BTIM - Using Observations to Support Novice Teachers and Transform Classrooms
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Location - Please note the venue change as of 9/19/11
http://www.hotelallandale.com/
Eligible Attendees
Project Directors, Instructional Team Members, and Mentors for Texas Regional Collaboratives BTIM projects. Spaces for this PDA are limited to 50 participants.
Description
Through the use of an observation protocol called “Windows on the Classroom,” originally developed by the Dana Center, mentors will be able to gather and use data for meaningful conversations with mentees. The protocol brings to a conscious level the decisions successful teachers make when planning for instruction.
Join us for an engaging day with many opportunities for networking, learning with your peers, and having rich conversations about changing a traditional classroom into a transformed classroom suitable for 21st Century Learning. Session participants will become comfortable in recognizing appropriate learning objectives, types of student engagement, highly effective instructional strategies, respectful student work, and appropriate resources. Activities will center on the critical decisions of a classroom teacher needed for student achievement.
This is a repeat of the April 6, 2011 session presented by Terry Talley and Nancy Schultz.
Certificates of Participation
Certificates stating 6 Continuing Professional Education hours (CPE credits) earned will be sent electronically after the participant has completed the online course evaluation. Participants should receive the certificate two to three weeks after the PDA. Any questions about certificates should be directed toward the contact person listed on this page.
Contact
Amy Werst
Coordinator for Special Projects
Telephone: 512 471-7450
E-Mail: [email protected]
Accommodations
Sleeping rooms are available at the workshop site on a first come, first serve basis. Contact the hotel directly by phone to make a reservation. Reservations MUST be made at least one month in advance to ensure a space at the hosting hotel: Hotel Allandale. Please tell the reservationist to use the code "UT-TRC" when making your reservation to get the group rate.
Parking
Parking is free and abundant at the Hotel Allandale and the Ben Hur Shrine Center. The training site is located two blocks from the hotel. Shuttle service will be provided in the morning to the Ben Hur Shrine Center and the afternoon to the Hotel Allandale.
Registration:
The cost is $45.00 per day per participant. Registration fees cover breakfast, lunch, and training materials. Payments are due before this event. Refunds will not be issued for cancellations or those not in attendance. Spaces for this PDA are limited to 50 persons.
For this 1-day workshop, the fee is $45 per person.
Registration Payment:
Participants may pay by credit card or check. The registration confirmation email will contain all necessary information to provide to business offices for credit card payment records and check processing instructions.
Checks for registration need to be made out to "The University of Texas at Austin." Please send payments made by check to the attention of Jeff Early along with the printed registration confirmation email.
Transportation expenses will be reimbursed. Reimbursement forms will be provided via email with the evaluation form after the PDA. All participants are responsible for their own lodging reservations and payments.
Registration Instructions:
Please register at least two weeks before the event, by September 28th, 2011. Registration is limited to 50 persons, so the link may close earlier than September 28th!
Click the registration button below to register your attendance. You will be asked your name, email, and collaborative. If you are not the project director, you will also need to enter your project director's email. If you have multiple people attending, please fill out this form for each person that will be attending. You may need to quit and reopen your browser to register multiple attendees. If you need technical help with the registration page, send an email to the TRC Web Team.
