Student Engagement & Critical Thinking Workshops
MEET AND EXCEED STATE STANDARDS BY
INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND
IMPROVING CRITICAL THINKING:
Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, and Socratic Questioning Strategies that Increase Student Engagement and Critical Thinking Skills (Grades 3-12)
This one-day workshop is designed for elementary, middle, and high school teachers. In this highly engaging and interactive workshop, participants:
- Recognize and create powerful questions using Bloom’s Higher Order Thinking Skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
- Gain understanding and learn to apply Habits of Mind that teach for understanding
- Learn today to set up cooperative learning teams in your classroom that work for students of all levels
- Practice and come away with active learning strategies that motivate and engage students to learn in pairs and small groups
- Use a powerful discussion protocol that increases involvement and learning for all students
- Learn how Essential Questions increase student engagement and critical thinking skills
- Access Divergent Thinking Models that activate student creativity
NOTE: THE ABOVE WORKSHOP, MEET AND EXCEED STATE STANDARDS, IS NOT A SOCRATIC SEMINAR WORKSHOP. SEE BELOW FOR WORKSHOPS ON SOCRATIC SEMINAR LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
Socratic Seminar Workshops, Trainings, and More!
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1. AN EXPERIENCE IN SOCRATIC SEMINARS WORKSHOP
Half Day (3-4 hours)
Educators participate in a live Socratic Seminar, reflect upon the process, and discover how Socratic Seminars teach critical thinking and reading skills in all content areas and address state and national educational standards.
2. SOCRATIC SEMINAR INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP
One Day (7 contact hours)
Participants experience one main Socratic Seminar, reflect on the process, practice Socratic Questioning Strategies, learn the fundamentals of writing Opening Questions, and discover the power of Socratic Seminars to teach to local, state, and national educational standards. This workshop needs a minimum of 8 and usually has a maximum of 64 participants. Special arrangements can be made for more or less participants.
3. SOCRATIC SEMINAR LEADERSHIP TRAINING
Three or four day models (21 contact hours)
Most participants gain the confidence and skill needed to lead Socratic Seminars after 50 to 60 hours of experience. These workshops comprise about half the needed preparations; the rest must come in follow-up seminars with students and fellow teachers and in peer coaching sessions with consultants and colleagues. The workshop provides intensive practice, with a major seminar daily, plus reflective critiques and questioning exercises that develop the skills of seminar leadership. The workshop is experiential, with emphasis on guided practice in active learning.
A workshop can be specialized (e.g. by grade-level-subject) or can accommodate a diverse mix of people (i.e. teachers form various subject and grade levels; administrators; other educators; and volunteers) School-based teams that return to their schools and work together for mutual support are more effective than individual teachers alone.
Schools or districts wanting to contract for a workshop, training, or consulting, please contact Oscar Graybill immediately for information regarding available dates, fees, expenses,
Recent and Upcoming Trainings
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MEET AND EXCEED STATE STANDARDS BY
INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND
IMPROVING CRITICAL THINKING:
Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, and Socratic Questioning Strategies that Increase Student Engagement and Critical Thinking Skills (Grades 3-12)
Monday, October 5, 2009
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Radisson Hotel and Suites-Austin
111 Cesar Chavez
Austin, Texas 78701
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Holiday Inn San Antonio-Downtown
