Active Learning Study Group - March 2018

Date/Time: March 29, 2018 from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location: Webinar

Description: This 5-part series of Active Learning webinars will focus on a variety of topics, such as setting up a classroom and schedule, choosing materials, addressing the student with CVI, using Active Learning with older students and information on research related to Active Learning. Various guest speakers will be a part of this year’s presentations. You must register for each individual session: September 2017, November 2017, January 2018, March 2018, & May 2018.

The March session will focus on setting up a classroom for learners using an Active Learning approach.

Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Perkins School for the Blind, and Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired will host this series of five webinars on Active Learning, an instructional approach developed by Dr. Lilli Nielsen.

ACVREP and SBEC Statement:

This training event has been approved by the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP) and the State Board for Educator Certification based on the actual hours of the presentation not including breaks. Other types of certification are not regularly provided. 

If you would like Outreach Programs to apply for other types of certification (TPTA, TSHA, etc.), contact Kate Hurst at hurstk@tsbvi.edu at least 60 days prior to the event to see if this certification can be requested.

Important Session Information:

Handouts, as well as a link to the webinar, will be sent out to all registered participants via email in advance. If you have any questions regarding this webinar, please contact Charlotte Cushman at charlotte.cushman@perkins.org.