Maine ASCD proudly announces our FALL CONFERENCE on Friday, October 29, 2010 at Keeley Banquet Center in Portland. Maine's own BEA MCGARVEY will present a timely workshop entitled SUPERVISING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF TEACHING based on work she has done with Robert Marzano whose book of the same name is influencing teacher development and school improvement around the world.
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The book The Art and Science of Teaching provides a comprehensive framework for teaching that integrates the work found in three previous books: Classroom Instruction that Works, Classroom Management that Works, and What Works in Schools. The Art and Science of Teaching outlines 10 critical areas of instructional practice, along with specific strategies for each area. In this session, Bea addresses how teachers and administrators might supervise (that is ensure and support) the art and science of teaching in a way that keeps the focus of attention on student learning (as opposed to use of specific instructional strategies) and allows individual teachers flexibility and creativity in their teaching practices. It also provides a new framework for lesson observation and lesson design that breaks lessons into basic segments, each with its own expectations regarding teacher behavior. Participants will gain an understanding of:
* the science and research behind strategies that have a high probability of increasing student achievement;
* the complexity of the teaching/learning process;
* the 10 essential questions to guide lesson design;
* practical strategies for implementing the 10 essential questions;
* how teacher instructional rounds can be used to enhance collaboration and improve pedagogical skills;
* how a school or district can use The Art and Science of Teaching to develop and implement a comprehensive approach to supervision.
This workshop will provide useful and inspiring information for practicing and pre-service all teachers, school and district leaders, particularly principals, curriculum directors, superintendents. Cost for Maine ASCD members is $99 ($139 all others) which includes lunch.
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Bea McGarvey, a senior associate with the Marzano Research Lab, has worked as a private educational consultant for the past ten years, Mrs. McGarvey has a reputation for successfully consulting with educators throughout the United States and Canada in the areas of standards implementation, teaching and learning, leadership and organizational development. Her knowledge and experience is vast, a result of the thirty-year career she enjoyed in Maine schools - as a classroom teacher, as a middle school counselor and administrator, and as a district and state leader, including serving as Executive Director of Education for the Portland Public Schools in Portland, Maine and as President of Maine ASCD. Her affiliation with Dr. Robert Marzano and Dr. Debra Pickering spans more than 20 years and includes implementing their research and practices in the classroom and at the school and district levels. Currently, as a consultant for Marzano Research Lab, she leads school communities to become more student centered, focusing vital resources on strategies and processes with the potential to make a difference in student learning. Specifically, she teaches educators the concepts and strategies in: The Art and Science of Teaching, Formative Classroom Assessment and Grading, Dimensions of Learning, Classroom Instruction That Works, What Works In Schools, Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement, and Supervising Learning, Total Leadership Her clients have included numerous state and national educational organizations and agencies and more than 100 schools or districts in the U.S and Canada. Mrs. McGarvey received her B.S. degree in Elementary Education from Gorham State Teachers College and her M.Ed degree in Counseling from the University of Southern Maine. Additionally, she is a faculty trainer for International ASCD and is co-author of the annual publication, The Future Is Now: Shifts and Trends That are Redefining Organizations, Careers, and Life andTotal Leaders: a Leadership Curriculum, used by the Pennsylvania Leadership Development Consortium and co-author with Charles Schwahn of a soon to be published book: Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning.