{"id":3344,"date":"2015-05-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/summertime-learning-opportunities\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:55:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:55:02","slug":"summertime-learning-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/summertime-learning-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime Learning Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10808 alignright\" alt=\"Summer\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Summer-300x199.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" \/>Are you starting to think about how you might use your summer? Vacation? Summer camps for your kids? Creating a summertime learning plan with a list of books to read?<\/p>\n<p>There are also four professional development opportunities available that might help you think more deeply about how you can transform your district and school to a competency-based model.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Even if you don&#8217;t live there you can sign up for Michigan&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/edtechspecialists.com\/webinars\/summer-series-of-webinars-on-competency-based-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Competency-Based Education Webinar series<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.sau17.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sanborn Regional School District<\/a> in New Hampshire is offering a <b>Competency Education Design Studio<\/b> on July 22 -24. This is a new learning opportunity that\u2019s never been offered before. The facilitators include Rose Colby, Competency Education Specialist;\u00a0Dr. Brian Blake, Superintendent of Schools; and Ellen Hume-Howard, Director of Curriculum. You\u2019ll hear from district staff including Ann Hadwen, Donna Johnson, Sandy Rutherford, Brian M. Stack, Michael Turmelle, Jonathan Vander Els, and Ann Rutherford. Mariane Gfroerer, Supervisor NH Performance Assessment, and Paul Leather, Deputy Commissioner New Hampshire Department of Education will be there as well. \u00a0For more information, email Ellen Hume Howard at ehumehoward(at)sau17(dot)org.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reinventingschools.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reinventing Schools Coalition<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marzanoresearch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marzano Research Labs<\/a>\u00a0are offering a two-day Conference on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reinventingschools.org\/2015\/02\/24\/implementing-a-competency-based-high-school-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Implementing a Competency-Based High School System<\/a><\/strong>. It is July 13-14 in Denver, CO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bacademy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Day and Evening Academy<\/a> is once again offering the <b>REAL Institute,\u00a0<\/b>July 13-16 in Boston, Massachusetts. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bacademy.org\/#%21real\/c17zi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>For districts and schools that are addressing the need to lift their instruction and assessment to higher levels, you might want to consider going to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforcollaborativeeducation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Collaborative Education<\/a>\u2019s <b><a href=\"http:\/\/events.r20.constantcontact.com\/register\/event?oeidk=a07eaeuxqixad33d3e2&amp;llr=lz7av5iab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quality Performance Assessment Summer Institute<\/a>,\u00a0<\/b>July 13-16 in Boston, Massachusetts. <a href=\"https:\/\/events.r20.constantcontact.com\/register\/eventReg?llr=lz7av5iab&amp;oeidk=a07eaeuxqixad33d3e2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you go to one of these trainings, we\u2019d love to hear about your three to five big takeaways! 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