NENTS 2.0: August 12th – 15th For Teachers Entering their 2nd – 5th Year of Teaching

NENTS 2.0 will enable teachers to build a foundation for lifelong growth through reflection and the development of a focused plan for improvement that builds on strengths, acknowledges needs, and identifies resources and supports.

Major themes for this program are:

Reflection: Becoming a reflective practitioner

Relationships: Understanding the importance of relationships in a classroom

• What do students need?
• How do I build/improve my relationships with students?
• What is the impact of my identity in building these relationships?

Classroom Organization: Organizing classrooms for learning

• What can cognitive science teach us about how learning happens, what works and what doesn’t?
• What classroom structures are helpful to and supportive of learning?
• How can we organize our classrooms and our lessons to best support student learning?

Instructional Design: Designing instruction to develop important skills and deep understanding

• What instructional strategies support student engagement and learning?
• What is the role of assessment and feedback?

Technology: How can we leverage the power of technology to better support student engagement and learning?