ANSAA will be hosting the following workshops during the 2021-2022 school year. Administrators are encouraged to require faculty attendance at one of the August sessions. Registration for schools will be in May. An open registration for individuals will begin June 1, 2020. Instructions for individual registrations will be sent to the ANSAA administrators prior to that time. August 4, 2021 (Wednesday) / 9:00-noon / Harding Academy, Searcy
August 6, 2021 (Friday) / 9:00-noon / Fayetteville (exact location TBD)
August 12, 2021 (Thursday) / 9:00-noon / Pulaski Academy, Little Rock
“The Engaged Brain: Distance Lesson Design Done Better” / Katie Anderson, Presenter
Target Audience: Administrators and Teachers Grades K-12
Here is the workshop description: Active Engagement | Conscious Teaching
Here is the presenter’s bio: Katie-Anderson-Flyer.pdf (consciousteaching.com)
Participants will learn how to:
September 9, 2021 (Thursday) / 9:00-12:00, 12:30-3:30 / Little Rock (exact location TBD)
“Improving Teacher Development and Evaluation”/Phillip Warrick, Presenter
Target Audience: Educational Leaders
Description: Teachers cannot become great unless they are given the time, support, and tools to grow in their professional practice. Written for teachers, coaches, and educational leaders, this resource offers a paradigm-shifting approach to teacher development and evaluation. The author shares research-backed steps for improvement, outline the principles for successful observation, and offer extensive protocols designed to help readers fully implement the book’s recommendations.
August 6, 2021 (Friday) / 9:00-noon / Fayetteville (exact location TBD)
August 12, 2021 (Thursday) / 9:00-noon / Pulaski Academy, Little Rock
“The Engaged Brain: Distance Lesson Design Done Better” / Katie Anderson, Presenter
Target Audience: Administrators and Teachers Grades K-12
Here is the workshop description: Active Engagement | Conscious Teaching
Here is the presenter’s bio: Katie-Anderson-Flyer.pdf (consciousteaching.com)
Participants will learn how to:
- Break up direct instruction and increase retention of key information and concepts.
- Actively engage students regardless of special needs or language barriers.
- Differentiate instruction to support the learning of all students.
- Increase movement, laughter, and content-based talk in every lesson.
- Use current research in neuroscience to make strategic instructional decisions.
September 9, 2021 (Thursday) / 9:00-12:00, 12:30-3:30 / Little Rock (exact location TBD)
“Improving Teacher Development and Evaluation”/Phillip Warrick, Presenter
Target Audience: Educational Leaders
Description: Teachers cannot become great unless they are given the time, support, and tools to grow in their professional practice. Written for teachers, coaches, and educational leaders, this resource offers a paradigm-shifting approach to teacher development and evaluation. The author shares research-backed steps for improvement, outline the principles for successful observation, and offer extensive protocols designed to help readers fully implement the book’s recommendations.
- Recognize the failure of past teacher evaluation efforts and its relationship with stagnant teacher development.
- Understand why the professional growth of teachers is vital to the well-being of the educational system.
- Discover the beneficial influence of teacher self-reflection and self-rating on elements of effective instruction.
- Restructure systems of classroom observation and evaluation to improve their effectiveness and encourage teacher development.
- Learn new, more reliable methods of scoring teachers’ classroom practices and students’ academic growth.