FEATURED WORKshop:

Collaborative culture seminar

• Network and explore opportunities for partnerships

• Collaborate using Human-Centered Design

• Understand approaches to collaborative culture

• The growing partnership between Point Park University & TeamBuilders

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Collaborative learning

• Introduction to the T.R.U.S.T. Model: Dialogue and sharing of resources to achieve convergence around research-based pedagogical practices.

• Setting the Stage: Preparation of educators and students for collaboration

• The Main Act: Design and use of tasks that teach collaboration skills though deliberate practice

• Productive Struggle: Strategies for teacher facilitation and intervention in student group work

• Reflection: Strategies for student reflection.

• The Critical Role of Educator Observation: The why and the how of this main ingredient to student collaboration.

• Assessment: Review and design formative and summative assessments of collaboration for PBIS, academic rubrics, or standards-based grading.

21st century skills

• 4Cs (Re)Bootcamp: Deliberate Integration of 21st Century Skills

• Using Technology and Pedagogy to Strengthen 21st Century Skills

• STEM = PBL +/- Empathy

personalized learning

• Personalized Learning is Not the Answer

• Synergy of Collaborative and Personalized Learning

current topics

in Literacy and Early Childhood

• Creative Teacher-Parent-Child Interactions Inspired by Family Literacy

• Full-Day Kindergarten Programming and Intentional Transition 

• Prepare for “Intellectual Emergencies” Through Lenses of Research and Wisdom (Dr. Lilian Katz Framework)

• Setting Limits as Parents: Helping Children to Know and Follow Family Rules

• Unraveling Literacy Confusion – Strengthening Learning Capacity

Design thinking

• Preparation for the Future of Work

• Human-Centered Design for Learners and Educators

• Facilitated Reflection of any District Program