Professional Development

Invitational Institute

A week long Invitational Institute is held each summer at the University Center Greenville. During the Institute, participants engage in teaching and learning strategies within the context of lessons drawn from all content areas and planned using an instructional framework termed the Learning Cycle. Participants unpack the experience and develop theoretical understandings about teaching and learning that enable them to adapt strategies for their own content area classrooms.

During the year following the Institute, teachers learn about strategies, adapt and try them in their own classrooms. They reflect on their own experiences with the strategies and share them with their colleagues in Follow-Up Workshops and online. The emphasis is on becoming knowledgeable about the strategies, experienced in the use of the framework for learning, and accomplished at strategy adaptation for their own students.

Participants who wish to extend their CEALL experience to become Teaching Consultants return to the Institute for a second year to elaborate their knowledge of strategies, and learn how to provide professional development for their schools and districts. At the conclusion of the second Institute, participants become Teaching Consultants (TCs), prepared to mentor colleagues and lead workshops for their own schools and districts.

Site-based Professional Development

Teaching Consultants are available to provide professional development for schools and districts who request our services. In addition, schools or districts who wish to involve their faculties in long-term professional development focused on disciplinary literacy may contact CEALL to arrange for long-term assistance in these efforts.

Upcoming Conference Information

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