CESNW Calendar

Upcoming events

Summer Institutes 2006

Learn more about the upcoming CESNW Summer Institutes by visiting the information and registration page.

Seminars

Monthly seminars are open to all teachers and other schools people interested in discussing key school issues related to the Common Principles of the Coalition of Essential Schools. Those new to CES will be able to participate with teachers with long experience with CES ideas. CES is a national school reform network of like minded teachers dedicated to a set of common principles. CES Northwest is the regional center committed to helping local schools share knowledge and best practices.

Seattle Seminars
Thursday October 27	How can essential questions help emphasize depth over breadth? Meeting minutes | Bloom | Creating Essential Questions (EQ) | Definitions of types of Questions.doc | EQ chart | EQ criteria | Which are good EQ The following are courtesy Patricia Moorhead of Inglewood Junior High: World Foods Unit - Intro Sheet | Who Am I?
Tuesday November 29	How can we differentiate instruction to reach all students? Meeting minutes | Resource list | 8 ways to get smart | Critical Questions about Tiered Lessons | DI how to | DI level I assignment | DI level II assignment | DI level III assignment | Differentiated Instruction IS IS NOT | Managing the Differentiated Classroom.doc | Needs of Advanced Learners blank | Needs of Struggling Learners blank | Reflective Questions to Consider in Differentiating Instruction | Tiered Lesson
Tuesday January 31	How can we increase personalization in the classroom? Meeting minutes | poem: Indian Boarding School
Tuesday February 28	How can we design projects for students to exhibit knowledge and skills?
Thursday March 30	How can we have unanxious, yet high, expectations for all students? Minutes | Exhibition planning steps | Power House Senior Culminating Project | Resources for Classroom/Grade Level Exhibitions | Performance and Exhibitions: The Demonstration of Mastery
Tuesday April 25	How can we have more democratic classrooms? Agenda | Restitution Contract | My Job Is | Achieve, Inc. - Press release: 40% of American HS Graduates are Unprepared | Raising the Bar, Guaranteeing the Results by Kathleen Cushman | Behavior in a Thoughtful School: The Principle of Decency by Kathleen Cushman | Empowering Students: Essential Schools' Missing Link by Kathleen Cushman

All seminars are held from 4 - 6 PM in the library at Highline's Tyee High School in SeaTac (get directions). They are free, excellent snacks are provided, and clock hours are available for those attending 2 or more seminars.

Portland Seminars
Monday October 10	How can teachers assess Habits of the Mind?
Monday November 14	How can we increase student voice in the classroom?
Monday December 12	How can looking at student work inform instruction?
Monday January 9	How can students demonstrate what they know in classroom exhibitions Exhibition planning steps | Qualities of Authentic Performance | Resources for Classroom or Culminating Exhibitions | Anatomy of an Exhibition
Thursday March 2	How can emphasizing depth or breadth exist in a standards-based environment?
Date to be determined	How can students become the primary workers in the classroom?
Monday April 17	TBD
Monday May 8	TBD

All seminars will be held in the Wellness Center (2nd floor) of the Wild Oats Market on 15th and Fremont in NE Portland (get directions). Clock hours are available for participants from Washington state.