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Today, the Center for Teaching launched two Edward E. Ford Foundation cohorts. These cohorts are being funded by a leadership grant that the Center for Teaching at The Westminster Schools received from the Edward E. Ford Foundation. This two-year grant will fund four cohorts that will involved 40 faculty in the Atlanta area. One cohort…
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Over my holiday, I read a number of books but the one that inspired this blog article was My Stroke of Insight, by Dr. Jill Bolton Taylor. If you have not read it, I highly recommend it as a journey into the life of a stroke survivor’s recovery and the challenges she faced along her…
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In our workshop today, we want new teachers to reflect on their “teaching and learning styles.” Our goals through these activities are to help them see themselves as teachers and learners, reflect on what impact their personality has on how they teach and learn, and how this understanding can inform their practice. We bring to…
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In our New Teacher 101 workshop as part of the Center for Teaching’s Summer Institute, Brandi Sabb, one of the co-facilitators, did an activity today that worked really well. She gave teachers very simple instructions as follows: construct a 2-D map of the world from memory that includes the seven continents. work individually, no sharing…
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At the Center for Teaching, we are sponsoring a workshop with teachers who are new to their schools, new to the profession, or changing from a different profession to teaching. Our three-day workshop is focused on “learning the craft” or “getting ready for the classroom.” We have 13 teachers collaborating on a variety of activities…
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