Join fellow charter school educators and expert scholars for a series of workshops planned by teachers, for teachers. Gain practical professional development experience and network with other charter teachers.
Saturday, Nov. 20
Keeping Authentic Education Alive in an Age of Standardized Tests
Invited Speakers:
- Ann Cook: Founder/Co-Director, Urban Academy Laboratory HS; Organizer, New York Performance Standards Consortium; author of many books, including Talk Talk Talk: Discussion Based Classrooms
- Claire Sylvan: Founder/Executive Director, International Network for Public Schools; nationally recognized expert on educating English language learners
Workshop Sessions:
- The Craft of Performance-Based Assessment
- Breakout sessions by elementary, middle and high school levels
Saturday, Dec. 11
Action Research: Inquiry into Teaching and Learning for Charter School Educators
Invited Speakers:
- Michelle Fine: Professor of Psychology and Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center; author of several books, including Charting Urban School Reform
- David Kirkland: Professor of English Education, New York University; co-author, Narratives of Social Justice Teaching: How English Teachers Negotiate Theory and Practice Between Pre-Service and In-Service Spaces; author of several other books
Workshop Sessions:
- Getting Started with Action Research
- Breakout session by elementary, middle and high school levels
Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011
Bridging the Achievement Gap in Charter Schools
Invited Speakers:
- Bob Moses: Founder, the Algebra Project; author, Radical Equations: Math, Literacy and Civil Rights; Field Secretary of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and Director of SNCC’s Mississippi Freedom Summer Project
- Pedro Noguera: Trustee, State University of New York; Board Chair, SUNY Board Committee on Charter Schools; Professor of Education and Sociology, New York University; author of several books, including Closing the Achievement Gap in Our Nation’s Schools
- Sheila Evans-Tranumn: former Associate Commissioner, New York State Education Department; Chief Executive, UFT Charter School
Workshop Sessions:
- Algebra Project
- Supporting English Language Learners for Academic Achievement
- Gender Achievement Issues: Reaching and Teaching African-American and Latino Male Youth
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Trust & Community: The Foundation of a Good School
Invited Speakers:
- Martha Andrews: Co-Director, Bronx Community Charter School
- A parent representative from the Coalition for Educational Justice
- Mona Davids: President, New York Charter Parents Association
- Deborah Meier: Founder, Central Park East Schools and Mission Hill School; recipient of MacArthur Fellowship; author of several books, including The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem; co-author of Bridging Differences blog with Diane Ravitch
Workshop Sessions:
- Parent Involvement in Charter Schools
- How Teacher Voice Can Build Solid Community
- Building a Collaborative Classroom
All four sessions are held in Shanker Hall at UFT Headquarters, 52 Broadway, Second Floor, and will last from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Register here online.
3 Comments:
1 Remainders: Staking out Cathie Black and her coaches | GothamSchools
· Nov 15, 2010 at 7:30 pm
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2 Online Education in America » Blog Archive » Remainders: Staking out Cathie Black and her coaches
· Nov 15, 2010 at 8:32 pm
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3 Khem Irby
· Nov 16, 2010 at 10:27 am
The Mothers Agenda of NY should be a part of this. Please extend an invite to be a part of the parent voice.