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SAN ANTONIO PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Workshops are listed on the registration form and the online registration page in the following order. Mark the workshops you wish to attend. Click here to download a pdf of the registration form which can be faxed or mailed to ATE. Click here to go to the online registration page. You do not have to register for ATE's Annual Meeting in order to attend the pre-conference workshops. On the online registration page, "member" is the default selection. If you want to register for one or more workshops only, scroll down and click on "Clear Payment Selections."
Saturday and Sunday Workshops at 2012 Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Annual Meeting, Saturday, February 11, 2012, and Sunday, February 12, 2012
All-Day Workshops ($90)
1. Kagan Structures for Cooperative Learning & Active Engagement (Saturday, February 11, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.)
Click here to download pdf with additional information on this workshop.
Structures for Success
•Learn cutting-edge teaching structures to create classroom success now and forever
• Save valuable time and energy with easy-to-use structures that make lesson planning a snap
• Release the power of true cooperative learning
• Engage all your students throughout each lesson with NEW cooperative learning
Manage Your Class for Success
• Take home tried-and-true management tips that make teaching easier and more effective
• Arrange your classroom for success
• Keep students on task, and effectively manage disruptions with engaging structures
• Lessen your load, make teaching easier
Create a Caring, Cooperative Class
• Create a positive learning environment through fun and easy class-building activities
• Improve your class atmosphere and your students' liking for class and school
• Boost your students' self-esteem
• Establish a learning environment where everyone wants to be—including you
Solve Common Problems
• Learn why group work doesn’t work
• Use PIES to create powerful learning
• Create success for all by eliminating ‘hitchhiking’
• Increase learning and decrease discipline problems in your class
• Learn how to intrinsically motivate your students to succeed without resorting to group grades
Form Effective Teams
• Form successful teams in 4 easy steps
• Improve student relations and classroom culture with cooperative teams
• Overcome potential resistance with teambuilding
• Take home sure-fire tips to make teams click
•Make working together fun and successful
Improve Test Scores
• Boost your students’ test scores
• Use simple, easy-to-learn structures in your class to create active involvement like never before
• Take advantage of the power of cooperative learning
• Make learning stick with powerful review structures
• Reach your hard-to-reach students
• See results!
All Participants Receive
• Kagan Cooperative Learning Course Materials
2. Accreditation, Assessment and Accountability in Educator Preparation (Saturday, February 11, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.) (Note: listed as "Assessment and Accountability in the NCATE System" on registration form)
Monique Lynch
Join NCATE staff for an overview of the latest development in the Council on Accreditation for Educator Preparation (CAEP), as well as an in-depth discussion of current accreditation pathways and program review options. Examples of institutional strategies and promising practices leading to national accreditation and program recognition will be shared and discussed.
Presenter: Yi Huang, Vice President of Accreditation, and Monique Lynch, Vice President of Program Review, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Half-Day Workshops ($50)
3. Teaching in Noah's Ark: Principles and practices for academically diverse classrooms (Sunday, February 12, 12:00 Noon-4:30 p.m.)
Carol Ann Tomlinson understands the challenge of providing appropriate learning experiences for all students. Once a classroom teacher who had to simultaneously meet the needs of kids struggling to read at grade level and those who were ready for Harvard, she turned to differentiated instruction. Tomlinson offers ideas to help teachers "get their feet wet" with differentiated instruction.
Presenter: Carol Ann Tomlinson, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
4. Google Apps for Education: Cloud Computing for 21st Century Instruction (Saturday, February 11, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon)
Customized web pages, student assessment, group collaboration, document development, cloud applications in core subject areas and internet “chrome books” will be demonstrated in this hands on workshop.
Presenters: Kathryn Smith, Minnesota State University-Bemidji and Jean Mickelson, Account Executive, Agosto
5. Analog to Digital: Explore the Web 2.0 e-Tools that are needed by our 21st Century Classroom Teachers (Saturday, February 12, 1:00-4:00 p.m.)
Come and explore the concept of web 2.0 and the e-tools that are provided for 21st century classrooms. Tools include Prezi, Wordle, Wolfram Alpha, Clipnabber, DropBox, Clipnabber, Stixy, Google Docs, and Delicious.
Presenter: David McCarthy, University of Minnesota Duluth
Special Combination Package ($120)
Sign up for the special combination package, Workshops 1 and 3, Kagan Structures for Cooperative Learning & Active Engagement on Saturday and Teaching in Noah's Ark: Principles and practices for academically diverse classrooms presented by Carol Tomlinson on Sunday and attend both for $120.
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