Posts Tagged ‘professional development’
ERG Event: Building Vision for a Positive School Culture
Are you ready to rebuild your school culture? Spend a day with Sean Gaillard and ERG digging into leadership and vision: Building Vision for a Positive School CultureFebruary 12, 20198:30 – 3:30 This workshop is open to K-12 school leaders who want to learn how to positively impact their school through collaboration, innovation, and culture.…
Read MoreGuided Reading – Cornerstone of Balanced Literacy
“I read like the ink from the book is oxygen and I’m gasping for breath.” – unknown As I stumbled upon this quote, the dendrites started firing in my brain. This is how I want my kindergartners to feel about reading. When our children find success as readers, they find joy in reading. The problem is…
Read MoreThe Next Step Forward in Guided Reading
ERG is excited to announce our next professional learning event! The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading March 19, 2018 8:30 – 3:30 Does your guided reading instruction need a refresher? K-8 teachers are invited to dig deeper into guided reading and take the next step forward to pinpoint instruction that supports every…
Read MoreJoin ERG This Summer!
ERG and Salem College are excited to present our Summer 2017 professional development event: Math Workshops July 25, 26, & 27, 2017 Salem College Advanced Guided Math with Laney Sammons (K-8) — Tuesday, July 25, 2017 This institute is designed for teachers who are currently teaching in the Guided Math framework. Laney Sammons will work…
Read MoreSharing Ideas
Sharing knowledge occurs when people are genuinely interested in helping one another develop new capacities for action; it is about creating learning processes. (Peter Senge) This is what we do as teachers…help one another, be it our students or our peers, grow as individuals and as professionals. We do this by sharing what we know…
Read MoreFeedback – The Language of Growth
“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” – Ken Blanchard Years of research show that feedback is one of the most powerful influences on achievement. Daily we strive to provide quality feedback to our students, but we also must take the time to provide quality feedback to our colleagues. Feedback is the language of growth. It is…
Read MoreNew Avenues to Better Teaching
This month ERG has focused on Instructional Leadership and Peer Coaching. In one of our recent newsletters it was noted that ” Leadership in education is about learning – and not just the empowerment of student learning. As instructional leaders, teachers assume a wide range of roles to support the learning needs of students –…
Read MoreTeachers Observing Teachers
“The most valuable resource that all teachers have is each other. Without collaboration our growth is limited to our own perspectives.” – Robert John Meehan More and more teachers and administrators are finding that peer observations are a form of collaborative professional development that truly delivers. A school culture that encourages and promotes this sharing of…
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