Learning Forward Virginia (LFVA ) is excited to bring Project Based Learning to Virginia. Project Based Learning (PBL) is a student-centered pedagogy that involves a dynamic classroom approach in which students acquire a deeper knowledge through active exploration of real-world challenges and problems. Students learn about a subject by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question, challenge, or problem .
PBL cares about our mission to educate all by integrating knowing and doing. Students work to uncover understandings of content as opposed to serving as bystanders while the teacher covers curriculum through lectures, worksheets, and disconnected tasks.
Educators will register for one of the following three-day workshops:
LEARN: PBL 101
This workshop provides participants with the skills and knowledge needed to design assess and manage a rigorous, relevant, and standards-based project.
ENHANCE: PBL 201
This a deep dive focused on advanced practices in PBL implementation including topics Building Culture, Assessing Student Learning, and Creating Effective Team Roles.
COACH: Coaching Academy
A dynamic workshop that engages instructional coaches in best practices for providing sustained support for teachers to enable high quality PBL design and instruction.
LEAD: Leadership Academy
The academy engages leaders in exploring best practices in leading a school or district in the effective, sustainable implementation of Project Based Learning.
REGISTER HERE .
Cost:
Early Bird (before July 15): $650.00
Regular (after July 15): $700.00
*Registration fee includes your selected session, meals during the conference, and materials needed during the session
Sponsored by Learning Forward Virginia , Buck Institute , and Chesterfield County Public Schools
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