Empowering Teachers Summer Institute:
Bridging Family, School and Classroom Cultures with the Child At the Center

Save the Week: July 9-13, 2012

The Empowering Teachers Program, sponsored by the Sarah Lawrence College Child Development Institute, is a rigorous (yet relaxed) professional development week consisting of panels and workshops conducted by leading professionals in the fields of education and child development. The evolution of supportive collegial dialogues and ongoing relationships is facilitated throughout the week by small group interaction and reflective exploration.

The Empowering Teachers Program 2012 will include:

• A keynote address (Thomas H. Wright Lecture)
• A roundtable conversation with the speaker just for the Empowering Teachers group
• Small working groups meeting throughout the week to share their reflections and practices
• A series of experiential workshops that are both stimulating and fun
• Great food
• Colleagues from across the New York City Metropolitan area and beyond who work with students of varied ages
• Sarah Lawrence faculty and guest presenters
• A chance to reflect, experience, and collaborate in a relaxed environment on a beautiful campus
• Participation for two years in an ongoing consideration of how to keep childhood alive at school and children meaningfully connected to the physical and social world and their imaginations in this era of standardization.

Fees

Generous endowed funds for this program have enabled the Child Development Institute to offset a significant portion of the program costs. The fee for the program is $150 for each year attended. The fee is due no later than July 9, 2012.

Schools, centers, other employers, and parent groups are often willing to pay for professional development programs.

To Apply

Space is limited! To apply to the 2012 Empowering Teachers Program, download and complete the application form. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The application deadline is June 15, 2012.

Mail the completed application and $20 nonrefundable application fee (make check payable to Sarah Lawrence College) to:

Saundra Norton
Child Development Institute (Boulder)
Sarah Lawrence College
1 Mead Way
Bronxville, NY 10708

Learn More

For additional information about the Empowering Teachers program, please contact the Child Development Institute at (914) 394-2630 or cdi@sarahlawrence.edu.