318 W. Durango Blvd.
San Antonio, Texas 78204
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Crowne Plaza Suites Hotel-Dallas
7800 Alpha Road
Dallas, TX 75240
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SOCRATIC SEMINARS:AN INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP
Friday, October 16, 2009
8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
LaQuinta Inns & Suites
825 N. Watson Road
Arlington, TX. 76011
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MEET AND EXCEED STATE STANDARDS BY
INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND
IMPROVING CRITICAL THINKING:
Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, and Socratic Questioning Strategies that Increase Student Engagement and Critical Thinking Skills (Grades 3-12)
Monday, November 16, 2009
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore
20 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Crown Plaza Philadelphia City Line Avenue
4100 Presidential Blvd
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
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SOCRATIC SEMINARS:AN INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP
Friday, November 20, 2009
8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
New Yorker Hotel
Ramada Plaza
481 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10001
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MEET AND EXCEED STATE STANDARDS BY
INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND
IMPROVING CRITICAL THINKING:
Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, and Socratic Questioning Strategies that Increase Student Engagement and Critical Thinking Skills (Grades 3-12)
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Crown Plaza Houston-Medical Center
8686 Kirby Drive
Houston, Texas 77054
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MEET AND EXCEED STATE STANDARDS BY
INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND
IMPROVING CRITICAL THINKING:
Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, and Socratic Questioning Strategies that Increase Student Engagement and Critical Thinking Skills (Grades 3-12)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center
111 W. Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
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MEET AND EXCEED STATE STANDARDS BY
INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND
IMPROVING CRITICAL THINKING:
Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, and Socratic Questioning Strategies that Increase Student Engagement and Critical Thinking Skills (Grades 3-12)
Thursday, January 14, 2010
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Hacienda Hotel and Conference Center LAX
525 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
El Segundo, CA 90245
Presentation documents for download by LAX workshop participants only! Thank you!
Cooperative Learning Role Cards Templates in PDF
Instructions for Survival in the Desert Team Building
Brain Dominance Student Inventory
Multi Intelligence Student Inventory
Slide Show Questioning Quotations in PDF
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Radisson Plaza Hotel-San Jose Airport
1471 North Fourth Street
San Jose, California
Presentation documents for download by SAN JOSE workshop participants only! Thank you!
Cooperative Learning Role Cards Templates in PDF
Instructions for Survival in the Desert Team Building
Brain Dominance Student Inventory
Multi Intelligence Student Inventory
Slide Show Questioning Quotations in PDF
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Monday, March 22, 2010
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Kovens Conference Center
3000 N.E. 151st Street
Miami, FL 33181-3605
To register and pay by debit or credit card for March 22 Miami Meet and Exceed State Standards Workshop, Click on BUY NOW:
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Radisson Hotel Orlando-UCF
1724 Alafaya Trail
Orlando, FL 32826
To register and pay by debit or credit card for March 24 ORLANDO Meet and Exceed State Standards Workshop, Click on BUY NOW:
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Friday, March 26, 2010
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Holiday Inn & Suites Hotel / Busch Gardens-USF
11310 North 30th Street
Tampa, FL 33612
To register and pay by debit or credit card for March 26 TAMPA Meet and Exceed State Standards Workshop, Click on BUY NOW:
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Radisson Hotel Boston
200 Stuart Street
Boston, MA 02116
To register and pay by debit or credit card for April 22 BOSTON Meet and Exceed State Standards Workshop, Click on BUY NOW:
As soon as more dates and locations are finalized for
OPEN WORKSHOPS, information will be posted at this
location. Please check back soon.
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Friday, April 23, 2010
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Crown Plaza Hotel Hartford-Downtown
50 Morgan Street
Hartford, CT 06120
To register and pay by debit or credit card for April 23 HARTFORD Meet and Exceed State Standards Workshop, Click on BUY NOW:
As soon as more dates and locations are finalized for
OPEN WORKSHOPS, information will be posted at this
location.
Contracted Workshops (Closed to non-district employees)
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Best Practices to Enhance Student Engagement and Critical Thinking Skills
June 16 , 2009 8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
St. John-Endicott Cooperative Schools
St. John, Washington
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Socratic Seminar Leadership Training
Spanaway, Washington
June 19 , 2009; August 12, 13, 2009
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Advanced Socratic Seminar Leadership Session
Northshore School District
June 22, 2009
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Increase Student Engagement and Critical Thinking Skills Through Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, and Socratic Questioning Strategies
Academy District 20
Colorado Springs , Colorado
June 24 , 2009
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Socratic Seminar Leadership Training
Bothell, Washington
August 18, 19, 20, 2009
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Socratic Seminar Leadership Training
Socratic Seminar Professional Coaching &Consulting
Vancouver, Washington
August 24-28, 2009
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Additional workshops and trainings are presently being scheduled. Schools or districts wanting to contract for a workshop at their site or in their district, please contact Oscar Graybill immediately for information regarding fees, expenses, and available dates.