CILC E-Flash: Professional Development at Your Desktop

Free Spotlight Session: Learn at Your Desktop

Ever wonder if your homework strategies are working? Ever actually wonder WHAT kind of homework strategy you have?

This homework session was originally scheduled for February, 2010; it's now being offered as you gear up for the 2010-2011 school year.

Join Jeff Harker, long time middle school educator, as he explores current homework practices and beliefs about homework and its effectiveness. Jeff will investigate research and ideas compiled by Dr. Cathy Vatterott, Associate Professor of Education at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.

This webinar will examine a definition of homework and explore homework from a historical perspective. Jeff will also delve into the purpose and nature of homework via questions and explore possible changes in strategies.

Jeff is a 20 year veteran of the middle school classroom. He is the math department head at Fall Creek Valley Middle School in Indianapolis, Indiana, and he has spent the last 8 years as a professional development provider and literacy coach presenting in his school district, the state of Indiana and across the country. Jeff is also a cross-country coach (it's probably how he keeps up with his students and his own kids)as well as a husband and the father of three.

Develop a passion for learning in your students with CILC's Student and Community Package

Student/Community Partnerships

Using Problem Based Learning strategies and partnering with outside experts and peers, teachers lead students to delve into authentic topics that affect their communities and their lives.

Teachers will

• help students use technology to create real-life learning experiences and collaborations.
• be empowered to make the community part of their classrooms.
• engage students in a study of timely community issues.
• watch student engagement build as they develop inquiry, research, and communication skills.

Don't Wait!
Contact Monica Cougan today for information on how you can get your school/district involved! 317-231-6526