Participation in this workshop is free. You may also sign up for
graduate
credit, which is available at a reasonable cost.
Getting the Materials
You may watch our the workshop via Vide on Demand online, or purchase
videocassettes/DVDs and the print guide from our online catalog. The facilitator's guide is available as a PDF under Support
Materials Printable Guide (PDF) on this Web site.
If you are participating in a group session, your facilitator will give
you a copy of the print guide or request that you print the PDF for yourself
from this Web site. Your facilitator will give you any instructions concerning
meeting time and place, what you should bring to sessions, and work you
should do outside the group sessions.
Using the Materials
The guide and Web site provide background, activities, discussion questions,
homework assignments, and resources to supplement the workshop session programs
and provide a robust professional development experience. They also provide
information for facilitators to plan and structure group sessions.
Workshop sessions generally are held weekly for at least two hours.
The workshop guide describes pre- and post-viewing activities and discussion
to fill out the remainder of the session. The guide also provides homework
to expand on what you have learned and prepare you for the next session.
Note: If you are taking the workshop for graduate credit, there is additional
required
coursework.
If you are leading a group session, read our Facilitator
Guide and the workshop
guide for more information on planning and facilitating this workshop.
Use Teacher-Talk,
the workshop's email discussion list, to continue exploration of ideas outside
the workshop session.
