What if there were a proven way to get your students excited about learning and improve test scores—in any subject?
There is. It’s called Design-Based Learning.
The Summer Institute for Teachers is a fiveday, intensive program in this time-tested methodology. Its goal is to tap students’ natural creativity to develop higher-level thinking and enhance comprehension of the K–12 curriculum. Full-tuition scholarships are available for this one-week, four semester unit course.*
July 30—August 1 and August 4—5, 2008, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
- For K–12 Teachers in All Subject Areas
- Four Units Professional Staff Development Credit
- Five-Day Hands-On Workshop Taught by Working Classroom Teachers
Award-Winning Program
Founded in 2002, the Summer Institute for Teachers received the 2006 Award of Merit in K–12 Architectural Education from the American Architectural Foundation. Also in 2006, Art Center’s Leslie Stoltz received a California School Board Association Golden Bell Award for excellence in education for her work in Design-Based Learning with the Chapparal Middle School in Diamond Bar, California.
Design-Based Learning was developed by Doreen Nelson, a professor at Art Center College of Design and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and recipient of the California State University 2006 Wang Family Excellence Award in education. Nelson directs the Summer Institute for Teachers.
All Subjects, All Grade Levels
At the Summer Institute for Teachers, you’ll learn practical techniques you can immediately use to inspire, involve and energize your students and help them develop reasoning and problemsolving skills.
Teachers Teach Teachers
The faculty of the Summer Institute for Teachers is made up of public school educators who have earned a master’s degree in Design-Based Learning from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and have successfully put this innovative methodology to work in their own K–12 classrooms.
Career Advancement
Teachers who complete the Summer Institute for Teachers’ five-day program earn four semester units of professional staff development credit. A number of full-tuition scholarships, grants and group discounts are available.
Supplement Your Current Teaching Methods
Design-Based Learning is not intended to replace the techniques you’re using now. Rather, it gives you a powerful new methodology to help you present challenging concepts and reach various types of learners, including at-risk, gifted, ADD and ADHD students.
Fun, Interactive Workshop
Like Design-Based Learning itself, the five-day Summer Institute for Teachers consists of engaging, hands-on activities that challenge and stimulate creativity, improving test scores and overall student performance.
No Special Equipment Required
Design-Based Learning doesn’t require expensive materials. Paper, pencils, glue and recycled materials are all you need. As a result, Design-Based Learning programs in public schools are unaffected by textbook changes.