Teacher Education and Professional Development Webinar Series: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

In our new Teacher Education and Professional Development Webinar Series, J-WEL members and the MIT community will come together to share their approaches to professional development for teachers. Guest speakers will share their organization’s approaches to professional development (PD) for educators, their program's goals, and any insights and best practices that have emerged due to COVID-19. Our expert speakers will share not only current opportunities and challenges in teacher education and professional development, but how they envision the future for educators. This series is interactive, and all sessions will include time for discussion and Q&A. All sessions are open to both the public and members of J-WEL. Tuesday, 1/26: Sharing Approaches to Teacher Professional Development Thursday, 2/4: Promoting Agency in Teacher Education and Development Wednesday, 2/24: Teacher Prep at MIT Tuesday, 3/9: Designing Professional Growth Opportunities for Educators Thursday, 3/18: Reimagining Teacher Preparation at the High Meadows Graduate School: A Competency-Based Model

Dr. Stacy Hawthorne Director of Online Learning The Davidson Academy Dr. Jessica Potts Online Curriculum Coordinator Humanities Instructor The Davidson Academy		Sharing Approaches to Teacher Professional Development Tuesday, January 26, 2021 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. ET View the recorded webinar here Webinar Description: Professional Development at Davidson Academy Online is as personalized and differentiated as the curriculum offered to their students. Administrators at Davidson Academy Online are able to utilize educational technology to revolutionize and personalize observations and course reviews, and the transparent nature of virtual classrooms allows for a more collaborative and teacher-led experience. Throughout this webinar, we will describe our PD processes and offer suggestions for adaptation and implementation of our techniques. Speaker Biographies: Dr. Stacy Hawthorne Dr. Jessica Potts

Dr. Edizon Fermin Vice President for Academic Affairs National Teachers College Noel Jeffrey Torregoza Director of Learning and Development Center for Education Innovation National Teachers College		Promoting Agency in Teacher Education and Development Thursday, February 4, 2021 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ET View the recorded webinar here. Webinar Description: Against the historical and regulatory backdrop of teacher education and development in the Philippines, the session illustrates how National Teachers College is responding uniquely to the need of establishing a culture of agency among pre-service and in-service teachers. The relationship of outcomes-driven learning experience design and employability-oriented delivery and assessment informs our approach to training. This also places emphasis on making the experience fun and frustration-free even for under-resourced teachers. How engagement is sustained using this framework in view of conditions of remote learning during the pandemic and perhaps, even beyond, will also be articulated in the hope of addressing issues of sustainability and scalability. Speaker Biographies: Dr. Edizon Fermin Noel Jeffrey Torregoza

Jennifer Gardony Program Manager Scheller Teacher Education Program, MIT		Teacher Prep at MIT Wednesday, February 24, 2021 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. ET View the recorded webinar here. Webinar Description: In this session, Jennifer Gardony, Program Manager for the MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program, talks about the unique way that MIT prepares undergraduates for their teaching career. She will touch on some of the challenges inherent in this work, and how her team is able to make adaptations to overcome these challenges. She will also speak about how Scheller's relationship with other colleges and labs within MIT strengthens their teacher training program. Speaker Biographies: Jennifer Gardony

Dr. Stephanie Couch Executive Director Lemelson-MIT Program Dr. Leigh Estabrooks Invention Education Officer Lemelson-MIT Program		Designing Professional Growth Opportunities for Educators Tuesday, March 9, 2021 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. ET View the recorded webinar here. Webinar Description: The Lemelson-MIT program has a 16-year history of helping educators learn ways of supporting the development of young inventors. This workshop will explore essential elements of the opportunities for learning afforded to educators during LMIT sponsored professional development sessions. Speaker Biographies: Dr. Stephanie Couch Dr. Leigh Estabrooks

Dr. Courtney Castle Director of Assessment High Meadows Graduate School Dr. Anjali Deshpande Faculty Mentor in Mathematics High Meadows Graduate School Dr. Peter Laipson Chief Academic Officer High Meadows Graduate School of Teaching & Learning Dr. Julianna Stockton Faculty Mentor in Mathematics High Meadows Graduate School		Reimagining Teacher Preparation at the High Meadows Graduate School: A Competency-Based Model Thursday, March 18, 2021 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. ET View the recorded webinar here. Webinar Description: The High Meadows Graduate School of Teaching and Learning, a new competency-based teacher education program built in collaboration with MIT, is reenvisioning the way that educators are prepared. This webinar will introduce the Graduate School's structure, including its competencies, with a particular focus on how we approach the competency of 'Teaching for Justice'; its distinctive challenge-based curriculum; its approach to assessment; and its approach to design and iteration. Speaker Biographies: Dr. Courtney Castle Dr. Anjali Deshpande Dr. Peter Laipson Dr. Julianna Stockton