Description
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.
Vanessa – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Terri – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It provided some good direction for teachers just getting started with creating learning stations.
Mary – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
This course was VERY good at providing modeling, variety and creative ways to for centers. She not only showed successes but also provided options if it is not going so well!
sandra – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great way to understand centers and they way it should work.
Shana – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Loved the ideas!
Bronwyn – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It was good and I got great ideas about putting kids into groups.
MELANIE – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
i would really rather have been in the class!
Evangelina – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
GREAT COURSE!
Treceda – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I think this was a great course to teaching flexible group strategies. The instructor made it interesting and something that is attainable without feeling overloaded.
Traci – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
Great tips on groupings