AFT Professional Development Summer Institute will be held:
July 22-29, 2010
The Maritime Institute
692 Maritime BLVD
Linthicum Heights, Maryland 21090
Winter Institute
January 13-16, 2011
The following courses require attendance at both the Summer and Winter Institutes
- Delivering Effective Professional Development
- Beginning Reading Instruction
- Foundations of Effective Teaching I: Organizing the Classroom Environment for Teaching and Learning
- Foundation of Effective Teaching II: Building Academic Success
- Instructional Strategies That Work for All Disciplines
- Lesson Study
- Managing Antisocial Behavior
- Managing Student Behavior for Support Staff
- Reading Comprehension Instruction
- School, Family and Community: Supporting Student Learning
- Thinking Mathematics 1: Ten Principles, Additive Structure
- Thinking Mathematics 2: Mulitplicative Structures, Proportional Reasoning
- Thinking Mathematics 3: Fractions, Decimals, Ratio
- Thinking Mathematics for Middle School: Journey to Algebra
The following courses DO NOT require attendance at the Winter Institute
- Differentiating Instruction
- Response to Intervention
- Making classroom Assessments Work for You
- Strategies for Student Success
Constructing Effective Classroom Assessments
What Effective Schools Do When Students Don't Succeed: The Power of Collaboration
Making Parents and Guardians Partners in Educating Students
Addressing Student Behavior and Anger in the Classroom
LINCS: A Learner Strategy
Using Questions to Teach and Learn
Interested members file an application, letters of recommendations and interview. Please e-mail qft809@hotmail.com to receive an application and further information pertaining to the AFT Educational Research and Dissemination Program. All expenses are paid by the AFT/IFT/QFT to attend the training. Once trained, trainers provide professional development at the IFT/QFT Conference Center for educators. Trainers receive a stipend for sessions taught.