Monday Musings from The Kravis Center October 14, 2019 Focus: Work-life balance
On my radar... (articles from colleagues) What's on your radar?
From Mary Forrester: Young, white, afffluent, and learning about race. Marketplace
From Lena Sadowitz, Is it good to use e.g. Twitter to teach reading comprehension at school? Pedro de Bruyckere
From Scott MacClintic, Testing and Assessments: Looking in the Wrong Places, Faculty Focus
From Courtney Jackson, Trust, Belonging: Keys to Mental Health of Students of Color, Harvard Gazette
From Sara Deveaux. : Enough Leaning In, Let's Tell Men to Lean Out, NY Times
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Thursday, October 17, 8:00 Kravis Center: a follow-up to the Learning Resource Center / Kravis Center surveys which asked departments to identify which skills (Remembering, Organizing, Taking notes, Actively Reading, Reflection) faculty felt best aligned with their curriculum. Please come if you are curious about the origin of this initiative, which kills your department identified, and how these skills will further enhance your students' success. Is that Task really Higher-Order Thinking?
November 4-8: Open Classroom Week (OCW).As someone recently so wisely described OCW "it's the best, freest, PD that you can get." We are looking forward to an OCW gathering in the Lyon's Den on Thursday evening November 7 after dinner. Please sign up here.
The Alvord and Kravis Centers are excited to co-sponsor a two-part PD opportunity for faculty. Faculty who participate will attend the Friday, November 22 CT Forum on Climate Crisis in Hartford, during which panelists will engage in "a call-to-action conversation about climate change". Faculty will then engage in a morning PD discussion on Thursday, December 5 about how to leverage lessons from the Forum in our classrooms and around the Island. We have 10 spots available to attend this exciting and important CT Forum event. To secure your spot, please email Meg Stoecklin by noon on October 22.
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External PD Options:
Harvard Graduate School of Education has a plethora of online professional development opportunities on a wide range of topics.
Reminder! The link to the external PD opportunities is always available. Once in the document, click on the bookmark to find conferences that may interest you. Don't forget to add a comment/feedback next to a conference that you attended. Please excuse the "expired" dates. Most conferences do not update dates until January.
Tuesday, October 15 at 7:00 PM at the Renbrook School "Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Own Learning" "PBL is growing because it engages and empowers students to learn experientially and share that learning in new and unique ways that go well beyond the classroom." --presenter A.J. Juliani This event is free and open to the public. Please use this link to register.
researchED national conference November 16, Philadelphia researchED is an organization designed to promote the research literacy of teachers.
November 22-24, Boston
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