The Context of Change
November 7 and 21, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Five different locations across Illinois
View the entire packet of information (PDF) sent to MATL alumni, including a letter from the Dean.
This exciting opportunity is available to alumni of the Saint Xavier University MATL Program who graduated prior to 2007. You have just become "grandfathered" by the state and can qualify for the new Teacher Leader Endorsement upon completion of this two-day course. Learn the latest instructional and leadership strategies for the 21st century, qualify for the endorsement, and become reacquainted with old classmates and friends!
A faculty member selected from the Teaching and Leadership program will facilitate the course at each location. The faculty member will guide you in completing the final endorsement steps. The course’s action plan assignment will be consistent with applications you are most familiar. View the course syllabus (PDF).
Joining us live via Web conference:
Author of Leaders as Teachers (ASTD)
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Ed Betof joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in the summer of 2007 where he is the Senior Fellow and an Academic Director for the first-of-a-kind doctoral program at a major university designed for the preparation of Chief Learning Officers. Ed is also a faculty member for the Institute for Management Studies. He serves as a consultant and executive coach to leaders in corporations, academia and school districts including school superintendents.
Ed has held adjunct faculty appointments at the Center for Creative Leadership, Penn State University. Ed is the author of Leaders as Teachers: Unlock the Teaching Potential of Your Company’s Best and Brightest (2009), lead author of Just Promoted! (1992) and has contributed to numerous journals and professional publications.
Author of "Understanding By Design" (ASCD)
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Jay McTighe is an accomplished author, having co-authored ten books, including the best-selling Understanding by Design series with Grant Wiggins. He has written more than thirty articles and book chapters, published in a number of leading journals, including Educational Leadership (ASCD) and The Developer (National Staff Development Council). He served as Director of the Maryland Assessment Consortium, a state collaboration of school districts developing formative performance assessments. Jay is well known for his work with "thinking skills," having coordinated statewide efforts to develop instructional strategies, curriculum models, and assessment procedures for improving the quality of student thinking.
The Teacher Leader Seminar will be offered in five locations:
The registration fee covers the two-day course, including breakfast and lunch both days, and one hour of graduate credit. Space is limited and participation will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Update your colleagues on how to affect change in the classroom and become teacher leaders. Invite any two guests to preregister prior to October 26 and they attend for $50, which covers breakfast and lunch.
Please complete one form per participant. Return the form(s) with the registration fee(s), payable by check only to Saint Xavier University, 3700 W. 103rd Street, Chicago, IL 60655.
If you have questions regarding the registration, please contact Shirley Smiley at (708) 802-6215 or smiley@sxu.edu. If you have questions about the Teacher Leader Endorsement, contact Larry Sondler at (773) 298-3970 or sondler@sxu.edu.
These events are being held in collaboration with Saint Xavier University School of Education, the international Renewal institute, the Consortium for 21st Century Skills, the Quad-Cities Graduate Study Center, the Two Rivers Professional Development Center, the University Center of Lake County and the West 40 Collaborative Learning Center.
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