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May 30, 2012, 6-8pm
Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex at Brandeis Room 116, dinner provided.
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The New Teacher Network is a monthly professional development opportunity for first and second year teachers in grades K-8. In our work training teachers through the DeLeT program, we recognize that however well prepared, novice teachers need continued support and opportunities to develop and refine skills. With that goal in mind we offer this professional development opportunity to supplement the mentoring and induction support we know many schools are offering their teachers.
The primary goal of the New Teacher Network is to nurture new teachers in Jewish day schools during their challenging and exciting first years of teaching and to provide tools to help them develop their professional practice. Through the Network, we hope to encourage the development of a community of teacher-leaders across Jewish day schools in the Greater Boston area. The Network also provides an opportunity for experienced teachers to share their expertise and continue their own professional development. The New Teacher Network is open to all first and second year teachers in area Jewish day schools. (Teachers do not need to be DeLeT alumni to participate.) The group will meet monthly at the Mandel Center for a kosher dinner and lively discussion. Contact delet@brandeis.edu with questions.
DeLeT Open Houses
Thurs Jan. 26, Thurs Feb 16, and Thurs March 22
Come visit classes, meet students and faculty, and learn about the program. More information and a detailed schedule of the day>>
DeLeT Alumni Network Regional Day of Learning
April 22, 2012, 10am-4pm Teaching in Teams; featuring a workshop by Vivian Troen and Kitty Boles
Vivian and Kitty will help us develop skills to effectively use teams to analyze our work and improve our practice. We will study cases drawn from alumni's classrooms to reflect on this valuable tool, as well engage in other modes of professional development. If you would like to share something from your classroom or school (ie, a video, artifact, powerpoint presentation or written description of how you work in a team or a problem of practice realted to teams) please let us know - we would love to include your voice!
4th Annual Teacher Forum
Sunday, February 12, 20122:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Join us for a stimulating and inspiring afternoon, as Steve Seidel shows us how we can see students' learning by discovering new ways to see their work. Steve Seidel, a visionary educator and internationally sought-after speaker and consultant, is co-author of Portfolio Practices: Thinking through the Assessment of Children's Work and Making Learning Visible: Children as Individual and Group Learners. This event is free and open to the public but space is limited and registration is required. Refreshments will be served. Dietary laws observed. Contact teacherforum@brandeis.edu with questions.
2012 North American Jewish Day School Conference and DeLeT Alumni Conference
January 15-17 in Atlanta, GA
The DeLeT alumni Network (DAN) has been invited to hold our 10th Anniversary Conference within the North American Jewish Day School Conference (NAJDS)-- the premier opportunity to learn, network, and engage with day school leaders from across the spectrum of Jewish education. There will be a full day of DeLeT alumni events as well as several DeLeT faculty and alumni (Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Orit Kent, Vivian Troen, and Shira Loewenstein) presenting at the main conference.
Responsive Teaching: Hard to do and Hard to Learn
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Atrium, Mandel Center for the Humanities
Teaching is of deepest interest and concern to educators in both K – 12 and university worlds, to citizens, and, of course, to students, future teachers, parents, scholars and policy-makers. Yet “teaching” is also elusive. It happens in space and time, but its effects are often not visible in the same space and time. Is it “teaching” when the teacher writes something on the board? When the teacher “calls on” student X but not on student Y? When a class is planned, or in tasks assigned, grades given, memories taken away, or only between such and such hours on such and such a day? Is listening to students teaching? Magdalene Lampert is one of our foremost scholars of teaching. She is renowned for her work in mathematics education. She draws deeply on her own extensive teaching in elementary and secondary schools and at the university. Her knowledge and sympathies speak to the hopes we place on teaching, and the puzzles it presents us with, at all levels. Contact mat@brandeis.edu with any questions.
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