome: Teachers craft a vision statement that guides their work in creating or sustaining a viable small school or SLC. Teachers write a shared educational philosophy that serves as the basis for a vertical plan and develop curricular and co-curricular expectations for students. Teachers begin to realize that the synergy created by their collaboration has the power to transform their teaching -- and their students' learning.
Audience Teams of 15 to 20 teachers who teach in the same small learning community and represent all core subject areas and SLC electives.
More specifically, you will:
Format: SLC Retreats are offered in three formats:
Goal: Imagine and design a small learning community that matches teachers' beliefs and philosophies of teaching and learning.
Outcome: Teachers craft a vision statement that guides their work in creating or sustaining a viable small school or SLC. Teachers write a shared educational philosophy that serves as the basis for a vertical plan and develop curricular and co-curricular expectations for students. Teachers begin to realize that the synergy created by their collaboration has the power to transform their teaching -- and their students' learning.
Audience Teams of 15 to 20 teachers who teach in the same small learning community and represent all core subject areas and SLC electives.
More specifically, you will:
- Draft a vision statement for your program
- Define your program's pedagogy, methodology, philosophy, and teaching strategies
- Begin to develop a vertical plan that links grade-level interdisciplinary units into an overall plan for student achievement
- Evaluate your program's success on the LAEP SLC Rubric
Format: SLC Retreats are offered in three formats:
- - As a two-day training at LAEP's downtown headquarters
- - As a two-day training at a nearby hotel conference room
- - As an overnight retreat
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