2009 Advanced Summer Institute: EfS Curriculum Design Studio

Registration is open! Register HERE

Agenda


Essential Question: What does it take to design curricula that educates for a sustainable future from Pre-K-12th grade?

How can we design elegant units of study that educate for sustainability? What tools are available to us to do so? What are the core EfS content and performance standards/outcomes and indicators we can use to design learning opportunities and assess student learning? How can we align EfS Core Standards/Outcomes with the ones our school/our State require? Can we integrate EfS units into our curriculum mapping software? How can Understanding by Design or a “backwards design” approach contribute to the design of EfS curricula? What explicit criteria can we use to assess student work for evidence of EfS? How do we plan for vertical and horizontal integration of the EfS Standards/Outcomes and Indicators? Can we see some exemplars of EfS units that other teachers and schools have developed? Can we see exemplary student work from those schools? 

This institute is designed for faculty teams, curriculum supervisors and their teams and individuals who are interested in addressing these and any other questions you have about designing curriculum units that educate for sustainability. For those schools that are ready for vertical and lateral curriculum mapping and integration of EfS across the curriculum, time will be set aside for “big picture planning” as well.

Content of the Week:

Deepen content knowledge and skill development in EfS: Mini sessions will be woven throughout the EfS Curriculum Design Studio to provide participants with advanced knowledge and skill development within the Cloud Institute’s EfS core content areas.

Plan and design EfS curriculum units with aligned and available library and multi-media resources, coaching and peer review opportunities at appropriate intervals

Learn how to assess EfS curriculum units 
Learn how to assess student work for attributes of EfS knowledge skills and attitudes

Conduct a strengths assessment of your operating curriculum for evidence of the content, skills and best instructional practices of EfS 

We will also be launching our Online EfS Curriculum Design Studio and Gallery™ which will be available to our clients and partners who would like to participate over time in online curriculum design and coaching sessions in addition to exchanging final units with other educators through our Gallery. The Gallery will serve as a robust curriculum commons for teachers to contribute and to draw on, exemplary EfS units of study Pre-K-12 across the disciplines. Also available will be our Curriculum Design Studio in a Box!

WHO: 
All are welcome—and it will be particularly useful for:
Teachers
Curriculum Designers
Administrators
Grade level teams
Disciplinary and interdisciplinary teams

WHEN:
Monday July 20th to Friday July 24th, 9-4PM
The Introduction to Sustainability Workshop will be held on Sunday, July 19th from 9-3PM. Every participant must have taken this course prior to participating in the Advanced Summer Institute. 

WHERE: 
The Cloud Institute office, 307 7th Avenue, Suite 1201, NY, NY 10025 

COST: 
Monday-Friday: $750 
Sunday Introduction to Sustainability Workshop: $100


REGISTER HERE


LODGING:

Hotel Chelsea: www.hotelchelsea.com - (212) 243-3700 
222 W23rd St (between 7th and 8th Ave )

Chelsea Lodge: www.chelsealodge.com - (212) 243-4499 
318 West 20th Street (between 8th and 9th Ave )

Chelsea Star Hotel www.starhotelny.com - (212) 271-0856 
300 West 30th Street (at 8th Ave )

Four Points By Sheraton Manhattan Chelsea www.starwoodhotels.com
160 West 25th Street (between 6th and 7th Ave )
(212) 627-1888 

Comfort Inn Chelsea New York: www.comfortinn.com - (212) 645-3990 
18 W25th Street (between Broadway and 6th Avenue )

Chelsea International Hostel: www.chelseahostel.com - (212) 647-0010 
251 W20th Street (between 7th and 8th Ave )

Chelsea Pines Inn*: www.chelseapinesinn.com - (212) 929-1023 
317 W14th Street (between 8th and 9th Ave )
*This hotel will be a 20 minute walk from our office.



CONTACT: 
Marie-Claire Munnelly, Program Manager, for more details: (212)645-9930 ext *822