The Madison Institute - Education Resource Partners

Workshop: Project Able and TMI School Membership - FREE Information Session and Symposium for Educational Leaders

Category: Educational

Location: Paragon FCU 100 Paragon Drive Montvale NJ 07645

Date: 6/15/2010

Time: 8:30:00 AM - 11:30:00 AM

Cost: $0

“Authentic -Based Learning Environments: The Path to 21st Century Skills”. Earn three (3) professional development hours! During this half-day FREE seminar we will discuss: Characteristics of 21st Century Learner, Information to Conceptual Age, Instructional Design for Conceptual Age, Attributes of Performance Assessment, Integration of Technology Into the Curriculum. You will also learn more about how your school can become a member in The Madison Institute. Through your school's membership in TMI, your staff will have access to premium services such as: • Staff-wide access to a minimum of 30 professional development workshops presented by TMI staff and occasional guest co-presenters, plus 2 large format conferences designed to accommodate 1,000 teachers each (a total of 2,000 teachers): Columbus Day and Martin Luther King Day. • Teacher participation in Project ABLE’s Collaborative Professional Development Solution (4 teachers from each member school participated in 5 workshops throughout the school year). Teachers learn how to create authentic tasks and administer them in the classroom, administer collaborative projects and assess students in an authentic and collaborative environment. • Staff-wide access to the ableLocker, a web-based educational communication, collaboration and content resource harnessing the power of Web 2.0: create & store content, incorporate rich, multi-media content within authentic tasks, collaborate on domestic and international projects, share best practices, communicate with other teachers and students and more. The total cost for Base Member Services is $2,950.00 and is paid directly by the member school to The Madison Institute. Learn the budgetary and professional development benefits your school will accrue through its membership in the TMI consortium. Through your school's membership in TMI, your entire school staff will have access to almost 900 professional development credit hours each school year. The following is a letter from TMI's CEO and Founder, Dr. Brian P. Chinni: Dear Fellow Colleagues in Education: As a fellow educator, I appreciate the daunting challenges we face daily as we do our very best to prepare our students for their life and work in this extremely fast-paced, unpredictable and competitive world. TMI continues to remain steadfast in its long-standing mission - to do everything we can to support our fellow teachers and educational leaders in their tireless, dedicated efforts to ensure that all of our students, not just the privileged few, are well-equipped for success. We believe that in order to best prepare our students, we need “21st century classrooms” – those that energize and excite students through authentic-based, student-centered, collaborative, relevant and engaged learning. To this end, during the past three years TMI has worked very closely and collaboratively with select teachers and educational leaders representing six Bergen County school districts, including: the Bergen Academies, Mahwah, Montvale, New Milford, Ramsey and Tenafly. These visionary educators voluntarily chose to participate in TMI’s Project ABLE, a grant-supported consortium-based initiative providing all participants: 1) a comprehensive professional development program; (2) collegial collaboration and exchange of best practices; and (3) related content, tools and resources – all in support of the aforementioned TMI mission. We publicly commend each of our ABLE colleagues for their dedicated and innovative efforts, collaboration, and overall professionalism. The results of their hard work are most impressive, and have had a most positive influence on the students they serve. Due to the enthusiastic interest expressed by our colleagues and member districts, Project ABLE has evolved into a permanent Consortium intended to support the vast community of districts that are bounded by a similar philosophy, vision and mission. It is with great pride and enthusiasm that we now extend the unique opportunity for you and your educational communities to become TMI Members. As a TMI Member School, your learning community will have access to: the Project ABLE Consortium and professional development solution; an extensive collection of TMI workshops and seminars; supportive web-based tools and resources; and domestic and international learning projects. We are currently accepting applications for 2010-2011 membership in TMI. I strongly encourage you to examine the enclosed time-sensitive information, and submit the TMI Membership Application on behalf of your participating school(s) to Matt Walsh on or before Friday, May 7, 2010. Matt will oversee and support this registration effort; therefore, please contact him at 201.925.0508 or mwalsh@tmieducation.com if you have any questions, concerns and/or additional needs. Of course, I am always available to you at your convenience. We look forward to the prospect of working with, and being of service to you with great excitement and enthusiasm. Sincerely, Dr. Brian P. Chinni TMI CEO/Founder 973 476 6718 bchinni@tmieducation.com

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