Extend Your Conference Learning
Extend your conference experience by joining us for intensive one-, two-, or three-day pre-conference institutes. The institutes are education's showcase of the leading experts on learning, teaching, and leadership. Join us March 21–23, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Three-Day Pre-Conference Institutes
Wednesday, March 21–Friday, March 23, 2012
The Strategic Teacher: How to Select the Right Research-Based Strategy for Every Lesson
Institute Staff: Harvey Silver, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, and Thomas Dewing, Carol Stream, IL,
Education Consultants
Materials Fee: $22 for The Strategic Teacher: Selecting the Right Research-Based Strategy for Every Lesson
Registration Code: PD12PC012
Differentiation Grows Up: A Look at Teacher Development and Differentiation
Institute Staff: Carol Ann Tomlinson, ASCD Author and Education Consultant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Sherida Britt, Education Consultant, Silver Spring, MD; and Sandra Page, Education Consultant, Chapel Hill, NC
Materials Fee: $23 for The Differentiated School: Making Revolutionary Changes in Teaching and Learning
Registration Code: PD12PC013
Understanding by Design® Meets Neuroscience
Institute Staff: Jay McTighe, ASCD Author and Education Consultant, Columbia, MD, and Judy Willis, Santa Barbara Middle School, CA
Materials Fee: $37 for The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High Quality Units and Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom Teacher
Registration Code: PD12PC014
Differentiated Instruction: An Introduction
Institute Staff: Maria Molina, Education Consultant, Miami, FL, and Kristina Doubet, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Materials Fee: $38 for How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms and
Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom
Registration Code: PD12PC015
Understanding by Design®: Beginning the Journey
Institute Staff: Donnell Gregory, Education Consultant, Dayton, OH, and Donna Herold, Joel E. Ferris High School, Spokane, WA
Materials Fee: $22 for Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook
Registration Code: PD12PC016
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Two-Day Institutes
Thursday, March 22–Friday, March 23, 2012
Adolescent Learning: Any Time, Any Place
Institute Staff: Joe DiMartino and Bill Bryan, Education Consultants, West Warwick, RI
Materials Fee: $46 for Personalizing the High School Experience for Each Student and Breaking Ranks: A Field Guide for Leading Change
Registration Code: PD12PC017
101 Tools and Techniques to Improve Teacher Quality
Institute Staff: James Stronge and Leslie Grant, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Registration Code: PD12PC018
Data, Continuous School Improvement, and Race to the Top
Institute Staff: Victoria Bernhardt, Education Consultant, Chico, CA
Materials Fee: $40 for Response to Intervention (RTI) and Continuous School Improvement (CSI): Using Data, Vision, and Leadership to Design, Implement, and Evaluate a Schoolwide Prevention System
Registration Code: PD12PC019
Effective Supervision: Applying the Art and Science of Teaching
Institute Staff: Tony Frontier, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI, and David Livingston, Education Consultant, Denver, CO
Materials Fee: $22 for Effective Supervision: Supporting the Art and Science of Teaching
Registration Code: PD12PC020
The Leader’s Role in Transforming Schools
Institute Staff: Deborah Wortham, The School District of the City of York, PA
Registration Code: PD12PC021
Upgrading the Curriculum: How to Replace Dated Content, Skills, and Assessments to Engage
21st Century Learners. What to Cut? What to Keep? What to Create?
Institute Staff: Heidi Hayes Jacobs, ASCD Author and Education Consultant, Rye, NY, and Bill Sheskey, School District of Oconee County, Walhalla, SC
Materials Fee: $21 for Curriculum21: Essential Education for a Changing World
Registration Code: PD12PC022
The Principal’s Role in Leading Understanding by Design®
Institute Staff: Grant Wiggins, ASCD Author and Education Consultant, Hopewell, NJ, and Andrew Greene, Candlewood Middle School, Dix Hills, NY
Materials Fee: $24 for Schooling by Design: Mission, Action, and Achievement
Registration Code: PD12PC023
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One-Day Institutes
Friday, March 23, 2012
The Art and Science of Teaching
Institute Staff: Robert J. Marzano, ASCD Author and Education Consultant, Centennial, CO
Materials Fee: $21 for the The Art and Science of Teaching: A Comprehensive Framework for Effective Instruction
Registration Code: PD12PC024
Instructional Rounds: What Are They and Do They Work?
