The Center for Transforming Learning & Teaching (CTLT)

INSTITUTES & WORKSHOPS

Online Registration

Our fall and winter professional learning experiences are now available for online registration. More events will be added in the coming month. Please check back for the latest availability.

Thinking Maps
Leading Teams w/ Bruce Wellman
Physical & Health Institute
Transforming Students into Learners - PLC
TSiL - Fall 2008
TSiL - Spring 2009
Online Book Studies
Other Events

Thinking Maps

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:

Lead introductory workshops for whole schools
Conduct systematic follow-up visitations in each school
Give model teaching demonstrations in classrooms
Facilitate the development of interdisciplinary applications with state objectives
Lead schools in assessing student learning using Thinking Maps

Location	Dates	Cost
Adams 12 Training Center 1500 E. 128th Ave Thornton, CO 80828	Choose 1 date: September 25, 2008 October 30, 2008	$295 for FRBOCES Members $325 for Non-Member District

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Leading Teams - Getting The Most From Your Time Together
with Bruce Wellman

Group leaders wear many hats at once as they bring positional responsibility, technical knowledge and information to meetings and work sessions. Knowing when and how to assert oneself with the group and when and how to integrate oneself with the group is often a delicate balancing act for mindful leaders. Skillful leaders are able to manage three simultaneous agendas with and for their groups: task focus, process skill development, and group development.

This session includes:

principles and formats for designing effective group work
developing flexibility across a continuum of interaction
presenting-collaborating-facilitating
concepts and skills for framing group purposes, tasks, and processes
a repertoire of strategies for energizing groups and supporting information processing
a toolkit of verbal and non-verbal skills and moves; and ways to increase confidence when dealing with difficult topics and difficult groups

Location	Dates	Cost
TBD - Central Location Metro Denver	November 3 & 4, 2008 January 21, 2009	Day One only -Members-$140 Non-Members-$160 Three Day - Members - $400 Non-Members - $425

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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.

Location	Dates	Cost
Adams 12 Training Center 1500 E. 128th Ave Thornton, CO 80828	Fall - September 22, October 28 November 21 & December 9, 2008	$175 Day One only $550 C2D3 & FR BOCES members

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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
UCD graduate or CEU credit available

Location	Dates	Cost
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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Transforming Students into Learners - Fall 2008
Using Classroom Assessment

Due to rapid changes in 21st century education, today's students must 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 leaning process and serve as the basis for standards-based instruction.

Participants will develop their practices related to:

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

Location	Dates	Cost
Adams 12 Training Center 1500 E. 128th Ave Thornton, CO 80828	October 14, November 12, December 11, 2008 and January 27, 2009	Day One only - $150 Full Institute - $475 (members) $500 (non-members) (includes breakfast, lunch, and all materials)

Transforming Students into Learners - Spring 2009
Using Classroom Assessment

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

Location	Dates	Cost
Adams 12 Training Center 1500 E. 128th Ave Thornton, CO 80828	February 11, March 5, April 14 & May 20, 2009	Day One only - $150 Full Institute - $475 (members) $500 (non-members) (includes breakfast, lunch, and all materials)

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Participant testimonial:

I truly enjoyed both days of TSiL training. I enjoyed bouncing ideas off of one another and I really loved seeing all the video clips of how other teachers were currently using these practices in their own classrooms. I have noticed that often times at other conferences we are given wonderful ideas but not a true understanding of how to make it work in our own classrooms. The video clips or even hearing what other teachers are doing gave me excellent ideas to implement in my classroom. One thing that really struck me during these two days is letting my students create writing rubrics with me as opposed to only me creating them. I plan on doing that at the beginning of the year, hopefully this will set us up for an extraordinary year. Thank you very much for helping me get into TSiL training. I am very grateful.
- Elena Mendoza

New Offer!
CTLT's Between the Lines Online Book Studies--Bi-monthly

Join author Leslie T. Lambert - Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Ferrum College, November’s author Leslie Tileston, CTLT Change Coach Kathy Dyer, and readers from varied roles in education to read, study and discuss online Lambert’s latest book, Standards-Based Assessment of Student Learning: A Comprehensive Approach. Physical education teachers, prospective educators, and teachers from various disciplines will all benefit from joining in conversation with colleagues about standards-based assessment, historical perspective of assessment, and the “road map” for thinking about assessment. These popular discussions fill up quickly so please register at least 2 weeks prior to the beginning of each online book study.

Location	Dates	Cost
Online	September 8 - October 3	$30 for Book Study

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Click here to register for September Book Study
*registration closes two weeks prior to the beginning of each session

Books may be purchased at www.amazon.com or http://www.aahperd.org/bookstore/

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Other Events
Please stay tuned for other events, meetings and important dates!