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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Lobby, Main Level
Exhibit Exploration
10:30 a.m. – Noon
Workshop Session I
Room 108
Main Level
Using Science as a Way to Engage and
Inspire Students
In this lively workshop, proven techniques for
engaging all types of learners in the science
processes will be demonstrated. The presenter’s
belief is that the best science teaching starts
with active, engaging learning. How-to tips on
everything from safety, to managing materials,
to how to set up cooperative groups will be
given. By using differentiated instruction,
alternative assessment, cooperative learning,
the learning cycle, discrepant events and
other established strategies, participants will
explore myriad ways to use science as a natural
springboard for re-engaging and challenging
all types of afterschool learners. Many helpful
ideas and technology resources will be shared.
Debbie Silver, Consultant – Debbie Silver
Presents, Melissa, Texas
Room 104
Main Level
Evaluation Resources for 21st CCLC
Grantees
In this workshop, the state evaluators for
Pennsylvania’s 21st Century Community
Learning Centers program will review and
demonstrate the evaluation resources available
to grantees to use for their local evaluation.
Leslie McConnell, Grants and Evaluation
Specialist – Allegheny Intermediate Unit,
Homestead, Pa.
Yolanda Yugar, Evaluation Specialist –
Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Homestead, Pa.
Room 206
Second Level
How to Reach Youth Today
In this workshop, proven practices and
principles that engage, equip and empower
people everywhere to reach youth will be
shared. Based on the presenter’s doctoral
research and own life experiences, he explains
how to develop real relationships with students
and persuade them to make the most of their
lives. These are tools that others used to reach
Scott, and tools that out-of-school time leaders
everywhere can use right now to begin affecting
the lives of youth with incredible success.
Manuel Scott, Founder of INK and Original
Freedom Writer – Atlanta, Ga.
Room 105
Main Level
This workshop will be
repeated in Workshop
Session II.
Writing as Discovery
Writing is a tool of discovery, a practice that can
help youth, and those who work with youth, find
their voice and develop their thinking. In this
workshop participants will learn an approach
to writing that focuses on informal, expressive
writing as a way to strengthen language skills
and thinking and includes an easy-to-use set
of process tools that are appropriate for the
afterschool environment. The skills and ideas
learned in this session will prepare participants
to use writing as a way to help young people
tell their stories, express their feelings and build
community. It will also provide a foundation to
develop afterschool program activities, such as
creating a literary journal or blog that can be
used with students of all ages.
Nancy Linnon, Writer, Teacher and Editor –
The Moving Pen, Portland, Ore.
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