On August 6, more than 170 local K-12 educators and school district leaders gathered on the 沈芯语老师家访麻花视频 campus with a shared purpose to address the issues that affect education the most. The inaugural One Thing Conference was a dynamic, hands-on professional learning experience named for its mission: for educators to leave with one thing they can do to transform education for good. The conference was hosted by the EdTerps Learning Academy (ETLA), a unit in the College of Education that administers graduate programs and professional learning that supports local school districts.
鈥漈he pedagogies of teacher education鈥攈ow concepts are taught to educators鈥攎atter deeply when it comes to translating educator learning to classroom practice,鈥 said Elizabeth Gotwalt, director of ETLA. 鈥淚f the purpose of educator professional learning is to impact instruction, then we have to design professional learning that accounts just as much for delivery as it does for content.鈥
Registrants attended full group, advisory, laboratory and makerspace sessions that focused on English language development strategies, trauma-informed education, mathematical thinking and literacy skills. In each of the sessions, facilitators engaged participants in a variety of hands-on and practice-based pedagogies of teacher education, including case studies, small group work, games, video analysis, reflection, discussion, planning for practice and more.
鈥淚 liked how each session was focused around one actionable item,鈥 said Melissa Sterner, an elementary school teacher in Prince George鈥檚 County. 鈥淚 can definitely see myself incorporating the things I learned into my teaching practice this year.鈥
The One Thing Conference will be held annually with new sessions and the same goal to transform education for good, one thing at a time.
For more information visit education.umd.edu/one-thing-conference.
