SPRING2020PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTOPENHOUSE

Tuesday, March 3rd5:30-7:30 pm

Wednesday, April 15th5:30-7:30 pm

Professional Development Session Options (choose one)

I. An Age Old Problem And The Future of Education

PresenterZoltan Sarda

Session Description
What shifts will educators need
to contemplate as we prepare students for a future in which skills and knowledge needed are largely unknown? What if we really need to begin with a major shift in our conception of how students learn?

As a way to explore these questions, this workshop will focus on the kind of thinking and learning that happens when a group of individuals work together to solve a simple engineering challenge. After completion of the activity, the group will participate in ade-briefing and discussion. Intendedfor all K-12 educators.

II. Learning through Language Immersion

Presenters
Yibo Lu and Julie Yankowitz

Session Description
Immersion education is more than
an academic pursuit. It is a dailypractice that transforms the way students see and think about theworld. Immersion teachers don’tteach another language; they teach in another language. This workshop will offer participants a chance toexplore the benefits of bilingualismand discuss how second languagesare learned. We’ll introduce theprinciples of immersion education and give participants a sneak peek into the immersion program at Avenues.Intended for all language or languageimmersion teachers.

III. Building Empathy, Creativity and Metacognition in Kids: A Toolkit for Teachers

Presenters
Curtis Murungi and Erin Sheehan

Session Description
How do we teach our students to solve problems that we cannot imagine in a world that does not yet exist? This workshop is designed to provide a toolkit for educators who seek to help students to develop, through focused deliberate practice, the thinking skills – namely empathy, creativity, and metacognition – thatunderlie fluid intelligence and that are vital to problem solving in arapidly-changing world. We will learn how to use in-class Writing and Math challenges as tools through which to engage students in the deliberate, intentional, and systematic practiceof these thinking skills. Intended
for middle school teachers, but allare welcome.

Join us at Avenues: The World School for professional learning from some of our top-notch leaders about various instructional topics implemented at our New York Campusand beyond. See below for session offerings.

Light dinner will be served as well as a brief tour of our campus. Admission is free.

Location: NYC Campus, 259 10th Ave, New York, NY 10001

RSVP viahttp://bit.ly/2ObxyuW or by contacting Lara Silvas lsilvas@avenues.org