WEDNESDAY: ‘TEACH LIKE A CHAMPION 2.0’
HIGH-PERFORMING UNCOMMON SCHOOLS PARTNERS FOR FIRST TIME WITH NYC COLLABORATES TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES FOR READING ACHIEVEMENT WITH CHARTER, DISTRICT SCHOOL EDUCATORS
Majority of Attendees Hail from District Schools
Charter and district school educators are set to team up on Wednesday, June 3 at 3:00 p.m. at Brooklyn Borough Hall, as Uncommon Schools – one of the city’s highest-performing public charter school networks – opens the books on best practices proven to boost student success and teams up with NYC Collaborates for a first-time workshop featuring a new technique from Teach Like a Champion 2.0, “Art of the Sentence.“ The majority of expected attendees are district educators.
WHAT: NYC Collaborates/Uncommon Schools Teach Like a Champion 2.0, “Art of the Sentence” workshop
WHERE: Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community Room, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
WHEN: Wednesday, June 3, 3:00-5:00PM
WHO: Public charter and district school educators united to improve the quality of students’ writing, thinking, and thoughtful analytic discussions.
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About NYC Collaborates
NYC Collaborates creates opportunities for educators from all types of public schools to come together to share information and collaborate to improve student achievement. Our members believe that public schools—whether district or charter—have a collective and mutual obligation to ensure that all students in the City graduate from high school prepared to succeed in college, work and life.
Spearheaded by the New York City Charter School Center and New York City’s Department of Education, NYC Collaborates is funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. To learn more visit: http://www.nyccollaborates.org
About the Presenters: Erica Woolway and Colleen Driggs help train thousands of high performing teachers and school leaders across the country each year. Erica is a co-author of Practice Perfect: 42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better and together, Erica and Colleen are working on a forthcoming book on teaching reading in the Common Core Era entitled Reading Reconsidered with Doug Lemov.
