All teachers will participate in a week long Summer Institute on
August 4 -8, 2008. Participants will learn to write curriculum, develop lessons and rubrics from the curriculum, and assess student work products. The Summer Institute will also include a focus on leadership and math across the curriculum.

Vision Statement

To prepare educators as leaders who will service students in the classroom, and will affect transformational change in the community, at the district level, state level, nationally, and globally.

Mission Statement

The Science of Leadership Institute will better equip and prepare educators for the challenges of teaching in the urban setting and for providing children with the necessary tools for education and for career exploration and success.
 

Benefits of Attending

Teachers will not only learn how to write curriculum, but how to incorporate the interdisciplinary rigor necessary to have their students engaged in learning as well as producing salient work products that are tied to state, national and global standards.

Who Should Attend?

Teachers who write their own curriculum, charter school teachers, teachers at independent schools, educators who view education as the change agent for success.

Format

• Large and small groups
• Self-determining reading
• Team building activities
• Thoughtful writing

Objectives

By the end of the session teachers will:

• be prepared to write curriculum that is based on Maryland VSC and National Standards
• develop a grade level interdisciplinary project for a core class
• develop a case on leadership
• evaluate and assess work products created by other grade level teams
• develop a project that demonstrates focus on higher level thinking skills