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Fall 2016–Summer 2017 Professional Inquiry-Based Development Teaching and Learning For Educators Junior Great Books® Grades K–5 Great Books Middle School Grades 6–8 Great Books Seminar Grades 9–12 Inspire Ideas with Great Books eachers and students are the heart and soul of the Great Books Foundation. Nothing is more importantT to us than working closely with educators to engage young students in reading and thinking. Starting in kindergarten and through the early grades, Junior Great Books® brings the power of Shared Inquiry™ to students of all abilities, fueling their imaginations and encouraging them to ask questions. Through collaboration and discussion, students can share their thoughts and opinions while listening to the ideas of others. Great Books President Joseph Coulson with students attending the Great Books Summer Program at Stanford. As students advance, we give them an opportunity to discover and explore essential ideas in ethics, We continue to lead through our methodology, citizenship, and world culture. We give them the books, school collaborations, outreach, and skills to think critically about new and unfamiliar community participation. points of view as expressed through fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. In schools that invite our books and method of learning, in partnership with the teachers who care so Together we seek an active discussion that allows deeply about their students, we at Great Books stand students and teachers to understand the influence for the importance of talking to students about the of a wide range of great thinkers and writers such great ideas and values of the past and their absolute as Martin Luther King Jr. and Lois Lowry. necessity in shaping the future. Together we demonstrate through the regular Join us as we continue to inspire great ideas, dialogue, practice of Junior Great Books, Great Books and lives. Roundtable,™ and Great Books Seminar the ways in which engagement with literature drives social and emotional development and our capacity to understand the world from different points of view. Joseph P. Coulson The Great Books Foundation was established in President, The Great Books Foundation 1947 and became a leader in educational reform. 2 greatbooks.org Discover the Power of Shared InquiryTM Professional Improve teaching and learning across the curriculum Development For Educators In Shared Inquiry, students—guided by their teacher—explore a text by discussing open-ended questions and sharing responses and insights. This method of teaching and learning helps students learn to think about what they read, express and develop their ideas, and learn from one another. Shared Inquiry enhances all the basic language arts skills—reading comprehension, critical thinking, writing, speaking, and listening—and enables students to learn more across the curriculum. Teachers embrace a collaborative approach that Students who participate in Shared Inquiry build Junior Great helps them: proficiency in these key areas: Books® • Engage students in higher-level reading, thinking, • Reading for meaning and discussion • Utilizing reading comprehension strategies Grades K–5 • Monitor and support comprehension for students • Supporting ideas with text evidence at all reading levels • Listening to others and responding appropriately • Integrate critical thinking and socio-emotional • Thoughtfully considering different points of view learning into their curriculum • Transferring ideas from discussion to formal • Naturally assess students’ progress toward state and writing district learning standards • Contributing to a collaborative, respectful Great Books classroom environment Middle School Grades 6–8 Great Books Seminar Grades 9–12 800.222.5870 3 Great Books Professional Development Why Learn Shared Inquiry? Teachers who lead Great Books programs The Shared Inquiry strengthen their skills not only in language Essentials Course arts but across the curriculum. In the introductory Shared Inquiry Teachers who learn Shared Inquiry: Essentials Course, educators learn: • Improve their questioning strategies to • What is Shared Inquiry? lead productive text-based discussions • The importance of selecting complex • Help build students’ critical thinking skills texts • The Shared Inquiry sequence of • Introduce students to rich and diverse activities literature from around the world • How to lead a discussion • Challenge students to go further with Call your Great • How to assess student performance their ideas and opinions Books consultant • How to integrate Shared Inquiry into • Use a nationally recognized method your curriculum of learning proven to improve student at 800.222.5870 to Cost and Format performance schedule your course or • Course fee is $135–$475 per person, free introduction! depending on enrollment • Blended course includes one day (5 hours) of live instruction and 10 hours of web-based learning “Possibly the best PD I’ve ever attended. I loved • Live course is composed of two 5-hour the fact that the focus of the training wasn’t sessions on consecutive days on the curriculum itself but more so on the Shared Inquiry methodology that makes this curriculum—or any other—come alive! After the training, I felt better equipped as a teacher and more enlightened as a thinker.” —Maria Isabel Garcia Instructional Coach, Sixth-Grade Teacher Mater Gardens Academy • Miami, Florida 4 greatbooks.org Professional Development Professional On-Site Professional Building Internal Capacity Digital Professional Development The best way for your teachers and students Development to have long-term success with Great Books We want to support you as a Shared Inquiry You can do a lot of learning online! We programs is to engage in ongoing professional practitioner with our customized training. have the resources and flexibility to provide development. Our Building Internal Capacity virtual teaching and coaching, including: On-Site Fees (BIC) program allows you to select from a • Feedback on your classroom teaching Single-day: $3,000 variety of skill-building options to get the most for your money and provide the best • Access to free online resources and Two or more learning for your staff. support consecutive days: $1,800 per day • Webinars to extend your skills: (save 40%) BIC Fees » The Power of Student Questions Buy 5, 10, 20 or more on-site consultation Fees for the BIC program are based on a » The Close Reading Process days for extra savings. Call today! yearly contract. They range from $1,000– » Shared Inquiry Advanced Review $2,000 per teacher per year, depending upon » Custom workshops for you! Schedule our expert instructors to visit your number enrolled. school and work with you in your Most webinars are only $80 each, a great classrooms. 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