BALTIMORE \u2013 The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) will sponsor two Professional Development events for educators this summer including a Teacher Leadership Summit and Pre-K-2nd Grade Educator Symposiums.<\/p>\n
The Maryland Teacher Leadership Summit is a two-day summit designed to promote and develop teacher-led initiatives across the state. Modeled after the successful National Teach to Lead Summit, the Maryland event will help to spotlight and support a selective group of teacher-led initiatives across Maryland as well as provide teacher-led teams with hands-on training to refine their program models, identify support, and communicate their initiatives to key stakeholders. The Summit also helps to promote teacher leadership among key local-systems level stakeholders including superintendents, principals and national and local partners engaged to advise and support teacher-led teams to refine innovative proposals and ideas. The summit will be held for teacher-led teams selected by peers through an application process.<\/p>\n
WHEN: July 18-19, 2017<\/p>\n
WHERE: Chesapeake Bay Foundation – Philip Merrill Environmental Center
\n 6 Herndon Ave.
\n Annapolis, MD 21403<\/p>\n
Additionally, MSDE will sponsor Pre-K-Grade 2 Educator Symposiums which focus on essential practices to support principals and teachers of early learners with research, skills, and strategies to increase student achievement. <\/p>\n
The objectives for the two-day symposiums are to explore brain research that is focused on children aged 4-8 in order to understand developmentally appropriate instruction and recognize how developmentally appropriate instruction in Pre-K-2nd Grade students impact future learning. Participants will then work to identify developmentally appropriate instructional techniques and strategies that can be implemented in the Pre-K-2 classroom to support further brain development.<\/p>\n
WHEN & WHERE:<\/p>\n
Eastern Maryland
\nEaston High School
\n723 Mecklenburg Ave
\nEaston, MD 21601
\nDay 1: July 11, 2017
\nDay 2: July 24, 2017<\/p>\n
Western Maryland
\nTuscarora High School
\n5312 Ballenger Creek Pike
\nFrederick, MD 21703
\nDay 1: July 12, 2017
\nDay 2: July 20, 2017<\/p>\n
Southern Maryland
\nFrederick Douglass High School (FDHS)
\n8000 Croom Road
\nUpper Marlboro, MD 20772
\nDay 1: July 13, 2017
\nDay 2: July 25, 2017<\/p>\n
School teams must register for both Day 1 and Day 2 events. There will be two types of sessions: Pre-K-K and Grades 1st-2nd. Administrators should attend with two Pre-K-Grade 2 educators (this can include a special educator or English learner teacher) and are encouraged to invite an educator from a community-based Pre-K classroom. By attending these symposiums CPD credits can be earned. School Teams can register at https:\/\/goo.gl\/ZpCNt5 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"