Learning Centers, Merging Content and Literacy Skills, 4th-12th Grade (3-Hour)

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Presenter: Katherine McKnight, Ph.D.
Core Area: Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 3

Learning centers are a wonderful way to bring interactive, engaging learning into your classroom–and they are perfect for differentiated instruction. But how do you know if you’re making the most of your learning centers? In this helpful course from Katie McKnight, Ph.D., you’ll get strategies and a helpful checklist to make your centers effective. 

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Description

In this course enjoyable course, Katie McKnight, Ph.D., gives straightforward strategies to make the most of your learning centers. She explains the essential elements of a well-planned center, as well as the construction of flexible groups that will maximize each student’s ability to gain from the station and come away with an Aha moment.

This course will give you:

  • A helpful checklist for creating centers
  • Helpful center strategies
  • A grasp of kinesthetic visualization
  • Tips for learning center structure and management
  • The ability to create flexible groups to meet different goals

Presenter Bio

Dr. Katherine McKnight is a dynamic presenter, dedicated teacher, and award-winning author. Dr. McKnight began her career in education over 30 years ago as a middle school and high school English and social studies teacher in the Chicago Public Schools and appointed as Distinguished Professor of Research at National Louis University. In addition to speaking at professional development conferences, she is a regular consultant in schools and classrooms in the United States and Europe.
She is the founder of Engaging Learners, an educational company built around her successful Literacy and Learning Center model. Her work in educational leadership, literacy and student skill development has resulted in unprecedented academic achievement in many struggling schools.
Dr. McKnight has received several awards for her publications and teaching at the university level. She has authored 17 books that support educational strategies to engage all learners. Her titles include the best-selling The Teacher’s Big Book of Graphic Organizers, winner of the 2013 Teachers’ Choice Award. She’s also written The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom, Teaching Writing in the Inclusive Classroom, and the twin volumes: Common Core Literacy for Math, Science, and Technical Subjects, and Common Core Literacy for ELA, History/Social Studies, and the Humanities: Strategies to Deepen Content Knowledge – Grades 6-12. 

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138 reviews for Learning Centers, Merging Content and Literacy Skills, 4th-12th Grade (3-Hour)

  1. Monica – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –

    I loved it

  2. Virginia – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed this very much and plan on implementing some of the strategies shown today.

  3. Sherilyn – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –

    Good strategies!

  4. Martha – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –

    Very enjoyable!

  5. Roel – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    Very well developed and the delivery mode was excellent. This material brings to light many of the questions new teachers have and provides both solutions and answers.

  6. Rocio – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    This course provides great examples!

  7. Danielle – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    This course was very informative. It clearly outlines how to incorporate learning stations in all content areas. I would recommend this course to coworkers.

  8. Alondra – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –

    I loved the presentation, very informative and interactive.

  9. Emily – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –

    Really good resources, just a very long course

  10. ALFREDO – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –

    Its a good experience to review and find new ways to work in groups in detail.

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