Join us to explore how Defined Learning can be specifically tailored to enrich your summer curriculum. This session is designed for educators looking for innovative and engaging approaches to summer program planning and implementation. If you've previously attended Defined Learning training, expect a familiar structure with an added emphasis on adapting these strategies for summer school environments. Our goal is to provide you with practical tools and ideas that you can directly apply to your summer courses. Please register for one session: May 21st or May 22nd.
As part of the planning and preparation process for summer learning, it would be great if you could come with an idea of your schedule for summer teaching and how Defined Learning projects could potentially fit. Please bring a personal device such as a laptop.
SESSION 1:
Date & Time: May 21st, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM EST
Location: LEARN Regional Education Service Center, 44 Hatchetts Hill Rd, Old Lyme, CT 06371
SESSION 2:
Date & Time: May 22nd, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM EST
Location: EASTCONN, 376 Hartford Turnpike, Hampton, CT 06247
**Please plan to arrive 30 minutes early to ensure that everyone will get through security so we can start promptly at 9:00 AM.
AGENDA:
- Overview:
- What is your goal for summer enrichment learning?
- What is Defined Learning?
- PBL & the Design Process
- Active Modeling:
- Hands-on/ Minds-on
- Experiencing a Defined Learning task through the lens of a student
- Research
- Sketch
- Build
- Reflect and Revise
- Defined Learning in the Summer School Classroom:
- Walkthrough the site
- Exploring the Summer Learning Projects: Summer Learning Backpack
- Resources to Support Personalized and Group Learning
- Planning for Implementation
- Individual Exploration & Planning Time:
- Review Defined Learning and identify at least one performance task for classroom utilization
- Review all resources within the selected performance task and personalize the task and associated products for individual, small group, and/or whole group instruction.
- Create a Task Plan to support your teaching and student learning
- Reflection:
- Questions and Considerations
- Next Steps