Summer Teachers' Institute

Use summer to explore innovative ideas, catch up on new professional development opportunities, and earn graduate credit. Join your colleagues for stimulating graduate courses - most in an intensive, one-week format - taught by highly experienced teachers on Goucher College's beautiful campus just north of Baltimore. The Teachers' Institute at Goucher College offers graduate-level courses for teachers, supervisors, support personnel, school nurses, and administrators.

Week 1 (June 24-28, 2013)

Brain-based Research: Implications for the Classroom Teacher
ED 608.902 Maureen Flanigan
M-F 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Special Project Seminar in Reading Intervention: Vocabulary and Comprehension
(3 credits)
ED 638.902  Rebecca Fischer and Nancy Perkins
M-F 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Educational Technology Applications in the Classroom
ED 648.902   Warren Nelson
M-F 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Weeks 1 and 2 (June 24-28 and July 8-12, 2013; no classes July 1-5, 2013)

Applying Technology in the Math Classroom (3 credits)
ED 664.909 Heather Dexter
M-F 8:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.

Teachers as Writers, Writers as Teachers (3 credits)
ED 695.909  Margaret Meacham
M-F 8:30 - 11:30 A.M.

Teaching and Learning with Young Adult Literature (3 credits)
ED 696.909  Margaret Meacham
M-F 12:30 - 3:30 P.M.

Week 2 (July 8-12, 2013)

Supporting Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders through Inclusive Practices
(3 credits)
ED 609.903 Andrea Parrish
M-F 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Differentiating Instruction: Responding to Every Student's Needs (3 credits)
ED 610.903 Leslie Grahn
M-F 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. 

Teaching Students to Write Using Multiple Strategies: Issues of Correctness (3 credits)
ED 620B.903 Rebecca Gault
M-F 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
 

Remedial Reading Techniques for Students with Severe Reading Difficulties (3 credits)
ED 647.903  Ann Bain
M-F 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Educational Technology Applications in the Classroom
ED 648.903   Warren Nelson
M-F 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Values - Educating for Character (1.5 credits)
ED 651.903  Barbara Bisset
M-F 9:00 A.M.- 12:00 P.M.

Mediation of Conflict (1.5 credits)
ED 652.903 Claire Salkowski
M-F 1:00 - 4:00 P.M.