Two letters of recommendation are also required for completion. Applicants can start the application, save, and return to it before the submission deadline. Resume List relevant education and teaching history. Special attention will be given to leadership roles held, recent professional development, student engagement techniques, and examples of innovative and adaptive teaching strategies. Short Answer Questions Explain your reasons for applying by responding to questions related to how your attendance will impact students, what teaching historical thinking looks like in your classroom, what collaborative contributions you can add as a participant, and your potential as an engaged alumni of the George Washington Teachers Institute.
Letters of Recommendation Two letters of recommendation addressing your skill, ability, and experience as a teacher and indicating support for your participation in the Institute are required. One letter must be from a person in a school or district leadership role where you are currently employed. The additional letter should be from an education colleague. You will be asked to submit the names of your two recommenders, who will then be asked to submit their letters through the application system.
Alumni Alumni of previous George Washington Teacher Institute Residential Programs will be asked to explain how they have integrated experiences and knowledge from the residential program they attended into their current practice. More details will be provided during the Institute. What are the Costs? All costs associated with institute resources, meals, and lodging are covered as part of your participation.
Participants will be responsible for booking travel. Daily challenges and word problems will reinforce skills learned as students investigate the wide world of numbers.
Students will learn that everyone can do math as they collaborate with others, build models, and solve problems emphasizing logic, critical thinking, and attention to detail. Academic Clubs Our signature Academic Clubs immerse students in themed learning environments. Each Academic Club sets a dramatic framework for learning by creating an imagined time and place where every child plays an important role.
Students experience hands-on, project-based learning designed to build language, content knowledge, and critical thinking with a variety of art forms. Students participate in one of three Academic Clubs. View Summer Project Brochure. Over the course of our 4-week adventure, students will participate in a plethora of arts-based and academic activities, culminating in an overarching digital project.
Exploring literary, social, political, and cultural contexts of this important time in American history will help strengthen their academic, social, and problem-solving skills. Whether your primary interests are in the visual or the performing arts, you will have the opportunity to contribute to all aspects of the summer project, while developing and applying academic skills in reading, writing, math, and the arts!
The virtual program sessions will be scheduled between am—pm; however, other scheduling options may be considered based on need. Should your child enroll in the Virtual Summer School program? The virtual option is built with flexibility in mind. This option might be right for you if you live outside the DMV or if your child has a challenging schedule. What is the focus of the Virtual Summer School program? The virtual summer program is primarily a maintenance program focusing on skill retention in reading, writing, and math.
Students will be in groups of four unless otherwise noted. Reading Students will engage in daily literacy instruction with an Orton- Gillingham trained tutor.
Students will practice daily oral reading and fluency development. These sessions provide the intensity and depth critical for emerging, developing, and proficient readers.
Lower school students will be paired with one other student; middle school students will be in groups of up to four students. Math Students will work in small groups consisting of a maximum of four students. Students are provided with opportunities to solve authentic math problems while giving ample opportunities to practice calculation skills. Math vocabulary will be highlighted.
The daily challenges will include math topics such as number sense, measurement, estimation, data science, and algebraic equations. Students will see the application of math skills to help them not only reinforce their skills but to also help increase their overall enjoyment of math.
Writing Writing skills will be strengthened by daily writing work. Writing strategies will be embedded into the content students are learning in reading and math. Students will incorporate textual evidence into their writing beginning at the sentence level and moving, as appropriate, into paragraphs and compositions.
Students will produce writing that requires all parts of the writing process: brainstorming, outlining, note taking, drafting, editing, and revising to create a polished final product. Other virtual tutoring opportunities are available. Please reach out to amy. Is your student ready to move beyond the basics and advance their writing skills? Through small-group instruction, students will develop strategies to increase sophistication of vocabulary, sentence structure, and multi-paragraph essays.
Students will leave with a toolkit to tackle future writing assignments. Students will:. Rising 9th—12th grade Lab students are guided through their assigned summer reading book with a specific focus on reading comprehension techniques, executive functioning strategies, and independent learning and self-advocacy skills. Two times per week, Speech-Language Pathologists will:. Instruction is highly individualized and systematically targets development of reading and spelling skills.
A variety of research- based reading and spelling resources using the Orton-Gillingham approach may be utilized, specific to the needs of each child. Storytelling skills are the building blocks of communication, friendships, and comprehension.
Do they skip details or go off on tangents when talking about their day? Using interactive digital and art platforms, students will develop language skills to bring their stories to life through the creation of comics and movies. Within a small group, students will learn tools for planning a complete, well-organized narrative.
Calling all detectives! It is time to put your sleuthing skills to work! Help your child become more at ease with the writing process! Through small-group instruction, students will develop tools to prepare for writing in a variety of academic contexts. Students will leave with a toolkit to tackle future writing assignments! For more information on all Speech and Language programs, please contact Kelly Mills at —— or kelly. Hands-on Fun! Handwriting, keyboarding, puzzles, mazes, projects!
Join the team of occupational therapists to work on fine motor skills and improve handwriting, keyboarding, and use of tools. Each day will include activities that improve visual motor integration. Using fun tasks, and drills, therapists will develop a progression of just-right challenges within a developmental framework to build the necessary skills needed for written communication such as handwriting and keyboarding.
They will also present visual-spatial tasks including puzzles, mazes, and reading charts and graphs. NEH offers tuition-free opportunities for K educators and higher education faculty to study a variety of humanities topics.
Applications for all programs close on March 1, Questions regarding applications and program requirements should be directed to program project directors. For other inquiries, please email email regarding Summer Institutes and email regarding Landmarks of American History and Culture. Who Should Apply? What will teachers accomplish during the Institute?
What is provided for Institute participants? What is expected of Institute participants? Completion of pre-Institute assignments Participation in the entire Institute; plan to arrive each day at the Museum by a. Active contribution of ideas during the Institute Sharing of lesson ideas on the final day of the Institute.
What are teachers saying about the Institute? What is the Impact for Students? Evaluation has shown: Stronger student writing Greater participation from hard-to-reach students Improved student capacity for evidence-based inferencing Increased academic confidence for students of all ability levels Transfer of critical thinking skills from visual texts to written texts. How to Apply Updated application information will be available in January
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