The GTCC and Montana North Central Education Service Region (MNCESR) are excited to offer Online Book Symposiums again this summer. We have developed these symposiums to meet the increasing demand for online professional development. Earn either OPI Renewal Hours or MSU-Northern Continuing Education Units from your home or on the go.
What is an Online Book Symposium (OBS)? An OBS is a learning team approach to some of the best educational literature, while utilizing the internet to connect team members. The OBS approach is Asynchronous over a period of three weeks. Participants will thus have the flexibility to participate at their convenience. There are three 3-week sessions scheduled.
Each OBS is facilitated by a Montana educator who has identified a particular piece of professional literature that has been beneficial to their educational career. Each week, this facilitator will post focus questions on specific chapters assigned for that week’s readings. Participants will then post responses based on their reflection of the readings and how it relates to their educational practices and student achievement. Assignments and assessments will vary depending on the facilitator or on the participants’ choice of taking the OBS for renewal units or credits. However, active participation is required for both.
Contact Chris Olszewski if you have questions. chris@gtccmt.org
Session #1: June 9 – June 27, 2008
0801 - Summarization in Any Subject – 50 Techniques to Improve
Student Learning
CANCELLED
0802 - Teaching with the Brain in Mind (2nd Edition) CANCELLED
0803 - Activating the Desire to Learn
0804 - Classroom Instruction that Works for English Language Learners CANCELLED
0805 - Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom (2nd Edition) CANCELLED
0806 - What Successful Teachers Do - 91 Research Based Classroom Strategies for
New and Veteran Teachers
0807 - 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus CANCELLED
Session #2: June 30 – July 18, 2008
0808 - So Each May Learn – Integrating Learning Styles &
Multiple Intelligences CANCELLED
0809 - Classics in the Classroom – Designing Accessible Literature Lessons CANCELLED
0810 - Different Brains, Different Learners: How to Reach the Hard to Reach
0811 - What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action CANCELLED
0812 - Culturally Proficient Instruction: A Guide for People Who Teach
Session #3: July 21 – Aug. 8, 2008
0813 - Enriching the Brain: How to Maximize Every Learner's Potential CANCELLED
0814 - Winning Strategies for Classroom Management
0815 - With Rigor for All – Teaching the Classics to Contemporary Students CANCELLED
0816 - Reciprocal Teaching at Work: Strategies for Improving Reading
Comprehension
0817 - Inquire Within: Implementing Inquiry-Based Science Standards for Grades
3-8
0818 - Teaching High School Science Through Inquiry
Pre-registration DEADLINE May 24, 2008
YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED BY June 1, 2008 IF THE OBS IS NOT
OFFERED AND YOUR REGISTRATION FEE WILL BE REFUNDED.
Otherwise, your
pre-registration counts as your registration. You will receive confirmation
from the GTCC regarding OBS(s) you are confirmed in.
Registration Fee Policy: Please submit registration fees by June 4, 2008. If we
have not received your payment by June 4th, and the
workshop is full, you will be bumped should we receive registration with
payment from another registrant. If you are bumped from a workshop you
will be notified. After June 4th registration fees must be sent at the time
of registration.
NO refunds after June 4, 2008.
NOTE: Registration for Summer Institute Online Book Symposiums will be accepted until the date of the workshop providing space is available.
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