ROE #11 is excited to partner with Southern Illinois University professor, Dr. Grant Miller, to offer this event!
Fall 2021 has been different. Students returning to school have had varying successes and challenges with learning, whether it was remote or in person. Teachers, too, returned to schools with a rich variety of experiences and expectations about their own teaching and learning. These workshops are an opportunity to build upon and support these experiences to create a community of learners who will work with a Social Studies-History Content Area Specialist to build the learning environments necessary to engage the diverse learners entering their classrooms.
Topics will highlight: 1) Assessment and Instruction with Informational Sources 2) Differentiating Instruction with Primary and Secondary Sources 3) Instruction with Media Literacy in the New Illinois Learning Standards and 4) Place-Based Education with Local Resources. With the goal to help educators design flexible and engaging learning environments online and in person, these workshops will utilize extensive examples already available at https://educatingwithevidence.siu.edu/ to introduce educators to ways they can increase their curricula’s accessibility using the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) with specific attention to free sources from the Library of Congress and technologies that range from GIS mapping to 3D-scanned and printed artifacts from archaeological digs.
Educators will be expected to participate in all 4 events:
Monday, February 28th – Face to Face – 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Monday, March 14th – Virtual – 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Monday, March 28th – Face to Face – 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Monday, April 11th – Virtual – 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Participants will receive 14 professional development hours and individualized help from Dr. Miller. Catered lunches will be served on days the cohort meets face to face.
