Our continuing education sessions have been developed to meet the needs of our community.  They are open to individuals as well as school groups, unless noted.  Do you have specific learning objectives for your school or learning community?  Contact us about designing something to fit your needs.

• Cognitive Coaching℠ 8-Day Foundations Course: Leadership Training to Support and Enhance Teacher Thinking Processes  Learn More
  

• Knowing and Doing Science: An Exploration of 3D Learning and Teaching with the NEW SC Science Standards  Learn More
• Instructional Strategies for Mathematics Success:  Strategies to increase knowledge and confidence in using research-based practices for the mathematics classroom.  Learn More

 

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Cognitive Coaching℠ 8-Day Foundations Course

Overview
The 8-Day Foundations Course is a year-long leadership training course designed for administrators and instructional coaches.  Participants learn the skills needed to support and enhance teacher thinking processes.

The mission of Cognitive Coaching℠ is to produce self-directed persons with the cognitive capacity for excellence both independently and as members of a community. Research indicates that teaching is a complex intellectual activity and that teachers who think at higher levels produce students who are higher achieving, more cooperative, and better problem solvers. It is the invisible skills of teaching, the thinking processes that underlie instructional decisions, which produce superior instruction.

​Cognitive Coaching℠ is a research-based model that capitalizes upon and enhances teachers' cognitive processes.

Learning Outcomes
Meeting a total of 8-days during the 2023-2024 school year, participants will learn to:

• build trust by developing physical and verbal rapport.
• develop an identity as a mediator of people's thinking.
• utilize three mediative maps for planning, reflecting and problem resolving.
• facilitate self-directed learning through reflective questioning.
• develop teachers' autonomy and sense of community.
• develop higher levels of efficacy, consciousness, craftsmanship, flexibility and interdependence.
• distinguish four support functions: coaching, evaluating, consulting, collaborating.
• practice coaching interactions to differentiate for individual needs.
• utilize the coaching toolkit of pause, paraphrase, and pose a question.
• apply coaching skills that enhance the intellectual processes of instruction.
• distinguish between the five categories of feedback.

Cost
$1,000/participant
Materials are included.  Lunch will not be provided.

Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school?  Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.

Columbia Location:

Location:
EdVenture Children's Museum
211 Gervais St,
Columbia, SC 29201
Think Tank (Lower Level)
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Dates:
Day 1: Friday, Sept. 22, 2023
Day 2: Friday, Oct. 13, 2023
Day 3: Friday, Nov. 10, 2023
Day 4: Friday, Dec. 8, 2023
Day 5: Friday, Jan. 19, 2024
Day 6: Friday, Feb. 16, 2024
Day 7: Friday, Mar. 8, 2024
Day 8: Friday, Mar. 22, 2024
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ALTERNATIVE Weather Make-up date:
Friday, April 12, 2024

Register for Cognitive Coaching 8-Day Foundation Course

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Knowing and Doing Science: An Exploration of
3D Learning and Teaching with the NEW SC Science Standards

Overview
Understand the format of the 2021 SC College and Career Ready Science Standards and explore the Three Dimensions of Science:

• Science and Engineering Practices (SEP)
• Crosscutting Concepts (CCC)
• Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI)

Training will be offered for school or district groups looking to to delve into the 2021SC Science Standards.

Learning Outcomes
Participants will:

• explore the 3 Dimensions of Science through phenomenon-based lessons that are age and grade appropriate.
• examine the development, structure, and rigor of the 2021 South Carolina Science Standards.
• develop an understanding of the connections between grade-level content and the 3 Dimensions of Science.

Location
Our Education Specialist will facilitate this training to your school or district location.

Download Informational Flyer

Contact us for more information or to schedule your training.

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Instructional Strategies for Mathematics Success

Overview
This series of professional learning sessions focuses on increasing teacher knowledge and confidence in using research-based practices for the mathematics classroom. The strategies shared will provide immediate support for the many challenges teachers and learners have faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The foundation of the sessions is based on using mathematics learning progressions and worthwhile tasks to measure student proficiency and identify gaps in mathematics learning and design instruction to address learner needs.

Training will be offered for school or district groups.

Learning Outcomes
Participants will:

• examine research and the SCCCR standards to create learning progressions.
• analyze student work to identify current student understanding and next steps for instruction.
• learn the characteristics of worthwhile mathematics tasks.
• recognize instructional routines to provide ongoing practice and review of mathematics concepts to support retention.
• explore virtual manipulatives and learn strategies for incorporating them into mathematics lessons.  
• will engage in strategies to incorporate literacy into mathematics classes, including vocabulary development and facilitating mathematics discussions. 

Location
Our Education Specialist will facilitate this training to your school or district location.

Download Informational Flyer

Contact us for more information or to schedule your training.