The functions of sleep remain largely unknown, a surprising fact given the vast amount of time it takes from our lives. Explore amazing research, featured in an episode of CBS’s 60 Minutes, that suggests that sleep might enhance our memories by remodeling our brains, as well as rebalance our emotional brain activity, to prepare us for next-day social and psychological challenges.

Matt Walker, Associate Professor and Director of the Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory at UC Berkeley, is a Kavil Fellow of the National Academy of Science. His research uses a number of neuroimaging techniques to understand the role of sleep in human brain function. He received a National Science Foundation fellowship in 2002, and has since been awarded numerous National Institutes of Health awards.

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This three-part workshop is designed to sharpen our practice and increase our confidence in using discussion as an effective teaching tool in the classroom. First we’ll look at discussion as a tool to help students think out loud, explore the relationships between ideas, and deepen their understanding of significant questions and problems. Next, we’ll look at how to encourage students’ persistence in reaching for meaning and how to make even partial insights and wrong turns a part of the process. Finally, we’ll consider next steps and techniques for capturing and assessing both individual and collective learning.

Participants are encouraged to bring some discussion questions that have worked for them, as well as some that haven’t.

Kate Moore is the English Department Chair at the Branson School. She offered a similar workshop in 2008 and is back by popular request!
This workshop is most appropriate for teachers in grades 6 – 12.
DATE: Thursday, January 12, 2012

TIME: 8:45 – noon

PLACE: The Bay School, 35 Keyes Ave., in the San Francisco Presidio 94129

COST: $75 for Collaborative members; $100 for non-members

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How can we help students become more comfortable taking risks and speaking out in a group? Are you interested in new ways to teach and assess comprehension? You are invited to join us for a morning workshop on “Comprehension Through Conversation,” a hot topic in literacy today as we consider the tools the 21st Century learner will need for the future.  The goal of this workshop will be to look at the way teachers can talk with students and lead them in interactive discussions about texts and topics across the curriculum. You will learn strategies for teaching discussion expectations and how to get kids to “dig deeper” in their conversations. The workshop is appropriate for teachers K through 4 – yes, even Kindergarten!

Erin Murphy, who leads this workshop, is the Primary School Director at Marin Primary and Middle School. She has worked for a number of years in the area of literacy research, specifically in “Teacher Talk”, how teachers facilitate comprehension through conversation. She is currently consulting with a local public school on this topic.

How can we help students become more comfortable taking risks and speaking out in a group? Are you interested in new ways to teach and assess comprehension? You are invited to join us for a morning workshop on “Comprehension Through Conversation,” a hot topic in literacy today as we consider the tools the 21st Century learner will need for the future.The goal of this workshop will be to look at the way teachers can talk with students and lead them in interactive discussions about texts and topics across the curriculum. You will learn strategies for teaching discussion expectations and how to get kids to “dig deeper” in their conversations. The workshop is appropriate for teachers K through 4 – yes, even Kindergarten!Erin Murphy is the Primary School Director at Marin Primary and Middle School. She has worked for a number of years in the area of literacy research, specifically in “Teacher Talk”, how teachers facilitate comprehension through conversation. She is currently consulting with a local public school on this topic.

DATE: Tuesday, December 6, 2011

TIME: 8:30 – noon

PLACE: The Bay School, 35 Keyes Ave., in the San Francisco Presidio 94129 COST: $75 for Collaborative members; $100 for non-members.

Registration is now closed.