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Online Registration
Our fall and winter professional learning experiences
are now available for on line registration. More events will be added in
the coming month. Please check back for the latest availability.
Thinking Maps
Formative
Practices Help Close the Achievement Gap
Physical & Health Institute
Transforming Students into Learners - Practice Fair
Transforming Students into Learners - Fall
Transforming Students into Learners - PLC
Other Events
Transforming Students into Learners Using Classroom Assessment -
Practice Fair
With
Julie O’Brian, Mary Romke, Kathy Dyer and others
Formative
practices support standards-based instruction. The
Transforming Students into Learners Institute (TSiL)
focuses on
classroom formative assessment practices which research has demonstrated
help students become engaged in their own learning process. This
Practice Fair provides a forum for practitioners to share and learn from
each other in a facilitated setting. Collect ideas, feedback and
artifacts from fellow practitioners.
This Practice Fair is open to those who have participated in TSiL
institutes.
Participants will "share" and "practice" the following:
Sharing
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Which formative assessment practices do you feel are strengths for you?
- Which practices would you like more support implementing/using?
- Which practices are you interested in sharing with your colleagues?
Practices
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Clarifying learning with students: language that learners understand &
describing proficiency
- Descriptive feedback
- Peer and self-assessment
- Goal setting and self-progress monitoring
- Collaborative inquiry
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Mount Vernon Country Club
24933 Clubhouse Circle
Golden, CO |
June 18, 2008 |
Front Range BOCES & C2D3 members: $115
All Others: $140
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Click here to register
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Thinking
Maps
with Chris Yeager
This event
has been rescheduled for Fall 2008
Thinking Maps® are a common visual language for learning within and across
disciplines. They are a proven system that builds a common language for
learning through visual tools to achieve lifelong student success!
Upon completion of the TOT trainers will be able to:
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Lead introductory
workshops for whole schools
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Conduct systematic
follow-up visitations in each school
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Give model teaching
demonstrations in classrooms
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Facilitate the
development of interdisciplinary applications with state objectives
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Lead schools in assessing
student learning using Thinking Maps
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Formative
Practices Help Close the Achievement Gap
The Transforming Students into Learners Institute focuses on
classroom assessment practices which research has demonstrated help students
become engaged in their own learning process. Participants in these institutes
will dig into the research on how students learn, and the role formative
assessment can play in supporting learning. The first day provides an overview
of research and practices. For each of the next three days, participants will
share what their experiences have been and develop their skills in these
practices, including;
- Clarifying Learning With Students: language that learners understand &
describing proficiency
- Descriptive Feedback
- Peer and Self-Assessment
- Goal Setting and Self-Progress Monitoring
- Collaborative Inquiry
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Cost
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Pueblo Community College
900 W. Orman Ave,
Pueblo |
New Dates to be Determined |
$65 Day One only
$395 C2D3 & FR BOCES members |
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flier
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Physical & Health Education Institute
This Institute provides health and physical
education teachers the opportunity to focus on clarifying learning targets and
using research-supported assessment practices to help students become engaged in
their own learning process. The follow-up Professional Learning Community will
assist practitioners in carrying out what they have learned during the remainder
of the academic year.
Participants in this institute will:
- identify essential learning targets guiding their classes
- determine what proficiency looks like for these targets
- ensure curriculum materials, instructional strategies and assessments are
aligned
Participants will dig into research on how students learn, and the role
formative assessment can play in supporting learning. They will also share what
their experiences have been and develop skills in these practices.
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Dates |
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Adams 12 Traning Center
1500 E. 128th Ave
Thornton, CO 80828 |
Fall - August 26, September 22, October 28 November 21 & December 9, 2008
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$175 Day One only
$675 C2D3 & FR BOCES members |
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flier
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Transforming Students into Learners - Fall Institute
Given the rapid changes of the 21st
century, it is no longer enough for
students to leave school having learned
a lot of content. Today’s students must
also be able to learn, and be motivated
to continue learning for the rest of
their lives. This hands-on, how-to
institute provides opportunities for
educators to develop their classroom
assessment practices in ways research
has demonstrated help students become
engaged in their own learning process
and serve as the basis for
standards-based instruction.
- Clarifying learning targets and proficiency with
students
- Using descriptive feedback
- engaging students in peer and self-assessment
- Supporting student goal setting and self-progress
monitoring
- Engaging students in collaborative inquiry
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Dates |
Cost
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Adams 12 Traning Center
1500 E. 128th Ave
Thornton, CO 80828 |
September 18, October 14 November 12, December 11, 2008 & January
16, 2009 |
$175 Day One only
$750 C2D3 & FR BOCES members |
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flier
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Transforming Students into Learners - Learning Community
If you are currently transforming
students into learners through your use of formative classroom assessment
practices, this learning community is for you. The TSiL cross-district
learning community provides support, on-going professional development and
collegial dialogue for educators who are clarifying learning targets with
learners and using descriptive feedback, and are engaging students in peer
and self assessment, setting goals, monitoring learning progress, and
collaborative inquiry.
Participants ...
… reflect on how their use of these practices affects their learners.
… seek ways to refine their practice to have more impact on student
learning.
… are open to and seek opportunities to share their practices with
colleagues.
… are looking for ideas about strategies that would build upon what they
have already done.
Benefits of engaging in this PLC ...
- On-going support
- Interaction & exchange with colleagues
- Building best-practices to close the
achievement gap
- Coaching from Coach/Consultant
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UCD graduate or CEU credit
available
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Central location; to be decided based on
participant's locations |
4:15pm - 6:15pm
September—June
Meets monthly
Limited to 20 per group |
$150 C2D3 & FR BOCES members
$175 All others |
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flier
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Other Events
Please
stay tuned for other events, meetings and important dates.
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Spotlight:
Transforming Students into Learners Using Classroom Assessment - Practice Fair
June 18, 2008
Physical & Health Education Institute
Fall - August 26, September 22, October 28 November 21 & December 9, 2008
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