HANCOCK BIOLOGICAL STATION
May 19-23, 1999
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE II
Goals of Professional Development Institute
II.
AGENDA:
Wednesday, May 19, 1999
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM | Welcome, Introduction of P.I.s, and Overview of Workshop |
| 8:30 AM | Ledbetter Creek - A Second Model of Inquiry |
| 10:30 AM | Develop Presentations of Proposals Based on the RFP Provided |
| 11:30 AM | Presentations |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM | Discussion of Teaching Models of Inquiry Used at the Mudflats |
| 3:30 PM | Break |
| 4:00 PM | Development of a Rubric for Self and Team Evaluation |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:30 PM | Development of a Rubric (cont.) and Discussion of Workshop/Curriculum Goals |
Terry Davin Presents (Penn Valley Community College)
Thursday, May 20, 1999
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM | Assessment Strategies - How do you know you have met your teaching goals? How do you know students have learned |
| 10:00 AM | Break |
| l0:15 AM | Difficult Topics to Teach in Biology - What Approaches "Work" and Why? |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | Assessment of Your Curriculum Reforms - What has your team done to enhance teaching and learning? Was it effective? How do you know? |
| 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:15 PM | Discussion of Team Issues |
| 5:30 PM | Cook Out |
| 7:00 PM | Applying a Rubric and More Teaching Strategies |
Diane Ebert-May (University of Michigan), Jan Hodder
(Oregon Institute of Marine Biology), and Bill Spencer
Thursday, May 21, 1999
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM | What is Effective Teaching/Learning? |
| 10:00 AM | Break |
| l0:15 AM | Effective Teaching/Learning (cont.) |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | Beaver Pond Wetland Hike or Boat Trip on Kentucky Lake |
| 3:00 PM | Break |
| 5:00 PM | Leave for Dinner - China House |
Inquiry in the field at Ledbetter Creek. Left to
Right: Jan Hodder (Oregon Institute of Marine Biology), David McConnell
(Akron University), Tom Timmons (Murray State University), and Sandra
Landyut (Penn Vally Community College)
Saturday, May 22, 1999
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM | How and Why Walk |
| 10:00 AM | Break |
| l0:15 AM | Development of Inquiry-Based Activities |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | Cool Teaching Ideas |
| 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:15 PM | Action Plans - What changes can/will you make in your curriculum/courses? How will these changes be assessed for their effectiveness? |
| 5:300 PM | Dinner - Terry Derting's |
Jan Hodder and Jill Kruper (Murray State University)
Sunday, May 23, 1999
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM | Action Plans |
| 9:30 AM | Share Team Action Plans |
| l0:00 AM | Break |
| l0:15 AM | Sharing of Action Plans |
| 11:00 AM | Where Do We Go From Here? Workshop Evaluations |
| 12:00 PM | Teams Depart |
Date Modified October, 2002