Jan 28 Webinar: STEM Equity Pipeline
January 28, 2009 Webinar
Generating Expectations for Student Achievement (GESA):
Essential Classroom Instructional Elements to Improve Student Achievement in STEM
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
2 pm ET, 1 pm CT, Noon MT, 11 am PT
Dr. Dolores A. Grayson, Developer/Author, CEO
GrayMill Consulting and the GESA Educational Alliance
If you are concerned with achievement, success, productivity and retention in the classroom, this webinar series is for you. Designed for K-16 professional development staff, administrators, and STEM and CTE coordinators at the local, regional and state levels, this webinar series is focused on classroom-based strategies that create high expectations for all students. Strategies are related to the root causes and other barriers identified in the Five-Step Program Improvement Process presented in an earlier webinar by Mimi Lufkin, CEO of the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation.
This first session, in a series of four, will give an overview of the essential elements for increasing student achievement which explores the correlation between perceptions, expectations, behaviors and achievement. Research-based areas of disparity in instruction, that can prevent some students from exploring nontraditional paths and pursuing interest in STEM-related classes and careers, will be reviewed. You will be given immediately usable tips and tools for increasing the success of every student in a classroom.
This introductory session is open to all: Register now!
SAVE THE DATE:
Train-the-Trainer Opportunity for STEM Equity Pipeline Participating States
Three follow-up webinars will provide more in-depth training on the essential elements for increasing achievement:
February 25, 2009: Instructional Participation/Engagement and Structure and Organization of the Learning Environment
March 25, 2009: Classroom Management/Discipline and Enhancing Self-Esteem, Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy
April 22, 2009: Evaluation of Performance and Qualitative Interactions.
These train-the-trainer sessions are limited to 30 sites from the STEM Equity Pipeline Project participating states (CA, IA, IL, MN, MO, OK, WI). Professional development trainers will receive a newly revised GESA participant booklet, power points and techniques for making presentations in their respective agencies. Persons completing all four webinars and assigned homework will receive a completion certificate, authorizing training and use of materials.
More information and site registration will be released for the GESA Train-the-Trainer sessions in the next few weeks - Watch for it!!