Circle Project co-founders Patti Digh and David Robinson will be leading a free 5-day intensive for North
Carolina public school educators only at The North Carolina Center for the Advancement
of Teaching (NCCAT) in Cullowhee, NC, from November 7-11, 2010.
If you are a teacher,
principal, school counselor, school nurse, or media specialist who has worked
in the North Carolina public school system for 3 years or more, you may be
eligible to attend this professional development activity at no charge to
you. All expenses for your program, materials, lodging, food, and
substitute will be borne by NCCAT. To learn more about this transformational
learning opportunity, call (828)293-5202 or (800)922-0482 and ask to speak with
Teacher Services. If you are not a teacher, please pass this information
along to your favorite hero of the classroom.
A description of the seminar follows:
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Your Story, My Story: Navigating Difference in the Classroom
November 7–11: Cullowhee
Research shows that even a simple fender-bender sparks as many
accounts as there are witnesses. How much more complex are the varied stories
we tell about community, identity, and meaning? The arts are the ideal vessel
for confidently navigating classrooms that are diverse in skill levels,
learning styles, multiple intelligences, socioeconomic class, race, ethnicity,
and gender.
How can this diversity become a catalyst for learning?
How can we
see beyond surface behavior to the narratives that cause it?
How can we help
students to examine and revise their narratives and open new worlds of possibilities?
Engage in an arts-based approach to education that has been used as a boundary-shattering template for corporate innovation. Let creativity be your guide as you participate in writing, visual arts, and interactive improvisation to dive into underlying structures and challenge assumptions. Discover the essential dynamics of growth available through diversity and difference. Explore difficult questions of identity in community while learning to use experiential processes hospitable to a wide range of learning styles.
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