TELOS Seminar: Broadening access to high-quality teacher professional learning

TELOS Seminar: Broadening access to high-quality teacher professional learning

Monday, May 2, 2016 - 5:30pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Professional learning for teachers is a vitally important part of innovation in education. Technology offers both new opportunities to develop teacher capacity. It also offers new methods for teachers to engage with students, but professional development is needed in order to prepare teachers to leverage the tools effectively. This session will consider the role of technology in supporting teachers to develop practices that focus on outcomes in the classroom. This seminar is also listed as ED403 - Education’s Digital Future: Equity by Design. Stanford students may enroll for 1 course unit; classroom teachers may enroll for 2 continuing education units.

Dr. Jo Boaler is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford University. Former roles have included being the Marie Curie Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Sussex, England, a mathematics teacher in London comprehensive schools and a researcher at King's College, London. Her Ph.D. won the national award for educational research in the UK and her book: Experiencing School Mathematics won the 'Outstanding Book of the Year' award for education in Britain. She is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), and a former president of the International Organisation for Women and Mathematics Education (IOWME). At Stanford University she won an 'Early Career Award'; from the National Science Foundation. Her latest book What's Math Got To Do With It? (2008/ 2009) published by Penguin, aims to increase public understanding of the importance of mathematics, and the nature of effective teaching approaches.

Janet Carlson, TELOS Co-Lead, is Associate Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Education and Director of the Center to Support Excellence in Teaching. Her research interests include the impact of educative curriculum materials and transformative professional development on science teaching and learning. She began her career as a middle and high school science teacher and has spent the last 20 years working in science education developing curriculum, leading professional development, and conducting research. Dr. Carlson received a BA in Environmental Biology from Carleton College, an MS in Curriculum and Instruction from Kansas State University, and a PhD in Instruction and Curriculum (science education) from the University of Colorado.

Angela Estrella is a Professional Development Associate and Instructional History Coach for the Hollyhock Fellowship Program at the Center to Support Excellence in Teaching, and also helps lead the TELOS initiative (Technology for Equity in Learning Opportunities). In addition to her work at Stanford, Angela works part-time as a professional development facilitator for Overfelt High School in San Jose and is a Teacher in Residence for Imagine K12, an incubator for educational technology startups. Prior to joining CSET, Angela taught history for 9 years and served as an educational technology mentor and instructional coach.