Ventures Professional Development Seminar: Raising Student Achievement

With the introduction of standards-based education, the idea of raising student achievement has never been more important. The Ventures Professional Development Seminar on Raising Student Achievement focuses on research-based ideas and instructional strategies that have been proven effective in raising student achievement across all ages and in all content areas.

 

The Ventures Professional Development Seminar on Raising Student Achievement focuses on the characteristics of improving schools, and how they can be established in your school or classroom. Other topics include classroom management, assessment and planning, designed to make teaching and learning for understanding and high academic standards a priority, rather than just curriculum coverage. Teachers also learn a variety of student-centered instructional strategies that develop students' communication and higher-order thinking skills that can be used with all age groups and curriculum areas.

 

The Ventures Professional Development Seminar on Raising Student Achievement provides a rich and rewarding professional development opportunity for either individual teachers, or a group of educators working together to turn their school or classroom around.

 

As they engage in the various activities, participants will use a variety of interactive strategies; these strategies are very simple but highly structured. These same strategies can be used with students in the classroom to develop their communication and higher-order thinking skills.

 

Self- or Group-Guided Agenda
Agenda/Week 1: Being a Turnaround Teacher, Being a Turnaround School
Agenda/Week 2-3: Planning
Agenda/Week 4: Classroom Management
Agenda/Week 5: Assessment
Agenda/Week 6: Teaching for Understanding
Agenda/Week 7-8: Instructional Strategies