Institute Staff: Deborah Childs-Bowen, Samford University, Birmingham, AL
Registration Code: PD12PC025
Never Work Harder Than Your Students and Other Principles of Mastery Teaching
Institute Staff: Robyn R. Jackson, ASCD Author and Education Consultant, Washington, D.C.
Materials Fee: $21 for Never Work Harder Than Your Students and Other Principles of Great Teaching
Registration Code: PD12PC026
Accountability in Professional Development: Tying Our Learning to Student Learning
Institute Staff: Tom Guskey, University of Kentucky, Lexington
Materials Fee: $39 for Evaluating Professional Development
Registration Code: PD1PC027
Early Learning Success: Responsive Instruction During the Crucial K–3 Learning Years
Institute Staff: Bob Sornson, Education Consultant, Brighton, MI
Materials Fee: $18 for Creating Classrooms Where Teachers Love to Teach and Students Love to Learn
Registration Code: PD12PC028
Learning from Lincoln: Leadership Lessons for Today's Leaders
Institute Staff: Pam Robbins, Education Consultant, Mt. Crawford, VA, and Harvey Alvy, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Materials Fee: $20 for Learning from Lincoln: Leadership Practices for School Success
Registration Code: PD12PC029
Community Schools: Moving from Vision to Action for the Whole Child
Institute Staff: Ira Harkavy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and Molly McCloskey, ASCD, Alexandria, VA
Materials Fee: $69 for Educating the Whole Child: An ASCD Action Tool
Registration Code: PD12PC030
A Collaborative Approach for Coaches and School Leaders: Building Teachers' Capacity for Success
Institute Staff: Pete Hall, Shaw Middle School, Spokane, WA
Materials Fee: $23 for Building Teachers' Capacity for Success: A Collaborative Approach for Coaches and School Leaders
Registration Code: PD12PC031
Effective School Leadership for Today's Urban Schools
Institute Staff: Baruti Kafele, Education Consultant, Jersey City, NJ
Materials Staff: $13 for Motivating Black Males in School and in Life
Registration Code: PD12PC032
12 Things You Must Do to Have a Learning Environment That Encourages High Achievement for All Students
Institute Staff: Bobb Darnell, Education Consultant, Lake Zurich, IL
Registration Code: PD12PC033
Powerful Presentations
Institute Staff: Deborah Estes, Education Consultant, Sherman, TX
Registration Code: PD12PC034
Using Protocols to Get the Most from Your Professional Learning Communities
Institute Staff: Lois Brown, Easton, Education Consultant, Boulder, CO
Materials Fee: $11 for Protocols for Professional Learning
Registration Code: PD12PC035
Language Development: What's Leadership Got to Do With It?
Institute Staff: Jane Hill and Anne Lundquist, Education Consultants, Denver, CO
Registration Code: PD12PC036
Developing Aspiring Principals as Learners, Visionaries, Influencers, and Leaders
Institute Staff: Phyllis Pajardo, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA
Registration Code: PD12PC0237
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Free Pre-Conference Institutes
March 23, 2012
Leadership Matters: Accomplished Principals Bring Results
Institute Staff: Kaitlyn Mittan, Education Consultant, Arlington, VA
Registration Code: PD12PC038
8:30–11:30 a.m.
Developing Teacher Leaders for Increased Student Learning
Institute Staff: Will Parker, Education Consultant, Arlington, VA
Registration Code: PD12PC039
1:00–4:00 p.m.
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