ESR582E  SPRING WORKSHOP OVERVIEW  |  Eight Weeks, 1 Semester Unit

Using a student-centered learning and accountability approach, participants will explore the essentials of engaging students in their learning process. Participants will experience a collaborative action research project to design and implement a flexible instructional plan that will encourage students to take ownership of their learning. Participants will co-create personalized learning plans with students to track identified learning outcomes based on learning and performance needs. Participants will invite students to choose from a set of options as evidence of their learning and purposeful assessment.

ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPONENTS

Student-Centered Learning and Accountability

Empowering Students to Take Ownership of Their Learning

Teachers and Students Engaging in Collaborative Action Research

Real-Time Formative Assessment

Assessment, Feedback, and Evidence of Success

TEACHERS will learn to…

Draw from research-based best practices

Build on prior knowledge and experiences

Effectively identify student-learning concerns

Reflect at purposeful disengaged intervals

Adapt to students’ contextual learning needs

Seek solutions to shared challenges.

SO STUDENTS can…

Build capacity to become reflectively aware of sensory inputs

Develop the ability to visualize, represent, and retain thoughtful processing

Apply knowledge, skills, and new understandings to real-life situations

Expand learning, critical problem solving, and collaborative learning skills

Provide feedback on perceived levels of engagement

Track progress to gain a sense of ownership of learning.

Registration: February 22 – April 2  |  www.nl.edu  |  www.nl.edu/ncewired/professional_development.cfm

Location, Time, and Dates: Wheeling Campus  |  6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on April 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6, 20, 27

Questions: Please contact Sheri Israelsen, sisraelen@nl.edu or Kerrie Butler, kbutler@nl.edu, or call (847) 947-5247

Instructor: Doris Wells-Papanek, M.Ed., Learning Design and Research Consultant, © 2010 www.tailoredlearningtools.com